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Monday, 10 March 2014

Feisty Returns

‎03/‎08/‎2014 08:31:12 AM

I wrote a piece similar to this a few months ago, only to have my cellphone get stolen. It's just good thing that I managed to recall the words there.

It's been three months since these two guys announced their return. And now, the universe is pounding on them as 'heels.'

It was during late December when both Brock Lesnar and Batista announced their comeback to the World Wrestling Entertainment, with the former preferring to do so in a much lesser hype, and much even distorted direction (he was also rumored to return to the Ultimate Fighting Championship). He first slated hat during the very last WWE Monday program of 2013.

But hell yeah, the duo of grappler Lesnar and his advocate Paul Heyman had done so in an Old School Raw episode and threw a much even feisty shot against Mark Henry. So feisty, Brock broke Mark's shoulder. Until Big Show confronted the brutal guy and threw him like a crapping log.

It was at the Royal Rumble though when he avenged the humiliating moment with about 20 vicious steel chair shots. The problem though is that the Beast incarnate turned out to be some kind of literally, a beast. I mean something that is totally out of hand. The sports entertainment promotion fined him $10 grand, but come on, it's just like another cheap penny stock right there.

Plus, he is so disappointed his manager Paul Heyman said he did not earn a shot to confront the WWE-world titlist at Wrestlemania on April (but who gives a shit to bag that bragging right on him anyway). But anyway, he still earns a blockbuster match against the returning Undertaker (wait a sec; now that seems to be creepy).

Let's move to the Animal's side. Yes, he returned. He confronted the champ of champion named Randy Orton. But after thwarting the emerging Roman Reigns out of the WWE's over the top rope battle, seems everyone at disbelief.

It seems it hurts the most considering this: heels like Alberto Del Rio Dolph Ziggler, and Orton himself have been feuding with Batista for over two months, and these typical 'heels' turned their roles around in the eyes of the fans. Two of these three wrestlers are usually earned boos and jeers from the WWE universe.

Now, it's a different tide.

Dave though is trying to unleash that attitude towards the fans. The problem though is that as Triple H brought his old friends back to the company, we are facing different taste and perceptions. Attitude era was killed by the PG one (which the credit goes to those so-called 'concerned parent groups' to which I retaliated and rebutted "why on earth would you give a chance to watch your children such a violent sporting activity like wrestling anyway?")

The question though is that will these guys can really bring that 'attitude' back? We'll never know but it's really a very tough one to contest.

Saturday, 8 March 2014

The Scene Around: Ellen's Opening Branch at Ermita, Manila

2/22/2014 11:50:20 AM

Here’s what I spotted last month.

It was the near-end of January when I personally strolled around the Ermita area to witness the opening of the Ellen’s aesthetics branch there. See more photos below.

Several bloggers, reporters from the media, and celebrities flocked the third floor of the Silver Oaks hotel for the formal opening of the 37-year beauty business’ 11^th branch. The event was formally slated at three in the afternoon, with Ellen Lising’s nephew organizing the event.

I have to be honest with the guy though. He's a total neophyte in organizing events. Well, let's give him the benefit of the doubt. I do believe he will learn more when it comes on that aspect soon.

Blogger friends sailorstar catcher and Axl were with me (until I need to do some errands in the eastern side of the metropolis during mid-afternoon and back) during the day. Well, they were actually witnessed more happenings during the inaugural stage than I do.

Ellen’s daughter Janice Lising is also there; so were Sheena Halili, Matet De Leon and several actresses.

In lieu with the even, Ellen herself offered a free facial service to two of the numerous bloggers present at the event. While the others like yours truly managed to avail their gift certificate amounting to five hundred pesos.

So the next asking thing is… will the beauty experiment will work on me? Find out. Don’t worry… I’ll keep you updated anyway.

Friday, 7 March 2014

Scoring Bombs

‎03/‎08/‎2014 7:53:40 AM

Here's what we can describe to the week that was in the basketball world: bunch of scoring barrages (at least for the nth time).

First, we'll highlight this huge scoring efforts from Charlotte's big man Al Jefferson. He had a 38-point, 19-rebound performance against the Miami Heat. Now, clearly, he is on the verge of breaking out again anytime soon, which is good. Well, the Bobcats really needed that, considering they will have a winning run sooner or later.

