My Random Thoughts

Mousehunt Tips and Strategies now on Blogger

2012-01-13T14:10:00.000+08:00

With Squidoo handing me a warning that my Mousehunt Tips and Strategies lens is "too commercial" and might be flagged to be removed, I have decided that it's high time I move the contents from that platform into Blogger. You can not read the Mousehunt Tips and Strategies on its new web address http://mousehunt-strategies.blogspot.com/

New Book Review: Dragons of the Hourglass Mage

2011-12-30T23:22:00.000+08:00

For several months now, I have been reading fictional books as part of my daily relaxation and I have been reading one or two books alternately depending on my mood. Today I was able to finish reading the final book of the Dragonlance Lost Chronicles Series entitled "Dragons of the Hourglass Mage" to which the protagonist of the story is the wizard Raistlin Majere one of my favorite characters in

Back at playing Mousehunt

2011-12-26T23:04:00.000+08:00

To be honest, I never stopped playing Mousehunt, I just toned down since I got busy on both work and being a family man but since then I was able to actively play the game (although not as extremely active as before but I was able to catch up on some of my friends who were also playing this game for the longest time). For those of you who don't know what is Mousehunt, it's an online social game

Girl with a Dragon Tattoo

2011-12-22T16:14:00.000+08:00

A Sensational #1 Bestseller – Now a Major Motion Picture starring with Daniel Craig as Mikael Blomkvist. A magical amalgam of homicide secret, loved ones tale, really like tale, and economical interest. It’s about the disappearance 40 decades ago of Harriet Vanger, a youthful scion of one of the richest family members in Sweden . . . and about her octogenarian dad, identified to know the reality

Changes

2011-12-19T13:20:00.000+08:00

It been a very long time since a posted an updated here because a lot has change since the second half of the year. I have moved on from the company that I have worked for over 4 years into a new "family" and although on this new "family" I am in, there are some of my old friends from the old company that are also working in this new "family" of mine. Although my work here is basically not the

Teaching the foundation of the internet: HTML and CSS

2011-11-08T17:30:00.000+08:00

For over five years, the internet has become a part of our daily lives technology moves in to the world of the information technology. With businesses going to the internet to market their products or to render service online, more and more people are more likely to learn the very foundation of the Internet Web pages which the languages called HTML and CSS. For the past several years, I had

Happy Halloween to Everyone

2011-11-02T00:10:00.000+08:00

It's another year of celebrating the Halloween festivities as people where their most ghoulish and scariest costumes and/or makeup just to keep up with the festivities. Halloween is the preceeded with All Saint's Day on the the very first day of November to pay tribute to our dearly departed love ones. As always I visited my grandparent's grave to pay tribute and will visit them again to

My Daughter First Birthday Celebration at School

2011-10-08T01:37:00.000+08:00

Last Thursday, My daughter turn 4 and it was decided to celebrate her birthday at school together with a McDonald's kiddie party with her nursery classmates. The kids had fun as we had some parlor games and some prizes to the delight of the kids. Aside from games and prizes, the her classmates also did a special dance number as a tribute to her birthday.

Collecting (e)books is now my addiction

2011-09-15T00:13:00.000+08:00

Ever since I got into reading, my thirst to read more books has made me download more fictional books in e-book format for future reading. As of this writing my "to read" list of books has now reached 278 books which composed of mostly fantasy, science fiction, Young-adult/paranormal and some mystery/horror titles. Frankly speaking, I partly blame Goodread for this addiction as this site is a

Do You Like Carrots?

2011-09-05T15:22:00.000+08:00

Other than the obvious benfits to eyesight, carrots have many other exciting health benefits, such as lowering cholesterol and preventing heart attacks and cancer. All our lives we've been told to eat our carrots, they help improve your eyesight. Maybe you've wondered, what exactly is it about the carrot that is good for my eyes? That would be the beta-carotene. In

New blogging project: Fictional Books blog

2011-08-21T13:11:00.000+08:00

I admit that I have been neglecting my blogging since I got busy at work but recently I got some free time and has revisited one of my old passion which was reading some fictional books. The first book I read was "City of Glass" the first of three of the book series entitled "Mortal Instruments" by renowned author Cassandra Clare. The story of the book series revolves around the supernatural (

Kadayawan 2011

2011-08-16T17:22:00.000+08:00

It's now August and as usual our beloved city will celebrate the annual Kadayawan Festival which started on August 15th and will end on the 21st. As usually there the festival will include the annual "Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan" and other festivities. For a complete listing of events you can check out the Kadayawan 2011 Events Schedule Guide

5 Tips On Finding The Best Topics For Your Blog

2011-07-28T14:22:00.000+08:00

Blog topics are an important part of a successful blog. Some bloggers simply write about whatever is on their mind, creating an online journal of sorts. Successful bloggers know however that to have a great blog, you cannot always write about what you want to write about. You must also keep the interests of your readers in mind when writing. After all, if you want a successful blog, you have to

