Things I'd do (differently) if I were back in school

1. Be disciplined enough to maintain good study habits
2. ..and make it to the dean's list
3. Gotten a second degree / shifted to another course
4. Be active in more orgs
5. Ask certain people out
6. Play more basketball
7. Choose better groupmates
8. Take foreign language seriously
9. Actively expand my network
10. Take more risks

Constantine on Elimidate

I was channel surfing yesterday when I thought I saw Constantine Maroulis of American Idol 4 fame on Elimidate. Well, it was him! You can view a clip of the show here. It takes quite a while to load though even on high bandwidth. He was still in college when he joined the show.

And if anyone is interested, Shana Hiatt, co-host of the World Poker Tour appeared in a Blind Date episode (introduced as a Hawaiian Tropic Girl). She was also in a 1994 Playboy video, The girls of Hawaiian Tropic: Naked in Paradise. She was crowned Miss Hawaiian Tropic USA and was a Playboy cover girl prior to the video. Mmm-hmm.
Actually, WPT champ Phil Gordon was also on Blind Date. He turned down a hot ditzy bikini model's offer to retreat to her hot tub. Well, okay.

And since we're on the topic, Jackass & Wildboyz star, Steve-o was also on Blind Date. He made a fool of himself and repelled his date away. He's a crazy guy, but he's also hopeless.

Lindsay: Fully Loaded

Lindsay's assets were just too big for the kiddos in her latest movie, Herbie: Fully Loaded, so the computer geeks in Disney had to digitally reduce them. I don't know how to react. More here.

San Antonio takes the crown

Danica Patrick

From her official website:

This attractive 5-foot-1, 100-pound woman, battles in a man's world with amazing success, and shows the determination to become one of the nation's brightest sports stars. Patrick is one of the nation's best young auto racers.

War of the worlds

Since Tom Mapother, more popularly known as Tom Cruise, has been in the news lately, his involvement with scientology has been mentioned every now and then. I've heard about scientology before but I don't know what the hell it is so I decided to check it out on the net.

Wow, Tom Cruise is such a schmuck! I've lost all respect for him.

I really hate misinformation and people scamming other people. It seems apparent that scientology just wants to milk dumb people. That is so below the belt.

Now I get what they were spoofing in Bowfinger.

Wow. The world just got dumber.

The Closer

Robert Horry closes out game 5 with a killer ice-cold three point shot.

Nike Free

I want a pair of Nike Free shoes. Saw a pair in greenhills this afternoon. Check out the website.

I miss my old Prestos.

More Lost

It's confirmed. Michelle Rodriguez will be joining the cast next season. She was the girl Jack was talking to in a flashback. She was probably seated at the back of the plane so that could mean that the others did survive. More here.

For the Lost fanatics (who've finished the first season) check this out:

If you're one of the fans who thinks the Lost finale didn't give much bang with its season-ending blasts, try this on for size: A Website Easter egg planted by the producers that gives you a glimpse of what they're planning for the second season. Here's what you do:

1. Go to the "official" Oceanic Airlines Website.
2. At the bottom, where it says "Travellers," enter Hurley's unlucky lottery numbers: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42.
3. Click the "Find" button.
4. Click on the row numbers on the flight's seating chart that match Hurley's numbers.
5. Don't blink.
6. Change shorts.
7. Figure out what the hell it all means.

From Tv.com

Nokia introduces 7 new handsets

At this rate, I'll never buy a new phone.

Nokia has introduced seven handsets under the theme 'simple pleasures' at the Nokia Connection event in Helsinki and Singapore. The new additions include four new slide phones, two folding designs and a traditional monoblock design.

The new models include the 6280, 6270, 6111, 6060, 6265, 2255 and the 2125 and are expected to begin shipping in the second half of 2005. More here.

My favorite is/are the Nokia 6270/80. The 6280 is more fancy with 3G support and 2 cameras, but I can live with the 6270. Other notable features of the 6270: quadband, Bluetooth, and it's a slide phone.

The cameras are now at 2 MPs! At this rate, I also won't be buying a digicam either.

