A MSI Made, X38 Equipped Mainboard
After Intel officially launched its high performance desktop X38 Ex chipsets for mainboards compatible with Intel made central processing units (CPU), Micro-Star International, better know as MSI, just announced the launch of a X38 equipped motherboard, the MSI X38 Diamond. As the new MSI Intel compatible mainboard is aimed at the gamer and computer enthusiast market segment, it comes with all the bells and whistles that are available to the X38 Express chipsets like the native support for DDR3 RAM modules and high frontside bus running clock speeds.
Mozilla Cooks the Mobile Flavor of Firefox
The famous Firefox developer Mozilla is now working on a mobile flavor of the web-browser which would be able to work on most of the handheld devices available on the market. If we analyze the decision a little bit, it is pretty obvious because the world is changing, the mobile industry evolving a lot in the recent period.
Most of the mobile consumers aim to access their email or other web services straight from their devices. Just look at the Internet giants Google and Yahoo which struggle to expand their offerings into the mobile market. Mozilla confirmed the mobile version of Firefox and sustained the building process will start soon.
Carambola
Did you know that carambola is a fruit native to Sri Lanka, India and parts of East Asia? I always assumed carambola was a term for something chaotic or something that had to do with lots of balls. LOL. I also thought carambola was a word we learned from our Spanish rulers from way back. I confirmed that even in Spain, carambola pertains to the five star fruit we locally know as “balimbing”
I am sticking to what I know – carambola to me is chaos. Like a group of people suddenly going in different directions. Or a bunch of colored balls thrown together all at once. Carambola also makes me crave for Cafe Bola’s balls (whew! what a tongue twister)
Tags, Murakami, telephone buttons and haiku
I’m not feeling well lately. (Again.)
So I’ve reset the sectioning system of Postcard Headlines to conform to WordPress’ new tags and categories interface. Now, now. Too bad I didn’t notice the category to tag converter in time, hahaha.
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry: Anti-Gay or Pro-Gay?
Early this afternoon, with tons of things to do (review, clean up my room, write blog post for Blog Action Day, etcetera) but too lazy to do it, I decided to watch a movie that I’ve kept putting off for some time: I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry.
Running Time: 1 hr. 50 min.
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude sexual content throughout, nudity, language and drug references
Distributors: Universal Pictures Distribution, Universal Pictures International
U.S. Box Office: $119,318,320
***Warning! Some spoilers ahead! Don’t tell me I didn’t warn you!
Awww…they look cute, don’t they?
I don’t know why I’ve been putting off watching this movie. I love Adam Sandler movies because he reminds me a lot of an ex-boyfriend. Haha.
The story is about two firefighters, notorious womanizer and all-around jerk bachelor, Chuck Levine (Adam Sandler) and father of two kids and widower, Larry Valentine (Kevin James), who are good friends. Larry asked for favor from Chuck, since he saved his life, to help him claim pension benefits for his kids by being his domestic partner, since he doesn’t want to look for a new wife. Thinking that it would be easy, Chuck agreed, after being initially reluctant. They went to get married at Niagara Falls and Chuck moved in with Larry and his unsuspecting kids. However, when a government bureaucrat becomes suspicious of their new arrangement, they had to orchestrate a charade to project domestic bliss, which includes stuffing their garbage cans with “gay stuff”. Things got complicated when Alex McDonough (Jessica Biel) entered the picture as their lawyer and Chuck fell in love with her enough to become less of a jerk and be more the sensitive and warm type of guy. Things get more confused until it ended up in a court room hearing (with a bunch of pro-gay and anti-gay movement around) and there, Chuck and Larry realized that building a family isn’t only about being a man and a woman, but rather sticking together through thick and thin.
Using contact lens
I cannot remember ever having clear vision. What I do remember is pretending I had clear vision such that it took years before I even bothered to have my eyes checked.
Now I find it funny as I recall waiting for the jeepney to stop in front of me so I will be able to read what route they will be going to. I would flag them down once I was sure I had the right ride which was most often seconds too late and they would be driving off.
