Funk

Daft Punk + Charleston Dance == Daft Charleston

Got this from Ctrl-Alt-Del..

Lonely Dog

One of our dogs died last September 13.



Mag-isa na naman si Janvit..

Considering

After Mark told me about the news that Apple is releasing the iPhone SDK (and me looking around for smartphones), I am sooo tempted to get an iPhone for myself.. next year. =p

Damn You..

..you freakin' terrorists.

Manuel L. Quezon III's round-up of blogger accounts of the event.

Inquirer.NET's special section.

Commuter's Survey

(copied from Sarah =p)

1. Ano'ng byahe ng jeep ang madalas mong sakyan?
"Crossing-Calamba <-> UP College" =p Pero hindi na masyado, dahil sa Metro Manila na ako pumapasok para sa trabaho. =D

2. Ano'ng oras ka bumibyahe?
Dati, iba-iba, kung kelan ko trip -- kahit hapon na. =p Pero simula nung mag-staffhouse na kami, sabay-sabay na kami pumapasok. Sabay-sabay na tanghali. =p Hanggang nagka-service naman kami. =p

3. Magkano pamasahe mo?
Ngayong may service na, wala na. =p

4. Gaano katagal ang byahe mo?
Ngayong may service na, mga 1 hour.

5. Saan ka madalas umupo sa fx?
Dati, sa pinaka-likod, dahil alam kong huli naman ako bababa (Dasma <-> Calamba). Ngayon, kahit saan na. =D

6 . Mahilig ka ba sumakay sa "patok"?
Di ko alam yung "patok"..

7. Bakit?
N/A

8. Habang nasa byahe, paano ka nagpapalipas ng oras?
Natutulog! =p Pero kung hindi ako makatulog, tingin-tingin sa scenery.. Kahit paulit-ulit ko nang nakikita, di naman ako mabilis magsawa, dahil laging may bagong makikita. =)

9. Nakakatulog ka ba sa byahe?
Lagi! Kahit jeep, kahit trike! =p Sa ordinary bus lang sa Metro Manila ako hindi nakakatulog dahl sa usok..

10. Anong radio station ang madalas mong ma-tyempuhang pinakikinggan ng driver?
Double-R.

11. Gusto mo ba ng loud music?
No. Well, most of the time. =p

12. Ano'ng sinasabi mo kapag bababa ka na?
"Sa tabi lang ho!"

13. Naranasan mo na bang di magbayad sa driver?
Madaming beses na. Dahil minsan, di pa ako nakakapagbayad, tulog na ako agad! =p Pinaka-malaki kong hindi nabayaran, bus mula Cubao hanggang LB! Kasabay ko si Frank, tapos akala nya, nagbayad na ako, baka hindi lang nya napansin. E, tulog na nga ako.. =p

14. May nakaaway ka na ba sa jeep?
Wala pa. "Mapagbigay" ako pag sa public transport. =p

15. Mahilig ka bang manlibre ng pamasahe?
Yup. =D Basta si Kei! =p

16. Mahilig ka naman bang magpalibre?
Syempre! =D Basta hindi kay Kei.. =p

17. Paano ka nagre-react kapag biglang nagpreno?
*kunot noo*

18. Naranasan mo na bang di masuklian?
Yup. Pag sinabing "mamaya na yung sukli, wala pang barya", minsan nawawala na rin sa isip ko na ipaalala. Pinakamalaki ko pa lang naman na di nakuhang sukli, P35 sa P50 na binayad ko mula Crossing-Calamba hanggang Anos.

19. Nakalampas ka na ba sa biyahe?
Madalas! Umabot na ako sa Megamall, kahit sa Ayala lang ako bababa mula Laguna.. Umabot na ako sa Bay, kahit sa LB lang ako bababa.. At least, di pa ako umabot sa Sta. Cruz -- pero may kakilala ako na umabot na.. :-"

20. Sa anong dahilan?
Dahil nga tulog ako.. Kahit sobrang nakapagpahinga na ako bago bumyahe, nakakatulog pa rin ako sa byahe!

22. Naranasan mo na bang hindi pagbayarin ng mismong driver ng jeep?
Yup. Kakilala ni Kei yung driver! =D

23. Naranasan mo na bang ma-stranded sa daan?
Yup. Madali ma-stranded pag madaling araw. =p

24. Na-hold-up ka na ba?
Hindi pa naman. Pero nadukutan na ako. Twice na.

25. Nasuka ka na ba sa biyahe?
Nung bata pa ako, dalawa kaming magkapatid na mahina sa byahe. Pero nung high school, kelangan ko na masanay. At nasanay naman. =p

Loyal Shopper

Galing ako sa supermarket kanina, at napangiti ako nung may narinig ako:

"Wag na yang imported na de lata, ha. Yung Pilipino na lang."

=)

Yarrr..

I be resigned..

Find Your Dream Home

Got this from Sarah..

