50's Diner

Yeah, sorry that place up on Abanao had to go. But well, it was good while it lasted.

My all time favorite was the pineapple rice, miss it! A few milkshakes with the family and good times.

The dart games and pool with old friends (hey Tonee, Djerick, Dan, Marie, Eros, etc.).

If there's a place a bit similar (but lacking the roller coasting hottie's in pink) but with all the great oldies music of the era, thats Johnny Rocket's.

PSP Games: Lost Planet - Extreme Condition

"Wayne, promise you'll come back to me", says the hopeful and confused snow pirate damsel who's also got her heart beating for Dr. Yuri.

Alas, a good thing that our character ends up having amnesia and starts fresh on a planet that finally gets some green after the son of his father's killer does some good.

This game's controls felt a bit like that of GoW, or at least the part where you have to continuously press on "O" and get the waypoints working.

Even at Easy mode its challenging and I have to agree on that setting decision. The boss stages are a fair amount of fun.

Online gameplay isn't as exciting as UT but not as frustrating as Halo and you at least spawn at base with some form of shielding without having to get sniped right away. Looks to be a very popular game in Japan as most game servers and players were hailing from there at midnight with just a handful of players like myself from North America or the UK.

How mats is dat doogie in da wendow

The one with a wagging tongue and shooting the breeze ...?

On our way back from dinner and we caught side of this little guy. Very behaved, very nice. Kewl.

Multinational Branding

What better way to spend the day than to spend time among stalls of shoes?

Why, what else but amuse yourself by some bran names that would get you laughs if you wore them in Baguio.

Just like this one, very tell-take wouldn't you think? I wouldn't be caught dead wearing them though. :-)

AT&T Uverse - downtime until 4:43PM PST

Service just got restored at 4:43 PM PST after being down just after lunch. By service I mean being able to watch on any of my thee-(3) digital receivers.

Thats the first time for me. I should have checked ClarkConnect if the internet service was down as well. However, since I did configure a bandwidth aggregator didn't feel any pinch thanks to the alternative Comcast line.

Working well it is.

A Hometown Resident's Take on Elections

Quite an interesting and revealing inside look on McCain's choice. Lots of comments and feedback at the end notes from both sides of the line. An interesting defense is to shift scrutiny on Obama's relations to national security -- but I'm still looking for direct negative feedback from his hometown detractors to compare apples to apples. If I find it or hear of it from my landlord, will post it here as well to be fair.

PSP Games: BlackSite - Area 51

Just as the title suggests, this game's ending should fall into a blackhole in space. It took me about a week or so before I went back to finish it but was really disappointed that it was just the final few shots and nothing :-(

The game starts well enough with you being stationed in Iraq as part of a mission. As usual the government doesn't tell you what it really is about. You find an alien base deep within some structures. Your war ends, but some time passes and your team get's called back into active duty. You path crosses with the tight bunned Doctor, and you get double crossed by Summers.

There'll be lots of weird looking aliens and one where the idea of the boss looks like something stolen right out of War of the Worlds.
I take issue in your nemesis being too corny compared to R:FoM

Some furious firefights with pro-E.T. henchmen that look really pale compared to the sleek suits in Haze. Have I told you about the un-cool weapons that are new but less effective that shotguns?

And much more, so much more that I won't even mention.

Good story plot. I think varous levels and getting up the mountains to the base was good. Sniper mode rocks when felling them darn pesky pro-alien morons.

Need something more original here guys.