Travel, Photography, Movies and Others
Travel, Photography, Movies and Others

Travel, Photography, Movies and Others

My Travel Diary, Movie Reviews and Other Thoughts


A Visit to Odaiba, Tokyo

3 Dec 2024 1 minute read 2 comments logen9f

Diver City in Odaiba is located east of Tokyo. It's a huge shopping mall in a man-made island. We visited it in my first trip to Japan. It was March 2018 and winter season is not yet over. The day before, we went skiing for us to experience snow. Th...

Hakone Sightseeing Cruise

29 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments logen9f

I don't ride boats often...I don't ride boats at all. It's not that I hate it, it's just living in the Philippine city where there are not many lakes and rivers, boats are not a usual mode of transportation. For me riding boats is not for transporta...

Sunday Visit to the Mall with Family

27 Nov 2024 1 minute read 1 comment logen9f

On Sundays, we usually go out to the mall after going to church. This time, we wanted to buy Christmas gifts to avoid the rush in December. The mall is already decked with Christmas decors while Christmas songs are playing. There is a big Christmas...

Mulan (2020) Disney Plus - Review

25 Oct 2024 1 minute read 2 comments logen9f

I finally watched the live action Mulan (2020) on Disney Plus. I liked the live actions remakes like Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin that came out so I had high expectations of this one. Also, Mulan (1998) was one of my favorite Disney movies. image...

Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard (2022) Netflix Review - A modern financial crime

23 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments logen9f

Skandal is a documentary about the rise and fall of Wirecard a German fintech giant and Dan Mccrum, the Financial Times journalist who exposed it. Wirecard was a German payment processor (like Paypal) and financial services company which was listed...

The Importance of Music to Movies

21 Oct 2024 2 minute read 1 comment logen9f

Why is Music Important to Films? Have you seen any silent films from the 1930s? These were called silent films because there were no recorded dialogues to accompany the movie. However the film is not totally silent. There was music which conveys the...

Summer Diaries - Continuing a Family Tradition

19 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments logen9f

A Family Tradition When I was a kid, I would count down the number of days until summer vacation. Like Christmas, I would eagerly await for summer vacation. To us kids, it means "no more teachers, no more books..." as the rhyme went on. The Holy W...

The Richest Man in Babylon - Book Review and Summary

17 Oct 2024 2 minute read 0 comments logen9f

The Richest Man in Babylon is a classic book on how to gain and retain wealth. Similar to Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad, Poor Dad; the lessons are told in parables which are entertaining and easy to undertand thus is a good teaching tool even to childre...

Salem's Lot Movie Review

5 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments logen9f

I watched Salem's Lot on HBO today. It's a horror story set in 1975 based on Stephen King's novel. Summary The story begins when Ben Mears who like Stephen King is also a writer returns to his old hometown, Jerusalem or shortened Salem's Lot in...

The Black Phone Movie Review

4 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments logen9f

  The Black Phone is a movie based on Joe Hill's (Stephen King's son) short story. It's a horror/thriller movie set in the 1970s much like other movies based on novels by his dad, Stephen King. Summary The movie's main character played by M...