a date with Emily Rose

Ang saya ng valentine ko! Ka date ko si pangit na Emily Rose!

Walang tao sa bahay kundi ako lang. Naisip kong mag "all by myself" na lang kaya tinungo ko ang aking DVD collection. Yung tipong 12 movies in 1 na nabibili ko sa mga pirata sa Guadalupe. At nakita ko nga ang paborito kong pampagana!he he he... With few clicks and push the buttons, maisasalang ko na rin ang DVD nang biglang may kumatok. Dumating ang bruha kong landlady at may hawak na walis. Buti na lang mabilis kamay ko. Napalitan ko kaagad ang disc. And to my dismay, horror collection ang naisalang ko. Kaya pinanindigan ko na lang! And since certified bruha ang landlady ko, nakisawsaw na rin sya!

Sampung beses ko nang napanood ang Exorcisn of Emily Rose. Ilang beses sa Cinemax at HBO, at makailang beses rin nung college sa abnormal psych namin na case study. Gagawa ng analysis based on the film. And since inborn din na slow learner ako, inulit ko pa ang movie ng limang beses bago ako makabuo ng makabuluhang review. At sa awa ng kung anumang entity, although i was not pointing out on a scientific perspective about my stand, wagi ang review at analysis ng bakla!

Ang hindi nila alam, the review was taken from a personal experience. (and here is the creepy part)

I was born in the province where superstitious belief is still embraced. Amidst media influence and the effects of technology to mankind, people along the neighborhood still resort to some alternative quack remedies on ailness should science is of no avail. Kaya enaf of carabao english!He he he...

Grade three ako nung magsimulang magkaroon ng horror situation ang aming pamilya. As in horror kung horror! We were sleeping then and it was twelve midnight when my ate wake me up in my room, crying, and begging for my help. She told me to lock all the windows and the door kasi may nakita daw 'sya. She was hallucinating and describing things with horn and wings, eyes in red, and everything were so frightful. It was a very wrong timing though coz my parent were on their weekend rendezvous. I phoned them home and took charged of their crazy daughter. I knew, she's not making up stories. Sa ugali nyang tahimik, mahiyain, laging nakakulong sa bahay at bihirang lumalabas, naisip ko, what will she got by making up stories? Fame? Honor? Fortune? She still went to school few months after the incident but my parent forced her to stop school when she started talking to an imaginary friend on top of the trees, behind walls and along the shrubs. But it became worst.

SInce we are not born superstitious, my parent seek immediate medical attention from the first incident onwards but after some series of tests, laboratory exams, and medicine intake, her case turned from severe to worst. Na check-up na lahat sa kanya, from head to toe, internal organs, interviews from a psychiatrist, meron na ring psychologist pero walang diagnosis. Not even psychosis nor epilepsy like Emily Rose.

And since di nga kinaya ng syensya, my parents decided to take the alternative as advised by some heretics! Albularyo, feng shui experts at kung sinu-sino pang amoy langis ang sumubok rin na e-exorcised 'sya pero wala ring nangyari. Dumating sa point na naging violent 'sya, she would inflict wounds on herself, contort her body na parang gymnast, speak in tongues na hindi namin naiintindihan, point anywhere at kukunin na raw sya at marami pang iba. But the only weapon my parents had againts all those abnormal behaviour is prayer.

I recognize the existence of other forces be it angelic or demonic. But i only believe in one thing and it has nothing to do with any sect nor belief. I believe in prayer. And if you'll ask me kung magaling na ate ko, I said Yes after those poor clair sisters devout themselves in praying her over. But still may takot pa rin sa sarili ko.Takot na baka mangyayari ulit ang eksenang pilit naming kinalimutan ng napakahabang panahon!

At 'twing valentine's day, kapag namumukadkad ng kulay pula ang paligid na animo'y dugo, at t'wing maalala ko ang kaarawan ng aking kapatid, walang ibang busal ang aking dibdib. Sana, ok na ang lahat!

Yun nga ang nangyari sa aming date ni Emily Rose.

Ang dapat sana'y "all by myself" ni Celine Dion ay nauwi sa "the prayer" ni Andrea Bocelli at Charlotte Stone.