[F2F Book Discussions] F2F58: October 2016 | The Shining by Stephen King | Theme: Horror

[Louize]

Discussion Question 3:

Oct 5-7
Part 3: The Wasps' Nest, Chapters 14-25
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Chapter 16 - Danny
Q:[on Wendy's jealousy over Danny always speaking to Jack first] To those who are married, and has kids, have you ever felt the same way Wendy did? If yes, when? If no, not even a hint?

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Hubby and I are good in that area. It's like, tanggap ko na mas close sila, kasi magkamukha sila.

Chapter 19 - Outside 217
Q: [on the fire hose] When you were a child, what are you most afraid of? [on Danny hearing "you cheap prick!" again and again from Jack's mind] What's the first curse/bad/taboo word or phrase you learned? How?

I was afraid of falling. I had a falling accident when I was a little more than 3yrs old. I was in a cast. From then on, I would dream of falling off a flight of stairs and it felt like I couldn't breath. Sometimes, if I am caught off guard, I still feel that way when confronted with a long flight of stairs.
I grew up in the midst of Sampaloc Manila, I learned every kind of cursing, I can't recall which came first though.

Chapter 23 - In the Playground
Q: [on the hedge animals "prowling" Jack] What are you most afraid of now, as an adult?
[on Jack's love for his father despite his flaws] Mention one flaw you saw in your father as a child. If you cannot remember, mention one flaw in general.

Being a parent right now, mostly I'm afraid of failing my daughter. I kept thinking that maybe we cuddled her too long, she will not be ready to take on the world alone.
Ugh, my father had a habit of helping anyone in his relations (which isn't exactly bad), sometimes neglecting to consult my mother first.

Chapter 25 - Inside 217
Q: Got scared of this chapter, and/or the lady in the tub? Why, or why not?

Creepy! Maybe because I can still see the movie figure when it was mentioned.

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[Veronica]

Discussion Question 1:

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1. My most memorable interview was when I applied for the position of Executive Secretary to the President of a multinational firm. My would-be boss asked me, “Would you tell my wife I was in a meeting if I was playing golf?” I answered, “Yes, but I’m hoping you won’t ask me to.” I didn’t hear from them for a long time so I figured I didn’t get the job and moved on to other things. After a month, their HR calls me and tells me I got the job. I had to decline because I had started my own business by then. Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I took the job. If his question was not hypothetical, I probably wouldn't have lasted long.

2. This is a re-read for me (but listening to the audiobook now) and I’ve seen the movie so it’s all very familiar but I’m far more appreciative now of how King builds up his characters. Trivia: the narrator is also an actor and he played Spiderman’s father in the later movies. :)

3. Not just lately, but I always think of the things I have to do the following day. I sleep better if I know what I'm supposed to do tomorrow.
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[Maria]

Activity 3:

(view spoiler)[Get acquainted with Stephen King's works a little bit more. This weekend, watch a movie tie-in of one of his books. :) Let me know which one, okay? Enjoy!
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[Veronica]

Discussion Question 2:
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1. We used to get complementary overnight stays at the Pen. Comfy rooms (free aircon haha), great buffets and I especially liked the afternoon tea at the lobby while listening to the string quartet. Most of all, I loved the peace and quiet. We’d come home totally relaxed and recharged.

2. It was like that when I first met my best friend. She was so easy to talk to and there was no need for us to adjust to each other. It was like we had known each other for ages.

