July 2011
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King of Zippers
How has this week become amusingly overwhelming to me? Because I haven’t finished writing the pending articles on my to-do-list? Because I saw dolphins (yes, I’m still overwhelmed by that and I haven’t written the story yet)? Because I watched an interesting Japanese movie (another pending story; grr, I hate my lazy self)? Or because a kind guy fixed my laptop backpack for me—and...
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Last Sunday...
I got towed behind a speeding boat.
I screamed like a dork at the sight of wild dolphins, which were swimming very closely to our boat!
I strangely got seasick and threw up my pizza breakfast in the sea (I feel like a criminal).
And I chugged a buko juice until my stomach bloated.
I feel like a tourist in my homeland.
That’s all I’m allowed to say for now. Meanwhile, here’s...
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the supercouple of the mami world
I was stupidly wide-awake this dawn; I couldn’t sleep because I’ve been thinking about too many things: like Chun-Li, and siomai, and a bunch of stories that I had to work on.
But I was feeling lazy; that’s why I ended up rolling on my bed until sunrise.
At about 6 AM, I ate a bad breakfast in a Dim sum place somewhere in Bajada. I haven’t had any sleep and the siomai servings that I ordered...
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UMvC3 and costume packs
did you ever see it coming? Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3?
i thought i didn’t. but i was hoping for downloadable content—like more Capcom characters…like Tessa, actually.
but i don’t think Tessa will make it. but i don’t mind.
because i saw a lot of things from the future. for instance, i expected Chun-Li’s costume for UMvC3 to change from her...
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me vs. unlimited steak
Was Monday crazy? Yes. Was it productive? Yes.
Why?
Because the arcade edition of Super Street Fighter 4 has finally arrived in Gamepakk. It’s awesome.
I kicked a bunch of butts and celebrated with some steak afterwards.
Except that the word “some” is an understatement.
I didn’t celebrate with some steak—I celebrated with billions of steak. Monday was also steak out night...
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the crazy guy in COMDDAP
did i enjoy the regional computer show of the Computer Manufacturers, Distributors and Dealers Association of the Philippines (COMDDAP)?
yes, i did. the crazy me did.
mainly because i enjoyed holding the Angry Birds challenge, which was a hit among the student walk-ins. hehe
i enjoyed meeting the IT students who dropped by our booth too!
i also enjoyed watching michael (a.k.a. the...
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ditch the ugly plastic bag!
i feel like a brand ambassador today.
a brand ambassador with funny looking shoes. but that doesn’t matter. because the bag i’m holding with jazzi is awesome.
it’s called Envirosax, reusable designer bags that will (hopefully) kick the butts of ugly plastic grocery and shopping bags that take billions of years to decompose.
i’m sure i’ve seen this bag sold...
pseudo-trauma bitch
it’s been only days since i was held up by evil monsters. i’m happy though that my friends are concerned about me and are eager to know what happened. the people in the office were concerned too (thanks guys! you’re soo sweet).
my previous blog entry was published in mindanews. editor carol arguillas tells me to ”add that to what the oldies refer to as “charge to...
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Do gigantic newspaper pages exist?
Yes they do!
Skinny ass me actually sat on one today! It’s pretty cool.
And pretty exciting.
Mam Amy woke me up from my slumber this morning to design/layout the photo wall for Mindanao Times’ booth for this year’s Computer Manufacturers, Distributors and Dealers Association of the Philippines (COMDDAP) regional computer show.
I actually can’t believe I finished...
hooded bad guys from hell
And so it happened. My mom’s nightmare: me getting in trouble in the wee hours.
At about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, on my way home, some hooded crooks (who were as young as me) held me up and bagged a whopping 370 pesos amount of cash…
You cheap dorks!
And did I see this coming? My mother, who was aware of my nocturnal behavior, probably did. I guess I saw it coming too: one minute before it...
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Here's where I get my butt kicked
The fighting game community in this city isn’t as visible as the mob of DoTA players who flock internet cafés virtually located everywhere.
Die hard Street Fighter fans, Tekken players, Mortal Kombat followers, Soul Calibur addicts, and just about anyone who enjoys spending time with fightsticks and PlayStation controllers know that there’s more to arcade game stations inside malls.
Because...
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Pastil please!
Many fancy restaurants and eye-candy fast food joints have come and gone in Davao’s malls and streets in an attempt to please the palate of the folks in the city—Davaoeños, after all, have discriminating taste when it comes to food. Some attempts of these food places were successful and summoned snaking queues for a short while; others were feeble and ended up closing with metal roller doors.
But...
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sole searching
WE’VE heard many “sole searching” stories before: girls fighting over the last pair of heels in a shoe sale, guys emptying their bank accounts for that highly coveted Nike (oh, you didn’t know about this?), and students helplessly lost in endless racks of shoes—confused about which pair to buy next (using money saved from meager allowances).
The last category was where I belonged. Except that I...
Later, Google+ (feeling brayt na pud ko)
“I liked Google+ a lot better… back when it was called Facebook.”
I’m a little confused. There’s still Facebook.
But I already see many people scram for Google+ invites just to get in Google’s social networking service that promises to “rethink real-life sharing for the web.”
Daghan na kaayo og mga posts ug link about Google+ sa akong Facebook news feed (hey,...
i don't suck vs. i actually suck
this is probably one of the best comic strips i’ve ever come across in linguistics class (ahh, COMA 102 days)
i can’t tell you how much i really love this one. it made me LOL in class (while i was reading our reference/book, actually). i remember doreen and i laugh while re-enacting this (sya si tarzan! haha).
it’s a good example of what american linguist noam chomsky calls...
i can't control it
this is a secret i used to keep to myself. i tried to hide it, but it comes out obvious in the open.
so here it is: i tremble every time i start a match with someone in Marvel vs. Capcom 3. seriously.
yes, i know. it’s crazy.
but it’s one of the main reasons why i love the game. it gives me an insane thrill i don’t get to experience elsewhere.
it’s funny too. because my...
her shoes
guess who used to own (but never got to wear) this pair of shoes
any idea?
it’s the mayor’s. yes. Sara Duterte’s Nike. awesome.
she donated this, among her other appliances and stuff, to be sold in an auction/charity bazaar last June.
see, even if many people think that her punching the sheriff was tasteless and badass, she’s still pretty cool.
not because she once...