Back to Reading Books (E-books that it)

2011-07-27T10:16:00.003+08:00

During my college days (to which the internet was just on it's dawning stages), I liked to read books, specifically fictional books. At the time my genre of choice where either "medieval and fantasy" (Dragonlance series of books), futuristic or science-fiction themes (Star Wars series, etc.), and Gothic (Vampires, Demons and Angels). The last set of books that I read was the Dragonlance trilogy

Joining Google Plus

2011-07-19T11:26:00.001+08:00

It's been rumored for quick some time now that internet search engine giant Google will create their own social networking service that might rival Facebook and Twitter and finally they launched Google+. It basically turns all of Google into one giant social network, thanks to a core group of social products (Gmail, Picasa, Buzz and Blogger) and a new navigation bar that integrates sharing into

5 Things You Should Know About Blogging

2011-06-21T16:56:00.000+08:00

So you want to join in on the blogging phenomenon? Before you get started, there are a few things you should know about blogging. Blogging is a lot like an online journal. There are thousands of bloggers online posting each day. It is a trend that started in 1997 and has continued to grow steadily. If you are interesting in blogging, but have not yet began, read over these five things you should

My daughter is in school now

2011-06-18T09:22:00.000+08:00

It's the month of June and as it's the start of the new school year but for my daughter, it's her very first time to be in school and as a parent I was excited that she was also excited to be in school. As usual we had some first time jitters and some "separation anxiety" which is normal for every parent. As my daughter entered the classroom, she was a bit anxious but later she mingled with the

What is Paypal?

2011-06-13T17:22:00.000+08:00

PayPal is an e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet. Online money transfers serve as electronic alternatives to traditional paper methods such as cheques and money orders. A PayPal account can be funded with an electronic debit from a bank account or by a credit card. The recipient of a PayPal transfer can either request a cheque from PayPal,

Blogging: Advances In The Numbers

2011-06-08T14:16:00.000+08:00

There are many various multimedia advances happening to the good old blog. Although the blog is only a few years old, technology has kept right up there with it. Now, you have the ability to do a number of fascinating things with it. As the blog owner, this can mean huge potential dollars in marketing. If you are just a blog reader, you can now access your favorites online any time that you feel

Where To Get Content For Your Blog

2011-06-07T03:44:00.000+08:00

Blogs and websites that have rich content are always going to do better than those that don't. I am sure you wondered where these blogs get their ideas, views and opinions. It is easy to write about something you are passionate about- but to do that most days of the week is extremely hard, since you would probably run out of things to talk about or you simply don't have the time. So how do they

5 Things To Overcome The Tough Parts Of Blogging

2011-06-05T05:36:00.000+08:00

There are times when a blogger, like any other writer, will 'loose the muse.' Every idea that comes to mind seems either trite or dull or, worse still, no ideas come to mind. What's a blogger to do? Here are five tactics that just might clear away the cobwebs and allow you to find an inspiring idea for another great post: Start with the news! Open up your favorite news page or open a newspaper

How to Start a Blog and Make Money Online

2011-06-01T14:31:00.000+08:00

If you are new to the internet and wondering what an earth this blogging craze is all about, or if you already have your own website and you're wondering why everyone keeps advising you to start your own blog, read on. I'm going to explain to you what a blog is, why you need one, how to set it up, promote it and of course, make money from it. Blog is short for "web log" and is similar to an

Tinuy-an Falls in Surigao del Sur

2011-06-01T10:35:00.000+08:00

If you are planning to go to Surigao for your next vacation, make sure you do not let the opportunity to visit Tinuy-an Falls pass. Accessibility wise, it is just an hour ride away from the center of Bislig City. Considered to be the widest among the falls in the Philippines at 95 feet, the falls are nicknamed as the Niagara Falls of the country because they look like a miniature replica of the

3 Awesome Blogging Tips That Will Skyrocket Your Blog Business

2011-05-31T05:32:00.000+08:00

This article is not intended to give you the newbies course about hosting, installing a blog on your domain and etc. It will give you some serious advice on your blog business Bad blogging habits are easy to get into, and one of the worst is to leave your 'About' page unchanged. You know the page: it is provided by Wordpress as standard and a whole host of bloggers leave it unchanged. Why they

8 Ways To Use A Blog To Develop Content For Your Book

2011-05-30T11:36:00.001+08:00

If your planning to write a book, you can use a blog to develop content for the book. 1. Participate in the blogosphere: Read and comment on other blogs in your field. This is a prime way to build readership of your blog. It is also a way of getting fresh content for both your blog and for your book. To check out other blogs in your niche: use www.blogsearch.google.com, www.technorati.com, or

