another hectic schedule...

haaayyyy... iniisip ko palang napapagod na ko... pano ba naman... bukas babalik kami ng grupo ko sa Dagupan para humingi ng additional information na kaylangan namin para matapos namin ang aming marketing plan... sana lang meron na silang maibigay... ang masaya dito 9 pm ang uwi ko ngayon at nataong wala kaming tutulugan o pagpapalipasan ng gabi na medyo malapit sa bus terminal... so uuwi pa 2loy ako ng bahay... mga 10 na siguro ako makakarating ng bahay... tapos kaylangan alas 4 kami magkita-kita sa terminal so mga 2 ng umaga gumising nako para makagayak at makaalis ng 3... pagkatapos nun, kaylangan naming lumuwas agad ng manila dahil required daw kaming manood ng play sa CCP... 8 ng gabi yun so kaylangang umalis kami sa Dagupan ng hindi lalampas sa 1 ng hapon para kahit matraffic ay umabot kami o makauwi sa bahay para makaligo at makapagpalit ng damit... tapos kaylangan naming masummarize yung mga survey results at maayos na yung mga kaylangan ipasa on saturday... huhuhu... kaylangan ko pa kasing gumising ng maaga sa sabado para makasabay ko honey ko para makuha ko yung survey nya sa scul niya... eh sa tingin ko kasi baka 10 pm na matatapos yung play so baka 11-12 na me makauwi d2 samin eh kaylangang 4:30 ng umaga ako magising para masabayan ko siya... at hindi pa dun natatapos ang hirap... sa sunday... gagawa kami ng banner para dun sa JPIA week... at pagkatapos nun.... haaayyy ayoko ng isipin...

teka... midterm exam nga pala namin ngayon sa special topics baka pati narin sa auditing... huhuhu... di pa ko nagaaral... stock knowledge nanaman (sana lang merong nakastock)... makapagbasa na nga...

and the winner is...

and the winners of the AMAZING RACE 6...... the engaged models Freddy and Kendra......

i've just watched the season finale of the Amazing Race and i think it was the most thrilling finish compared to the past 5 season... it was really a neck to neck battle for both the team of freddy and kendra and the 1st runner up team- Kris and Jon... but again, as compared with the past seasons, it all comes down as to who gets the best/ fastest flight to the last destination... Kris and Jon arrived at the Honolulu Airport and have booked their flight to Chicago on the American Airline but Freddy and Kendra managed to book an earlier flight which is on the United Airlines... From then on, Freddy and Kendra never looked back... although when you're watching, it may seem that Kris and Jon had a chance to take the lead... the part where Freddy and Kendra are having a difficult time in locating the finish line which is the "Ping Tom Park" while Kris and Jon have found a cab, quickly after they have finished their task (eating a whole very thick pizza), that knows where the park is... and scene's wherein both teams are running towards the entrance of the park... and the TRAIN crossing that made Kris and Jon stop and gave Freddy and Kendra the cushion they needed.


oh and by the way, the team of Adam and Rebecca was the 2nd runner up... after reaching the 11th pitstop (still in China), beating the team of Haden and Aaron, they never really recovered from their large gap to the two teams... but i'm really surprised that they finished 3rd in the race considering that almost two thirds of the race, they are always fighting and shouting at each other...


after three weeks... THE AMAZING RACE 7 will be aired... and because of the controversy that happened before airing TAR 6 wherein the participants of the race was already revealed by a newspaper... TAR 6 already released a sneak preview of TAR 7 reavealing the 11 new teams which includes the winner and runner-up of Survivor All-Stars Amber Brkich and fiance Rob Mariano...

So why is it that The Amazing Race is the best reality show on the US?... not only because they have participants coming from the "Survivor" which is one of their contenders... hehehe... but because TAR is like National Geographic or Discovery Channel because TAR gives you a quick lesson on cultures and customs of different countries or cities as the 11 teams battle it out for 1 million dollar...

The Amazing Race 6

after 11 episodes... from 11 teams of two, 4 teams were left in the ultimate race around the world... The Amazing Race... here's what happened to the last episode:

the language barrier became a critical issue as Teams made their way to Shanghai, China. Unable to properly communicate where they needed to go, long-distance dating couple Kris & Jon, uncharacteristically frustrated, fell to the back of the pack when their driver got lost on the way to the Roadblock and the Detour. Their only saving grace came when engaged models Freddy & Kendra exacted their revenge on formerly dating couple Adam & Rebecca by Yielding them to a last-place finish. However, Adam & Rebecca remained in the Race as this was the last pre-determined non-elimination leg.

who will win the race and take home 1 million dollars... don't forget to watch the the 2 hour season finale on Wednesday (Philippine Time) with a live telecast on Studio 23 at 10:00 am and a primetime telecast at 9:oo pm and also on AXN at 8:00 pm with replays on sunday at 10:00 am and 7:00 pm

to know more about this race visit this site: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race6/

