I’m back to using a bare and simple wallpaper mainly because I stumbled on a really cute fanart from an artist named ~ryo-hakkai in deviantart in my quest to find Summer Wars wallpaper (oh I absolutely LOVE that movie and cannot stop watching it over and over again). For those who haven’t watched Summer Wars the two characters on my wall are Natsuki (female lead) and Kenji’s (male lead) avatars in this large social networking realm in the movie called OZ. Continue Reading

I know, I know this is a long overdue post considering this is probably one of my most-anticipated gadgets since I got the LX3. But finally I am able to find time to write about it.

For those who don’t know, this is the upcoming Panasonic Lumix LX5, the successor to the popular Lumix LX3 which I currently own. It looks pretty much the same as the LX3 and I find it nice that they’ve decided to stick to the form factor that made them popular. Last thing I would have wanted to see is it growing a few more millimeters in thickness or width causing it not to fit most of my pants pockets. Continue Reading

My cousin and his girlfriend came over for a couple of weeks, the last week having been spent in our house. To hit two birds with one stone, I decided to take my annual vacation around this time so as to be there to take them around as well. They did a relatively good amount of shopping but their main targets were really the stuff that they had trouble getting back in Guam which are manga and anime-related merchandise, certain clothing brands and bargain buys. Continue Reading

I mentioned in a previous post that I had started using a BlackBerry and I must say that it’s been a fun device to use so far. That is until you realize how much an unlimited data plan costs. My device is an unlocked/open line device so that means I can put in any SIM card from any service provider and I’d be able to use it.

When I first purchased my BB, there were two service providers here in the Philippines that offered BIS: SMART and Globe Telecomm. I maintain two numbers: a Globe prepaid account and a Sun line. I was happy to find out that Globe had released a prepaid BIS offering for those who have BlackBerry devices but didn’t want to sign up for a postpaid plan. I was more than happy to fork over Php1,200 for a 30-day unlimited service.

I just told myself that it’s just Php600 per payday.

Right. Continue Reading

Since GSC had revamped their RQ Miku for their Goodsmile Racing brand, I guess they found it “necessary” to revamp the other RQ designs for their vocaloids. You recall that they had already released a puchi Nendoroid set of the first RQ Miku design along with RQ Lin and Luka. So now that they have a new design for RQ Miku pointing around that gas pump, they just had to redesign RQ Lin and Luka to match RQ Miku’s new look. Continue Reading