Percy Jackson and the Lightning Theif

Here is the first installment of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.I hope you guys can read this. Its really great.

The first book, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief introduced us to the modern world of Percy Jackson. A boy of age twelve living in an apartment with her mom, Sally, in Manhattan, New York City. Her mom is the like a gifted mortal who can see through The Mist. The Mist is like what keeps mortal from seeing the real look of monsters in a Greek Myth and Olympians way. (if you have the books, you'll understand me. so for those who haven't.. grab a copy in your nearest bookstores. hehe..) Her mom is living with Gabe Ugliano (who was described as a man who smells like trash, as in super awful smell). It turned out that his smell was the one protecting Percy from monster who tried to kill him. I guess you will assumed that Percy (like Perseus in the movies and Greek Myths) is the son of Zeus, the king of the Greek Gods. Apparently, the Percy in this series is the son of the Sea God, Poseidon. Yeah i know. The author got to be kidding. There's no way that Perseus will be the son of Poseidon but guys, its his book, his story. so we better get hold of his idea of making a twist on our favorite Greek Myths.

  

So the book 1 is about how Percy realized the truth about the Gods and his identity. Let me borrow Chiron's words.. "Every now and then, the gods will go down the earth and hook up with the mortals." So we were introduced to the Furies (who happened to be Percy's math teacher); the Minotaur (whom he defeated and made him a hero for the first time); the satyrs; the Oracle of Delphi; the Gods and Goddesses; the demigods (these are half mortal half god. They were often referred to as "Half bloods") and the Camp Half Blood Hill (where demigods are trained every summer). As per the modern day setting, the Olympus moved to America so the setting goes to New York City. Long Island is where the Camp Half Blood is. Well, mortals see it as a strawberry farm (Delphi Strawberry Service) and the Olympus was located in  the Empire State Building, which is like the busiest building in NYC. 

The story was about the lightning bolt of Zeus being stolen and Percy was a suspect. It turned out that Poseidon and Zeus has misunderstanding (gods always do) and the bolt needs to be returned before the summer solstice. Solstice is when Gods gathered and convened, like a general assembly. Percy, btw is an ADHD and dyslexic since his brain is programmed for Greek materials. Grover (a satyr) rescued him in an attacked by the Fury and brought him to the Camp Half Blood. Mr. Brunner, who was his Latin Teacher turned out to be Chiron (a centaur), the son of Kronos and the head of the Camp Half Blood. In the camp, he was introduced to Anabeth Chase (daughter of Athena); Luke (son of Hermes), Clarisse (daughter of Ares) and a lot of demigods. It turned out that Luke was the thief and he wanted revenge from the Gods who never acknowledge their offspring. Luke wanted the God to step down so the demigod can rule. BTW, there was an agreement between the Big 3 (Zeus, Poseidon and Hades) that they cant have a child anymore because the demigods that they produced were the most powerful ones. and of course, the prophecy. (this is why the oracle is there - to give the prophecy) According to the prophecy, any child of the Big 3 that will turn 16 will define the future of olympus -that's why they have an agreement.

The adventures were great. We were introduced again to the characters of the Greek Myth.There's the Hydra, Medusa, nymphs and dryad,centaurs, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades (oh i love Hades! the rock star!), Athena, Ares, Artemis, Apollo, Hermes, Hera, Hestia, Hephaestus, Demeter, Aphrodite, Dionysus and the minor Gods Hecate, Nemesis, Morpheus and so on.  If you are a fan of the Greek Mythology, im sure you will love the series.

What i love about the book? The Lotus Casino.. woohoo.. this place rocks! As in you will not age here. Cool! 

Btw, they made the first book a movie with the same title. 

Here are the casts..

	Logan Lerman	...	Percy Jackson
	Brandon T. Jackson	...	Grover Underwood
	Alexandra Daddario	...	Annabeth
	Jake Abel	...	Luke
	Sean Bean	...	Zeus
	Pierce Brosnan	...	Mr. Brunner / Chiron
	Steve Coogan	...	Hades
	Rosario Dawson	...	Persephone
	Melina Kanakaredes	...	Athena
	Catherine Keener	...	Sally Jackson
	Kevin McKidd	...	Poseidon

Uma Thurman

...

Medusa

Dimitri Lekkos

...

Apollo

Ona Grauer

...

Artemis

Stefanie von Pfetten

...

Demeter

Conrad Coates

...

Hephaestus

Erica Cerra

...

Hera

Dylan Neal

...

Hermes

Luke Camilleri

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Dionysus

Serinda Swan

...

Aphrodite (uncredited)

Ray Winstone

...

Ares (uncredited)

and this is why i love Hades.. HE's a Rock Star! woohoo! 

olympians are everywhere...

This title doesn't pop up out of the blue.

