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PDA Finds No Restricted Place

Tuesday
Oct 14,2008

Taken at QC Memorial CircleHave you ever heard of PDA?! Yeah, I know there are many things which stand for PDA. For some, PDA means Philippine Dental Association. For the techies, PDA is for Personal Digital Assistant. But what does this PDA really mean?!

PDA, according to the Filipinos, stands for Public Display of Affection. This is also a common attitude to Filipinos, more specifically to lovers. Holding of hands, embracing, kissing, and the like which are done in public are considered forms of PDA. Though these are all common and natural gestures between lovers, doing these in public or public places results to PDA.

Continue reading PDA Finds No Restricted Place…

Monday
Oct 13,2008

The “kewlstCebu Blogger’s Logo & Design – well it’s our first and hopefully not the last so don’t spoil the fun. Anyway, Yay! damn the guys (Miong & Co.) behind this design really has the touch of class and elegance – but damn the design really rocks! Just they way I wanted it and I hope just the way the blogger’s wanted it also.

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New MMO for iPhone and Android

  • Filed under: Hobbies, Tech
Monday
Oct 13,2008

A new MMO will be available very soon for the iPhone and Android-based phones. This MMO is taking advantage of the GPS feature of these phones, making it geo-aware and combining it with Google Maps.

All these together, a Virtual World was developed on top of the real-world. Use your iPhone or Android to see that world that our naked eyes can not see.

Continue reading: MMOs for Mobile Phones

OtakonEK 2008 Photos

Monday
Oct 13,2008

OtakonEK 2008, an event where Otakus were officially invited by the management of Enchanted Kingdom has ended. We took photos of the participants and how it looked like – seeing Cosplayers and fellow Otakus roaming EK amidst all the families who went there just to have fun.

I can say that this is one hell of a blast in exposing the Otaku-ness of everyone to the Filipino people. Check out the photos here.

Meme: Names I Go By (BORING TITLE! HUZZAH!)

  • Filed under: Personal
Sunday
Oct 12,2008

So I’ve been tagged by Christine The Jew. So you know, I’m really not into answering memes, but I’m fighting off a flu and my brain’s totally not functioning, so yeah, I’ll do a big case of the lazy and answer that meme.

Basically, the premise is simple: Share the different names that different people call you.

  • Adrian – this is what people who have known me since childhood (relatives, childhood friends, and Mang Loretto the tricycle driver) have called me.It’s on my frigging birth certificate, for crying out loud. How boring can my name get?
  • Ade – For the last four or five years, people have been calling me Ade. Basically, I want a shortened version of “Adrian” without sounding like a certain sickness a certain retired basketball player named Magic Johnson has. Okay, so I have a short-ass nickname. Who would’ve thought that people would find different ways to pronounce it?
  • So I’ve been called “Eeeyyyyd”.
  • Also, I’ve been called “Ah-deh”. This usually makes me cringe.
  • And people also use “EEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYHD!!!” this usually involves moments of strong emotion, like when I run away with your food or something.

People also call me other names, and I go by: Read More »

Saturday
Oct 11,2008

I’ll be having a very busy day tomorrow. First, I’ll be presenting a few of my business plans for my team. This presentation is in relation to our planned business start-up that would look into opportunities presented by “cloud computing.” We really can’t wait exploit the cloud.

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Cebu Based Bloggers invades McDonalds

Saturday
Oct 11,2008

Cebu Based Bloggers ended up invading Cebu IT Park McDonalds after our short meeting. Actually, it was one of the blogger meet-ups that we had wherein a handful bloggers came to “pay” since they have for our upcoming t-shirts.

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Saturday
Oct 11,2008

I’ve been swimming regularly in our pool for about half a year now and I’m getting a lot of benefits from it. First, it’s an awesome way to beat the heat. It’s also a nice way to work out, especially since I’m fat and too lazy to go to the gym or run or bike or do sit-ups. Helps my lung strength too (I really should stop smoking). The best benefit I get from swimming in our pool is I get to be alone. I get the chance to meditate about my life. You know, important stuff. And now, I’d like to share these things to you in a piece I’d like to call…

First of which is “FUNNY CATS”

» Read the rest of the entry →

There is no such thing as lunch break

Saturday
Oct 11,2008

Why does it that working moms never seem to stop… working? Many of my friends and relatives tag me as a workaholic. I mostly just smile at them but I cannot blame them for thinking that way. Most of the time they see me hunched over my laptop typing away or talking over the phone to clients from different countries.

