MEIA Online: just anything.

Waiting for the Avatar (movie)

2010-07-19T20:57:00.012+08:00

The first ever Avatar episode that I saw was "Lake Laogai" from the Book of Earth. One boring afternoon, I was flipping through cable channels when I settled into this cartoon show in Nickelodeon. I thought it was just an ordinary kid's show, yes it is (a kid's show) but in a higher level. The first thing that amazed me was the fighting scenes, particulary, the cute girl and the little boy's ability to control earth in a cool (and sometimes synchronized) fashion. The sad part here is that there's also death involved (yeah, i believe he died).

After that, I started searching for episodes on the web. "Bending" is the term. I learned that the earth bender is blind, and her name is Toph. Aang is the latest Avatar - one who can control all 4 elements (*insert the intro here*). He's traveling with Sokka and his sister Katara to find his teachers for the other 3 elements. The purpose of this is to defeat the Fire lord (or the Phoenix King? hmmm) who's controlling the Fire Nation army bringing havoc to the other 3 nations, even fully extinguishing one of them -the Air Nomads - the Avatar's people. Very bad and crazy, right? I was kind of late but there's still time to catch up. The fans were still anticipating for the release Book 3: Fire (which is not really a book, but there's also a book version).

Book 3 came in and I was already joining the Avatards who were waiting for the weekly episode.
I had a random thought that it would really be great if this cartoon would be turned into a movie. Being a Google girl that I am, I searched for the keywords: Avatar the last airbender the movie. There was James Cameron's Avatar of course. But hey, I saw this article about M. Night Shyamalan and he was about to direct the film, the last airbender film of course. *A pinch of happiness*

Excellent. During the next months, when it crossed my brains, I would search about the progress of the movie. The casting (you all know it) was disappointing from the beginning. I even joined a Facebook group "Don't Whitewash the Avatar Cast."

I know there's so many reviews scattered on the web about the Last Airbender movie. It is currently rated 8% on RottenTomatoes with a lot of Shyamalan bashing. Well for me, I'm still waiting for it, it's not yet available in the Philippines. I'm already disappointed but I still want to see it.

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Hey, I'm back to posting here! just anything again. ;)

image from Wikipedia

The Smell I Love

2009-06-17T16:23:00.005+08:00

I'm not a big fan of colognes and perfumes, but i do appreciate fragrant and nostril-friendly scents.

Back in elementary days, I liked sweet flowery scents that came in cute pink bottles. In high school, I enjoyed the smell of fresh citrus fruits. Then, in college, i showered myself with baby cologne scents.

Now, no more flowery, citrus or baby scents. My favorite is the smell of Chocolate. It should be mild and not overpowering. I actually found a Chocolate Scent like that in the internet. I'll just wait for them to accept payments via Paypal, I can use cocoa butter for now. =)

Was Hacked

2009-03-15T17:21:00.009+08:00

Thanks, this is something to write about...

I got back here. I was up to a new start in my own domain when somebody whose learning to hack a site, hacked my site. ~~Well, you got what you want, happy now?~~
- I just updated my Wordpress.

Writing, yes, i just found my like for writing, i mean blogging again. And i'm planning that this site will be an info blog, because i don't like blogging about myself much.

I am also looking for a good host, one that's hacker-safe? any suggestions, I might just get a domain name for this one, i'm not liking meiaonline anymore.

If you're bored and are looking for a fun trivia site. Triviala.com is one site you can try. =P

Have you been hacked before?

boatsong

2009-02-13T20:35:00.004+08:00

Hmmm. Let's see. I'm starting to build up links for boatsong. It's still not yet ready though. It will officially be an art(?) blog, coming sooner. Happy <3 Day!

January

2009-01-26T21:31:00.001+08:00

Wee, hi! I have to set up Wordpress now! I have to do more things and be disciplined. I want a real blog already. =)

Direct TV

2009-01-26T21:25:00.002+08:00

There are many nice movies and television shows out there and i would also like to watch them but doesn't have time for them. It would be nice to have something like a direct TV that offers family shows, movies, Sports and others.

Directtv can even be more affordable than Cable. With Directtv, you can choose the package that you want, just the programs that you are interested in. We know that we don't really need and watch every channel in cable tv. It is home entertainment and information in a cheaper package.

last for 08

2008-12-21T20:40:00.003+08:00

hehehe, many things happened and Christmas na! Didn't have much time to visit blogs and to do some sponsored posts (there were offers, sayang... tsk) but it's ok. hehe. I hope to learn more things next year. I'm getting to know Joomla! (not referring to anyone, but the cms lol)more. I miss Wordpress too. I want to see 2.7.

A graphics tablet would be a good gift. That's all i ever wanted since i joined deviantart last 05. (Not really ALL - i wantED a scanner too for my drawings.) hehehe.

Anyway, i hope 2008 will be a productive year. Thank God for everything. For everything that i've achieved, to God be the Glory! :)

HI to you (you reading this), Merry Christmas, God bless you.

*i've typed some stupid words here, that i deleted, nonsense, haha.*

update

2008-11-29T09:02:00.002+08:00

harhar. I've been working for a month already, thank God. :) The people are nice, the work is ok. :) When will i make the design for boatsong, wheeennnn!? I plan it to be an art blog.