Manny Pacquiao Wins Over Shane Mosley

2011-05-08T19:11:00.000+08:00

Filipinos are very proud of our own Manny Pacquiao to win the recently concluded fight with Shane Mosley. Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao won by unanimous decision. It was another a breathtaking view of power and techniques that both boxers shown on the ring especially by Manny Pacquiao. Manny, you are truly a winner, a champion, a superstar! Pacquiao time and time again has has been an inpiration to

I am Cesar Noel: Another blogging project

2011-04-23T20:43:00.000+08:00

I have been playing around with my free webhosting account since I don't want it to go to waste so I created a subdomain name and installed Wordpress and whalla! I am Cesar Noel is born. The blog may borderline as a personal blog but the niche is all about my work as a IT professional in an outsourcing environment. This blog will also "demystify" the common man on how the outsourcing works as

Let the Summer Begin in April

2011-04-02T23:45:00.000+08:00

Now April is here and as of this writing the "April Fools Day" has also passed a was fortunate not to receive some pranks but the real essence of the Month of April is the Summer "vibe". Since school year mostly ended around the 3rd week of March, most of these students has now passed the college test and enter the REAL world (which is evident of the increase workload of our HR officer and my

OMG, FYI, and LOL enter Oxford English Dictionary

2011-03-25T21:02:00.001+08:00

In an acknowledgement of the internet's overwhelming influence on the triviality we sometimes refer to as "real life," the Oxford English Dictionary doyens have decided to add a few of the web's favorite pronouncements to their lexicon. Among them are the standouts OMG, LOL and FYI, joining their compatriots IMHO and BFF among the proud number of officially sanctioned initialisms (abbreviations

Listening to Podcast has become a hobby

2011-03-11T21:50:00.001+08:00

Listening to podcasts has been my latest hobby as listening to conversations are now more entertaining than listening to some songs from my playlist (although I still listen to some songs on occasion). By definition: A podcast (or non-streamed webcast) is a series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication. The word

Araw ng Davao is fast approaching

2011-02-28T20:32:00.000+08:00

I will suspend my 3-part Iloilo trip story for short blog post about the incoming summer festivities to which it will be hi-lighted by the Araw ng Davao celebration on the 16th of March. Unfortunately for me this comes on a Wednesday which is still a work day for me (which I was hoping to do my very first Araw ng Davao shoot, unless our office declares a non-working holiday too). This will also

Sunday Afternoon Blog: The Caffe Firenzo Damosa

2011-01-30T15:04:00.000+08:00

Sunday afternoon blogging on a relaxing place is always a good treat. This week, we tried having some relaxing time at Caffe Firenzo at Damosa IT Park. As what I have mentioned on my blog post, the place was much better than their Quirino branch because of obviously good parking space and the spacious area of the place itself. My wife also had fun with her Instagram as we took some pictures of

Finding a Good Web Host

2011-01-18T21:43:00.000+08:00

One of the more important decisions you’ll have to make when starting a site will be, who is going to host your site. In a way a web host is the backbone of your site – it gets all of your content and information out on the web, so everyone can connect and view it. If your host is slow, or even worse, down – not too many people are going to view your site and information. Because of this, you

NLE Results December 2010: May Not Be as Exciting as It Was

2011-01-14T18:37:00.000+08:00

Anybody in the Philippines knows how difficult it is to procure enough money just to send a student to college. However, this kind of privilege is esteemed in the many regions of the country that is why parents fight teeth and nails just to be able to send their children to a university or even to a local college. All of them have hopes that it is through this way that they could give their

Back at Bigby's for Sunday Afternoon Blog

2011-01-02T14:55:00.000+08:00

Bigby's Cafe at Jacinto Extesion is now my second hangout place on where I can do my blogging/social media stuff because of the delicious foods they serve specially the "Buenos Nacho". I always order this sumptuous snack whenever I go at Bigby's and pair it with bottomless Ice Tea to offset the spiciness of the food. Since it's this is my first Sunday Afternoon Blog for 2011, I made sure that I

Stuck with GetGlue.com

2011-01-02T00:51:00.001+08:00

If most of you are familiar with Foursquare or Gowalla then there's an alternative for those who are homebodies and preferred to spend your day at home then GetGlue is for you. GetGlue is a unique social networking website that helps users discover their next favorite film, book, or other form of entertainment. The site works much like StumbleUpon, only with an entertainment focus. Users can give

New Design for My Random Thoughts

2011-01-02T00:33:00.001+08:00

I have been contemplating on changing my blog design for quite sometime and for now I decided to do so. And since it a New Year so I decided change the design and get myself a free blogger template for my blog since I don't have the time yet to do a custom design yet but I will do some tweaks here and there. I chose the theme called UrbanArtist because of the preferred dark design with a

Happy New Year

2011-01-01T23:37:00.013+08:00

My very first blog post for the Year 2011 which is also called the Year of the Rabbit according to the Chinese calendar. Well for me, 2011 is another beginning of a chapter in the book called "life". We continue to move on with our lives. As usual we learn from bad things we do and continue or to improve the good things we do. Happy New Year to everyone!

