ano pala yang da vinci code na yan????? they say that it is a good book, pero matagal na akng nangangarap na makahiram ng book nyan....hehehhe

im posting one of my friend's comments on dvc.. she's staying at france for over a year now.. i just want to share and this does not mean in any way that i share, nor challenge her ideas/views.. i want to know what you guys think of this..

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What is so darn interesting about dvc?

di nga.. sa totoo lang? saka i dont understand how
some people could actually be convinced by that
book? bakit ba? personally, i think the book is so
full of bull. really. i think its really for the gullible.
bakit? eh napaka -inaccurate kaya ng details nya?

una sa lahat, mali ang descriptions nya ng layout
ng streets sa paris.

a. the denon wing of the museum is not next to
rue rivoli, so sophie could not have possibly
thrown the bar of soap to a truck going to
invalides.

b. from the northern entrance to the louvre,
there`s no way a car could enter through the
tuileries garden. believe me, i walk there all the
time on my way home!

c. walang prostitutes sa st. sulpice area!
magsampay ka nga lang ng damit sa binatana ng
bahay mo, wawarningan na kayo ng pulis, kasi
nakakasira ng view ng paris, yung magkaron pa
kaya ng mga pokpok don? eh sobrang sosyal ng
area na yun?

d. in the english version, the bank of zurich is
located at 24 rue haxo. but in the french version of
the book, nasa 24 rue de longchamp na. i live in
20 rue de longchamp. pero wala akong
kapitbahay na swiss bank!

e. you cant buy tickets to trains going to lille from
gare st. lazare station. trains leaving for lille leave
from gare du nord.

pangalawa, he was so damn focused on
describing the glass pyramid of the louvre, and
the fact that the pyramid is composed of exactly
666 glass panes? well, he failed to mention that
there are THREE pyramids in the louvre, the other
two standing on both sides of the one he`s so
concentrated on describing. and those other two
couldnt possibly have 666 glass panes on each of
them as well. granted, the other two are smaller
than the one he`s referring to, but still, nobody
would ever miss seeing those two as well.... so
why are they insignificant in brown`s book? kasi
hindi sila composed of 666 glass panes din? and
come to think of it.... the pyramid has four sides,
right? sobrang bobacious ko sa math, pero kahit
sinong bobo sa numero eh mare-realize na 666 is
not divisible by four. di ba?

pangatlo, and this one pinakanakakainis... yung
madonna of the rocks nya... threatening daw yung
hand ni virgin mary? clawlike and as if clutching
an invisible head? and uriel was making a slicing
gesture in the direction of the said head? tas john
the baptist was blessing jesus christ? and jesus
christ bowing to the authority of john the baptist?
duh?!

a. mary`s hand was anything but clawlike and
threatening and clutching an invisible head. it is
raised just above the head of the infant jesus.

b. uriel was pointing to john the baptist and she
was using her forefinger (what else?) in doing so.
hardly a slicing gesture at all.

c. brown got his characters confused in
interpreting the painting. the baby blessing the
other child is not john baptist (blessing the older
child jesus); but the infant jesus himself. the older
one who has his head bowed is in fact john the
baptist. it`s the other way around. if he reads the
bible, he`d have found out that john the baptist is
older than jesus christ.

d. the painting is actually over six feet tall. how
could sophie have heaved the canvass out of the
wall and used it as a shield, knowing that the
painting is so much taller than she is? not to
mention she probably couldn`t have held the
painting from end to end due to its width? and if
she bent her knee from the back of the canvass,
it`s not the middle of it that should have bulged,
but the lower part, assuming she let it stand on the
floor, and considering the size of its frame? and
the museum guide tells me the painting is quite
heavy, and that the guard standing on the end of
the corridor (who is heavily built) can`t possibly
have lifted the painting alone.

e. hindi nakahiwalay ng kwarto sa louvre ang
monalisa. nasa grand gallery din sya.

pang-apat, he was quoting from the dead sea
scrolls referring to mary magdalene as the
companion of christ. san kaya sa dead sea scrolls
yun? coz the dead sea scrolls predate the life and
times of jesus. the scrolls dont really say anything
about christ.

panglima, if you read more materials about the
holy grail, youll be surprised to find out that the
holy grail is not so much about mary magdalene
as it is about the virgin mary herself... coz the holy
grail is said to be a representation of the one who
carries the royal blood of jesus. the virgin mary is
the physical mother of jesus. therefore she carries
within herself the blood of christ. and brown failed
to mention that there is, in fact, a sanctuary here in
marseilles, france, that claims to house the
remains of mary magdalene. whereas no body
could ever really say where the remains of the
virgin mary lay.

pang-anim, yung sinasabi nyang nuns na
nagpagawa kay da vinci nung first painting nya ng
madonna of the rocks... the confraternity of
immaculate conception... hindi sya kumbento
para magkaron ng mga madre don. it is a kind of
seminary and its strictly for male only.


.... probably dan brown has never been to the
louvre and to paris. he probably has never read
the bible, and he cant get his facts straight.

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Originally posted by: yamiyo
"haba nung post ni lei... nakakaduling basahin  i agree, marami ngang errors yung dvc. pero that's why it's fictional di ba? and there were reportedly some tourists who came to paris to live the adventure, those people are just plain gullible... or stupid, you pick which.   "

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haba nga no? pasensya na, hindi ako ang sumulat nun, repost ko lang dito..

museum employees in France are riding on this "wave".. since dvc was published and became popular.. a lot of tourists and locals alike are re-visiting the museums.. guides are tasked to anser any of the visitors' questions, mostly about the dvc, etc.. and that is ok with them. they do acknowledge that it is fiction, but as far as the story in the book goes.. this happened here.. etc.. etc..

naisip ko lang kung totoo yun no diba mauuncover na ang history

hey pips nabasa nyo na ba yung angels and demons ayos yung story and yung ambis ni dan brown!!!!