My Little Thought...

A Sad Day.

2009-03-05T16:30:00.000-08:00

Such a sad day for Philippine Music and TV Industry today, as it had just been announced on Eat Bulaga! and reported on Balitanghali today that the "Master Rapper" FRANCIS MAGALONA has succumb to cancer. He is just 44.

FRANCIS "Kiko" MAGALONA
1964 - 2009

2009: Expectations

2008-12-31T00:21:00.000-08:00

This 2009, we all have experienced a crappy year... from the TV Programming of the Big 2 dumb networks, Blagoevich Scandal to Global Economy, we all hope that they should be ashamed for what they have done.
But we also experienced the greatest of all the events and triumphs, like the US Presidential Elections (and Barack Obama's win), Manny Pacquiao's winning streak, and the revamping of the (once) ABC Channel 05 to the (far better and the what I think is the greatest channel yet) TV5.

Like everyone else, everyone wants to forget the year 2008...
But we all know that we can learn from the experience that happened.

Next year, I really hope that we all make amends to all of our mistakes and let's be hopeful for the things to come. If you can, BE POSITIVE... Something will be waiting for you if your patient, good and hard working enough.

HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR EVERYONE!
AND CHANGE IS COMING TO PHILIPPINE TV... Yes It Will!

Ichigo lost its voice.

2008-12-08T16:22:00.000-08:00

Even though I hate and still hate GMA Network for making fun of an epic anime, particularly BLEACH... Being dubbed by Celebrities / Amateur Dubbers. But I'm not here to make fun of them yet again, because some of them have earned my respect...

One of which had been Mark Angelo Cielo, the dubber behind Kurosaki Ichigo.

Although I (and some others) have made some criticism about his dubbing and being "Ichigo," he's actually the good one. I guess 'yan siguro ang dahilan kung bakit nanalo siya sa amin munting yearly poll (Otaku's Verdict) nung 2007 bilang Celebrity Anime Dubber of the Year...

Apologies for the insult... but heck, compare any dubbing of Rukia to Yasmien Kurdi's!!!

But anyways...
Marky Cielo has unfortunately died on 07 December 2008 at a very young age of 20.

Sa ngalan ng ZEN Otaku Honbu at mga Pinoy Anime fans, nakikiramay po kami sa mga magulang, mga kaibigan na naiwan ni Marky.

Kung nasaan ka man... sana'y masaya ka.

"IT HAD BORED ME ALREADY."

2008-12-01T18:23:00.000-08:00

I don’t know why the bloody-hell am I saying things like this, since I still think that Code Geass is a Very Great Anime programme (pun intended) but after watching Episode 15 of Season 1 (shown on 01 December on TV5), something in my head just clicked which says… “I have a feeling that it will not go the way that I’ve imagined.”

Which you can imagine, made me a little disappointed… and ending up making the episode really boring.

Not that I don’t like Villetta’s uncensored nudity on that episode — Yes, TV5 is showing Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion on Primetime 11:30 GMT. TV5 seems to be that the reason why it is being shown in Japan on late-nights and in the United States on [adult swim] is because of the Blood, Gore, Violence and Nudity… AND I LIKE IT! — But I guess it’s the way I felt towards the series, maybe you can call it gut feeling.

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Even though it’s not in my philosophy to watch, read, or even know the next episode before it is being shown on either Terrestrial or Cable/Satellite TV — simply, I hate fucking Spoilers. But unfortunately my curiosity had overpowered my (so called) philosophy (Curiosity > “Philosophy”)… YET AGAIN! And no thanks to the bloody internet.

But yet again, I’ve based my perceptions of the programme because of the opinions of people who have watched the programme…

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Although I’m not exactly with those mushy couples crap, there’s something in it that had been felt… WASTED.
and Yes… I’m talking about character Shirley Fenette, which (unfortunately) now one of those characters they call as “the USELESS HEROINE.”