I got my eyes checked when I was in my last year of college. My father was good enough to spend for expensive eyeglasses that made me look so…. round. At that time, there weren’t many choices for eyeglasses or I really was just clueless resulting in my buying the standard gold-rimmed ones. The lens and the frame were so heavy my already very small nose turned even smaller.
10 Things I hate
Fine, let’s start:
10. The colors yellow and orange.
My mom, back in grade school, used to buy all my clothes. As in. And back then, I never, ever, got to wear jeans. Instead I wore dresses, the ones with frills and laces and huge flower patterns. Don’t get me wrong, I love those dresses but at some point, I had to grow up and be a teen. I envied my classmates who wore t-shirts and jeans and shorts and sneakers and stuff because I only got to wear sandals and dresses back then. I actually owned a pair of jeans and I think 4-5 tees and that’s it. My ‘trendy’ stuff were already few, add to that the fact that my shirts were all in yellow and orange. And I’m morena so it made me look so much darker. When I graduated from grade school, I had to beg my mom to let me choose my own clothes from then on.
9. Pinoy ‘Entertainment’. Lets face it, entertainment in this country is loosely defined as repetitive, recycled material, repackaged to target those who are gullible enough to buy them. Preference is of course something I could not be against with because it is an individual choice, but to actually enjoy Wowowee’s almost sadist brand of humor, the Pinoy Movie Industry and their predictable storylines, and the actors and the love teams who seemingly want to play it safe by doing pa-tweetums on t.v….C’mon guys! We deserve more substantial and quality materials from this industry. Thank goodness for independent movies and the rise of Pinoy bands these past few years!
8. Mahangin, Mayabang at Feeling. I think we have experiences wherein we have this classmate or seatmate or groupmate na Mahangin, Mayabang at Feeling.
Mahangin a.k.a. Air-Con. – He/She’s like a mile away from you and yet you can feel his/her air filling up the room. His/her confidence level is overwhelming it gets to the point that it annoys you.
Mayabang a.k.a. Kapal-muks – He/She brags about everything and anything she/he has, regardless of whether you asked him/her or not. Showing off is second nature to them, throwing insults and complains around are third.
Feeling a.k.a. Pinagpala – He/she thinks the universe was created for him/her. They think everyone is suppose to worship them, wait hand and foot for them and be amazed at how ‘blessed’ they are when in fact they only have too much self-confidence.
7. Banana, Ampalaya and Tokwa. I hate, hate, hate these things!
6. Corruption and overuse of Power. Hmm…PGMA, Erap or Philippine Politics in general (aray).
Filteany Single Hen in NYC?
I am presently the only single…hen among my group of friends.
Share your thoughts about relationships and how do/ did you know that you found the right one?
In the meantime, watch this video to send my best wishes to my friends who are tying the knot this year.
How do you know he or she is the one?
When to settle down?
When to say yes?
When to say not yet.
Cut copy and paste this url
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfCqhyi2Emc
Thank you
**Looking forward to your messages:)
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!
Change Management: New Wine In Old Wineskin
The new wine in the old wineskin
The fermenting of new wine builds up pressure in its container which can burst old skins (you’ll notice this when you open a corked wine bottle).
- new wine + old wineskin = old wineskin will burst and wine will be spilled, value negative
- old wine + new wineskin = it will spoil the taste of the wine, value negative
- new wine + new wineskin = fermentation begins, value adding
Personal Application
Anyone who wish to change a habit, attitude or add new skills, it is important to ensure that his environment and relationships are conducive to achieving the goal. For example, in the Philippines, even non Chinese Filipinos enroll their kids to a Chinese school with the intent to introduce a 3rd or 4th language, i.e. fukien or mandarin. Though introducing a new language can be easy, to be proficient may not be possible if no one else in the clan and friends outside the school understands and speaks the language to help the kids integrate these to their “daily” conversation.
You may want to read work life application at Sonnie’s Porch
your “cockroach” may be useful
Many would see cockroach as useless and dangerous insect because it is a carrier of many diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, polio and others. Every time people see cockroach runs in houses, the immediate reaction is to terminate this lowest form of insects unless it escapes from our punishment. We are programmed to do, think and behave in this way because we have learned that this insect is not good for the health.
