Thanks to the generosity of LazerXtreme – a newly-opened establishment that resurrects laser tag again in the Philippines – a select group of bloggers were given the chance to give the place a spin. The participants were a mix laser tag veterans having had fond childhood memories of playing in now-closed shops in SM Megamall and Shangri-La EDSA and laser tag virgins who had no idea what the laser tag was about.
Dark Knight is among the most anticipated films this year. With the very strong merits of the last Batman movie (Batman Begins) and the death of Heath Ledger – the actor who plays the intriguing role of the Joker — the movie could break all sorts of records in the box office aside from kudos from movie critics and casual moviegoers alike. The film also stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Aaron Eckhart and Maggie Gyllenhall.
For those who want to watch Dark Knight before everybody else, the Philippine General Hospital Sagip Buhay Foundation is offering premiere night tickets for the reasonable price of 250 pesos each. Sagip Buhay Foundation is a non-stock non-profit organization that helps indigent patients in the PGH wards and intensive care units avail of potentially life-saving medications and diagnostictests. It has been helping needy families of the seriously ill for the past fourteen years already.
For a ticket that’s not even twice the usual ticket price in SM Mall of Asia, you can enjoy Dark Knight before most people would get to watch it aside from also giving those in need a hand in helping their loved ones fight the biggest challenge of their life.
What: Dark Knight Premiere
When: JULY 18, 2008 (Friday) 7PM
Where: SM Mall of Asia
How much: 250 pesos
Again, all proceeds go to the Sagip Buhay Foundation. For more tickets and inquiries please text Dr. Adrian Paul Rabe at +639163333603.
My team better win more games soon. I trust my teammates. I know we can!
I’m obviously the one wearing Dirk’s number. We’re at 0-3 right now but things are looking up. Mike will play the rest of the season barring any untoward incidents.
*not in pic, my brother’s also with the Black team.
Uniform palang, champion na! :p
Unbeaten! We’ll play them this Saturday before I go on duty. LOL.
I remember Miggy starting a similar topic about four years ago so I’ll
start it again for the new generation. haha. Despite being around
since what seems like forever now, I still look at Chicosci as a
“young” band – maybe because most of them are just a couple of years
older than me. It’s amazing that they’ve already done 4 albums to
date! Few rock bands in the Philippines have reached that number in a
decade – off the top of my head, Razorback, Wolfgang among others. Im
proud to say that I bought the last three Chicosci albums the first
day they were available. :p
I like Chicosci for the very reason why most people loathe them. I
like their almost chameleon-like ability to adapt something that feels
like a big departure from their previous album while still retaining
some recognizable elements. It’s polarizing and a bit hit-or-miss, but
it’s always great to see a bad try something new and grow as musicians
even if the general direction may seem somewhat random and erratic.
“Method of Breathing” is my favorite album by Chicosci. I hated it
when it came out. It ended up sounding so raw compared to the really
processed sound of “Revenge of the Giant Robot”. There were serious
problems with the recording of the first track (Solution Cairo) and
that probably made it harder appreciate the album during the first few
spins. I love the frenetic tempo of most of the songs. There were also
songs that borrowed elements from what seemed like Latin and South
American influences. Despite the rough edges, the album made it clear
that Chicosci was willing to push their creative boundaries and was
not afraid to experiment and enrich the sound with elements that
would’ve been considered alien given their initial image.
“Chicosci” is second in my list by a hair. The band totally
committed like crazy to this new image thing and though I’m not
particularly fond of this very-out-there type of presentation, the
music is definitely the most well-polished and most well-produced that
I’ve heard from the band. The elements just all came together -
especially with Miggy getting really comfortable and even more
flamboyant with the songs. I’ve been shielded from local radio, MTV
and other sources of mainstream music for the past three years so I
don’t know if it sounds like any of the stuff that’s big right now. I
also don’t listen to “emo” or any of its derivatives that seem to be
the buzzword of the current decade. I like the music and that’s that.
“Icarus” is number 3. On some days, maybe I could bump it to number
two. I love “Gift of Tongues”, “Open Casket Romance” and “An Argument”
A LOT.
“Revenge Of The Giant Robot” is last. Im sure almost everyone would
agree that things got real better after the debut. Kudos for the
band for consistently showing growth.
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Top 10 songs (off the top of my head)
10 Sink Or Swim (Revenge Of The Giant Robot)
9 Chicosci Vampire Social Club (Chicosci) <<< my guiltiest pleasure.
HAHAHA. I get weird looks when I tell people I like this song.
8 Gift Of Tongues (Icarus)
7 Rolento (Method Of Breathing)
6 An Argument (Icarus)
5 You’re Killing Me (Chicosci)
4 Colonized (as recorded in Method of Breathing)
3 Glass Is Broken (Method of Breathing)
2 Dance Of Ones of Zeroes (Method of Breathing)
1 Sorry It Was A Joke (Chicosci)
Yes, I am one of the few Chicosci fans who didn’t go crazy over Paris.
Hehe
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Everything that I wrote is my opinion and I’m not imposing on anyone.
:p Please share your own lists.
Most people would actually write an on hiatus post to warn their readers of an upcoming lull but unfortunately, I didn’t have the foresight to do something similar to that. For the past week, I’ve been engulfed by the art and science of Anesthesiology. I’ve been learning how to make people numb, paralyzed and amnesic for extended periods of time so that surgeons could do their life-saving work. Though most people have a dismissive outlook towards anesthesiologists, I’ve really gained a good sampling of what they could offer. Patients at the brink of death could be sustained at that point thanks to the skills of a good anesthesiologist. I’ve seen a stab patient lose more than 90% of his total blood volume and still live. That alone is a tremendous testament to the skill and competence of Philippine General Hospital-trained anesthesiologists and surgeons.
The downside to all this learning is the not-so-little problem of not having enough time to sleep, eat and yes, blog. A clerk rotating under anesthesiology is expected to spend close to 80 hours a week in the operating room – with stretches of continuous 36-hour shifts being the worst-case scenario.
 In thirty minutes, I’ll be back in the operating room. And yeah, anesthesiology is supposedly one of less toxic (demanding, difficult, exhausting etc.) rotations in Clerkship. Wish me luck. :p
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