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Join the “You Gotta See This” Video Contest!

2009-11-11T00:19:00.000+08:00

Do you want to join a video contest? This time, it'd be about your eyes. It's an iLASIK Video Contest!

Abbott Medical Optics Inc. (AMO) recently launched the “You Gotta See This” Video Contest. AMO is a global leader in laser vision correction. And now, they want to hear feedback on how better vision has helped improve people's lives. The “You Gotta See This” Video Contest invites everyone to create a video showing the impact of improved vision.

As of writing, original music videos, videos on boxing and swimming (sports that need a clear vision) and videos that show how better vision improved even the minutest details of life are swarming up the contest entries. But it's never too late to join! Before you start preparing your video camera and your script, here are the contest details, steps and mechanics:

Steps to winning:

1 Make a video that fall under any of the three categories:

“My contacts are getting in the way of my good time”

“My favorite sport or activity would be so much cooler with better vision”

“You should see life after the iLASIK® Procedure”

2 Ask help from your friends, let them vote for you!

Votes are very important in winning the prize. Go on, beg your friends to vote for you.

3 After all the fun shooting yourself, think of the prizes

One Grand Prize winner will win $5,000 — selected from all submitted videos

Three First Prize winners will win an HDTV package(a $2,500 value) — one per video category

Three Second Prize winners will win the Flip UltraHD camcorder (a $199.99 value) — one per video category

Users can submit videos, view and vote on all entries at www.GottaSeeThisNow.com.

Glee-less Unextraordinary Night of Bryan Karl

2009-11-09T21:45:00.003+08:00

I'm bored, pissed off and bored. Ever since Mikyu and I put up Glee TV Show Guide last week, we've been overly busy and happy with our nighttime. Two reasons! One, we get to do some happy things with our site - add posts, see stats, etcetera etcetera. Two, nighttime is daytime in the USA. And most of our readers are from there. Sigh.

As of writing, my poor blogs hosted at iRock Web Hosting are down. Don't give me the 'I told you so' look as that won't take effect. Probably I'm just unlucky when it comes to hosting - been there done that might as well learn. Host owner said there are problems in the data center. I don't quite get this data center thing though. All I know is that he is also pissed off with what's happening. He's 'transferring' accounts and I don't what that means. I'm not angry with him. I don't blame him. And put me in his shoe and I'd stumble. The least I could do is bug him (and let Mikyu help me bug him), so I'll just shut up and wait for 12 sad hours (ETA for the server to be up again) in agony.

I'm bored because I'm supposed to do a lot of things in the Glee site and all are put on hold. And also on my The Extraordinary Kiddo blog - supposed to write something to fill my wallet. But GOOD NEWS! My lost domain BryanKarl.net is now returned to its rightful owner... me! Thanks Jon Towns for giving me my domain back. Sorry for calling you a loser before but you're less a loser now with what you did. Forward, forward to a currently dead blog, rarr.

Amf, with the 24+ hours Glee site is dead, we're losing a big amount of visitors. Huhu, we're supposed to get 100/200+ a day and we just missed them now. Hope hope that everything's well soon.

I'm bored. Sorry with bugging you with this rant. I'm just bored.

Visit GleeTVGuide.Com: Your One-Stop Place To Everything Glee!

2009-11-07T12:07:00.000+08:00

Do you watch Fox's newest TV series Glee? Glee is a musical comedy-drama that revolves around high school students and a determined teacher. I'm just dropping by this short message here for you to check out Glee TV Show Guide. And if you want to exchange links with that site, e-mail contact[at]gleetvguide.com. Thanks! And don't forget to visit my main blog The Extraordinary Kiddo. :)

Just Switched To Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

2009-10-24T06:44:00.004+08:00

After a very mind-boggling semester, my laptop which was using Windows Vista then became full, crappy and slow. I have been itching to use OSS ever since people claimed its wonders. Now that I am on my semestral break, I decided to borrow the installer of Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope, released last April 2009, from James.

