#Christine Ng

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**Shots of the Episode**

Poker Face (2023)

Season 1, Episode 4: “Rest in Metal” (2023) Director: Tiffany Johnson Cinematographer: Christine Ng

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Poker Face

Season 1, “The Future of the Sport”

Director: Iain B. MacDonald

DoP: Christine Ng

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The Cat (1992)

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Now watching:

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WAIT.

zutara phantom of the opera AU

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This is the Christmas Station ID of TV5 in 2010. The Christmas Station ID was themed “Maligayang Pasko, Kapatid! In the Service of the Filipino”. The Station ID is accompanied with the Christmas version of “Para Sa’yo Kapatid” performed by Filipino singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer, television host, actor and comedian Ogie Alcasid and his wife Regine Velasquez who is also an OPM singer and songwriter. But somehow, Ogie Alcasid and Regine Velasquez also performed the original version of the “Para Sa’yo Kapatid” in June 30, 2010.

The Christmas Station ID was launched in December 1, 2010 which is the same thing that the “Da Best ang Pasko ng Pilipino” music video was released from ABS-CBN.

The Christmas Station ID features Korina Sanchez, Pia Arcangel, Connie Sison, Luchi Cruz-Valdez, Pinky Webb, Ivan Mayrina, Mark Salazar, Raffy Tima, Lourd de Veyra, Shawn Yao, Paolo Bediones, Martin Andanar, Seph Ubalde, Atom Araullo, Rhea Santos, Alex Santos, Gilbert Remulla, Sam Milby, Bea Alonzo, Marco Alcaraz, Hero Angeles, Vice Ganda, Empoy Marquez, Coco Martin, Zoren Legaspi, Ogie Alcasid, Luis Manzano, Matteo Guidicelli, Marky Cielo, DingDong Dantes, Rocco Nacino, Enchong Dee, Carmina Villaroel, Eugene Domingo, Nora Aunor, Angel Aquino, Aiko Melendez, BB Gandanghari, Randy Santiago, John Wayne Sace, Allen Dizon, John Arcilla, Gabby Eigenmann, Geoff Eigenmann, Edu Manzano, Jericho Rosales, Neil Coleta, Cogie Domingo, Lloyd Zaragoza, Kit Thompson, Nash Aguas, Valeen Montenegro, Emman Abelda, Joshua Dionisio, Enrique Gil, Carlo Aquino, Liza Soberano, Michael V., Allan K., Xian Lim, Yves Flores, German Moreno, Carmelito “Shalala” Reyes, Romy “Dagul” Pastrana, Aga Muhlach, Sid Lucero, Onemig Bondoc, Diether Ocampo, Ruru Madrid, Juancho Triviño, Ina Raymundo, Dina Bonnevie, Ahron Villena, Jun Sabayton, Niño Muhlach, Simon Ibarra, Baron Geisler, Dominic Roque, Ramon Bautista, Paolo Ballesteros, Chuckie Dreyfus, Mark Anthony Fernandez, Tirso Cruz III, Rafael Rosell, Adrian Alandy, Enrico Cuenca, Gian Magdangal, Troy Montero, Isko Moreno, Lester Llansang, John Lapus, Arcee Muñoz, Alice Dixson, Tuesday Vargas, Ritz Azul, Eula Caballero, Kristine Hermosa, Angel Locsin, Coleen Garcia, Shaina Magdayao, Ellen Adarna, Louise de los Reyes, Jessie Mendiola, Ivana Alawi, Maja Salvador, Diego Castro III, Vince Gamad, Lianne Valentin, Ivan Dorschner, CJ Muere, Enzo Pineda, Marco Gumabao, Dion Ignacio, Jason Abalos, John Lloyd Cruz, Benjamin Alves, IC Mendoza, Paulo Avelino, EJ Falcon, David Licauco, Ken Chan, Phytos Ramirez, Pancho Magno, Jiro Manio, Addy Raj, Derrick Monasterio, Michael Pangilinan, Dennis Trillo, Jake Cuenca, Dianne Medina, RR Enriquez, Princess Ryan, Kim Chiu, Jazz Ocampo, Pauleen Luna, Regine Velasquez, JC de Vera, Martin Escudero, Gerald Anderson, Sef Cadayona and Edgar Allan Guzman including Julius Babao and his wife Christine Bersola-Babao, Mikoy Morales, the son of Vicky Morales, Ronwaldo and Kristoffer Martin, the sons of Coco Martin and Sandino Martin, the brother of Coco Martin, Donny Pangilinan, the brother of Michael Pangilinan, twin brothers Rodjun and Rayver Cruz, Master Boy Abunda, DJ Willie Revillame, Emcee Mo Twister, including South Korean Boy Band Momoland with their rival Twice, the first South Korean boy band in the 2010’s. DJ Lance the Dinosaur from Sesame Street, Blue the Puppy from Disney’s Blues Clues who is the mascot of TV5, president Noynoy Aquino as Santa Claus featuring the Goin Bulilit new cast members after the retirement of the original cast members like Vin Abrenica, Sophie Albert, Mark Neumann, Shaira Mae Diaz, Akihiro Blanco and Chanel Morales who appeared as special guests as well with CX Navarro, Mutya Orquia, Belle Mariano, Charlie Dizon and the new cast members of Goin’ Bulilit. But somehow, Vin Abrenica, Sophie Albert, Mark Neumann, Shaira Mae Diaz, Akihiro Blanco and Chanel Morales moved to ABS-CBN where they became the Artista Academy students.

