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TransPortmers: Pinoy-Made Transformers

2009-06-24T12:21:00.002+08:00

Transportmers are pinoy-made transformers. They're different from the regular transformers you know and love. Characters such as Optibus Prime, Megatren and Sembreaker can be found. Although they are just artists drawings/concept if you will, they are still interesting to take a look at as they are transformers made out of regular Filipino vehicles. I can't find the person who made these cool Philippine versions. If you can search it, tell me so I can credit these arts to him. Michael Bay you should see these... hehe. LoLs.

1st Cebu HobCon 2009

2009-06-18T14:53:00.007+08:00

Join the 1st Cebu Hobby Convention (HobCon) that will be held in Parkmall, Cebu on June 20 to 21! It is a two-day event that will feature the convergence of Toys, Comics, Animation, Online Gaming, Fashion, Design and Cosplay - right in the Queen City of the South! It's like an international pop-culture extravaganza! wheew!

Schedule of Activities

June 20, 2009 Saturday

Registration and Opening of Exhibits
10:00am

Call Time for Cosplayer Contestants
1:00pm

Formal Opening of the Event
1:30pm

Cosplay Competition
2:00pm

Categories (will present accordingly)
       Male Cosplayers
       Female Cosplayers
       Crosplayers
       Kiddo Cosplayers
       Group Cosplayers

Fashion Show by JPNY and ACRE International with Eloise Daniot's Accessories
5:00pm

Awarding & Closing Remarks
6:00pm

Level Up! Live Cebu Regional Schedule June 20, 2009
10:00am – 10:00pm
       Ragnarok Online
       Rohan
       Grand Chase
       Crazy Kart

June 21, 2009 Sunday

Exhibits and LU! Games Competition Continuation
10:00am

Games! Games!
1:00pm

Closing Remarks
5:00pm

Level Up! Live Cebu Regional Schedule June 20, 2009
10:00am – 10:00pm
       RF Online
       Perfect World
       Flyff
       FreeStyle

And I'm planning to wear this get-up in the event! It's pretty kewl!

Beating Board Exam Blues

2009-06-05T14:55:00.062+08:00

Beating Board Exam Blues is really tough! I came across several blogs about failing the board exams (Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, and Link 4) but I don't have an inclination to take the least favorable view or even expecting the worst possible outcome.

I'm also reading ahead, blogs about passing the grandest and most-celebrated examination in their life! Because, we Filipinos are traditionally much concern of the licensure examination results. I wonder how do other nationalities treat or deal with these exams. How would they feel over the results if it's favorable or not?

I already started compiling some ece review materials and it gains me much confidence everyday because I'm planning to take the ECE Board Licensure Exams later this year. Also, with the help of review center like EXCEL, damn! reviewing for almost 4 hours is really tiresome. But big thanks to their respective reviewers they really know how to handle it by having fun with us like cracking green jokes while on class. Glad that I chose the right review center for me.

So how do I hold on to something that seems so unreachable? Right now, I am faced with these choices: A.) I will pass the board but still be the 'dakilang tambay' that I am now. B.) I may fail but work in a good company. C.) Or I may fail and not be employed at all. D.) I will pass the board and work with a good salary. In this scenario, I have a 25% chance of making the right choice. Quite high as it may seem. But to double check, still, the possibilities are endless. I can stop reviewing now and take the boards in October or forget about the board exams altogether. As the number of possible outcomes increase, my chance of making the right decision seem to diminish.

Ralph and my twin brother Oliver, I know we can do this with the divine help intervention. Am I just too emotional? hehe... Hope, I can still managed my tasks in updating this blog! To my mentors, colleagues, blogmates, plurkmates, offline and online friends thanks for all your words of wisdom, support and inspirations. I acted that I already passed! haha...

Normally students would act like this.

You can check and enlarge this photo here.

You know how pretty hard our board exam is? We must obtain a passing rate of at least 70% to each four subjects! And addition to that the controversy still surrounds the ece board exam results last March 2009.