And he followed it up with another surprise performance of 34 points and a much surprising win over the East leader Indiana Pacers. Yes, they may lead the conference, but they were on a losing streak either.

After his 54 points some few weeks ago, Kevin Durant fired another huge contest again. 42 points. In a team where offense comes in flurry variety of ways, KD's numbers aren't really surprising. But the idea where he's doing it more recent, and with other players stepping up, he's just the typical standout out there. The performance even overshadowed a quick triple double by point guard Russell Westbrook. Say, the 0 guy can already had more assists as his partner scorer can really nail buckets like that.

How does it feel if you are the opposing team and then, they played with aggressive on you? Though nothing deeper on its intention, it seems to be that way. Look at this statistic: 52 free throws made out of their 64 attempts in the game. The credit actually goes to the Minnesota Timberwolves for their physical play which prompted their opponent the Denver Nuggets to foul them for almost every single time. The final result is 134-128 in favor of Kevin Love's crew. He and Kevin Martin were accountable for near-half of the entire franchise's free throws during the said contest. The duo even dominated the free throw aspect over the Nuggets itself. WOW.

And come to think that it seems to be rare to notice we can only witness the scoreboard racking 126 and above that way. The typical highest we used to see was just around 125 as the highest.

Phoenix Suns' Gerald Green just had a breakout game of his NBA career too. How about the guy scoring his personal high 41 points or an array of trey bombs and tomahawks? Some kind of nasty, eh?

And finally, how about this? A career high for LeBron James for scoring perfromance since the time he was at the Cleveland Cavaliers? It was also a franchise record. His 61 points oveshadowed Glen Rice's feat in the 90s and Bron's 56 (or 57) points of his won during his first eight seasons with then the hyped-driven Cavs. It just came short of the 62 points Carmelo Anthony scored a few months ago though. The irony is that both came at the expense of one team: the Charlotte Bobcats. Well, maybe a pure coincidence anyway.

Well, can they blame the first week of March for having individual skyrocketing scoring performaces? Well, you can't. Face it. At some point in the basketball history, it was during the econd day of March in the year 1962 when the Big Dipper did the unthinkable on that era: scoring 100 points. He had 31 of them during the fourth quarter to finish as the only player in the association to score triple digits in a single game. How about that? He had 69 in the game, and Kobe Bryant came close to that mark during the times where he was still wearing jersey number 8.

Tapos Na Ang G2B, Eh Ano Ngayon?

03/‎07/‎2014 9:49:48 PM

Ayan na, tapos na sila!!!

Kaso... eh ano ngayon? (HOY PUCHA SLICKMASTER, MANOOD KA NAMAN NITO PAG MAY TIME!)

LECHE! Wag nyo kong pilitin manood nyan. Iniistorbo nyo lang trabaho ko eh.

Biyernes ng gabi, malamang, nagtetrend ito. Kasabay ang laban ng Ginebra at Barako Bull (sakto tong marketing strategy ng PBA at TV5 ah).

Eh, lagi naman nagtetrend yan eh. At least yan ang patunay kung gaano kapatok ang isang programa. Partida, twing segue to gap lang ila naglalabas ng hashtag, di tulad ng iba na kahit may akalagay na hashtag sa isang sulok ng TV screen, hindi pa rin ganun naghihit.

Pero, tapos na ang G2B. Eh ano ngayon? Malamang, maraming mga malalanding bata ang hindi makakaget over. Which reminds me of something: naalala ko lang ang utol ko na hindi raw manunood ng G2B kapag nagkaibahan sila ng partner, only to realized "weh? di nga?" Pagkapasok ko sa bahay ay ganun na nga ang eksena pero tutok na tutok ang bruha ampucha.

Sa totoo lang, maaring wala namang problema sa mga actor at off-screen personnel eh. Sa mga malalanding fans lang nila ang meron. Siguro, dala na rin ng impact ng media sa panahon ngayon na kung saan ay mas pinapahalagahan pa ang pag-ibig kesa sa pag-aaral.

Pero malamang, hindi makakaget over ang karamihan sa mga malalanding fans nila for sure. They'll find a way para lang magtrend sila. Minsan nga kung ikaw ay isang kritiko at sabihin natin na may bagay lang sa part nila na medyo dislike mo (na hindi naman talaga isyu pero opinyon mo yan anyway), gagagawin na nilang big deal yan. Puputatehin ka ng mga gaga at tarantada. Ganun kasimple.