After those “research” I’ve been doing (I haven’t actually seen the R2 episodes) fom those blogs and fansites, I can actually say that THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE BETTER. But it seems that the author, Goro Taniguchi, is blaming Sunrise because of all the timeslot changes that led to a major rewrite, which became one hell of a trainwreck.

I don’t know why but something in me wanted to say this…

HER CHARACTER SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE MUCH BETTER, SHE DO NOT DESERVE TO BE USELESS.

I just felt that they could have been a better couple with Lelouch, rather than Kallen or that low-life C.C…
Why? fuck, I don’t know as well… At least it could be better than be used by the Geass two times for nothing and DIE for nothing! (Example: CODE GEASS fanfic)

But don’t get me wrong about the Shirley thing ( albeit I have a 42% crush on her… hehehe! ), they could make some changes with the other characters, maybe putting a Geass on Suzaku per se… JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAMME COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER!

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And now, I’m on an another hard decision to make…
SHALL I CONTINUE WATCHING THIS PROGRAMME, OR NOT?

But the problem is, I have that motto of “Don’t Start what You cannot finish”
And I have already started watching CG Season 1 (on TV5), and I don’t want to be decided by a fucking coin-toss, i really stacking up all the PROS and the CONS that I can find…

For me, It is as serious as when I decided to have a break after being DEBARRED on University of Santo Tomas (I only lasted a year with 2 semesters on that school… nice environment but crappy subjects and much crappy professors.)

And I need to decide, since there are only 10 left for Season 1…

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Returning to the issue with Taniguchi…
I just hope that he will not yet retire, as stated on the link, because of the shame of what happen at CG R2… goddamn it! He’s still young to retire!

Make at least an alternative chapter or something… crap, getting obsessed here!

AND SO MANY QUESTIONS UNRESOLVED!
Oh well… Abangan na lang natin ang mga susunod na kabanata… kun magkakaroon man. (Let’s just wait for the next chapter… if there will be another.)

In Memoriam (Part 1)

2008-06-15T03:59:00.000-07:00

Currently Listening: "Alone" - Gensomaden Saiyuki EP1

These may be one of those days that it's just too hard to celebrate because something bad happened, and although I may not be related to these people but I really feel the pain of losing someone too, although not a part of my extended family. And on this first part of the blog, it will be all about the untimely death of the Philippine Actor Rudy Fernandez, died last Saturday (June 7) at the age of 56, and the imfamous Moderator of NBC "Meet the Press" Tim Russert, died Friday (June 13) at the age of 58. Although I'm not related to both Daboy and Mr. Russert, I only know them through the television, but this may be one hard thing to write...

Wow... two different people that changed lives, and after they die... everything will never be the same, and that's what I can say to both Daboy and Mr. Russert. And the worst thing is... both had happened before Father's Day, which I really think is a total bummer.

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First off will all about the late Rudy Fernandez... He is a very great and well-respected Actor, but (according to his family, friends and colleagues) he is one funny, always reachable, trusted guy. Although he'd faced many challenges in the past, including his seperation & annulment on his first wife Alma Moreno, he succeeded it. At the time when he had been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer, his family and his colleagues got together and never left him... until his death, they have been one with him. In behalf of his family, friends, colleagues, fans... Thank You and I Salute You for being a Great Filipino, I know that you're in a very good place right now... sana ay masaya ka.

He had been survived by his wife, the actress Lorna Tolentino, his first child (from Alma Moreno), Mark Anthony Fernandez and 2 other children from Lorna Tolentino.

