Cytus for the Love of Music and the Beat

I have been hooked to this Dance-Revo-like game from Rayark Games, an independent developer in Taiwan. But instead of using your feet, you use your fingers instead. Come to think if you are playing the game using your feet, you will whack your tablet or your iOS/Android phone for sure! lol.

Opera Browsers: Still Kicking with Performance

I have always used Opera browsers in my phone, tablet, and laptop for more than eight years now. The browsers still not failed to give me the satisfaction that I need when it comes to performance and data usage.

On Opera Mini
As you can read from this blog, I use Opera Mini to have free and budget-friendly data usage of internet on my Nokia C3-01 and N73. Since I am always on tight budget and can only afford the MB data plans of the Philippine's telco's Smart and Globe, Opera Mini have let me see more websites in a limited amount of data use because of its webpage compression ability.

I also downloaded the Android version of it for my tablet and it's still the best when it comes to page loading, multi-tabbing and downloading.
You can try Opera Mini here.

Opera Mini is now available for Android, iPhone and symbian phones.

On Opera for Windows
When the Opera browser for Windows updated to version 10, I stopped using it and had not updated the browser until the version 12. I stopped because the homepage loading started to slow down two notches than the older ones. And today, as I was checking my laptop for updatable softwares, I saw Opera and updated it. The homepage loading caught my attention and I can say that it had regained its fast rendering title. The browser still has the speed dial page but it pages can now be stacked in just a single folder/group so you can have more speed dial pages in view. It's like the the category folders in your Android homescreen. It's more organized! It has kept its accelerate option and can speed up page loading in slow network. Now, it has "Discover" button which can let the user read top-quality news and entertainment around the world. And also it has the "Stash" feature which organizes your favorites and saved pages into a simple or sophisticated list.

The new Opera browser version 18. 

You can download the new Opera version for Windows here. 

Opera  browser is also available for Linux and Mac.

And There's More!

The Opera Next version is still in development but is now available and downloadable. This version of Opera is a chromium browser which uses the same platform as Google Chrome and Comodo Dragon. 

You can try this Next version here.

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Try the New Smart Unlimited Internet with LTE

If you used to avail of Smart's UNLISURF 50, better switch to the New LTE 50. The usual UNLISURF 50 will let you browse with up to 7 Mbps but with the LTE, your internet speed can go high up to 42Mbps even if you are outside an LTE-covered area. LTE is the new 4G and is better than HSPA+ and is six times faster than 3G. For more info on LTE covered areas, please check this.

To try this blazing speed, register by sending LTE 50 to 2200 for 1 day unlimited 3G/LTE browsing.
Other options are LTE 299 with unlimited browsing for 7 days and LTE 995 for 30 days.

The network is optimized using iPhone 5, Sony Xperia and ZTE T82 with LTE Prepaid Sim which costs PhP350.

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Great Discount on MyPhone A919i This Christmas!

If you want to treat yourself this Christmas with a new gadget, I say you go for this myPhone A919i.

As I was browsing today, I encountered this ad:

 As what was indicated in the ad, it used to cost PhP9,590 and now PhP3,290 has been ripped from its price! I had been eyeing for this phone since last month and I can say that if you are keen on specs and price of an android phone, this suits you very much.

This phone is equipped with MediaTek MT6589, a very good chipset and a source of great power for performance. It has 1.2 GHz quad-core processor, Cortex A7 (whew, really this will make your phone work in snap!), PowerVR SGX544 GPU (used in Samsung phones), 1GB RAM, 4GB internal storage (this is quite the lowdown for this very good phone but with just a few tweaks with this device, you can make an external SD Card be used as an internal storage instead, so this is not much of big deal), 5-inch HD IPS display (note that it's HD!), 8MP rear camera and 2MP in front, Dual-sim capable, USB OTG that will let you connect USB devices to it, microSD card slot expandable up to 32GB, and 2,000 mAh battery that will let you use your phone for 10 hours as a hard gamer does. This phone comes with Android Jellybean 4.1.2 but can be updated and downgraded anytime you want.

