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Monday, May 25, 2015

Postmodern Jukebox Cover: All About the Bass





Check out this Postmodern Jukebox cover All about the Bass originally sang by Meghan Trainor.

Postmodern Jukebox is group of rotating musicians doing covers of pop songs with twist of jazz, ragtime and swing. Check out the video



Sunday, May 17, 2015

The Flash Season 1 Episode 22: Rogue Air Review









In the last episode, Wells has unleashed Grodd to distract Barry and the team. Wells has been repairing the particle accelerator and has just turned it on.
The team discovers that Wells has been hiding in S.T.A.R. labs the entire time and soon found and rescues Eddie. Learning that Iris would end up marrying Barry in the future, Eddie ended their relationship.






Knowing that the particle accelator might end up killing their prisoners, Barry seeked the help of Leonard Snart to transport them to an airfield and eventualty to an A.R.G.U.S facility in Lian Yu.

But before agreeing to help Barry, Leonard wanted Barry to delete all of his records in all law enforcement database. Barry did that despite Joe's objection.



Snart eventually betrayed Barry. He tampered with the containment system and the prisoners got away. Snart explained that now the prisoners owes him and would have a use for their talents in the future.








Barry's problems doesn't end there. Wells has returned now that the particle accelerator is fully charged. Barry , Oliver and Ronnie teamed up to defeat wells. Using coordinated attacks and nanite injections to disable Wells' speed, they are were able to capture wells.




Now here are questions. By the way spoiler alert!. Eventually Kaitlin and Cisco would become metahumans as well. Now that particle accelator is online, would this mean that it is time for Barry's friends to gain metahuman powers?

Second. What is Wells up to? Would he use accelerator to go back to his time? Or does he have a different agenda?

Now the next question is about the timeline. It was mentioned that Oliver was with the League of Assasins when Barry needed help with transporting their prisoners. But in the end he was there to fight Wells. How did Barry Contact him? If you are watching Arrow, Oliver has been stuck with the League for weeks. And the only time he was back in Starling City is when he was trying to capture Niisa. Was he able get away from the league during that time?

Lastly have you seen the trailer for the new arrow-flash spinoff series called DC's legend of tomorrow? If not click here for the trailer. Why am I asking? Again another spoiler alert. Leonard Snart a.k.a Captain Cold would eventually team up with Atom, Firestorm, White canary and Hawkgirl. Knowing that Snart is a criminal I thought this episode would be turning point for him to join the good side. Or even have some clues. I guess the writers would have to leave us hanging a little bit longer. DC's Legend of tomorrow would air in 2016. What are your thoughts?



Saturday, May 16, 2015

Upcoming DC and Marvel movies from July 2015 to July 2019

Photo from 9gag.com




Here is a list of movies from July 2015 to July 2019 of your favorite Marvel and DC's Characters. The battle of DC and Marvel in big screen is currently heating. Currently Marvel is leading of off course. DC has a lot of catching up to do.  Check out the complete list

July 2015 - Ant-Man
Aug 2015 - Fantastic Four
Feb 2016 - Deadpool (at first I thought it is a Spawn Movie)
March 2016 - Batman Vs. Superman
May 2016 - Captain America Civil War
May 2016 - X-men: Apocalypse
July 2016 - Doctor Strange
August 2016 - Suicide squad
Oct 2016 - Gambit
March 2017 -  Wolverine
May 2017 - Guardians of the Galaxy 2
June 2017 - Wonder WOman
July 2017 - Spiderman
July 2017 - Fantastic Four 2
Nov 2017 - Thor
Nov 2017 - Justice League
March 2018 - The Flash
May 2018 - The Avengers: Infinity War Part 1
July 2018 - Black Panther
July 2018 - Aquaman
Nov 2018 - Captain Marvel
April 2019 - The flash
May 2019 - The Avengers: Infinity War Part 2
June 2019 - Justice League 2
July 2019 - Inhumans

Wondered why Tuition Fee increase is so rampant in Philippines?


Photo taken from Rappler.com
In a few weeks the new school year is about to begin. Students are excited but not all parents are. Most parents especially those with children in private schools would have to pay high tuition fees. Does high quality of education means high cost?

A college student would have to take more of units (subjects) during their freshmen year. The units would lessen as the students progress with his education. Ideally when the number of units taken by a college students decreases, the their tuition fee would decreases as well. But that is not what is happening.

Based on my experience, I took 30 units on my freshmen year. Tuition fee was around Php16,000 then. That was in 1996. During my senior year, I was only enrolled to around 16 units but paying the same amount that I was paying during my freshmen year. So every year although I was enrolling to less number of units, my parents were paying the same amount. Right now the tuition fee in my Alma mater is ranging from  Php 60,000 to  Php 75,000 per semester. I wondered how much it would cost after another 10 years?

So why is this all happening? In 1982 the president then, Ferdinand Marcos signed the Education of 1982. Basically it gave Private Educational institutions free reign on the tuition fee increase. A commercialization of Philippine Educational System sort to speak. A few years later the Government created the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). One of the purpose of CHED is to approve the tuition fee increase of educational institution. But as we all know, they are not doing a good job in regulating it.

Educational institution claims that 70% of the tuition fee increase goes to the teachers and the rest would go to upgrading of the school's facilities. If that were true how come many teachers a going abroad to work as domestic helpers or would take a job on a different field?

