Me at PLDT MyDSL Watchpad bloggers event at Magnet Hi St.

As you noticed my last Thursday's summary of the Brewrats was not that full packed. The reason: I attended my 2nd blogging event as I said in the title. I arrived at around 5:30 pm and I thought that I am already late for the event. Good thing, some of the crews at the said bar we're still fixing some things. It was a little O.P. for me coz most of the bloggers brought their own laptop and enjoy free PLDT MyDSL internet and to try their new service called Watchpad. Good thing, I met bloggers Jhong and Wentot for lending me some minutes of their laptops to personally experience the software. I tried to watch MTV Philippines while viewing my twitter account and it was as cool as a breeze. It was a free flowing of food, ice tea and a light beer. former San Beda courtside reporter Pia Boren took care of the hosting chores as The Johnnys anchored the special Rockeoke night for the event. To my suprise, Rhian Ramos appeared in the stage and sang With or Without You. It was a good version by her. I'm contented coz I got a paper bag full of goodies from PLDT like a baller ID that has a USB drive in it, a jacket, a DVD installer of Watchpad (which is not yet available commercially) and a cool automatic umbrella.

Days later, I just found out that Alodia Gosiengfiao was also in the event. See the proof at her deviantart site (Brewrats term: Wasak!). I didn't see her during that night.

Special thanks to sir Azrael Coladilla for allowing me to use some of his pics at the event

My live tweets last Saturday at Enchanted Kingdom

Too bad if you missed my live tweet coverage of the Brewrats at Enchanted Kingdom last Saturday which I started at around 3:00pm (0700 GMT) and it ended at about 1020pm (1420 GMT). That time, I was already in a jeepney ride in San Pedro, Laguna. Good thing, I'll post my tweets for those who missed it. Thanks to the 11 brewsters who tuned in last Saturday. Here it is the 25 tweets from EK! (Time posted at Manila time)

1. at b4 10pm naghiwalay n kming mga brewstrs kina ram0n at tdo ala ako blita k angel, ayus ang EK trip many tnx s mga ngtune-in s tweets q10:17 PM Oct 17th from API
2. di 1 bu0ng grupo ng brwsters nsa 1 ferris wheel kailangan ng 1 pang batch,yes ngay0n lng sla nkaskay haba ng pila,pasara na ilang stores9:01 PM Oct 17th from API
3. ok ferris wheel naman SILA w/ram0n NINJA M0DE uli ako, kuntento na sa pasyal at rialto pero sympre di pa agad uwi baka til 11pm pa kami :)8:37 PM Oct 17th from API
4. one to sawa kuha at interview ng fr0nt act crew kay ram0n ayus tatlo ngexhibit ng firew0rks display stil with ram0n lang rat n kasama nmin8:33 PM Oct 17th from API
5. nagtip0n mga tao near space shuttle to watch some dancers sana naman matuloy ngay0ng gbi yung fireworks display wlang blita k tado & angel8:04 PM Oct 17th from API
6. next stop rialto feat. speed racer grand prix with ram0n dmi din brwsters wlang blita k tado over 1 hr ng wlang blita sa kanya7:59 PM Oct 17th from API
7. nktambay brwsters & ram0n nir rio grande nagaabang pa ng firew0rks, ang tagal! filipino time talaga! ram0n led a m0ment of slence 4 labad27:21 PM Oct 17th from API
8. mins. ago,rats & us brwsters shot some spiels for front act abangan nyo yun filmed near swan lake malas lang ibang brwsters n umuwi agad6:47 PM Oct 17th from API
9. got 2nd mealstub thanks to leababes nakita rin namin sa wakas si dj angel mini gathering pa rin near safari shootout c ram0n pngkaguluhan6:33 PM Oct 17th from API
10. mini gathering m0de mga brewsters sa sips ahoy andito na rin si tado, i w0nder asan si angel huli ko pa syang nkta sa bgayan ng mealstub5:52 PM Oct 17th from API
11. andito na m0re brewsters + ramon sa fo0d st0re lapit na 6pm na ok pa rin weather cant wait sa fireworks display mamyang 7pm ayus!5:41 PM Oct 17th from API
12. hey, btw. Musta hihibrr nga pala sa mga nakatune in ngay0n n brewsters sa blog site q n nagaabang ng tweets ko many thanks sa mga nkaview5:41 PM Oct 17th from API
13. chillax mode in a f0od store 30 mins pa bgo xpire ung meal stub, and2 rin yata s0me of tado's family members lim0t q n itsura ni leababes5:31 PM Oct 17th from API
14. a little disappointed walang marvel vs capcom 2 sa arcade games ng EK,nagtyaga na lang sa b'ball nkbuntot lang sa mga brewsters and rats5:02 PM Oct 17th from API
15. tinamaan ako ng BOBOnic plague ANCHORS AWAY pala tamang spelling imbes na ANCHORS AWEIGH nagamit ko na meal stub hotdog at 12 oz ice tea!4:53 PM Oct 17th from API
16. update! ngay”n pa lang sumakay mga rats saka mga brewsters sa anchors aweigh si ram0n ang kitang kita sa view ko dito sana andun cna angel4:48 PM Oct 17th from API
17. hanapin kaya nila ako? Numinja mode aq teka wasak lapit lang pala ako sa anchors aweigh kung san andun ngayon mga brewsters pasyal mode4:30 PM Oct 17th from API
18. wasak andito na front act team si angel nagdistribute ng free meal stub langhya andito papuntang roller skater wala di ko trip magride4:22 PM Oct 17th from API
19. finally saw the 3 rats tado in black shirt ramon in dark gray polo shirt and si angel ayus naka white sando, andito na group ni elmar4:17 PM Oct 17th from API
20. confirmed! andito na sina tado ramon & angel as of now si angel nasa bumper car di lang bobonic plague kalat sa EK pati lepto he he joke!4:09 PM Oct 17th from API
21. more brewsters here jheyo palamunin percy kenneth still wala pa ring blita kung andito na sina tado kuwentuhan mode weather dito sobra ok4:02 PM Oct 17th from API
22. andito na sa wakas sa loob still no signs of tado ramon and angel ayus may fireworks competition mamyang 7pm sana walang spoiler na ulan3:37 PM Oct 17th from API
23. sum of brwstrs n and2 bolpen, alan z. amoy safeguard ciniul leima wasak wala pa ang 3 rats i w0nder kung andito sina elmar weather's O3:14 PM Oct 17th from API
24. sum of brwstrs n and2 bolpen, alan z. amoy safeguard ciniul leima wasak wala pa ang 3 rats i w0nder kung andito sina elmar weather's OK!3:13 PM Oct 17th from API

