John Roy - Abenaza - BlogMy web site is so fresh. The paint is still wet, but stay tuned, because I have lots of personal things, specifically about what is happening day-to-day, that I will keep updating daily.

After spending half an hour, I finally got 2 site for your needs in watching Asian movies. Those are Crunchyroll and mySoju. Crunchyroll do look like Youtube but at the same time it is a social networking site. Because user/viewers can do or create a group, have a comment on a movie and upload some of their favorite videos. The video streaming in Crunchyroll is quite faster than other video streaming sites. The slogan of the site which is “feed your need” is actualy true. Like, for me an avid fan of Jdrama, Korean movies and lots of anime wants a site where I could watch them all fast and wouldn’t wait for some time to load a movie. Crunchyroll reall feeds my need. Its social networking features is another thing that I liked in Crunchyroll. There are many groups from Japanese, Korean, Filipino groups. And not only that, they also have groups sor some artists, anime and many more. My review on the site? Well I liked the thing that they have a fast video streaming, and also I liked how they make the people communicate with each other. Crunchyroll is really suggested for those who wanted a fast video streaming and to meet other people.

While on the other site, mySoju has video which are mostly dramas and came from Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Their site is just for watching and no more. But I think they have the most updated collection of Dramas esp. on those 3 countries. Their video streaming is somehow fast for a person like me whose connection is a broadband. My review on the site? I liked there collection of videos. Because they have some of my favorite shows like “Honey and Clover”. So one thumbs up in that. Second, compared to Crunchyroll, I found out that there (mySoju) streaming is a little bit slow. But overall I suggest that you should try this site especially when you love dramas came from Korea, Japan and Taiwan, well you should try this.

A day full of remembering our loved ones who already passed away. And for some its a day of scare and horror. But still, this day is made for our loved ones to be remembered. One thing you don’t know is my birthday is on November 1. Some of my friends said that my birthday is unlucky but I think its not. I think its lucky because i got many present from some of my uncle and relatives. We are celebrating the all souls day or the day of the dead in many interesting and cultural ways. In Filipino custom of celebrating all souls day is going to the cemetery, offer foods, clean there burial place or in Filipino “nitso” and of course offer candles and a prayer for their souls. Mexican celebrates the Day of the dead by building a small altar called ” altar de muerto” which is dedicated for their loved ones. Haiti also celebrates Day of the Dead, by playing loud drums and loud music all night at cemeteries to awaken Baron Samedi, the lord of the dead and his mischievous family of offspring, the Gedes. The Gedes can be seen on cemeteries wearing like corpses or undertakers.

See how other people celebrate the day of the dead? They all got many customs in it which shows their nationality and their culture. But still the most important thing on celebrating the All Souls day is to remember our loved ones. Happy All Souls Day!

After the long wait, its finally back.  Yes its back, the Command and Conquer Red Alert 3. EA is taking 7 steps back in time. To bring back one of a With a lot of bunch new story and a new campaign, Red Alert 3 is surely a hit for those who are action packed gamers like me. The story starts after the Allies reach the glory of victory, its the time where the Soviets decided to turn back the time going to the past where Albert Einstein is still alive. There mission is to eliminate Albert Einstein before he create the technologies that would make the Allies reach there victory. The mission is a success, the Allied forces became weak. But before they would celebrate their victory, another threat is coming. The mysterious, powerful, technologically advance, The Empire of the Rising Sun. Would the act of the Soviet really benefit them or will just make the situation more complicated. The game is available on PC and in the Xbox 360

With the new features such as:
The Return of Red Alert!- It contains those things that the people liked in the game. Like the story telling campaign game. The new version contains new and an action packed battles.
Co-Op Done Right- Every mission is designed from the ground-up with co-operative gameplay in mind. You could join forces with your friend online or try to join forces with the 9 Al Commanders
Command the sea, Command the world- with a new and different missions, it will take you from the land, to the seas and to the air.
A New threat from the East- With the Empire’s new technologically advance group, robot culture, naval warfare, with units influenced with science-fiction and combat with the combat of martial arts.
Star Studded storytelling- contains the largest cast in the red alert franchise.
Command Stick 2.0- designed for 360 users to enjoy the RA3 like you are playing in the computer
New and complete casts- Tanya, attack dogs, Tesla Troopers, Sonic Dolphins, Armored war bears, Welcome back.