" There is a new coverage for the ECE Board Exam. It is now divided into four Parts. Twenty Percent (20 %) General Engineering, Twenty Percent (20 %) Mathematics, Thirty Percent (30 %) Electronics, and Thirty Percent (30 %) Communication. General Engineering is comprised of all the minor engineering subjects like Chemistry. In addition to that, it is said that if we fail any of these, examiners must retake the exam even if they have scored a passing mark if all of these were to be averaged. It is stated in Section 16 of R.A. 9292, released April 17, 2004, that a candidate who obtains a passing rating in the majority of the subjects but obtains a rating in the other subject/s below seventy percent (70%) but not lower than sixty percent (60%), shall be allowed to take one removal examination on the subject/s where he/she failed to obtain the passing rating. "

But let me tell you this: I have never felt this scared in my whole life! sigh. (;-_-) but still I believe in Que Sera Sera (Whatever will be, will be). Wish us luck!

So Many Domains, So Little Time

2009-05-06T10:21:00.001+08:00

It started out innocently enough with Yahoo Geocities. Sad to hear that they're closing now this year but big thanks to them for helping me get another new domain which is totally free. I have couple of simple yet memorable sites there. Currently, I have 39 domains, not all of them are full webpages yet, only about 5. However, it takes time, lots of time to set each one up and Some I won't fully build for 6 months or more.
Now don’t get me wrong, some of them we are actively developing, but the majority are just sitting. Little hopeful dreams waiting to be useful.

So what can I do with all those unused (for now) domains? I have a couple of things I do with them. Some of them have finally started to earn us a very small amount of adsense money. I’ll be happy if they earn enough to pay for the domain name for another year. Some of them we turn into niche stores for my highschool batchmates. Again, it’s just a small amount of income, but every dollar brings us closer to my dream.

And some very special domains get called to service and added to the to-do list. They make the cut and get called up to the majors, to be developed into a full fledged site, and hopefully a full fledged income.

Anyone else have many domains? How do you managed them?

Bukidnon Trip

2009-04-23T14:02:00.002+08:00

My 3-days short vacation in Bukidnon happened on April 21-23, it was the best summer trip so far because I was able to shoot some scenic scenes with a Sony DigiCam. It took us 4 long hours non-stop dizzy land trip to Don Carlos - a province of Bukidnon (250 Km away from our home). Bukidnon is famous with Del Monte pineapples, highest bridge and second tallest peak in the philippines.

Musuan Peak

Lake Pinamaloy

RR Spring Resort

More photos of my summer vacation in Bukidnon Trip Gallery

Happy Passover!

2009-04-10T22:19:00.003+08:00

I was observing the first night of Jewish Holidays as a Noahide in a certain residence just a few walks away from our home. Passover is celebrated for seven (in the diaspora meaning outside Israel, eight) days, the first and last day (in the diaspora, two days) of which are holy days and the middle days. On the first night (in the diaspora, two nights), the events of the Exodus are relived through a ritual meal, called a SEDER, at which the text of the HAGGADAH is read. During the entire duration of the Passover, Jews are forbidden from consuming, or even possessing leavened products.

A horseradish, slice of ampalaya and a piece of Matzah in my hand

A small of cup of red wine

The meal include its traditional foods, including matzah and bitter herbs, and feature a reading from holiday’s religious text, the Haggadah. The seder concludes the night with the traditional wish, “Hashanah haba’ah birushalaiyim” (Next year in Jerusalem).

But regardless of the faith even President Barack Obama invites friends to Passover seder . It is believed to be the first American President to host, or even attend, a Passover seder.

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Obama with Family and Friends in the White House during the Passover Seder

In a small white house celebrating the Passover

Hag Pesach sameach l’culam. Happy Passover to all

Looking for a Best Pizza in Iligan?

2009-04-07T21:57:00.009+08:00

My hometown has been blessed with 22 majestic waterfalls, 5 refreshing cold-spring resorts and of course hospitable and smart people. Another pride that Iligan city should be proud of, aside from Cheding's Peanuts and Suka Pinakurat,

Famous Delicacies

Industrialized City of the South

Maria Cristina Falls

Tinago Falls

National Power Corporation's Park

Timoga Cold Springs and Resorts

MSU-IIT - Center of Excellence in Science and Technology

Maria Cristina Falls 360 Degree View

is the Park2Go's Supreme Pizza. Yes, you heard it right from me! This particular pizza has no pork added (Halal) yet the taste is still very good and best of all it's very affordable! At a cost of only P150, it's so so cheesy, has huge toppings and its thick crispy crusts taste even better than those commercial pizzas I have tasted. Mind you guys, you should try this when you're planning for a vacation trip here.

