Ondoy!

Hmmm.. Where do I start? Well I don't really have much to say, and I don't want to keep y'all bored. OK now, it's not that I don't have something to say about what happened, actually I have a lot to say about what happened but I'm just in so much awe right now with this really unusual flooding that Metro Manila experienced over the weekend that I don't think I'm capable of putting it all together in one blog entry. What happened truly saddens me and I don't really want to talk about it. Let's just leave it to the journalists, and I think much has been said and loads of images and videos have been shown online. So there.

Here I'm just going to share my share of mishaps. Actually not so that concerns me, I consider myself fortunate that I was safe at home, it was flooding outside but I was able to save my car from it and not get the interior wet. Most of my neighbors did their best to save their vehicles but sad to say they weren't able to. Our other car was left at the airport (NAIA T2), went there the following day to check on the car and luckily when I asked the security of the area the man told me that flood didn't reach the parking lot. Which is good news really to me and to my mom who's currently out of the country.

Over Sunday and even until yesterday I still had friends stuck in the area. I kept in touch with them but communication lines must've been greatly affected as well by the about 12-foot-high flood, reason for text messages getting delayed. Calling 'em was even close to impossible. I was told it was like a warzone up in the area. You see men in camouflage uniforms riding on big trucks, people lining up outside the stores waiting for it to open to buy food - some lining up for relief goods. But anyway, as far as I know the flood has already subsided now in most areas and the critical Ortigas extension's (I think it's one of the only 3 access to higher ground?) muddy water already went down as well. Now vehicle I think are able to pass by the area and people no longer have to dip themselves in muddy water just to cross to the other side and get some food for their family. So that's really good news.

OK here I am again, I didn't intend to have this lengthy post. haha. Anyway here is what happened that day in our area.



*Photos taken that day (9/26/2009 - Saturday). Some from the television, special coverage by ABS-CBN.

Reviews

Is it just me, or they really sound like as if they know it all?

Anyway I'm reading up on some reviews of this camera that I will most likely get by (hopefully) next week. I can't really afford the price alone so I had to convince my mom that we needed a new camera for our upcoming trip to I-won't-say-it-now. haha And I did! Ha! I'm awesome! So she's going to pay part of it, part of it by me - sheesh! Well I'll be responsible for only about 10% of the total price so it's alright! Ha! I'm awesome! Anyway so much for my self-declared awesomeness, let's go back to these reviews that I've been boring myself with for the past hour, oh I meant to say "reading", not boring. :) Have you ever noticed when you're reading some reviews that they somewhat sound like as if they really know it all? Or it's just me? Well, maybe they do. haha. I don't know, would you happen know?

Here's one review on Canon's PowerShot G10. I just noticed how they compare stuff, take this review I've read for example. It's either their praising it for having some features that the previous model doesn't have, or they're booing over something that its predecessor used to have but is now no longer available with the new ones. At times they're just praising it for having features that some other higher grade units have, or yet again, booing it for not having certain features that other higher grade units have. Have you ever noticed that in reviews? Or it's just that that's how a review should be written? Well, I wouldn't know. OK, so why am I ranting about this if I know nothing? Well, in my opinion, if they put it that way I don't see it as a review. It's more like a comparison than a review. Get my point? I hope you do, 'cause if you don't then if you read further I'll just bore you. :) So anyway, I think a review should focus on the subject itself that's being reviewed. Without considering, or should I say comparing, it from its predecessor or its competition. It should tell more about how the subject performs in one particular setting. Like say for example how will this camera fair if it were to shoot this particular type of shot. And then talk about that, don't talk how bad it's quality is compared to this other brand or model. Well maybe comparisons are OK, just don't over do it. I also noticed how they're not satisfied. They somewhat keep on pointing out how this should have been this and that, so and so. And these are just minor details even. These I think are based on their personal perspectives. Why not focus more on something that the general consumers would care about? Heck I don't care if you think that the "thumb rest feels slippery", I just don't. OK now talk about ranting huh? hahaha

This is just my review on some reviews I've read. I guess that's how one review is made huh? - from one's personal opinion. So I could be wrong (or sounded like a jackass) on the things I've written above, you may say. If so, I agree. Well that's my review, make you're own if you want to prove me wrong.. haha But seriously though, I think a comparison is different from a review. If it's a comparison, it's a comparison - not a review. And same goes vice versa.