Pero tapos ang G2B. Eh ano ngayon? Malamang, dahil hindi nila matanggap ang pagwakas ng teleserye nila, maraming magdedemand ng panibagong project, o di naman kaya'y 'new season, please?' Hindi na bgo ang ganito. Sa totoo lang, marami namang mga magaganda ring teleserye dati (oo, may emphasis talaga sa 'dati,' dahil sobrang gasgas at airhead na lang ang karaihan mga teleserye 'ngayon' eh), na nagkakaroon ng demand. Walang masama dun, and actually, kahit naman sa kaso ngayon e (as long as dapat ay magaganda talaga ang mga kalidad ng teleseryeng pinapanood mo)

Tapos na ang G2B? May dapat pa nga bang pagtalunan? Kung wala na... okay. "Hoy, bruha! Ilipat mo nga yan sa (insert channel here). Nanunood ako ng basketball saka wrestling, nilipat mo sa mga ganyang kalandiang programang yan! Bastos ka talagang loka ka!"

Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Throwback: Tribute To Francis Magalona

3/6/2014 2:04:04 PM

It’s been six years when his untimely death shocked us. Mainstream fans, hip-hoppers, real artists, whoever you are. At least for once you appreciated his KALEIDOSCOPE WORLD under those THREE STARS AND A SUN; when he, a MAN FROM MANILA, wanted a GIRL like you to BE MINE (or should I say, “Be with him”). He really has a WHOLE LOTTA LOVIN' to warm those COLD SUMMER NIGHTS.

Yeah, talk about some kind of ‘reference bars,’ eh?

Here’s the thing. I can’t help but to watch this tribute clip for over and over again. And it’s really good.

Gloc-9 showed his passion right there. What a fitting tribute. Forget the bad-ass move that Andrew E made there. Hip-hop may have that ‘rap battle’ thing to outwit the others; but it doesn’t mean that the culture is meant to be violent.

I’m not a hip-hopper but I do believe in music, that it can bind every human being with love and respect.

Let’s set the shit aside for a while. Here’s Gloc-9, Andrew E, Hi-C, and Ron Henley on this Eat Bulaga special dated March 7, 2009 (Yes, it was a Saturday).

Rest in Peace, Master Rapper. Long live the rap music!

Sisihin Ang Kalsada?

03/‎05/‎2014 ‎12:44:54 PM

Sisihan ba ang kalsada sa katarantaduhan ng tao?

Alam mo, hindi na bago ang ganito eh. Para naman tayong nagagaguhan nito. Similar lang 'to sa mga gunggong na palamunin na palaging sinisisi ang gobyerno dahil sa di umano'y pagpapapabaya sa kanila sa kabila ng pagiging tamad at palaasa nila.

Masyado na yata tayong nilalamon ng ating pagiging parasite. Oo, ang utak natin ay parang ganun na. Isa nang parasitisimo.

Tama bang sisihin ang highway dahil sa naaksidente ka dala ng pagda-drive mo?

Teka, tama ba? Sisihin mo ang skyway dahil nahulog ka? Sabagay, may mala-bangin na paligid kasi eh. Ika nga, elevated highway.

Pero... ano ulit? TAMA BANG SISIHIN ANG KALSADA?

Eh teka ba. Alam kong pangit ang kalsadang nadadaanan mo.hindi siya international o world-class, lalo na kung disenyo ang usapan. Pero isipin mo na una, nasa third-wold country tayo kaya huwag kang umasa na magkakaroon tayo ng first-class highway in an instant, lalo na't una di ka nagbabayad ng buwis, at pangalawa, kinakamkam lang naman ng mga bwakananginang pulitko't negosyante ang mga proyektong pinagplanuhan ng gobyerno.

Pangalawa, 'wag mo nga kaming tarantaduhin dahil hindi tayo magkakaroon ng first class highway ng basta-basta kung bara-bara ka naman magmaneho. Sing-angas mo si Carabuena? Mukha mo, hanggang internet ka lang yata no.

Baka nga ni hindi ka marunong gumalang sa pedestrian lane.