So, if you want to have an above-entry level phone and is feeling great with savings on-hand, just grab this at any myPhone store. There's one in SM North.

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Breaking Dawn Part 1 and 2 (Free Ebooks and Movie Links)

Breaking Dawn is the fourth installment in the Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer. This last book follows Eclipse where Edward Cullen and Bella Swan got married. Now, they are in their honeymoon and Bella found out that she's pregnant. The plot revolves around their child Renesmee, a half-human and half-vampire who from the very start of Bella's pregnancy had caused havoc to her and the Cullen family. Believing to be a threat to the vampire existence, the Volturi planned to destroy the child and the Cullens.

I had watched the part 2 movie and I can say that it ended well onscreen. Great story indeed! You will surely fell in love with Jacob Black's body. The plot was a bit slow in the beginning but it will regain its reputation with an unexpected twist near the end.

(Updated links! January 3, 2015)
Watch Breaking Dawn through online streaming (free):
Breaking Dawn Part 1
Breaking Dawn Part 2 | Alternate Link to Part 2 (just click the PLAY button)

Download the ebook for free
Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer in pdf | epub | .jar

Download Breaking Dawn the Movie through torrents (you will need mu torrent or an Opera Browser)
Breaking Dawn Part 1 (708 MB)
Breaking Dawn Part 2 (701 MB)

Enjoy one of the great movies of 2012!

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The Casual Vacancy: A Review and Ebook for Download

When I heard that the author of Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, has a new book, I was hesitant to it thinking that it is another out of this world adventure novel. But then I happen to came across an ebook of The Casual Vacancy and I tell myself that I can download it and read it sometime when I got the interest. And it turns out to be a page-turner when I started reading it. It's an easy read especially if you are British because of the political jargon contents. I first thought that a parish council is the same as what we have here in the Philippines, a part of a religious group who are stereotyped as good-natured people. But then I realized that it is equivalent to the barangay council of the Philippine political system. The typical politics story, indeed! It is an interesting novel with a tone of drama, tragedy, soul-searching, identity crisis, rivalry, jealousy and revenge which are usually triggered by the small town folks gossips. If you happen to like the Bob Ong book entitled MacArthur, you will also be moved with this one.

One thing I just don't appreciate in it is that there is a number of characters on which I sometimes fail follow or recall their stories and backgrounds as I go further in the book. It's a tasking job to make mental notes of them. But the side stories were all interrelated and necessary to make the whole plot. In the end, Rowling was able to patch them up together and made a good one out of it.

How to Watch TV Programs in Your Laptop With No Internet?

If you don't have an internet connection at home or you want to watch your favorite TV programs in real-time in your laptop or desktop, an easy way to do this is by having a TV tuner.

I have specifically brought mine when I got interested watching Be Careful with My Heart (yes, Papa Chen!)  here in Quezon City. I haven't got the comfort of having an LCD TV installed in my boarding house, but I have my ever trusted Compaq laptop! I got hooked to this TV program and bought the cheapest TV tuner in CD-R King just to satisfy my whims. It costed me Php 1,180 plus Php 150 for the TV antenna. It also have a remote control so you can feel as if you're laptop is just like a TV. I also canvassed for other brands but they are a bit pricey, around Php 3000.

How to Download Videos Hosted from a Site (i.e.Youtube, Dailymotion, etc.)?

You're getting tired of Youtube's buffering because you are in slow connection, or you want to save the movie in your drive for future use? You don't want to download torrents for the new movies, or your video is hosted at some site and it doesn't have the download option, then read through this post.

Before, I use online applications to do this, like vixy.net, catchvideo.net and savevid.com. But the time to convert the video URL into a downloadable link is adding time to your internet browsing. And sometimes when you are at a computer shop, there will be instances that the computer doesn't support java because the java plug-in is not installed on the browser. If you download the java and install it, it will take about 15-30 minutes depending on the internet speed. Within half an hour, you still haven't started your video download.

