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Hackers responds with huge revenge for the shutdown of megaupload

noreply@blogger.com (Better Daze) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:39:00 +0000

After the feds took down megaupload a group of hackers called Anonymous retaliates against huge companies like Universal Music, MPAA, RIAA and the Department of Justice websites. The group confirmed that this has been their largest attack. Will this act inspire more hackers to attack big companies in protest against SOPA? (Stop Online Piracy Act). If so, a huge cyber war is coming... You can find more news about this on the links below.

Megaupload Shutdown Inspires Hack Attack

Hackers retaliate over Megaupload website shutdown

Win Free Razer Power Gaming Suite

noreply@blogger.com (Better Daze) — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:27:00 +0000

Ever wanted to experience the ultimate gaming experience? Razer is giving away the ultimate power gaming gear. Oh! did I mention it's Free? All you need to do is sign up here.

The most hardcore gaming products is about to be won. Dare to take part on the challenge and be one of the lucky few to get the ultimate prize?

Entries to win the Power Gaming Suite to be submitted by 25th October, 2010.
Accumulation of frag points, however, will only end on 28th October, 2010.

Winners will be announced exclusively on Facebook so be sure to keep updated on our page after 28th October, 2010.

This giveaway is open to all Razer fans worldwide.

To know more about the contest be sure to check out their website and Facebook page.

Join now

Hatebreed Live in Manila 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Better Daze) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:21:00 +0000

Hardcore/Metalcore fans get ready as Pulp Unleashed presents Hatebreed: Live in Manila. This wickedly insane band from Connecticut shall bring forth Chaos, Panic and Pandemonium among the audience. Get ready to feel the rush. See you at the moshpit!

Date: November 10, 2010
Venue: World Trade Center, Pasay City

Featured Bands:

Intolerant (Manila)
Piledriver (Laguna)
Bison (Baguio)
Queen City Crew (Cebu)

MARKADO Lifestyle Convention and Workshop

noreply@blogger.com (Better Daze) — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:53:00 +0000

Pinoy Events presents MARKADO Lifestyle Convention and Workshop one of the biggest events which features tattoo competition and body painting.

Tattoo contest is open to all professional and non-professional artists. Booth registration has already begun. Pre-registration starts at February 1, 2010. Please visit markadotattooandartsconvention.webs.com for more info.

Organizer: Pinoy Events
Venue: SMX Mall of Asia Philippines
Time: May 7, 2010
Ticket Fee: 250 php/head
Event Type: Tattoo, Graffiti, Painting and Multi Media Arts Expo, Tattoo Workshop
Affiliation: Independent (Open to All Artists)
Workshops:
- Tattoo Workshop by Ka NERO
- Blood Borne Pathogen Course by DOH
Highlights:
- Workshop with Tatay Nero
- Hot Chicks on Mud Wrestling
- Club DJ's
- Special Awards

PULP Summerslam X: The Apocalypse

noreply@blogger.com (Better Daze) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:59:00 +0000

The biggest and much-awaited rock festival in the country!

PULP Summerslam X: The Apocalypse on April 17 @ Amoranto Stadium. Quezon City.

Tickets are available in all Ticketnet/Ticketworld outlets for only P300. Call 911-5555/ 891-9999 for more details.

VIP can be purchased directly from Pulp Office only. VIP is P3500 each inclusive of booze and access to VIP area. For more information, call 6871709. Please bring 1x1 id picture. Pulp Office is located at Antel Global building, room 1601, Dona Julia Vargas ave, Ortigas. Office hours are monday to friday 9am to 6pm.

Featured Bands:

Testament
Lamb of God

Cane Events - Ai (Love) Cosplay and Fashion Show Display

noreply@blogger.com (Better Daze) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:14:00 +0000

If you love fashion and cosplay then this event is for you. Cane Events, the group the brought you Satin Eclipse and HOBCON presents "Ai (Love)" a fashion and cosplay event which will surely capture fashion enthusiasts and anime fanatics at awe.

