It's not so bad

At least he didn't reply "k"!

rofl kristen stewart. gtfo and diaf

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TV Rip-off Fail

Haha, I'm glad this turned out to be a hoax. It's bad enough that the two giant networks keep ripping off shows from South Korea and Latin America.

Must be Sweeney Todd's

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Cake vs Pie

The eternal debate. Who is better, tastier, yummier?

Cake?

Or Pie?

I decided to put these two contenders to the test via a... Battle for Survival!

The battle ensued for seventy-two hours and the result was something I never expected. However with both contenders exhausted, it only took one final heroic effort from Pie to push Cake off the table and on to his doom.



Pie then decided to go to the edge of the table to have one last look (and gloat) at his defeated enemy. This proved his undoing when due to a misstep, Pie slipped off the table and also fell to his death.



In the end, the ever-patient and quiet referee, Mr. Pancake, decided to jump off the table to judge for himself who is the winner, casually doing several backflips and gingerly landing on his toes without so much as a scratch on himself.



The crowd (of screaming Brownies and Cookies) went wild! They haven't seen such acrobatics before, let alone see anyone survive such a height.

In the end, it was decided that in the battle between Cake vs Pie...



...Pancake wins.

ALL HAIL PANCAKE!!

The author is not responsible for any distress or discomfort this story might have caused.

Rip-off!

Wow... these people have no shame!

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Looking for...

...stories of the supernatural from the University of the Philippines.

I've searched and searched via google and found just tiny snippets. So frustrating. Wanna hear and know more scary stuff about mah campuz!

Photo from pinoycentric.com

The Brown Raise Movement

Check out The Brown Raise Movement.

Recommended by a friend, this site has a lot of stuff about what's good (and not) about being a Filipino. Really interesting.

World of Warcraft: The Halls of Reflection

So after several months of waiting, World of Warcraft's patch 3.3 is finally out. The Fall of the Lich King, this patch is the newest and the final installment in the game's current expansion, where players like myself will finally be able to face off against one of the most diabolical villains in gaming history, the Lich King.

Like many other players of the game, I have found that most of this expansion's content has been lackluster in terms of difficulty. Of course the lore, the world design, the music, the spell details - in all these departments Blizzard Entertainment has surely outdone themselves and delivered what has to be the most visually stunning game expansion to date. But the level of game difficulty was mediocre and it usually doesn't take me and my gaming buddies that long to learn both raid and non-raid encounters. I know we shouldn't be complaining, being handed out gear and loot like it's Christmas. But to any veteran gamer, the path to getting oneself epic armor and weapons must feel, well, epic.

So lo and behold, Tuesday December 8, patch 3.3 finally came out and although the first few hours were buggy and laggy (as the game usually is after a big patch), my buds and I were finally able to see and experience the three newest 5-man dungeons in the game collectively known as the The Frozen Halls.

The first two dungeons, the Forge of Souls and the Pit of Saron, were amazing. You basically need to help your faction's leader (in my faction's case the Horde, the Banshee Queen Sylvanas Windrunner) in freeing the Lich King's captured slaves while delving deeper and deeper into the secrets of the Lich King's domain. It was intense, the fights' difficulties were a notch higher than the usual 5-man dungeons players have gone accustomed to. And for the first time in ages, we finally got a set of dungeons that is rich in lore and gaming content. My character, a tree-hugging Tauren Druid, =) had a blast healing my friends through the encounters. It surely was a great experience to feel a challenge while healing again. (Most of the dungeons in this expansion have been terribly nerfed and "dumbed down". There were several times when I almost fell asleep when healing those.)

Now the real surprise of the patch is the third and last dungeon of the Frozen Halls, the Halls of Reflection. As soon as we enter the instance, one can already sense a feeling of foreboding - I could literally feel the hair on my skin standing on end. And then the event started.

Bam.

My whole party wiped. Rofl. My friends and I were like "what the hell just happened?" We got swamped by enemies, everyone was being attacked here and there, everyone except the tank guy got one-shotted. And we had our laughs about it. (They gave me the additional bonk in the noggin' for failing at healing haha). It was then that we realized that the guys at Blizzard have finally given us something we have been wishing for - a challenge! Mind you, we were doing this on heroic mode so the challenge is doubled.