*OK honestly I don't really know if I was making any sense. Guess it's just my bored self looking for an outlet and so here I am ranting about random stuff that came into my head while reading those reviews. haha It's exactly 6:00 AM in my PC clock and I'm 'bout to head home in a few, if you  got to this point of my post then thank you for allowing me to bore you. :)

PowerShot G10

↲By the way hope you had some humor in the bag when you read this, if not then you probably find the first part cocky. I'm not. Do you know aplusk? Then maybe you get it now.. Ü

The Jackass Song

If you were able to read my previous post The Peas then I'm pretty much sure you've heard this already. That being said if you're a fan of Will.I.Am, same goes, you've probably heard this already. Became a fan of the song, mainly of Will.I.Am for having created this song in what - a few days would be a safe assumption? I also read his other blog posts and you'll see in them that "wanting" in him to change the world, how people think. And I, as an ordinary being - a fan, admires him as a celebrity who is somehow doing something knowing he can influence people with his work. I bacame a fan of the song  that I kept going back to Will's page over at DipDive.com to listen to it over again. The thing is I just realized, rather found out that I could embed this media here in my blog. So anyway to keep this short here it is (for those who haven't heard it yet).

Enjoy! :)



Link to: Will.I.Am's original blog post @ DipDive

Power of Touch

5800 I got my unit today. Finally decided to get one over an iPhone and I'm happy with my decision. Apart from the fact that it's way, way cheaper than the iPhone, I never realized it's got some more "cooler" features than the iPhone. Though it has a bit smaller screen w/c is only 3.2", iPhone has 3.5", but it's all good. Tried it out using WiFi at home and I should say works well for me. Oh! and I learned you could use this phone for GPS, cool huh? Well it's one feature that you don't really need here in Manila, but you'll never know you need it unless you find yourself in some unfamiliar territories. So it's just good to know it's there whenever you need it. On typing. The iPhone has the qwerty keyboard ya ya, but the 5800 has got that as well, and the alphanumeric keyboard, and your choice of mini qwerty keyboard or the full qwerty keyboard. Oh and need I mention it has handwriting recognition feature? Yes it does. The phone comes with a stylus you could use if you wanna look classy sporting the phone. But here in Manila just be careful not to get your phone nabbed by snatchers while at it. haha.. So do not consider doing that if you're out in the mall for a stroll.

G10 Before I decided to get mi self the phone, I went in at Canon store over at GH and checked on this camera PowerShot SX120 IS. It was nice, looked cool  (at first), then I found out it's being powered by two double A batteries - I know, too old school right? So my eyes turned to this other model SX200 IS (the black one, of course) which looked more sleek, more "digicammy". But looks nice though. But I've always wanted something that gives you that feel of a pro-camera. So my eyes continued to scan for some more and finally landed at this PowerShot G10. It's got way better features than the previous units I was eying for, and it's got that look of a pro-cam that I'm after. Perfect? Well I'm not really in the right guy to answer that, I barely know anything about cameras (except for the higher the pixel, the better the image quality). I'm thinking of getting me one but this time the my better-self tucked a few thoughts  into my head to give it more time (like one more day 'cause might get it tomorrow din naman haha) before I decide. So went off with the phone instead for today. :)

Kjwan I was honestly surprised to see images and videos of 'em in my new phone (Nokia 5800). At first I thought "Oh my the store might have placed a used memory card". But no, turns out these newer models of the 5800 (I guess) has photos, videos and even songs from their new album (all of it) that goes with the phone. I'm actually playing it now while writing this entry. At the same time waiting for my batteries to empty so I could charge it for the first time.