2010 Year-End Rambling

2010-12-28T21:10:00.000+08:00

The year 2010 has been up and down year as a blogger for me as I got more focused on updating my Twitter and other things that can be done on my iDevice. But nonetheless I still manage to write a blog when I get some free time (and an urge/inspiration to write a blog) either through the said iDevice or on my laptop (which ever I am comfortable). Focusing on work has paid dividends as I get a

December to Remember: My First post for this month

2010-12-17T02:42:00.000+08:00

It's almost a month since my last update and a lot has happened since then but I got sidetrack as always with work but manage to update my daily rambling via twitter. I also have been pre-occupied with some of the applications on my iOS device that I almost neglect to use my laptop which is almost relegated to downloading my favorite TV series via torrent (I know it's wrong but if the US networks

The Gorillaz cover The XX - Crystalised (Acoustic BBC1 session)

2010-11-25T16:36:00.000+08:00

For those of us who are still wondering who are the people behind the group Gorillaz I found the Acoustic BBC1 session of the song "Crystalised" originally by the XX. As you can see frontman Damon Albarn (of Blur fame) is singing the song.

First Post for November

2010-11-06T19:48:00.001+08:00

Ahh November, the last month before the Christmas month begins. This month is one of the special months for me as this is the month that my mother will celebrate her birthday. I also noticed that it's been raining mostly (is this our version of the snow? Perhaps).

Happy Halloween to Everyone

2010-10-30T14:39:00.000+08:00

Today is the last day of October and it is considered Halloween day to most people and I would like to greet each and everyone Happy Halloween!. I have a very nice poll to to determine which character I have listed is the scariest of them all. Visit the Scariest Urban Rivals Characters

Sunday Afternoon Blog: The new Kasagingan

2010-10-24T16:16:00.000+08:00

It's been a while since a did a Sunday afternoon blog on Kasagingan. What makes this special is that I am writing this blog at the new Kasagingan which now located beside the Mongolian Barbecue restaurant (just inside the Sarung Banggi compound). The place is much nicer ambience and much bigger than the previous location. Another good thing about the new location is that the compound has a much

First post for October 2010

2010-10-08T15:43:00.001+08:00

It's the second "-ber" month and it's the month on which other countries celebrate the annual festivals and holidays like the Oktoberfest in Europe and the Halloween season in the United States. Personally, October is the month to which two important people in my life will be celebrating this respective birthdays (actually one already happened on October 6 which is my daughter's 3rd birthday,

New blog/website: Urban Rivals Guide

2010-09-20T16:53:00.001+08:00

It's been almost 3 months since I discovered Urban Rivals while playing the game on my iPod Touch. Since then I have been playing the game almost everyday as long as I have a wifi connection. With that said I have written several Squidoo lenses about the game and yesterday, I finally purchased the domain "urbanrivalsguide.com" and create my own game guide website/blog under that said domain using

A Day of blog updates

2010-08-30T09:54:00.000+08:00

I was fortunate that today is a non-working holiday and I was able to do some blog updates on some of my blogs. Some are really in need of an update (been really busy of of late) so here are the blogs that I recently updated: ICNSQ Tech blog (2 posts) CNSQ Online Blog (Web Development / Wordpress) - (2 posts) Visual CNSQ - 2 New Photos Digitaltoolz How to update your Twitter via SMS using

New blog: Crime Scene TV Blog

2010-08-24T13:28:00.002+08:00

I've been a long-time fan of forensic-themed TV shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, NCIS, and Criminal Minds and the new ones like NCIS: Los Angeles, The Mentalist, Lie to Me, and the newest Criminal Minds spin-off show. And on that note, I created a blog about these shows called Crime Scene TV blog which is a blog about the aforementioned shows. So if your into

Kadayawan 2010 Festival Starts This week

2010-08-17T13:28:00.003+08:00

It's August again and it's also the start of the Kadayawan Festival which is celebrated annually usually on the second week of August. For those who aren't aware, The term "Kadayawan" is derived from the Mandaya word “madayaw”, a warm and friendly greeting used to explain a thing that is valuable, superior, beautiful, good, or profitable. Expect tourists from other parts of the world will grace

Friday the 13th Blog

2010-08-13T07:37:00.000+08:00

Actually there's really no special reason for this blog post just because it the Friday the 13th, but to some who believe in the urban legend that this day is called the "unluckiest day" is (in humble opinion) an exaggeration because they put in mind that the 13th day that fall on a Friday is always unlucky. I believe that things happen for a reason and we should not put our minds into this "

