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Losing Touch And Some Details
OMG I just felt that I am losing my touch in blogging. I can still remember on my Bend It Like A Banana days where most of my entries are somewhat vulgar and provocative. I need to tap on my inner bitch again to come up with stuff that I use to write before. I think I am getting quite boring now. *sigh*
Where art thou?
Where are the vaginal visas for inspiration. All I am babbling now is about film, problems, and other stuff that are so dragging. I need to put back the spunky flavour here that made my previous blog a click. Hmmmm….
Replace Your Dead Band Vol. 1 – NIRVANA
Remember Nirvana? Kurt didn’t commit suicide? Get over it!
Here are a few bands that approaches that hard-to-define Nirvana sound and may finally make you throw that 10-year old Nevermind cassette tape out the window -
1. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - check out their romping and aptly titled debut album, Fever to Tell. It matches Nirvana’s Bleach with its rawness and infectious raging energy. Also golden is their sophomore effort Show Your Bones.
2. The Vines- their breakout single Ride, has that signature Nirvana guitar intro. Thankfully all the other songs keep up with the smashing Animal Machine and the schizophrenic TV Pro.
3. Seether – More Creed than Nirvana, but no Nirvana means less Nirvana is better than no Nirvana.
4. Bush - Only on the The Sixteen Stone and less so on their second album, were the Nirvana influences more apparent. The gruff guitars and the song structure smells like teen spirit with a little bit of big empty (Nirvana + Stone Temple Pilots).
5. Silverchair – just look at them!
Internet vs. TV Time
In a recent post by Red Cardinal Marketing, they quote a British survey conducted by BBC about the Internet eating into TV viewing time. In that report, 43% of respondents watch less TV as a result of watching Internet/Mobile video and around 22% watch Internet/Mobile video either ‘occasionally’ or ‘Once a week or more’. Finally, 28% in the 18-24 age bracket watch Internet/Mobile video once a week or more.
Even if this report had respondents from a highly-developed nation like the UK with an obviously higher rate of Internet penetration and usage, the same phenomenon can likely start here in our country.
Million Thanks To YOU!
It has been 4 months since we started this group blog and we’re grateful for the warm support we’ve received from you guys. On behalf of the entire community, I’d like to thank YOU for your continous participation not only here at our group blog but also at the mailing list as well. Again, a million thanks to our authors/contributors!Â
The following stats is just a snapshot as of April 7, 2007 3pm. The latest stats can be seen here.
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Annoying Transpo
There is something so annoying about transportation in Manila or anywhere in the Philippines. This concerns the noise pollution that is created unnecessarily by passenger vehicles (buses and jeepney especially) in which the drivers and manufacturers took pride in having  very loud exhaust system. Sarao, Chariot and other brands. Those made in Santa Rosa if I’m not wrong (most of the drivers in metro manila know where these annoying mufflers are made) are the worst as far as I know.
The noise level is disturbing at day time and worse at night time when people are going to sleep. For me very loud exhaust system designed by manufacturers benefits no one but threatens the well being of the commuters and the population in general.  I am not an expert on acoustics but this link may provide some info about noise ang it’s effect on everyone’s health http://www.epa.gov/history/topics/noise/01.htm.
M.D.’s On Strike (Why Doctors Are Leaving And Why They Should Be Leaving)
Not so few medical schools and hospital training programs have closed because of the dramatic decrease in applicants. Only those medical schools, usually the long-established and big ones, can attain its yearly quota of enrollees. This is an indicator that a battle for survival has begun. As often the case, the strongest and the best adapted will survive. In smaller hospitals, junior consultants and “moonlighting†general practitioners go on 24-hour duties because of lack of residents-in-training. And in bigger hospitals, residents’ training year would begin with complete set of residents, only to depleted by midyear. One by one, they were dropping out of the training program in favor of a better job offer in private clinics, locally or abroad, or even job offers not in the medical field, such as call centers. Others would rather pursue a master’s degree in a different field; others study nursing, after which they leave the country.
So, why not dwell in a career that took almost half a lifetime to build? Why rather be anything but a doctor nowadays?
Work Not Satisfactorily Compensated
Madam Auring
It’s hard to take a long, unflinching look at Madam Auring’s face or what’s left of it after surgery and all. But it’s harder to take anything she says at face value. After all, this is the woman who boldly predicted on TV that Ms. “Valenzuela†will be crowned Ms. Universe in 1994 (the title went to Ms. India, Sushmita Sen) and that Uma Khouny will become her lover. Her most dubious claims, however, pertain to her age and sexual prowess. In one interview, she claimed to be only 46 years old, even though her eldest child then was 42. Later, in a televised sit-down with Sharon Cuneta, she admitted to being “16 but in reverse.†She also famously declared in “The Buzz†that she still has asim, a certain sourness, in bed. To prove her asim-ness, she publicly came out with her 20 year old boy-toy by the name of Archie Mendoza and then, as the whole nation choked in their own vomit, kissed the malnourished, curly-haired boy, tongue and all. Subsequently, she confessed to having miscarried dear Archie’s child.
Religion and Videogames
Now that it’s Good Friday, I think I’ll take this opportunity do a little bit of research into the relation between religion and the video game industry.
The first Christian video game was one made by Wisdom Tree called Bible Adventures.This was launched in 1991 for Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The game was a simple side-scrolling game which was further divided into 3 mini-
games; namely Noah’s Ark, Baby Moses and David and Goliath. All games involved side-scrolling elements and borrowed, of course, from platform games like Mario, etc.
