Pirated DVDs galore from the night market of Cagayan de Oro over the weekend. Its a piece of Quiapo transplanted in the middle of Plaza Rizal in CDO's Divisoria. It has the vibe of Khao San Raod, the plaza coated in smoked from barbecue grills and rows of vendors selling ukay-kay clothes to plastic toys and kitchenwares. Outside the barricades are unpretentious upscale restaurants. We had dinner at La Tegola. The interiors is Italian but the lamps are so country inspired. The food needs a bit more work. The Bruschettas were dripping in olive oil. I wondered why the restaurants has to scrimp on good lettuce leaves when they are so near the farms of Bukidnon. The Quattro formaggio pizza has blue chees on it nice, but the crust was a bit too thick. And the pasta was ordinary. I suggest go look for other places to eat when in town. Check the nearby Gazebo or Centro which I haven't really tried yet.
Going back to the DVD galore. Among the three which I bought from the girl in turong at the plaza, it was the Miss Pettigrew movie which was original and surprisingly entertaining. The story of a last resort governess who took a job as a social secretary to a starlet eventually both finding their true loves is a heartwarming movie. Easy virtue may have been a good movie but it dragged on too long and aside from the good performance by Kirstin Scott thomas, everybody else especially Jessica Biel acted at their worst including Colin firth. The plot was so contrived and at one point I was thinking that the director just finished the movie for the sake of finishing it. A Frozen Flower is a Korean film a whole 4 hours of film. It was exciting at the start but the film has to drag longer to have an ending. Tragic ending that is.
If you have nothing else to do then go down CDO at night and drown yourself in DVDs.
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