Tawni O'Dell - Back Roads

I finished this novel for 3 days. This is the first novel that I’ve read from a female author since I’m more into thriller type. What caught my attention was the “Book Oprah’s Club” seal printed on the cover. The story is about an orphaned family led by Harley Altmyer, aged 19. Her mom was in jail for killing their dad and all the responsibility of being a parent was taken by Harley who has two jobs to make ends meet. The author did a great job of capturing his conflicts and stresses as he struggles to keep it together. The family secrets are intense and some scenes will make you uncomfortable because they violate a few taboos. The characterizations are vivid, narrative is too gripping and too real and each family member generates sympathy.The story itself is like a car wreck, devastation is all over it but you can’t help but look and ask why? I stayed up all weekend to finish it. I hope that the ending was different since he sacrificed so much and Harley is such a good person. He deserves to be saved or rewarded for all the things he'd done.

Stress Buster - Drunk Man Game

This game is very simple and addictive. By using the mouse, help the drunk man walk straight as long as you can. The longer he walks the higher the score you'll get.

Download here and open using any browsere

Ferdinand Marcos is better than any president

This entry is just a “what if?” questions and solely my own opinion.

I just had some questions in my mind regarding the celebration of the “People Power Revolution”. What if no one opposed Marcos? What if Marcos continued to be the president back then? What would happen to our country? Of course, many will say that Marcos is tyrant, unfair, unjust, and whatever bad things you call him. But when I had a conversation with my parents about him, all they said was good about him and nothing bad. What if Marcos continued to be the President? Surely, it will be a Marcos dynasty. Not even a single Filipino will be a millionaire or billionaire because hell be hogging their money. Surely, he is one of the most corrupt official. But who cares? At least we benefit from it There are those NPA’s, terrorist attacks, and it only shows how weak our armed forces and policemen’s are. Due to Marcos’ iron rule, he was able to impose order and reduce crime (remember the curfew hours?). Because of our international diplomacy, we are being aided by the US government and many infrastructures were built during his regime. After People Power, is it anything better? Did our economy improved? No. It even became worse, corruption is still evident. Maybe we can’t erase corruption, that’s given. But Marcos would have offered something better if we let him lead us (Philippines would have been a powerful and rich country just like the others).

I quote from wikipedia “The relative economic success that the Philippines enjoyed during the initial part of his presidency is hard to dispel. Many of Marcos's accomplishments were overlooked after the so-called "People Power Revolution", but the Marcos era definitely had accomplishments in its own right. 

People power is the main reason why this country is poor and history repeated itself with People Power II and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo being the president.

Read this link 

My Vacation - Last part

So we reached Socorro by van for about 2 hrs (should have been 1 hr if not because of the road construction). We rested for the whole day and had the chance to invite other relatives for some chit chat. The next day, we decided to visit one of our small purchased land nearby to take a look. 

Agriculture is the main source of income here.

You'll see rice fields along the way

Dogs, chickens, cows and goats are the most common animals outside the houses and backyards.

Since no one lives on the land we purchased, we decided to plant bananas and some citrus fruits. Some of the banana trees are ready to be harvested.

some of the fruits were eaten by birds

We earned about 1,200 pesos selling those bananas and bought food for dinner.

My Vacation - Part 1

Last 3 weeks, me and my dad decided to go to province to visit my grandma. We'll be staying at one of our relatives in Socorro, Oriental Mindoro. We arrived at Batangas city port around 5:30 am and bought our ticket scheduled for 6:00. We've chosen supercat as it only takes around 45 minutes of travel time if I'm not mistaken.

People are lining up for their seat numbers

But around 5:45, the trip was cancelled due to some technical problems and will resume at 8:30. We refunded the ticket and went to RORO (roll-on/roll-off) port for the 6:30 trip (it takes approx. 2-3 hrs). Vessels here are bigger since its designed to carry wheeled cargo like trucks, automobiles, buses, etc.

 

we traveled thru one of besta's ship

 We reached Calapan city at exactly 10am and headed to Socorro (thru van) for another 2 hrs.

Greg Iles - Mortal Fear

I just want to share a book that I’ve read a year ago. This book is about a serial killer that targets females from an erotic online dating service called EROS. Its mostly about sex and murder. The killer uses many usernames, he toys with women, kills them, and can always find a way of escaping thru his vast knowledge of computers. Since the protagonist is the system operator of EROS, he became one of the prime suspect along with his colleague. This is where the cat-and-mouse game hunt begins. You can search it online for a better synopsis since I’m not good with it.

The book itself is a fairly long read. But, it never really bogs down. Greg Iles has put a great deal of detail into this novel. It also has plenty of action and it deals with family problems that ties in the end. The computer aspect of the story is also interesting since the killer is anonymous thru the Internet. The tension is great and I love the conversations as it really builds up the story. In the end, this is a book that I’ll recommend to everyone who wants an excellent suspense and psychological thriller.

Restroom for the BIG BOYS

How would you react if the girls were real?

Are you going to keep staring like that?

Diablo - A one of a kind classic game (free full version download)

Most gamers today are playing RPG games right? (Well, that applies to online gamers)  With lots of titles to choose from you wont be contented with just playing one. My mindset was to always have my character level-up so high that I can boast it to my friends. But lets backtrack. One of the reasons why RPG games are so popular nowadays is because of Diablo by Blizzard. I remember that I borrowed and installed an original copy from my neighbor (wala pang pirated cd noon) and became addicted to it. The objective of the game is to find evil creatures and to kill them repeatedly. The game itself has some nice graphics considering its old, and you get the basic elements of an RPG genre. There are 3 characters to choose from. A warrior for melee type, a rouge for ranged attacks, and a magic type sorcerer. For the system requirements, as long as your computer was build around 1996 and above standard, then you wont have problems Anyways, its really nice that we look back to the past and appreciate the old times which shaped the future to what it is now. And all I can say is, "Lets kick some demons butt".

Here are the screenshots of the game:

Download it here: (just extract in a folder and run the file named "diablo")

Diablo 1

Rotating dots

This is quite interesting. Follow the rotating dots and the color of it will be pink. Now, focus only in the center of the image (the black "+" sign) and notice that the color is green.