Lunch at Coco's South Bistro

2010-08-08T14:17:00.000+08:00

Another Sunday Afternoon blog for me and I would like to do a short review about our experience at Coco's South Bistro. My brother has been raving about the baby-back ribs on this place and my wife and I decided that we try it out. When we arrive at the place, it was not yet full as it still quite early (we went in around 11:30 AM). We ordered Onion Rings (for appetizers), Baby Back Ribs,

Update Twitter and Plurk via SMS

2010-08-08T08:55:00.000+08:00

I have been having some problems with my internet connection here at home as of late so I wasn't able to update my Twitter and Plurk statuses online. Good thing a colleague of mine at work suggested that I use Gladycast. It's an online service on which you can update your Twitter and /or Plurk via SMS by associating your mobile number to your Twitter or Plurk account. And since then I never miss

Live Writing Again

2010-08-07T08:51:00.001+08:00

It’s been a while since I used Window Live Writer since most of the time there’s an internet connect, Yet as of this writing, the internet connection here at home is still intermittent for the past three days now. I don’t know why that everytime there’s a rain, the out ISP connection bugs out. *sigh*. I would that by the time this blog post gets posted online, that our ISP (which I will is

Final Fantasy 8 Triple Triad Game on PC

2010-08-03T16:37:00.003+08:00

Its been years since I finished playing Final Fantasy VIII during my early college years and since then, I got hooked on the the trading card mini-game called Triple Triad. Just recently I found a like on some gaming forum that we can play the same game of Triple Triad on our very own PC computer by going to the Triple Triad Gold site and download the game for free. You can also play the game

The Hof Gorei Beach Resort Escapade

2010-07-27T13:43:00.001+08:00

This is a late post as this happened on July 17, 2010. We visited Hof Gorei Beach Resort (located at Kaputian, Island Garden City of Samal ) as part of our company's team building workshop. I won't be able to talk more about the place since I was to busy with the team building but I would say that we had a good time on that place.

Urban Rivals and Warstorm Online Trading Card Games

2010-07-27T08:53:00.001+08:00

Online trading card games has been my favorite pass time for recent month now since I can no longer afford to go back playing in playing Magic:The Gathering might as well play games similar to it online. Some of the games I am playing (which I play on Facebook) is Warstorm and Urban Rivals. Warstorm is very much closer to MTG in terms of the fantasy theme that it brings but unlike MTG each

My Very Own Food Blog

2010-07-21T14:05:00.003+08:00

Food blogging is one of the most popular blog niche for sometime now since all of us wanna explore those sumptuous meals that we hear about from other people who where able to go to various restaurants. cafe's, bars, etc. So I decided to create my own food blog which called Foodtrip ni Cesar (or Cesar's Food trip). This food blog of mine features mostly the resto's, cafe's, or places that

Castle Age Tips and Strategies

2010-07-14T13:52:00.000+08:00

My old Castle Age tips site was also taken down (similar to my Mousehunt Tips and Strategies site) due to some sort of "Terms of Use" violation which I find really bogus. But rather than whine I took the liberty of creating a new Castle Age Tips and Strategies Site with new well written articles.

New Mousehunt Tips and Strategy Site

2010-07-12T14:54:00.000+08:00

Just recently, my old Mousehunt Tips Squidoo site was taken down due to some violations of the site's Term of Use. So rather then keep on complaining, I just made a new and improve version of my old Squidoo Lens now title "Mousehunt Tips and Strategies" which will focus more on strategies that are based on personal experience and feedbacks from other players that are not written down on the MH

Sunday Morning Blog: Foodtrip bonding

2010-07-12T03:44:00.002+08:00

It's been a while since I did a Sunday blog and today I wanna share my "foodtrip" experience at Brothers Burger at IT Park Damosa, Davao City. We were the first customers for the day and I ordered Chicken Cordon Bleu Burger (I can't really help it if there's a Chicken Cordon Bleu written on the menu), French fries (for my baby daugher) and some sodas. All I can say is that even though the food

A Warning to Squidoo Lensers

2010-07-02T02:15:00.000+08:00

I would like to share this warning to all Squidoo lensers out there. Please check your articles for duplications as they are very strict right now and will outright "lock" your lense without notice if your lens have been found containing "duplicated or copied" content. I have learned the hard way because I have two lenses that are locked.

Getting an Android Phone

2010-06-29T09:13:00.001+08:00

I't's been a while since I have a nice mobile phone, and I am planning to get my self a new one. I was thinking since I already have a Apple device (iPod Touch) why not get myself an Android Phone. A lot of my blogger friends have rave about how cool the Android OS is. I am thinking getting myself either a Samsung Galaxy or a Google Nexus One.

