And the NEW MISS UNIVERSE 2008 is Ms. Venezuela (Dayana Mendoza)!

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Photos be here. Congratulations to the winners and good luck at the regionals.

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Don’t miss the Miss Universe 2008 pageant this morning in Vietnam (prime time Sunday night in the US east coast).

Our bet is Binibining Pilipinas titleholder Jennifer Barrientos from San Mateo, Rizal.

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Let me open this blog entry by posting a message to the oil conglomerates and those who constantly raise prices of basic commodities like Mini Stop Kariman and those things I buy off street urchins (I don’t know what those things are, but I tend to float three feet off the ground whenever I sniff that stuff):

Also, fuck you.

Now that rant’s safely out of the way, let me tell you what’s been bothering me lately. You see, it seems that every single thing has been becoming too expensive, too fast. Just the other day, bus fare jumped up a whopping three pesos. Okay, that didn’t sound too much, but for miserly old me, it’s a fortune. More »

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Bluetooth card appearing as a USB Device under other devices.
Missing System Icons in Windows Vista
Error 913
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A few months ago, I found a nice work-around for playing Video CDs in my Ubuntu using VLC. The work-around was as simple as removing the x from the MRL in Disc Advanced Options and checking “Play Locally” in the Stream/Save settings to get the audio. It worked for a time, but when I upgraded to Hardy Heron and re-installed VLC, the audio solution no longer worked. So, as a last resort, I now rip my VCDs into MPEGs in order to watch my movies; and here’s how I do it:

1. Insert the VCD in to the CD-ROM drive and fire-up VLC.
2. In VLC, go to File > Wizard. The Streaming/Transcoding Wizard dialogue will pop-up.
3. Select Transcode/Save to file, then click “Next”.
4. Select “Select a stream” then click the “Choose” button, which calls the Open… dialogue.
5. Under “Disc”, select VCD and remove the x from the MRL under Advanced Options, turning it to vcd:///dev/scd0 from vcdx:///dev/scd0.
6. Click “OK” to return to the wizard. And click “Next”.
7. Check “Transcode video” and “Transcode audio”, then click “Next”.
8. Select “MPEG 1″ as the Encapsulation format, then again, “Next”.
9. Provide a file name, or select an old file to overwrite on.
10. Click “Finish”, then let VLC do its thing.

From experience, it takes around fifteen minutes to rip a sixty-minute disc. But that’s ripping at a 1024KB bitrate. I’m assuming that the higher the bitrate selected in “Transcode video”, the longer it takes to rip the movie; conversely, lower bitrates will mean a faster rip.

Ah! And let me assure the Optical Media Board that the VCDs I’m ripping are legitimate copies, most of them I bought from Odessey. The above is just a process that I need go through so that I can watch my movies in my Ubuntu box.

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Me and a close friend went to see MAMA MIA after we dined for our team mates’ treat for pizzas! We’ve long been waiting for this movie. The trailer shows that it’s a very entertaining movie but still clueless on what it has to offer. Fortunately, it’s our last day of work and we ought to give ourselves some eye-candies after a busy week! All I can say for the movie as a whole, very IMPRESSIVE! And Meryl Streep (Donna), is one diva. She deserves another OSCAR for this!

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Eraserheads, dubbed as “The Greatest Pinoy Band”, will be reuniting through a concert happening this August…

Eraserheads reunion concert details at Music Picks blog!

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Name of Establishment: YELLOW CAB Pizza Co.
Location: Banilad Town Center (BTC), Banilad, Cebu City
Types of Food: Pizzas
Over-all place: Medium but with canopies outside that could accommodate large groups (20-30 persons)
Ratings (1-5): 5
Contact No.: 032.345.2222
Other branches: Mango Branch.

It’s definitely our last day of work!!! Yippee! And it’s a momentous day as well. Two of our team mates gave us a pizza treat at YELLOW CAB, Banilad Town Centre (BTC) branch, Cebu. Goffer who received his gift check worth P 1,000 as his prize drawn for being one of those commended in giving quality service as a Tech Support and Vanessa, who resigned from work and just wanted to celebrate her despidida party for the team are our major sponsors.

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…The Philippines is in need of true leaders for our future. We need a leader who will lift us from the evils of graft and corruption and bring us to economic prosperity and political stability. However, we know that our elections do not produce credible results while many well-meaning and qualified leaders do not get enough exposure in our mass media.

In India, a similar problem, although on a different plane, was acted upon by one of their leading newspaper, the Times of India. A very unique and fresh idea, the Times of India launched a national search for leaders. Much like a search for an Idol or the next Star, prospective leaders where auditioned, interviewed, questioned, tested, debated with, as true future leaders should be…

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Earlier today, sweetie expressed -”its a good thing you do not ask me to accompany you when you go shopping”. I asked him why he asked and if he wanted to go (because I would ask him if he wanted). He shook is head, grimaced and said – absolutely NOT.

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I came across two articles from the GMA news feed two days ago, both about the establishment of proposed renewable energy power plants and the opposition they presently face from local constituents. I quote them both at some length and say my two-cents’ worth here…

I do not agree that mass transit systems like Metro Manila’s LRT/MRT will cause buses and jeepneys to stop running and just phase out.

The prognosis of this DOTC official is simply outrageous. He said “buses and jeepneys will voluntarily leave Metro streets” once the government complete its railway system.

The rail system cannot simply accommodate all commuters in Metro Manila. In fact, today it is running at full capacity and its operators plan to acquire more coaches.

In Davao, a university professor proposed that the city government adopt a bus system and do away with jeepneys.

During the 1970s, many subdivisions in the city have their bus system mostly owned and ran by homeowners associations.

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excerpts from Jim Libiran’s speech that he gave after winning Le Pari de L’Avenir (The Youth Jury Prize) in Paris Cinema Festival:

“I come from a country where, for decades, people have been leaving for greener pastures. It’s heartbreaking, but we didn’t know that by doings so, we were slowly exporting love and care. Now we are exporting culture and arts. In front of me and behind me is a whole army of Filipino talents. And not only that, as you have experienced here in the Festival Paris Cinema, Filipinos can fill your movie houses. We are a potent, profitable force. Let us continue appreciating and supporting each others’ culture, and we will give you 81 million more moviegoers…. because through this recognition, through this award, THE FILIPINOS ARE INVISIBLE NO MORE.“

Jim Libiran’s short speech was translated by festival president/French Superstar Charlotte Rampling while he was wearing a black barong designed by his cousin Francis Libiran paired by stonewashed jeans and leather shoes. The Youth Jury Prize, Le Pari de L’Avenir (Bet for the Future); was given at the MK2 Cinema, Bibliotheque National Francois Mitterand, 13th arrondisement, Paris. Stephen Walker’s Young@Heart won BOTH Le Pari du Public/Metrobus  and Le Pari du Jury in the full-length (long métrage) film competition.

IPVG’s subsidiary IP E-games finally switched to Invision Power Board after using Simple Machines Forum for a long time. Continue reading here…

Jollibee is gaining new customers.

I wonder if the same trend is true with McDo …

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