Think about this for a sec: Women know exactly what men want and they don’t have a hard time enticing men into their web. Right? What do men want? Well… I don’t want to write them here but you know what I mean. Men on the other hand, don’t know the first thing about what women want. Do they want you to be funny? Mysterious? Direct? Witty? Suave? Debonaire? Jewelry? Smart Fashion? No one knows. Men go through extreme lengths to try to impress women. That’s why we (the men) are building bridges, raising buildings, shoot ourselves to the moon, create music, make movies, go to the gym… I bet you when Neil Armstrong came back from the moon, he came up to a woman and said “So… did you see me up there?”

Body odor is such a touchy subject: it can make or break prospective love interests, it can totally ruin your rapport among friends and family, and finally, it can be a running theme for gag jokes during your birthday (getting deodorant for your birthday is NOT cool).

Essentially, body odor is a completely useless human “feature”. It serves no purpose and ultimately, it sends a message that if you move, you stink. You go to the gym to better yourself, you stink. Nervous on a first date? You will most definitely stink. Terrible right?

What if body odor, instead of smelling like an old attic with a dead raccoon inside, smelled like roses, or jasmine or even smell like freshly cooked rice with pandan leaves? The whole world would be a much, much wonderful place if body odor benefitted you instead of condeming you to be a social pariah. People would be flocking stores in search of ODORIZERS and PERSPIRANTS (axe and secret and old spice would make a KILLING with these products).

Well, hell would freeze before this would ever happen so… here’s to wishing.

My birthday is coming up around the corner and obviously, I HAVE TO THROW A PARTY. I can always choose NOT to throw a party because it’s MY only day of the year and I can do whatever the heck I want. Well, I want to throw a part because I have the need to always one-up the previous year’s party… and belive me, I throw FANTASTIC parties. Great music, great people and booze. That’s a killer combination.

HOWEVER.

The whole concept of treating people on YOUR birthday is a littly iffy. It’s your birthday, it’s your special day how come you’re spending!? They should be the one pampering, and lavishing you with wanktastical gifts. Why do you have to be hassled by friends? Why should they pester you with questions of when you’re gonna treat them out? What the hell man.

This time, it’s gonna be a round table with bro’s and stories and as always, booze and music.

Happy Birthday.

I’m a huge Coheed & Cambria fan… a huge, huge, hugeeeeeeee fan. I’ve been waiting for their new tongue-tyingly long album Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow since God knows when. Yesterday, I got a leak from a friend’s friend (the album will be released on October 23, 2007) and I’m now a proud owner of a copy of Co&Ca’s new album. Needless to say, this album is AMAZING. This album is heavy, technical and POWERFUL and it’s safe to say, this album leaves the Second Stage Turbine Blade (Coheed and Cambria’s first and probably best album) in its wake. Saying something like that is blasphemous but believe me, you will understand once you hear it. This album ends the saga of Coheed & Cambria. Fans, don’t cry, this is not the end of the band. Their next album will be a prequel to Second Stage Turbine Blade and will tell the beginnings of Coheed & Cambria (the characters). If you want to hear it, you can go to my multiply page and listen there.