A Father's Prayer

2010-06-20T08:07:00.002+08:00

Lord I'm askin' for Your helpTo raise cute little daughter,Give me strength and guide me'Cause I know that You're the one. That sent this angel to meA little heaven here on earth,For now I know my place in life...I'm no longer who comes first. Once I had no answerAs to why it is I'm here,But when I looked into my baby's eyes....It all became so clear. This little bit of heavenOwns me, heart and

The A-Team Movie

2010-06-15T15:33:00.000+08:00

"I love it when the plan comes together". These are the immortal words of George "Hannibal" Smith which was first heard during the 80's series version of the A-Team. This year the A-Team returns via a movie with Liam Neeson playing Hannibal, MMA fighter "Rampage" Jackson playing B.A Baracus. I plan to watch the movie since I wanna compare how Sharlto Copley can handle "Howling Mad" Murdock's

Geek Comedy at it's Best

2010-06-03T13:29:00.003+08:00

I've been watching this TV series titled "Big Bang Theory" which is about two University physicists Leonard and Sheldon got their lives shaken up when an attractive young woman named Penny moves in to the apartment across from theirs. The key to the show, though, is not that they both fall haplessly in love--Leonard does, but Sheldon remains impermeably aloof and caustic about anything

Rotational Brownouts are Back Again

2010-05-24T16:22:00.000+08:00

After almost 2 weeks after the national and local elections, power companies has resume their rotational power outages as to continue conserve power will the Ill Niño phenomenon is still on. These outages ranges from 1 to 3 hours depending on the power companies. We could only hope that these power outages will last sooner than later.

Google celebrates Pacman game birthday today

2010-05-22T03:06:00.000+08:00

To celebrate the 30th birthday, Google has embedded the Pac-Man game on the Google homepage itself. And it playable too using the arrow keys to control Pac-man

Update, updates and more updates

2010-05-17T17:15:00.001+08:00

Oh what work can make you busy and almost forgot to blog, but hey blogging is part of my system (well at least I still blog despite the hectic work and family time on which I have no complains). Well as an update I will blog about my latest updates on some of my projects which includes my Castle Age Squidoo Lens (which I now regularly update due to the fact the the game is constantly updating)

Five days before the National Elections

2010-05-05T16:51:00.001+08:00

It's been a while since I posted an update and this one will be considered my first post about the upcoming National elections which will be held on May 10, 2010. In my humble opinion, the upcoming elections will be considered a "make or break" event for our country as we carefully choose the next person(s) to lead our country from economic crisis and others. I won't be mentioning any names

The NFL Draft excitement

2010-04-24T20:57:00.000+08:00

For those of you who don't know what the NFL is, it's the National Football League and last Friday was the 75th annual NFL draft on which each of the 32 teams will draft college player in order based on the team's regular season standing of last season (the worst team gets to pick first).My favorite team is the St. Louis Ramsand I have been following the teams since 1999 when they won their very

Sunday Evening Blog: Enjoying the Summer

2010-04-11T22:36:00.040+08:00

It's been a while since a wrote a Sunday blog post because I always give my time to my family and usually at the end of the day, I am usually exhausted or busy preparing for work the next day. I got a free time now and decided to summarize my blog post about my summer experience with my family. Usually when you say Summer, it usually involves beaches and outings, but in my family's case we

Happy Easter to Everyone

2010-04-04T17:11:00.001+08:00

I would like to greet each and everyone of my readers and fellow bloggers a very Happy Easter to all.

Creative Writing Workshop with the Davao Bloggers

2010-03-28T02:52:00.000+08:00

Earlier today, I attended the Creative Writing Workshop which was organized by Davao Bloggers. The speaker was a writer, SunStar Davao columnist, Toast Master, and former educator, Rene Lizada. The workshop was an enlightening experience and it made me realize that I still need to improve my writing skills. We were taught how to create "ideas" out of nothing and how experience and inspiration

Adding Criminal Minds on my TV series list

2010-03-23T11:46:00.000+08:00

After the unfortunate cancellation of Numb3rs, I'm planning to add another police procedural TV series on my long list of US TV series, and I decided on to follow Criminal Minds. For those of you who are not aware about this TV series, Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama series that follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) at Quantico, Virginia.

NUMB3RS TV series has Finally Ended

2010-03-14T01:31:00.002+08:00

image courtesy of CBS I've been following Numb3rs since the very first season and I was disappointed that CBS has end it run with it's final episode last Friday. However the show ended on a very light note. Charles and Amita finally got married and possibly moving to London, and Don has found the answer to the question about his life and proposed to his long time girlfriend Robin. Well as they

Hour before Pacquiao vs. Clottey is on it's way

2010-03-14T01:04:00.000+08:00

It's only hours 'til Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao embarks another challenge to his WBO Welterweight title against Joshua Clottey of Ghana. The whole nation will be in virtual standstill when the match starts. No Traffics, virtually crime will be low and families will be together to listen or to watch another monumental match in Pacquiao's career.