I suggest that you install a program for more convenient downloading (even if you are at the internet shop, they sometimes have Deep Freeze, so it's not a bother). I heard about a program called Youtube downloader, but I would not suggest it since sometimes it doesn't work and it fetch slow. My picks are these:

How to Read Ebooks on Java Platform Phones (s40 and s60)

If you have a java-enabled phone (i.e.N70, N73, N95, Nokia C3-01, etc). and you have new ebooks like Hunger Games and Perks of Being a Wallflower in epub or .txt format and you don't know how your mobile phone is going to read them, then just use Albite Reader.

I have gotten this ebook reader when wattpad.com started limiting their collection of ebooks and the popular stuff are no longer reachable. I was a member of mobile9.com where I usually download cellphone themes and ringtones. Then I noticed that they also have collections of ebooks but mostly in epub format. You can try their collection here, just select your phone model. I only knew then that my Nokia C3-01 can only read .jar ebooks. But as I read through the comments of some ebooks, I only need to download this so called Albite Reader. And voila, I am grabbing every interesting ebook in the site! Albite.org now have the new Albite Reader HD 2.2. It can also read .txt and (x)html format but I usually prefer .txt files in UTF-8 format. And it's absolutely FREE!

It has a night mode, page bookmark, copy-paste feature and text font sizes are also interchangeable.

Browsers in the Time of Slow Connection

As I have mentioned in the previous post, I have experienced the 2G internet signal of Globe Network on which I was able to bear for more than a month. During those slow connection days, I have installed quite a few browsers to compensate the slow loading of pages. To name those few, I had (and still have with my laptop) Avant Browser, Maxthon, Flock and Comodo Dragon in addition to my existing Firefox, Chrome and Opera browsers. I have read first a couple of reviews of these browsers before finally convincing myself to install these new ones.

So, which one will I recommend to those who are in the same shoes as mine before? It's definitely the Avant Browser! Why?

Globe Tattoo Myfi Experience (New Account)

Since I moved to Quezon City, I have a dire need for internet connection because mobile internet is already not enough for my internet connection needs. So, I signed up for Globe Tattoo Superstick Plan 999 (just fill-up their application form, bring two valid IDs, an income statement for the last month, P999 cash and with a bit of patience waiting in line for new accounts in Globe) with Myfi device that promises 7.2 Mbps on which you have to add P150 every month on your bill for the amortization for two years subscription. You can connect up to 5 wifi devices on the Myfi pocket wifi. You can also bring the device in your pocket when you go outdoors.

First, I had experienced problem regarding the internet speed. I only experienced the ancient 2G speed which ranges from 0-5kbps. I thought that since I was already in the city, the speed will be fast enough to download movies and softwares. I have called their Customer Service Representative for more than a month complaining on their service and threatened to pull-out my subscription asap. Instead, they had convinced me that the problem was incurred due to their cellsite maintenance and upgrading to 4G network. They had given me a free first month subscription and a 50% discount on my second month due to their inconvenience. I think the signal strength was also due to my location on which there is a presence of trees that may interfere with it.

At this date, the network had improved momentarily and the 3G signal and WCMDA are now working fine with little interruptions of slow internet during peak hours. I can now download videos and softwares at a speed of up to 900kbps. I know that it is way beyond the 7.2 Mbps promised, but I believe that it's really concerns my location.

You have to tweak the internet setting of the device in the management control panel (url: 192.168.1.1 and log-in with your password and admin as username) to have a stable browsing experience.
1. Select Settings>Mobile Connection>Connection Mode to Manual and Apply.
2. Make the Preferred Network to 3G only and go to Band and select WCMDA. Click Apply.
3. Restart the device and you now have the stable and fast internet on your hands.

I had relied on SMART for long especially on internet connection and this is my first try on Globe network for internet. Surely, they disappointed me at first but they promised to an upgraded internet browsing experience in the next months to come, we just have to wait.

P.S. I would also suggest that you buy a spare battery for your Myfi if you are engage in downloading since it will drain easily. Mine only works for 4-5 hours.

