The Return of Corruption

Today marks the return of a corrupt mayor in our little town that's supposedly loss the last election. It's a shocking event that this person returned to power since the last election was automated. It was a ridiculous decision of  the Judge who handled the case. It was rushed and has no logic whatsoever. It seems that a little money under the table was involve in this matter.
Now, it's over. Our town will once again be plague with a lot of stealing and robbery of local funds. That mayor doesn't know how to govern the town. He only knows how to take the tax payers money and make it his. He is like a dictator that could fabricate his own truth and use the power of his money to blind other government officials to do things on his favor. In the end, only the people suffer even further.

Holiday Rush

This month marks a long profitable weekend for businessmen not just here in my place but all over the world. Christmas and New Year's eve are two of the most profitable times all year round. Now that it's a weekend,  business sales is expected to double especially at New Year's Eve. For me, it will be a long battle starting before dawn for mostly preparations and orders until maybe before midnight(if my mom gets too much goods to  sell). If all goes well, we won't be spending the whole day in the public market(I hope). It will get ugly starting Friday, but I hope me and my family could pull it out.

Dissapointing...Win

The fight that happened yesterday between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez was critizied due to the poor performance of the former. Most of the rounds, there was no signs of Pacquiao's speed, power and aggressiveness that he showed during his last three fights. It was like the boxer fighting Marquez was not Manny Pacquiao at all. It was a disappointment in my standpoint. It was like Pacquiao Marquez 2.5.
On the other hand, Marquez showed his aggressiveness and mastery during the early rounds, landing great combinations and solid blows. It was like he mastered what Pacquiao would do and knows when to attack. He sticked on to his game plan counter punching as well as hitting accurately.
In the final four rounds, Pacquiao made a comeback and somewhat became aggressive. With a busted lip and a cut eyelid, he charged back hitting a flurry of punched as well as an increase of speed. Also in those final rounds, Marquez started to slow down that he couldn't answer back Manny's attacks. This was also the deciding rounds that may have given Pacquiao the edge to beat Marquez via majority decision.
Pacquiao may have won but the victory was not satisfying for a lot of people including me. I wanted Pacquiao finish the fight via 4th round knockout but instead, a slower Manny Pacquiao with no killer instinct whatsoever showed up and almost lost the fight. It was rather dissapointing. He could have knock down Marquez in the 12th round , but instead, he held back. While most of the people thought that Marquez won, Manny as announced the victor in the fight, which in my opinion was the right call. But at the very least, if Manny would have been aggressive in the early rounds, the victory he had wouldn't have been questioned.
Manny is the pound for pound king and posses great fighting skills but when it comes to Marquez, he seems intimidated and afraid that he could be knocked out. Now, with this so called controversial win, it seemed that Marquez's allegations on winning the first two fights against Pacquiao were indeed true.Now they are planning a fourth fight but to me, it's no longer needed since Manny already made one thing clear that he would be at his worse and just mock Marquez if that fight would happen. And to me it's something that every Filipino fan should be ashamed of.

Winning by Disrespecting

Today, I saw the Mayweather-Ortiz bout at free TV. One of the most controversial bouts I've ever watched since the Mike Tyson days. While Maymeather led the first 3 rounds, Ortiz tried to rally back in the 4rth round by landing a flurry of punches. While Ortiz tried to get back at Mayweather, he was caught with an intentional headbutt while he was assaulting Mayweather at the ropes. Joe Cortez(the referee) immediately seperated them and deducted a point on Ortiz. Ortiz quickly appologized to Mayweather. The rest was quite uncalled for.
While in the middle of the ring, Mayweather and Ortiz embraced and touch gloves. Before Ortiz moved away, Mayweather unleashed a left hook followed by a right straight knocking down Ortiz. The bout ended in four rounds after Ortiz couldn't answer the 10 count.
The fight's conclusion was a disappointment since Ortiz only showed some kind of sportsmanship by apologizing to Floyd for the headbutt but in return, Floyd gave him a cheapshot to get the win. This was even more disappointing that the fights wherein his wins are because of the scores. Floyd is the winner no doubt, we could not change that but for boxing fans and enthusiasts, this was a letdown. He could have dominated Victor Ortiz or even knock him out in the latter rounds, but he chose the easy dirty was out. Mayweather showed more arrogance during the post fight interview. While he was right at some point, his actions were not a mark of a true champion making him degraded even more. I hope Manny Pacquiao destroys him if their megafight becomes a reality.