Happy Birthday Mousehunt

2010-03-06T20:31:00.001+08:00

March 7 is the day that the Mousehunt game came into Facebook for us "Mousehunter" in catching various types of mice ever conceptualized by the game's developers. With that in mind, a group of Mousehunt players decided held a gathering of all "Mousehunters" her in Davao in celebration of the game's 2nd birthday. The gathering only lasted for two hours yet we had fun. We had some parlor games

Araw ng Dabaw Fast Approaching

2010-03-06T02:54:00.000+08:00

It's now March and school year is about to end and summer vacation is fast approaching. It is also the month on which will be celebrating the 73rd Araw ng Dabaw festival on March 14-16th. The city will once again be jammed-packed with visitors both foreign and from other parts of the country. How I wish I have my very own DSLR camera with me at this time of the year. Oh well, time to brush up my

Plans for the future of CNSQ Online

2010-02-18T16:52:00.001+08:00

It's been a long while since my online portal CNSQ Online needs a major revamp since there are a lot of nice things that I wanna add to this portal page. I'm also planing to add a twitter feed on one area I want to do it without using any CMS system (Wordpress, Modx, etc. ) since I want to sharpen my web designs skills learning HTML 5 along the way. But before I go into coding, I must design a

Celebrating Valentines with my Family at the Entree

2010-02-15T02:32:00.003+08:00

My family celebrated Valentines Day (and Chinese New Year) by having dinner at the Entree at the Apo View Hotel. The place is full as expected but we where able to get a table (which at the time extended into their Cafe Josefina section for we where seated). The food that where served was superb in my opinion. After the dinner, we decided to do some photo sessions around the hotel as a

New Orleans Saints are SuperBowl Champions

2010-02-08T11:24:00.003+08:00

(image courtesy of yahoo sports)The game was very exciting and I would like to congratulate the MVP Drew Brees and the rest of the New Orleans Saints for winning SuperBowl 44 against Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts. Recap of SuperBowl 44

Updating My Squidoo Lens

2010-01-27T03:15:00.000+08:00

Been a while since my last update and I think this would be great time to post an update. Just recently, I received a hefty payout from Squidoo because I am having a great significant internet traffic on my Mousehunt Guides and Tips lens. Since I was in a mood to create a "tips and guide" I decided to create another lens, this time to my other favorite Facebook game Castle Age. And as of my last

Blogger.com has significantly improved their post editor

2010-01-12T13:30:00.001+08:00

I have been using Blogger.com as my blogging platform for some of my blogs and I kept raving to my friend how I wish the developers could atleast improve the post editor with more formatting tools AND a post break feature (similar to Wordpress). Alas that time has arrive as the developers has now improved the post editor which now includes the much awaited post break. Click Here to read more

First post for year 2010

2010-01-09T11:36:00.002+08:00

This is my first post for the year 2010 for quite sometime on which I have been busy at work. And am also fortunate that I'm having a great time with my blogs which include a new Squidoo lens entitled Castle Age Tutorials and Tips which showcases some of the tips on playing Castle Age

The Holiday Season and the Year in review

2009-12-30T19:13:00.001+08:00

The holiday season was a time for me to relax, bond with my family and to catch up with blogging on some of my blogs as well as celebrating my birthday. 2009 was great for me because I am more involve on blogging events. I also recently attended a photojournalism workshop which was organized by the Davao bloggers with local photojournalist conducting.I am looking forward for more upcoming blogger

New Blogging Project: iTouch Blogger

2009-12-28T22:51:00.005+08:00

I recently acquired an iPod Touch 3G (32 GB) and I use it to listening to my favorite music, to watch some TV series and movies on the go, listening to podcasts and to catch on my social networks (Facebook and Twitter) and of course blogging thru that very device.As a result, I decided to create a new blogging project called "iTouch Blogger" which will talk about the iPod Touch and the iPhone,

Celebrating my Birthday with Friends

2009-12-26T22:30:00.001+08:00

Although my birthday was on December 24, i decided to celebrate my birthday two days after with some of my closest friends on Felis Resort at Matina Aplaya, Davao City.Those who attended my birthday celebration where my officemates Aubrey, James and Ricky as well as my wife's best friend (and my daughter's godmother) Vanessa.I would like to thank you guys for attending my birthday celebration.

24's Jack Bauer Interrogates Santa Claus

2009-12-22T15:14:00.002+08:00

Since we are in the Christmas holiday spirit I found this viral video of Santa being interrogates as a suspected terrorist by Jack Bauer (of the TV series "24").

