http://rgsunico.multiply.com/ Welcome to Moonbase 8, the much lesser known 8th moon of Cybertron. Let me show you around.<br><br>From the <a href="http://rgsunico.multiply.com/" title="Moonbase 8: Docking Bay">Docking Bay</a>, feel free to check on the latest <a href="http://rgsunico.multiply.com/reviews" title="Moonbase 8: Intelligence Reports">Intelligence Reports</a> for reviews of various books, movies and whatever else comes to mind. My <a href="http://grimlock88.livejournal.com" title="Beyond Dinobot Island" target="new">LiveJournal</a> is synchronized with the <a href="http://rgsunico.multiply.com/journal" title="Moonbase 8: Station Log">Station Log</a> for all the latest and greatest news about my life. You can also encounter strange new worlds I've already explored at the <a href="http://rgsunico.multiply.com/links" title="Moonbase 8: Allied Outposts">Allied Outposts</a>. 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Be sure to drop by and contribute your feedback and ideas to the site!<br><br>Enjoy your stay and be sure to come back for more!<br><br><center><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/" rel="license"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" style="border-width: 0pt;"></a><br>This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/" rel="license">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License</a>.</center> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:10:30 -0000 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:37:00 -0000 http://images.rgsunico.multiply.com/logo http://rgsunico.multiply.com 100 100 Well, something really didn't agree with me. When I mentally go over everything I ate during Tuesday shift, it boils down to my usual Non-Fat Chai Tea Latte and my only meal for the day, which was that kung pao chicken pasta at KFC. I'm not saying that all KFC food is bad, but I have to consider (1) it was the first time I had tried one of their pasta bowls and (2) it was early in the morning so who knows how fresh things were and (3) a few hours later I was already feeling unsettled. Needless to say, I'll probably not venture into KFC's other menu items for a while just to make sure - let's stick to just the basic chicken, shall we? =P<br><br>It's tempting to take a few days off. Were it not of the major conference call today and other stuff tomorrow, I probably would rather opt to do that in order to get enough rest and such, but then I'm not that lucky I guess. One day is more than enough for this sort of thing - from this point on I have to content myself with Diatabs or something. *rustle... http://rgsunico.multiply.com/journal/item/1243/0052C_Recovering_ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:37:00 -0000 For all my friends in advertising, this one's for you! ***** What if there were no stop signs... and a major corporation was charged with inventing http://rgsunico.multiply.com/video/item/432/The_Process Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:08:22 -0000 <i>This review originally appeared on <a href="http://www.geeky-guide.com/2008/07/theater-wicked-los-angeles-pantages.html" title="Geeky Guide: [Theater] Wicked - Los Angeles (Pantages Theatre)" target="_blank">The Geeky Guide to Nearly Everything</a>. For more related content, feel free to visit the site directly!</i> <hr> Yes, I'm finally getting to writing about some of the other things I did while in <a href="http://www.lacity.org/" title="Los Angeles, California" rel="homepage" class="zem_slink">Los Angeles</a> other than working and training Americans. On that note, however, I must admit it was fun to be the "expat" for a change. Anyway, I was lucky enough to have some family still in the area while I was in the US - this was in the form of my "auntie" (You know how that works, right? It's a Filipino thing) who was nice enough to help me get a ticket for the show (practically in front, too!). They even offered to have dinner, take me there (since for some reason they didn't get tickets for themselves) and eventually pick me up after the show. Absolutely sweet, right? Yes, family is love indeed. So after an afternoon spent at LACMA (I'll write about as well) and a quick dinner at Arby's (my auntie loves their signature sauce) it was off to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Boulevard" title="Hollywood Boulevard" rel="wikipedia" class="zem_slink">Hollywood Boule... http://rgsunico.multiply.com/reviews/item/172 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:56:30 -0000 First, allow me to greet my blogosphere friend, <a href="http://misterhubs.blogspot.com/" title="Misterhubs" target="_blank">Misterhubs</a> on his birthday today! I already greeted him in a more direct manner, but then it never hurts to document it in an entry, hehe. We so have to meet up for coffee or something again!