Just friends

My fiancee and I bummed around their house last week. We watched "Just Friends" on DVD. It starred Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, and Chris Klein. She was sooo bored with the movie and didn't quite appreciate the humor. A few days after that, she told me that two of her male officemates liked the movie and found it funny, but her other female colleague had the same opinion as hers. Perhaps it's a movie only men would appreciate. The story's very predictable, but I find Reynolds' antics very funny. Probably it's because I grew up watching Tito, Vic, and Joey ;)

Open Up and Say Yumburger!

I received this link in one of my yahoogroups. It's an American's attempt at eating Jollibee (yes, if you haven't heard yet, there's already Jollibee in the States). It's an interesting read because you don't know if you're getting to get mad or just laugh at them.

Read the article here

PS2 stuff

I was able to buy a copy of Fight Night Round 3 earlier this month and I've managed to play around 15-20 fights in Career Mode already. Here are my comments:

1. The controls are better and the opponent AI is more realistic.
2. The graphics suck. Pacquaio looks the same but Morales and Barrera looks entirely different.
3. Where did all the boxers go? I think there are only 5 boxers in Featherweight division. I guess those ugly Americans only care about the heavyweights.
4. You can't customize the entrance details of your boxer. In the last version, you get to choose your boxer's entrance song, entourage, and special effects. In this version, all of these are gone.

Overall, the game's OK. You really have to strategize your fight instead of just throwing punches. You really have to be patient and win rounds instead of trying to knock out your opponent. I'd probably give it a rating of 3.5 out of 5.

When I get bored playing this, I turn to NCAA March Madness 06 =)

New stuff

Here's a list of some of the albums I've been able to listen to the past couple of weeks. I couldn't write complete reviews of each so I'll just make short comments:

1. Chicago (The Complete Greatest Hits) - Hey, who wouldn't know Chicago songs? Some of their songs are anthems of hopeless romantics, hehehe. Nice easy listening album.

2. Elvis Presley (ELV1S) - It's a compilation of Elvis' chart-toppers. Another nice album to listen to if you're tired of all the pop songs playing over the radio.

3. Groove Armada (The Best Of) - Groove Armada's probably one of those artists who could create really funky beats, and to compile their hits in one album is simply awesome!

4. Ministry of Sound (The Annual 2006) - Another great compilation, but not all the tracks are dance-able.

5. Sandwich (Five On The Floor) - An OK album, but not great. I can't feel much variety in the songs. I'd probably listen to the tracks one at a time, instead of listening through the entire album.

6. Stevie Wonder (Song Review) - Great compilation! Excellent tracks. Unfortunately, Overjoyed isn't included.

I actually listen to a lot of new albums every week, and I've almost filled up my hard disk =)

Summer time!!!

How do I know it's summer?

1. When I have to turn on the aircon in my room because I couldn't stand the freaking heat!
2. When student orgs are no longer allowed to have their activities, which leaves me doing nothing in the office except for writing in my blog.
3. When I hear news that we'll be going to Boracay!!!! wahoo!!!!

Yes, I'm going to Boracay, for the first time!!! Finally, I'll be able to splurge on film again. It's been a while since I've used the creative juices in my brain. Hopefully there'd be a lot of nice subjects there ;)

Amazing start!!!

Last weekend, the Formula 1 Season officially started, and what a start it was! I'd have to say the new qualifying format is cool. It brought back the entertainment value to the qualifying sessions with the knock-out format. Too bad the McLaren mechanics did a lousy job with Kimi's rear wing. But hey, who'd expect someone to start last and finish 3rd?

More interesting than the qualifying was, of course, the race itself. My goodness, Alonso, Schumacher, and Raikkonen on the podium? Probably a sign of things to come for this season. But don't count out Honda. Button just had the wrong kind of luck when he got slowed down in the pit drive, but I'm sure they'll be able to bounce back in the next races and make the entire season much more interesting.

Start your engines!!!

Woohoo!!!

It's F1 Season once again, and the first race starts this Sunday at Bahrain. The new McLaren design is awesome! I just hope the car remains reliable all through out the entire season. I'm hoping this will be the season for the team.

For related news, you can check out F1racing.net

La-la-la-life is wonderful

I finally managed to have a copy of Jason Mraz's latest album, Mr. A-Z. My first impression was that it wasn't as good as his first album, but I guess if you listen more to the entire album, the songs slowly grow into you. Personally, my favorites are Life is Wonderful, Wordplay, Geek in the Pink, Clockwatching, and O.Lover.

It's a good buy for a CD, and of course it becomes a better buy if you get it from me ü

See related post here.

I'm loving my new camera

As you know, I sold my beloved LC-A and bought a Smena 8M. It took quite a while since I was able to test-run the new (yet old) camera, but finally got to use it during our outreach activity in the office last month. I really had no idea how I'd be able to use it, since everything was manual (aperture, shutter speed, and focusing!). The hardest part was guesstimating the focusing distance since the focusing wasn't through-the-lens. Anyway, I was so suprised to see how sharp the pictures came out!!! I'm so loving my new camera and can't wait to use it with the colorsplash ü

You can see the complete pictures here.