Davao Bloggers Election and X'mas Party

2009-12-05T08:49:00.006+08:00

Last night I attended the Davao Bloggers X'mas party which was sponsored by Avatar Media, Lachi's Sans Rival and Cignal HD TV. The during the event, we also elected the very first set of officers for the "DAVAO BLOGGERS" community and here is list:President: Ria Jose(Life with Ria)Vice President: Dulce Lada (Padd Solutions)Finance Officer: Dr. Charles Ortiz (Ortiz Dental Clinic)Auditor: Brendel

Sunday Evening blog: A tribute to my aunt Emily

2009-11-30T22:17:00.005+08:00

This latest blog post dedicated to my late aunt Emily who passed away yesterday. Her closest friend in Germany called my mother informing of her passing. As of this writing, the cause of her death are not yet clear as we are still try to get in touch with my cousin online. For now I could only pray that her soul may rest in peace and join our beloved Creator. I would like to share this poem by

Mobile Internet: the next frontier

2009-11-21T19:58:00.000+08:00

Mobile internet has become the next big thing since the release of iPhone (or the iPod touch ) nowadys new mobile phones now include wi-fi capabilities so that users can now enjoy surfing the internet, checking e-mails, updating social networks by just using the portable comforts of a mobile phone. Sure laptops and netbooks are portable but you can't carry it anywhere you want because they are

The Photojournalism Seminar for Bloggers

2009-11-16T09:52:00.006+08:00

Last Saturday, I attended a Photojournalism Seminar for Bloggers which was held at Riverwalk Grill at Diversion Road, Maa. The seminar was conducted by Jojie Alcantara.The seminar was about taking photos, minor editing of photos, and using photos for your blog posts. Jojie also share some of her previous photo works to demonstrate the basics of photojournalism. We also participated on actual

Pacman Wins Again

2009-11-15T15:54:00.001+08:00

Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao wins another great match against Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico. The win also bags the WBO Welterweight title making Pacman the 1st boxer to win 7 titles in 7 different weight divisions. Congrats Manny!

Learning Google Wave

2009-11-08T11:31:00.003+08:00

Since getting the invitation, I was so excited to have my very own Google Wave account. But since getting the account, I'm having problems exploring Wave since there's no definite Google Wave guide yet since Wave has just been recently released. Good thing I found this video that is really helpful for me to learn Google Wave.

Sunday Morning Blog: Blog Updates and Facebook Games

2009-11-08T11:05:00.002+08:00

Today's edition of my Sunday blog is more about the recent blog update that I did on several of my niche blogs since I got my blogging "groove" back in rhythm. As I stated on my last post that I have posted some updates on my other blogs. Also I been on Facebook for some of my free time to do some "research" for my newest blog Facebook Games Review.I have recreated a separate account for the

Updates on my Other blogs

2009-11-06T09:45:00.003+08:00

Just wanna make a quick update here just to let you know that I have posted new updates on my other niche blogs."4 stages of web site design" on Digital Toolz."Metal Music very Educational" on Rock Music Buzz."Potato Mojos Recipe" on Foodtrip ni Cesar.I will be updating my entertainment blog as of this writing.Also I have created another niche blog for Facebook Games entitled "Facebook Games

Playstation Portable 3000

2009-10-22T16:04:00.002+08:00

Last month, my mother ask If what should I get as pasalubong when my dad goes home from his 1 week trip in the the US. Well I've been dreaming of having my own Playstation Portable so that I can play some games on my off-time when I need to rest my laptop. So I told her PlayStation Portable 3000 and Madden NFL 10 would be my choice. I've been itching to play Madden NFL since 2001 because I love

New Blog: Facebook Games Review

2009-10-22T15:57:00.002+08:00

It's been a while since my last blog post because I spend most of my on work, family and going online on social media sites like Twitter, Plurk and Facebook. Speaking of Facebook, I created a new blog entitled Facebook Games Review. It's all about the games on Facebook that I play and some up coming games that I would discover. The site is fairly new and will try to update that as much as I can

Celebrating Birthdays of my Two closest people I love

2009-10-13T22:59:00.005+08:00

It's been a while since I wrote an update because of work and preparations for my daughter's 2nd birthday on October 6 and today it's my wife's turn to celebrate her birthday.During my daughter's birthday, the theme was Dora the Explorer. We hired a Dora mascot with a party host. The kids enjoyed the party with my daughter laughing in between jokes (and to think she's just turned 2).

10 Excellent and Free Desktop Blog Editors

2009-10-03T22:17:00.002+08:00

SixRevisions has been one of my favorite destination for web development and blogging resources. Since blogging is one of my passion, I would like to share the 10 Excellent and Free Blog Editors to all my fellow bloggers out there who might wanna try these awesome tools.