This event will be held in Parkmall, Mandaue, Cebu this coming February 21, 2010 starting at 12:00pm. This event will surely dazzle your imagination and attention for this love month. Check out the general guidelines listed below.

Cosplay Guidelines

1. Cosplay event is open to all event attendees.

2. Cosplay event will be an OPEN CATEGORY event where participants could cosplay any character that they want whether it's from an anime, manga, games, comics, movies, western animation, visual kei, harajuku fashion, etc. Pls. keep in mind that Original Characters are not qualified.

3. Cosplay event will be on February 21, 2010. Both the INDIVIDUAL COSPLAY and the GROUP COSPLAY will be on the said date.

4. The cosplay registration will be both on-site/at-con registration and online pre-registration. The on-site/at-con registration will be on February 21, 2010. Cosplay should register at www.caneevents.com; for pre-registrants they are required to confirm their pre-registrations on-site during the cosplay registration period.

5. Cosplayers under eighteen (18) years old must have their parent/s and/or legal guardian/s sign the waiver/image release form which will be distributed at the event.

6. Fanservice (ie. yaoi, yuri, etc.) is allowed but should be “General Patronage”. Any kind of extreme kind of fanservice (ie. kissing, PDA, etc.) that is deemed inappropriate for minors are strictly prohibited. Keep in mind that it is a wholesome event.

7. Costumes that are too revealing (ie. exposes private parts) are prohibited. Scantly clad and/or sexy costumes are allowed but are not encouraged. The Ai: Love OR CANE TEAM has the right to disqualify any participant on this ground.

8. All kinds of props must be handled with utmost care and not harmful to other people. Any kind of pyrotechnic equipment/s that will be used as props that could render damage to the venue and/or property is strictly prohibited.

9. The Ai: Love cosplay team, CANE EVENTS organizers and its staff will not be held responsible for damage or injury resulting from mishandling and/or negligence of a cosplayer in his/her use of props/materials throughout the duration of the event.

10. Judges’ decisions are final and can’t be appealed.

11. Ai: Love organizers reserve the right to disqualify any cosplayer who ignores and/or violates any of the aforementioned guidelines.

12. Registration and participation to the cosplay event constitutes that the cosplayer gives the right and the authority to Ai: Love organizers/staff, its sponsors and authorized press media to take pictures and/or videos of registered cosplayers, cosplay groups and its members and will be the sole property of the organizers/staff, its sponsors and authorized press media to be used for future publications and/or advertising promotions.

13. Organizers and its staff and their relatives up to the 2nd degree of affinity or consanguinity are disqualified from participating in the cosplay event.

Individual Cosplay Guidelines

1. There will be no entry limit for the Individual Cosplay event. There is a deadline for the registration and anyone who registers before the deadline is included to the official list of Individual Cosplay participants.

2. Cosplay registration for the Ai: Love Individual Cosplay event will be both online pre-registration and on-site/at-con registration.

3. Pre-registrants who fail to confirm their registration from 10am-1pm on February 21,2010 the organizers has the right to forfeit their pre-registered slots and will be given to the on-site Individual Cosplay registrants.

4. Individual Cosplay participants are only allowed to have a maximum of two (2) human props.

5. Individual Cosplay participants will be given name tags that must be worn at the event venue at all times.

6. Individual Cosplay participants are not qualified to join the Group Cosplay event even as a cameo role or as a prop.

Group Cosplay Guidelines

1. A cosplay group must strictly consist of at least five (5) and a maximum of ten (10) members per group. Any group that lacks/exceeds to the set number of participants will be disqualified. Human props and the Cosplay Group’s Technical Director are included in the member count.

2. A cosplay group member is only allowed to join in one cosplay group.

3. A member of a particular cosplay group is not qualified to join the Individual cosplay event.

4. Cosplay registration for the group cosplay will be both online pre-registration and on-site/at-con registration.

5. All cosplay groups are required to have a cosplay skit. Each cosplay group will be given a maximum of 7 minutes of stage time to do their skits.

