Jollibee is Crazy!

Remember the Jollibee scandal? If Jollibee is not a mascot, people could have been saying "Hey! that bee is crazy. #@&%!!!"

Well, heres a video that shows Jollibee is indeed crazy.


Ever wonder why Jollibee turned crazy? Here's the story.

It started on a boring day...
When Jollibee decided to take a stroll outside...
The he goes to Western Union to get his monthly allowance sent by his mother.
He then decided to take a walk on the mall.
He goes window shopping at the department store.
Then he played arcade.

He then visited his Arch-rival Ronald McDonalds. Ronald offered Jollibee a tempting job at Mcdonalds. Jollibee made a deal with Ronald.But it is only a propaganda to lower the sales of Jollibee.
Homeless and jobless, Jollibee then became crazy.

So that's the whole story why Jollibee scandals are scattered all over the net. Later, Jollibee's sales went up again because Jollibee found descent a job.

He became a drummer.

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Credits to ~M@LignO~ of Rb for the pics. :)

My New Blog Banner

It's been a while since I updated my blog's design. Well, the most notable change in my blog is the color design. From plain, to black, to colorful, to white, and now back to a black motif.

But one thing that you'll notice is that my original banner stays the same.


Then I decided to change it.

I've been thinking what motif should I use? What banner design should I make.

The first idea is that I'll make a banner similar to this video. It is entitled "Akai Suzu" by Asaki.



I researched for the words "Ray" and "Soul" in Japanese. I used Babelfish to convert the words. I got some japanese characters (I don't know if it is accurate, some say babelfish is unreliable) and used it for my banner.
I then discarded the concept of sketch-like drawing on the "Akai Suzu" video. So what picture should I put in my banner?

I came up with a picture of mine, blurred and in low quality. I edited it using photoshop, add some effects, then, viola! It came out perfect for the banner.

The fonts used in the banner are just additional fonts from MS Office 2003, so it's nothing so special (Yet it is still an eye candy for me).

Then I finished my latest blog banner.


The banner is not my final banner for my blog. I still want to incorporate the "Akai Suzu" feel in my blog.

May The Best Typist Wins!

Typing games. Ah, brings back old memories. I remember when I was in grade school I used to play Mario Typing and TypingTutor games. Typing those falling words before it destroys the city.

Recently I found two typing games that I'ved enjoyed playing. We'll I'm not a good typist, but still these web typing games are still good to kill some time.

TyperRacer

The mechanics are simple, all you have to do is type the paragraph to reach the finish line. Sounds boring but hey, the game is has some features you might enjoy.

TyperRacer's strength is its multiplayer capabilities. You can join random opponents or call your friends for a race. The fastest typist wins. The game has a single player practice mode to exercise those fingers. The game also records your average words-per-minute and your skill level.

You can play the game at http://play.typeracer.com/.

P.S. - If you happen to find a player named Raysoul, that might be me. ;)

TypingMania 4
Love anime? Then this is a great game for you. The game is a combination of typing, music and anime.

The game is similar to a videoke, but you'll not singing the lyrics, you'll be typing it (But still, you can sing while typing).

The only annoying thing about the game is that most lyrics are in Japanese. You can also use a Japanese keyboard if you like.

You can play the game at http://somoe.org/typing/.

Credits to Redkinoko for the link. :3

Soul Calibur 4 Japanese Box Art

Looks like a Starwars VS Soul Calibur game... hehehe.

Source: www.videogaming247.com

The Deadly Harddisk Corruption

June 2, 2008. I've been in a not so good mood. Then suddenly a unexpected event happened to my computer. It hanged, and then I can't even enter on the OS (even on safe mode).

I tried to re-install my OS to prevent file loss. Before, re-installing saved me from computer crashes, but now is different. My computer is in a state of major slowdown, about it takes so many minutes to enter the OS, many minutes to execute a program. One of my problems is that I can't even run my CD burner program because of the slowdown, so I can't backup my files (luckily I've recently saved our pictures on a CD). Tried running it on safe mode, but it also won't work. My only hope is my 256mb Mp3 player turned flash drive (The Mp3 won't work, but still can save files). I tried to compress many files as much as I can, and had saved some important files.

Sadly, I lost many files. Downloaded games, pictures and documents.

As I try to find a solution, I realized that there is only one solution that can save me from this problem. Reformat.

After hours of formatting and installation, my computer is now back at It's normal state.

So what are the signs that your hard drive is corrupted. Here is what I've noticed before the crash.

1. Slowdown. It could be slowdown of the programs, the games, the startup, etc.

2. Application Crashes.

3. Brownouts, causing in improper shutdowns.

So what are the solutions and preventive measures that you should do if you have those symptoms?

1. Backup your files. Specially the most important files. You'll never know when your disk may come corrupt.

2. Perform Scandisk. Don't skip scandisk if your computer goes into improper shutdown.

3. Virus Scan. Maybe, a virus is the cause of the slowdown.

4. Delete unnecessary files and programs. They are just waste in your drive.

You don't have to be an IT expert to do this preventive measures. Better prevent the crash rather than fixing it.