Your home is a Spawn-camping Coder's Headquarters Your kitchen consists of dilithium-powered food replicators, manned by obedient robot slaves, who are sure to never, ever rebel. I mean, it's preposterous to even consider it. There's a pantry with emergency backup caffeinated beverages. You also have some breakfast cereals in there, but you haven't had breakfast since last Spring. Your master bedroom has blankets printed with images of Mario and Link. Your study has every language reference book ever written, including now-useless titles like Learn Javascript 2.0! and C++ Programming for Windows 95. (Why are you keeping those?) One of your garages contains a life-sized X-Wing fighter, and KITT. (KITT was a gift from a well-meaning uncle.) Your home also includes a robot repair bay, where your mechanized servants are routinely fitted with new restraining bolts. (It's just a precaution.) Your guests enjoy your animatronic replica of the cantina at Mos Eisley. Outside is your radio telescope, listening constantly for alien transmissions. Especially invaders. They'll come eventually, even if nobody believes you. (Nobody does.) And, you have a pet -- a taun-taun named "Padme". Below is a snippet of the blueprints:

Find YOUR Dream Home!

Online Again!

Finally!

For one-and-a-half days, our office -- the entire building (maybe even the whole block!) was disconnected from the net! Well, if everybody was connected via PLDT.. I don't know the details, but it still sucks, anyway!

Just Really Realized Something New

I can live without net access.

Haha.

---

I waited for yesterday for the entire year, and when yesterday arrived, I'm offline!

Yesterday, September 19, was Talk-Like A Pirate Day!

---

In lieu of net access, I ENJOYED my entire day. I didn't go to work again! Today, a Thursday, is my first day here in the office this week! *evil grin*

...

Gotta work.. A module of mine is supposed to be released -- today?! Sucks to be them!

Lotsa News About Me

1) New work location

We've been going to work at the Port Area in Manila for almost 2 months now! We're on-site for a project, and our clients didn't believe us when we said that WE DIDN'T NEED TO BE THERE.

2) New temporary residence

As a result of #1, during weekdays, I'm staying at our "staffhouse". It's an OLD condominium unit owned by the president of our company and, from what I heard, the company is renting it from him. Smart guy.

3) Getting used to the metro

Although the commute from our staffhouse to work is quite easy (20-minute LRT2 + 20-minute jeepney ride), I'm still not used to the city atmosphere: the vehicle fart on the streets, the slight consolation of air-conditioned establishments to pass through which is still far from fresh and, most notable of all, the (unforgivable!) stench of the air at the Port Area!

I really miss the (relatively) fresh air in Los Baños.

Aside from that, I'm getting more and more familiar with Makati. =) I've been enjoying more dates with Kei!

4) Trying to get into the metro

I've already mentioned before that I don't care anymore whether the higher-ups at work read my blog.

Since we've moved to Manila, I've become more active in looking for a job near Makati. The only thing our office had that kept me from moving to Makati was that it was located in Laguna -- and they've taken that away! We were promised that we would be on-site in Manila for only around 2 months. If that was the case, then why the heck did they pull-out all our stuff in our Laguna office and bring it to our main office in Pasay?!

---

That's it I guess.. not a lot, after all.

Oh. I got fatter.

---

I REALLY had to post somtehing. Especially since I didn't go to work today and stayed at home in LB (FTW!).. =p

Can't Let This Pass Without Notice

Sarah recently posted this in her photo-blog: Move over, Kyla!

^_^

Moar Linkz

Got this from Ruben (http://rubendevela.deviantart.com/journal/14185630/):

A ‘fun’ experience for Tarantino aboard a ‘pedicab’ (http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=82788)

---

Believe it or not, this came from our big boss! ("break from work" pala, ha.. Sarap tuloy bawian ng 400 links! "Ma'am, break from work lang po!" *evil grin*)

20 USB Gizmos That Have No Place in the Enterprise (But You'll Love Just the Same) (http://www.cio.com/article/print/130554)

---

Can't remember where I got this:

The Future is Past! (http://macenstein.com/default/archives/759)

---

Move Over “Transformers” Here Comes “Voltron”! (http://www.thegamegods.net/2007/08/12/move-over-transformers-here-comes-voltron/)

Comment listing more 80's shows being made into movies (http://www.thegamegods.net/2007/08/12/move-over-transformers-here-comes-voltron/#comment-2430 )

LOL @ The Rock as Johnny Bravo -- spot on!

Re: Alvin and the Chipmunks -- I saw a poster of it a few weeks back, and Dave was going to be portrayed by Jason Lee! I can already imagine him yelling, "Aaalviiiin!" *chuckle*

---

Something I'd like to show to Ed:

MS Paint Car - Pixelgod II (http://youtube.com/watch?v=vUWqRhReaZk)

Galing Talaga, Eh!

Michael Jackson Dance Clips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKcfAQB7sjM

Moonwalk at the 5:08 mark is INSANE!

I Just Noticed Something New From Google..

..while I was pimpin' Google to my elder brother:

Google Labs > Experimental search
http://www.google.com/experimental/

Keyboard shortcuts -- me likes!

Animé Pet Peeve

DragonBallification, noun.

