#2009-11

Fighters are chosen for characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses and then after weapons testing and strategy analysis a computer simulates 5000 battles then formulates an average to decide which contender is deadlier.

Some aspects of this series are actually quite interesting. There’s exploration into the types of weapons used throughout history as well as documented evidence on conflicts and figures in the past. The contests are made roughly fair by choosing fighters from the same time zones so that neither are outmatched by future war technology.

A lot of the testing is dubious in its accuracy. For one thing some of the personality profiles are based on highly biased records or even worse, myths. Also the weapons are tested a set amount of times by the same people so historical figures are judged by the strength of the cast members used to simulate their attacks.

It was fun that the season finale for the third series was just a fun supernatural episode to ensure that the project wasn’t taken too seriously overall but was an educational and entertainment exercise. It’s a little bizarre at some points where the higher brain functions kick back in for a second and you realise you’re in some way routing for Saddam Hussein and you have to check your perspective real quick.

There’s not always a great range of women involved, possibly because it’s a show aimed at a male demographic but we barely get any women involvement until the Joan of Arc episode. The special for the end of season one didn’t work so well since they brought a whole season worth of opponents back for one and that amount of statistics just blurred together.

4/10 -It’s below average, but only just!-

COMIC Megastore 2009-11

hi! we know naman how most students love to post their schedule for the incoming semester on their blogs and other social accounts dba? student din naman ako, pero para maiba, eto ang 1st sem sched ko.

  schedules in BLACK are for my graduate school while the rest, for my work naman as an instructor. monday nights are usually reserved for PPTA convetion organizing committee meetings. the big question is, why post this when it's already over? wala naman. I would like to thank lang all the people who helped me throughout the semester.

my classmates in grad school, sir tots, x, sir d2, mam marty, eu and arlene. thanks for all the help. di ba mas nagiging madali at magaan ang trabaho kung nagtutulungan. :)

to all of our professors in grad school (na ka-trabaho din namin sa CRS: mam Sally, sir Val, sir Mike, mam Janine), maraming salamat po for always understanding our situation. salamat po sa pag-alalay. :)

sa mga students ko na paminsan minsan e pinapatawa ako para lang mabawasan ang kasabawan, maraming salamat. can't tell you how much that (the laugh) helps sa isang araw na wasak na wasak na ako. salamat!

to zen, thanks for all the weekend breathers. grabeh!!! to G2, sa lahat ng drawings and caricatures ko na ginagawa mo para lang mapatawa ako sa mga GG season ko. salamat.

and to my adik, salamat din, salamat lagi, for the boost! sorry if i lied to you na i only had 3 subjects sa grad school when in fact i enrolled all 4 (full load). kinaya ko naman dba? so wala akong sermon? hehe. :p

and gaya ng sinabi ko rin last year:

November 21, 2009

MOA and The Fort

i was so sick today, pero talagang nangibabaw ang pagka-fireworks freak ko. sugod sa MOA to meet up with my parents. plan was this: meet up in MOA and go straight to taguig for the pyro olympics. kaso, 7pm na rin sa MOA, and may pyro display din. so the original plan to watch 2 sets of pyro became 3 sets na. Yey!!!

Mall of Asia (the usual saturday 7pm pyro display)

Then drive drive drive to The Fort. Sakto, fireworks were about to start. First up is Germany (Nico Linug). Didn't like it much, simple lang kasi.