Now my Vista's wiped out. I am using solely Ubuntu as of the moment because I felt I need some software refreshment. My Ubuntu's now fully functional; I hope I didn't miss anything. But here are some problems/not-much-of-a-problem that I faced during/after installation:

There are so many libraries and files to update. This is since the installer is for April 2009 and we are now in October and prolly there are thousands of upgrades/updates done in between. It took me around 3 hours to update.
No sound! This is the biggest problem I had. My soundcard doesn't seem to be recognized or what. I have to scour the web with all the possible solutions. I have tried a lot and most of them failed. I found the solution here: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3103449.msg179195#msg179195. Just some minor file edits (I don't know and care what file that was) and a reboot and voila, I'm hearing That Girl by Plain White T's now.

One more question, will I stay with Ubuntu for a long time or do a dual boot with Vista? Of course I HAVE TO do a dual boot.

I don't like Open Office that much. Though there has been lotsa improvements, Microsoft Office still has the twang I need to do all my school stuff.
I think I'll be needing a Windows platform for my Special Problem next semester.
Windows still has its advantages over Ubuntu/Linux vice versa. It's good to get the best of both worlds.

So that's it. Thanks James for letting me borrow the installer. I needed this. Now I'm done with this, I'll do some minor exploration and next focus on reviving my freaking dead blog. Screw Kinohost.

Adios! Visit http://www.ubuntu.com/, aryty?

PS: Ubuntu 9.10 coming soon, wanna test the Beta?

Kinohost is the Worst Blog Host Ever

2009-10-23T07:49:00.003+08:00

As of writing my main blog is "suspended" and I don't know why they suspended it. No notice, announcement, email, anything! It frustrates you if that's the first thing that faces you in the morning! Rarr! I already sent an email to the owner Jon Towns asking for an explanation of such suspension of my bryankarl.net blog.

Now here's the deal, if my blog doesn't return tonight or I will not get a response from Mr. Jon Towns, I'd have to buy a new blog hosting service from bubblecrush.org or somewhere and I have no choice but to use my www.whataboutbryan.info domain since I still have it with me. And I have no money to buy a new domain in par with a new host so I'd have to recycle. And I don't care! Grrr.

Kinohost is dead. Booh!

I'm Going Back To Maribago Bluewater!

2009-10-22T16:43:00.005+08:00

You heard that right! I'm going back again to one of Cebu's premium beach resorts, Maribago Bluewater Beach Resort. Well they're giving away this free day tour as you can read at the post entitled Maribago Bluewater invites bloggers to a Sunday by the beach over at PinoyWorld. The last time I went to Maribago was during the opening of the Maribago Gallery and it was also there that I heard from Mr. Ruben Licera about this bloggers' day tour every Sunday. It was exciting and we then planned to choose a Sunday on November. But I change my mind. Since we won't be pursuing with our Argao trip this weekend, I'm choosing to go to Maribago Bluewater this Sunday, October 25, 2009.

I just hope I'd be together a bunch of fun people on October 25. Hehe. Anyways, to those who don't know what and where Maribago Bluewater is, here are some resources (some are mine bwahaha):

See you all there!

Photo credit: PinoyWorld.org

Nothing's Gonna Change, Ok?

2009-10-20T00:37:00.003+08:00

Currently listening to: Nothing's gonna change my love for you by Westlife. Why this? Why so emo? Nada.

I'm not in love. The song just irritates me big time. Why?

Because I can't relate. That's all. Sorry for this short and irrelevant post. :P

Juicier stuff soon... :)

I Think I May Have Otitis Externa, Oh Noes!

2009-10-13T21:39:00.003+08:00

After doing some quick research in the internet, I think I may have found the name of my problem... It was yesterday that I started feeling some pain on my right ear. Well it pains when I pull my ear, when I push it, or when I do something that shakes my head. I got a bit (or very?) worried that I had to research on ear pain just now. I stumbled on this diagnostic tree-structured like something about ear problems and I followed the questions openly. It lead me to this problem called Otitis Externa. At first I was hesitant to open since it says "swimmer's ears" and I haven't been swimming lately. But I opened anyways.