So should we blame Marcos for the enactment of this law? I think we should but I think the blame should also fall on all the succeeding leaders for turning a blind eye to what is happening with Philippine Education System. If they continue to ignore this issue I am afraid that several years from now Filipinos would encounter the same problems as we are facing now.

Just to clear things up. I am not an activist. I am just another parent who would face the same difficulty that my parents did. My child has just started to go to school. 10 to 15 years from now I wonder how much it would cost to provide a great quality of education?

What are your thoughts?








Thursday, May 14, 2015

Arrow and Flash Spinoff series DC's Legends of Tomorrow is coming to CW


After the success of Arrow and the flash comes another spin-off is coming this 2016. If you have been watching both shows you would be familiar with some of the characters. The premise of the show is that a group of heroes and villains must unite to face an immortal threat. Leading them is a time-traveling rogue named Rip Hunter.

The Heroes comprises

Rip Hunter  (Arthur Darvill)- a time traveler who has seen the future and is trying to prevent it from happening.

Atom (Bradon Routh) - reprising his role as Ray Palmer / Atom. Since he joined Arrow in season 3, I have always wondered if he will get a spin-off series as well. Well it's not his own show but it is still a spin-off. I guess that's why he transferred the ownership of Palmer Industries before the end of Season 3.

Firestorm (Victor Garber) - reprising his role as Dr. Martin Stein turned firestorm. In the first season of the flash, Dr. Stein and Ronnie Raymond  left Central City. Although Ronnie is not in the trailer. I wonder why.

White Canary (Caity Lotz) - she will play Sarah Lance. In the flash tv series, Sarah was murdered in the early part of season 3. It seems like she will be raised from the dead using the Lazarus Pit.

Hawkgirl (Ciara Renee) - A girl who could fly and has past life complex


The Villains

Heat wave (Dominic Purcell) and Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller) will reprise their role from the Flash. Both were villains hell bent in taking over Central City. Unfortunately the flash was in town. In season Captain Cold and the flash made a deal and both villains left Central City. 


Check out the Trailer




There are news that Hawkgirl and some of the cast of Legends of Tomorrow while appear on the Flash's Season finale. That I have to see. There arealso  some news that there are other characters joining the team. Who are those characters? I guess we would have to wait and see. 


Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Here is what is wrong with your face sounds familiar Philippines









Your face sounds familiar is based on Spanish singing and impersonation competition. If you have seen your face sounds familiar Philippines you would agree that it’s a great show. Here is the problem. The deserving contestant doesn’t end up winning. Why? I’ll discuss that in a bit.
Shows like the Voice and American Idol have the same problem. The deserving ones doesn’t end up winning. For the Voice the winner is based on the number of text votes from the public. And for the past two seasons I thought that the runner up deserve to win. For the voice kids I thought Darren Espanto would win instead of Lyca and Alisah Bonaobra deserved to be the winner instead Jason Dy from the Voice Philippines season 2.
So what is the use of joining if the winner won’t be based on pure talent? So here is the problem with your face  sounds familiar. Although the winner is not based on text votes, the winner is determine based on the votes of the  3 Judges and the votes of their peers.
I think the three judges are mostly fair with their votes. It’s just that during week 7 where Maxene impersonated her father, the late Francis M, they seem to have voted based on their emotional attachment to Francis M. She ended up winning but is she the best impersonator for that week? I really think that there were better performances compared to Maxene’s.
But here is the main problem. Aside from the Judges vote, the impersonators could give 3 points as long as they don’t give it to themselves. And there seems to be a group that is bias with their voting. Karla Estarda, Jay R, Maxene and sometimes Melai are most of time giving the votes to each other.
A good example is Week 8 where Karla Estrada won when she impersonated Ann Wilson of Heart. I thought that Edgar Allan Guzman (impersonated Andrew E) or Nyoy Volante (impersonated Freddy Mercury of Queen) would win it. Before the impersonator’s vote were mentioned, Edgar Allan and Nyoy were leading. But Karla Estrada ended up winning. Is it because her sons was there during the show? Or should we expect automatic votes from here group?
If this goes on I highly doubt that the most talented impersonator would win. So in your opinion who is the most talented impersonator? I'll go with Nyoy or Edgar Allan. What are your thoughts?


Monday, May 11, 2015

What is wrong with Nyoy Volante in Your face sounds Familiar Philippines?


I have been asking this question for weeks. In my opinion Nyoy Volante is one the best contestant in Your face sounds familiar Philippines. And yet he has only won once in the whole competition. It is his performance as Justin Bieber that gave him the win.

Every week he doesn't get votes from his fellow contestants. Two Sundays ago Nyoy got 8 points from the the two Judges Sharon Cuneta and Jed Madela and got 7 points from Gary Valenciano. Another contestant who got high marks with judges was Edgar Allan would transformed as the Philippine Rap Icon Andrew E. I thought that either of the two would win. But when the voting came, Karla Estrada ended up winning it. Why because she got most of her votes from her friends JR, Jolina, and Maxene.

So the question is, is there something wrong with Nyoy Volante? Why isn't getting the votes from his fellow contestants? He surely deserves it. Or it is because there is already a group created among the contestant that they tend to give their votes within it's member?

If that is the case, the undeserving would win most of the time. On top of everything, they seem to take the time to ensure that Nyoy would have a hard time with his performance. Next week he will perform as Katy Perry. Well I could only think of a another contestant who might pull it off and that is Edgar Allan would is also bringing his A game every single week and doesn't seem to win as much.

Just my thoughts. What are yours?