I don’t think I’ve met anyone with the Shining. I’d probably be uncomfortable around him/her. I’d always feel they could read my thoughts. :D

3. I like what Hallorann says about precognition. I’d like to think we all have it buried deep in our subconscious and for some inexplicable reason, it surfaces for some people.
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Activity 2:
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1. The Coral Gables Biltmore Hotel
Located in Coral Gables, Florida, the Biltmore Hotel has one notorious ghost. The gangster Thomas “Fatty” Walsh was killed by the hotel manager in 1929, who later escaped to Cuba to avoid retaliation or formal murder charges. His death took place on the 13th floor, which he is said to haunt to this day. The ghost of Thomas Walsh also plagues the elevator in the hotel, which stories suggest he uses to bring attractive women to his floor. Women regularly report being on the elevator with a different floor selected, only for the elevator to remain closed until they reach floor number 13. Even former president Bill Clinton had an encounter with Walsh’d ghost, it reportedly turned his TV on and off while he was renting a room on the 13th floor.
Source: http://www.the-line-up.com/5-haunted-...

2. Cecil Hotel (Now Renamed Stay on Main)
Built in 1927, the Cecil hotel is the most notorious hotel in LA. Known as the place where ‘serial killers stay’ thanks to Richard Ramirez and Jack Unterweger, who stayed at the hotel during their notorious killing sprees. The Cecil was also a suicide hotspot in the 1960s, one such suicide being that of Pauline Otton, who threw herself to her death from a ninth-floor. She landed on pedestrian on the street below, killing him instantly.

Recently the hotel hit the newspaper headlines again after guests reported that the water ‘had a horrible taste’, a maintenance worker, on investigating the water cisterns on the roof discovered the decomposed body of Canadian tourist Elisa Lam* at the bottom of the tank. Residents had brushed their teeth, drank and bathed in the water for 19 days.

Paranormal activity: Hotel guests regularly report sightings of dark figures in their rooms, often waking to the tugging of their bed sheets. Perhaps the most famous paranormal phenomenon to occur at the Cecil is the photograph taken by a local resident, which shows a shadowy figure hanging or falling from the fourth floor window. Paranormal investigators have linked it to the historical suicides that took place in the 60’s.
Source: http://www.theoccultmuseum.com/beware...

*Here is the video of the last known sighting of Elisa Lam before her body was found in the water tank. So creepy!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TjVB...

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Discussion Question 3:
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2. As a kid, I was afraid of the dark so I slept with the lights on. I only stopped sleeping with the lights on 12 years ago. :D

Would you believe I never ever heard my mom swear? My dad did but never in front of us kids. The first swear word I heard was (view spoiler)[puñeta (hide spoiler)] uttered by the ka-mahjong of my parents. She said it a lot so now I’m thinking she probably wasn’t any good at mahjong. Haha

3. Recently, we discovered that a prowler was able to enter our garden. He wasn’t able to enter the house because the doors were locked but since then, I’ve been afraid of going down at night and seeing a stranger in the garden.

My dad had a terrible temper and we were always afraid of making him angry but he never did get angry at his own family, just with other people. Still, we walked on eggshells when he was in a bad mood.

4. Same reaction as Louize, I can still remember that scene in the movie.
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Activity 3:
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I just watched my favorite Stephen King movie, The Shawshank Redemption, for the nth time. Still a great movie!
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[Angus]

Discussion Question 3:
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1. Not married and no kids!

2. I used to be afraid of enclosed spaces. Also afraid of the backyard shed we had. I knew my father was punishing me when he wanted me to get something from that shed when it's late at night. My first taboo words were something like this: Ing asbuk na atyu keng susu na. Ing butu na atyu keng puki na. Ing gamat na atyu keng buldit na. Etc. etc. This is basically a description of lovers having sex. I caught my mom's cousin in the act lol. They thought I was asleep. I WAS asleep, until their noise woke me up.

3. I'm afraid of nothing chos. I think I'm still afraid of enclosed spaces. My father's biggest flaw is that he would never get over about me being gay.

4. Of course I got scared! Just the mental image of it gives me shivers.
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Activity 3
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I didn't watch over the weekend (sorry, kinda busy) but I'll list down the Stephen King movies I've seen:

1. Carrie
2. Pet Sematary
3. The Shawshank Redemption
4. The Green Mile (half-watched)
5. Dreamcatcher (half-watched)
6. 1408
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[Maria]

Good morning :) Final stretch!