(Brain) Freezing

I found this manhwa series by chance when I was busy searching for manga with the same genre. It's quite addicting to read but not if your not in legal age.It contains violence, some ecchi, romance and some psychological issues that made up the plot of this manga. It holds up to the plot if you like these kinds of stories.
This series was written by Dall-Young Lim (of the Unbalance Unbalance manhwa)and illustrated by Kwang-Hyun Kim. This series is still not finish and still being serialized. I only read the fan translation of the series in popular manga sites which as of now has about 56 translated chapters. Searching further, raw scans are already at chapter 74. It has still to see a US release since it has quite a lot of violence and too much skin exposed(but who knows).
The series was also adopted to an anime. It follows closely the manhwa's plot with some modifications and a ton of.... well, you should watch it for yourself to find out.

Dead End Roads and Lost Highways by Burn Halo

There is nothing nicer to get the blood pumping than a dose of old school rock.

Got A Netbook....

Yesterday evening, I trooped to a local mall to buy myself a netbook that would fit my budget. I was looking for the NEO brand that cost around Php. 10,000.00. After a few glances, I spotted a netbook from firefly mobile, or the Indigonetworks netbook.
The first thing that I notice is that it dropped price from the original of about 10%. The OS bundled with the system was now Ubuntu linux from Windows 7. I was cautious about it because of the bad reviews received online. I was reluctant at first but I bought it out of budget constrain and curiosity.
When I returned home, I immediately tried it out. It was running smoothly most of the way with some minor hiccups when playing video media. But overall it was stable.
I also tried to connect to the internet using a HSPA usb stick. It didn't stay connected too long though. Today, I managed to figure out the problem and connecting online now easy picking. The 3G connection is fast and the netbook manage to handle flash and youtube videos added the lightness of the Ubuntu built as well as the web browser.
I don't yet have any problems right now. But if something arises, I could just return it to be repaired with no cost for a full year.  

Fishkill Causes Chaos. Chicken Prices Spiked

A few days ago, there were reports of massive fishkill(mostly of fresh water milk fish) in areas of Batangas and Pangasinan. This is due to factors like BOD(biological oxygen demand), water pollution as well as sudden weather changes. Tons and tons of fish were killed during this incident.

Millions and millions have been lost by the milk fish industry. It also affected not only the milk fish business but as well as other fresh water and salt water fishes sales as well.  I work at a public market and I saw how horrible the situation is. Not only the milk fish  but also the other fish variety(weather fresh or salt water fish) sold poorly.

Moreover, due to the incident, meat prices spiked up during this incident. Chicken prices increased from Php. 90.00, it's now Php. 92.00 (in wholesale) with anotherwave of price increase on the coming days. This incident couple that with the beginning of class next week will definitely blow the prices up(approximately Php. 98.00 to Php. 100.00 wholesale). Retail price would most likely be at Php. 125 to Php. 135.

Disaster

Yesterday, I celebrated another year of my existence in this world. I had a great day yesterday, having to sold out most of my goods. I thought things would be better today. But I was wrong. It turned out into a disaster. I got an order that was canceled on the spot, things were not selling good, I got huge debts, not to mention a lot of leftovers. I'm hoping that things get better tomorrow. Or else, I may end up far worse than having a headache everyday.

