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           If you haven't seen this movie yet, I suggest you do so. Idiocracy is the funniest movie I've watched so far. That’s because the movie did not require me to have high level of comprehension to catch up and understand the humor. I’m pretty much too slow catching up sometimes (foreign comedy movies in particular^^). Here are a few screencaps with the most LOL moments.

Washington Monument 500 years from now...full of jet skis and motor boats.

10 million dollar denomination...500 years from now.

His name is President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho...who would want to protest against a president during a speech...armed with a machine gun?

The president's cabinet members

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Interesting mecha name

          If you belong to a few Pinoy Gundam Wing fan like me, I think you'll find this post interesting. Do you remember those desert-type mobile suits assisting the Gundam Sandrock during fights? I only knew its name lately, and it is called the WMS-03 Maganac. What's interesting about this mobile suit's name is that it is derived from a Tagalog word "mag-anak". Here are the facts:

The Maganac Corps

              As the Earth Alliance continued to spread its sphere of influence around the world, and even into the far reaches of the colonies in space, a few pockets of resistance formed to oppose them. One of these groups was the forty-man team known as the Maganac Corps; the word "maganac" meaning "family or relatives" in the Tagalog language, mag-anak. Although the Maganac Corps were in no way able to challenge the full force of the Earth Alliance military, by using guerilla tactics and their own mobile suit forces they were able to deal an occasional blow to the Earth Alliance.

          The mainstay mobile suit of the Maganac Corps was the WMS-03 Maganac. Constructed and mass-produced by the Maganac Corps, the eponymous Maganac mobile suit proved to be equal in power to the OZ-06MS Leo fielded by the Earth Alliance and OZ, and it even was more effective in some areas such as firepower and fighting ability. The Maganac would be the Maganac Corps standard mobile suit before the war between the Earth and the colonies began in After Colony 195, and they would continue to use it during the war. Built and colored mainly for combat in the desert environments of the Middle East the Maganac proved to be versatile enough to fight in a wide range of terrains, and the Maganac Corps would even later adapt their Maganac mobile suits for use in space so they could assist Gundam pilot Quatre Raberba Winner during the Eve Wars.

online sources:


http://encycl.opentopia.com/term/WMS-03_Maganac

http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/w/wms-03.htm

Plants vs Zombies: Endless survival cheatless play

            Early stages are easy to handle (of course), and this is the best time for you to collect as many sun as you can. This is the best set-up I could think of. Place four twin sunflowers as shown above. The rest are single sunflowers needed only to boost your suns collected. It will be replaced eventually by plants meant for offensive so no need to double all of them. (note: sunflowers don't hold a grudge even when they're not paired up, as they'll keep on smiling for the rest of the game. They are happy to be single...look at those happy faces.)

          With accumulated sun, you can already plant all those highly "sun-consuming" plants. (six front-liner gloom-shrooms, eight melon-pults) This is also the right time to put pumpkins as your last line of defense.

Now you can add six gatling peas and winter melons to slow down the zombies.

            At this stage, you can still beat the zombies without requiring the help of cob cannons yet. So take advantage of those free slots and plant sunflowers on it. (I'm talking about the inner part of the pool where 4 cob cannons should be placed)

            Once those gargantuars appear, it means it is time to ready your four cob cannons. Four cob cannons will require you 8 kernel-pults.

The final set-up should look like this. To reach hundred flags you must:

-never let those 6 front line gloom-shrooms to be blown or munched
-don't let your accumulated sun drop to critical 5000.(since this a cheatless play)
-immediately replace worn-out pumpkins!
-use the cob cannons with 15-second time interval. (one cob cannons takes 30 seconds to charge.)
-choose the best plants for the kind of zombie (prioritize on choosing plants that can counter the most troublesome zombies...as you only have 10 slots)

               The kinds of zombies you're about to face differ in every stage, so choose the best plant to counter those zombies (red-eyed gargantuars appears randomly). Also, keep an eye on the most troublesome zombies...and these are:

       Bungee zombies - plant ice shroom once you see those thrown targets, then use coffee bean immediately on it after you hear the "yeehaw!" sound. This will freeze those annoying bungee zombies and prevents them from stealing your plants.

             The red-eyed gargantuar got the most extreme level of toughness among all other zombies. If there's some free slots left, choose the plants that deals massive damage.

         This one's the most troublesome of them all. What this zombie usually does is blowing up those six frontline gloom-shrooms, blowing it up unpredictably. It's very important to prioritize choosing those plants once you see them....always.

          This one's usually not a big threat, as two cattails can handle a few of them. But if you're above 250 flags already, I suggest you choose a blover if there's a free slot....as swarms of balloon zombies sometimes appear in number that two cattails alone can handle.

            If you followed my set-up, may I remind you that it won't ensure you victory. I'm only human...born to make mistake (I'm not singing). My luck began to run out...I had to replace all those munched and blown plants...without looking at my depleted sun. As you can see, it dropped to 240 suns...it's beyond critical amount and it means GAME OVER.

          The journey ends here. From an initial target of 500 flags, I only endured 355 flags. In the picture above you'll see which zombie got lucky to taste my brain.

Yoyoy Villame

         Roman Tesorio Villame (November 18, 1932 - May 18, 2007), youngest among ten children of a fisherman father and fish seller mother, Roman Tesorio started composing songs for the Boy Scouts in his elementary days. Dropping out after his second year in high school, Roman Tesorio enlisted to become a soldier-trainee of the Philippine Army. Being unhappy in his post in Pampanga, he asked for a discharge after the surrender of rebel leader Luis Taruc. Roman Tesorio would become a passenger jeepney driver plying the Baclaran-Pasay Taft-Santa Cruz-Dimasalang route. During the ten years of driving jeeps, he would compete in amateur nights held at Plaza Miranda in Quiapo but only to lose because of his strong Visayan accent.