Discussion Question 4:

Oct 8-10
Part 4: Snowbound, Chapters 26-37

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Chapter 33 - The Snowmobile
Q: [on Jack sabotaging their chance to use the snowmobile]
What have you done lately that you are not proud of?

Chapter 36 - The Elevator
[on Wendy and Jack seeing confetti inside the elevator]
Q: Do you have any paranormal experience? Please share!
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Discussion Question 5:

Oct 11-17
Part 5: Matters of Life and Death, Chapter 38-58

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Qs:
What's your favorite chapter here (Part 5) and why?
What would be a matter (or matters) of life and death to you?
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[Monique]

Discussion Question 4:

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Chapter 33 - The Snowmobile
I'm not proud of the fact that I've been slacking off work lately. :( Kasi nakakatamaaaad. And I'm sluggish most mornings due to lack of sleep.

Chapter 36 - The Elevator
No paranormal experience ever. Yet. Not waiting or expecting, though.
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Discussion Question 5:

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I like the part where Hallorann was able to bring Wendy and Danny out to the shed, when the hotel blew up and they were trying to make a run for it. It's creepy, the part when Hallorann was seemingly being manipulated by the Overlook (uuughhhhh goosebumps thinking about it) but it was one of the most unforgettable parts here. (hide spoiler)]

[Maria]

Click on the image below to get a better look on Mr. Ullman's invitation. :D

[Monique]

Unmask! Unmask!

[Louize]

Activity 3:
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Watched the Green Mile again. Still made me cry. :(
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Discussion Question 4:
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Oct 8-10
Part 4: Snowbound, Chapters 26-37

Chapter 33 - The Snowmobile
Q: [on Jack sabotaging their chance to use the snowmobile]
What have you done lately that you are not proud of?

Getting angry. I hate being angry, because it's exhausting. Frustrated that maybe I didn't say all the angry words they deserve to hear, and then guilty that maybe I said too much. Weird, I know!

Chapter 36 - The Elevator
[on Wendy and Jack seeing confetti inside the elevator]
Q: Do you have any paranormal experience? Please share!

Okay, firstly, note that these things don't usually happen unless I am really, really dog-tired.
Eight years ago, we went for a vacation in Ilocos and stayed at Fort Ilocandia. It was a 12-hr drive for us, and we just checked -in and had a quick lunch. On our way to our room upstairs, I saw a man sitting on the sofa at the stairs landing, reading a very old newspaper (yellowish). While hubby was opening the door to our room, I curiously asked him (and daughter), "kind of odd for that man to read an old newspaper, don't you think?" (or something like that) They both looked at me and asked, "What man?"
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Discussion Question 5:
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Oct 11-17
Part 5: Matters of Life and Death, Chapter 38-58

What's your favorite chapter here (Part 5) and why?
What would be a matter (or matters) of life and death to you?


Chapters 50-53, were really intense. but my favorite part is Chapter 55, when Jack recognizes Danny at last, and tells the boy that he loves him.
Matters of life and death? Oh my, that would be plenty. But mostly it would involve my love ones, dog included.
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[Angus]

Discussion Questions 4:
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1. That I pointedly stopped talking to two of my officemates because they annoy me.

2. Reserving this for the F2F because I will run out (I only have one).
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Discussion Question 5:
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1. I'm still on Chapter 45. My favorite so far is the one where Hallorann received Danny's telepathic SOS. Because this is where the real horror starts, I assume.

2. Paying my bills on time? LOL. Obviously, I'm unconcerned about major stuff.
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[Maria]

Hi everyone,

Thank you for braving all my questions :) wohoo! I may not respond directly, but I read them all. Some made me cracked up, curious, and sometimes, sentimental. :)

Anyway, UPDATE!

It's near Closing Day, but this time, Mr. Ullman is taking the winter storm very seriously. Super Typhoon Lawin is coming. It's making him nervous, so he issued another letter of invitation for you.