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Lenovo S100 is not an Eye Candy

Just got a new netbook!

My new baby is the blazing red Lenovo S100 with 2GB DDR3 RAM and 500 GB harddrive that runs in Intel® Atom N570 Dual-Core processor. More to it, it only costs P14,000 with preinstalled Windows 7 Starter. Its 10.1" LED display is enough for the eyes to create documents and spreadsheets and browse the net. Its 6-cell Li-Ion battery can run up to 5 hours of usual usage (browsing and typing).

It's handy especially when I am at my workplace in the rural area. I can surf the net using my Nokia C3-01 as modem through its bluetooth connection, no need for a cable connector and a heavy laptop (sweet!). I can also use it in Wifi zone area. It has an SD Card reader which you can use to easily transfer pics from your cam or phones. The keyboard will suit even the users with big fingers. The package comes with a silicon keyboard protector that matches the color of the netbook (mine is a red one).

The downside is, it has issues in video playback. You cannot rely on it to play all types of videos. The speakers are not so decent (means the sound is not audible even if the volume is in half) , you may need external speakers to enhance the sounds. Also, the Windows 7 Starter has limited functions, like changing desktop background and cannot utilize the desktop slideshow. The aero theme is not installed. But you can upgrade your OS up to Windows 7 Ultimate.
This new netbook revived my blogging activities so watch out for upcoming posts!
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Kris Allen Performs the Finale Song

After gaining 100 million votes, the highest season ever, American Idol closes with Kris Allen as its ultimate Idol. Kris sang the show's finale song "No Boundries" composed by Cara and is included in the Idol singles. This is the song to which the judges commented 'too great for him' (you can see all the veins on his neck as he reached the high notes).

I really thought Adam Lambert will have it. Yes, I will agree to a comment that "If American Idol is looking for a rock star, then Adam is the man!". But not much people today are into rock music and even emo music. I think Kris looks also made the fans vote for him.

All the top 13 Idols had their numbers during the show together with guest stars Jason Mraz, Queen Latifah, Keith Urban, Lionel Richie, KISS Steve Martin, Rod Stewart and with surprise appearance of Cara Diogardi.

The show also gave awards to some Idol-wannabe for their shocking attitude, overconfidence, and funny behaviors.

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American Idol, the Final Two

Danny Gokey was eliminated from last night's American Idol. His performance last Wednesday was out-shined by the two other competitors, Kris Allen and Adam Lambert. I really think that he wasn't his best during the two round match.

Kris may have flopped during the first round but he was able to gain position when he performed the risky acoustic tune of Heartless. Randy Jackson said that Kris' version surpassed Kanye West's original. As usual, the Rock God Adam was favorited by the judges. Simon Cowell even commented "We'll be seeing you next week" and he was the only best contestant they ever had in the show. He was noted for the high notes, creativity and crowd pleasing charm. Though I think that he was doing same kinds of performance throughout the last weeks. Same genre, always with high notes, sorry guys I am not a Rock Music fan.


Will Adam have a sure win next week? Or will Kris be able to capture lots of votes with his looks and humble personality.
Watch American Idol Finale at QTV or at Star World on Wednesday 6pm via satellite or at primetime 8:30 pm. Replays at 5:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday at QTV. I think it's in the morning on Star World
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House Season 5 on AXN

House Season 5 will air every Monday on AXN starting March 9, 2009. Even I had watched the eight episodes already, I will surely wait every Monday at 10 pm for this show. I once told myself that I will not watch any of the Season 5’s episode until it is over because the Hameron shipping is already out of the story, but I can’t resist the temptation when my sister brought home a pirated DVD of the latest season.

Some Spoilers:
Wilson tried to convince himself that he doesn’t want to be in the Princeton Plainsborough anymore because the place reminds him of Amber. He quitted the job but thanks to Wilson-House bonding (after House’s father funeral), he had come into his senses. Wilson drugged House just to let him come to his father’s funeral and House tried ways to get out but he failed. It will be revealed that House and Wilson met in a bar and House bailed him out of jail because he threw liquor bottle to the person singing in the videoke and missed it thus breaking the bar’s window. The event repeated when House confronted Wilson and Wilson got so angry and he threw a bottle of wine to House and missed again. They are still the good part of this show (Welcome to couple's counseling!)