Hi to every online/offline friend reading this. God bless.

~joy :P

Half Room

2008-11-10T12:06:00.007+08:00

Been busy for two weeks already, now i have to manage my time well. I can't even fix this blog's design. You see the bottom of the two div's are not yet finished =)

Some pictures:

bulletin cork board

reminders for interview. lol

Mags, pencil, Bible, sketchbook, etc.

I collect name tags, that's my name!

Eyeglasses

2008-11-10T10:02:00.007+08:00

I'm still thankful because even though i face the computer monitor for many hours a day since the day we had a computer, my vision has not been affected much. I know some people who doesn't even use computers often but has worse vision. I am using eyeglasses now to see from afar and sometimes when i'm using the computer.
If you're looking for high quality, great eyeglasses for less, you can visit Zenni Optical. There are variable dimension frames from Zenni and they are of different colors and styles. Also, Zenni Optical was on Fox!
=)

Plate Numbers

2008-10-31T19:39:00.001+08:00

I have a recurring dream of driving a car and i don't know the reason for that. My brother surely wants to have one and i don't know when would that happen, he still has to pass his board exams before that. I can imagine his future car, all shiny in black, maybe with his initials in the plate.
I think it would be great if car owners can freely select their own private plate numbers to match their personalities. Through the site, Personalised Number Plates, you can search a wide selection of private number plates and choose what's fit for you. I think this is a good service because they will also do the paperworks for you.

Blogging: Yesterday and Today

2008-10-23T12:57:00.007+08:00

This post is about my blogging experiences or observations when i first started it last 2004 compared to when i came back, 2008.

I started the interest for websites when i was in high school, i played around MS Publisher and made an offline site about our high school class. When i was in my second year college, i saw my classmate's xanga and became interested with blogs. I used blogspot and then was hosted by some kind private domain owners. I remembered i had subdomains in, dynamikz.org, brokensonnet.com, fall-out.org, I think those domains are nowhere to be found now. I became busy with school and church so i stopped at late 2006 until i ended my college. I tried to make some blogs but they were not succesful. I came back after college and the blogging world became a little different.

BEFORE:
1.) My online friends are people with the same age as mine (at that time), teenagers and talented aspiring artists.
2.) We design our own layouts/themes and i was looking forward to see new designs almost monthly.
3.) Tagboards were empty or half-empty. XD
4.) Blogs were more diary-like, people were quite emo.
5.) No-no to advertisements.

NOW:
1.) My online friends are people of different ages, mostly 20 up like me.
2.) Most people use pre-designed templates.
3.) Tagboards are busy and often victim to spamming. XD
4.) More information in blogs, lesser personal stuff.
5.) More advertisements, more possible earnings.

I think BEFORE still exists it's just me that shifted from BEFORE to NOW or this blog is actually a mix. BUT still, we can not deny the change that online marketing has done with the blogging world.
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I have 450+ MB unused space (for now) in boatsong.net, i'm thinking of having subdomain hostees but i have to learn about it before accepting hostees.

Earnings Update

2008-10-22T09:35:00.007+08:00

I discovered the possibility of online earnings 3 months ago and i stayed with paid writing and blogging. For now, I only write for Ciao.com and Triond.com.

TRIOND
I wrote some articles and they're gaining some cents per day. lol. I don't write often so it's ok. For some articles, about 7 articles, i've been paid $3.95. And i haven't written anything in the whole month of September.

CIAO
I gained $5.62 in my first month with 5 simple reviews and some ratings for other members. I just tried this if they are really paying, and they did pay me. They pay if your account reaches $5. So i'm focusing on Ciao now because it's quite easy.

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PAID POSTS
I'm just starting on this, i think my blog is ready and i've signed up to the sites three months ago. I'm now on Buyblogreviews where i've never won a bid and just starting out in Socialspark. Any tips for me? thanks.

Just these, i think i had a good start.

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Less Blogging

2008-10-15T08:19:00.003+08:00

I have decided to blog less because i want to focus on studying some things. With that, i can also have time to bloghop and give more meaningful comments (and return comments).

PAGE RANK
What do you see, 0 or 3?

SEMBREAK
I spent my last sembreak in front of the desktop watching the episodes of Naruto from the very first episode to the start of the filler episodes. And then i skipped the filers and read the manga, and then went to Shippuden episodes and then continued with the manga. :)

Thanks for the comments and awards, online friends. Godbless. :)

Forums and Dreams

2008-10-12T14:35:00.005+08:00

I've been lurking and posting around some forums these days. One forum is tfichurch which is an unofficial forum for all the TFI church members across the Philippines. It's quite fun to share about our faith and ministries especially the Multimedia team.

Another forum is PhilWeavers. I was visiting this site years ago but i just decided to join last month. There's so much to learn from here if you are into web designing and web developing. I also knew that i'm not alone with my sentiment ~~regarding~~ against the Friendster profile (customized) designs. I'm also not the only one who has a non-art course wanting to venture into graphic design. Etc...