A Loyal Friend Indeed

This was posted originally on Yahoo. I couldn't help but to feel pity and amazed at the same time. The dog was shivering but stayed there to protect another dog that looks to be hurt after the earthquake and tsunami In Japan last Friday. According to the update, the two dogs were rescued and now taken care off. Read the rest of the story here

Apad Touchscreen Unlocked...

Last Sunday I finally bought an Apad 8" model. I was playing around with it yesterday. I then reset it to factory setting. After the Apad reset, I found that I couldn't use the touchscreen. I tried everything including hard and rough swipes, but no response. I also tried to use the stylus and still no response. I ended up scratching the screen though it was just a little. I tried to hook up the keyboard sleeve that came with the unit, but the only thing it accessed was the file browswer program.

I browsed the internet and stumbled to a site for apads. It had a suggestion to put a usb mouse on the machine to act as a pointer to help unlocked the screen. I tried the suggestion and I finally unlocked my apad. I also finally accessed the touchscreen calibration in the setup menu and calibrated my apad like a charm. I'm thankful to this site(http://www.androidtablets.net) for the info I got.

A Busy month for Me!!!

From today onwards, I'll have a busy month ahead since I'll be doing a lot of things for the future. I pan to do things that will insure my financial stability and my beneficial needs. I already started by paying my first SSS contribution. I also plan to open a bank account as well as applying for identification cards this month. I'm hoping that I would accomplish these things. I also plan to renew my business permit when I have the time and cash. I hope i could finish this this month.

Activating the Torch Light of Tourque D2 Phone

Finally, I finally found out how to use the torch light function of the torque mobile phone. Since December I'm trying to figure out how the torch light works. Thje manual was no help and quite useless since it only gave me a brief info of my phone. The other features I have to find out myself.

Now, with the torch light function,I tried to figure out hoe to activate it with a combination of button pushes but to no avail. Not until last night, I was fooling around with the phone. I pushed and hold the # signed key and then, the phone vibrated. I became curious about what I did and tried it with the button next to it, the "0" button. I held it down, the screen didn't displayed 0 and there it was, the torch light lit up. Man, that was two months of trial and error.

Torque should put how to functions into the manual and website. But then again, most of the people want to figure it out for themselves.

Planning Ahead

Tm thinking of upgrading my PC to a higher spec platform when I get my hardly earned money a few weeks from now. I'm posting on my blog using either a shared computer or my old Pentium III 500Mhz Dell Optiplex. I guess it's time to upgrade.

I'm now looking at cheap alternatives that would fit the budget since money is scares in where I live. Some of my prospect upgrades are the following:
1.MID Apad (7")

While not as powerful as a PC, this tablet has quite the necessity needed to do certain tasks such as web browsing and multimedia playback.

2. Netbook

This one's a great prospect, since you could do much more tasks such as better net browsing as well as more power in the hood than my outdated desktop.

3. Desktop(Pre-Owned)

It's a decent prospect considering it has hyperthearding. It could actually last long enough for my next upgrade.

Right now, I'm thinking of getting any two of this. But until then, I'll be thinking of each of the individual pros and cons of each platform.

Got Scammed

Today I got scammed in the market. I was approached by a woman who tried to bought some goods. She paid a 1000 peso bill. I gave her the necessary change but she insisted that the change was not enough. She then refused to buy the dressed chicken that I was selling and got out in a haste. There, I found out that I was scammed. I hope that woman would get arrested and get punished for her sins. Such a sad day for me since that was my profit as well as payment for my goods.

PTC Limbo

These few weeks some PTC programs that I've signed up from quite a while were either down and out or under construction. It seemed that most of have gone scam but some of them were hacked and are now moving to a new and more secured server. I'm not losing hope from them since they are trusted and already proven themselves. It was the same case with Mark and James' programs some time ago so it seems.

I'm hoping that they would come back online so I could continue earning from those sites. If not, it's like flushing time and money down the drain( not for me but to those who invested).