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My brother tweeted this before the Azkals match against the Sri  Lanka Brave Reds on July 3rd: Puro pacute lang ang Azkals. Publicity2x eh di naman nag sa stand out. Kawawa naman ung ibang mas deserving at mas magaling na atleta jan. - @greenboyBSEE I thought to myself this time: Is this skyrocketing fame of the Azkals a publicity stunt, or a beg for action? While the Azkals' games were breathtaking, I can't help but think that the Azkals have not yet matured enough in terms of teamwork that Pinoys expect of them. Here are my observations of them so far: 1. Leaderships are meant to be appreciated and emulated. Fil-Am team captain Aly Borromeo (#11 on the above photo )  got a yellow penalty card in each of the 2 rounds of the qualifier leg. This made ground for him to be barred from playing at their match against Kuwait on July 23rd. In the first round of the leg, here's a fan commentary at the Azkals.com forums: Borromeo's boot was so high that any [referee] wit...

I happened to pass through the shelves of the newly-opened branch of  CD-R King , a local consumer electronic goods store and one of the country's biggest supplier of optical media and related products, at the new  Abreeza (an Ayala mall) in my hometown Davao City. YugaTech has recently blogged about this new product they are selling and Netbooks.ph have been spreading this rumour about this since the end of 2010. Now I wonder how this new gadget, the CD-R King Fastbook ultraportable laptop ,  would click to the "budget-conscious" masses with its price of PhP 15,500.00 (about US$ 355.95). Let's investigate after the jump. I went in for a peek on this gadget and I mistaken this computer for a netbook, due to its small size and weight. But with its 11.6-inch LED-backlit LCD screen, I already assumed to be an ultraportable. But processor-wise is this really an ultraportable? As I looked into the box and the laptop itself, in it was a sticker that let me confirm tha...

Pros : Easily adjusts the power consumption of your PC's processor. Works in the background, without you thinking of it. Simple, no-nonsense interface. Lets you monitor your electric cost savings. Can extend battery life for 30 to 60 minutes more. Cons : Needs PC to be at least 6 to 7 years old. May conflict with battery-monitoring software. Needs administrator access to view electric savings. May crash on Windows XP. Summary : Granola has been on my PC (a Dell Latitude D420 running Windows XP SP3) for at least 5 months now, and I am very satisfied with its performance. I found this program over the Web while finding a program that would make my laptop battery last even longer. When I installed the program, all I saw was a simple, unobtrusive dialog box calculating the savings I would get from using this program, including cost savings, energy savings and carbon savings. As of this writing, I will save about US $ 38.00 for a year. That's enough to pay 1 month of my famil...

Hello there! While I'm preparing for my first taking of the PhilNITS examination this 27th of March 2011, I was looking for a shop that caters to my much needed energy for those long hours of reviewing at the Davao PhilNITS office at the DTI building at corners of Monteverde Avenue & Sales Street. Since the location was just near Chimes Specialty Store, I scoured through the shops. Missing the G12 Café which closed out months ago (which was replaced by a salon/boutique), I was finding something that will just cater for the much needed perk-ups for those stressful review sessions. Then I found something, something orange . It was Cello's Doughnuts & Dips . The shop sells nothing but doughnuts and dips, but with the additional coffee as well. The ambiance reminds me of those early 1970's-themed cafés of downtown New York which were lively, modern and cozy. Their colours of their décors & furniture (and food as well) were predominantly orange, yellow, bro...

I've been handling this Dell Latitude D420  for 3 weeks now, and I can't believe this PC has given me everything I need. This 2006 Dell notebook was bought in a surplus computer shop in Bajada, Davao City. When I took a look at it for the first time, I thought, "this is the mobile PC I was looking for." At only 3 pounds (or 1.36 kg), it's super light like a netbook. It's compact like a netbook. It's thin like a netbook. But it isn't a netbook in its looks and in what's inside of it. It was intended to be a business-focused notebook computer. It has a discrete design, not in-your-face, strong and masculine. It can take more abuse than a conventional netbook. Take a look at what I've been getting: Processor: Intel Core Duo U2500 ULV (1.20GHz, 533MHz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache) Screen: 12.1" WXGA TFT LCD 1280 x 800 (Matte) Graphics: Intel GMA 950 (Integrated, up to 224MB shared) Memory: 1.5GB, DDR2-533 SDRAM, (512MB Integrated) 2 DIMMs H...

