Thursday, October 24, 2013

THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: The story so far (10/24/13)


The story so far from the Korean Peninsula:

- The South Korean government's campaign to stimulate corporate investment may be beginning to bear fruits.

- The South Korean government aims at creating 180,000 new jobs by four years time through future tech investments

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Derick Hubalde, IHAW NA

Once a son of a renowned basketball player, stepped into modeling, and he portrayed the villainous Zuma in Galema: Anak ni Zuma, Derick Hubalde was the guest of the day on the October 22, 2013's Banana Nite's IHAW NA segment.

Meanwhile in Peke o Totoi, Kean Cipriano differentiate what's true or what's false such as in the case of sabunutan, in a relationship that draws attention, and pinching.

Let's Do The News! (October 23, 2013)

The big news today...

1) Apple unveiled the latest generation of the iPad tablet called iPad Air. Yes, I know, another year, another new Apple product for the unsuspecting masses and as for the recently unveiled iPad Air, Apple claims that this is the lightest and thinnest they ever made, weighing just a pound and measures 7.5mm thin.

For details: http://www.apple.com/ipad-air/

iPad Air

Also, Apple tweaked the iPad Mini to have Retina Display and this renewed version will hit stores next month, in time for the holiday shopping season.

2) Beat successor? Honda will showcase their kei-roadster concept car at this year's Tokyo Motor Show and this concept sports kei car is called the S660 Concept. At first glance, it looks more like a NSX mini-me but it signals their comeback to the segment that once dominated by the so-called ABC kei sportscars.

2013 Honda S660 Concept

3) Shocking news in Malaysia as the body of a missing 15-year-old girl found in suitcase after a horror cosplay date in Sham Alam. The 15-year-old girl, as described by someone from Facebook, has short hair, 163cm of height, and she's missing since October 21st by around 11 in the morning. She went out to meet her friends but not one of her friend drop here at Kelana Jaya LRT by around 3PM. Reports said that she's an anime otaku

Source: http://www.fz.com/content/missing-15-year-old-found-dead#ixzz2iTyXHs6y

4) According to a TV5 interview with Philippine Red Cross chairman, Dick Gordon, Bohol mayor Maribojoc is a liar. Full interview here: http://bit.ly/He1Kkx

5) Twerking? In the DENR anniversary party?! A picture of dancers doing the twerking in the DENR 24th anniversary making the rounds in the internet. This pic was caught two years ago and...which came first? Those or this year's Miley Cyrus doing the twerking at the MTV Music Awards? Oh well...

Report: http://n5e.interaksyon.com/top/79957C0336F24A5/1001/twerking-sa-anibersaryo-ng-denr

6) Back where it belongs - celebs Roderick Paulate and "Tyang" Amy Perez sign contracts with ABS-CBN. Welcome back to the Kapamilya network!

Report: http://push.abs-cbn.com/features/9934/roderick-paulate-and-amy-perez-sign-contracts-with-abs-cbn/

7) DID YOU KNOW? World Bank allegedly loaned 900M USD to the Philippines to fight poverty but went instead to the pockets of Lucio Tan.

8) With the new TV drama POSITIVE airing on TV5, Filipinos are into the topic of HIV. Just how well known is this HIV disease? Find out: http://bit.ly/HgzsoC

9) Child star Ryzza Mae Dizon wants the President of the Philippines to be on her show! Read this: http://goo.gl/BQiQje

TTFN!!!

THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: The story so far (10/23/13)


The story so far from the Korean Peninsula:

- The Defense Ministry has announced the initial results of its investigation into allegations that its Cyber Warfare Command carried out a smear campaign on the internet last year.

- South Korean president Park Geun-hye held a summit with visiting Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski.

Kia All New Soul

In the previous model, the Kia Soul (쏘울) is one heck of a boxy crossover which tries to blend into the urban atmosphere from its spunky character within and as years gone by, it's still more of a spunky character but having been around for five long years, the Soul has been totally transformed for its first ever full model change and here it is...