At ang pagpipiling na magkaganyan tayo ay parang pagkakaroon din ng kolonyal na mentalidad. Isipin mo, sa mga siyudad tulad ng Los Angeles sa Claifronia tayo nakakita ng mala-langit na flyover o overpasss o cloverleap (kung makaluma ka), at tingin mo applicable ang mga ganyang itsura ng imprastraktura sa Pilipinas? Sabagay, kasi kailangang maibsan ang dumaraming populasyon ng Kamaynilaan, pati na rin ang mga sasakyan dito.

Pero tama bang sisihin ang kalsada? Asshole ampucha.

Tanungin nga kita. Una, buhay ba ang kalsada? As in 'living thing' ba ito tulad nating mga tao at ikaw na mala-hayop ang asta at ng mga lumilipad na ipis na kahit sa kabila ng pagiging brusko ay kinatatakutan mo nang matindi?

Pangalawa, sino ang mas may utak? Ang aspalto, semento, bakal na railing, o ikaw na may hawak ng makina, silinyador at manibela? Dahil tila di pinag-isipan ba ang dating ng proyekto? Eh ang mga tanong, ginawa mo ba ang parte mo bilang mamayan ng bansang Pilipinas? As in nagbayad ka ba ng buwis? O nagbabayad ng toll ng maayos? O bumoto ka ba ng karapat-dapat na pinuno?

O ikaw ba ay nakasisigurong alam mo ang pamantayan ng mga kalsada at imprastraktura at sigurado ka rin bang alam mo ang dapat gawain ng isang nagmamanehong nilalang?

Ulit, sino ang mas may utak? May kamalayan? May diskarte? Sila ba na basta tinayo lang sa gitna ng center island ng SLEX?

O ikaw na sobrang butaw ng driving IQ at sing tindi ng temper ng mangilan-ngiang road rager?

Isip-isip din pag may time bago mamintang ha?

Saturday, 1 March 2014

The Review: Lego Movie

2/22/2014 3:25:10 PM

Hmm, since I was a kid, LEGO used to be one of my ultimate favourite toys (aside from Matchbox and its Asian version, TOMICA, of course) But Lego was more popular than anyone else, unless you’re a girl and of course, Barbie used to be the hit for you female kids out there.

But, a building block toy, turned out to be a movie? Say, it’s like I’ve been waiting this for more than a decade and a half from my imagination. Or did anyone like saw this coming before?

Look, they got a video game thru playstation, and personal computer, and a Danish amusement park. So, who can deny this thing’s ascension to popularity?

Yes’ they’ve got a flick, they followed the likes of Barbie fairy tales, G.I. Joe action figures, Transformers, and I won’t be surprised if there’s any other similar matter who will follow the suit. Come on, let’s face it. That’s the trend we had.

But outside looking in, the movie did not do much the same level on its soundtrack. Maybe because it helped me think for too much, and too much is obviously, not good for anyone’s health. But anyway, the music is entertaining. Oh, yeah. Everything is awesome.

Perhaps they used multiple approaches when it comes on putting up this Lego movie, there’s ‘stuff animation’ (similar to puppet), there’s 3D-post production graphics, the typical one, and real live action stuff. Hmm, tough way to do the execution part, eh?

But maybe if there’s something I cannot understand on the shallow aspect, there are some findings on the deeper side of life: yes, everything is awesome. I mean, we are the master builders of our own respective lives. We may don’t have that LEGO brick to build everything literally, but every single time, we used to build something that seemed matter to us. Of course, I’m on a deep excavation mode yet again. We build our dreams, we build that into reality, and we’re living it if we’re fulfilled.

And also, the prophecy is just man-made. In other words, if we believed on it, it will just manipulate us. What I’m saying is that it’s all in our mind whether we are the one who will be destined to do something greatness or just destroy it and think other’s works is just a piece of crap.

Let’s face it. We can’t appreciate our own work if we think we are the ones who had done it. Let’s face it, every single one of us has this much capability to be at its best, and others way better than us. You know I’m saying? It’s like you brag to yourself “I’m the most handsome guy in the world, while in fact it’s very obvious someone is looking better than you are.” If we can only set aside our own insecurities and start appreciating the ones whom are appreciating you the most (does it sound complicated by the way?)

Nonetheless, it’s still entertaining as shit.

Yes, everything is really awesome. Damn!