Otitis externa — commonly known as swimmer's ear — is an infection of the ear canal, the tubular opening that carries sounds from the outside of the body to the eardrum. It can be caused by many different types of bacteria or fungi. This is my first time to hear of such problem. Let me quote, "But you don't have to swim to get swimmer's ear. Anything that causes a break in the skin of the ear canal can lead to an infection. Dry skin or eczema, scratching the ear canal, vigorous ear cleaning with cotton-tipped applicators,... can all increase the risk of developing otitis externa." And I remembered I cleaned my ears last weekend using cotton-buds . Oh noes.

That made me conclude I MAY have otitis externa. It's really painful. I don't have any hearing problems though or any yellow pus thing dripping on me ear. If this stays after the finals week, then I may have to ask my mom to go with me to the hospital or wherever (I don't know). I just wish this won't worsen. D:

Photo credit: kidshealth.org

Been So Much Busy

2009-10-11T13:13:00.005+08:00

Whew, can't believe my latest post is about Ondoy. That's history. Pepeng's the present. But anyways, finals week is next week and I would really have to face a very very rough week -- sleepless nights, tired eyes, weak body, wobbly and all.

I just finished editing our "music video" entry for The Sipser Show (that's on October 16 in Royal Concourse). We shot it in the Boardwalk at SRP and it was not that great but at least we have one.

The Sipser Show animated logo
Yesterday, we had our finals in Automata wherein I made a modified 7-7-7 haiku instead of the conventional one. My haiku sucks big time. After the quick final exam, we played a game called Sipser Wars. More details about our Sipser Wars game on my main blog.

For now, my whole week next week is already filled with final exams, reporting, defense, dance practices, etc. I just wish I would be able to make it to the week after next.

On Sunday next week, I'd be taking an "important" and "big" exam. But I don't put my hopes high. After the exam would be Philippine Blog Awards 2009! Weeh. I've been saying this over and over again, lol. Congrats Nogra for the nominations. That's one big step to stardom.

Today's a Sunday, and after writing this blog entry, I'd prepare myself for "school". Yep, I'd go to school later and make our artificial intelligence case study (or maybe continue coding the document tracker module). Is it ironic that artificial intelligence is seeping away all my intelligence? Doh.

Good luck to me. Good luck to you. Good luck to all of us.

P.S. I hope everything's fine in Luzon.
P.S. Why do I like watching PBB? Err.
P.S. It's a BIG BAD WORLD! *sings to myself*

Ondoy's Wrath To Make Us Stronger

2009-09-30T09:02:00.004+08:00

Typhoon Ondoy left us a devastated Manila. Though as of speaking the waters have already gone away, some dried up, the remnants of the disaster still hang on the lives of the people affected by such calamity. There is a call for help. We know that there are many residents in Manila and thousands have been affected -- loss of lives, loss of property, loss of livelihood. We here in the provinces are lucky enough not to be damaged by Ondoy, or any typhoon in that matter. What we can do to help our fellowmen is to help.

As Tyra Banks said in her Twitter status, even a $1 amount could help and would sum up to a big total, enough to help many. If the foreign people are thinking of ways to help, much more reason for us to do our share of help. For those living in Cebu, here are some drop off points for donation for the Typhoon Ondoy victims:

ABS-CBN Complex, Jagobiao
UV Main Campus, Colon
Fuente Osmena
Mandaue City Hall Plaza
Lapulapu City Hall
Talisay City Hall & Gaisano Grand Fiesta Mall
Barangay Halls in Apas, Pardo, Tisa & Basak Pardo
Wow Travel & More in Robinson's, Gaisano Mactan & in front of Birhen sa Regla Parish
Liloan KAI Complex
ParkMall
STI Mandaue
Gothong Southern Shipping, Pier 4
NGO's: FORGE (4126328); CPAG (2543572); & Kaabag sa Sugbo (2541878)
Julie's Bakeshop outlets

For Cash Donations:

Please directly deposit to Sagip Kapamilya BDO Account number 5630020111, Name-ABS CBN Foundation, Inc. For those who insist to donate cash, we do not have an ABS-CBN Foundation Receipt, what we can give is a Petty Cash Voucher but we will crawl your names and amount of donations.

