• The script. I actually love everything about the film but I commend writer/director Antoinette Jadaone for giving Mace and Anthony dialogues that are relatable to the general public. I'm not even being a fan about this but I talk like Mace! Haha. Yeah, cause I swear like a sailor now (I know, I know but I'm trying to break the habit). Isa pa, kung gano'n ka ka-basag, ka-durog, stress-reliever din talaga kung minumura mo yung taong inapak-apakan ang puso mo diba? Kung hindi ka naniniwala click here for a post about how foul language can be a stress and pain reliever. Haha. Oo pinaglaban ko talaga. 

• Yung scene sa bus stations ng Sagada at Baguio. Hindi ko na i-eexplain. Basahin niyo na lang ang script:

• Sina Mace at Anthony mismo. It was an unlikely pairing for Angelica and JM but it worked! JM is not my type of guy pero sa pelikulang ito, gwapong-gwapo talaga 'ko sa kanya. Dahil sa kung paano niya pinortray si Anthony bilang isang gentleman hanggang sa kaliit-liitang facial expressions kahit walang dialogue. Na-inlove ako kay JM. Siya na ang bagong John Lloyd! And Angelica? I can't imagine Mace being played by any other woman. Iyong-iyo siya, Angelica. Ikaw na ikaw si Mace. At dahil diyan, nagpapasalamat ako at binigyang buhay niya si Mace na may tamang-tamang timpla. Sigurado ako na hindi lang ako ang nagsabing: "Ako yan ah! Ako si Mace!" Kasi totoo, ganoon ako nung broken hearted ako, na kagaya ni Mace na hinarap ang lahat na may tamang timpla nang drama at tapang.

• The quarter-life crisis. Gustong-gusto kong tinackle nila ang tungkol sa walang kamatayang purpose in life nung tinanong ni Mace: "Aren't we supposed to be great by now?" Kasi tanong ko rin yan sa sarili ko. But I loved it more when they both toasted to: "To the great people we will be." 

• The arrow with the heart pierced through him. No words.

• The simplicity. I love that there were only 2 characters. Na wala nang iba pang eksena kundi nag-usap lang sila. Yun na yun e.

• The videoke scene. Yung eksenang natatawa na si Mace nang 'konti tapos iiyak na naman. Yung kabaliwan na yun ng mga brokenhearted na iyak tawa, talagang naalala ni Direk sa eksena. Galing! At sapul ka ba sa 'Where do Broken Hearts Go?' ni Tita Whitney? Hindi siguro kumpleto ang buong pelikula kung wala 'to. Trivia: The song almost didn't make it to the film because of budget constraints. They had to do a fund-raising to raise money for the copyrights of the song. *buntong-hininga* Mabuti na lang!

• Baguio at Sagada scenes. It will make you want to go on a "feels trip"!

• The ending. Na hinayaan lang tayo ni Direk Tonet mag-isip kung saan napunta ang relationship nina Anthony at Mace. At ang Tadhana nang Up Dharma Down. Ano pa bang mahihiling ko sa ending na 'yun? Wala na. :)

Text her back. Answer her messages or calls. Check up on her. Watch a hugot movie together habang minumura yung @$$#&!n* na Ex niya. During these times, all they need is someone to talk to. Be there, even if they say they want to be alone.

Alcohol (Drink moderately), pulutan, ice cream at kung ano-ano pang mamantika at desserts. Hindi uubra ang salad dito.

The Friend may cry a lot or drink a lot. Hell, they will talk a lot. Paulit-ulit. Iba na ang topic, ibabalik ulit niya ang usapan kay Ex. It's okay. Talking about it is part of the process. Don't ever complain and make sure you let her feel that it's okay for her to press rewind until she's all talked out.

This is not a contest of who's heart was more broken. Resist, I repeat--RESIST the urge to bring up your past heart ache. Pwede siguro minimal lang--if possible only when your friend asks about it. If your sentences start with "Ako nga noon.." more times than necessary, stop yourself. This is their moment and not yours.

It'll be better if she let's it all out. She'll get tired of all the crying eventually. Masarap matulog pag kakaiyak lang. Believe me, sleeping is better than not being able to because you're overthinking and overanalyzing the situation.

This can be very tricky so timing is the key. You have to break the heavy conversation sometimes with a different topic--a joke, an event or a new chismis about someone else. Teehee. Or you can play a hugot music (queue Where Do Broken Hearts Go).

Because DUH. Haha. Who'll hold her hair when she throws up? Who will stop her from sending that drunk text? Who? Who? Okay, you may have another friend to do that just don't get drunk altogether. Or better yet, just be Chocolate wasted.

Drunk text/call. Egging the house. Slashing tires. Smashing cars. Okay, you can probably do crazy things--the SILLY thing is getting caught. Don't. And don't make them jump off high places too!

Don't judge her if she drinks too much, cries a lot or gets a rebound (stop her if possible on this one though--stopping them's still different from judging). Iba-iba ang bigat ng problema sa'ting lahat. She's not a crybaby. She's not weak. She's freakin' broken hearted and she will get over it. So don't judge her even if you've been through it before. Getting over someone does not give you a right to judge someone else's process of moving on. There is no time frame and the process isn't the same for all of us. Ika nga ni Ate Meredith Grey: "I make no apologies for how I chose to repair what you broke."

I'm an awkward hugger. I'm a one-arm hugger. Probably it's because I'm not that physical. When 'Tol was hugged by our other best friends (the cuddlier one), all hell broke lose. It was just the two of us talking before that but when cuddly bff came, man! It wasn't just sadness, it was grief--like someone died. She couldn't have 'let it all out' if it wasn't with that hug. So I'm telling you, do not underestimate the healing power of hugs.