6. All BGMs that will be used for the cosplay skit must be in audio format (.CDA) or in MP3 format and must be within the limit of their cosplay skit. Audio CDs must be properly labeled and submitted at the event itself upon registration. A cosplay group is required to have a technical director who will assist the Ai: Love technical team in the usage of their CDs.

REGISTRATION FEE: 150php each

for more details, please visit:
http://caneevents.com/home.php
www.caneevents.multiply.com

Google's Broadband Service

noreply@blogger.com (Better Daze) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:24:00 +0000

Google declared that they are planning to build, and test an ultra-high speed broadband network. This is an experimental project which is available in selected areas across the United States. Ultra-high speed? How fast are we talking here? Well, Google stated it's fiber network offer speeds of 1 gigabit per second. It seems like Google is trying to dominate the ISP business with it's lightning speed connection.

About 50,000 and possibly upto 500,000 people will benefit from this trial run at a competitive price. Yes, you will be paying for the service, anything good can't be free.. right?

Google has not annouced the target date for this to actually go online but they hope to get this up ASAP. More information about the project can be found here.

My Bloody Valentine Special

noreply@blogger.com (Better Daze) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:49:00 +0000

Woohoo it's February the month of hearts and February 14th is just around the corner usually celebrated with presents, flowers and candlelight dinners for our special someone.

What would be a great way to spend the day with your lover at your side? Should we follow the same old tradition? Maybe? A day at the beach watching sunsets? Too predictable.. Romantic Getaway? Could be, but what if you are on a tight budget? Why not throw tradition away and do something out of the ordinary and keep the fire burning at the same time. With that in mind, how about renting a scary flick right after a romantic dinner. This will surely let your valentine stay by your side through the whole night feeling protected by her almighty flame. If your lover gets qeusy of watching gore then you should buy some time to let the food pass through the system else it will get ugly. So here are my 5 scary valentines day movie list. What your's?

1. The Shining - a psychological horror film which tells of a story of Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson). Jack is a writer who got a job as a winter hotel caretaker, who became influenced by ghosts in the haunted hotel which drove him insane and tried to murder his wife and son.

2. The Exorcist - The 1973 film would be my favorite amongst the sequels. This movie tells about a young girl who is possessed by demons and her mother badly needed to win her daughter back through exorcism.

3. Ju-on - A Japanese horror film which tells about a man who brutally kills his wife and son out of jealousy. Whoever steps into their haunted house will share the same fate.

4. Night of the Living Dead - A George A. Romero horror movie about 7 people trying to survive the night surrounded by flesh eating zombies caused by some mysterious force.

5. Nightmare on Elm Street - What could be more scary than a ghost of a demented serial killer named Fred Krueger who has knives for a hand and terrorizes you in your nightmares.

CPDRC Dancing Inmates - Michael Jackson's This is it

noreply@blogger.com (Better Daze) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:58:00 +0000

Travis Payne and dancers Daniel Celebre and Dres Reid visted the Philippines and joined The Dancing Inmates of Cebu groove to Michael Jackson's This is it.

CPDRC (Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center) is a maximum security prison where initially the inmates performed exercises to the beat of the drum and moved on to dancing various pop songs including the most acclaimed routine Thriller which received massive response. The program has been featured in a number of news items. You can find most of their routines on youtube.

The inmates displayed an astonishing display of discipline and with this in mind each inmate was given an incentive for good behavior.

If all inmates practiced this sort of controlled behaviour they wouldn't be where they are in the first place.

SINULOG SOUND SERIES 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Better Daze) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:50:00 +0000

Sinulog Sound Series 2010. It's time to Moshpit Senyor. Four days of rockin' and all night partyin'!!