Jam, Mechelle and I have been to Park2Go several times and it has been consistently good, with superior service. It was our third time in that place. Portions and taste were just right, everyone loved it, and we'll all be back. Definitely this is a typical Filipino delicacy. The food is not pricy, and worth every cent. I enjoyed the whole experience, and that's what dining at the Park2Go is....an experience. So grab a friend and have a great time and meal.

How to Test for Conflicker/Conficker Virus Easily

2009-04-04T02:30:00.003+08:00

There's an easy and simple way to detect the conficker/conflicker virus online without downloading any anti-virus or any removal tools. This was developed by Joe Stewart - Head of SecureWorks' Malware Research Team. It is a great chart to test whether your system has been infected by the Conficker worm. Since I haven't encountered any system infected by this virus, I cannot verify this, but looks genuine. I know it's too late to post this but the April's Worm threat is not spreading the entire the global computer systems.

To check your PC if it's infected or not visit the following link below.

Conficker Eye Chart

Likaholix: It's Addicting like Facebook.

2009-03-29T01:23:00.004+08:00

Likaholix, a new, personalized, web recommendation engine, launched on 04 March 2009...and boy has it been addicting for me.

Entering new things I really like into Likaholix kept me up waaaay too late last night, and I spent a couple more hours than I should have today messing around with the site. Currently, it's in beta mode and they are giving away five Amazon Kindles to their top beta users but I'm not signing up just because of the prize but for fun really.

I've decided the reason it's enjoyable to spend so much time on the site is because it elicits a whole flood of good memories. An example is that one thing I like is the Cebu Family Choice Restaurant. I ate there once after our graduation day, and it holds special memories. After I entered the info about the Family Choice Resto, I reminisced a bit about our graduation, then remembered the school Cebu Institute of Technology. So I added it to my Likaholix list of things I like. And thinking about Cebu made me remember the good times my Cebu Bloggers and I spent at Waterfront Hotel during the Digital Filipino event where I won a P500 in a raffle, I had to add WaterFront Hotel and Casino Filipino to Likaholix. If you give a mouse a cookie...

GigaOm's post reviewing Likaholix suggested the site needs to merge with a larger social network such as Facebook to gain critical mass. I haven't in my mind decided exactly what the value proposition is for me in Likaholix. I've just been busy enjoying it and recommending it to others. But I hope that at least for the first month or two it stays on it's own and grows organically.

If you want to check it out, set your browser url box to http://likaholix.com and join in the fun. If you need an invite, give me a shout at iamdownloader [at] gmail {dot} com.

End of My 16 Years in School Life?

2009-03-21T02:32:00.006+08:00

I know it’s been a long long while and I make no excuses for not writing more often. But work and studies have been rather hectic. And when I'm online, a lot of things I put in small chunks on my plurk. Now, I’m going to blog my school life because I'm done with it, finally!

My school life is a very tiring life and sometimes, a boring life that always depresses me. Every day was so occupied that I had learnt a lot and felt pleased. Every day life is wake up and brunch, classes and homework, worry about future and sleep. No hope or dream! Dilemmas like whether I should do more activities every weekend and end up moaning about not getting proper rest or take more rests and still feeling lethargic. All those things will hopefully come to an end.

My primary school life can be summarized in a Table below:

Levels	Schools	Years
Elementary	Iligan City Central School	6
Highschool	Iligan City National High School	4
Colleges	MSU-IIT (Electronics Eng'ng Technology)	3
	CIT (EcE)	3

My high school life was the best part of my school life, I graduated Salutatorian among the 1,000+ students in our batch and was the Best in Math awardee (Yay! I do really like dealing with numbers.) and the President of the so-called elite section of our batch. Although, I was an honor student in my 3 year-technical course in College, the awards way back in my high school days gave me more recognitions like being the Math Olympics Champ in my hometown besting more than 10 public and private schools. I got two government scholarships (Mayor's Grantee and the DOST). All of these is because of my faithfulness to worship with Him. So much with that, I admit I'm bragging myself too much at that time in which I learnt my lesson after (You must read the next paragraph to know why).