In case you cannot access the image,
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Change in Venue
It is now at Via Mare, Greenbelt 3, same time (3pm-6pm)
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[Meliza]

Activity 1
(view spoiler)[Watched The Boy on the first week. It wasn't scary at all. I may try to watch another horror movie soon. (hide spoiler)]

Discussion Question 1
(view spoiler)[1. Job Interview - My worst was early this year when the technical interviewer was Chinese. I didn't understand about 80% of what he's saying because of his weird English accent.
2. Shadowland - What Danny has is both amazing and scary. It was amazing how he can tell about what others are thinking like the Bad Thing and the divorce. But Tony showing him images of blood and other terrifying stuff is creepy.
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[Aaron Vincent]

Part 1: Prefactory Matters

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1. I haven't had an embarrassing interview yet. The only thing I can remember was when I was about to be interviewed by a company who was offering me a position, I entered the wrong office. I introduced myself to the receptionist and then she asked me to sit and wait for the team lead who was going to interview me. I waited for about 15 minutes until the receptionist came back to me and said that they were not expecting any interviewee for the day. Only then I realized that I entered the wrong door.

2. It's very hard for me to get scared. I'm not usually get terrified too much by horror films or books so I wasn't really fazed by this chapter. I just sort of got curious about the visions Danny had.

3. Perhaps the more appropriate question word is who, not what. But this is a horror month so let's not discuss that. :p

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[Aaron Vincent]

Part 2: Closing Day

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1. This was a staycation in F1 Hotel at The Fort. It was my first day of freedom from my previous toxic company and I get to spend it from some people from TFG. We had great conversations and impromptu dance party in the room.

2. I don't know if there is anyone I immediately feel comfortable with. It takes a while before I warm up to a person. I didn't have a great start with my now closest friends. I guess it's in my nature to be really, really discerning at the beginning? I dunno. My brother is quite sensitive to paranormal beings but I don't know if it's really the truth or it's just his imagination. See, I'm a cynic about these things.

3. To be honest? No, I don't. I'm the kind of person who has to see it first before I believe it. I think there is a psychological explanation for this.

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[Aaron Vincent]

Part 3: The Wasps' Nest

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1. Sadly, I cannot answer this question. :)

2. I was afraid of falling and falling in love. Just don't ask why. Haha!

"Punyeta!" Curses are a big no in our household but when my titas come over and they get pissed off by my brother and I, that's the word I kept hearing them say.

3. I am most afraid of losing my memory. I don't want to lose remembrance of the experiences I had, the stories I was fortunate to make and friends I've grown fond of.

My father had obvious favoritism and yes, it wasn't me. He used to always favor my brother who actually was quite the brat. I remember crying over it for a few times when I was a kid but I just resolved to showing him that he can be proud of me. Which I did. So all's good in the world now. :)

4. Again, I don't easily get scared about these things. It was quite imaginative but I didn't lose my wits over it. I don't know. I just don't believe in ghosts anymore.
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[Aaron Vincent]

Part 4: Snowbound

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2. Fortunately, no. I haven't had a paranormal experience yet. This is why I don't believe in it. I sort of had a nightmare, though, where I couldn't move because I felt someone is stopping me. But I don't think nightmares should count because that's just our subconscious at work.

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[Aaron Vincent]

Part 5: Matters of Life and Death

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1. It is when Jack remembered his humanity and expressed his love for Danny. But it was all too late.

2. Right now? My cough. I've been coughing my lungs out and my voice hoarse for 3 weeks now. It's beginning to scare me. I got checked already and taking my meds but it's still there. I will get myself checked again tomorrow.
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[Veronica]

Discussion Question 4:
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1. I lost my temper with my sister’s kasambahay.

2. I don’t think I’ve had any paranormal experiences and thank goodness for that!
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Discussion Question 5:
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1. Same as the others, when Danny shines on Halloran and he keeps his promise to return to the Overlook.