<br><br>Work was just nuts over the past two days. Were it not for my sense of propriety when it comes to the office, I'd be spilling my guts out about my recent frustrations. Ah well, I know I'm better than that, haha. Still, some of it is really getting to me and it's only fortunate that I'm pretty good at not getting too emotional about such things and letting all this just blow over while I manage to keep my cool and let all this pass.<br><br>The whole Diablo II thing is getting pretty obsessive. Brian |<a href="http://kitchengod.livejournal.com/profile"><img src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif" alt="[info]" style="border: 0pt none;vertical-align: bottom;padding-right: 1px;" width="17" height="17"></a><a href="http://kitchengod.livejournal.com/"><b>kitchengod</b></a>| has managed to craft some seriously powerful weapons for his Assassin and he is majorly kicking ass. All I can do in the background with my Amazon is just pepper the hordes with arrows and manage to do some damage in order to share in the experience po... http://rgsunico.multiply.com/journal/item/1242/0052B_Just_an_Entry_ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:27:00 -0000 Receive the latest official YouTube videos from the McCain campaign! Watch this video, log on to your YouTube account, and click &quot;Subscribe&quot; just above the box where this message is displ... http://rgsunico.multiply.com/video/item/431/431 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:46:07 -0000 &quot;Jinkies!&quot; is actually highly official police terminology. http://rgsunico.multiply.com/video/item/430/CSI_Scooby_Doo Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:27:59 -0000 First, a very Happy Birthday to fellow geek, <a href="http://blackbison.multiply.com/" title="Alec Palomo" target="_blank">Alec</a>! It's a shame I'm always too busy to attend any of the major geek events as of late. Oh bugger.<br><br>Today's work shift hell. On top of the general call center issue that comes with Mondays - lack of sleep due to a change in sleeping patterns, there were just some really weird client issues that kept popping up here and there. If this was any sign of how the rest of the week might go, then I'm not exactly optimistic about our chances of making it to Friday sane, haha. Pardon me - I jest, but you know what I mean, right?<br><br>Totally random bit - I'm watching a clip of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumby" title="Wikipedia: Gumby" target="_blank">Gumby</a> on YouTube. Don't ask me why - I've no real idea. All I know is that he's trying to go to the moon right now.<br><br>Brian |<a href="http://kitchengod.livejournal.com/profile"><img src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif" alt="[info]" style="border: 0pt none;vertical-align: bottom;padding-right: 1px;" width="17" height="17"></a><a href="http://kitchengod.livejournal.com/"><b>kitchengod</b></a>| and I were supposed to join <a href="http://tiantiantian.multiply.com/" title="Chris Ragasa" target="_blank">Chris</a> and <a href="http://theamazingchase.multiply.com/" title="Chase Sunsuan" target="_blank">Chase</a> today for some market time, but then it's clear that he's not getting up anytime soon. If I stayed up a lot, he still stayed up a bit more, so I suppose that made his day even more draining than mine. I'm not ... http://rgsunico.multiply.com/journal/item/1241/0052A_Barely_Awake_But_Still_Blogging_ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:13:00 -0000 Bork Bork Bork Meep Meep Meep La la La LAH!! http://rgsunico.multiply.com/video/item/429/Habanera Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:01:15 -0000 &quot;The Blue Danube Waltz&quot; as conducted ... http://rgsunico.multiply.com/video/item/428/Classical_Chicken Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:58:35 -0000 Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Meep Me... http://rgsunico.multiply.com/video/item/427/Ode_To_Joy Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:54:01 -0000 If you've been following my blog long enough, you should know by now that when I don't get to post an update for a day, it normally means one of three things: (1) I'm out of town without access to the internet, (2) I'm with my family back home, which is almost like #1 or (3) I'm have a really good and busy day and I'll try to make up for things eventually. Yes, my weekend was definitely #3.