Somehow, This was also the only Christmas Station ID to feature Marky Cielo before his death in April 1, 2011 due to an aviation incident. Somehow, Mel Tiangco, Howie Severino, Dominic Roco, Felix Roco and twin sisters Anne Curtis and Jasmine Curtis-Smith don’t appear in the Christmas Station ID at this point.

The Christmas Station ID theme will be re-used in the 2011 Christmas Station ID from TV5 which is “Magpasaya ang Kapatid” but with minor changes and explosions. Somehow, The explosions at the very end will occur in the 2015 Christmas Station ID which is “Happy Ka Dito Ngayon Pasko” which will feature special guests like Rufa Mae Quinto, Julia Montes, Cristine Reyes, Dimples Romana, Alex Gonzaga, Roxanne Guinoo, Angelica Panganiban and Valerie Concepcion waving at the end.

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People You'd Like to Get to Know Better

I was tagged by @starandsims to answer some questions! I LOVE IT! thanks for tagging me. So now, let's go

Last Song: To be Honest, by Christine and the Queens (this version). I love him SO much.

Favorite Color: Purple 💜

Currently Watching: Love is Blind, S5. This season is getting really boring tho.

Last Movie: Missing (2023). So good! Great plot twists.

Currently Reading: Everything I never Told You, by Celeste Ng. I'm in love with her writing.

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: Savory 100%.

Last Thing I Googled: "No one will save you where to watch"

Current Obsession: doing puzzles, my favorite hobby of all time. I'm currently doing a 3000 pieces puzzle

Currently Working On: Singers Family legacy, generation 6. also trying to fix this Save cause it's bugged as hell lol

Thanks for getting to know me! I'd love to get to know some people, anyone who feels like they would want to jump in feel free to say I tagged you!

[yamata]

not that anybody asked by here's me beating mohg (as christine) in NG+1

[the-world-is-treating-me-bad]

for the music ask game! :)

3, 12, and 23

Ahh ty!

3. If you were to get lyrics tattooed on you, which would they be?

Oh, that’s tricky! I can think of a couple:

1. “I don’t want the world, I just want your half” from the song Ana Ng by They Might Be Giants,

2. “Find me in my field of grass” from Mother Nature’s Son,

Or 3. “Wrap my misgivings in a tune” from the song Shining My Flashlight On The Moon by Christine Lavin.

Honestly though? I don’t really know if I’d want to get words tattooed on me. When I think about tattoos I wanna get, even ones related to music, I usually think about getting images to represent stuff.

12. Who is a band or artist that you’ve never seen that you’re dying to see?

Basic as hell but I so desperately want to see Paul and Ringo live at least once. Outside classic rock it’d be awesome to see The Mountain Goats or AJJ live.

23. Do you create your own playlists? If so, how many do you have?

I sometimes do? Usually what it is is all of an artist’s discography, cause Spotify doesn’t have a way to let you listen to all of an artist’s music straight through. I have a couple of vibes based playlists though. I’ve got 16 on Spotify atm, but most of them aren’t in like, regular listening rotation.

Thanks for asking!

Ask me music questions

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**Shots of the Episode**

Poker Face (2023)

Season 1, Episode 2: “The Night Shift” (2023) Director: Rian Johnson Cinematographer: Christine Ng

[tv-moments]

Poker Face

Season 1, “The Night Shift”

Director: Rian Johnson

DoP: Christine Ng

[xtruss]

From the late 1600s to the early 1900s, the West African kingdom of Dahomey (in present-day Benin) was protected by an all-female regiment of warriors. Depicted here in a 19th-century lithographic print, these women were widely known as fierce defenders of their realm.