I was reaping my benefits in my college in life in MSU-IIT, enjoyed heavily all the graces from my high school. Yeah! too much not thinking of exams and my future. All were enjoyment and for fun! I got addicted in chatting at first and then in an online game. Insecurities come when most of my grades registered very low. I took my first removal exam in Physics. I learnt how to cheat. Got several 3.0 marks in major subjects. I'm very down at that time and full of discouragements. My legacy was destroyed and so my pride. Good thing, I still passed and graduate with a GPA of 1.7067 - With Honor (equivalent to Cum Laude for BS Degree). Still thankful to Him.

My laziness continues in my college life in CIT and even worst! Cutting classes, not doing my assignments, very timid, hopeless and always lack of determination to pass. Although several factors may be considered, the problem is in me. It drives me nuts when an exam is taking place because I did not study very well. More 3.0 remarks and failure to submit some home projects! Some of my high school batch mates already have their own work, degree holders and were licensed professionals already. Thinking I was left behind more pressure I felt. It was like a big and bad transformation to me (What is happening to me?! You might asked that.)

I simply lack of balance because I'm learning how to be more social than being a loner. You want to know how loner I am when I was in high school? Probably not.

Good grades are important for college success. However, there is a lot more than just academics when it comes to doing well in college. Although we should study hard enough to get good grades, that shouldn’t be our only focus on campus. Right?

In fact, being a total bookworm is not recommended, experts say we will not develop the appropriate social skills for a successful career if we are constantly isolated. We need a good balance of studying, health and social life in order to have total college success.

So Be Balance.

"End of my 16 years in school life but learning will never ever stops!"

When YouTube Starts Killing Off Video Download Tools...

2009-02-28T21:42:00.001+08:00

This is making me sad YouTube is starting to kill those Video Download Tools. First they sell out. Then they have their copyright bull**BLEEP**, and now, we aren't able to download them for free?? What's next? Will we have to pay to have a YouTube account?!?!

But still a good thing to know that they're only targeting those sites that give you download links. You can still use programs to rip the streams with no problem. I'll be providing a list of programs soon that would still work for downloading youtube videos for free even high definition videos will do.

Since when do you have a right to make us pay for every video we see? Nothing. Couple of retards like you don't deserve to live in a mansion, but instead, you should be in your filthy rooms like homeless peasants, YouTube.

The Video Download tool in my sidebar will no longer work... well, that's courtesy from TechCrunch Download YouTube Tool. Well, thanks to them. Hope TechCrunch can get it back up and running it soon as possible.

November 2008 Nursing Board Exam Results

2009-02-20T23:08:00.003+08:00

Friendster Integrates IM

2009-02-20T11:13:00.002+08:00

Friendster IM officially launched its Instant Messaging feature last February 18 released in Alpha Version - meaning the developers are generally testing the software with the client and the test environment is not open for the end user. That's why the feature is currently available only in the US and Singapore. The intended users like the Indonesians and the Filipinos which dominates the Friendster globally are still waiting for this feature to be available to them upon logging-in.

Too late for the friendster developers because almost all social networks does have this feature already.

Downloaders Beware!

2009-02-19T21:03:00.001+08:00

After all the raids on Lapu-lapu and Mandaue shops, and even corporate offices in Ayala Center Cebu, the anti-piracy suits are aiming squarely at end-users. The Inquirer has reported that the Pilipinas Anti-Piracy Team (PAPT) will be going after those individuals downloading music, movies and software over the Internet, even if they do so for personal use. Personally, I'm in trouble with this issue because "I Am Downloader" of most illegal stuffs in the internet. Yes! I admit that.