Dagupan: a different kind of experience

its been almost a month since we went to Dagupan to conduct a research about the city's Bangus Festival... but upto now, my experience there will last in my memories for as long as i live... so what really happened there that made me never forget Dagupan? Here's my story:

thursday - we planned to leave early next morning... and because it was also my friends birthday, i've decided to go to his party instead of staying in the apartment of one of my group members to spent the night away.... we thought that Dagupan is so far that we decided to go to the bus terminal as early as 1:30 in the morning... i'm so sleepy because i'm partially drunk... when we arrive at the terminal... the bus to Dagupan is scheduled to leave... only when they are totally filled with passengers... and base on the people present there... it would take some time for it to be filled... suddenly a man (conductor of the bus going to Baguio) approached us... offered as an alternative route if we really are on a hurry... still thinking that Dagupan is far... we decided to accept the man's proposal... at 2 am... we left Manila... are route: Manila-Urdaneta Pangasinan, then we have to transfer to another bus from Urdaneta-Dagupan...

inside the bus... everyone (i think) is somewhat excited... after a while... my excitement rised up and i'm almost chilling... but not because we are almost at our destination but because i want to get off the bus as quickly as possible because... its too damn COLD inside!!!!!!...

after that chilling ride... we get off the bus... and because im too excited to get off from that freaking bus... i didn't notcice the number of steps the bus have... my foot slipped because it stepped at the edge of one of the steps and almost slide out of the door... but luckily i managed to hang on the railings...

at Urdaneta, we are waiting for a bus that is bound to Dagupan... 15 mins... and still no sign of a bus... suddenly a jeepney stopped in front of us... and yes... it is going to Dagupan... so we decided to take that opportunity... inside the jeepney... i smell something fishy!!! (literally)... damn, it smells like were in a market... it seems that the jeepney had just delivered bangus in a nearby market in Urdaneta...

after 20-30 mins of that smelly ride... we finally arrived at our destination - DAGUPAN... but we noticed that something's wrong... we expected to see busy streets and people flocking from one place to another... we expected to see markets and malls full of people... but what's this??? all of the business establishments are closed... streets are almost empty... we look at our clock and......... what???? it's only 6:30 in the morning???? i knew something was wrong...

we started walking around hoping to find a place to stay... and then we found a park... luckily, it has benches and some sets of chairs and tables... so we stayed there... brought out the foods that we have and started eating... at that time... i brought out my GAME BOY and try to make it work... and because of my perserverance i miracolously make it worked and i started playing...

8 o'clock... we decided to search for a computer shop to type the survey questions we need... we finished and photocopied it and then decided to go to the city hall because our schedule for interview was at 9:00...

inside the city hall... we went to their tourism department office... unfortunately, the person that we expected to meet is unavailable because she went to Makati for an emergency meeting, but she left us with three tour guides... actually they are just trainees... but i guess, we are still lucky becuase those three are simply marvelous... they exerted all their best to help us out in conducting our interviews with their city officials... they also toured us around Dagupan... and showed us all the best Dagupan can offer...

we finished touring around Dagupan at around 1:00 in the afternoon... we're so exhausted and hungry so we decided to find a fast food chain... we first went inside the mall near the city hall but all the fast food chains there are full... then we saw a KFC store across the mall and decided to just eat there...

after eating... we decided to continue with our research and then we head back to the city hall... and then something unexpected happened... as we cross the street... suddenly... a kid bumped me from behind... i just look at him and didn't bother... after we crossed the street... one of our tour guide... noticed that the pouch of my back bag was open... the first thing that came into my mind was my.... GAME BOY!!!!!! cause i've mistakenly placed it in there... unfortunately... it was gone... at first... i try not to think about it... even comforting myself saying "its alright"... but as time pass by... i started to realize that my mother will get mad at me 'cause that GameBoy wasn't really mine... it's was my litlle brother's... so i started thinking of ways of how to cover up for it... since then, i've lost not only the GameBoy but my focus to our research as well... when we are interviewing the city planner... whenever i look at him it seems that his face looks like my GameBoy... and my enthusiasm is just simply diminishing... i started feeling mentally drained and physically exhausted... i just want to finish the research and interviews quickly and go home...

we finsihed all the interviews at around 7:00 in the evening... at the terminal... the bus is waiting for passengers to fill all up their seats... at that time... i'm trying to forget that unlucky event... the bus left at around 8:00 and arrived at manila at around 12:00 in the morning...

at home... the first thing that i did was told my mom of what happened... and i guess my mom was not in the mood to scold me 'cause she's so sleepy... but the next morning... the interogation starts... lucky for me... my class was at 7:30 in the morning so i was spared... hehehe...

that event really tatooed on my mind... i guess, everybody is entitled to a first time... come to think of it... it's been almost 4 years that i've walked the harsh environment of Manila and i've never experienced that kind of event... compared to a 6-8 hours of stay in Dagupan... thus, making a conclusion that "Dagupan is a haven of thieves"...

adiktus...