Life 'n Death I don't but for some reason I just can't post this entry w/o talking about this. I get that feeling of fear more recently. It's not fear of death, but fear of for life. I'm just not sure what lies ahead, guess that's why. But I don't know really. Contrary to that I feel I'd be lucky to reach the age of 25. I don't know. Death is something I don't fear - of course it's easier said now especially when your not facing it yet, I know. What runs in my head is that it's an easy way out from all the life's struggles one endures in one's day to day endeavors. I'm not thinking about suicide. I'm don't have that suicidal tendencies - not me. I valued my life, and I value it even more now. I hope I'm not too late. But death seems to be more peaceful, if you may. I don't know. One reason maybe that I fear though is that if I die now, it'd be unfair to my parents, to my brother. I don't want to give them that pain to live with throughout their life. Guess that's the only reason I fear dying early. But apart from that I think I'm all good. Anyway all I'm trying to say is that I don't fear death (atleast for now). We'll never really know when death comes knocking in our doorsteps right? If it comes, it comes. Ain't not'n you can do about it. But because I love my life, and I love my family. I hope not to die soon. haha.. I want to live a meaningful life, again, I hope I'm not too late.

Just talking I'm not really sure if my making any sense on that Life 'n Death entry - yes, I'm aware my points are quite in the mix on that one. But I hope you 'preciate the fact that these thoughts of mine that you're reading (that's if you decided to bore yourself and eventually found your way up to this point of this entry) came straight from my head, sending signals to my fingers as to w/c key to press, and on to the monitor - one click at Publish and it's for you to read. That's how I write most of my blog entries - I just talk.

The Peas

will.i.am I was surfing through different Twitter accounts (mainly international celebs) when I came across this blog by Will.I.am from the Peas. It's in DipDive.com. I'm not in the know as to what this website is all about (of course apart from the obvious that for one, it's a blog site) and for some reason I made myself believe that it was really Will's blog. Read his entry "divided we fall" (at first I didn't notice there was an embedded audio in it so I just skimmed through what he wrote). It was about some current events that America is most likely talking much about these past few days. He actually makes really good sense. Then after reading his entry I noticed the embedded file - it's a song, a song that I'm sure isn't a week old to date. Listen to the lyrics then I bet you'll agree with me. Link to his blog entry. I would suggest you read his blog entry first before you listen to the audio.

DipDive After listening to Will's "brilliance" if you may, I got curious and did some research on DipDive.com. Well, turns out the website was created by the creator of Black Eyed Peas's official fansite. Link to Wikipedia.org - short history and all other need-to-know's on DipDive.com.

the jackass song If you visited the links I posted above on Will.I.Am's blog then you probably know what song I'm talking about. What can you say about it? I think the message was clear and the title of the song speaks for what's it trying to convey. But apart from that, I would say now that I'm a fan of Will.I.Am. It took me finding myself in this page for me to say I'm his fan. Don't get me wrong the Peas has got so many hit songs on the chart, but I've been more of a fan by "the Black Eyed Peas" as the group, so there. I'm just in awe how he was able to put together into a song the events which occurred - what? Four? Five days ago? He is a real artist. No wonder the Black Eyed Peas got so many hits in the mainstream.

on Twitter Hmmm.. Well at first I never really considered having one, only when I learned about the Shaq-on-Twitter craze that (I bet) America has been in for months now. Then, learned a few of my friends are also on Twitter so I asked to follow them. That's what led me to Dwight Howard's twitter. He's the coolest of 'em all I should say. He's real, he doesn't front. So anyway, Twitter's fun. It's a good venue for you keep yourself posted with what's hap'nin' with your friends, what they're doing - exactly how they sold the idea, exactly why we bought the idea. And yes, be in-the-know on the celebs you want to follow. I like how Twitter puts their "Verified Account" on international celebrities, wish we could have some accounts of local celebrities verified as well so as not to mislead people. I'm just disappointed how some people are taking advantage of the website, and for what? Ads? A cheap shot to get more hits on their website.I'm on Twitter (in case you haven't figured that out yet, w/c I doubt. Lol.), it's @iamekim. There's a link to it in one of the panels you see on the right. Just in case you want to pay a visit. Head's up though, it's got security features. haha. See for yourself. :)

I Tweet only when Tweeted Well, I seldom tweet. Like once, or twice (at most) in one day. But I reply. Those are two different things - if you know what I'm talking about. I'm no celebrity, so I basically follow. Celebrities tweet, fans follow. Though some people tweet for their friends (which is a good thing in my opinion), not having people doing so would deplete Twitter's purpose. But that's another story contrary to the point I'm trying to make. At times though (like after I finish this blog entry) I tweet to share to my recent blog post. By doing so, that's me sharing to my followers (most of 'em my friends) what I want to share.