System Requirements
OS – Windows XP / Vista (32-Bit)
Processor – XP: 2.0 GHz (Intel Pentium 4; AMD Athlon 2000+; Multiple Cores) / Vista: 2.2 GHz (Intel Pentium 4/AMD Athlon 2200+/Multiple Cores)
Memory – XP: 512 MB / Vista: 1 GB
Hard Drive – Media: 6.0 GB / EA Link: 12.0 GB
DVD Drive - 8 SPEED
Video Card – XP: 64 MB / Vista: 128 MB
Sound Card - DirectX 9.0c compatible
DirectX - Version 9.0c
Online Multiplayer – 512 Kbps or faster; 2-8 Players
Input - Keyboard, Mouse
Optional – VoIP Headset

With the game to be released by the Electronic Arts this Holidays. See there website for more updates http://www.ea.com/redalert/. So long Comrades!

Celebrating All Souls Day for Filipinos are quite customary for every Pinoys. Following are the common practices that Filipinos do during All Souls Day:

1. Visiting the cemetery and lighting candles as many as the number of their departed loved ones.Lighted candles symbolizes love, joy and hope they shared with their loved ones they had left behind shall keep burning forever.

2. Praying. They offer prayers and masses for the peace of the soul and to ease the pain and suffering they are in.

3. Offering food and water believing that somehow the soul share with the simple feast.

4. Offering beautifully arranged flowers. Flowers serve as a living memory reminding us that our departed loved, like us, once had been fascinated by the beauty and color of life.

For your flowers need this coming All Souls Day, Raphael Flower’s and Gifts offers different variety of freshly picked farm fresh flowers.

Visit www.raphaelsgifts.com for an advance order of flowers.

Love your dog? Want to show it infront of the online users? Well dogster is the perfect place for you.

Here you can create an account for your dog. You can customize your profile, show its hobbies and make a blog for your dog, and even post its pictures. You could also check the information about the breed of the dog that you like, Pomeranian, Pitbull, Chihuahua, Rottweiler, Maltese, Shih Tzu and many more. Dogster also features some blogs, which surely are related to dogs. There are blogs which are made by some users, blogs containing some tips and advice from the vet. Dogster allows its users to have a diary for their dogs and its updated everyday! Whats cool about dogster? Well first of all I like dogs sice I am only a child so this is a great site for persons like me who love dogs. Second, they let adoptation. They give home for the stray dogs and dogs which are not being cared a lot by their owners. And I love their advocacy of saving and giving a shelter, and a owner who would take care of them. Third, I love their content of choosing the “Dog of the Day” and the “Dog of the Week”

Spending the day just staying in the house, without doing anything. I’m sure you’ll be bored. Instead of lying there, go out. Have fun! Don’t waste that beautiful day. Like what we did last August 29. We went to a place where all of us enjoyed. Of course its Enchanted Kingdom! Its in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. EK is just 5 hours drive from here in Caloocan.  I enjoyed that 5 hours because I am with my friends. And 5 hours is enough for a rest because of the adventure you’ll experience. We arrived there at exactly 12 noon, which is kinda hot. Its my first time there so I am very excited. In the entrance, I noticed the elegance of the design which I think they adapted from the era of Queen Victoria. The park has many divisions. As you enter, you are welcomed by the Victoria Park. Its is inspired by the Queen Victoria’s reign. This is also the place where you will meet and greet the park’s mascot, Eldar the wizard. You’ll also see the first ride, The Grand Carousel. Next is the Portabello. It is the replica of a place in Panama in the Caribbean Sea. Here, you can see the giant high fly ride, the Flying Fiesta. If your out for a wet and wild action, why not try the Rio Grande Rapids. For all of the ride this could be the one of my most memorable because almost all of us in the section ride it and even our adviser and teachers ride it. There is a sign there that says “Expect to get wet in this ride”, which is actually true. My cellphone get wet while in the ride. If you want some action there is a Paintball somewhere. And the last ride in Portabello is the 4D. Its a 3d theater which you will surely enjoy. We watch Pirates. It was very funny and when you are inside you will feel that you are actually in the film.

When you walk around you will see the park’s another zone, Brooklyn Place. Take a sentimental walk down the streets of Brooklyn, one of the New York’s borough. There you will see the Rialto, Brooklyn’s motion simulator theater which combines sight, sound and movement. Here, one does not merely watch a movie - one is actually in the movie! Next zone is the Spaceport. Experience having a high fly that will take your hearts outside the Earth with the Space Shuttle. If you like doing car racing free to go to Kart Trak where your inner F1 car racer begins. This is my most favorite place in EK. The Jungle Outpost. If you want to spend a more relaxing ride, try the Swan Lake. Like any other swan lakes (of course you are riding on a swan) you need to paddle it like using a bicycle. What makes it so romantic is that you and your loved ones are the ones only there. After a romantic ride try out Jungle Log Jump. If your 4 in the group, that’s fine. Because only 4 person could ride one log. What I like in this ride, is the feeling of falling down from a high place. And I think that could be the best thing that I ever feel. We also spotted some ethnics (their not actually ethnics but I think only few) are performing some exhibitions like eating of fire, dancing cultural dance and breathing of fire.