Schedule:

Day 1 (January 14)
Venue: Mango Square Mall Back Parking Area
Time: 6:00 PM
Main Band/s: FASPITCH + THE AMBASSADORS
PLUS!
The Line Divides
Happy Days
Lowela
Campbell
Rescue A Hero
Autoplay
Sefyla
Sugbuwanon
The Butterfly Project

Day 2 (January 15)
Venue: Soundlounge, at the back of Bo's Capitol)
Time: 8:00 PM
Main Band/s: GREYHOUNDZ
PLUS!
GASULINA
Acidburn
Ribcage
No Plan
Muskats
False Graveyard
M.R.P.D.
Pointblank
Persona
Undercover Grasshoppers

Day 3 (January 16)
Venue: Mango Square Mall Back Parking Area
Time: 6:00 PM
Main Band/s: GLOC9
PLUS!
The Pull It Surprise

The Lower Class
Dance With Me Kris
Burning Culture
Incoherent
Nibiru
Nyor
Detached

and CAGE CONFLICT: A Grudge Battle of the Champions
(Mixed Martial Arts battle between the country's top fighters!)

Day 4 (January 17)
Venue: Mango Square Mall Back Parking Area
Time: 6:00 PM
Main Band/s: GREYHOUNDZ + KWJAN
PLUS!
Powerspoonz
PG18
Docudrama
Cattski
Twinkle Dudu
Melophobic
Pointblank
God Save Me
Skankin' Brews

ALL EVENTS INCLUSIVE OF LIVE MANILA DJS TO CRANK UP THE PARTY
Experience FREEBIES, DRINK ALL YOU CAN, FUN AND GAMES, HUGE PRIZES, FREE HENNA TATTOO, WALL CLIMBING!

Sinulog Festival 2010 - Pit Senyor!

noreply@blogger.com (Better Daze) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:26:00 +0000

The Sinulog festival is one of the most awaited and colorful festivals in the Philippines. Listen to the astounding rythm and dance to the beat of the drums. Be captivated by the colorful parade of participants, floats, towering giants or higantes as we call them on our native language and be blown away by the startling beauties of the festival Queens and dancers.

The main festival is held each year on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City to honor the Santo Niño, or the child Jesus, who used to be the patron saint of the whole province of Cebu. It is essentially a dance ritual which remembers the Filipino people’s pagan past and their acceptance of Christianity.

This event has been commercialized as a tourist attraction. People from various countries join the massive crowd to witness this festive occassion. So get ready and feel the excitement and addicting beat of Sinulog. Pit Senyor!

Main Event:

January 17, 2010

Sonic Boom Sinulog Blast Off 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Better Daze) — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:25:00 +0000

Preps, goths, punks and metalheads Nokia Music presents Sonic Boom Sinulog Blast Off 2010. This event will bring massive amounts of sound and energy which will shock you off your feet. Let's turn the volume up and start our Pit Senyor early.

Event Schedule

January 16, 2010 Saturday

Venue: The Royal Concourse Hall, Cebu, Philippines

Time: Gate opens at 5pm, music starts at 7pm

gate fee php250.00 w/ 2 beers

Limited merch will be on sale for this event only.

Bands:

Urbandub
Faspitch
The Ambassadors
Hilera
Salamin
The Line Divides
Gasulina
Detached
Lower Class
Pitik
Bethany
Frontline
Special appearance by West Grand Boulevard from Singapore and the musical stylings by Techisoba

Pinatikai - Tattoo Expo 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Better Daze) — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:30:00 +0000

Miss Cebu 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Better Daze) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:26:00 +0000

Miss Cebu took on the task of promoting Cebu as a viable alternative tourist destination. The pageant, became not only an event Cebuano's looked forward to, but an effective vehicle to establish good relations with other countries.

Consistently, Miss Cebu has produced national and international beauty queens, world-class models, and individuals who excels and standout different fields most especially in the corporate world.