*Image from Will's profile..

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Waiting for my sneakers!

Lol. I'm waiting for my sneakers to dry so I could head out and do what I gotta do today. It's not like that's my only pair, (If you really know me then you probably know how loaded my shoe rack is with sneakers!) it's just that that's my favorite pair of sneakers when I have to wear jeans. I brushed the sole of my Gazelle's, think it's the first time I cleaned it since I got it like uhm.. . . two years ago? hahaha

So anyway I'm gonna drop by the office even if it's actually my day off today - it's Friday. We're doin' support so I've been in a shifting type of schedule since, March? I guess. So anyway I'll be workin' on my ATR for our payroll next month. Lol. Deadline is, or was yesterday. haha But it's alright really - I hope. It's been quite awhile since I last made a blog entry, well it's not like I have frequent visitors or say "followers" anyway so ah, there.. haha But hey if you're there in front of you computer reading this blog entry - Thank you and I hope you find your way here again next time.. :)

Hmmm.. so the Oprah video with the Peas from YouTube that I posted (as you can see below) is no longer available. That sucks. Sorry 'bout that, maybe you just have to visit YouTube.com and search for it there. :)

Anyway I got to go now, I'm only allowed to be on the road for five hours - coding oto ko so 'yon, if you're Pinoy then you know what I'm talking 'bout..

Me out! ;)

Oprah's 24th Season Kickoff!

I learned about this video from twitter, a new follower @summagrl1137 pointed me to @nycgrl88 for this YouTube video. She's a new follower and I just thought I'd drop by her page then I saw one post there leading me to this video. I just think I should post here in my web log so I could save this link and share it to who ever finds themselves here. :)

Hey @summagrl1137 thanks! ;)

At first while watching the video I thought - how come people are just standing there like it's just some local artist was playing in front of 'em? \o/! Okay I have to admit I didn't know what that FlashMob meant. haha.

Last 2 weeks..

Just didn't have the time to transfer these photos you're about to see in this post until now. :)

About two weeks ago - Saturday, I went out to meet Jay around noon to accompany him to meet this seller where he got his 18" rims from. So we met up at Metrowalk, went off to Meralco compound to meet up with the guy. After we got his rims went back to Metrowalk to get my car - headed straight to MCS Tire Supply over at Evangelista, Makati to get his tires. Check out these sweet photos of his 18s!

Nokia 5800 or iPhone 3GS?

Well iPhone definitely is a good pick but it's expensive if I get it on prepaid, would cost me 43k Php cash out. Quite a lot of money to spend in one setting. With the 5800 well, it's way cheaper but definitely iPhone is cooler. :) But yah some features may be of an edge than with the iPhone, but nahhh iPhone is cooler - still. haha.

What's up today!

OK so it's 4:52AM now and I'm left with nothing else to do but blog, then I thought - about what? So I thought of writing down my plans for today - take note "plans".. I'm quite a planner, but not a doer.. lol. I plan a lot for one day and find myself at the end of the day unproductive. haha. I hope it turns out the other way today.

So first thing's first, leave the house at 6:00AM and head off to North Performance over at Congressional Ave. to get the car washed. I want to get the under chassis cleaned before I head to Toyota Balintawak-North to get my shock absorbers replaced, thank God it's under warranty. :) I'm not really sure how long that would take, but I"m expecting at least three hours including the waiting time that I should be patient enough to endure - it's not like I have a choice anyway. Good thing though they have a massage chair, a theater room, WiFi internet access and two computers guests could use while waiting, and a cup of free coffee or iced tea to go with what ever you prefer on doing while waiting. But when my car is up on the bay I prefer to sit on the bench overlooking it and the technician working on my car. Just want to make sure all is done well and is taken care of with utmost care especially when they're bolting my wheels back on the wheel base. It pays to watch them do their job, it somehow makes them do it cautiously.

Are you a wanna-be?

There's this discussion posted over at BC entitled "Are you a wanna-be?".

