Typhoon "Frank" is currently hitting Visayas and Luzon with its strong winds and heavy rains. Classes in the affected areas had to be suspended because of the massive destruction of the typhoon.
Despite heavy rains, people in Davao City are still lucky(at least for now) because we do not experience such destructive typhoons. It's raining almost every afternoon causing floods in the city streets, some subdivisions, and places located on river sides.
Filipinos are not just coping with the high prices of basic commodities including the price of gasoline and rice but "Marias and Juans" are also dealing with the wrath of nature.
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With the birth of new-age technology we said goodbye to old fashioned way of living. Goodbe to manual implementations. Everything is automated or digital, "just a click away." A good example are our appliances. No more tough hand washing because we now have washing machine with dryer. Food preservation has become an ease with compact refrigerators and freezers. Almost everything in our homes have been made easy.
Now how about saying goodbye to the Internet?! I learned from my professor today that the Internet is "dying." 50 years from now the that word is history. Ow well, it's not that surprising because of the unpreditictable things that science gives us. The Internet will die because of it's growing body. The number of Internet user grows at a very large rate daily. Depletion of available IP address would be one cause of its death.
What's mind buggling is, what's next after the Internet? With the benefit it brings to the living world, the technology will definitely be sustained. Japan is already researching on possible mediums that would replace the Internet.
hmmm.. 50 years, I'll be 72 years old by then. I wonder if I'd still be sitting on a computer by then.
I bought a dual layer DVD+R (2.4x) for only 35 pesos yesterday at...SECRET. I wanted to burn a couple of movies to free-up my hard drive. My movies consume 25 gig on my drive D partition. Five movies was in MKV format and the rest are in avi.
I chose Resident Evil 3, Spiderman 3, Transformers, and Shoot Em Up to be burned on the said DVD. I used ConvertXtoDVD software to handle conversion and burning. ConvertXtoDVD is reliable. I've used it even before the birth of Lightscribe technology. After burning with my Asus DRW-25014L1T, I tested the disc to our DVD player. Video is A-okay however there was no audio. I tried it on my pc with media player, the audio was working. I'm wondering where the problem is. I did the same process with my previous DVD burnings. Anyways, good thing it wasn't the expensive dual layer DVD that I used.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Oscar De La Hoya tickets may not sell anymore since "Pretty Boy," Floyd Mayweather already announced his retirement. The lack of joy in pursuing his boxing career pushed the undefeated 31-year old fighter to resign.
After beating Oscard De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton of Britain, perhaps Mayweather felt that he had enough time in boxing. Being the WBC welterweight champ and holding a record of 39 victories, 0 defeats and 25 wins via KOs, Mayweather has the reason to be satisfied with his boxing career. Although he had previous retirement buzz before, this time, Mayweather and his camp says it's for real and permanent.
His resignation is a dismay to a lot of boxing fanatics since the world is longing for a rematch between Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya. Many were unsatisfied with their previous fight. People thought it was a fight for show and money as both boxers didn't really got hit and hurt.
I hope it's not yet a closed door for Mayweather. Who knows, one of these days he'll retract his resignation and would went to get back on the ring once again.
When it was all set for the 2008 NBA finals, a lot of basketball enthusiasts, analysts, and experts were favoring the LA Lakers over the Boston Celtics. The factors considered were:
1. Championship experience 2. Coaching edge of Phil Jackson over Doc 3. Bench mobs 4. and of course the MVP, Kobe Bryant
True enough, these things are correct. However, In my opinion, what happend was that each advantage of the Lakers was matched (cancelled out) by the Celtics. To start with, the championship experience. HUNGER ruled over championship poise and experience in the series. The Boston Celtics, thirsty of the NBA crown for over a decade played with more hussle, intensity, and heart. On the coaching edge of Jackson over Doc Rivers, I think it showed evidently in the series. Jackson was quicker in reacting to the game and in drawing plays. However it was the players who spelled the difference which leads us to the bench mobs. The bench of the Celtics is one of the underrated bench in the NBA. But after what the crew showed in the finals, that's history. Lastly, the "Black Mamba." Well, the story is three heads are better than one. That is, three hungry all-stars is better than the MVP.
While my sisters are too crazy about skin care, hair care, and make-ups, I'm just crazy over the NBA finals! Finally the Boston Celtics got their 17th NBA title and what a better way to get it than being at home and winning it big time. The Celtics shuttered the Lakers 92-131. Unfortunately for the Lakers, Boston had their A-game today. Everything went right for the Celtics. They 24 points in the first half and at least 31 points in the succeeding quarters.
Veteran trio Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce was finally able to kiss the elusive NBA trophy. The three had 26, 26 and 17 points respectively. Paul Pierce was named the Finals MVP and I think he truly deserved it. Yes it was the big three who lead the Boston to victory but you can never deny the fact that it was a team effort. Posey, House, Brown, Cassell, Powe, and the rest of the Celtics had their own glorifying moments during the regular season until game 6 of the finals. This is what I like the most about the team. Doc Rivers was able to bind the players together to play their roles and step-up when needed the most.
I hope they'll still make it next year. I'd love to see them gainst the San Antonio Spurs in the finals.
The Lakers bow their heads as they head to their lockers after a shameful play at home. The Celtics meanwhile were jumping on their locker benches. The Lakers blew a 24-point lead in the first half and pushed Boston to just a game away from the NBA trophy. The final score, 97-91 doesn't reflect the entire story of the game.
Just when everybody thought that LA is in full control, after coming out of their gym lockers, the tides changed between the two teams. The Celtics worked extra hard on defense which revived their offense. Shots fell for the Celtics even for their bench players. Posey and Eddie House had a sharp shooting night. Lakers failed to show their poise. Hoping that the MVP could save the day once again, Kobe Bryant failed to deliver the goods when it counted the most. He only had 17 points on 6-19 shooting from the field. The bench mobs of LA also didn't show up. Sasha Vujacic played poor defense on a crucial play against Ray Allen.
I'm sure the Boston will never take chances. They'll try to finish it come game 5 still at Staples. But I expect a last stand from Kobe and the Lakers and so I expect a blowout game on Monday(Philippine time) in favor of the Lakers. But come game 6, balloons shall fall for the Boston Celtics.