I got inspired. Now i want to be graphic artist/web developer/web designer. :)

Joomlers

2008-10-10T07:44:00.005+08:00

This is supposed to be Job Fair day, but we do not have water supply since last night so i can not go there yet. I actually lost my passion for that job fair, maybe because i'm thinking that the local companies that would be there are still the call centers of the city. I'm not discriminating call centers but i've just decided that i want a job that's related with arts, web designing, programming or engineering. :)

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For the online life, i joined Philweavers.net and post some responds and questions there. It's a really nice site if you are into web designing. I also played around my cPanel and messed up with Joomla! -> i really do not know what it is but since i've been always reading about it, i decided to install it because it's available. I signed up for Odesk.com and they give me daily updates about the available freelance works and most of the works involve using this Joomla thing. I kind of understand it now.

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God bless.

Wednesday morning post

2008-10-08T07:33:00.007+08:00

I woke up early to do my daily early tasks and then i'm here typing. I submitted the resume yesterday and am continually looking for job opportunities. I decided to just go on studying things and making art. I have a volunteer work where i have to make some characters for a website. One character's almost finished and she doesn't look really good, there are many flaws in my attempt to use Illustrator. It's like a patience killer, especially if you do not group parts of your work together. It's still a good thing to learn from experiences and mistakes.

Looks ok here, but when i zoom it, it's quite messy.

My coding is a mess! I wondered why I'm having problems about feed. So, i checked my site through a feed validator service and got so many errors. I don't want to fix this layout anymore. I'll just try to make a cleaner layout next time...OR i might try to fix this now.

Job Fair! Thanks to the Masskara Festival, there will be a job fair on Friday. lol. update: I did not attend this job fair. XD

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Responses to comments from the previous post:
Eugene: Thank you. :P
Kathryn: Thanks, i really have to have patience and confidence too, take care. :P
Tykez: Thanks for commenting. God bless in schooling. I just wanted to have a simple blog and a more personal-feel to my layout with minimal ads. :P

Day of Monday

2008-10-06T16:33:00.002+08:00

So i called that company and the girl told me that there are no vacancies, but i can submit my resume, so i will do that tomorrow. So, i'm still jobless, i just do not want to venture into the call center world for now (or ever?) I will still study some useful things here at home.

I'm wondering why Moneysense picked Bacolod as the no.1 place to live in the Philippines. There's a scarcity of job opportunities here...hehe, sounds bitter. :P
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I just discovered that there is Nuffnang Philippines already. Just some months ago when i wanted to join that site, it was only available for Malaysia and Singapore. Good thing, it's now available here. I checked the site and it looks cool. The Analytics part is awesome.

I just realized that i kept on clicking that Nuffnang ad to go to their site --> that's bad right?

Oh well, bye, Godbless.

Job Hunting?

2008-10-04T17:56:00.006+08:00

I am searching for jobs through the internet and it is quite frustrating. I am watching updates (yah, watching, like watching grasses grow) from jobstreet, jobsdb and all other job sites. I also look for IT companies through wikimapia, from Bacolod's map. hehe. Doing that is quite entertaining. It is a Google Earth map, but people are allowed to put labels. I actually saw the names of my two college teachers there, it was funny. I found 1 potential company from that map.

I also had a day when me and two other classmates submitted resumes to the establishments in Bacolod. I submitted about 9 resumes for that day. Only one called and interviewed and i believe i failed that interview. On Monday, i will go to this building to submit an application ( I would have to call them first to see if the position is still open) although, i have already submitted an application by e-mail. hehe. They actually might be annoyed with me.

I just do not want to be late because almost a month ago, i saw a job posting that i really liked. It was Thursday but i submitted on Monday. When I called them, the girl told me that they already have a line up for that job. Yeah, and i thought, all the Engineering, IT and IT related grads in Bacolod + all the other job hunters are waiting too, just like me, so i have to be quick and most of all, ready.

I'm just armed with prayer and holding on to God's promises. haha. If it's for me, it's for me!

I'm Back!

2008-10-02T11:14:00.001+08:00

Yes, finally i have finished this layout. After almost a month of not updating, I decided to revive this blog and turn it from a niche blog to a personal blog.

I reverted back to the blogger classic templates because i still do not give enough time to learn xml. Besides, i learned and reviewed many valuables lessons upon making this layout.

I also removed unnecessary things like ads, the world visitor map, mybloglog, and homepagesfriends banner.

I can not remember my cbox account so i can not change the colors of it.
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I missed blogging, and the bloghopping, i knew that Google Pagerank Update was done already and i didn't acquire any rank, still in the zero-ness. But I'm glad that my Alexa and Technorati ranks are doing good.

Online Earnings? well, i've put that down some steps away from my top priorities, as i have read somewhere, profit will come from what you enjoy doing. hehe.
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Anyway, i searched for cupcakes in Flickr for this layout and that got me drooling over those cute and yummy-looking cupcakes, why don't you try looking at Bakerella's photostream.

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For the personal side, I still am jobless, i submitted some applications in the passed month and this month but still am not hearing anything from them.

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Do you have a Deviantart? Mine is Summersent. :)

Okay Godbless!

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For the person(s) who commented on my last post:

Kittykat - thanks for the comment! :)

Not yet

2008-09-09T09:40:00.003+08:00

Not yet back. but soon. anyway, it's almost 3 months for Meia already. Yes, and i'm keeping this blog. I worked hard for this.