But we're talking hundreds of thousands, or maybe even millions of folks here. My question is, do they have enough legal funds to keep their lawyers happy? Do they have the patience to see all these potential court cases through in our painfully slow justice system? Even the RIAA, which did a similar campaign in the US suing music downloaders left and right, has changed its tactic because 1) it didn’t work, they weren’t able to scare people from downloading, and 2) it was costing them a fortune.

Another thing going against them is that currently, there’s no law that categorically says these downloads are illegal. The country’s Intellectual Property Code is silent on the issue, as well as the more recent E-Commerce Law. They’ll have to lobby in Congress for this one. However, even if they do manage to amend these laws, that fact is that people’s perceptions and expectations when it comes to digital content has changed, especially the younger generation. Companies can still make money out of them, but they’ll need to evaluate their business models to keep up with the times. A little creativity on their part is called for. Beware: beating people into submission will only earn you enmity.

w3c markup validation - Is it really needed?

2009-02-19T20:30:00.000+08:00

Today, I would like to talk about W3C XHTML validation service.This service checks the XHTML of your website and reports you if your web page have any error or warning according to standard of W3C. If you are talking about this website currently you’ll find 687 Errors, 316 warning(s) and frankly I’ve never been bothered about correcting those errors of XHTML because it takes a bit of time and believe me I’m a very lazy boy. In this post, I would like to show you an interesting data of W3C validation among the top rated websites. You’ll be amazed to come to know that they’re also lazy like me.

W3C XHTML validation of Big websites.

As you can see in the above stat, Microsoft’s websites only cared about W3C validation. Other websites are not really worried about this validation. I’m even wondered above stat from Google which don’t have much elements in their home page but a search box and some hyperlinks.

Is XHTML validation really needed in your web page?

I’m not the person who can decide weather the XHTML validation is really needed or not in you web page. But you know web designers spent a lot time for XHTML validations of each page. Do you think it really worth ? Why the big guns website doesn’t follow the W3C standard? Is your website is XHTML valid ? Please share your thought.

24/7 McDelivery: McDonald's Online Delivery in Cebu

2009-02-14T22:21:00.010+08:00

McDonald's Online Delivery is finally here in Cebu (Good news! For lazy people like me...hehe). Other areas to serve are Davao, Laguna (San Pedro and Sta. Rosa), Lipa, Pampanga and Tarlac but only available 24 hours in Metro Manila and Metro Cebu (Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu) because I think people in these two cities are mostly glued in the internet, busy or lazy enough to drive.

This early afternoon of this V-day or Hearts day, I tested it when I order for our merienda. Curious enough if it really works or not. Hehe... But we were impressed, we got a call from their Call Center a few minutes after I was done ordering and took around 20 minutes upon delivery when our meal was delivered right in our doorstep.

I guess McDelivery is not the first online ordering service here in Metro Cebu. MyJoy started in 2007 but delivers only in weekdays and service hours.

Satisfied! Very satisfied! Ordering online is free! Delivery might costs you few extra pennies but their service is totally worthy! Minimum order is Php165.

If McDonalds McDelivery is not available 24 hours in your area, you can try their other McDelivery contact numbers below:

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Available (with their contact and telephone numbers) in Metro Manila, Baguio, Pampanga, Divisoria, Laguna, San Pablo, Lipa, Batangas, Legaspi, Bicol, Naga, Davao, Bacolod, Sta Maria, Bulacan, Cavite Noveleta, RFC Molino, Tarlac, Cabanatuan and Olongapo.

I'm posting this because I love McDo! Paparappapap... Love ko 'to! lols...

Just wanna share this McDo Commercial. Mabuhay ang mga torpe! (Long live to all the shy type of guys!)

How about you? Wanna share your experience with McDonald’s online delivery service? Please share it on the comment below. Thanks!

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Fastest Pinoy SpeedCuber is an Iliganon

2009-02-11T22:32:00.138+08:00

James Benedict “JB” Cañares, a Management Accounting student of USC is the current Philippine record holder for standard speedcubing in just 10.68 seconds! He's a certified BisDak (something we should be proud of) from his hometown Iligan and one of the two Philippine delegates for World Cube Association. The record breaking event was held on April 19, 2008 at the University of San Carlos - Main Campus, Cebu. He just actually broke his own record of 14 seconds. Talents from Iligan are surprisingly great! I remember my schoolmate who was once a Philippine Representative in World Cyber Games in Korea.