2014 Kia Soul
Well, here it is and I can't say whether if this full model change really is refreshing or revolting but generally, it feels a bit more revolting than refreshing and judging by its looks, the new generation Soul took some further inspiration from the Trackster Concept from the 2012 Chicago Auto Show. I'm not so sure why but I think the new model tries to be more of an acceptable part of the clique if it got any. The big science question is...what's new for the "All New Soul"?
2014 Kia Soul
Like I told, the new Soul took some styling cues from the Trackster Concept, giving this compact crossover more spunky than the previous model and when it comes to banana milk fandoms and K-Pop fandoms, you can't really tell the difference. Personalization aside, the new Soul can now be available with some stylish two-tone coloring and as for the available 18-inch wheels, they can be colored in either gray, red, or black. Here's a fast tip; if you're going in yellow, don't go for red. It won't win you many friends.

On the inside, well, things really shaken up a little because the new interior looks more conservative and more clique-friendly than the old model and getting in and out isn't much of a fuss unless they're on the right settings.

The new Soul features next-generation UVO infotainment system which comes with a smartphone app that provides new levels of connected car telematics, a suite of new safety and security features, navigation, infotainment, and so much more. The new UVO really made the new Soul aimed squarely on today's millennials and with UVO, there's so much you can do with it such as using your smartphone as a car key and when some nasty thieves stole your Soul, UVO's got your back.

2014 Kia Soul interior

One thing you will notice on the all new model is the Advanced SPAS (Smart Parking Assist System). This next-generation parking safety system uses some sort of witchcraft to detect parking spaces and in case you don't know how to park your car by yourself, the new Advanced SPAS can park either parallel or now reverse by itself hands-free. This is just like the episode when Jeremy Clarkson demonstrates the Cee-Apostrophe-D's SPAS on a parking space. Silly, sinister, but true. You could just finish changing up your clothes just before this Soul's parked by itself. Clever, isn't it?

2014 Kia Soul interior
The new Soul is available in two engine types available and be warned Filipinos, you can't have them because one: GDi engines don't work on Philippine soil and two: doesn't work in a Euro 2 country in the Philippines. Yep, the All New Soul features a 1.6L GDi petrol engine that generates 132PS of power and the 1.6L VGT diesel EcoDynamics engine churning 128PS of power. In the diesel model, bearing the EcoDynamics banner, it comes with Idle Stop and Go function which cuts the engine off when stopped and then starts it again when setting off, to save fuel. Rule of thumb though, you can't have it because of the fuel issues you're facing now, Filipinos. The 1.6L GDi engine doesn't work on dirty Philippine fuel, especially the ones with manganese on it, while the 1.6L VGT engine doesn't work in the Philippines because this engine is Euro V compliant and not compatible in a Euro 2 country like the Philippines. You have been warned. Questions on that?

Pricing? Get this, the new model starts at 14,450,000 Korean Won so that makes it more of a fair value than Nissan's very own bet, the Juke. Just to tell you, while these two are catastrophically ugly, the Soul is much more fair than the Juke and unlike the Juke which relies on bland XTRONIC CVT, the Soul is mated with either a 6-speed manual or a 6-speed auto so therefore more engaging to drive than the Juke. However, when it comes to their fun-to-drive factor, both of them will never get the nod because judging by their performance figures, they're just too...regular.

So there you go, if you want a compact crossover but don't have the budget to buy a Juke, get yourself a new Soul. May not be good looking at first but it's more than enough to bring your friends for a road trip, just to let you know.

Available colors: Electronic Green, Acid Green, Toffee, Inferno Red, Mustard, New Vanilla Shake, New Vanilla Shake Two-Tone Roof, Newport Blue, Newport Blue Two-Tone Roof, Clear White, Clear White Two-Tone Roof, Clear White Red Zone Package, Bright Silver, Titanium Silver, and Cherry Black.

Photo: Kia Motors

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Let's Do The News! (October 22, 2013)

The big news today...

-CAUGHT IN THE ACT: Two NAIA employees caught playing online games while on the job. No wonder NAIA is called the worst airport in the world because of those employees!

Details: http://n5e.interaksyon.com/top/EB5B1DD729984F8/1001/2-empleyado-ng-naia-naglalaro-ng-online-games-sa-trabaho

-  The PBA committee condemned about a racial slur for San Mig Coffee Mixers import player Marqus Blakeley because some fan called him "Monkey".