1. The Reaping:
A beautifully executed intro to get you started into the album. I hate when bands have an intro that’s not good, but they got this one right.
2. No World For Tomorrow:
Killer song, made my hair stand on its end and my “pencil” stand straight up. The pace of this song is pretty quick, it does slow down to take a breather, but then picks right back up and proceeds to own your ears off. Usually I fall in love with a song that needs to be re-played before the song is over because I fall in love with a specific part in the song, but this lengthly song is filled with goodness; inside and out. This is by far my favorite song.
3. The Hound (Of Blood And Rank):
The live recordings on the internet do not do any justice.
4. Feathers:
Another beautiful song, the solo fits in perfectly, and nothing seems to be out of place or “missing” in this song.
5. The Running Free:
You’ve all heard this song. Its amazing. Period.
6. Mother Superior:
The live version that we’ve all grown to love has just gotten stronger. Really minor lyric changes have been introduced to me from the live version. A new breathe life was inserted into this song once Claudio threw electric and a thunder storm of spine-chilling vocals into the mix.
7. Gravemakers And Gunslingers:
We accelerate into the album with Gravemakers and Gunslingers. Pretty rock-ish, and some crazy solos through out the song. I think a female vocalist is introduced into this song…either that, or Claudio can hit some extremely high notes.
8. Justice In Murder:
Brings me back to GA1 a little bit. I’m sure you all know my feelings about GA1, but this song isn’t bad at all, it actually keeps the album fresh and gives you a bit of a breather before heading into “The End Complete.”
* The End Chapter
9. I - The Fall Of House Atlantic:
Instrumental
10. II - Radio Bye Bye:
I can’t really describe this song. I’m sure I’ll think of something later today…
11. III - The End Complete:
Another fantastic song. This is their lengthiest song on the album, but for some reason it doesn’t fail to burn out. Solos are thrown into the song, and it almost feels like something dramatic is happening. You just get this epic vibe that runs through your bones.
12. IV - The Road And The Damned:
The song sounds very fluid, elegant, and easy to listen to. I’ve got nothing bad to say about it.
13. V - On The Brink:
Another lengthly song, but filled with smooth sounds. One part is a bit repetitive but not enough to put a negative twist on the song. The ending brings you back into the “Final Cut” type layout how a song goes.

I love listening to motivational speakers because it’s not that hard to imagine how much hoohah they’re trying to feed into their audience. Amazing how some speakers don’t even believe what they’re telling people. They’re doing it just for the heck of it (OR they could be doing it for a big wad of cash). I ran into theburningbiscuit and found this groin-grabbingly fantastic DEmotivational messages.

God there are so many pictures there and I can’t put them alllllllllllllll. I’ll post some again after a few days to keep you demotivated.

With the GXCon over and done with, I’m still reeling from the fallout of that surreal, but nice, experience. The GXCon was supposed to be a console gaming convention but then it transformed into an ugly, humid cosplay event. I have nothing against cosplayers but boy, do they know how to crash a party! So instead of FULLY covering a VIDEO GAME CONVENTION, I was FORCED to look at some cosplayers. Sure, there were good ones but where’s the fun in that? I’d rather bash the crapolas instead. Oh and by the way, I could care less about anime so looking at these people was…. rather interesting.

To fully, immerse yourself in the cosplay event, you must, MUST make sure that what you’re wearing is in tip-top shape. Check this out.

I think this guy/girl is cosplaying Leo from the upcoming Tekken 6. Look at the form. Nice pose, right?

Well not until you do a botched round-house kick that send your shoe flying. Good thing that guy/girl wore the good pair of socks that he/she had. Moving on…

I don’t know what the hell this guy is smoking. I don’t even know if he’s facing front or back. No one knows. Walt Disney would be proud.

These next two pictures are worth mentioning because they have perfect the use of refractors to highlight their costume.

They might not be the prettiest of the bunch but their costumes are neat-o.

Now, this is a respectable Arthas costume. I loved how the runes on Frostmourne glow in the picture. Oh and by the way, he wone the contest.

                             NO…                                          NO…                                   MAYBE…

The good:

This guy needs a prize… or a good bullet in the head.

Not bad. In fact, great ingenuity.

Tony the Tiger and Chuck Lidell

But… we have a winner. The best cosplayer of all time.

Some guy cosplaying a security guard. GG. 

I present to you now… the YUMMIES:

MMMhmmmmmm she is cute. Although I don’t know where she’s from.

Tifa Effing Lockheart. ’nuff said. I can’t stop looking at it.

Mother of God… They can tag team me anytime.

Ok… even if the convention was a total sham… my imagination was doing backflips because of these two. MMMMMhmmmmmm.

Manila is a fantastic city for it has sights and wonders and weird stuff that will make even the most interesting city in the world blush and hide. Of course, when I say “fantastic”, it covers both ends of the spectrum: from the incredible and commendable to the abhoring and nasty. Let’s get on with it, shall we?