Sessions with the Toastmasters Club International helped developed effective communications skills, which were very vital in representing Cebu. The personality Development Workshops Other lecturers on vital topics about Cebu were conducted by CATO,CTTA, CATG, HRRAC, DTI, CCCI and DOT. Miss Cebu is unique and special.

Miss Cebu is a leader by virtue of her experiences, is independent and an eloquent communicator. They display all these characteristics in their everyday life both as an individual, with hope of advancing her career, her personal and humanitarian goals, and as a woman, seeking to improve the lives of others in her community.

You can vote for your favorite candidate on cebucitytourism.com website or by clicking here.

Schedule of Activities

January 8, 2010
• Presentation at Fuente Osmeña

January 12, 2010
• Pageant Night

Avenged Sevenfold's drummer dead

noreply@blogger.com (Better Daze) — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:12:00 +0000

It's a sad day for rock fans, Avenged Sevenfold's drummer James Owen Sullivan also known as "The Rev", died on Monday of what seems to be of natural causes. Authorities has scheduled for an autopsy to investigate the cause of death. You can find more about the story here. Our hearts and prayers go to his family. He will be missed.

Surrealscene

noreply@blogger.com (Better Daze) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:07:00 +0000

The main site Surrealscene.com will be coming to your computer screen very soon.

Friendship?

noreply@blogger.com (Better Daze) — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:58:00 +0000

Friendship is supposed to be someone you can hold to and rely upon, someone you can open up and share each others thoughts someone who can tell you "you have a dirt on your face". A good friend is really hard to find and we should cherish it to the fullest. Some say in friendship there should be a compromise and understanding. We should value friendship no matter what. Betrayal is usually the cause of losing a friend, it may be through relationships or personal differences. Pretensions is what I dislike the most, wherein a person says you are friends but end up being two faced spreading lies and rumors for their own advantage. In relationships never let a third party come in between, if you are sleeping with your friends man/woman not only will it ruin friendship, but you are really asking for a fight. There might be chances to reunite however after the fact of the particular incident, things will never be the same again. For personal differences it is much easier to diagnose since it can be sorted out without any long term effect. Always remember take care of your friends, if you don't in the end you will be alone.

10 must watch crime/gangster movies

noreply@blogger.com (Better Daze) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:36:00 +0000

These are not arranged accordingly. However these are some of my all time favorite crime/gangster flicks. There’s a few bunch more I have in mind but it would be dang too long of a list. So here are a few of em’ enjoy!

1. The Godfather

Starts at Connie’s wedding, the Godfather is granting various favours. Michael turns up with Kay – back from the war. Small sub plot where Jonny Fontaine asks for a favour, and the Godfather’s advisor/lawyer/adopted son Hagen goes to the house of Woltz a film producer and is very persuasive on Jonny’s behalf – including chopping up his favourite horse. Winds its way onto Sollozzo, a Turk asking for a narcotics deal from the Godfather, he is refused. He’s working with the Barzini family. Luca Brazi goes to find out info, is murdered. Oldest Barzini son is murdered, attempt on Godfather’s life. Michael kills Sollozzo and the bent copper helping him. Goes to Sicily to hide, meets a wife. Meanwhile, Sonny is murdered on his way to see Carlos who keeps beating up Connie. Michael’s wife is killed in Sicily after Michael’s whereabouts are discovered by his enemies. Michael comes home, the Godfather dies of a heart attack, Michael is Godfather to Connie and Carlos’ son. Michael orchestrates the murders of the heads of the five families. Kills Carlos for his part in Sonny’s murder, and Tessio (a bodyguard) for being a traitor to the Brazini family. Michael is the new Godfather.

2. The Usual Suspects

Brought together by an unkown power in order to band together to commit a crime for a mythical figure called Keyser Soze. The film follows them through this crime narrated by Kevin Spacey as Verbal Kint one of the group.