For Those Who Would Like to Volunteer:

You can come to the ABS-CBN Regional Broadcast Complex in Jagobiao, Mandaue City during office hours. Please bring your own provision. For group-volunteers, please coordinate with Mr. June Joseph Perez, at 4221950 or at Skype (dyab1512).

Our help is badly needed. Please help spread the word.

One Philippines.

Photo above from ABS-CBN News Online via Flickr

Kimmy Dora... I Just Can't Stop Laughing

2009-09-23T18:59:00.006+08:00

Ok this may seem a bit too late but I'm posting it anyways. Yes, I've watched Kimmy Dora in SM Cinema last September 15. What made me decide to watch it? First and foremost, I NEEDED the laugh and the chill. I've been over-stressed this month and that one day is the only day I could slack off. So off a friend and I went to SM after our class to use my Jollibee GCs. And out of thin air we suddenly decided to watch the last full show of Kimmy Dora afterward. I got treated to Kimmy Dora! :P

We went in as the second to the last show was finished. We waited for half an hour for the show to start. Cool trailers amazed me -- 2012 and many more. Then Kimmy Dora.

Kimmy Dora stars Eugene Domingo, one of Philippines' top comediennes. I think this is her first time to take on the main role of a movie. But she did not fail her audience.

Kimmy Dora (Kambal sa Kyeme) tells the story of twins Kimmy and Dora, a parody of the soap opera Kambal sa Uma. It also stars Dingdong Dantes, Miriam Quiambao, Paolo Contis, Zanjoe Marudo, produced by Piolo Pascual and directed by Joyce Bernal.

The movie is full packed. If you would just look closely you'd actually learn a lot of things. It's no nonsense. I won't be telling you the synopsis here. I suggest you watch it in the big screen instead. My favorite part is when Dora acted to be Kimmy and this is where I couldn't stop laughing. I COULDN'T stop laughing.

I so much enjoyed the movie. Seems like Eugene Domingo's career's going to be rocketed off to more projects. The movie is worth more than the P120 ticket price. :)

Become a fan of Kimmy Dora! Watch Kimmy Dora now! (Or maybe download using torrent)

Photo by jjavato via Flickr

I Am Joining Anurag Bhateja's Blog Contest

2009-09-11T21:10:00.002+08:00

Wow, after so long of not joining any blog contest, here I am again. When I started out as a blogger I used to preoccupy myself with blog contests. The prizes seem good enough and sometimes just grand. And there's no harm in joining right? But I am very unlucky when it comes to raffles. The only one time I got lucky was when I won a one year web hosting from BizzHost. But I haven't used it though.

This time again, I am in high hopes of joining (and please please, winning) a blog contest from www.anuragbhateja.com. Here are the prizes that I hope to win. Aw, at least one - better the first prize, hihi.

1st prize: USD 50 + 2 domains of your choice (.com, .net, .org type price slab) + Flickr pro for 1 yr (can be converted into cash)
USD 25 + 1 domain of your choice
USD 10 + 1 domain of your choice
10 domains will be given to randomly selected people.

There are many ways to join and for you to find out more about the blog contest, head on to First Blog Contest — 9th Sept 09 to 17 Oct 09 on www.anuragbhateja.com.

This time, I hope to win something. Libre lang mangarap.

Where Is The Love, The Lion King Edition

2009-09-09T12:24:00.003+08:00

I don't know if you already have seen this video. Here is Where Is The Love by Black-eyed Peas integrated into video clips of Disney's Lion King. I guess the movie and the song both convey the same message.

Enjoyed it? Hope you do.

Learn To Deal With Diversity

2009-09-07T20:56:00.005+08:00

It was raining hard. I had around 20 steps back home but decided to continue on where I am going. The skies had cleared. A little. At these troubled times, I should have stayed at home and bored myself with notes about satellites and sensors. But I didn't. I rode a jeepney. And studied. Yep, in the jeepney.

I was about to doze off when a heavy thud brought me back to my senses. It rained so hard -- an instant storm. And I was about to get off. With only a handful of printed notes to cover me from the rain, I had to run across the wide mud-filled street and had to squirm myself out of the line of cars caught in the traffic. The first thing I saw is a shabby umbrella by a sidewalk vendor. I tried to keep myself dry with that small thing. Bad luck. The winds had settled when my next jeepney ride came.