Details: http://n5e.interaksyon.com/top/92E9528B9B584DF/1001/walang-bakante-sa-mga-racist-na-audience

- The Alfa Romeo 4C lightweight sportscar lapped the Nurburgring in 8:04.40. Watch the clip and see for yourself...



- The folks at WeLoveFine are holding a Bee and PuppyCat design contest and the winning design will receive a trip to Los Angeles to visit WeLoveFine and attend WonderCon 2014. Designs will be judged by the woman behind this short web toon and responsible for the Fionna and Cake episode from Adventure Time, Natasha Allegri, and a cat? Or maybe a dog? No, it's PuppyCat!


Just to let you know: in their Kickstarter update, about $319,189 were backed by 6,449 supporters and the deadline is 23 days left. Keep on backing this project!

- Some say that Universal Pictures optioned the rights to remake the Philippine crime thriller OTJ: On The Job. Reports told that Baltasar Kormakur will write, direct and produce the American version.


- Kanebo received over 15,000 complaints over a whitening cream that caused them skin blotches thanks to a chemical contained in popular skin-whitening creams.


- TRENDING: US President Obama caught a woman suffered a fatigue while in a middle of a speech.

View: http://n5e.interaksyon.com/top/A6BAD70A0BF14EC/1001/trending-obama-sinalo-ang-babaeng-nahilo

- As of now, about 190 people died in the October 15 earthquake in Bohol.

- French president Francois Hollande discussed reports about the USA's NSA espionage on French citizens in a phone call with US President Obama.

Details: http://f24.my/16oHNCG

- More bullying news as there is a report that a 9-year-old kid, named Fred Aston Mendoza, is in critical condition and suffered an internal bleeding after getting his butt kicked by bullies.

Details:  http://n5e.interaksyon.com/top/2397A5544FBB401/1001/9-anyos-na-bata-kritikal-dahil-sa-pambu-bully

- After years of sticking with Vhong Navarro in the sitcom Toda Max, it's official that Angel Locsin returns to primetime via an upcoming teleserye titled The Legal Wife.

Read more: http://www.abs-cbn.com/updates/PR-Angel-Locsin-returns-to-primetime-TV-via-The-Legal-Wife?scid=8E37234C-E88B-4BF4-BE9F-57079B8406D7

TTFN!

How to pass a day without talking

In one episode of Adventure Time, pals Finn and Jake try to pass the day by not talking. I wonder what's the meaning of this but hey, I wanna do this one day so I can give my family a peace of their mind without my disturbing voices. So here are the top five ways to pass a day without talking.

Number 1: The Sign Language - Sign language is a common way of communication for deaf people but if you're not and if you're...well, talking. It might be best to learn sign language before initiating a day without talking. Mastering sign language by yourself can be a lot more tricky but with practice makes perfect. Be careful though, most of your friends and family don't know what you're doing.

Number 2: Stack lots of paper! - Like Finn and Jake, best to stack papers with words and when the time comes, you'll know when you're ready because sometimes, they might want to reply you with something. If unprepared, someone's going to be disappointed.

Number 3: The whiteboard and marker trick - If papers are wasteful and if you want to save some papers, best to have a whiteboard that you can carry and a marker. Just be sure that the marker is not permanent or else you can't remove it and you have to wait for several days to remove it. According to Brainiac, a permanent marker is permanent for about 6 days or so and using one of these is not recommended.

Number 4: Use the speech function from your computer! - For Windows users, try using the Narrator function or if you're an iPhone user, use the smartphone's VoiceOver. Your friends and family can't tell if the computer talks about...well, whatever.

Number 5: The Stephen Hawking approach! - If you truly idolize Stephen Hawking, you want to be like him too.

These are the top five ways to pass a day without talking. Just be careful though...



If your friends and family, especially a computer one, know that you're not talking, they'll know it's not you or for worse, some bikini babes will attack you until you talk.

THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: The story so far (10/22/13)


The story so far from the Korean Peninsula:

- South Korean president Park Geun-hye called on the nation's police to do its best to root out four "social evils" for the public's safety and happiness.