I was done reading the series "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" last night. It took me almost a month to finish the last book, Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian. I know.. Im not always like this. Like i read 300-page books in a day however because of the busy month of Jan, i wasn't able to finish up my readings. There's my baby sis getting sick and me getting tired a lot lately. I just hope that my illness is not coming back. Oh no! not this year.

Well, talking about the book. I love it. I just love it. It was a master piece. When i first started with the series, I thought that this was just another "Harry Potter" on the making. Like it was all about adventures and super hero stuffs. Like the author (Rick Riordan) just made a different setting, a different plot but basically it will turn out to be something like superhero stuffs. Well, i was wrong at one point. It was all about superhero stuffs but not the famous line, "and he saved the day." end of story. No! it was an adventure of a lifetime. Waaaah.. my being bookworm was kinda popping up lately. Like what's my favorite shop in a mall aside from F21? hmmm... a book store. Powerbooks, National Bookstore and Fullybooked are on my list of "to-go-to" every time im on a mall.Why not? A book can take you to a place you never imagined existed.

Percy Jackson is about a story of young demigod (Perseus Jackson) who lives in a modern day setting, as in as modern as New York City with the Empire State Building. Yeah it was like Perseus on the Clash of the Titans and the Greek myths that once he reached 16, he will define his destiny.. -to save or destroy the Olympus.

Here are the books in the series.

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief  

Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters

Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse

Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrynth

Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian

They even have a book for the demigod files and the ultimate guide to the characters. These books really helped.

What i love about it?

* It tells us that everything is this world is nothing without the Gods. Like they create every thing that you see in this world that we lived in.
* It reminds us that even Gods can make mistakes.. (they're not allowed to have children but who can explain the demigods?)
* It tells us that promises are made to be broken so be sure to oath on the River Styx everytime you asked someone to make promises. hehe.
* It tells us that no man can be incompletely invulnerable. Your greatest weakness is also your greatest hope.
* It tells us that amidst the difficulties, you will realized that family matters most.and that Hope will always be there as long as you are not freeing it. Once you lose it, everything that you ever wished for will be gone and lastly you cant abandoned a sinking ship if your friends and families are there. You will do everything to save them even if it means risking your own life.

So guys.. read it now and enjoy. =)

im totally going to make this serious..

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dec 18, 2010.

the big day.

it was my cousin's wedding at the fernwood gardens, qc.

it was such a long day. i went to the office at 1am to attend the christmas party of our program. and i went home at 4am. actually not home. i went to EDSA Shangrila where my family an relatives plus the bride and the groom are checked in for the big day. i felt kinda awkward to get inside the hotel because this is a five star hotel and i dont normally get inside this kind of high end hotels. dum.dum.dum.. nervousness. it was my first time to enter EDSA Shang hotel. a hotel crew accompanied me upto the 7th floor where the room was located. great. i still have time to sleep. knock.knock.knock. no one answered. grrrr... everyone's asleep. then the hotel crew called the room extension. luckily, dianne (cousin SYD's gf) was up and she opened the door. and that was the start of the day..

we dressed up and took pictures and went to fernwoods which was like an hour drive from Manda. everyone was there. relatives, cousins, friends.. the bride and groom's friends. the wedding was supposed to start at 8:15 in the morning. i know it was too early. that was why we were cramming because it was almost 5 in the morning when everyone started to wake up and took a bath and dressed up. hahaha.. you cant imagine how panicking we were.

the bride arrived late. almost 20 minutes before 9 in the morning so the wedding ceremony was kinda fast forward. like the officiating priest even said, "we're gonna make it faster because we're late in the schedule. i thought you changed your mind and you're not gonna come" (he's referring to the bride.)

the wedding ceremony ended so fast but since me and my cousins havent had anything since the day started, we were starving and we wanted it to finish so fast. hahaha. good thing the bride arrived late. hahaha. not that i was wishing that she came late. no! you should have seen my cousin's face. i have known him since we were little so i knew how frustrated and angry he was. like he didnt spent 2-m php just to be abandoned on a church full of friends and families. i know he was iritated like he was just trying to smile to show everyone that it was ok and the bride's gonna come.

the reception started so late that everyone was starving. it was like the weding was so early, and a lot of of relatives came from Laguna which is a 2-hr drive, oh lets make it 3 since the fernwoo was all the way up north manila.

the wedding was fine after all. there was this souvenir photobooth that was jammed pack. i swear it was blockbuster.

after the wedding we went home to laguna. we rode on a bus that my cousin rented for everyone from Bicol area.

we were tired. i was tired. i supposed to come to a christmas party for my org (Twilight Coven Philippines) but since i was dead tired. i never got the chance to come. a missed opportunity to see my co-twihards. tsk.

i promised, im not gonna be late on my wedding day.