The only way Gran Turismo 5 should be played…
Jun 27, 2008 Videogames
… is with this baby right here. The game lives up to being the one and only “real driving simulator” on so many levels. I just don’t know why they didn’t go all the way and make a G35 version for the PS3. Oh well, I’m not complaining. There isn’t any shortage of valid reasons to get a next-gen system anyway.
Well maybe a little — I ain’t got a PS3 or HDTV. At least not yet. 
It was the Captain’s Call
Jun 26, 2008 Miscellaneous
I was going to do my weekly post as one of the blog contributors over at FHM.com.ph, but I just had to express how I feel about this news item that I came across this morning.
A ranking official of Sulpicio Lines Inc. (SLI) yesterday said that it was the call of the captain of the ill-fated M/V Princess of the Stars whether to push through with the voyage or cancel the trip.
Engineer Edgar Go, SLI senior vice president, yesterday informed the seven-member Board of Marine Inquiry (BMI) that ship captain Florencio Marimon Sr. had the sole prerogative to continue with the voyage or not.
I know that if I were in Sulpicio Lines’ position, I would also do and say everything to save my ass as well, but is this BS the best they could come up with?
I was on my way home from the gym with some officemates last Saturday night when I noticed that most of the billboards along Katipunan had already been taken down. Believe it or not, that was the only time I found out that there was a typhoon alert. It sure brought back memories of fallen billboards along Edsa and C5 more than a year ago.
If the OAAP was smart enough to issue a memorandum that billboards should be taken down during typhoons, how hard a decision could it have been to prevent a passenger vessel from proceeding even if an alert had already been issued?
I don’t wish for anyone to be blamed/punished for what happened, and I feel the same way about what happened during the Wowowee incident in Ultra more than two years ago. Though someone should take the heat, and that those who perished can never be brought back, I can only wish that Sulpicio Lines does everything in their power to give a lifetime of aid to the families of those whose lives were lost.
Let’s try to be more logical next time eh? You don’t say pwede pa yan when people’s lives are on the line.
Men’s Health All-Terrain Race 2008: A Week After
Jun 21, 2008 Self Improvement
If you think you can go and run in UP every other day for two whole months and be prepared for the Men’s Health All-Terrain Race, you obviously have no idea what you’re getting yourself into (Parang ako! Lol). I ran. I climbed. I *barely* conquered probably the longest run I’ve ever taken in my life.
12km run x (Who knows how many steep hills + Scorching heat of the sun) = An experience I will never ever forget.
JustAnotherGame now blogging on FHM.com.ph
Jun 18, 2008 Internet Marketing
Oh yeah. Thanks to Lou Albano for making this possible. Check out my first post here.
It’s about these four fellas’ below. And oh, congratulations to the Boston Celtics. They really took the heart out of my Lakers. Though he’s not a vet, I really think they couldn’t have accomplished that serious beatdown if it weren’t for Rajon. Oh well, there’s always next year.
Chino Trinidad’s Cliche and Bias Factory
I think I speak for everyone when I say that Chino Trinidad is a douchebag. Though I appreciate what he’s done for the PBL, his strength definitely doesn’t lie in his ability to cover a basketball game (or any sport for that matter). Truth be told, every word that comes out of his mic almost always devoid of any technical insight that can spur even the minutest of Ahhhhhh moments.
“Ramdam na ramdam ni <insert name here> sa suntok ni<insert name here> ang lakas ng buong sambayanang Pilipino”
“Yan ang lakas ng isang <insert name here>”
Quinito: I think the Celtic bench is turning out to be underrated, and the Laker bench is turning out to be overrated.
Chino: Bakit hindi nalang yung buong Lakers team?
Bakit hindi nalang yung buong Lakers team?
What kind of commentator says stuff like that on air? Though I understand the need to relate to the masses, is this really the best we can come up with? You can find a thread about all that crap here.
Don’t get me wrong, the Celtics deserve to win games 1 and 2 fair and square, but to the words above I say — STFU Chino Trinidad. I don’t know if you saw the first Garfield movie, but if my memory serves me correctly, Odie was made to wear an electric collar (which was activated on cue every time he refused to perform a trick). If there was such a thing for people, and if Chino was made to wear it, I’d definitely pull the trigger every time he starts greeting anyone on air. That would really make a lot of people feel better. Lolness.
Game 3 is starting in an hour or so, and I’m glad I don’t have to settle for someone who keeps a book of nonsensical terms in his back pocket.
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Okay, okay, the Lakers dropped game 1, but that’s not what this post is about. It’s about Paul Pierce’s lame excuse for an injury the ear to ear smile on David Stern’s face right now. After one of the most boring and low-rating NBA finals the past three years, basketball fans around the world are being rewarded with a rehash of probably the most storied rivalry in professional basketball.
This brings to mind how dependent even our own local leagues are on the performance (or absence) of their most marketable teams.
According to an official from ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp., the television network that doubles as the UAAP’s marketing arm, approximately half of the league’s top advertisers have pulled out this season. The percentage as to how much La Salle’s absence has to do with it is even greater.
“Admittedly, there are less advertisers because the landscape is different,” Jojo Garcia, ABS-CBN’s customer development head for sports, told the Inquirer. “Some clients cited the absence of La Salle, but it’s also more than that.”
July 2006
It just makes you think — will the UAAP be as successful as it is without an Ateneo-Lasalle rivalry? My answer to this question is a flat out no. There’s nothing even remotely close to the excitement a Jvee Casio and Chris Tiu shootout can provide this coming year.
When it comes to the PBA (And I know I’m going to get more flak for even posting this), you don’t need to be commissioner to know that gate receipts and ratings are highly dependent on how far Ginebra goes. Whenever the league’s most popular team makes it to the finals, I’ve gone as far as sneaking in as dancer’s companion just to get into the Araneta.
Don’t believe me? You don’t even Nielsen to tell you that all of the above is true. Just go and find your friendly neighborhood scalper. His word is definitely more believable than “The Truth”’s drama queen act.
*Don’t get me wrong, Boston won game 1 fair and square. I want KG and Allen to get rings. Wag lang sana ngayon 