- Parliamentary oversight hearings Democratic Party lawmakers on the National Assembly's judiciary committee said National Intelligence Service agents posted some 55-thousand comments on Twitter and other social networking sites against opposition candidates Moon Jae-in and Ahn Cheol-soo in the weeks leading up to the presidential election last year.

Monday, October 21, 2013

Wow Mali Pa Rin - 10/20/2013

In the 10/20/2013 episode of Wow Mali Pa Rin...

- Some girl is messing around on the set of Positive...

- In this episode's Magic Gimik, how can one drop of coin can turn into tons of coins?

- A prankster in a toilet bowl?

- In this episode's OH CAM ON, Boy Atay's getting himself some chopped liver...

- Embarrassing moments inside the FX

- Joey de Leon asks...Bakit nauna agad ang "A" sa mga letters sa Alphabet? Eh kasi pagkakataon na, maluwag pa...hindi pa BUSY! Gets?

- Buy a new perfume and when you use it, some jologs will come after you...

Let's Do The News! (October 21, 2013)

The big news today...

- In cased you missed it; there's a bunch of Gravity Falls shorts called Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained. In the first short, Dipper and Mabel chases a monster who ate their Summerween leftovers. In the second short, Dipper tries to investigate Grunkle Stan's tattoo, no matter what it takes! In the third short, Dipper and Soos investigate a mystery mailbox that holds the answers to their questions. In the fourth short, Dipper and Mabel investigates a lefty. In the fifth short, Dipper investigates a giant tooth. And in the sixth short, Dipper is searching for a creature that hides behind.

Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained

- BMW will be revealing a new sportscar this week and it's based on the 1-Series. The new 2-Series coupe will serve as a replacement to the 1-Series Coupe because of BMW's new naming structure that they'll be using odd numbers for sedans and even numbers for coupes.



- Mercedes-Benz showcased a teaser of a new model coming soon. What could this be?



- As of now, about 171 people died, 375 people hurt, and 20 more missing from the October 15 disaster in Bohol, Philippines. An estimated 3.4 million people were affected. Tens of thousands of families are displaced as aftershocks continue. Around 20,034 families are currently staying in evacuation centers in Bohol.

Here's how you can help as I just read a message from Tulong Kabataan.

For donations via Paypal, you can send them via a dedicated page:

Tulong Kabataan page for Bohol and Cebu (http://links.causes.com/s/clM1xw?r=OEKD)

For bank donations, you can send them via: 
National Union of Students of the Philippines 
Branch: China Bank Quezon Avenue-D. Tuazon 
Peso Checking Account No: 107-248551-3

For dollar transactions: 
League of Filipino Students Landbank Dollar Account 
Account Number: 3074-0011-72

Food, medicine, school supplies can also be sent via the following drop-off points:

Quezon City 
· UP Diliman: UPSCA Tambayan, inside Parish of the Holy Sacrifice 
· Kabataan Partylist HQ: #5 Palosapis St., Brgy Amihan, Proj 3 Quezon City
· CEGP National Office, 37-C Yale St., Cubao, Quezon City

Manila 
· LFS HQ, 1650 Sisa St., Sampaloc Manila 
· Lyceum: Sentinel Office, contact Andrea at 09165657795 
· DLSU: contact Orion at 09274563876

Cebu 
· UP Cebu: AS Kubo/ Catwalk via Angel Trocio 09233287390 

Panay 
· UP Visayas USC via Keysie Gomez 09498001644 

- Also, there's going to be a benefit gig called "Paglaum" (meaning hope in Bisaya) held on November 8, 2013 in Crystal Ship Bar in Matalino, Quezon City.

- Honda revealed their replacement to the Life kei-car called the N WGN, which will be on sale this November 2013. The N WGN is part of Honda's N-series of kei cars which began in 2011 via the N BOX.

2014 Honda N WGN

- Lamborghini revealed an open-top version of the Veneno hypercar, known as the Veneno Roadster. Only 9 models will be made and each costs a mega-high £3.3 million.

Lamborghini Veneno Roadster

- The normal Daihatsu Move gets a turbo model for the 2014 model year under the X Turbo banner. The turbocharged model is likely to have a fuel economy, based on JC08 mode standards, of about 25.2km/L.