So okay, we resurrected, healed up, buffed up, decided on a strategy. It was obvious what the dungeon's quirks are: healing and mana intensive for the healer (me), the damage dealers need to pump as much damage as possible without drawing monster hate towards themselves (that's difficult to do), and finally the tank need to ensure that he could put all monster hate on himself so everyone will stay alive (great...)
So as we set ourselves up to restart the encounter, we found ourselves putting on keybind abilities that we haven't used in a looong time - crowd control abilities! It was like the good ol' days of World of Warcraft again. *sniff*

So anywho the encounter was started again and this time we were finally able to nail the continuous waves of monsters being thrown at us. All of us were on our feet, making sure that what has to be dispelled is dispelled, that all monster aggro is on the tank, that the healer is well protected, that the kill order be followed so we can down the monsters faster without taking too much damage ourselves, etc. It was intense and there were several close calls. But we finally did it. The first two bosses of the dungeon (Falric and Marwyn) are dead.

So we now moved on to the next room. And there he is! The Lich King. Sylvanas is fighting him and she's almost dead if not for our timely arrival. (hehe) And so it seems that the final confrontation is at hand.

Nope, as it turns out, the a-hole has a really deadly trick up his sleeve. He's got a Death Aura. Yep, get close to him and you're dead. So there's only one thing to do - to escape. Or as the game puts it, to "advance in a different direction".

So as the Lich King gave chase to us, we fought through a long gauntlet which would be our only way out of that hellish place. Again, undead monstrosities started spawning, walls started collapsing on us, I was again on my toes trying my best to keep everyone alive. (It was really difficult but I managed it). Everyone's heart was pumping hard by now and then we reached a dead end. Great. The Lich King was getting nearer. We'll be dead soon.

Then boom! Our faction's ship, the Orgrim's Hammer, arrived and blasted rocks off the mountainside, blocking the Lich King's path. We got on the ship, we fled to safety. But we know, as the Lich King watched us escape, that this won't be the end...



And truly it won't be. My guild's first incursions into the very citadel of the Lich King, the Icecrown Citadel, have only just begun. We know that, based on the challenge we encountered on the 5-man dungeons, this 10/25-man raid will be challenging, exhilirating, and badass. Sure it may take us weeks or months to learn and finally defeat the Lich King. But that's okay. What we're really looking forward to is that epic experience of being able to defeat this evil king once and for all.

Hail to the King, baby!

Learn more about the Lich King and everything else about the game here.

Photo from wowwiki.com

Barney and Marshall's "Confrontation"

Neil Patrick Harris and Jason Segel from the show How I Met Your Mother singing "The Confrontation" from Les Miserables.



It would be very, umm, interesting to watch them actually perform these roles on Broadway.

Nay, not just interesting.

It will be legen... wait for it, wait for it... DARY!

Blastoise vs Charizard

But I liek mudkipz -____-

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Scandal Arubatorosu!

Poor Tiger Woods. Who would've thought that getting involved in a car accident at 2am can cause such a big fuss?

I do not approve of infidelity, but aren't the world media making such a big hype of this news?

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The Orangutan

I have a soft spot towards nature. And it truly saddens me every time I hear news about species being endangered.

The orangutan is one of these species that are now in rapid decline. Please visit this article on CNN.com to know more about the dismal conditions that are bringing the specie closer to extinction.

We are all part of the great circle of life. Whatever happens to these creatures, or to any other creature for that matter, will also affect us human beings.

Please care.

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I'm on a Boat

Please don't click if you're under 18 or find profanities to be objectionable... sucker.

Aww...

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Spoon @ net25

Just like everyone else, I'm sick and tired of the old bickering between ABS-CBN 2 and GMA 7. Yeah you're both number one... yada-yada... seriously, we get it, so shut the eff up. ugh.

I guess that's why I watch less of local stations nowadays. Just the same old boring crap with both channel's shows being just copycat of each other. I won't even trust them with the news - biased, loaded with craptastic sensationalistic bullshit, irrelevant. News about the latest loveteam? That's right, that's gonna solve all this country's problems, that will.

So there I was channel surfing one night and I've just had about enough of cable programs as well when I chanced upon this gem of a show. Spoon, hosted by Janice de Belen (the lovable girl from Flor de Luna yep I can still remember it haha), showing on net25.

net25. Hmm, ok. I never actually watched shows in this channel before. It's either some religious stuff that I'm not interested in or some pro-Erap commentary that doesn't really make any sense.