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And lastly will be all about Tim Russert, but before I talk about his legacy... I would like to clarify that the only time that I knew or seen him will be during NBC Nightly News, his guesting on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and more recently (8 Months Ago, during the Global Destiny exodus) watching "Meet the Press" on CNBC Asia. He had always been described by his colleagues and competitors in the news business as Tough but Fair, and he is that damn tough guy to break... whenever you are on the "hot seat" during MTP, and you cannot escape! But whenever he's outside of that studio (according to everyone that he knew) he his funny, he's approachable, trusted, kind and a loving person... And when it comes to his family, he's more than that... Proof? "Big Russ & Me" and "Wisdom of Our Fathers" are the No. 1 Top Sellers in the NY Times. I think that no one can replace him on that hot seat, and he will always be remembered.

He had been survived by his wife, his son and his Dad, "Big Russ"...

I'll continue my discussion on this sad topic on the Final Part...

The Price to Pay...

2008-04-18T04:09:00.001-07:00

I want to be a TV journalist someday and I know what are the risk and the consequence to be on that job, especially if you are on the frontline in Gaza, Afghanistan or Iraq... one example of which is the Reuters' cameraman that had been killed on the line of fire with those "Killer Darts."

And I want to say my condolences to the family and to the people of Reuters for the killing of Fadl Shanaa.

The question now is WHO'S TO BLAME? Well I somewhat think that the Israeli Troops are to blame on not seeing the "signs..." the Big "TV" and "PRESS" marked on the car and the Camera. But I can say as well that the Journalists can be blamed as well because they are practically on the middle of a war zone, but the problem is they know what can and will happened, especially in a war zone like Gaza.

I wish I have the power to ask the United Nations to have an investigation for the Israeli troops allegedly targeting journalist, but the problem is they don't do anything! Oh well...

Earth Day: Genuine Cause?

2008-04-18T04:03:00.000-07:00

This blog can be seen on both My Little Thought... (theblockerph.blogspot.com) and Quite Frankly: A Further Look... (theblocker.wordpress.com)

The opinions expressed on this blog only discuss from the Philippine's Point of View.

Most people would know that this 22nd of April is Earth Day and this day is for Our Mother Earth which has been slowly being destroyed by those idiots in the Developed Countries, including the United States and China, and it seems that many people are starting to be a part of the cause, since most of us have ignored this for so long.

But one thing that I want to ask is... Are their contributions to the environment genuine?

I'll be focusing more here in the Philippines... For those who don't know, there will be an Earth Day celebration and party here in the Philippines on the 25th of April, three days after the Earth Day proper... maybe because if the celebration has been done on a tuesday night, since T. Morato Ave. is a major road and have to be closed down for this party, then it will cause more havoc than good.

There are so many artists playing on the concert/party... but do they really intend to play for the environment? or just because it is free and can get more publicity? I have no doubts about the vocalist of Radioactive Sago Project, etc... And add to that, at the end of every party here in the Philippines this has always been the scenario for years now... Trash... Garbage... Rubbish... EVERYWHERE!!! And it's up to the organisers and the so-called "Metro Aide" to clean all the rubbish that had been left behind. Doesn't that contradict the value of what the organisers want to "enforce" to the people? Isn't It!?

I'm calling all organisers and people who are behind this activity to PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO BE AN EXAMPLE TO ALL PEOPLE! So that the people will be taken more seriously to this matter.

My Little Thought... huh?

2008-04-14T04:39:00.000-07:00

For those who forgot, the name of this blog before 11th April was "A Lot of Rubbish...," and I've thought that most of the things that I've post here are not exactly rubbish (garbage in American English terms) so I've changed it to "My Little Thought..." but It's not exactly those 3 short terms because it will be a big mistake in grammar.

It's actually something like this... A Little Piece of My Mind for Most Thoughtful People, and at least I didn't name it Little My Thought... hahaha! But I don't know if this blog can be suitable for thoughtful people, oh well... At least I don't put (some) senseless rant like the Huf***gton Post!

I Fail...

2008-04-08T22:58:00.000-07:00

I think I just cannot handle to a big pressure, plus they have given us the worst possible professors ever... and that maybe the reason why I Fail. Sorry everyone that you had hoped so much for me but I just cannot handle how they do it... Extra-curricular events, Activist rumbling, Too much smarty-pants.