For more of the park’s rides, got to Midway Boardwalk. You wil see there the Anchors Away, Dodgem, Roller Skaters, Up, Up and Away, Bump N’ Splash, Wheel of Fate. I think allo of us know what is anchors away right? So no need to explain. Dodgem, is a form of a bumpcar ride, which we all like. Roller Skaters is a roller coaster ride which is definetly a all time favorite for all of us. Bump N’ Splash is also a bump car, but in water. And the wheel of fate, from the name itself wheel is a Ferris wheel. Want to go back on the period where dinosaurs rule the Earth? the go to the last zone of EK. The Boulderville. Most of the rides have a touch of dinosaurs which you would feel that hey are already alive (run!!!!).

And that ends our Enchated trip at Enchanted Kingdom!

Yes its already finished! The GMA7’s franchise of American Idol, the Pinoy Idol. The finals was on August 16&17, 2008. The finals is very star studded. From Callalily, Rivermaya, Basil Valdez and many more. The other ex-finalists is also there, Penelope, Warren Antig, Kid Camaya, Toffer Rei, Daryl Celis, Sue Ellen and many more. Ram Chavez, Jayann Bautista and Gretchen Espina did a very great job for the three song they performed. First eliminated is Ram Chavez. The last two finalist sung “To You” which is written by Ogie Alcasid and to be the Pinoy Idols song. The declaration of the winners is a breath-taking one. And the winner is Gretchen Espina

Its been almost 2 weeks, i think, since I posted another article. And like what I have written, I do have an exam. And finally its finished! I have many things to tell about. The days before exam, we have many review games. And through that, we gain plus points in quizzes, recitations, and even in exam. Our examination days is divided by 3 days. Day one: Math, MAPEH, and Computer. The day one is my most memorable day among the three. Because that is the day that I am very, very hopeless. Because of that mathematics! Those Linear equations, graphing, substitution, elimination and many more. I am very confused on each of my answers. I even have a tutorial for that. My classmates teached me with those things. But I find those two other exams easy. Second day: Science, Filipino, TLE, and Values. For Science, I only have an hard time for labeling the parts of the plant cell. In Filipino I think its kinda easy. Like what mom Clamor said “Its easy if you reviewed well.” In TLE, I was so shocked because almost entire of test paper has Multiple Choice which made it so confusing. Values is the hardest yet fun for that day because each directions is different. There is a direction that tells you to put your answers in capitalized form and there is another which you should write your answers in Italic form. And for the final day, English, ASAO, and Social Studies. I thought English has an easy exam but its not. Instead its a very difficult exam, because it has hard identification. ASAO test is the exam trying to test on how well do we know the school rules and regulations, values of the months, the members of the faculty and the board of trustees, events and the winner in those activities. From the last years ASAO tests, its little bit easy. And last is the Social Studies which is about the Asian history. That is one of my favorite exam because its easy. And I reviewed it thats why. And for the entire examination days I could say that its a fun day for me. Good to be back!

Time passes so fast, that I didn’t notice that our examination is coming. Anyway, I am here to say goodbye for 2 weeks. Because I need to study hard in order to get high grades. Our examination will be on August 14,15, 16. So pray for me (no I am just kidding). But I promise to you that when I come back I have lot of stories to tell. Like, what happened on my exam, my grades, and many, many, many more. So see yah all!

Did you ever realize what is the story behind those meat that you eat? Did you ask yourself on how the animals being put on death for your food?

I watched a documentary last Saturday in GMA7. In Jessica Soho. Its about animal cruelty. Some of the animals there are cows, horses, pigs and goats. In the documentary, it shows on how humans kill animals for the sake of food. And it also said something on how humane the way of killing animals goes. There featured some “matansero” (people who kill goats). First, they forcedly let the goat drink vinegar. Then they will start killing it. And in some provinces in the Cordillera, they have a cuisine called “pinikpikan”. They first hold the chicken by the feet and wings in one hand. Hit the back of the head with the stick, just below the comb. Isn’t that cruel. The chicken dies slowly, and it feels pain and its terrible to look at. And then another story there is a man who would sell his horse because of their needs. The way of people used to kill the horse is they hit it with something that looks like an axe so that it would easily sleep. Whenever they kill those poor animals I hear cries, sobs, and their pain. I can’t stand looking at it.

Try to think of this, what if we are the food of the animals? And they will also do the same on us. What you would feel? Of course you would say that they are so selfish and cruel! What if they also saying it to us whenever we kill them. There’s still a way on how we could stop it. Like being a vegan. It would benefit you, the animals and also the Earth. That is what PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is trying to fight for, to stop animal cruelty.