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No music in the office

Saturday
Oct 11,2008

Kinda sad now…  Our General manager just announced or emailed a memo stating that we cannot play music in our pc’s while working anymore… 

Sad thing coz music is our only way to stay awake and alive while working…  Especially us who are working in a call center…  It’s also our means to avoid work stress…

haaayyy…  really sad…

Being fashionable does not come cheap

Friday
Oct 10,2008

I used to believe that. Many women magazines tell us in detail how a dress, earrings, a pair of shoes will cost us if we covet it enough. Others even lay pieces side by side comparing their prices, where one would have an exorbitant price tag while the other considerably lower. So we zoom in on the tag with less zeroes thinking were getting a great deal.

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Pull Ze Switch!

  • Filed under: Movies
Friday
Oct 10,2008

If you want a taste of Frankenstein and Mad Scientists, of monsters and musicals, of a gloomy but funny story, of Jaqueline and Heidi (yes that’s Jekkyl and Hyde for you), of a sudden feeling of Schadenfreude, of Annie the musicale and hypnotic machines, well you shouldn’t miss Igor.

Igor is the recently acclaimed comedy digital animated film about a life of an Igor (If you haven’t watched Frankenstein, Igor is the popular sidekick guy portrayed as an assistant of Dracula or Frankenstein). PULL ZE SWITCH!

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Friday
Oct 10,2008

Jim Libiran and Tribu in BBC On Screen with Kirsty Lang

Just got this from Jim Libiran, director/réalisateur of Tribu. BBC On Screen’s Kirsty Lang features a fairly lengthy report on where Tribu is right now and how it’s making an impact in the lives of students in terms of deterring them from trying out the gangstah lifestyle.

You can can listen to the show here or you can download it here.

Discovering Cebu, One Bite at a Time

  • Filed under: Dining
Thursday
Oct 9,2008

View of Cebu City atop Club Ultima

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Thursday
Oct 9,2008

Please answer this survey. It’s for a Philippine web design conference we’re planning. Thank you!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

  • Filed under: Personal
Thursday
Oct 9,2008

Before we go on, let me reiterate: October is Breast Cancer
Awareness Month. Yeah, I’m pretty sure you know that by now, judging
from the sheer number of blog entries
on the topic. Honestly, as much as I would want to reiterate how
important it is to be aware of this particular type of cancer, I feel
that the internet has said more than enough on the topic. However, I am
very much a big fan of breasts (especially the 38B kind) that it’ll be
a shame to see this turn into this. Also, those last two links aren’t worksafe but I have a nagging feeling that you’ve figured that out by now.

Anyway, I really can’t stress enough how important breasts are. I’m
not gonna turn my blog pink for October or anything, but I’d want you
guys to know how breasts can and will liven up your day and make you
happy, extremely happy. Or at least make you hide in the bathroom for a
few minutes while you er… do the thumbs up. Repeatedly. Yeah.

THUMBS UP!
THUMBS UP!

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PinoyBiz

  • Filed under: Personal
Thursday
Oct 9,2008

Bomba

Jao, naniniwala na walang kasalanan sina Jessica at David Bunevacz

MAINIT na mga persona ngayon sa showbiz at sa labas ng larangan ang mag-asawang Jessica Rodriguez at David Bunevacz lalo na nang mabulgar ang alingasngas sa kanilang katatayo lang na Beverly Hills 6750, isang aesthetic shop.

Masyadong sosyal at bongga ang Beverly Hills 6750 kung saan pinapunta pa nila rito sa Pilipinas ang dating Miss Universe na si Dayanara Torres bilang image model ng kumpanya.

Nang regaluhan ni David ng mamahaling kotse ang kanyang asawang si Jessica nang magdiwang ito ng kanyang kaarawan kamakailan, napag-alaman umano ng mga kasosyo ng mga Bunevacz na ang ginamit na pambili ng sasakyan ay ang tseke ng organisasyon.