Rest

2008-09-05T16:05:00.002+08:00

On hiatus - me will think first about what to do with this blog.

To my fave online friends: Justine, Kittykat, Gerald, Claire -> thanks for the visits and awards. Me will rest for a while. :)

Listen to Slicethepie.com

2008-08-28T14:49:00.001+08:00

Another website that i have discovered through mylot is Slicethepie.com. As a Scout, you can go to scout rooms and listen to songs of different genres. Here, you can rate the songs from 0-10 and then give comments about the song you've heard. There are levels to being a scout that will determine the payment for every song you rate.

Yes: As a music liker, i really enjoyed the site at first. But this site will be best for those who are music lovers and are equipped enough to give constructive criticisms for the artists in the site. The artists are mostly amateurs and they really need quality feedback. The pay is alright for me, considering it's not too much work. I can even browse other sites while listening to the songs.

No: There were some songs that i find hard to give comments to. I don't want to give comments such as “It's ok, the best, good work” because it will affect my scouting level. I might get stuck with my current level if i do that. Also, i find it boring when it's done for hours,because of the mixed genres i'm listening to. Some songs are not my type but i just judge them not personally but musically So, my plot is to go to the site whenever i feel like listening to music and then do the scouting.

This is also a site for artists, if you have an amateur band or you are recording your songs, you can sign up for as an artist and get your songs be judged. That will really be helpful. Just check out Slicethepie.com.

Earning With Mylot

2008-08-28T14:03:00.003+08:00

I first read about mylot months ago from the forum of bloggertalk.net, but there was a negative testimony there that was why i did not consider signing up for it. Then, while i was continuing my search to earn from the internet, i always seem to come across the name of mylot as a source of extra earning and information.

Mylot is a social community just like Friendster but it is more dedicated to the discussions rather than the socializing part. Here, you can be paid to start new topics and respond to existing topics. You can also rate (+ or -) the posts of the mylot members. The calculation for mylot earnings, as i have read is not clearly stated but there are some succesful mylot members who gave tips on how to achieve the minimum payout for mylot beginners.

x Make your posts meaningful. Never post one word replies, because it will be deleted and do not respond to one word replies because your post will be deleted too.
x If you are starting a new discussion, upload an image with it. Upload many images, that's what one mylot newbie told me as the reason why he reached a dollar with just 50+ posts.
x Post in different topics.
x Make use of every feature mylot has.

I'm still new to mylot so i don't have much to say or advise to mylot starters. I find this site very informative if you are on the quest to making money online. I am just annoyed by too much discussions about PTC (paid to click) since i don't do PTC anymore. I gave ALL of them up. Oh, maybe i can use my betiti.com funds for advertising Meia online. Anyway, just try Mylot if you haven't yet. Sign up to mylot.

Visions of the Future Art Contest

2008-08-18T17:41:00.005+08:00

Since I joined deviantart, I dreamed of having a graphics tablet. My dream is to become a great artist in deviantart, just like them. I was starting fine then but because of my schedule and works in school, i was not able to fulfill that dream. Now, that i have graduated, it is my time to get back. I really want to have a tablet. That's why I've been eyeing on the wacom site for their contests. The latest contest is about the future.

The contest is about your dream, your imaginations about the future. What or how do you want your future to be? Exactly, the year is 2088, you have to capture all your thoughts about the year 2088 into a digital masterpiece. Will there still be trees? What will be the role of robots then? Will there be mobile buildings?

The contest is divided into two. The first is in the topic, “Life in the Year 2088” and the other is “Hero of the Year 2088” wherein you can win an Intuos3 6x8 or 6x11 for both category.

But first, to join the Contest, you have to be from the Asia-Pacific. According to the official website , this does not include the countries China, Hong Kong and Japan. You can only submit one entry in JPG, GIF or PNG. Make sure to submit your work on or before September 30, 2008.

For more contest rules and other essential detials, go to wacom asia pacific contest page.

My experience with PTC's

2008-08-14T11:24:00.004+08:00

Paid to Click sites are really increasing nowadays and in the last 4 days, I have signed up to 14 of them. Call me a newbie in this PTC craze. So, for some days, I was clicking ads and signing up for new PTC sites. Some are not just PTC sites but GPT or get paid to sites like get paid to read, surf, sign-up. After a few days, I became tired of clicking and doing these things. Imagine, having to click a hundred links for three months everyday. And i don't and will not use an auto-click script. It's not enjoying anymore and i was wasting my time. I think it's a strategy for the PTC business to accept the ads from other PTC sites so that the clickers will be enticed to sign-up to other PTC sites and then after some days, these clickers will get tired and stop clicking and the some cents that they have gained will not be given to them because they have not reach the minimum cashout amount. So, these PTC sites are really gaining, eh? I'm one of those clickers who gave up. Being a clicker, yes, but i'm still considering building a small blog for the referrals.

update: I have heard some not so nice comments about bux.to, i'm still trying a few now, and after i tested them and got paid, then i will look for referrals. :)

An August 2008 blog contest

2008-08-14T10:44:00.006+08:00

In my search my earning in the internet, i have also thought of joining contests. They are easy to locate but I do not have enough motivation to do all the requirements of these contests. I have been searching for August 2008 blog contests now. If you are also looking, here's one: The Crunch Now Contest. You can win an Ipod Nano and $250 Gift Card. Just go there for the details, okay: Crunch Now Contest.