2. Anything that involves the health of my loved ones is a matter of life and death for me.
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[Tin]

Discussion Questions 3:
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Chapter 16 - Danny
N/A. Not married and don't have kids. I have a dog tho. :D

Chapter 19 - Outside 217
As a child I was most afraid of two or three teachers in my school, and the buringkantadangpalong. It's a made-up monster, created by my mom to scare me to do things, like sleep and eat and hurry up and thaaangs. That and the tikbalang that she says lives in the banana tree beside our fence.

I think "hayop" is the first curse word I learned. I heard it from one of our help, I think. Didn't initially make sense to me, it being a bad word, because we use it in our Filipino subject to refer to animals.

Chapter 23 - In the Playground
I am afraid of a lot of things! My mom/sisters dying / getting sick. Me getting sick. Supertyphoons, air-borne diseases, germs, all other diseases, monkeys, getting maimed, losing sight and hearing, disappointing people, hurting people, being judged. I am afraid of the whole world! Madame lang issues. LOL.

If my dad had a flaw, it would be that he sheltered me too much.

Chapter 25 - Inside 217
Did not really get scared of the lady in the tub. Perhaps in the movie adaptation, I will be. (hide spoiler)]

[Tin]

Activity 3:
(view spoiler)[I failed to check this thread when this activity was posted! I did watch The Shawshank Redemption sometime last July? I was a tad dissappointed because I think I had super high expectations about it, it being among the highest rated movies of all time.

I think the cinematography is gorgeous. And I think Morgan Freeman did superbly. But Andy Dufrense (Tim Robbins) didn't connect with me. Why is he so zen? Anyway, I was expecting a dark, gritty, heart-breaking movie on corruption, violence, institutionalization, rape etc. instead I felt the treatment of these serious themes were a tad melodramatic. (hide spoiler)]

Discussion Question 4:

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Chapter 33 - The Snowmobile
Being passive aggressive. I don't like people who do this to me, but there are times when I engage in this act myself, rather than to truly speak what is on my mind because I am afraid of hurting people, and I don't like conflict. But sometimes not speaking what's on your mind can eat you up, and it can be detrimental to the other person as well.

Chapter 36 - The Elevator
Haven't had any paranormal experience! (hide spoiler)]

[Elaine]

Aaron Vincent wrote: "Part 4: Snowbound


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Spoiler tag galore! Hahaha. Matindi ata tinatago mo. I gave up on the third/fourth spoiler tag. Hahaha

[Elaine]

Activity 1
(view spoiler)[Aaaron and I watched Ms Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Childern last weekend but I don't consider it a horror move. So I watched Poltergeist, definitely a horror movie >.< (hide spoiler)]

Activity 2
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1. Hotel Provincial, New Orleans, La. - A former soldier supposedly haunts the grounds of the Provincial. Guests have reported everything from doors opening and closing to hearing voices and footsteps when no one else was around. Several séances have been held in the hotel over the years, many of which produced ghostly visions and recorded audio of things like, "Tell Dianne I have to go." A female guest reported being pulled from her bed by a hand and dragged across the room while she kicked and screamed. Another conventioneer claims to have seen the soldier fully materialize in the closet, complete with decorated uniform, before disappearing into thin air. (Source: http://science.howstuffworks.com/scie...)

2. Holmes "Murder Castle", Chicago, Ill. - In the late 1800s in Chicago, Dr. H.H. Holmes, born Herman Mudgett, built and operated a hotel that later would be dubbed the "murder castle" by law enforcement agents. Holmes was a lifelong cheat, swindler and fraud artist -- in medical school he took out insurance claims on cadavers and mangled the corpses to look like they were accident victims. Shortly before the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, Holmes built a 60-room hotel in the Chicago suburb of Englewood. Holmes was the architect, and the hotel housed many bizarre features -- doors that led to nothing, rooms without windows, trapdoors and hidden passageways.