Dito nagsimulang lumutang ang haka-haka na may kamalasaduhan ang transaksyon ng grupo at nabalitang ginulpi pa ng mga kasosyo nila si David.

Pagkatapos nito ay nagtungo at parang nagtago sa Amerika ang mag-asawang Jessica at David.

Kasyang-kasya na noong mga sandaling lumabas ang kontrobersya ay kapipirma lang ng kontrata ni Jao Mapa para sa pamamahala ni Jessica sa kanyang career. Pero imbes na magpanik at hindi naapaktuhan si Jao.

“Bakit naman ako maaapektuhan? Mahusay na manager si Jessica. Ngayon pa lang, ang dami na niyang nagawa para sa career ko kaya bakit naman ako maguguluhan dahil sa intriga sa kanila.

“I believe na magkaiba ang talent management at ang networking kaya wala akong nakikitang masama ro’n. Kay Jessica, ang dami agad nangyari sa akin. May pictorial na agad ako. May guesting na agad ako sa TV at may mga negotiations na para sa akin,” pahayag ni Jao nang makamiting siya ni Jowee Morel sa Cubao kamakailan kaugnay ng pagkuha sa kanya ng direktor para sa pelikulang “Latak” ng Outline Digital Films kung saan nakatakdang maghubad si Mapa.

Pero hindi pa nga napagkakasunduan ang presyo ng aktor dahil maliit pa lang na produksyon ang kay Morel.

***

Ang nagrekomenda kay Rodriguez kay Mapa ay si Raven Villanueva na matagal nang alaga ng socialite at dating artista ng Viva Films.

“Kahit si Raven, hindi naman umaalis sa kanya kasi, mahusay nga siyang mag-manage. Isa sa mga araw na ito, magpapakita na sina Jessica para maliwanagan ang lahat sa kontrobersya. Hindi ako naniniwala na may kasalanan sina Jessica,” depensa ni Jao na lalo pang gumuguwapo at gumagaling bilang artista.

Katatapos lang ni Jao ng kanilang painting exhibit nina Revan, Meagen Aguilar at Tony Perez sa Enzo Gallery sa Greenhills.

Hindi nababakante si Mapa sa mga gawain kahit na kakanuti ang trabaho sa industriya.

***

Magdiriwang ang peryodistang pampelikula na si Dennis Adobas ng kanyang kaarawan sa Sabado, ika-19 ng Enero, 2008 sa bahay ni Direk Jowee Morel sa Merville sa Parañaque City.

Maraming inimbitahan si Dennis para makabahagi sa kanyang mahalagang araw.


Star Patrol


Magpapakita na sina Jessica at David Bunevacz”

-Jao Mapa

PUMIRMA na ng kontrata si Jao Mapa sa talent management ni Jessica Rodriguez sa gitna ng alingasngas na bumabalot sa mag-asawang Jessica at David Bunevacz tungkol sa umano’y pagwawaldas ni David ng pondo ng Beverly Hills 6750, isang aesthetic shop na itinatag ng mag-asawa kasama ang ilang mga kasosyo.

Kasyang-kasyang pumipirma si Jao kay Jessica ay lumalabas naman ang reklamo ng mga kasosyo ng mga Bunevacz sa negosyo.

Umalma umano ang mga investor nina David nang malaman ng mga ito na ang ipinambili ng sikat na athlete ng mamahaling kotse na ipinanregalo niya sa kaarawan ni Jessica ay tseke ng kumpanya.

Nabalita pang binugbog ng mga kasosyo si Buenvacz nang malaman nila ang ganitong sitwasyon.

Umalis sa bansa ang mag-asawang Jessica at David at nagtungo sa Amerika, ayon sa mga impormante.

Pero ang pagpirma ni Jao sa pangangasiwa sa kanya ni Rodriguez ay hindi nakaapekto sa batang aktor. “Iba naman ang talent management at networking. Magkaiba ito. Kaya hindi ako kinakabahan. Walang masama ro’n. Magaling mag-manage si Jessica kaya walang problema.