3. Goodfellas

The movie is about Henry Hill (Liotta), a local boy turned gangster in a neighborhood full of the roughest and toughest. There is also Tommy Devito (Pesci), a pure bred gangster, who turns out to be Henry’s best friend. And Jimmy Conway (De Niro), the man who puts the two of them together, and runs some of the biggest hijacks and burglaries the town has ever seen. After an extended jail sentence, Henry must sneak around the back of the local mob boss, Paulie Cicero (Sorvino), to live the life of luxury he has always dreamed of. In the end, the friends end up in a hell of a jam, and must do anything they can to save each other, and stay alive.

4. Training Day

Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke) wants to become a LAPD narc agent, stop narcs from selling drugs on the streets. But that might be hard as he works with LAPD narc agent Alonzo Harris (Denzel Washington) for the next 24 hours. Alonzo is an LAPD veteran who has been working the narcs for over a decade, but his ways and techniques of becoming a narc agent are questionable, if not corrupt. As the 24 hours go by, Jake observes Alonzo’s methods, and in the madness, Jake tries to solve all the twists and turns, trying to figure out who really is the enemy here.

5. Scarface

Tony Montana (Al Pacino) and his friend Manny come to America from Cuba during the “Criminal Wave” to Florida. After handling a few odd jobs they start in the business of selling cocaine. The two friends work their way to the top, but make a few enemies along the way.

6. L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential is set in 1950’s Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze. When someone’s killing imprisoned mob boss Mickey Cohen’s gang. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley (Guy Pearce), the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; Bud White (Russel Crowe), ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence under control; and Jack Vincennes (Kevin Spacey), always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way path to find the truth behind the conspiracy of the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner which may connected to the slayings of Cohen’s gang members and maybe a lot more.

7. American Gangster

American Gangster tells the true story of Frank Lucas and Richie Roberts. Denzel Washington plays Lucas, a heroin kingpin who rose to power during the Vietnam War era by smuggling drugs into the US and distributing at unusual prices. Russell Crowe plays Roberts, the honest cop who is bent on bringing down Lucas’ drug empire.

8. Snatch

Turkish and his close friend/accomplice Tommy get pulled into the world of match fixing by the notorious Brick Top. Things get complicated when the boxer they had lined up gets the shit kicked out of him by Brad Pitt, a ‘pikey’ ( slang for an Irish Gypsy)- who comes into the equation after Turkish, an unlicensed boxing promoter wants to buy a caravan off the Irish Gypsies. They then try to convince Pitt not only to fight for them, but to lose for them too. Whilst all this is going on, a huge diamond heist takes place, and a fistful of motley characters enter the story, including ‘Cousin Avi’, ‘Boris The Blade’, ‘Franky Four Fingers’ and ‘Bullet Tooth Tony’. Things go from bad to worse as it all becomes about the money, the guns, and the damned dog!

9. Menace II Society

The story follows a young man (Caine) in the city streets of L.A. Despite numerous attempts by Caine’s Grandparents and Caine’s friends father (Roc) to gear him in the right direction, Caine makes wrong decisions due to the more dominant and negative influences in his life (his homeboys lead by the character of Larenz Tate). The audience is left with the inevitable “what if” feeling at the end of the movie. Sometimes, just because Caine wants to do the “right thing” doesn’t mean that he ends up doing so.

10. Boyz N The Hood

Tre and Ricky are Black teenagers growing up in the violent neighborhoods of South-Central Los Angeles. Tre lives with his non-nonsense father, Furious, and this strong male presence in his life is integral in keeping him on the right path. He is a good student on track to go to college. Ricky has no such close male authority figure in his life guiding him and is further hampered by the influence of his brother Doughboy, who is a full participant in the violent gang lifestyle and is constantly in and out prison. But Ricky is a trying to do right, and experiences a positive countering influence in being around Tre and Furious. Though Ricky is not as solid academically as Tre, he is a gifted football player and will be able to attend USC on a football scholarship if he can just get his SAT scores high enough to qualify for admission.

But can these two young men really remain separate from the gang violence that surrounds them every day?