I've always had a thing for cooking shows. Who doesn't anyway? I swear those cooks/hosts are using some hypnotic technique to draw in the audiences. So there I was, watching the show, and loving it. Yep, I loved it.

Ms. Janice de Belen is a good, nay an awesome, host. She really knows how to build rapport with her guests. And she also has a know-how of cooking. Man, I learned more cooking techniques from her than from my mom. (peace, mom). I like how she's able to keep the conversation going, alternating between several topics like she's just tossing a salad. She's relaxed, she makes her guests feel relaxed. She makes her audience feel relaxed. I just haven't forgiven her though because I've been pronouncing the name "Janice" the wrong way for years thanks to her. Haha, just kidding, Janice! <3

Another thing I like is how they present their show as not just about the food, but also about the guest. The quirky, black and white photos of the guest in between commercials, plus the "shout-out" video of several important persons in the guest's life towards the end of the program, these make for very interesting diversions from your usual cooking show.

Hrm, if there's just one thing I don't like about the show, it's when they have to give those odd "gift packages" to the guests. Haha. I mean ok, the guests are nice enough to say "Thank you" but somehow you can read in their faces: "Ok... I'm a celebrity, I'm rich, are you seriously giving me a pack of cooking oil?!". But ah well, I guess that's what you call product placement, huh? I mean this show, like every other show, wouldn't be able to run without sponsors. But man, and I mean MAN! can't you guys think of a better way to promote them? roflcopterdownsendaid...

*cough* *cough* Heh, well it's really nice to find little gems like these on local TV. This show is entertaining, informative. funny at times. Screw those big networks' shows!

Spoon @ net25 is now ELITIST-approved.d(^^d)

Find out more about the show at http://www.net-25.com/spoon.html.

David After Dentist

An old funny vid from You Tube.



36 million+ views. Has been remixed to include music and rapping. Now it has a website too?! http://davidafterdentist.com

Hah, this is awesome.

This is hawt!

I know I'm hot, thanks, but please don't sell me!



"Pinoy" here is a misspelling of the word "penoy" which means "unfertilized duck egg". Some people here in the Philippines can interchange i's and e's sometimes. =)

Photo from pinoyfunnypictures.blogspot.com

"Enthüllung", part 3

Pics from the show itself! Astig no? Les artistes bohèmes ftw!










Nochmals vielen dank für diese Fotos, Kim! =)

Guys in Pink T-Shirts

I don't get it.

They are everywhere.

So apparently, real guys wear pink. OK, I get that part. If a guy is secure about his masculinity, wearing pink, a supposedly feminine color, wouldn't diminish his manhood.

If you look way too masculine, aka a muscle-bound god, don't wear pink, you'll look gay.

If you're gay, yeah go ahead and wear pink. You're still gay. Enjoy who you are.

Hmm...

So I suppose we're all cool?

Well not really.

Especially if you see them everywhere.

*scratches head*

Can we all just go back to wearing black, please?

Kthxbai.

Photo from gotmojo.com.uk

Funny birds

Photo from icanhascheezburger.com

Well, duh...

Photo from failblog.org

Two Hot Mommas

Photos from ebay.ph and marsravelodarna.com

Street Nomnoms

Tuesday afternoon, the weather's a little warm for a December day. I just had my lunch and was thinking of what I could have for dessert. I was thinking of something sweet, maybe something cold. Just, you know, to balance things out since I just ate something salty for lunch.

I know I should've just went to the bathroom and brushed my teeth. That would easily have got rid of the aftertaste of food. But that's corny. Besides, I still wanted to eat. (drool) I'll worry about sweating out the extra calories later in the afternoon.

So I went to the kitchen, opened the fridge, and started rummaging for something sweet and cold. Freezer, nope. Chiller, nope. rummage rummage rummage. Vegetable rack. nope! Dammit! We're out!

And so, as I cried my way back to the library (running and weeping like a distressed little princess girl), I heard a magical sound. I looked out my window and there it is! The shiny magical, heat-resistant cart. The huge umbrella of several colors. The sound of rubber wheels rolling on the pavement. The merry tinkling of a bell. Yay, it's the mamang sorbetero!

Yeah, yeah I'm a kid at heart. And if in the States they have those ice cream men rolling with their huge white ice cream trucks. Here in the Philippines, we have the mamang sorbeteros, who also bring joy to kids and kids at heart like myself. And boy, do their ice cream taste good! And perhaps cheaper, too. lol (Yes, I'm also cheap.)