I guess I got Culture Shock to UST, they are very weird!
I should have gone to others... hay!

Taragis na buhay ito!

F*ck Off... I'm Watching POCOYO!

2008-04-04T05:50:00.000-07:00

For those who are subscribed to Playhouse Disney channel, and yes it is a channel for age 0 to 7 years old, but there is one show that is really interesting and I think really stands out than the others. It is a children's programme that had been produced by a Spanish entertainment company, Zinkia Entertanment but ironically, first to be shown in English (British English is fact) on CITV and had been shown in Spain a few months later on Television Española (TVE) and it's duration usually last only for 7 minutes but had been awarded by prestigious organisation, such as the RTS, etc. And the name of the children's programme is... POCOYO!

This story is all about the Pocoyo together with is friends, Eli (an elephant), Pato (a duck), Loula (a dog) and Sleepy & Baby bird. And most of the things they talk about sometimes makes you laugh which at the same time make you learn something new, "Learning thru laughter."

If you ask other people, they will tell you that the reason why they like Pocoyo is because he is Cute, which he is! But if you ask me I have a different reason why I like the show and I'm watching it...

SMILE!
I somewhat felt the way how they express things, their happiness, their craziness, laughter and everything else. That's how they make it more appealing to the young and to the old as well.

LOST CHILDHOOD
When we all just a little kid, for sure... We are all curious, we don't know everything yet. And it is one of the reason why it has been appealing to me, it is some kind of a "lost childhood..." Makes me reflect sometimes how time flies-by and now that I'm 18, it makes me wonder sometimes the years passed by...

Sometimes I think that this may just be a new version of Blue's Clues, which I become "addicted" before, but I really think that this is one show that I want my children (if I will have one... hehehe!) to watch...

WRESTLEMANILA 24: Predictions

2008-03-29T03:29:00.000-07:00

WWE Wrestlemania 24 is already this monday and theere are some things that I can expect to happen this monday, and there maybe some things that are unpredictable (somewhat... I recognise that this "Sports-entertainment" show is somewhat scripted) since this may be brutal (or something).

I'll start it from the side-shows to the main event...

24-MAN BATTLE ROYAL:
Winner Faces the WWE's ECW Champion

This match has been scheduled at the most unwatchable time... except for people watching on WWE.com in North America, and I pity my kababayans for not watching this on PPV! I don't know who's joining this match --- I think it will be all 3 brands of the WWE --- so I expect a lot of brawl and action...

But one person that I will not expect to win is Colin Delaney...

BUNNYMANIA LUMBERJACK MATCH:
Ashley Massaro & Maria Kanellis vs. Elizabeth Carolan (Beth Phoenix / "The Glamazon") & Melina Perez

Although I don't exactly care about these matches, since it's all just ass and "puppies"... but I admit that I like those! The problem with those are, they are too obvious that they are pre-planned, but I'll predict anyways.

I predict that the winner will be Ashley and Maria... since there are more Divas that are within the range of the "Fan Favourite," but I expect that "The Glamazon" could win it by herself...

BELFAST BRAWL:
Dave Finlay vs. John "Bradshaw" Layfield

I expect that this storyline will last longer than Wrestlemania 24... asa naman na patitigilin nila ito pagkatapos lang ng mahigit isang buwan! (it's unusual for they to stop this storyline after just more than a month!) So I expect that the winner will be JBL.

RAW vs. SMACKDOWN:
Dave "Batista" Bautista vs. Edward Fatu (Umaga)

I have not yet thought of this match, but I predict that the winner of this match will be Umaga.

MONEY IN THE BANK:
Ladder Match with John (Morrison) Hennigan, Phil "CM Punk" Brooks, Carlos Edwin "Carlito" Colón, Shelton Benjamin, "Mr. Kennedy" Ken Anderson, Alvin "M.V.P." Burke, Jr. and Christopher Keith "Chris Jericho" Irvine.