Actually, the 6111's pretty good too. It's also a quadband slide phone with Bluetooth but the camera is set at 1 MP and it has a smaller screen.

Following SE's lead, the three above mentioned phones are all two-faced phones as well. (Meaning one side looks like a phone and the other side looks like a camera.. meaning you can shoot with the phone "on its side") As is the custom now days, they also include integrated flash LEDs.

Whew, I got a bit excited there.

new schoolyear plans/wishes

1. have my own set of notes...
2. study more harder! (-Langit, Lupa, Impyerno)
3. have no cuts
4. i won't be late
5. i'll pass requirements on time
6. outstanding performance in Strains pa rin...
7. no grades lower than B
8. get exempted
9. Pass my subjects!
10. DL! dean's list...hindi dream lang!

reasons I'm proud to be Filipino

1. Our happy disposition
2. Our close family ties
3. Our genuine compassion for others... (malasakit)
4. ...including strangers (our hospitality)
5. Our rich and colorful culture...
6. ...which includes our delicious (and very fattening) food
7. Our beautiful country
8. Our "innocence"
9. Our adaptability
10. Our unity (even if it's only been seen during our trials)

Mishka Adams

Looks foreign.. sounds, talks, and is very much Filipino.

Manila will be fielding its own entry soon into the “young jazz sensation” field staked out by Norah Jones, Jamie Collum, and Michael Buble soon with the signing of 20-year old Mishka Adams to UK-based jazz label Candid Records. More from PhilMusic.com

Home

Another summer day
Is come and gone away
In Paris and Rome
But I wanna go home
Mmmmmmmm

Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know

And I’ve been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you
Each one a line or two
I’m fine baby, how are you?
Well I would send them but I know that it’s just not enough
My words were cold and flat
And you deserve more than that

Another aerorplane
Another sunny place
I’m lucky I know
But I wanna go home
Mmmm, I’ve got to go home

Let me go home
I’m just too far from where you are
I wanna come home

And I feel just like I’m living someone else’s life
It’s like I just stepped outside
When everything was going right
And I know just why you could not
Come along with me
This was not your dream
But you always believe in me

Another winter day has come
And gone away
And even Paris and Rome
And I wanna go home
Let me go home

And I’m surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel alone
Oh, let go home
Oh, I miss you, you know

Let me go home
I’ve had my run
Baby, I’m done
I gotta go home
Let me go home
It will all right
I’ll be home tonight
I’m coming back home


Michael Buble

Physical turn ons

1. Chinita eyes
2. Long legs
3. Fair skin
4. Strong shoulders
5. Spoiled feet
6. Armpits
7. Tight tummy
8. Bare neck and shoulders
9. Thick lips
10. Calves

Michelle Wie

I like her. For non perverse reasons of course. Saw her on CNN last week. Click here for bio or Googled.

Giddy as Cruise

What's wrong with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes? They seem so incredibly in love with each other. Most people think it's just a publicity stunt, but it could be real.

One thing I've noticed though is that both actors shake their heads whenever they're talking about the other person as if to say, I can't believe this is happening to me.. or I can't believe I'm doing this.

Regardless, you can't help but keep your eye on TomKat. Life is great for beautiful people.

Happy Hacking Keyboard

The people from Fujitsu are selling this keyboard and one of its features is that the keys have no markings. Cool, I like that. Very clean. I'm sure most of us can use this too. I mean, when was the last time you really looked at your keyboard. If I could, I'd erase the print on *this* keyboard too. That's hot.

Of course, it's supposed to be a state of the art keyboard so it has other features too. You can check it out here.

activities that make facilitating fun

1. Trying to figure out the mood and intentions of the participants (P.O.)
2. Anticipating problem scenarios / people
3. Making sure that the participants understand and learn from the session
4. Making sure that all the little details are perfect
5. Smiling at the participants / making friends
6. Answering questions
7. Using participant responses to drive your message / lecture
8. Tying everything together
9. Seeing the approval in the participants faces
10. Hearing praise from participants when the session is done