So I bought two large ones, both with two big scoops of cheese flavored ice cream each. One for myself. And the other for myself. I bet the mamang sorbetero must have been wondering what a guy who is just as old as himself has to be so excited about ice cream. But whatever. He got a nice tip though, I paid him 50 pesos and told him to keep the change. It'll be the holidays soon anyway and I was feeling generous. (It's not easy pushing that ice cream cart under the heat of the sun for sure).

So I went back inside the house, shut myself in the library where the AC is at full blast (bloody hypocrite I am), and indulged myself over my ice cream. Then I started thinking and wondering about street food.

What sort of love affair do I have with street food? A sordid, torrid kind no less. Oh man, I've been in love with street food since I was a little kid. And why do I love them? First, they're really tasty. Second, they're cheap. And I could have as much as I want without spending so much. I fell in love with so many kinds of street food over the years, from the yummy to what a foreigner might deem yucky.

But here's my top 3 favorite street nomnoms:

Dirty Ice Cream

Or sorbetes in the vernacular. Everyone loves them, especially when the weather is hot. I could go on and on about dirty ice cream but I'm afraid my ice cream will melt if I don't finish them soon. =P

Fishball

Another fave. Afternoons back when I was a kid, I used to make a beeline to the nearest fishball vendor as soon as the afternoon bell rings. I like mine round, big, a little toasted and brown on the outside. I'll often make the vendor skewer up to 10 of them in one stick then dip them into either of these: hot and spicy sauce or the one with vinegar spiced with onion and garlic. Mmmmm...

Nowadays, we usually have a supply of these at home and ready to be cooked whenever we feel like it. We've also gone into trying out squidballs, kikiams, squid rolls.. but nothing still beats the good ol' fishballs.

And then, there's...

...Taho

Made from soy beans, and supposedly good for one's health. This real and cheap energy booster has always been a morning favorite. I don't really know what I liked about it, it's just... amazing. Maybe it's the rolling sensation one gets when eating/drinking it, but I don't know. It's just one of those food that makes you feel warm and happy inside even on a bleak boring monday morning. Easily consumed, taho is best for people on the go and in a hurry.

My list could go on and on but I would have to say that these three take the top spots. Cheap but delicious, I could barely care if some of my friends call them... "dirty". Hmp! You guys don't know what you're missing. So what if they're not as "sanitary" as you elitist bastards want them to be. You gotta ingest bacteria into your system sometimes too, you know. Else how can you build up your immune systems? =P

Haha just kidding! But yeah, I really enjoyed those two cones of dirty ice cream and I'm really hoping that the vendor guy would pass by the house another time. To him and to other street food vendors out there, I salute you. You make life more interesting for me and for everyone else.




...What was that?

Yeah, yeah, I'll be working out later. =(

Photos from traveleronfoot.wordpress.com, pinoyfood.nimrodel.net, thecruciblegallery.com

You just got RickRoll'D!

My friends know that I'm a notorious rickroller and we've all had our lols about it.

What's a "rickroll", you say? Rickroll is the "art" of fooling someone in the internet by giving them a link, expecting to see something related to what is being discussed. But instead of getting a relevant link, what you get is this video by Rick Astley instead. The rickroll phenomenon started way back in 2007. And if you check out this video in YouTube, you'll see that the video has been viewed over 20,000,000(million) times!

Just to be nice, I've posted this vid here for everyone to enjoy. Besides, it's pretty nostalgic to listen to.



You will get rickrolled someday, I promise you.

"Enthüllung", part 2

Just got these images featuring the souvenir program from Bridges Intercultural Production's Zurich show. It's a nice in-depth look on what the show was all about even for those who missed it. (Like me!)

Click on the thumbnails to get a bigger version.



Vielen dank, Kim, für diese Fotos! Sie sind so schön und wunderbar! =D

Shamelessly Promoting the Totally Shameless

Janet's a really good friend and she's one of those persons with whom one can share the emotional roller coasters of life.

I've seen her through her ups and downs and I must say that I'm really proud of her now that she's made a name for herself in her line of work.


Good job, b*tch! We'll eat Japanese next time we see each other. =P

Visit her site and see what she's up to. Features her styling work with Gary V, Jericho Rosales, Freestyle, Eraserheads, etc etc etc.