I got the pic from letsgodigital.org thanks

Get paid to answer surveys

2008-08-13T09:31:00.010+08:00

In my search for some ways to earn in the internet, I have gained this idea about paid surveys, but it was sad to discover that most online surveys are just for the US and Canada residents. As well as most gpt or get-paid to sites. But i found one paid survey site that is for international users. I have also seen proofs that they really pay. Sign up to DNeero.

Here i posted answers to a survey about the events that are happening in the month of August. There are so many different things that are happening in this month: wars in countries and in the Philippines (Mindanao area), the Olympics, the prices going up, etc. Take a look at my answers:

update August 24, 2008, new survey about Biden and Obama

What is xml?

2008-08-12T19:08:00.006+08:00

It is bothering me. I need to make layouts for my blogs. I need to make clean ones. Years ago i knew how to make html sites to make blogger templates and also learned to make wordpress themes. But being away from the blogging world for so long, i think I have to relearn and learn new things. When i got back, blogger is using this xml already, and my layouts have to be widget-ready. This is not neat. But still challenges me. I still have no work and I still do have time. But right now, my brother shares my laptop with me, because he learned how to play an mmorpg. This is quite frustrating.

Right now, i am searching for xml tutorials, e-books anyone? or suggestions? I need to learn that. I'm still on the search. I also wanted to have my own domain but doesn't have enough money, i really don't have because i don't have work yet. I just started to look for legit online jobs: GPT's and they realy give me headaches. Get paid to click, surf, read, display ads, discuss, etc. I am not really going to stay in all of those, i'm just trying some. Arghh, all of these stuff are tiring. But i'm still happy that i'm alive. Thank God.

Featuring 11 Fan Art Artists of Deviantart

2008-08-08T09:44:00.016+08:00

Do you have a deviantart account? I have lots of accounts there from 2005. But I have a permanent one. Okay, deviantart is the place for the artists – for the amateur, aspiring and professional alike. If you like anime, you can check fanart artists there. But if you are having a hard time looking for artists, this article might help you. I have been observing, watching or fav-ing everyone's work here, that's why I can feature them. They all have something in common, just figure it out. I decided not to post their works here, you better check their galleries. And remember, they all hate art-thieves. Just click their red names to go to their galleries:

1.) kunoichi-san – She is an artist residing in Poland and a fan of Yondaime (Minato). My favorites among her works are the Naruto-Hinata and Yondaime artworks.

2.) idnar – Idnar is more on the realistic aspect. It's nice to see a realistic Orochimaru, Sasuke and many others.

3.) NorthenBanshee – Another one in the semi-realistic to realistic scene. My favorite would the Akatsuki (Red Moon Inc.). Just find that one.

4.) Melllorine - Melllorine's works are mostly Naruto characters. I just love her choice of colors.

5.) toontwins - You must check them if you are a Naruto fan and want to laugh.

6.) pokefreak - A gallery mostly of Naruto characters again. My favorite of which is the Uchiha family portrait *sad*.

7.) saifongjunfan - She is a very good artist from the Philippines. She also likes both Naruto and Avatar. My favorite from her works is the portrait of Prince Zuko (Banished).

8.) nekozumi - Nekozumi's main works are of Naruto and Bleach. I thought some were screenshots at first.

9.) nekoni - Colorful works. Check Nekoni's Naruto Tensei manga. :)

10.) sasorisama - Sasorisama is residing in Spain. Featured in his works are the Uchiha brothers, Naruto, Sakura, Kakashi and more of Naruto...and of course there's Sasori.

11.) guardianspirit - Yay! i've just discovered Guardianspirit (my favorite now). I really admire her use of colors, the soft touch of her artworks and the humor also. She is always featuring the Akatsuki members. Just check my fave -> Slumber Party.

12.) Me! - Joke!

Remembering Three Classic RPG’s.

2008-08-07T17:32:00.010+08:00

I'm not a pro, mad or addict gamer. I am just one who enjoys spending some time playing games especially RPGs. Looking back, i remember some games that really gave me challenges and fun. There are three:

1.) Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete. It is one of my favorite RPG. Being an anime-liker, the little anime clips are really fun and entertaining, especially the songs of Luna. The game play resembles a typical rpg battle scene. The storyline is good too. There are colorful characters and love teams. Here, I learned about the importance of stacking plenty of HP and MP potions before a boss fight.

This is the intro song of the game,all the major characters and villains are shown here. *This is nostalgia.*

This is the video for Luna's Boat Song. This features Luna and Alex.

2.) Star Ocean: The Second Story. Excellent gameplay, with skills and the battle scene is different because your characters will not stand in a straight line and wait for your command. They will do their own fighting or healing and you can choose whom to control. My favorites to control back then were Claude and Ashton. Here you can choose to play the story of Claude or Rena and you can end the story in many ways. The downside is too many conversations. You can also be fed up with Celine’s spells. Just when you are enjoying the slashing, time will suddenly stop to make way for Celine’s falling stars. But she is a real damager. That’s why I like to have mages as characters. There is a manga and an anime (Star Ocean Ex) for SO2 also.

These are all the characters.