Obviously, there's only one "fan favourite" here and it's CM Punk and he may have more chance to be the MITB but I'm not saying that he WILL... Most of the Competitors are somewhat strong too, including Mr. Kennedy (which he won last year, but just gave to Randy Orton after he bet and lose! CHANGE YOUR WAYS!), Chris Jericho of course... the UNDISPUTED! And also Carlito...

Jeff Hardy have a chance to win the MITB but his one problem is he violated the WWE's Wellness Policy, the case has been unknown, and he's suspended for 60-days now. Crap.

CAREER THREATENING MATCH:
Richard Morgan "Ric Flair" Fliehr vs. Michael Shawn "Shawn Michaels" Hickenbottom

I don't want to say this but this will be MY BET, Ric Flair is going to retire. I really think that he'd done a very great job on molding the Wrestling and Sports-entertainment on to the way that it is now, and the proof of that is being one of the inductees of the WWE's Hall of Fame.

I've been one of the big fans of Ric Fliehr, although it hurts (not exactly)... there will always be the time that it will end. But his legacy will live on forever.

And anyways, wouldn't it be the best if you retire ON THE GRANDEST STAGE OF THEM ALL!?

DAVID v GOLIATH - ANYTHING GOES MATCH:
Floyd "Money" Mayweather, Jr. vs. Paul "Big Show" Wight

Paul Wigh, returning to his Slave Name... "The Big Show!" Although he almost got a grand appearance, but ruined it with an Unscripted Hard Punch by Mr. Pretty Boy... or should I say, "Money" Mayweather! At least he have lost 108+ pounds and maybe better than ever...

And I predict that the Big Show may have a chance to win in this watch... let's put it this way:

BIG SHOW got...

Strength
Toughness
Taller than Mayweather
BIG.

Floyd Mayweather got...

Hard Punch
Fast... since he's small
Experience in Boxing.

I'll put it 67% (Big Show) - 33% (Money) win...

SMACKDOWN MAIN EVENT:
Mark William "the Undertaker" Calaway vs. Adam "Edge" Copeland

Too close to decide. But undertaker may have the upper-hand, because those people may have something planned for Undertaker's 15-0 reign... But Edge may do some dirty business...

Oh well... let's just wait and see.

RAW MAIN EVENT:
Triple Threat with Randal "Randy" Keith Orton, Paul Michael "Triple H" Levesque and John Felix Anthony Cena

Randy Orton is always a Transitional Champion, We may expect that the title may change hand. But I predict that it may be HHH, and will not be Cena... I'm tired of Cena being a champion... ugh!

These are only predictions... don't take it seriously!
But it may happen... hehehe.

Pure Dirty Work

2008-03-28T02:48:00.000-07:00

Mood: Anger and Frustration

Please note that this blog may contain some languages or terminologies that may offend certain person or group, I don't mean to be like that and I apologise for any person or group that will be insulted in anything that is written in this blogpost.

Most people have a brother or a sister... sure those people are a lot of fun and make your life a little less boring, but my brother has some things that I think that are just very unique about him... He's some kind of anger-driven, similar to split personality, and add to that a little mayabang. Incidentally, some of those are personality of my father... maybe it's in THEIR genes.

I know that he's a different person and doesn't (somewhat) need to follow the norms, but most of the times... all he does are Pure Dirty Work, which is somewhat different from my father. A little insult ticks him off and blow like a cement truck on an episode of Mythbusters, and sometimes make him very violent... he'd even destroyed a lock from my parents room just because of one miscommunication on the food (but I don't admit that it is my fault since he "ordered" me to buy fast-food while I'm still half-awake) and good thing that there's a second lock or else he'd really kill me. He's also mayabang... not just some small time boasting, even to that very little things that he'd done (for example is when he washed the dishes in the morning, he's demanding to do it to others the next time...), also at this very moment he's very angry because I'm "blogging" using Wordpad... he's saying that:

Paul: "... wala ka sa lugar..."
JM: "Eh bakit? pinapakialaman ba kita 'pag may ginagawa ka sa computer?"
Paul: "Anong pake mo? eh tapos na ako..."
JM: "Basta ang sagot ko ay: Hindi ako nakiki-alam sa mga pinag-gagagawa mo sa computer."