“Sa career ko, may mga pictorial na ako ngayon. May mga guesting na ako sa mga TV shows. Remote control ang management ni Jessica sa akin kaya maligaya ako.

“Anytime ay babalik na sina Jessica sa Pilipinas para magpaliwanag ng lahat. Walang masamang mangyayari. Kilala ko si Jessica. I believe in her,” pagtatanggol ni Jao sa bituin.

***

Puspusan na ang paghahanda ni Mapa sa kanyang pag-aartista sa 2008. Inalok na nga siya ni direktor Jowee Morel na lumabas bilang bading sa pelikulang “Latak” ng Outline Digital Films bagamat hindi pa sila nagkakasundo s apresyo.

Maliit na produksyon pa lang ang Outline kaya naman hindi agad-agad na makapaglalabas si Jowee ng malaking halaga sa produksyon.

Isa pa ay digital at indie film ang “Latak.”

Pero ang mahusay na peryodistang pampelikula nga na si JC Nigado ang nagmungkahi kay Morel na kunin si Jao dahil magaling itong aktor kaya nga lang ay ang budget ang pinag-uusapan nang maige.

Nang magmiting sina Jowee at Jao sa Cubao kamakailan ay kapwa sila humanga sa isa’t isa.

Mahusay kapwa kasing magsalita ang dalawa.

Mahusay magdirek si Jowee at mahusay umarte si Mapa.

Mahusay ring magpinta si Jao.

Katatapos lang noong Lunes ng paglulunsad ng painting exhibit ni Jao kasama sina Raven Villanueva, Meagan Aguilar at Tony Perez. Idinaos ang eksibit sa Enzo Gallery sa Greenhills at dumalo ang maraming mahiligin sa sining ng pagpinta.

Hindi na nga maaabot pa ang kakayahan ni Mapa sa maraming larangan ng artes.

***

Ipagdiriwang ng pamosong peryodistang pampelikula na si Dennis Adobas ang kanyang kaarawan sa Sabado, ika-19 ng Enero sa bahay ni Jowee Morel sa Merville Subdivision sa Parañaque City.

Matalik nang magkaibigan ang movie writer at si Jowee kaya naman sa maikling panahon ng kanilang pagkakakilala ay nagtiwala na sila sa isa’t isa.

Bongga ang party ni Dennis at imbitado niya ang kanyang malalapit na kaibigan sa showbiz.

Marami na ang naghahanda para sa kanyang piging.

Thursday
Oct 9,2008

I wanna drift! I wanna drift! I wanna drift!

I always wanted to learn how to drift (watch the trailer and you’ll know why). In fact, I just learned how to drift in the Daytona USA 1 arcade game. A friend of mine taught me after losing several races to him. It’s quite easy; the secret is to know the map, you must know when to drift and when to just turn. In Daytona USA 1, the best map to practice drifting is the advanced map, then select manual transmission. When you’re about to turn shift to gear number 1 and turn the steering wheel towards the direction you want to turn. When you turn to that direction shift to 3rd gear then to 4th gear. Easy right?

But this post isn’t about drifting. It’s about KL drift.

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The Coin of the Realm

Wednesday
Oct 8,2008

I can tell you I earn a hundred grand a month cranking out television scripts faster than a teenager screws. I can tell you I blow most of that moola feeding my periodic table of illegal vices. I can tell you I’d probably be earning more than that if only I didn’t spend most of my nights in bacchanalian parties where– with a certain panache that would put Giacomo Casanova to shame– I pick up sixteen-year-old Catholic schoolgirls whose Daddies are fortunately too busy making money to pay much attention. I can even tell you said panache is backed up by a ten-inch cock that shoots pure, unadulterated awesomeness.

This, after all, is the Internet. Pretension, if not outright bullshit, is the coin of the realm.

READ IT AND WEEP

Tuesday
Oct 7,2008

Throw out your overused HP ink cartridges and buy a brand new one or buy a dozen. Go the 2.4 Distance with HP Original Inks and you might just Win a Trip to New York City, Corolla Altis with 2.4 years worth of gas and HP products galore! There are 2 methods of winning – instant prize scratch card and raffle draw, that’s 2 chances of winning!

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