<br><br>Things started late Saturday night when Brian |<a href="http://kitchengod.livejournal.com/profile"><img src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif" alt="[info]" style="border: 0pt none;vertical-align: bottom;padding-right: 1px;" width="17" height="17"></a><a href="http://kitchengod.livejournal.com/"><b>kitchengod</b></a>| woke me up at around 10:00pm and I eventually got out of bed close to 11:00pm. We settled down for more computer time, which eventually means more time playing Diablo II together. It eventually became a major project for the evening to seriously level up our characters and acquire better items - so much so that we pretty much didn't do anything else all evening and made a lot of progress in terms of both of our characters.<br><br>During the evening, we managed to make reservations to see The Dark Knight come Sunday evening, ordered Goodah to satisfy ... http://rgsunico.multiply.com/journal/item/1240/00529_A_Somewhat_Geeky_Weekend_ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:55:00 -0000 <i>Chaka Pic</i> - noun; referring to a photo of a person in a less-than-ideal position by use of a camera. After watching The Dark Knight at Greenbelt 3, Brian and I met up with a few of the FabPoT folks since Chin was back in town. The evening ended with us crashing at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and amidst conversation and coffee, people were trying to catch one another in "chaka pic" poses. It makes for one weird album. Pictures taken with a Sony DSC-H50. Photo optimization using Picasa http://rgsunico.multiply.com/photos/album/418/Coffee_Silliness_07.20.08 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:05:58 -0000 After shift, Brian and I opted to have a light breakfast at Museum Cafe since we had to run other errands that morning. Again, I didn't have my camera with me so it was back to the mobile phone camera but a 2MP camera with no zoom features can only do so much. Pictures taken with a Sony Ericsson W660i. Photo optimization using Picasa http://rgsunico.multiply.com/photos/album/416/Breakfast_at_Museum_Cafe_07.17.08 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:42:21 -0000 On Sunday we met up with Karen to watch Mamma Mia! at Greenbelt 3, given we're all campy enough to like ABBA. Right before and after the movie we had coffee here and there (and Karen got her finger stuck inside the straw hole of a drink) and since I only had my mobile phone. I attempted a few shots which, well, turned out like this. Pictures taken with a Sony Ericsson W660i. Photo optimization using Picasa http://rgsunico.multiply.com/photos/album/415/Coffee_Shots_07.13.08 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:29:46 -0000 <i>This review originally appeared on <a href="http://www.geeky-guide.com/2008/07/movies-dark-knight.html" title="Geeky Guide: [Movies] The Dark Knight" target="_blank">The Geeky Guide to Nearly Everything</a>. For more related content, feel free to visit the site directly!</i> <hr> As a kid, I've always been a Spider-Man fan at heart. There's something about his character being a nerd who gets to fight crime with amazing powers that just enthralled me. It wasn't until my later years that I expanded my comic book interests outside of Spider-Man - also due to that horrible Clone Saga which just ruined things for me. By this time, my mother had revived her own comic book interests and had built up a sizable Batman collection. Of course initially I was like, <a href="http://www.dccomics.com/sites/batman/" title="DC Comics: Batman" target="_blank">Batman</a>? My mind inevitably recalled the old campy TV series with <a href="http://www.adamwest.com/" title="Adam West" target="_blank">Adam West</a> and their zany antics and cartoon sound effects captions appearing on screen. But of course, it was a long summer and I'm always starved for new things to read, and so I hunkered down and started exploring the world of the Dark Knight. Then I really got to understand just what made Batman great. ... http://rgsunico.multiply.com/reviews/item/171 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:00:30 -0000 <i>This review originally appeared on <a href="http://www.geeky-guide.com/2008/07/movies-hot-fuzz.html" title="Geeky Guide: [Movies] Hot Fuzz" target="_blank">The Geeky Guide to Nearly Everything</a>. For more related content, feel free to visit the site directly!