The Storm...

Today was a great day for having no long test but tomorrow? NOOOO! It would've made great timing if the long test continued tomorrow. Damn, storm!

Dep-ed... Nagsisihan na!
Remember a while ago? Everyone's going to school and it was raining, no, pouring. And suddenly, you're blocked by the security guard, who says in shock, "What are you doing??? Walang pasok ngayon, a! Go home."
Many incidents similar to this have happened across the country and Dep-Ed people are going the way of the blame game. What unscrupulous, immature behavior! Don't you agree?

Beijing 2008 Olympics
Anyway, to get my mind off this, I've decided to talk about the Beijing Olympics. Chinese are currently learning simple English... or rather a crash course. Though it's admittedly not as effective, China just wants to give a great welcome to people from literally all walks of life and all roads of the world. Just want to wish luck to them and hopefully, the Olympics are going to be great and huge... judging solely from the pictures and the efforts they are exerting, it sure is gonna be one heck of a summer!

Local TV: A Joke
Hmm... I never really watched anything Pinoy in the boob tube except Bubble Gang. But when I channel-surfed a while ago, I just can't help but notice all those sexy dancers in those noontime shows... I mean, what the heck is the purpose of putting sleazy sexy dancers in a noon time show when everybody's watching? Isn't this supposed to be controlled by the MTRCB???
The source of all this is probably the granddaddy of all noontime shows which is Eat Bulaga!. People say it was very wonderful and refreshing when they tapped Tito and Vic Sotto and Joey de Leon as hosts and yet, they (co-hosts) expanded to a nauseating number which can make viewing, well, nauseating. It's not just that, the quality itself of all primetime and daytime shows are just deteriorating in terms of quality. Good thing Tony Gloria is offering color grading services... Hopefully everyone will be able to see a higher quality in our local boob tube as well as the local movie scene!

Digital Films on the Rise
Speaking about the local movie scene, mainstream's getting tired and digital's taking it's place. It's dying for God's sakes and yet the Metro Manila Film Festival has a sick basis of judging "Best" pictures. 50% on Commercial Viability and 10% on Cultural Value? What the hell?
Good thing there's indiesine @ the Robinson's Galleria, though. It'll probably be the new hub for real (local) movies.

I wonder when indiesine will show Kubrador- one of the most acclaimed next to Maximo Oliveros...-->

Entertainment News (on the tube) are sick...
Every time I see shows like ET or The Insider, it ne'er fails to deliver a story about Britney or Lindsay or the DUI peepz as I like to call them. They aren't celebrity news at all. Heck, they shouldn't even be considered celebrities because they've only resulted into goddesses of the low and cheap and yet they influence the li'l ones (and sometimes... the teenagers). Shame.
<-- Lindsay Lohan in a beach house... If you don't mind, I'd just like to say that her chest looks extremely fake. XD
TECH NEWS
New iMacs unveiled along with bundled iWork and iLife software
Good thing we never bought the iMacs (the Macs with "cinema display"). Apple has carved it to a bigger, thinner, and not to mention, more powerful and I just drool at the thought of it (though nothing beats the 8-core Intel-powered Mac Pro).
<-- The thinner iMacs...
Apple also introduces the new versions of iWork and iLife. They've overhauled everything and even added jaw-breaking, mouth-opening effects, templates and features inside. Heck, I'm even impressed by the versatile file format saving (which means you can save files in .doc, .docx, .pdf, AppleWorks, etc. etc.) already!

Cool text effects for PowerPoint's Apple counterpart Keynote -->

Hotmail... finally decent
If you've been a Hotmail user before (like me), you'll find the interface very slow and clunky. But because of the successful Yahoo! Mail Beta, Microsoft finally followed suit. They re-labeled it as Windows Live Hotmail and gave it a better interface. At least Microsoft can finally attract more people now. (But not me!) LOL.
<-- Hotmail is apparently better now...

Surface Computing... wait a sec, doesn't Apple have the patent for that?!
Though this is relatively old news, Microsoft unveiled it's so-called "Surface Computing" technology which utilizes multi-touch (same type of touch-screen which powers the iPhone... it's basically a touch screen that you can touch with several fingers and apply pressure, etc.) and can also use your credit card to buy online by just literally placing the card on top of the surface and just letting the computer go through the motions. You can also even use place a glass on top and make whirly effects! It sounds kinda cool but doesn't Apple hold the patent for multi-touch?
<-- This is "The Surface"... the target for all those lawsuits...