Emergency meetings come with a purpose. And so it goes. Issues need to be tackled one by one. Ideas need to be collected, decisions made and whatsoever there is to do on meetings. I just realized that there's been so much going on now within our group. Conflict arises when we least expect them. And as a newbie I just don't know what to do, what to tell. So I listen.

Being in this group is practicing being a player in a diverse environment. There is so much diversity among ourselves that we tend to scrutinize rather than understand. There will be many happenings to follow and we just can't figure out what. For now, there is reason to weed out the bad grass and to sow the fruitful ones. Whatever that means.

I came home with my mind filled with eager thoughts and worried ones too. Thanks to the McDo chicken sandwich for filling me up as I go home.

Enjoy diversity, as Mr Cabral says.

Photo by atilla_feher via Flickr

Yaya and Angelina: The Spoiled Brat Movie Trailer

2009-09-06T16:07:00.002+08:00

GMA Films and APT Entertainment present "YAYA & ANGELINA: The Spoiled Brat Movie", a rip-off from Bubble Gang's famous segment.

This funny movie from GMA stars Michael V as "Yaya" and Ogie Alcasid as "Angelina". This Yaya-Angelina tandem started out in GMA's gag show Bubble Gang and is now transformed to a movie, maybe from the viewers' request. If ABS-CBN has Kimmy Dora, GMA has Yaya and Angelina. Ok, completely off topic.

Here's the very hilarious trailer:

Also Starring: Jomari Yllana, Aiko Melendez, Roxanne Guinoo, Sheena Halili, Victor Aliwalas, Jojo Alejar, Leo Martinez, and Iza Calzado

This movie is directed by Mike Tuviera. Watch out for this movie on September 23, 2009. Enjoy!

Intrams Has Ended, What Now?

2009-09-06T10:36:00.003+08:00

Last Friday, UPVCC's Intramurals 2009 ended and that meant for everyone to go back to their ordinary school routine, enjoying and suffering from everything.

I had my Azeus interview that day. Turned out okay.

The closing part of Intrams was fun. We were first to perform in the Dance Fusion. We won third place. It should have been second place though. ;) Thanks to those who helped in the preparation - James, Jenny, Anne, Darlene, Honeylyn.

It was hard being bathed with glitter dust. Aside from having to shower everyone near you with it, it gets itchy most of the time. I went home with all the glitter dust on my body, concentrated on my neck. No wonder people are staring at us while we're heading home. The whole house got infected with the glitter dust. It was hard removing some on my scalp. Finally, all's gone now.

The Department of Computer Science won second place overall. Glad we weren't third. Who's third?!

Now everyone's back to work - Software Engineering, Remote Sensing, Automata (in preparation for The Sipser Show), and a lot more. I'm busy uploading all the documentation for Intrams e.g. Dance Fusion practice videos, basketball women video, etc. I will be studying Remote Sensing and Soft Eng soon. What a life.

Here's the video of our Dance Fusion. This is part 1. Look for part 2, 3 and 4 in the related videos.

Enjoy.

P.S. Find car leasing options here.

The Fusion Of Time... In Dance

2009-09-03T11:05:00.003+08:00

I'm writing this in a hurry actually. This 1PM we will have again our Dance Fusion practice. What is Dance Fusion?

Dance Fusion is the last event for our school's Intramurals. It is a contest where we would to dance a song that is a hybrid of tribal and pop. That is why you call it dance fusion, from the term fusion. This is my first time to join as I did not last year. We are the defending winner and it is scary.

Here are the fusion-ers:

Find me!

P.S. Prepare for practice now! I relay the steps from the choreographer, meaning, I'm choreographer level 2. ;)

One Year Later...

2009-08-30T15:22:00.007+08:00

A year ago, on the night of this day, I started blogging because I somewhat got awed by the numerous opportunities that blogging can bring. I admit I started blogging because a friend encouraged me to do so since she was already earning big time from it. Yes, monetary reasons. And I somewhat can write well so why not whip up an effective combination from it?