Personally, I'm not fond of this speedcubing even though it's a prevailing trend in our school. I just observed my friends and watched them how to solved it. It's quite tricky but then if I have just the time, patience, interest and extra amount of determination like JB, I know I can do it or anyone can. You don't have to be a Math Whiz, as JB said in an interview in which I agree.

JB Cañares

Now, watch closely how he managed to solve the rubik's cube in less than a minute.

JB solving with one hand only...

You can visit his online profile in Youtube or you can read his interview at USC website.

The current world record for single time on a 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube was set by Erik Akkersdijk in 2008, who had a best time of 7.08 seconds at the Czech Open 2008. He also holds the record for 4x4x4 cube. The videos below prove those feats.

3x3x3 (Standard Rubik's Cube)

4x4x4 cube

What is the Third Largest Blogger Nation?

2009-02-07T17:30:00.038+08:00

You might guess, our country Philippines? Because we ranked third in english speaking fluency. But actually this country is located somewhere in the middle east. That's a clue before you may google the answer. It ranks behind China and USA and has 700,000 blogs in 2005 and 100,000 actively maintained and still active today. Filipinos can't beat that because we're not fond of blogging but mostly into socializing and meeting new friends online like in Friendster and Multiply.

It took something exceptional to snap me out of my several-month blogging slump. I found this on twitter from @marshallk Iran: A Nation of Bloggers a powerful 2 minute video.

Half of Iran's population is under 25 and they are not happy with the oppressive regime. They blog about it, most anonymously for fear of imprisonment, but some are bold enough to speak out. I did not realize that Iran is the third largest blogger nation. Good stuff! Let Social media bring democracy to the masses, Obama style!

Check out these videos.

But some of their prominent bloggers like Hossein Derakhshan, known as "BlogFather" has been detained and arrested of espionage.

More infos in Rotten Gods. And you'll find the blogs of Iranians here in this website Blogs By Iranians.

Wanna sign-up with a Facebook Clone?

2009-02-03T00:21:00.077+08:00

They called it as "F*ckbook" aka Facebook clone. One of my online buddies, private messaged me last night about the Facebook source code he got. He showed me the site and it was pretty amazing at a first glance as shown above (The URL is hidden for security purpose), it really looks like the original Facebook specially the homepage. But, when I signed up there was some features that the clone lacks from the original FB like:

1. photo tagging
2. mobile applications
3. photo printshop
4. image reordering and upload by java uploader
5. poke system
6. shortest path

Over-all, I can say it has a good resemblance. But nothing really beats with the original because things like this will never turn out better. For me, this is not a form of stealing but somewhat creating a similar version with the real one.

J-Walking

2009-01-29T23:39:00.036+08:00

I am very lucky for today because... I got caught by the Traffic Police for jay-walking for the second time around in Colon Street, Cebu - the oldest street in the Philippines. On my way to school from work. Yeah. "Got caught" as in I had to hand over my I.D to them to let them take down my particulars. I got away with a fine of $1.00 or Php 50.00). Fine. I did jaywalk. I did deserve that. But I really find no wrong in jaywalking.

It's dangerous at some point, I admit. But how dangerous can it be, where there's clearly no freaking vehicles on the road? And besides, it's rushing for time versus following the rules. Why on earth should I be at the pedestrian crossing, waiting for 1 minute plus for the lights to turn green before crossing and missing the jeepney as a result? It's a lot faster if I just cross the road when I deem it's safe to do so. At least, I can still catch the jeep and be in time for my examination.

Speaking of mock board examinations, 2 more days to Saturday! Absolute yayness for that!

Now where was I? Ah, right. Jaywalking.

Fair enough, the presense of a police officer may deter me not to jaywalk. However, once the officers are gone, I will still do my jaywalking. No big deal.

Well, anyway... I just wanna share these lots of funny excuses when you're caught for Jaywalking.