The Warriors of This West African Kingdom Were Formidable—and Female

In the 17th century, Dahomey flourished under the protection of its all-woman military regiment that inspired Viola Davis's acclaimed film The Woman King.

— By Rachel Jones | September 14, 2022

Call it mere coincidence or a masterstroke of tourism-focused timing. Earlier this year, when news spread that a hundred-foot-tall statue of Queen Tassi Hangbe had been erected in the West African nation of Benin, one could almost hear the faint click clack of calculators adding up the revenue from future travelers inspired to visit after having seen the movie The Woman King.

Historical extravaganzas generally fare well at the box office, especially ones involving vivid costumery and spirited combat. But this latest entry benefits from perfect timing once again, in the wake of the 2018 blockbuster film Black Panther. That epic tale of the fictional African nation of Wakanda was the perfect precursor for a movie steeped in the lore and history of a real-life group of African female warriors, whose fierce prowess stunned all they encountered.

Dahomey warriors crossing a creek. Although members of the all-female military unit are often called Amazons for being larger than life, historians say the colonial term doesn't do justice to these very real women and their accomplishments. Collection Paul Almasy/AKG-Images

The women warriors of Dahomey were known by many names in the Fon language—including Gbeto, Agojie, and Mino. Far from the sleek costumes of their film counterparts, they wore tunics and long shorts during combat. Pictures From History/AKG-Images

But conferring the label “Amazons” on these women soldiers of West Africa’s Kingdom of Dahomey is a non-starter for historian Pamela Toler.

“In addition to it being a decidedly colonial reference, you’re sort of reinforcing the idea that they are exceptions, and that no ordinary woman could be larger than life,” she says. “That’s a very European perspective on these amazing women.”

Toler, author of the book Women Warriors: An Unexpected History, says it’s important to know the full story of the all-female regiment of warriors who existed from the late 1600s to the early 1900s. In fact, an examination of their origins and the society they arose from provides a more multidimensional image of these women warriors and the legacy they left behind.

Christine Fellenz, NG Staff. Source: J. Cameron Monroe, Urbanism on West Africa’s Slave Coast, 2011

The Rise of The Kingdom of Dahomey

Until recent decades, the vast majority of popular culture depictions of Africa have characterized the continent as an uncivilized, agrarian milieu before the arrival of Europeans like Portuguese explorer Henry the Navigator in the 15th century.

On the contrary, powerful ancient civilizations flourished throughout the continent, including the prehistoric Land of Punt and the kingdoms of Aksum and Nubia in northeast Africa; the West African empires of the Ashanti, Mali, and the Songhai; and the Kingdom of Zimbabwe.

An engraved map of Dahomey and its environs, from the 1793 The History of Dahomey by slave trader and historian Archibald Dalzel.

In West Africa, Dahomey carved an indelibly powerful legacy. As outlined in the Encyclopedia Britannica, the kingdom established a well-organized government in which the king was considered semi-divine and had absolute control over economic, political, and social affairs. He was supported by a council of officials chosen from the commoner class because of their allegiance to the king and commitment to the nation’s development.

"As the blacksmith takes an iron bar and by fire changes its fashion, so we have changed our nature. We are no longer women, we are men." — Dahomey and The Dahomans, Frederick Forbes, British Naval Officer

Its geographic access to the sea, and the strategic prowess of its leaders, helped Dahomey vanquish other coastal kingdoms such as Allada and Whyda. But the emergence and expansion of the transatlantic slave trade ultimately helped seal its dominance. It’s estimated that from the 1720s until 1852, when the British imposed a naval blockade, Dahomey’s rulers sold hundreds of thousands of people from neighboring tribes and nations to the British, French, Portuguese, and others.

The Kingdom of Dahomey rose to dominance in West Africa on the strength of its disciplined army and strategic leadership—but also through its role capturing and selling hundreds of thousands of people from neighboring nations to the transatlantic slave trade. Pictures From History/AKG-Images

Behanzin, the last king of Dahomey, with his family in 1894. Although his predecessor had allowed France to claim the city of Cotonou as a protectorate, Behanzin was strongly opposed to colonization and launched an ill-fated last push to end European interference.

Besides the slave trade, Dahomey fought to acquire fertile land for farming and to boost its trade in palm oil. Taxes and duties collected from those two ventures helped Dahomey build an imposing military presence.

Eventually, continuous raids on neighboring communities significantly reduced the number of males, which set the stage for women to step into the role of guardians and protectors.

Origins of Dahomey’s Women Warriors

One account of their origins contends that they were elephant hunters who served under King Houegbadja, the third king of Dahomey, from around 1645 to 1685. Known as Gbeto in the Fon language, UNESCO’s Women in African History portal writes that they, “hunted all kinds of game, including elephants, the most valuable and difficult of animals to kill.”