The latest apocalyptic-thriller film this 2010, Legion , features a "fallen angel" named Michael (played by Paul Bettany), who "turned himself against God" to "fight the 'forces of evil' that envelope the world", "fulfiling prophecy". A synopsis of the film is already a full plate: after God "loses faith" in humanity and decides to send his angels away, a group of people isolated in a restaurant-trailer is protected from the apocalypse happening outside by the "always-benevolent"archangel Michael, who comes to help the group and the waitress at the restaurant, pregnant with the new Messiah [Anti-Christ, anyone?]. Due to its supposed "apocalyptic" plot, many have expected thrilling special effects, like the grandma-turned-bloodthirsty-monster scenes, "demonic forces" flying in the air, and the like. However, despite its stunning effects and sturdy cast, the film received negative reviews, to qu...

Would you be surprised if the movie Transformers is a subtle display of Gnosticism? Go to this link and find out: http://theater.goodfight.org/?vdId=Transformers KENNETH

From About.com: Mathematics : Let's say you weighed 180 pounds and lost 30 pounds and wondered what percent of your body weight you lost. Or let's say you saw a great sale for 25% off and want to quickly calculate it, this mini tutorial shows you how. Not only that, learn some quick estimation skills and do the percentage in your head on the fly! Finding the percent of change is using the ratio of the amount of change to the original amount. The increased amount is really the percent of increase. If the amount decreases then the percent of the change is the percent of the decrease which will be a negative. The first question to ask yourself when finding the percent of change is: Is it an increase or a decrease? Let's try a problem: 175 to 200 -- We have an increase of 25 and subtracted to find out the amount of change. Next, we will divide the amount of change by our original amount. 25 ÷ 200 = 0.125 Now we need to change the decimal to a percent by multiplying 1.125 by 100...

Hello friends! Welcome to another edition of SEE-LIP, where I preview and review anything under the stars! Let's preview on the greatest social network yet made for Ignatians - CDSI- A Colegio de San Ignacio Community !, a social network based on Ning . Ning is the only online service where you can create, customize, and share your own Social Network for free in seconds. Members Page: Currently, there are about 300 members in this network. Forum Page: You may post a topic in which everyone can reply. Groups Page: Choose from many different groups of your interest in CDSI ! Photos Page: You may upload photos here for this page. ...and there's more. Anyways, here is my page below: I would like to thank Sir Jake on putting up this idea on the Web. It's a great help for all Ignatians who want to live up with the spirit. Move On, Ignatians! KENNETH My StumbleUpon Page

Dear friends, I have not generated much traffic since a month ago because I have been too busy outside the blogoshphere due to all these projects and documents I have to produce, not to mention exams that are constantly on the go, and not to mention, too, the Final Exams in the last week of March... Anyways, there are some short reviews on this blog which I have got from LinkReferral.com : (1.00 being the lowest, 5.00 being the highest - umm... let's do it the UP way, 5.00 being the lowest, 1.00 being the highest) From http://www.webprogramming.tv/ - 1.00 good effort.. From http://33isthenew33.blogspot.com / - 1.25 "I woudl (sic) say that the strength of your blog is the variety of post on your page. I like how you have a little of everything on here, but I would say that the site response is a little slow. Best of luck!." Reply on 33isthenew33's comment: Can you suggest some things of my interest which I can blog to? You may check my StumbleUpon page if you wou...

Hello, friends! More and more are discovering my blog here . In addition, look at the visitors statistics on my blog through sitemeter.com (this does not include visitors on my Multiply). Countries where my visitors came from: Operating system used: Web browser used: Now, here are the stats of my feed subscribers for the past 5 months (courtesy of Feedburner.com): Mikko Gonzalo might be curious on my stats here. He had received bugs in Feedburner that indicated him that there are 0 feed subscribers in his blog. I want more help from Ate Tiara and Ate Tina on how to monetize this blog, because I'm not yet fit for a PayPal or Google Adsense account due to some reasons. I'll just wait for the perfect time. I hope you could subscribe to A Stellar Life through feed or through e-mail. This will help me boost up more. Happy reading! KENNETH