1. A passenger bus can hold up to 3 times its capacity

2. People believe if there’s even a shred of space, they can fit in it.

3. If they don’t understand it, people laugh at it. (be it a concept, a spectacle, a person etc. you get the point)

4. America is the greatest country in the world.

5. People try their best to make guests feel at home AT  ANY COST.

6. the food is TOP NOTCH

7. stuff that SHOULD be expensive is dirt cheap while necessities are almost a luxury.

8. Going inside the train/bus is the ONLY priority, leaving is another story.

9. The law is… wait… what law?

10. if you’re an actor, you’re set for life since actor=singer=producer=celebrated entreprenur=POLITICIAN

11. The Congress and Senate are places to get money. In short, ATM machine.

12. Unseating presidents is our “in” thing.

13. Progress, common sense and innovation is alien to the government.

14. Experiencing traffic here is a spiritual journey.

15. The film industry is non-existent.

16. In soap operas, if the leading lady is pregnant, you have to actually pass 9 months for her to give birth. No pacing.

17. 10% of our population is from Korea.

18. “Made in the Philippines” is the last thing you don’t want to see on your stuff.

19. The cellphone to person ratio is 3:1.

20. You can find ANYTHING in Recto.

21. Cops don’t strike fear into the hearts of men.

22. The security guards here are like nothing anywhere. “Inspection” means poking your bag once or twice or they just take a peek at it and they’re absolutely, positively, groin-grabbingly SURE that THERE.IS.NO.BOMB.

23. The president is really a bunch of ducks in a human outfit.

24. The Filipino is a paradox: they are the dumbest but at the same time, the smartest people in world. No joke.

FLAME ON.

Gather ’round, kiddies, for I will tell you the story of the dreaded “Man-Nami”. The Man-Nami is a dreaded combination of physics, flesh and bone, and utter inconsideration. Yes, such a thing exists. Fortunately, it can only be located in one location: Cubao. Cubao is the land of the lawless, NO MAN’S LAND. Sure it may have good things such as malls and bargains and such but it is also a breeding place of malice and destruction. Located in the Cubao part of Edsa (the main artery of the Metro) is the “Temple of the Damned” where the Man-Nami takes place every 5 minutes or so from 8am to maybe around 10am and 6pm to 10pm. The Temple is so evil that any innocent commoner is converted once he/she reaches the topmost area of the edifice. All humanity and respect is left behind and greed, and rage takes over. Why would such a terrible thing happen you ask? Well, “City Wurm” or MRT for short transports people to certain points of the city. Commuters such as myself see the wurm as a boon for it bypasses the clogged veins of the city, ensuring a speedy trip. The trade-off (yep all good things have trade-offs) is that the wurm MUST pass through the temple. Now, think this through: with the temple brimming with people with a 28 days later-esque zombie determination who are also in need of transportation, it’s safe to assume that once the wurm (which is probably swelling with passengers has almost no room for more people already) arrives, it’s EVERY MAN, WOMAN, CHILD, OLD PERSON, PARAPLEGIC, DISABLED, WHITE/BLUE/POPPED/NO COLLAR FOR HIMSELF/HERSELF. At that exact point, the Man-Nami appears and no one is safe. 

Unless you’re prepared.

With my unparalleled experience when it comes to riding the wurm, I have drawn albeit crudely a diagram that, IF FOLLOWED and UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, will ensure safety from the Man-Nami. Be prepared, the Man-Nami is as brutal as it is fast so one should prepare ahead of time and strategize. The most important thing to remember when riding the wurm is WHERE you’re getting off. One must position himself/herself so that it will ensure close proximity to the door. Don’t get it? Take a look at this:

Here’s the lowdown: The red lines indicate the flow of the man-nami and they usually converge in the middle and there it will end. You should NEVER be in the middle unless you’re getting off at one of the last 3 stops. If you’re getting off 1/2/3/4 stops AFTER cubao, you should stay in the numbered areas for they will ensure a direct route to the coveted exit. Train location knowledge is really important because it will help you adapt during an emergency.  

Why am I doing this? Let’s just say you don’t want to end up in a shouting match with an inconsiderate lout at 8.30 in the morning.

Ta.