This is the first episode( part 1) of the anime adaptation, Star Ocean Ex.

3.) Final Fantasy VIII. This is the first FF i played. At first I didn’t like the idea of a 3-d game because I was used to 2d. But I was amazed at the CG movies. They all look good and the story is full of mystery. It was also a game where I remembered being so nervous when attackers come or when I have to face bosses. The game was lent to me back in high school by a friend/classmate. Along with the cds, she also handed me a two-inch thick (as I remembered) printed walkthrough of the game. That’s why I was so fast. My favorite back then was Zell, the tattoo-face boy.

The dance scene of Rinoa and Squall.

For the pictures, thanks to: 1, 2, and 3. Thanks to Youtube uploaders for the videos. :)

My brother is playing too.

2008-08-01T16:53:00.005+08:00

My younger brother is not home this time, so i can write about him. He asked me to make a Cabal account for him. After some arguments, i still made him one. I haven't visited the game in almost a month (i think) or 3 weeks. I was fed up because the servers were always full.

Then he played. He chose to be a blader. And i think he is really enjoying it now. I never thought he would because he doesn't like rpg's. He's always into NBA live and have no patience in roaming around the villages, distributing points and planning. Hmm, now i have a competition in using my laptop. That's why i tried to install the game in our old desktop but it's too slow for mmorpg's. Okay, but it's still fine. I know he's going to surpass my level soon. There's a possibility that i'll delete this part. :)

MANGA - NARUTO 411

It was boring. hehe. It was all about Sasuke. I want to see other characters!

ANIME

I really don't have much time about anime this days. But i just download. Someone from Friendship and Counseling Forum told me that Macross Frontier is a good one. Someone from deviantart recommended Claymore. Aarggh, so many animes, so little time. I haven't even watched the ending episodes of avatar. Avatar is already finished? that's really sad.

13 online games to keep you busy.

2008-07-29T21:29:00.029+08:00

The internet will be a little boring without online games. There are complex games like mmorpg 's that would keep you addicted for years. But right now, I am featuring these simple games that I have stumbled upon in the last week. I tried every game here so that I can give you some information and tips. I also marked my favorites. So whether you are are at home, school, office or anywhere with your computer (with internet), you can enjoy these games as much as I did.

1.) http://www2.framestore-cfc.com/ FAV!
FRAMESTORE: POLAR PERIL. Bear jumping game. You have to wait for it to load if you don't have a faster connection. Tip: just touch the ice blocks, you don't really have to step into them.

2.)http://www.square-bear.co.uk/games/quiz.htm
TRIVIA SQUARES. Quiz game. Tip: be sure to watch the bear with number 3.

3.) http://www.keepbusy.net/play.php?id=open-doors FAV!
OPEN DOORS. Just get to the X which is the exit but it won't be easy. Tip: Take your time (you need plenty of time) and think think think.

4.) http://www.juliasneedledesigns.com/Air%20Force%20Test%20Game.htm
AIR FORCE TEST GAME. Click and hold the red square and do your best not to touch the sides and all the other square. I can't even reach 5 sconds.

5.) http://theblacktop.com/ahh.swf
AAHHHH!! Just don't let that stick touch the edges.

6.) http://www.shockwave.com/content/shuffle/sis/shuffle.swf FAV!
SHUFFLE. Very fun game. Tip: Just hit hard between two marbles.

7.) http://dagobah.biz/flash/Cursor_Invisible.swf
CURSOR INVISIBLE. I cannot understand at first but it was fun. Tip: just try it.

8.) http://www.onemorelevel.com/games/avoider.html FAV!
AVOIDER. Very fun. Just keep your cursor safe! Tip: That guy can not penetrate through the sides but his nasty gadgets can.

9.) http://mazzanet.id.au/ball.php
BALL. Very frustrating. Tip: just take it easy, calmly.

10.) http://www.cafecafegames.com/games/239/battle-mechs.html
BATTLE MECHS. Good game. RPG-type battle. You really have to decide well.

11.) http://www.plasticmartians.com/play.php?gameID=5
PLASTIC BALLS. Nice game just like the classic Arkanoid.

12.) http://www.mojang.com/notch/mario/ FAV!
INFINITE MARIO BROTHERS. Very very very fun! Brings back memories.

13.) http://www.ivoryboy.com/difference.html
5 DIFFERENCES. A typical spot the difference game. I gave up after spotting 4.

12 Cool and Cute USB Designs

2008-07-22T20:45:00.022+08:00

How does your USB look like? Mine is just looking usual unlike the ones down. While most of us are using and buying USB's in the tradtional shapes and sizes, some people that are techy + creative are making unique designs of these memory sticks. Of course, they're USB's, in the technical side, they're all the same. But when we want to showcase our individuality through our USB's, it's not a crime to spend, right? I've searched for images of usb designs and chose the cute looking ones to feature. There are so many designs, but I just chose 12.

1.) USB with crystals for a glamorous nerd. (That's not me :P)

2.) Cute to the max. I really like the drawings and color combinations used.

3.) Halo 3 USB design.

4.) Mickey mouse shape with photo frame is cute too. I like the reddish one.

5.) A robot USB design. I just remembered my college life. lol.

6.) Doggie bones. The colors are neat too.