There is a new character, the Private Investigator Lucas (Michael Weston), who will be present for almost three to four episodes. He likes Cuddy and he is tracking House’s employees, Wilson and Cuddy. House will find out about Taub’s wife’s separate bank account (she wanted to buy him a car that’s why). The P.I. found nothing exciting on Foreman’s life besides his history of picking locks and Foreman is bothered with it (it makes him a boring person). Actually, I don’t like the presence of the P.I. guy on the show.

Cuddy is adopting a baby since her tries to have one did not occur. She shops for the baby’s things together with Wilson and he is also the one who is recommending her for the approval of the adoption. But the donor mother changed her decision after having her baby but Cuddy will still have one. Cuddy and House kissed but they didn’t go to bed. Cuddy will temporarily move to House's office.

I don’t know if House is in love with Cuddy but it seems he does though he won’t admit it because of the existing policy on co-workers romances (oh, my hope for Hameron is slimming).

Thirteen is having sex with women she doesn’t know. One patient had sex with her just to let House diagnose her illness. She will have a relationship with Foreman and her Huntington's disease will be under clinical trials.

Cameron will have a case. She and Chase will clear out the issue between them. Cameron will move on from her husband’s memories and she will let Chase have his belongings in her apartment (it's the issue).

There’s nothing new with Kutner, still the fun guy.

I am working on the episode recaps, just wait.

Pics taken from AXN-ASIA.COM

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Ef: A tale of memories

The story revolves around the life of twins (Kei and Chihiro). They had been friends with Hiro, a manga artist who discloses his identity because he is still a student, ever since they are small. Kei had been jealous of Chihiro and Hiro’s closeness because Chihiro can think of good stories while Hiro draws them for her. She felt left behind. But due to an accident, Chihiro had lost her left eye and also incurred short-term amnesia which makes her forget after all her memories after the accident within 13 hours. So, Chihiro has to keep a diary that starts with “to tomorrow’s me from yesterday’s me” and she has to read them every waking time to keep track with her life. I found it funny when she woke up and said “Why am I this old and big?”. She had to stop going to school and she had been instructed not to be friends with others. Her life is shown as a girl tied in chains in which her 12 years of existence before is the only length she can move. Then she met Renji and her life changed from routinary days to days filled with happiness and new experiences. Renji had unleashed her from the chains of her disability. On the other hand, Kei is in the same school as Hiro. She had been looking for him ever since. She always reminds him of his obligations at school and how his absences can fail him to move to next year level. Then Hiro met Miyamoto on a Christmas eve and found out that they are students from the same school. Kei felt left behind again. Hiro is a person who believes that once he gets involved to something, he can’t just leave it as if nothing happens. So, when he got stuck in the love triangle between Kei and Miyamoto, he chose Miyamoto for she had been the color that had been missing in his life. But they are still friends with Kei and Kei had found her someone in the person of Hiro’s bestfriend. It ended in a happy way.

What I can’t figure out is the role of Himura, Kuze and the girl who had been appearing in their dreams. I don’t see a need to include that fictional part in the plot.

The anime shares good inspirations on having a dream and working to make it happen. I am not particular if an anime is well created and edited, what is important is how it is able to convey stories to viewers. It is a drama but it is not a slow paced one. I also noticed that included sexy and shower scenes to appeal to boy audiences. It is an anime version of the 50 first dates and differ only that Chihiro can remember little of what happened before which makes her act like normal people. I also like the way in which a novel was inserted and it was able to correlate with the plot. The story was also depicted using the novel through imagery.