haaayyyy.... sa wakas nakapagupdate na rin ako... masyado kasing busy ang schedule ko... actually pwede naman akong magupdate dahil kahit papaano nakakapag internet ako everyday... yun nga lang wala akong maisip na isulat dito... tapos medyo naaadik na naman ako sa computer games... particularly sa mga online games... simula nung matapos kong idownload ung game client ng MU... ayun nagsimula na ang paglaki ng interes ko sa paglalaro nito... nakabili na nga ako ng prepaid card ng game na un... masyado kasi akong natuwa... tapos gumawa ako ng account sa halos lahat ng online games ngayon... TANTRA... KHAN... PRISTONTALE... pati narin GUN BOUND... haaaayyyy... pero MU pa rin ang masnilalaro ko sa mga yan... may bayad na kasi yung sa Khan kaya di ko na nalalaro... tapos ang baba pa ng level ko kaya tinamad na talaga ako... yung sa Tantra naman kapag tinatamad na ko sa paglalaro ng MU tsaka ko lang sya nilalaro... level 16 pa nga lang yung character ko dun... maabutan na ako ni RJ na naadik na rin sa Tantra... Yung Pristontale naman, di ko pa talaga nalalaro, di pa nga ako nakakagawa ng character... si Mark nga lang ang naaliw dun...

Pero lagi ko na lang naitatanong sa sarili ko kung bakit marami ang nahuhumaling sa mga nagsusulputang online games ngayon? Kung iisipin, masyadong magastos ang paglalaro nito... magkano ang isang oras ng pagrerent ng PC? -P20... tapos kaylangan mo pang bumili ng card nung game para malaro mo sya... yung sa MU ang mga available card denominations nila ay: 20,50,100,350... yung P100 na card equivalent to 20 hours... tapos last month, since kakaintroduce palang nila nung pay-per-play nagpromo sila... doble ung time... kaya naging 40 hours... at ngayon... ginawa na nilang unlimited access ang 100 at 350 top-up cards nila... 1 week and 1 month respectively...

Kung may sariling PC ka naman sa bahay... sa unang tingin, parang makakamura ka... kasi di mo na kaylangan pang magbayad ng P20 per hour sa Internet Cafe... pero actually mas magastos pa pag sa bahay... una, kaylangan mo ng internet connection- its either prepaid or plan... pagprepaid, siyempre kaylangan mong bumili ng prepaid internet card... dahil Blast ang ginagamit ko... un na lang ang ieexample ko... P100 pesos yung actual price nung card pero P75 lang kung bibili ka dun sa malapit sa school namin... sa tabi/likod nung banco de oro (corner ng morayta at recto)... tapos P70 sa tito ko na nagtratrabaho sa BayanTel... (sabihin pa raw ba kung saan nakakabili ng mura... hehehehe...) yung P100 na card ay equivalent to 12 hours... pero may catch... half day unlimited internet access sila, from 12 AM to 2 PM, for 15 days from the first log-in... kaya medyo matipid... pero meron paring ibang prepaid card providers na may mas maganda pang offer... pero dahil BayanTel ang phone namin... Blast ang binibili ko dahil mas madaling kumonect... BayanTel kasi ung number nung dial-up ng Blast. di ko alam ung sa internet plan kasi di naman ako gumagamit nun... pangalawa, dagdag gastos sa kuryente... although mababa lang naman kumonsumo ang computer... eh kung halos maghapon kang magcocomputer tingnan ko lang kung di tumaas ang bill nyo... (parang samin)... at siyempre, kaylangan mo pa ring bumili ng card nung game na lalaruin mo... although, ung sa Tantra at Pristontale... nasa beta stage parin... kaya libre pa...

Pero bakit nga nakakaadik maglaro ng ganitong klaseng laro? sa tingin ko... una, kung adik ka talaga sa computer... adik ka talaga... hehehe... mahirap ng matanggal sa sistema mo ang paglalaro nito pagnakagawian mo na... pangalawa, marami kasing gamers ang mahilig talaga sa mga role playing games (RPG) kaya hindi lang mga adik sa computer ang tinatarget nito... pati na rin yung mga mahilig maglaro sa playstation o gamecube o xbox... pangatlo, dahil sa online interaction sa mga players ng game na to... pangapat, mas gusto kasi ng iba na maraming kasama kapag naglalaro... panglima, maganda kasi ung graphics at special effects (nakakaenganyo tuloy laruin)... panganim, matagal kasing laruin kaya hindi gaanong nakakasawa (sa umpisa)... at siyempre... di mawawala ang dahilan na: "Pampalipas Oras"...

Kung iisipin... bukod sa enjoyment, wala ka ng ibang mapapala sa paglalaro ng game na ito... kaya Jhay... magising ka na sa katotohanan... kung nagaaral ka na lang imbis na ubusin ang oras sa paglalaro e d sana mataas ang mga quizzes mo sa Auditing at Special Topics... at nakakabayad ka pa sana ng class fund... (hehehe... pagalitan daw ba ang sarili)

Inisip ko noon, nung kasikatan pa ng Counter-Strike... "pano kung malaos ang CS e di hihina ang computer rental business" pero mali pala ako... kaya ngayon iba na ang tanong ko: "pano kung malaos ang online games?"