7.) For the sake of sake. I just remembered Rock Lee. Cool looking laptop there.

8.) That set looks yummy.

9.) The old tape has been revived with this tape USB design.

10.) Yummy or is this really USB?

11.) I want the pink one.

12. The wooden design. This is probably my favorite.

All the pictures used in this blog post are not mine. I got them from different sites and I didn't have the time and will to trace the original owners of the pictures. Thank you.

The 2nd Annual ARTWORK T-shirt Design Competition

2008-07-15T11:44:00.004+08:00

I passed by the mall and saw the posters for The 2nd Annual ARTWORK T-shirt Design Competition. I was looking for an e-mail address or website to pass the design but learned that I have to go inside and ask about it so i did.

(I was first pretending to look at the T-shirts) and later I went straight to the counter to ask. She told me that I have to buy the detergent box-looking box with the shirt inside for P80. After thinking for some seconds, i asked my mother to give me P30 because I only have P50 in my pocket. So I bought the box and wrote my name on the notebook.

I got home and opened the box and read the guidelines written on it. The shirt is not white, it is somewhat very light brown or dirty white or beige(?) and for me, that's really nice. I searched for the contest in the web and there's little info about it. But i'm really excited for it. Hahaha. : ) lol.

Now , i have to make a design for two months or so. Deadline is on September 15, 2008. I have to pass it to the same Artwork branch where I bought the box.

Prizes are: (as i remembered, because the box is not by my side right now)

1st: trip to Macau + 25,000 pocket money
2nd: P15, 000
3rd: P 7,000
consolation prizes (7): P 3,000

Also, the contest is opened for the artists 13-25 years old. Yes, go to Artwork now! :P

Naruto 408: Fukasaku's Proposal

2008-07-13T23:38:00.004+08:00

408 started with team Falcon heading to the land of Thunder to chase the Eight-tailed beast. Sasuke's team didn't have much problem in seeking the container of the tailed beast because Sasuke's brand new Sharingan eye came in handy. The man they were questioning even though he was ready to die just to protect the container of the beast, didn't stand the powerful eye that can hypnotize. So he told the truth.

While in Naruto's side, Fukasaku (the toad master) invited Naruto to train in the Sage Arts so it would probably be next issue's story. Naruto will be trained by Fukasaku, just like Jiraiya, and I know eventually, he will surpass Jiraiya. They better hurry because Pain's heading to Konoha already.

Nothing too much for 408, something unusual would be the Falcon team wearing the Akatsuki coats. And yes, they did. So they are officially Akatsuki now. I wonder if they have nail polish too, and what specific color. And do you think they have these individual rings too? And who does the nail polish jobs or is this some kind of jutsu for instant nail colors?

I must sleep now, I can't really think well if I am not getting enough sleep. Good night. :)

Nescafe CLickCLique

2008-07-10T19:22:00.010+08:00

Have you seen the latest commercial of Nescafe? There was a normal human boy entering college. He entered the cafeteria or food court and he felt a little out of place. The ~~people~~ consumers in the food court are actually aliens. Hmm, I'm not really a fan of aliens, that's why It is a really weird commercial for me. Anyway, it's their idea. I actually understood that commercial when this happened:

I passed by the Level Up site and saw this cute ad from Nescafe.

Running from June 10 - August 10, 2008 is the Nescafe 3in1 ClickClique Promo. Associated with Friendster, here you should make your own alien character and have as many friends as possible in able to win an Apple Macbook Air. For the secondary prize, the 100 friends of the winner will win 1G limited edition NESCAFÉ 3in1 alien USB flash drives.

ADD MY ALIEN! ...Please ----->

Name: Engr. Alien
Only 2 friends for now. Top alien has 1700+ friends. whew. I know it's kind of late for me to win that Macbook now. But i really want a light-weight laptop, that i can bring anywhere...with all those features. I should have known about that promo earlier! I should have passed by the LU site more often. Well, if it's not for me then it's ok. :)

Cabal Servers Problem

2008-07-08T14:56:00.007+08:00

Cabal PH has 5 servers as of now: Venus, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn and there are 32 channels in each server. But i'm still wondering why the servers are still jam packed that it is always very hard to enter the game.

I was wondering about the right time to enter. Maybe in weekdays from 1 to 5 PM wherein, the student gamers are having classes but still, servers are full. Not AM, because I can't start my day with games. I' thought of 5-6PM wherein students go home, gamers have a break and eat probably, rest their eyes, etc. I've tried it once and I entered the game instantly.

IF each server has 32 channels that can accommodate 100 players each, that would be 16000 players playing at the same time and that's why it's called massively multiplayer orpg.

Possible Causes:

X New Game – Hey, a quite popular mmorpg is finally in the PH, every gamer's excited to try it.

X Advertisement – Maybe the television advertisement enticed too much players. That advertisement looked yummy.

X Bots – Some players can't resist to use bots. There is a word verification after the login page for bots but i think they still exist in the servers.

I believe e-games is doing something about this in the background. But many players just can't be patient especially if they are Premium users or in the internet cafes. I hope e-games can add another server.

Cabal, finally.