When Holmes opened the hotel up for business, guests got more than they bargained for. For four years, Holmes held various guests prisoner, torturing and killing them. He is known as America's first serial killer, admitting to 28 murders, though it's believed that he was responsible for many more. Some rooms were sealed shut and used as gas asphyxiation chambers, others were lined with iron plates and had blowtorches built into the walls to burn his victims. The prison rooms had rudimentary alarm buzzers to alert him if anyone tried to escape. (Source: http://science.howstuffworks.com/scie...)
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Activity 3
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1. The Shining - does this count? Haha. Have just watched the movie during the weekend.
2. Carrie
3. Pet Sematary - watched this partly. Hehehe. But will come back to finish this. :P
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[Elaine]

Discussion Question 1
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Chapter 1 - Job Interview
Most memorable interview was last year. I went to Clark, Pampanga for a 9am interview. I dragged my sister to go with me and it ended up on a nice road/food trip. :)

Chapter 4 - Shadowland
It's like a prelude of nasty things to come. I haven't watched the movie yet (but already downloaded it) and I have a feeling it's going to be gory. Huhu

Chapter 6 - Night Thoughts
It sounds corny but my night thoughts usually are about the things I'm doing the next day. Meeting, chores, deadlines, gala and other stuff for the weeks ahead. I'm a bit OC with schedules.
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Discussion Question 2
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Chapter 8 - A View of the Overlook
Just came back from a trip so I'd have to say my best hotel experience so far is in Intercontinental Hotel in Hong Kong. (view spoiler)[Aside from the fact that I did not pay for anything which makes it a good experience (hide spoiler)] It's near the shopping malls, train station and Victoria Harbor so it's easy to walk around and not get very lost. Hehe.

Chapter 10 - Hallorann
Yes. I think I have met most of my friends that way. Although I do not know anyone who has the Shining.

Chapter 11 - The Shining
I don't know. I'm skeptical hearing about people who have this ability. It's hard to accept something you do not fully know and experience. Maybe they are gifted, maybe they're not. It's just a matter of accepting their word/claims for the sake of your own inner peace. Haha
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Discussion Question 3
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Chapter 16 - Danny
Not married and definitely no kids... at the moment. Hahaha.

Chapter 19 - Outside 217
Definitely afraid of the dark when I was a child. I hated waking up in the middle of the night and having to pee. I was roommates with my lola and I didn't want to wake her up but her room is kinda scary at night with all her abubot. Hahaha. So, I had a period of wetting my bed.

First taboo word I have heard and understood as a bad word was 'punyeta'. I have always heard that being screamed at the yayas. Sorry, masuingit ang mga lola.

Chapter 23 - In the Playground
I don't know why but I'm just shit scared of cockroaches, especially the flying ipis! I think I never outgrew that. Huhu.

My dad's generally a gentle giant. He's usually quiet and observant but when he's angry it's like all hell breaks loose. I'm really scared when he's mad because he shouts at an insanely powerful and loud voice.

Chapter 25 - Inside 217
I have watched the movie before reading this chapter. I got scared with the movie version so reading this did not terrify me as much anymore. Hahaha
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Discussion Question 4
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Chapter 33 - The Snowmobile
I have a tendency to be passive-aggressive with my project partner when things don't go my way or when I know he cannot deliver stuff on the agreed time.

Chapter 36 - The Elevator
No paranormal experience and do not dream of having one ever!
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[Monique]

Elaine wrote: "Aaron Vincent wrote: "Part 4: Snowbound


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You shouldn't have! But to save you the trouble, Aaron's answer is "kalan." :P

[Elaine]

Monique wrote: "Elaine wrote: "Aaron Vincent wrote: "Part 4: Snowbound


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Hahaha. Buti nalang hindi ko pinagtyagaan. :))

[Louize]

Ooooh, let us discuss that Aaron "kalan" moment further later. :D