What If the Mall Pathways Are as Same as a Typical Tollway?

Most of the time, I'm a fast walker but it doesn't mean that I'm always in a hurry. Feels like it's al eady natural to me and mall is one of my favorite hangouts. As expected, you'll expect different kinds of people whether he/she in a "solo flight" mode, with his/her special someone or with his/her family or group of friends. For years that already learned the art of malling, there are some little things that I want to imagine something like if there's a slow and fast lane in the mall's pathways. I'm thinking about this specially when I encounter two persons (basically,a male and a female) and you'll know that they're in a relationship because they're in HHWW mode. For sure they know that its not a park to walk in slo-mo which you may combine some of them, the result is a human traffic.They even stretching their arms in each other which in some point, you'll have less chances to overtake them and it reallh happened to me for a lot of times specially in known malls. It's ok to me if they're like our senior citizens, someone who carries a heavy load or a parent (or parents) who have to walk slow in order to keep their kids on their safety. For sure,you already experienced this. Hope those "swethearts" who sometimes do this (either by accident or what's worse, intentionally) will think twice after they read this blog post.

Another self centered message for me in a blog by a brewster

Yah, another brewster just opened her own blog which is also quite a known brewster named as Ineng Buang. We had some exchange of infos about blogging including on what I taught on her about the "Followers" thing. Just check http://inengbuang-panext.blogspot.com/

Exclusive: Ever wonder,text message failed when you send a text at U92 textline

When the phone's busy in our house and I'm tuning in to U92 (92.3 fm), I have two ways to communicate, thru twitter or thru their "unique" textline which is 6323590892. Like some of my fellow brewsters, some are confused, some are complaining (esp. during the Brewrats) that they can't send their text messages on-air. To end this mystery, here it goes:

Earlier this afternoon during DJ Eri Neeman's shift (10am-2pm), I called the U92 hotline and I already had a theory on the mystery, all I need to do is gather some info. A girl answered my call and straight to the point, I asked her on what's the telco behind their textline and she answered it's a Smart number. It's a Smart landline which they can also receive text messages. I even asked her if there's a Smart logo embedded in their handset and she said yes. Oh, gotcha! The answer (and she also confirmed it), that they can only receive text messages from a Smart mobile number (I'm not quite sure on the TNT subscribers). So if you're a Globe subscriber (just like one of my numbers) , sorry you really can't send a text message to them no matter how strong or weak is your signal. I even advised them to please tell to all the listeners (and the brewsters) about this thing. Hopefully, they will respond on this.

So that's it, mystery's solved!

Manila FM stations stepped up last Saturday during typhoon Ondoy

September 26, 2009, it was about 1:40pm when we experienced power outage as I am watching Eat Bulaga during that time. Because of that, I have to tune in to my radio to kill the boredom. I already expecting that there will be a brownout soon (but in our area, we never experienced floods or strong winds). I am in channel surfing mode when my curiosity ran over thru that afternoon radio show on 97.1 Barangay LS entitled "Talk to Papa". Good to know that instead of having a normal run of their show, they used their time to announce some Ondoy-related updates. After that at around past 4pm, Gang Badoy of Rocked Radio and some DJs came in the Jam 88.3 booth to put a program dedicated to announce some Ondoy updates coz most of us have radio in our cellphones but we don't have AM radio. It ran about 16 hours during that first try. As of now, they still running that program but it evolved into "Jam Central" which airs everyday at midnight on that said radio station. Sept. 28, other radio stations followed as they also announcing some news while they are in their regular programming.

I'll post my own story on typhoon Ondoy soon.

It's Krrunch Time, Get Playful!

Krrunch time at home:

In most of my free time every week, I have two things that I usually do: reading a broadsheet or playing my favorite role-playing game (RPG) in my gaming console. At first, I have that urge to read all of the news and articles as sometimes, I can really smell the ink that came from it's printing press. As I'm reading a part of a long story, I feel tired of reading that article so I switch my eyes to another newspaper section. The end result: I missed some infos and good views. Good thing, I have Pringles crispy chips at my lap to put that "ho-humm" time into a "Krrunch" time at my favorite pastime. Same goes when I feel the boredom to level up my RPG character. I'll munch some Pringles crispy chips to give me loads and loads of "Krrunch" to perk me up.

Thanks to Pringles crispy chips, now "It's Krrunch time, get playful!"