2008-07-06T10:43:00.002+08:00

I finally get to play this new game. My downloading in rapidshare changed from a file a day to several files a day so i was able to download the cabal files faster. I unzipped the 1st part and installed. I had a problem with Gameguard and downloading the latest patch provided by the e-games blog solved the problem.

I started playing, i made a random character in Saturn server just to roam around and test the game. My character is a FA. I decided to have an archer because I want a long-range attacker and my dream is to be a buffer also. That was a dream from Flyff where my future RM was stucked at level 12, because of the Smartbro - LU problem. It was not very interesting for me at first (up to this moment). I'm still a newbie here, and these are my observations:

excuse my newbieness.

x In distributing points, you have to decide first because it won't ask for a confirmation, once you add a point it's final.
x Some monsters drop many many money.
x It's hard to get in, especially at night, servers are packed.
x People dance here. lol.

It's really hard to get in. I can probably do some other things.

Why I can't play Flyff PH

2008-06-16T12:25:00.007+08:00

I'm still a newbie in flyff (but not very much) and i REALLY enjoyed the game. I had to start over my mage because of the stats distribution problem. So i did and i was making sure the stats are correct. I planned everything. I researched hard about the future second job. I decided not to duel for a clean name. I started selling. I made 5 selling accounts for 5 selling characters. 1 for each job and 1 for quest items. I was earning a lot of Penya with the quest items. but...

One day, i entered Bubble server and I read a message: "Cannot connect to the game please check the network." And it is up to three + months now. So sad. I even called SmartBro, but still can't solve the problem. I just missed the game, my friends, i really missed the feeling of someone buying you stuff. Hehe, and a lot of Penyas.

And i know there are a lot of Smartbro subscribers experiencing this. huhu, Poor us. Why us?!

Update: LU finally had something to say about this. Just check this and do the things that it says. I really don't have the time and will(right now) to do those step by steps. I'll do them someday and I'll update you. If you have the same problem and was helped by LU, please tell me.

Penya - money in Flyff

Naruto 404 - Akatsuki and Falcon

2008-06-16T07:44:00.003+08:00

Ok. Naruto 404 reminds me of a page error. Ok, Naruto 404 is better. After eating flashbacks in the last two chapters of Naruto, it's good to see the new chapter showing a real continuation to the story.

First, the continuation of Akatsuki story. Kisame knew that Tobi is Madara, and he even called him Mizukage. Sasuke's team (Falcon) is now teaming up with Akatsuki. Of course, Sasuke's goal is to destroy Konoha by killing the elders and Akatsuki's goal is to get the nine-tailed beast for world domination.

Second, Naruto's, Finally, he knew about his mentor's death and of course he was shocked.

... So, i didn't expect that Sasuke will go with Akatsuki. But i don't know if they will really be a part of Akatsuki. It would be interesting to see them in coats with red clouds, the rings and nail art. But...i don't think so. So, after all, Madara's plan is to use Sasuke. He (Sasuke) is a lot powerful now, He's like the Uchiha's + Orochimaru + Itachi now. But i believe he still have a soft heart. And with all these Akatsuki + Falcon plannings, i think some characters will be dead in the next chapters. I hope it wouldn't have to be Kakashi or Tsunade. lol. And i want to see the others in action like Tenten, Neji and Lee again.

the manga: OneManga

CABAL Online: The Revolution of Action

2008-06-12T14:46:00.004+08:00

CABAL Online is a FREE to play mmorpg that is in Open Beta Testing for some time under E-Games in the Philippines. Just like other RPG's, you have a variety of classes to choose from.

from the official website:

Warrior: The best melee fighter who possesses powerful fencing skills.
Wizard: Ultimate Destroyer, the Ruler of the Force.
Blader: The deadly blade dancer, the fastest dual sword user.
Force Archer: The sniper that fires deadly force shots that cut through the wind.
Force Shielder: The faithful warrior that uses the force to shield others.
Force Blader: Swordsman whose blade flares with the force.

So, after seeing posters of this game and even the television advertisement, I really would like to play this game. I have already registered for the OBT but had problems with the downloading. See this page if you want to download the game. At first glance, I was happy to see many links but after i tried downloading (picking the torrent first) I was quite disappointed because of the slowness. I tried rapidshare but i can only download a file a day. And for megaupload, i needed to download their toolbar. I just sticked with rapidshare.

So the game. I wanted to be a BUFFER! I always wanted to help and heal. If you are wondering who is the buffer class, it's the Force Archers. ARCHER? i really don't like RPG archers. From MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, they have been the ones that are pvp maniacs, the boastful, angas ones (peace) But it's just their impression on me.

So, it's already June 12, check the game and probably you can inform me. hehe.

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Noobs section:
Noob - newbie or a newcomer, you are new to a thing.
pvp - player vs. player
rpg - role-playing game
mmorpg - massively multiplayer online role-playing game
OBT - open beta testing
buffer - in mmorpg, the one that enhances the player, example heal you or raise your strength or defense

other potentially helpful links (for starters):
playpark

mmosite

Happy Start Day.

2008-06-12T14:38:00.001+08:00

Happy Independence Day Philippines. So, it is also the day that i will restart to blog. Now i will blog about my interests that are games and anime. So this blog will give you information and my opinions about the said topics. Comments are appreciated.

update: i also added some topics: internet, money making online, design and arts.