And he's "running-off" to his room angry and murmuring, for me it's typical of him but you never see him doing it with our cousins and his friends...and that just prove that he knows how to hide things to someone and to be a show-off to us like a S.O.B., even to our parents. The only good thing about him is, unlike my younger sister which is the Next Level Lazy S.O.B., he's kinda hardworking and too proud of it.

About the tapos thing... I'm talking about that he'd already graduated. He's a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), although he'd admit that it's not exactly his "1st Choice," in fact... He doesn't have any "1st choice" or I say he's doing the bahala na... until now. Although I believe that Nursing is a Far Better Profession than stealing a wallet or kidnapping, I somewhat think that the reason why most Filipinos study Nursing and want to be a Nurse is because they just want an EASY WAY OUT to the Philippines and immigrating to the G8 countries where there are a lot of money. And yes, It is very insulting for me that they just wanted to be "the follower" and not unleashing their potential... and the worst part is The Government is even ENCOURAGING IT and Very Proud to be an "Exporter" of People. I believe that Philippines still has potential to grow, not be some kind of a first-world G8 country, but at least some kind of development and that one reason that I may not go out of the country.

I don't know if my brother will change for the good of everyone or will just gonna grow... as well as his pride in his head, I pray to God if there's still a little grain of change... I hope he/she will help him. But I doubt it at the moment since his at his "Prime" twenties... It will all just be Sex, "Drugs" and Rock 'n Roll...

A (Re)Freshing Look...

2008-03-26T02:22:00.000-07:00

For those who don't know, BBC Arabic Television had it's 2nd Incarnation last 11th of March 2008 and I must say that this is how news channel should be. And also, I agree that the "other" Arabic TV channel "Al-Hurra," which is controlled by the U.S. Government should be shut down since all things they do are a bunch of propaganda like the FOX News channel.

But after almost a decade of being switched-off by the Saudi Government because of differences in Editorial views, and the launching of Qatar's Al Jazeera, looks like everything has changed and it will be a tough. But since they are the BBC and they have many years of experience in the news programming, so I expect that they can handle the "new" channel perfectly and since the new channel is being funded by the British Foreign Office, I expect that this channel will be here to stay... unlike the ITV News at Ten!

Good Luck to the BBC...

Bummer...

2008-03-24T04:17:00.000-07:00

Mood: Frustrated

I was pretty excited that it's Bank Holiday in the UK, which means for me that Worldwide Exchange will be presented in CNBC Asia's studio... which is Very Rare. But it was a big bummer when I've discovered that the HiNet (Taiwan) streams had been blocked!

Crap, I've gone to an Internet Cafe in Tomas Morato which cost more than PhP30 an hour so that I will have a good stream quality, I'm somewhat fruatrated right now that the only thing that I can record is BBC News 24 (and I won't tell you the link :P hehehe...), BBC Arabic TV, etc...

Well it's double-whammy for me and I hate myself for doing that, but I hope that the stream will be re-opened (although I doubt it) or at least some people open their own CNBC, etc.

a new beginning...

2008-03-22T03:24:00.000-07:00

For those who don't know...
The last time that I've done a blog is at the time when SkyCable had made a very big mistake by pulling-off the plug on SOLAR Channel, but after that it just gone rubbish.

But at the start of the "Dry," I'll be making some changes on the Multiply Account, and restarting my Blogger and doing something on my Wordpress Account (since most people say that it was a good alternative to Blogger), and I really need some consentration.

Anyways... Good luck to me.