Using the combination of the following techniques -- IN A SINGLE ANIMÉ EPISODE:

1. Pointless repetitive animation (a.k.a. stock footage) to lengthen a particular scene (most commonly, fight scenes)


2. Scenes with excessive silence and *gasp* silent staring, probably to achieve a certain dramatic effect through supposed non-verbal understanding between characters


3. Severely stretched out moments, most obvious in chase sequences where both parties are able to think or speak long lines during the chase (sometimes in several non-contiguous scenes) and the surroundings never seem to change, despite supposedly moving in insane speeds (and not going in circles)

Most associated with: Major fight scenes of Dragon Ball Z
Last observed in: Naruto Shippuuden Episode 24 ([1] Gai and Co.'s battles, Sakura's battle with lame geometric shapes; [2] Sakura's battle; [3] Naruto and Kakashi's chase)

---

I left out some other animé pet peeves (awkward poses/positioning of limbs is one other) since they aren't really attributed to Dragon Ball Z, but to animé in general.. Now I see that having a list of just 3 items is a bit awkward..

Anyway, I think these things are merely the result of poor translation of the scenes from the manga..

Geeeek

• http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=070707 -- I've forgotten about sharing this last month: Here's what Brian Clevinger's says about the new Transformers movie:
  

  So the new Transformers movie is better than it had any reason to be. Sure, there were plot holes big enough for Optimus to drive through, but when your premise begins with the phrase, "There's an interplanetary civil war between an alien race of super robots," you kind of go with it.
  
  My one complaint is that the movie lacked the phrase "Decepticreeps." And, similarly, though Ironside stole every scene where he spoke, the noted absense of his rallying cry -- "...bust some Deceptichops" -- did not go unnoticed. But, hey, that's why they make sequels.

  
  


• http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=070801 -- On Civ IV.. =p


• http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game_andrew.shtml -- Online version of the text-based adventure game, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy


• http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a127/ironicpseudonym/Amastersguide.jpg -- Drawing: A Master's Guide ------ reminds me of Ed and his uber pixel art! =D


• http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/24/pug-vader/ -- Pug Vader


• http://www.instructables.com/id/EUS0W80F2XW9PF4/ -- How to make a Green Lantern ring- including a glowing version!


• http://catb.org/esr/jargon/html/magic-story.html -- A Story About 'Magic'


• http://catb.org/esr/jargon/html/koans.html -- Some A.I. Koans


• http://cre.ations.net/creation/webvnc---remote-desktop--vnc-on-your-iphone -- WebVNC - Remote Desktop / VNC on your iPhone


• http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/%7Ewwu/1337/code.shtml -- 1337 code


• http://arbroath.blogspot.com/2007/07/meet-david-bowies-of-dog-world.html -- Meet the David Bowies of the dog world


• http://flickrfy.com/blog/2007/07/24/batman-on-a-budget/ -- Batman on a Budget

Tekken 5: DR Online!!!

http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com/news/index.php?mode=article&newsid=456

Top-caliber fighting game ONLINE??!!

*inggit*

Reunion Dream

I dreamt of Noel Singidas. It went like this.

After another superhero dream, I dreamt I was in our kitchen, where I noticed a stack of old pamphlets, about one foot high. I don't know why I did, but I started scanning the pamphlets looking for "Singidas". An inch from the top of the stack, I got a glimpse of the name. Shock.

Suddenly, I was in a place that looked like Glorietta's Activity Center. People swarmed the place. I was approaching a bench, where a group of people where exchanging earphones. Among them was Noel Singidas.

Non-chalantly, I sat beside him, but we hardly talked. He was talking with his companions, and I noticed that, while the others had portable CD players and small MP3 players, Noel was clutching -- you wouldn't guess this -- a VHS tape. Someone I didn't quite recognize but surely was a common friend, pointed at the VHS. Noel said that it contained MP3s, converted. I silently chuckled, thinking of ways to help him improve his portable audio situation.

I almost interrupted him when I said that I remember the time when we had to edit VHS tapes manually, when we had to snip the tape and put it back together with Scotch tape. He just had a blank stare. I said that we were groupmates back in first-year high school with Selwyn Bantang. Then he smiled. He said that he did remember that. I felt relieved. (That didn't actually happen, the part where we snipped VHS tapes)

We were now lying down on the length of the bench, and we had a clear view of the people going down an escalator. I recognized PAL and Joshua Trocino and I called out, waved at them and pointed at Noel beside me. They didn't react until they were almost at the foot of the escalator, and I saw PAL's eyes shoot wide open. It was a great effort to keep myself from crying.

It seemed like a reunion, when I looked around. I could see almost every clique from high school. Batchmates kept coming to see Noel. Edsel Uy even gave him a big, big hug.

Out of nowhere, Noel caught a basketball in his hands. I looked around to see where it came from, and I noticed that we were by some beach. Puzzling.

Then, I woke up.

...

Finally?

Did I actually stumble on a lead to the whereabouts of Noel Singidas?

I won't post any details yet.. Just that I already asked for his contact details from someone.. I just hope that that person knows the same Noel Singidas that we do..

...

If I was right.. If I really FINALLY got in contact with Noel Singidas.. What then?