              In 1965, Roman Tesorio went back to Bohol to become a bus driver of the MB (Meneses-Butalid) Liner fleet, where he had a bus numbered 13 that plied the Tagbilaran-Ubay-Talibon route. At the bus company, Roman Tesorio formed with some fellow drivers the MBs Combo, a rondalla band where he sang and played the mandolin. Roman Tesorio was soon invited to parties and eventually as an entertainer in fiestas, baptism, weddings, funerals and special events.

           The owner of the bus company took notice of Roman Tesorio ’s efforts and set up a music studio named Kinampay Records, after a local dish, just for him. Villame's first recording was in 1972 and entitled Magellan, a parody of historicism of Ferdinand Magellan's failed conquest of the Philippines. This became the top-selling record in the Visayas-Mindanao region. Comedian Chiquito recognized his potential and brought Roman Tesorio to Manila to be signed to Vicor Records, which re-issued most of the Kinampay catalogue. Touring Pampanga, Nueva Ecija and other parts of Luzon helped Villame establish his name in the country.

       Roman Tesorio was the first to brand his music as "novelty" to distinguish himself from his contemporaries, who tried hard to sound like Perry Como or Frank Sinatra. It was the beginning of a long list of albums and recordings of his politically inspired songs in Cebuano, Tagalog and English.

(info from wikipedia)

Rub It

Rovin's pets

Rovin's City Hall Visitation

Rovin got curious about his dirty surrounding...a surrounding that is not appropriate with the message in his green t-shirt.

Rovin: "Sabi ko...bakit malumi ang paligid?"

My answer: "Kasi hindi pa nawawalisan."

Rovin: "Sabi ko...bakit malaming nalaglag na dahon?"

My answer: "Gawa ng gravity."

Rovin: "Bakit may gwabiti?"

My answer: ".........."

Rovin: "Sabi ko...dapat ito ay ah-lilinis, para ah-ganda ah-tingnan."

My answer: "Yaan mo, sasabihin natin kay Mayor Sabili."

            All of a sudden, Rovin became an environmentalist....a future Greenpeace volunteer..........or maybe its just the effect of his delicious baon (1 Chuckie and a Breadstix) that's why he's so active asking questions.

Rovin: "Sigh....After my snack, I began to realize the importance of cleanliness and protecting planet Earth. Next time, I'll go to dump sites and reminisce."




Rovin: "Sabi ko.... ah-pi-piktsulan mo na lang ako."

And so...Rovin gave me a smile and forgot about the environment. Maybe he got hungry and regained his true self.

Rovin: "Sabi ko...bakit wala ang piktsul ng inay dine?"

My answer: "Hindi naman mayor ang inay."

Good thing he didn't asked me this: "Are these paintings biodegradable?"

Phones I've used

Nokia 5110

           I got this jurassic phone around early 2004...the year when "pasaload" was introduced. Believe it or not, I lived my early college life without having a phone. It was in my last year in college that my mother gave me her 3-year old phone (experienced lots of fall, cracked antenna and loose battery), which I didn't expect that time since I did not ask anything from her. My mother was very practical that time. It took her 3 years before upgrading into nokia 2100. Still, I was very thankful even though it smelled like make-up (may be acquired from her purse^^) and being teased by my college friends calling my phone as "pangkaskas ng yelo" (ice shaver).

Nokia 3310

            Another left over phone I got courtesy of my elder sibling. Although my amazement and appreciation was late that time, I still enjoyed the composer option, sending picture messages and ring tones....both in mono (monochrome and monotone).

Nokia 6610i

            My mother bought me this as a birthday present. Oh I almost forgot, I insisted her to buy me this as a gift....hehe. I got this December 2005 and this was one of the most affordable cameraphone at that time. With this phone, I first experienced mobile internet, java games, vga camera and stereo fm radio. I liked its fm radio the most, I think its the best sounding fm radio I've used compared even to my present phone.

Nokia 6260

            I told my mother I wanted a better phone and I kept eyeing for a Nokia 5300 that time. I got my first job (proud to say, I was a minimum wager) and accumulated the amount needed for the phone. My mother didn't want to tolerate my purchasing insanity so she decided to swap phones. She then used my 6610i.

Nokia 5300

           The nokia 6260 can't play good music so with enough savings, I did not hesitate to buy this that time. It was my first phone that actually came from my own pocket. Being a series 40, it got plenty of features that I really enjoyed: impressive sound, camera is good for a 1.3 megapixel, screen resolution was pleasant to the eye, fast interface and nice option for personalization. Cons: shaky slider and very poor battery life...(I charged it everyday because I like music very much)

Nokia N81

             My nokia 5300 was stolen by a fellow commuter on my way to work. Much worse, an on-the-job trainee in the office gave a me smirk and was discreetly happy of my misfortune. Before I burst into tantrum, I bought this... and so I achieved inner calmness.

Pros:
-it got wifi, games are addicting, stereo loudspeaker, best sound quality for a phone (comparable to ipod nano in my opinion).

Cons;
-again...shaky slider, terrible camera, its heavy, limited number of games



Sony Ericsson C510

           Guess I'm not happy being a smartphone user...that's because I'm dumb and needs a dumbphone. Just kidding. I find the n81 heavy...the camera is terrible (nokia 5300 got better camera...pixel count aside)...the gaming buttons doesn't feel like it will last for normal playing...yes, there are quite a few complains.