Edit: BTW, your pic is a lie. You're not that "reserved". %&@$!

Cat WIN

Well, at least this cute little cat knows what's good for you.



Photo from icanhascheezburger.com

If they got Yellow Cab...

...we have...


Photo from pinoyfunnypictures.blogspot.com

National Geographic Channel's Apocalypse: The Second World War

This is a must watch.

I really hope that, this time, history won't repeat itself.

Martial Law in Maguindanao

It saddens me that one after-effect of the brutal murders in Maguindanao would be the imposition of Martial Law in the province. For one, a lot of Filipinos feel uncomfortable hearing the term "martial law", let alone seeing that it has been declared. Also, it makes one wonder if indeed the situation has deteriorated into such an extent that a rebellion is imminent. That is at least what the government said in a press conference, although I do find the reasons and evidence they gave to be not too convincing.

What really bugs me though is that some elements of the military in the province are also being implicated as having connections to the perpetrators of the crime. If so, wouldn't it be counterproductive to give these very same individuals MORE power? Wouldn't "normal" police and military procedures be enough to ensure that chaos will not ensue?

On the other hand, the declaration of martial law is a guarantee by the constitution (the People Power Constitution, no less) to ensure that situations like these would not deteriorate rapidly into chaos and anarchy. I also take comfort in the fact that freedom and movement of the press is not being hindered under the declaration.

Here's hoping that martial law in Maguindanao wouldn't last for so long, and that whoever was responsible for the massacre be brought to justice. Let's hope that the people who died on that terrible night would not have died in vain.

Enthüllung ~ Revelation ~ Pagbunyag

While a lot of Filipino acts outside the Philippines perform songs and works made by Western artists, it is good to know that there are some (if not a few) who still take pride in their Pinoy roots and showcase what is beautiful about being a Filipino.

So to these guys in Zurich, Switzerland - the Bridges Intercultural Productions - a big kudos to all of you. =D



Features a multi-ethnic cast performing songs and dances in Filipino, English, Spanish, and German.

Enthüllung ~ Revelation ~ Pagbunyag

As soon as I get more pics and stuff from my friend from the production, I'll post more about them soon.

The Lolrus

Once upon a time, there was a walrus with a blue bucket...



Click here and discover the legend that is the... Lolrus.

Epic!

To all the nice and interesting people in my life, I just wanna say this. =)

The "Pinoy Mudblood"

Anyone familiar with the Harry Potter series would surely know what the term "mudblood" means: dirty blood, mixed blood, someone not of pure-wizarding lineage.

In my twisted head, I've begun using the term to denote someone who I believe to be a shame to Pinoys everywhere. The Pinoy Mudblood. A Filipino who has gone to great lenghts in order to put his ancestry, his past, his homeland to shame.

What makes a Pinoy Mudblood? A) A Filipino who thinks that his country is a "hellhole", and that by saying so and by forcing his friends to believe that he's right, he therefore makes himself "cool". B) A Filipino who searches for jobs in other countries because to him a job elsewhere must be better than a job here. "You work in the Philippines? That sucks!! Me, I work abroad, look how awesome and rich I am!" C) A Filipino living abroad who is ashamed to admit that he is a Filipino. "I'm not a Filipino, I know people who live there though..." D) A Filipino who marries someone of a different race because she believes that it will elevate her social status. "My son is half-German, he's so handsome! He would've been ugly if his father is Filipino."

Now don't get me wrong. I don't hate anyone else of a different race or someone of mixed race. In fact, I got lots of friends who are of mixed race. Some of them are actually proud of being Pinoys or half-Pinoys. And seeing how much love they have for this country, it is appaling to see that those Filipinos, who actually LOOK like Filipinos, are those who doesn't seem to show any love for their country at all!

'Course some might shoot me down for talking about Filipino pride while writing in English and talking about Harry Potter in the same post. Well so what? Talking in English doesn't stop me from loving things that are Pinoy. And I can bet that I know more about shows like "Agila" and "Anna Luna" than you. And that these shows are more entertaining and more socially relevant than shows like, say, "Desperate Housewives".

Disappointing as it is, there isn't really anything I can do about it. Unless I can make Manny Pacquiao win a boxing match everyday, you can't really expect your regular Filipino Mudblood to admit that he is a "Filipino". But then again, I can just play with the idea in my head that I am cursing these mudbloods with this spell:



To oblivion with the likes of you!