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2014 Daihatsu Move

- British funny woman Miranda Hart is starring on her fitness DVD, due on November 18th. It's called Maracattack and this DVD combines laughter and fitness courtesy of hers truly. Read more here...

TTFN!

The 2013-2014 Seattle Auto Show

From October 16 to 20, 2013, the annual Seattle Auto Show returns at CenturyLink Field and I am an avid annual visitor to this once a year event because of all the new cars featured on this venue. Here are some of the highlights of this year's show...



This is me, hanging around with the brand-new sportscar from Jaguar, the F-Type. The V6 model of the F-Type is more of a best choice for this car because...hey, you wish for this car to be more enjoyable rather than getting an overdose of too much power. It's still worth a beauty to drive as a grand tourer.



There's me sitting near the brand new Range Rover.



A sneak peek of a new 2014 Nissan Rogue, which is known known to be the brand-new X-TRAIL crossover...



A brand-new Aston Martin Vanquish was featured on this year's show...



A close encounter with the all new 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class...



Me hanging around in the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro...



Washingtonians can't get enough with the new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray...

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Infiniti's new Q50 sport sedan was featured and yes, it's no longer a Skyline because of the report that Nissan will start selling the Infiniti Q50 in Japan this winter...



New Mazda 6 or Atenza is featured and whoa, I love this medium executive sedan because of its SKYACTIV Technology, KODO design, and the fact that it won the World Design Car of the Year against the Aston Martin Vanquish and the Jaguar F-Type.



The new generation Mazda 3 or Axela was displayed for the first time at this event.



Checking out the brand new 2014 Lexus IS in F-Sport trim



Are you ready kids? Toyota's H_ghl_nd_r (vowels blocked to avoid search query hijinks) Spongebob Concept on display!

And yes. There's so much more. I have more pics from this venue and you can check them out at my Facebook page.

Oh yeah, my YouTube playlist highlighting some of the new cars featured...



Well, that concludes my experience at this year's Seattle Auto Show. Hopefully, next year will be a lot better because hopefully, they'll be featuring the new Golf, the new Fit, the K900 (K9 in Korea), new Escalade, and whatever new models coming next year.

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Toying around with Jake, Doc, and Sofia plushies

Now, here's something I can guarantee; I can guarantee that someone who reads this has a sibling or has a wife or their relatives had little kids under the age of six want to watch Disney Junior on their TVs. You did. I know you did. You let the little kids watching Disney Junior for long hours and when suddenly, most of the songs heard from the shows the kids watching stuck on your head and try and try memorizing it for the fun of it.

Here in this blog, I never do the growing up kind of thing. When we have kids, which in case my big sis has a baby boy, it's worth the hassle. When you see kids watching Disney Junior, you're feel free to be with them even though they're done for General Patronage's sake. However, I'm not talking about the whole "songs stuck in my head" stories...


I'm here because a couple of weeks ago, I bought our baby boy some plush toys of his favorite Disney Junior idols. I saw my big sis Elise let her baby Irvine watching some Disney Junior shows like Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, Doc McStuffins, and Sofia the First. She did, I know she did but this is too much and now, most of the songs from those Disney Junior songs really stuck in my frontal lobes. Anyway, look what I bought for our baby boy...


It's Jake! From Jake and the Neverland Pirates!


Yes, it maybe a plush toy of Jake but overall, it still looks like him from the show our baby boy enjoyed a lot. Since our baby boy Irvine enjoyed watching this show so much, he really really likes it. Pirates is what little boys love to play as and that character really suits him quite well.

Okay, since I noticed that our baby boy Irvine watching some girly cartoons like Doc and Sofia, I bought along plush toys of Doc McStuffins and Sofia themselves!



Ignore that, they still look like them but hey, having plush toys of your favorite Disney Junior characters sounds fun if you have kids under the age of six.


A brave pirate, a toy doctor, and a princess-in-training, now that's what I called a holy trinity. Wow, Disney sure knows that their image isn't just all about Mickey Mouse after all...

See how our baby boy's enjoying with his DJ faves...



Oh! Oh! He's enjoying it! Wow, I never blogged something like this before...