If my feet have a head, it’s probably very bloated right now. I got my first pairs of Havaianas.
So, I now have two pairs of these money-burning devices disguised as flip-flops. I could have gotten them months ago. But I refused to buy them until when I feel the need to have one.
That’s actually how companies sell high-priced products. They make you feel that you need to have one. And for the big finish, companies don’t use advertisements but rather, previous customers do the job of tempting prospective customers to indulge into such pleasure of having an expensive stuff.
What’s really amazing is that you don’t get pregnant if you give into such temptation.
This might be the latest blog post about the end of Pangya Philippines. Three months late. Talk about timeliness.
I feel left out. When everybody’s done grieving about the loss of Pangya, here I am whining in my blog. I am only getting the hang of hitting a tomahawk shot last time I played it.
I haven’t played Pangya since new year’s eve, I believe. I was busy doing school stuff since before Christmas break ended. And so, I am really surprised that Pangya already closed.
The only good thing that happened was that I was so lazy that I did not copy the installer from the other computer into mine. Saves me from straining my muscles from clicking the mouse several times and inserting a flash drive into two computers.
I was doing a routine browsing of the forums that I am a member of when I saw a topic about Bob Ong finally revealing his identity. It links to a blog site which contained a picture of who purportedly to be Bob Ong along with two ‘fans’.
Apparently, the man in the picture is not Bob Ong. The person is a member of the bobongpinoy.com yahoo group and the picture was taken in one of their EBs.
While I am writing this, the post has been edited. The post has been strikethrough-ed but the pictures are still there. The blog is still getting traffic and it’s a good thing for the owner because the blog is commercial.
The incident gives me goosebumps. What happened is not the first of its kind. There are many blogs that gives false impressions on certain persons in one way or another.
After 6 hours of driving lessons and practice, I now know how to drive a manual transmission vehicle. I can reach a maximum of around 70 KPH and my Dad is amazed because until now he drives at around 40 KPH. Too much playing of Need for Speed makes me feel the real need for speed.
I practiced at the alternate route for trucks and buses in daytime and I got used to driving with 16-wheelers passing by. At first I was afraid because they are HUGE! But now I am more afraid of the cops and pedestrians. I still don’t have my student’s permit and it would be a big problem if I ever commit violations while driving – which I never want to have because I want to have a very clean police record. But hey, even Bill Gates got caught with a driving violation. I would want to smile in the mug shots like him to give the police a hint that I am DWI.
The next challenge for me is to park the vehicle. I know how to drive but I don’t know how to park properly. Parking is a very important skill especially when there is a police car right at your back. But more important is drifting because parking when there is a police will not get you into television.
Learning how to drive makes me want to have a car of my own. But my parents will kill me if I demand for one and Kidney selling is now illegal here in the Philippines. The worst part is that I wouldn’t settle for a sexy coupe.
The theme of the 2008 NBA Playoffs. The website shows a split screen image of the top players of each team that plays against each other in the post-season games. The theme became a hit and NBA.com even brags about the inspired Time Magazine edition that features Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton.
And now, NBA is turning into the fans. Fans can now upload their own version of the split screen images. Being the geek that I am, I uploaded an image.
I created an almost-split-screen-image. I do not have the funds to have a photo session with these two masters of the universe and so, after several Google image searches, I found pictures of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates that face almost the same angle.
It’s kinda weird that I always get ideas like this whenever I am still awake late at night. Maybe my brain is working better during night rather than in daytime. That might be the reason why I always get better scores in exams when I am dreaming.
I was experimenting on my computer when I bumped into the configuration of the Babylon dictionary. Then the ‘voice’ tab caught my attention. I did not know that there is a speak function in this dictionary, which I thought would be an advantage by my previous Encarta Dictionary. I must definitely acquire the habit of reading the readme files of programs.
Nevertheless, I clicked the tab. It contained the Say-it settings of the dictionary. You can choose the voice and adjust the speed of the pronunciation. I have two choices for the voice, one is called “Microsoft Anna-English (United States)” and the other one is the “TOSHIBA male adult (US).” I believe the latter is a preset of my laptop and the other one is Bill Gate’s secretary.
The best part is that you can try how the high-tech voices say anything. I tried typing several words into the text box. The result is fantastic. Years ago, when you commanded the Microsoft helper to speak, the sound is very robotic that even the gay wizard helper cannot do anything about it. Right now, the voice is.. so human.
Of course the voices have limitations. I tried some Filipino words and the voice mispronounced it by just spelling out the word. But Microsoft Anna got my favor when she (or it) pronounced my name correctly while the Toshiba dude did not.
The improvement of features like this is sensational. It makes me wonder what the future releases will be. Maybe the next version of the voices can already kick local rapper Gloc 9’s arse and his homies’.
Tomorrow will be our class farewell party. I’m so excited. I’m not excited because of the party itself. I’m excited because its EXCITING!! Haha!
Before graduation day, our class didn’t have the opportunity to plan about the party. And so, we resort to the most effective media of communication today – TEXT MESSAGING. But planning using text messaging is just on its beta version.
The routine was someone would send a group message to the whole class regarding the planning of the party. I don’t exactly know what happens to the one who organize and send the message but maybe people would reply to her giving their own ideas. I believe nobody would miss the message because somebody echoes it sometimes. That is so annoying.
Some people were assigned or volunteered what they will bring. I volunteered for bringing either baked mac or pizza. Others would also bring foods and utensils. But here’s the problem: yesterday, one of those who will bring the utensils said that he cannot attend he farewell. The other one said that she cannot bring all of the utensils needed and she could only bring half of those.
That’s too much of a problem. It’s like Bob Ong losing his website.
My oh-so-not-serious-idea is that we will eat by batch. One group will eat then will clean the utensils and then another group will eat. That might do it. Only if the utensils available are not literally in half. HALF-SPOONS, HALF-FORKS, HALF-PLATES AND HALF-CUPS. In that case, I will just buy Chickenjoy from Jollibee. Or an M16 in a local gun shop and I will shoot at everyone and everything to dust.
I guess we’ll just stick to the Filipino come-what-may attitude. And no more M16 ideas because GTA IV is in the market and it will surely get the blame.
I now know my blood type. And guess what, I got it from an actual laboratory test and not from an internet questionnaire/generator/whatever. To my surprise, the internet indeed has one.
Anyway, my blood type is A. I was expecting Z like the ones I saw in the Budokai game on PSP. But that is rating, not blood type. Other results from the CBC were normal except my WBC which is a little bit high. I was a little bit disappointed because the laboratory doesn’t offer midi-chlorian count and I am unaware of mine. But hey! The abnormal WBC could mean something. It could mean that I got midi-chlorian count slightly below Anakin Skywalker. Or it could simply mean that I’m too handsome to be normal. NOT!
1. I don’t know if it is the internet or my connection but for some reason, I was not able to open several websites in the last two days. I could not open random sites or even pages of a certain domain. I could open http://www.shartak.com while I could not open http://forum.shartak.com. I know little about networking and internet connections but Shartak got a free advertisement on this post.
2. Niña was back. But just for about a couple of hours. She secretly used her computer to get away from the boredom of being grounded. But that is not the Jedi way.
This might be the latest blog post about the end of Pangya Philippines. Three months late. Talk about timeliness.
passing by. At first I was afraid because they are HUGE! But now I am more afraid of the cops and pedestrians. I still don’t have my student’s permit and it would be a big problem if I ever commit violations while driving – which I never want to have because I want to have a very clean police record. But hey, even Bill Gates got caught with a driving violation. I would want to smile in the mug shots like him to give the police a hint that I am DWI.