Elephants were almost completely wiped out from the area by the mid-19th century. The Gbeto were then integrated into the army of women soldiers. They wore brown blouses and brown-and-blue knee-length shorts.

Left: An engraving of two rival tribes in the midst of battle in Dahomey, 1879. Right: Wall hanging with battle scenes between Europeans and Dahomeans, from the Palace at Abomey in present-day Benin.

These women fighters were also known by other names in the Fon languages, including Agojie, Agoji, Mino, or Minon. But the prevailing origin story of the Dahomey women warriors is that the group was formed at the behest of Queen Hangbe, daughter of Houegbadja, who rose to power after her twin brother Akaba died under mysterious circumstances in the early 1700s.

The fact that Hangbe amassed a squadron of women willing to die protecting her and their kingdom was an impressive feat in the deeply patriarchal Dahomey society.

These female fighters were not concubines or servants obliged to defer to any man’s whims. And they didn’t just spring out of the ether; historians have long noted the prominence of women in some African societies. In the book Continent of Mothers, Continent of Hope: Understanding and Promoting Development in Africa Today, author Torild Skard writes about the Dahomey warriors:

“(They) were renowned for their zeal and ferocity. The most fearsome were armed with rifles. There were also archers, hunters and spies. They exercised regularly to be physically and mentally fit for combat. They sang, ‘Men, men stay! May the men stay! May they raise corn and grow palm trees … We go to war.’ When not in combat, they guarded the royal palaces in Abomen and grew fruit and vegetables. They could also go out and take captives to sell as slaves.”

The Reality Behind The Myths

Though it’s tempting to think that Dahomey’s female warriors may have very much resembled the sleek, ferociously glamorous fighters depicted in Black Panther, historian Toler says the reality is quite different.

“By the 1800s, contemporary accounts of them is that their uniforms were so similar to their male counterparts, people fighting against them don’t realize they’re women until they’re up close in hand-to-hand combat,” Toler says. “They most likely wore long shorts, a tunic, and a cap, not the sexualized almost bathing suits you’d see in modern-day depictions of female warriors.”

In addition to their talents in hand-to-hand combat, Dahomey's women warriors were experts with a bow and arrow. The most skilled members of the unit were selected to be archers, using hooked and poisoned arrows to stop their foes. Look and Learn/Bridgeman Images

Tales of their exploits astonished many European explorers and slave traders, and the region’s female fighters helped burnish Dahomey’s reputation as a force to be reckoned with.

“By all accounts, they were fearsome, excellent marksmen,” Toler says. “They were skilled with hand-to-hand fighting, using weapons that were a lot like machetes. And there was absolutely nobody there to tell them that they shouldn’t be involved in combat, or that they didn’t have the upper body strength as you heard in European and North American history until recently.”

While most records of Dahomean warfare involve battles with neighboring kingdoms for control of coastal cities, a shift began in the late 1870s after the kingdom agreed to let France claim the city of Cotonou as a protectorate. By 1883, nearby Porto-Novo, one of Dahomey’s rivals, was similarly designated.

But in 1889, a new king came to power. King Behanzin balked at European interference and eventually ordered slave raids and other hostilities against those French protectorates. This led to Second Franco-Dahomean War, which lasted from 1892 until 1894, and which some historians point to as end of a dominant role for the Dahomey women warriors.

Legacy of The Women Warriors

Historians like Toler are eager to see if The Woman King will yield a more contextual depiction of these women who chose a path that rejected limitations or gender restrictions. That’s critically important, as the image of the African woman on the global stage has a long way to evolve toward becoming empowered versus impoverished.

Warriors of Dahomey, a series of Épinal images created by French draftsman, illustrator, and printer Jean-Charles Pellerin in France in 1870. Pellerin famously pioneered this style of printing that uses bright colors to depict a popular subject.

There is no arguing that women made significant contributions to the development of African nations as traders, educators, cultivators, priestesses, healers, and more. And though leaders such as Ana Nzinga, queen of Ndongo, Kongo prophet Dona Beatriz, and Idia, queen mother of Benin—joined by modern-day heroines like Nobel Peace Prize winners Wangaari Maathai and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf—amplify the power and prowess of African women, art curator and historian Alexander Ives Bortolot summarizes the remaining challenge:

“There can be no doubt that important and celebrated women existed in other periods of African history, but prior to the era of contact with Europe, written records of their names and achievements simply do not exist. Indigenous narratives about them have not survived to the present-day or have yet to be recognized and recorded. As the study of African history continues, however, the identities of other notable African women will surely be revealed.”

