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Bato bato sa langit…

Let me pose some questions:

  1. Is it or is it not pathetic when someone uses someone else’s info and pass it off as their own?
  2. Is it or is it not more pathetic when they actually try to use such content in conversations?

Who would’ve thought that the latter would be possible eh? The internet, with all it’s blogs, boards, or any text-based communication medium makes this sort of plagiarism possible. I recall distinctly on one of my “political” posts, some comments which made so much sense, which were so articulate – but alas, had said too much (citing other views/responses that had nothing to do with MY post) AND sounded so familiar that I swore I read them somewhere before that I just had to try googling the phrases – and ended up finding a whole bunch of articles by Conrad de Quiros which contained the very same “responses” verbatim.

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Agony

My dad dropped of a DVD of this play we watched when we were still little (as in early gradeschool)

It’s entitled Into the Woods and it rocks! I’m glad Dad found a DVD version and we got to reminisce and appreciate the play even more that we could watch it with more capable minds (for lack of a better term)

Anyways, I totally dug the parts where the two princes talked about their “prospects.” They were so hilarious, that I even encoded the parts to video (and put in the words).

Watch it if you have the time… you won’t regret it!

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Question Mr. Attorney

Ok for all the lawyers out there (Punzi, anyone?), I just wanted to get your opinions on this for the heck of it. It’s no biggie really, just an article I read a couple of days ago which got my attention.

This is the scenario: A molester, is going to court because of evidence a thief sent the police (anonymously). This all happened when the thief had opened a memory card which was part of the “goods” he had stolen from the molester – who was just a “victim” at the time. The thief was apprehended from an unrelated case, but said he was the one who gave them the molester – in case you were wondering.

Now the question is: is that evidence admissible in the court?

The story was popular because… aside from the fact that people were painting the theif as a hero (claiming there is honor among thieves as he chose the moral high road in sending the evidence at the risk of being caught), there was also much hoo-haw over the legality of how the evidence was “procured.”

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T5 last minute adjustments

Auto-trim Locking Tuners

As I mentioned in previous posts, I got a couple of extra guitar parts along with my T5, namely some straplocks and locking tuners.

Yesterday, Mom and I went out to get my temporary license (since my license was stolen along with the money in the airport last month). I figured it was the perfect time to send the guitar to a luthier as well. Arjay had given me the contact info of this guy who does all the guitars of all respected musicians in the Philippine music industry (as soon as I saw Cesar Aguas’ name there, that pretty much convinced me)

The day went as follows:

  1. Went to guitar shop, drop off guitar.
  2. Had lunch at Cafe Juanita (Kapitolyo).
  3. Went to LTO and fixed license.

  4. Went back for guitar.

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Just for the heck of it

I’ve been opting to stay-in whenever I can while the rest of the group go on their respective “excursions.” I guess I’m lucky that so far, all the houses I’ve been to have WiFi (I’m not surprised, but it is a good bonus nonetheless).

I guess I might as well post since I got nothing better to do.

We’re in Los Angeles right now, and we still got 2 days till our concert… that means I’m staying in for two more days. It isn’t really a big deal since I’m used to it. Plus the fact that I pretty much have been to the places worth visiting here from our last tour. I’ve been able to save quite a lot because of it, so I’m not regretting it one bit.

To give you an idea, a safe amount I usually allot for a trip to the states (exclusive of plane fare) is at least 500USD for pure needs (e.g. transportation, food, etc.). That’s your minimum. Put shopping, theme park hopping, etc. in there, and that budget goes up dramatically.

We’re at the 2nd leg of the tour and I’ve only spent about 63 dollars. 34 of which, I could’ve avoided if I hadn’t let people persuade me to gimmick with them on our first night in NY and gotten a cheaper metro card (I got a 7 day unlimited pass… which I only used about 5 times) I’m making sure these things will never happen again.

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