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House season 5

I want the old team back. I have read from news articles in the net that this season will focus on the lives of each character in the series. Thirteen's Huntingtons and bisexuality will be probed, Cameron will have a case, Cuddy will have a lover, and it is now time for Huddy to shine. Can House and Wilson's friendship be revived? Cameron and House episodes here will be minimal that's why I think I am not going to watch this until it is finished. I still hope that Hameron will still be a couple in the future. I am a Hameron fan though David Shore had announced already that this couple's love story has already ended and will not be touched in the coming episodes. If not for this season, maybe DS can include them in the next season, if that happens I will sure watch them even if I had to stream online. And it seems that the classic House looks has been abandoned (remember the beating heart, the collapsed lung, the floating corpuscles and the syringe being injected in the bloodstream?). Season 3 and 4 had deviated from it already as well as their medico storylines. Season 1 and 2 had all inspired me to be a diagnostician and had taught me new knowledge on medicine and illnesses. Remember that they had been popular because it is a show which not only entertain people but also give people the idea on the way of life in the hospital. That is why it is favored than Grey's Anatomy which is more of a medical drama with too little on the medical part. House had improved my vocabulary on medical issues and I started reading medical books. Come on, bring the old storyline back. I want more thrill!

Update: Spoilers. House's father is dead. Wilson had convince him to deliver a eulogy. He is not his real father.

Cuddy had planned to adopt a child but House is being against it. She had confided this with Wilson but House found out about it. And yup, romance is forming between the two of them. Wilson is making moves for House to express what he feels for Cuddy and tricked Cuddy that he is also interested in her. Makes it a love triangle. But he only did that to stir House. Huddy had already locked lips and there's a part where House grabbed her breast. They are sharing office because Cuddy's had been wrecked due to hostage drama.

Thirteen is participating in clinical trials for Foreman's drugs for Huntington. She had a one night stand with a girl who is suffering from illness and the girl only did that for House to diagnose her.

Chase and Cameron are still having little exposures.

Stand by for my House Season 5 recaps in details.

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Perfume: Pictures

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is a person who has a gift for smelling things. He can identify things around him through his nose. With his fascination with smells, he wanted to capture everything that has smell. Later, he discovered that the scent of flowers can be kept inside a small bottle called perfumes. With the guidance of Giuseppe Baldini, a perfumer, he was able to learn the art of creating scents. He believed that he can really capture the smell of all things. He tried to experiment. But the experiment failed him because he can't even keep the scent of a copper or a cat. He then learned that an ultimate perfume is made up of twelve basic scents. He was told that there had been a legend sometime ago that the ultimate perfume, which sent the people to experience paradise, was made from 13 different scents in which the last scent remains a mystery. One day while in his sanctuary, he discovered that he can't smell himself yet he can smell everything around him. He became frustrated and came to realize that he will pass this world without people knowing that he once existed. He wanted to teach the world that he could be felt. Then, his journey to create the ultimate perfume began. He set out to kill twelve beautiful women and extracted their scents through distillation. He was able to finish the perfume that let the people experience love and beauty. There was only one thing the perfume could not do. It could not turn Jean-Baptiste into a person who could love and be loved like everyone else.

As for me, it's my frustration to capture the beauty of the things that fascinate me. I tried it with a camera, but still I can't do it. First of all, I don't have the talent. Yet even if I could, I can't instruct a camera to capture the way I see things. The only way to preserve them is through my memory. Let's hope that I won't have that "eraser" in my head someday.

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Movie: Wanted

Wanted movie is a bit too much fictional. I watched it with a slight to no interest mood. The only part I got excited with is when (actor) started his training and the part when he revenge for his father's death and kill all those involved in the brotherhood (the climax). Angelina's role here is not for a supporting role or for a lead actress role. She didn't act most of the time, just stand there and be included in the scene. I was disappointed to see this film. Though the sounds are really awakening because they are loud and thrilling, I still can't put myself deeper into it for it seems like I am watching a Filipino movie in which I can understand it by just watching and not mind what they are saying. But I like the concept. I got curious if it is proven already or just a theory. Is there really a disorder like that? Can too much adrenaline pumping in our body make us do the impossible? It's really interesting to make a study about this.