Perhaps the rise in depictions of real-life African women as powerful and self-defining can help achieve that goal. The more people who know about the Dahomey women warriors, the better, Toler says.

“They proved that women are stronger than society thinks they are, than even they themselves may believe,” she says. “They had the choice to fight, and it was an entirely appropriate one.”

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“𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒔! 𝑲𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒏! 𝑲𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒈.”

Ako si Harold! Ang isa sa marketing staff ng Nanay Bangis. Samahan niyo kaming tunghayan ang paglalakbay ng isang inang nawalan ng mga anak sa gitna ng hidwaan sa Mindanao noong Dekada ’70.

Sa tradisyon ng teatro ni Bertolt Brecht, samahan kaming siyasatin ang digmaan sa isang 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 na 𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊-𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍. Walang mga birit, walang mabigat na orkestrasyon, kundi ang pulu-pulupot na mga buhay na nakatago sa likod ng giting ng digmaan.

𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐘 𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐈𝐒

Direksyon ni 𝐽. 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑚 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝑆𝑖𝑔𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝐺𝑜

Mula sa adaptasyon ni 𝑅𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑉𝑒𝑟𝑎

ng “Mother Courage and Her Children” ni 𝐵𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑡 𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑡

📅 𝐍𝐨𝐯 𝟏𝟓, 𝟐𝟐, 𝟐𝟗 (𝟕:𝟑𝟎𝐏𝐌)

📅 𝐍𝐨𝐯 𝟏𝟔, 𝟐𝟑, 𝟑𝟎 (𝟐:𝟑𝟎𝐏𝐌, 𝟕:𝟑𝟎𝐏𝐌)

📅 𝐍𝐨𝐯 𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟒, & 𝐃𝐞𝐜 𝟎�� (𝟏𝟎:𝟑𝟎𝐀𝐌, 𝟐:𝟑𝟎𝐏𝐌)

𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄!

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Ang “Nanay Bangis” ay nakasentro sa buhay ni Anna Perpetua, na naglakbay kasama ang kanyang mga anak na sina Elvis, Kesong Puti, at Christine sa isang karinderyang de-gulong sa gitna ng tumitinding hidwaan sa Mindanao noong 1971. Sa isang military checkpoint, makakaharap nila ang gutom nang digmaan na naghahanap ng mga bagong tagapagtaguyod nito.

Photography: Ocs Alvarez and CJ Junio

Post-processing: Marc Stanley Mozo

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#DUPNanayBangis

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@scandinave: “ why was I not made of stone? ” / accepting.

head tilts, expression pinched & concerned. annette reaches one hand out, though she makes no contact. that's christine's choice, not hers. "i-if ... if y-y-you w-were st - stone ... not ev-ven the, um. th' g-g-good th - thin-ngs c-coul-ld reach-ch you. & y-you wou -- wouldn-n' ev-ven kn-now."

[bukas-na-libro]

"I GIVE HIM A LOT OF CHANCES TO BECOME A BETTER PERSON"

"Was he cheating?" -Vice

"Dumating sa point na gano'n" -Christine

"Maraming beses s'yang nagcheat tapos pinatawad mo tapos umulit ulit?" -Vice

"Yeah. I genuinely love him and he knows that. And he knows na he was my first boyfriend and I also gave everything to him. I give him a lot of chances because I want him to feel that there's one person that can truly love him na hindi na n'ya kailangan hanapin pa sa ibang tao." -Christine.

"Sa tingin mo ano pa bang kulang kay Christine para maghanap ka pa ng iba" -Jhong

"Actually, wala s'yang kulang. Ako ang may kulang." -Nico

"Sabi mo kanina ang mga Pinay maalaga, mabait, at mapagmahal, but why did you still cheat?" -Vice

"Hindi ko naiintindihan 'yong sarili ko kaya hinahanap ko sa iba. I'm not saying na tama. I don't understand myself and hindi ako sigurado sa sarili ko." -Nico

"There is no valid reason to cheat." -Vice

Totoo talaga 'yong uubusin muna ng mga babae 'yong sarili nila bago sila sumuko. Na gagawin muna nila 'yong best nila bago sila bumitaw para at the end walang pagsisisi. Once a cheater, always a cheater talaga.

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Ma’am Christine Joy Apan From Negros Blue Hawks Volleyball Team MPVA Kababayan kong Cavitenos

Bawi nalang sa susunod na season ng MPVA Excited ito Liga Dapat Forever ito Because I Love Volleyball Dahil Pinsan ko si Jerrili Malabanan Player din ng Volleyball I Love This Liga