A year ago, on the night of this day, I brought life back to this blog. This blog was born in 2006. It died the same year when someone pushed me out of love. I had to revive it. But not for love.

A year ago, I named my newly-revived blog: Bryan's mind... is yours to explore.

One year later...

I'm still a blogger.

There has been so much that has happened between August 31, 2008 and August 31, 2009. I could not list all of them here. But I've been into a lot when it comes to blogging. Not really a lot compared to others' experiences but a lot on my own standpoint.

Though my blog's really made in 2006, I acknowledge 08.31.08 as it's birthday because it is where everything started.

Thanks to Anne for injecting in me the spirit of blogging. Unfortunately, she stopped blogging already. Thanks to CBS. I felt like the lost kid finding the big yellow school bus again. Thanks to my other school friends -- always the supporters. And thanks to everyone, the bloggers, that I've met along the way...

One year down. Many years to go!

September 2, 2008; days after I started blogging.

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My Fair Lady (Play)

2009-08-29T23:19:00.000+08:00

The Department of Languages and Literature (DOLL) of the University of San Carlos, in partnership with the English Majors Association (EMA), will be staging My Fair Lady, which is a play based on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. This will be an opportunity for the viewers to look into the socio-cultural and historical values portrayed in the story.

For queries and further details about the production, you can contact these numbers: 09167811930 and 09202112860, or look for Hannah Aranas at 09159112274.

Did I Shape My Solutions Enough To Craft My Career in Azeus?

2009-08-26T17:43:00.005+08:00

Our batch just took the Azeus Employment Exam this morning at school.

Quick Overview: Azeus is a leading IT services provider in Asia Pacific. It's headquarters are in Hong Kong and is listed in Singapore Stock Exchange. It maintains working offshore development models in China and the Philippines.

I took the Software Developer exam (the other is Software Test Engineer) which is for 2.5 hours. It was long but I chose it over the tester position because it has a higher pay and it really requires you to be a graduate of a computer course. There's nothing wrong with being a tester but I've been one as an intern and I don't like it that much.

I liked the idea of the 6 months probationary training in Manila. Why? Because I already am planning to work in Manila before all of this. At least I'd be nearer my Manila blogger friends. HAHA

But the problem is I am not sure if I'd pass that ten-item exam. It was one of the most difficult programming exams I've taken. Hmm not really difficult but it confuses the hell out of you. It requires you to think.

Anyways, I just hope and pray that I will pass that exam. Nothing wrong with hoping. If not, better luck next time or better luck on other companies.

Where the hell is my future directed at, huh?

Did I shape my solutions enough to craft my career in Azeus? I just hope so.

Plug: www.bestoftime.com

It's The Climb, Yeah

2009-08-25T22:14:00.004+08:00

Today's just a very horrible day. In the morning, we endured the blazing heat going to CICC to attend the opening ceremony of Convergence 2009, sort of an IT event here in Cebu City. But our professor did not allow us to attend the career talks in the afternoon so the attendance on the opening ceremony was just like nothing. Career talks portion is way more important than the opening ceremony. And we were late.

In the afternoon, our much awaited first long exam results in Software Engineering was returned. And guess what, I failed. I know who's to blame. Me. I admit I didn't study well. @_@

And another thing, our software project plan was returned and again, my group's score is a Failed. @_@

Fortunately, we squirmed our way down and defended that we have complete requirements so when our project plan was rechecked, we got additional points. And we passed. Two percent above the passing. Great.

Fortunately again, I found out that some items in my test papers weren't checked so I had it rechecked and I passed now! That's 0.5% above the passing. Better than failed actually but still too low to make me achieve my scholastic goal. Oh good.

I then thought, oh good, it's the climb! I remember Miley Cyrus' song and I know everyone of us in my batch could very well relate to the song. IT'S THE CLIMB! And we are climbing now right at this very moment. I wonder how I've been able to write this entry during these busy times?

The climbers
In relation to that, here's a cover song of The Climb by AJ Rafael, a great singer/musician from YouTube.

Enjoy it and I just hope we'd get through this mountain we are in now. Wish us luck please...

Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7380465@N04/

Plug: Movies Coming Out On September 2009

Kenneth Cobonpue Furniture Factory Tour in Cebu City

2009-08-25T12:33:00.000+08:00

Cebu Bloggers Society will have a tour in Kenneth Cobonpue's furniture factory on September 5, 2009. I already have signed myself up for such tour. Who is Kenneth Cobonpue by the way?

Kenneth Cobonpue is a world-class furniture designer and manufacturer. With his designs magnificent and made from indigenous materials, Kenneth Cobonpue has been a favorite of even the most famous stars from Hollywood.

You could read about Kenneth Cobonpue on a post I made about him last June entitled I’m Proud of Cebuano Kenneth Cobonpue. I really am proud of him by the way. And it makes me excited knowing I'll be visiting his factory soon in Cebu City.

Katorse Stars Erich Gonzales, Ejay Falcon, Xian Lim, Enchong Dee

2009-08-23T18:07:00.010+08:00

ABS-CBN's newest teleserye, Katorse, will start airing on August 24, 2009 before TV Patrol World. It is a new addition to the strong lineup of Kapamilya shows in Primetime Bida. Katorse stars Erich Gonzales, Ejay Falcon, Enchong Dee and Xian Lim.

Katorse is a remake of the 1980's original starring Dina Bonnevie and Gabby Concepcion. Katorse is a story of love and responsibility.

Katorse is a series to watch out for mainly because of the cast. Enchong Dee may have had experiences in primetime main roles but the other three have yet to discover more their potentials in the context of a primetime series. The four of them underwent a Sensuality Workshop to work out their roles best.

Erich Gonzales is from Star Circle Quest, Ejay Falcon is from Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition and Xian Lim is from University of the East's basketball varsity team and a Cosmo model. Katorse is their biggest break.

In an interview by Boy Abunda in The Buzz (August 23, 2009), Erich Gonzales, when asked to choose from one of the boys, picked the one who said that has a crush on her. Xian Lim admitted that he was the one who has a crush on Erich but strongly stressed that all the four of them must focus on their work first, and leave love life as a second priority.

Would Katorse be an epic fail or would it boom like the other remakes from ABS-CBN like Eva Fonda? We'll see.

Here are some photos of the cast of Katorse.

The guys of Katorse

Erich Gonzales in Katorse

Xian Lim in Katorse

Enchong Dee in Katorse

Watch the trailer of Katorse below:

Photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickkimchongkimerald/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29787401@N04/
http://media.photobucket.com/image/erich gonzales/tv_explorer2005/

Watch Katorse now!

Leighton Meester: Leaked Tape and Song

2009-08-22T20:22:00.008+08:00

Leighton Meester, star of Gossip Girl, is one of Hollywood's most gorgeous and hot ladies. But just in the recent weeks, Leighton Meester joined the line of Hollywood stars with leaked video tape scandals. The Leighton Meester tape scandal has made some temporary noise in the online community with pictures and videos leaked all around the web.

Leighton Meester [Photo from http://leightonmeestertape.net/]

Too bad Blair Waldorf has to go under all these talk. Probably, the Leighton Meester tape scandal would just die soon.

Why don't we just listen to Leighton Meester's leaked song entitled Birthday instead of searching for the Leighton Meester tape scandal?

Is Leighton Meester already one of those good girls gone bad?

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President Gloria Arroyo Versus Willard Cheng?

2009-08-22T17:18:00.003+08:00

Today I just received a text message saying that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is trying to bring down ABS-CBN News Reporter Willard Cheng and his family. I don't know if I'll believe this chain message or not as no source has been included in the text message. I still doubt the authenticity of such news.

For every one's sake, here is the body of the text message:

Report: Remember a few weeks ago, ABS-CBN reported someone actually dying for hunger and comparing it with PGMA's lavish meals? The reporter (Willard Cheng) whose parents owned 2 hardware stores is now the target of PGMA's ire. She sent the BIR to close down the 2 hardware stores. Amount being asked is Php17M! Total sales and assets don't even reach Php7M! That's what happens when you cross the wrath of Gloria. Please pass.

It seemed believable but it would be better if a proof of such occurrence, even for the closing of the stores, would be provided. Innocent until proven guilty, then.