My New Notebook!

After years of not buying a new PC, I finally bought a new notebook quenching my thirst for a dual-core, Vista OS, 2GB RAM, 200GB HD, entertainment machine! So far so good. I haven't completed my setup yet. It has most of the bells and whistles I find useful. Webcam, fingerprint reader, memory card slots, 15.4' glossy screen, Altec Lansing sounds, DVD Lightscribe drive and a TV tuner to connect it to the TV/Cable and record shows/videos!

Trying hard not to spend countless hours on setting it up though... surely, i'd have the time one of these weekends. Not big problem yet but Vista and IE is giving me some problems already. Not to mention, the dangers of being online really requires good spyware and virus protection. I didn't have to deal with that with my office PC which is fairly well protected.

Net! Good buy for me so far. I've been looking for this kind of an entertainment inclined notebook. It is not for those who want a light and portable notebooks though. HP's TX1000 is your alternative which I also considered given that it was ultraportable and can be a tablet PC.

O diba?!?

Visited a Filipino family here in Cincinnati and we saw this... Nike came out with a limited edition basketball shoe with Philippine flag design. I thought that was interesting. Yeah, we pinoys love our basketball.

Fall at Red River Gorge

It's the middle of fall... and we can all feel it here. Two weekends ago, the pinoy group downtown decided to experience it more in scenic red river gorge. The link will show some of the best pictures from everybody's camera in this Kentucky state park. Takes some time to load but it's worth it ^_^

Of course, we didn't only go to take pictures of the place. It is a very "pinoy" thing to do that at every step, we were enjoying taking pictures of each other. Here we some of the pics of us having fun at the park. Enjoy!

3 Eye Blind Concert @ Covington

Last night, just went to the Third Eye Blind concert in Covington KY (near Cincinnati). It was a good show! Eventhough i'm not a die hard fan, their old songs were very much familiar that i'm able to sing (more of shout) along at some point. Well worth the $27.

We did notice there that almost all were white... no blacks eventhough the Cincinnati area has a large black population... and we are the only Asians there.

Still, it makes me want to watch other concerts!

3EB Concert Pix and Vids

Into photograhy

 

Into photography...

Thanks to the age of digital cameras, almost anybody can be a photography enthusiast. May it be a simple point and shot or the an expensive SLR camera's, the picture is only as good as the photographer captures it.

When travelling these days, almost everyone in the group have there own cameras to play with. Here is one candid shot I take when I was in a trip to Arizona with my brother (front) and friends.

After all the pictures I took, this was one of the better ones which captured the moment for me.




 

Sedona, AZ Group Picture - Album cover style

One of many group pictures we had on our Arizona Trip. This one in Sedona at the start of our late afternoong trek. 

Too Wii or Not to Wii

The Nintendo Wii. It has been bugging me since December... should I or should I not get one?

PS3 although quite impressive, it is simply overkill. I don't have an HDTV nor do I intend to collect Blu-Ray videos but damn the graphics are amazing. I can't justify the $500 price tag though.

The Wii, however, is such a novelty. Instead of being a kickass gamer machine, it is more of an all-around entertainment appliance! It gets you more physically involved in the games which is good for home parties. Bad side, the games are quite on the lame side. At least the games that came out so far.

Thus I seriously considered the PS2... it had the games and it was half the price of the Wii. Pirated games galore and it can be "modified". The games are also half the price and readily available. But still... it wasn't new or a novell idea and it's going obsolete in a year or two.

Logic alone... i'd go with PS2. But my gut says go for a Wii!

Thanksgiving and Shopping in Arizona

I was fortunate last week to have had the chance to visit my older brother in Phoenix Arizona for Thanksgiving. At the very least, the weather would be much more comfortable there and this would also be the best time to visit the deserts of AZ. Summer there would hit as high as 118F... yeah sure, it's dry heat but still!

I knew AZ is a desert but I didn't expect that there would be cactus plants along the road! I definitely thought that was interesting.

It was also my first thanksgiving. My brother prepared the turkey, his first time to do so and it tasted great! That all-night marinade paid off.

Right after dinner, we prepared for what apparently has become one of the US traditions... planning for the next day.. BLACK FRIDAY! The day when all stores have ridiculously great deals and open much earlier that Friday morning! Using the newspaper that thanksgiving day, we had the catalog of items on sale from all stores which we used to plan for the next day. Yes, we woke up at 4:30am and we were at Best Buy,Circuit City and Stables at 5am! It was a crazy scene as everybody else seems to be up early for the sale! The nearest thing in Manila to black friday is Midnight Madness sales but here it has become a yearly ritual!

More pictures at http://new.photos.yahoo.com/sqlocarinas/album/576460762359530697

"Your mother"

An ordinary car with and extraordinary plate number. You can't get this in Manila. When asked why, what does it mean... well... It does say "Your mother"... nothing bad about that right?

This was taken from my relative's car in Cleveland.