</i> <hr> I finally got to catch <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425112" title="Hot Fuzz" rel="imdb" class="zem_slink">Hot Fuzz</a> on HBO today. I know, I know, you're all looking at this entry in a funny way right now thinking "Why only now?" or "What kind of a geek are you?" or even "LOSER! It's about time!" and other thoughts of that nature. I'm sorry, okay? I've yet to find to on "Asian version" DVD and I don't feel all that keen to download a movie like that - I want to see it in the living room with the bigger TV and our decent little mini-theater sound system. That's only fair, right? Does that help me salvage some geek points? It probably won't help that I caught it through sheer accident and not me doing the right thing in terms of proper geeky research into when the movie would be out an such. Were it not for my partner coming home with food, thus forcing me to go downstairs and leave the computer, I never would have caught it.... http://rgsunico.multiply.com/reviews/item/170 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:35:12 -0000 I hate it when they make teasers ridiculously short like http://rgsunico.multiply.com/video/item/426/Harry_Potter_and_the_Half-Blood_Prince_annoying_Teaser Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:42:59 -0000 The latest project from Joss Whedon - a web series centering around the story of mad scientist Dr. Horrible as told in a musical http://rgsunico.multiply.com/links/item/31/Dr._Horribles_Sing-Along_Blog Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:06:16 -0000 As much as each work week feels longer and more tiring the last, there's always the weekend to look forward to. Oh yes, weeks inevitably end. Thank the stars for that, eh?<br><br>First, some very good news (at least from my perspective. After much research and a few exchanges on Google Groups, I finally got my new domain working. Yes, that's right, the Geeky Guide finally has a home it can call it's own. If you're one of those who take time to visit my other blog, then kindly update your address books to <b><a href="http://www.geeky-guide.com/" title="The Geeky Guide to Nearly Everything" target="_blank">http://www.geeky-guide.com/</a></b>. Oh, but if you subscribe to the Geeky Guide via an RSS Reader, then no need to worry, my RSS feed will not change thanks to the wonderful folks at FeedBurner. I've also got the whole thing associated with a Google Apps account, so that gives me the option to provide folks with domain-specific email - anyone interested in getting an email address with "@geeky-guide.com" at the end? LOL<br><br>This weekend is going to be largely domestic. I've called up LBC again and they'll... http://rgsunico.multiply.com/journal/item/1239/00528_Just_Staying_Home_ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:32:00 -0000 Well, well, I don't seem to have anyone on my birthday calendar just yet, so I guess I'm not starting with a greeting.<br><br>Last night's shift was tiring. Most of my work day centered around a particular client initiative that is going out a lot faster than it should, but then such things are unavoidable. The challenges aren't just on our end in terms of meeting the demands and keeping pace with the changes as they come up but actually more on the client end as they try and figure out how to interpret the needs of the various LOBs in line with this one initiative. It doesn't help with you can't get clear direction from your client and this is compounded further when other folks on the vendor side are scrambling to show that they're getting things done without taking time to think about whether or not what's being asked makes sense. Ugh, stress I just don't need given everything else that we're still juggling. Ah, the work fun never stops.<br><br>After shift today we finally got Brian's |<a href="http://kitchengod.livejournal.com/profile"><img src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif" alt="[info]" style="border: 0pt none;vertical-align: bottom;padding-right: 1px;" width="17" height="17"></a><a href="http://kitchengod.livejournal.com/"><b>kitchengod</b></a>| ... http://rgsunico.multiply.com/journal/item/1238/00527_Getting_Things_Done_ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:18:00 -0000 Teaser trailer for the new Watchmen http://rgsunico.multiply.com/video/item/425/Watchmen_Trailer Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:21:11 -0000 Teaser trailer for the latest addition to the Terminator series starring Christian Bale as John http://rgsunico.multiply.com/video/item/424/Terminator_Salvation_Teaser_Trailer Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:04:09 -0000 A hungry cat resorts to increasingly desperate measures to gain its owner's attention. http://rgsunico.multiply.com/video/item/423/Simons_Cat_TV_Dinner Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:54:34 -0000 First, birthday greetings go out to my cousin <a href="http://tatangkaddinako.multiply.com/" title="JR Fernando" target="_blank">JR</a>, currently exploring the world of music in a different way. Happy Birthday, JR!