Some outright said they are, some gave different reasoning.

cookingasshole said:

I am a wannabe writer.

Thanks for the shout out!

I want to be that as well, I'm no pro - nor will I even pass for average, I think. But I write the best way I know how and as good as I can observe proper grammar. I never took any course on creative writing, though I want to but I don't really see myself writing for a living. For me, writing is just an outlet so I could somehow easily get some thoughts out of my head.

nothingprofound said:

What if you wannabe a wannabe? Then if you are a wannabe you're not one.

Hmmm... creative, yes. But that's just it, it's just a creative way of answering the question in my opinion, but it doesn't really answer the question. :)

Halconite said:

I just wanna be me!...

In my opinion you can't "want-to-be you", you are you. Makes sense? :) Well yes you can answer the question with that but let me reiterate, you can't want-to-be you. Not unless you don't know who you are anymore, now that's another story.. ;)

Anyway these are just some responses in the discussion that I want to highlight here in my blog, like I said earlier, this is just an outlet for me to get some thoughts out of my head and share it with you (if you happened to be here reading this post, in this blog - yes, you!) :)

Just so you know my reply to the question, I posted there Yes, and I think we all are. Before you become a "somebody", you have to begin by "wanting" to be that whatever-you-want-to-be in the first place.. Well, that's just me. How about you? How will you answer the question? :)

BC discussion link | My response link

JBWKZ in Manila

Over the weekend the world famous Jabbawockeez had a series of shows here in the Philippines - three to be exact. The sad part about it (well at least for me), is that I wasn't able to go to even one of 'em.. :( Sept. 4 @ TriNoma - I had to report to work. Sept. 5 @ Alabang Town Center - ahhh too far? lol. Sept. 6 @ Glorietta - I went home late, ahh actually early - early in the morning that is that's why and hung out with my friends later yesterday afternoon so had no time to go to Glorietta. But the good part is that there's this thing called YouTube! ha! I'm actually at work, and guess what - it's a holiday! Now how fun is that? Totally not! But anyway, so I looked it up at YouTube and thanks to srgmarkymark he was there at TriNoma last Friday and was nice enough to capture it all on video and shared it to the world. Thanks man!

Oh! And Billy Crawford performed as well. He's got really tight moves. Here are the videos.

MyBlogLog Authentication

MyBlogLog Yahoo! service wants me to create this post before they could authenticate that I'm the owner of this blog. Ok, so yahoo? Here it is.. :)

Undergoing MyBlogLog Verification

Can I delete this after they authenticate it? Please enlighten me.. :)

Anyway I'll just leave it here and be one of my posts, for "sentimental" reasons.. lol. But hey if you happened to know if whether or not I can delete this right after authentication do let me know, my mind changes like our weather here in the Philippines so, :) thanks..

Will be out in awhile with my H.S. friends who are here as well in the metro - most of 'em working, some I don't know, lol. For some reason they're just here. We're not fortunate enough to go home to Surigao and take part in our Alumni Homecoming. The event started early this morning with a parade and after which a short program to welcome everybody who's present there to attend this annual event. So anyway, we'll have our own get together here. :)

Gloomy Friday

Friday morning, just got home from work, had breakfast that my mom prepared while I was on my way home. Off to hit the sack when the phone rang, 'twas Rolly from Toyota Balintawak-North on the phone. Told me to drop by the dealership within the day to claim my warranty for a leaked shock absorber which the technician the day before found out about - I was also there yesterday for my Vios' 30km periodic maintenance, though my odometer was saying 32,6++ kms on the display. But my service adviser said 'twas alright as long as you don't reach 3k more than the set period. Anyway back to today.

Went out past the hour of ten in the morning, since I'm on coding for today I can't drive around before that.

Drove along Central Ave. and passed by Iglesia ni Cristo and outside was this very long line of people who were out there to see the remains of their Executive Minister Eraño "Ka Erdy" Manalo who recently died last Monday. A four lane street turned two with one side filled with parked cars, and on the other with people falling in line to get the chance to see their leader one last time before his burial on Monday, September 7th - this day was also declared by Malacañang as a special non-working holiday, too bad for me I'm required to come in to office for that day.