<br><br>Brian |<a href="http://kitchengod.livejournal.com/profile"><img src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif" alt="[info]" style="border: 0pt none;vertical-align: bottom;padding-right: 1px;" width="17" height="17"></a><a href="http://kitchengod.livejournal.com/"><b>kitchengod</b></a>| and I just finished watching a DVD copy of Disney's Enchanted, a movie that never fails to make me smile and feel all warm and fuzzy. It's one of those ultimate Disney movies - as much as it may be a parody of sorts, it also acts as a tribute and a celebration of everything that makes Disney movies so memorable. It generates odd feelings for me since this particular DVD was something Ron left behind when he left for the US shortly before I left for Los Angeles. I haven't really blogged about it, but apparently not talking anymore and I don't know why. Thus despite my love of musicals, thinking of New York pulls in different directions. Hey, I'll get over it of course - it doesn't mean I don't feel bad about it either. Sometimes you just can't tell how friendships will go, huh?<br><br>Work is as busy as ever. I feel like I need to take a leave soon. ... http://rgsunico.multiply.com/journal/item/1237/00526_Dipping_Into_Chaos_ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:29:00 -0000 Of course, birthdays come first because people are important, and today I have some very special greetings. First goes to one of my dearer friends, the incredibly gifted and talent Joseph |<a style="" href="http://squishtoy.livejournal.com/profile"><img src="http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif" alt="[info]" style="border: 0pt none;vertical-align: bottom;padding-right: 1px;" width="17" height="17"></a><a href="http://squishtoy.livejournal.com/"><b>squishtoy</b></a>|, whose <a href="http://otherjoseph.livejournal.com/" title="days go by" target="_blank">photography</a> continues to amaze me and who is just one of the most stellar people that I know. Today is also the birthday of fellow geek, <a href="http://yvaine28.multiply.com/" title="Meann Ortiz" target="_blank">Meann</a>, who helps keep the <a href="http://www.newworlds.ph/" title="The New Worlds Alliance" target="_blank">NWA website</a> up-to-date along with taking the time to include some of the stuff I write for <a href="http://geekyguide.blogspot.com/" title="The Geeky Guide to Nearly Everything" target="_blank">The Geeky Guide to Nearly Everything</a>. A very Happy Birthday to both of you! =D<br><br>I do believe the weather is conspiring against me. I mean, how else can you explain this nearly perfect bed weather we've been having the past few days? No matter how "on-time" I sleep, I can never seem to get up as early as I want to in order to blog more or perhaps get more Diablo II playing in. The bed's ability to provide comfort has been increased tenfold in these conditions and there's something dangerous about how nice it feels to lie down and to rem... http://rgsunico.multiply.com/journal/item/1236/00525_Storm_Clouds_Brewing_ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:50:00 -0000 <font size="2" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">Ah, there's nothing quite like sense of mixed excitement, contentment, fulfillment and release that you get from a pretty good Diablo II session with your partner. Okay, so maybe that's a pretty limited experience that not everyone may get a chance to have (or even want to have), but it's still a good feeling. Everyone has that one unique activity that they share with their loved ones, that quirky activity that usually they didn't realize they would enjoy doing together and just one day found it to be so. <i>YES</i> - THAT kind of a sense of giddy shared happiness. That's exactly what I'm talking about. I'm sure there will be other things we'll both enjoy together, but for now this is one of the more interesting ones to come along.<br><br>Work was just work today. Nothing amazing extraordinary and nothing really worth discussing - at least not without breaking privacy rules or something like that. Let's just leaves things that, I suppose.<br><br>Today I finally resisted the inevitable and bought... http://rgsunico.multiply.com/journal/item/1235/00524_Mixed_Metaphors Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:20:00 -0000