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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Pacquiao wins against Rios


Brandon "Bam Bam" Rios didn't plan to become Many Pacquiao's punching bag or become his tune up game but that is what happened. Pacquiao is coming from two consecutive defeats with Timothy Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez. He plans to redeem himself when he faces off with Brandon Rios. Rios on the other hand is coming from a lost against Mike Alvarado and plan to get this win. The match is set in Cotai Arena Macau.



The match was one-sided with Pacquiao landing 281 out of 781 punches (36%) while Rios Landed 138 out of 502 punches (27%). Winning this match earned Pacquiao the WBO international welterweight belt.Judges score at the end of the bout is 120-108, 119-109 and 118-110 all favoring Manny Pacuqiao. 




According to Rios they expected that Pacquiao will be fast but his speed during the match was something their camp didn't expected. Pacquiao’s speed has caused problems for Rios. He was waiting for the chance to give Pacquiao one big punch that could knock him out but unfortunately for Rios the opportunity never came. Rios that Pacquiao did not hurt him but said in a post press conference “But he was quick. I did train for quickness but he was much quicker than my sparring partners.”

Pacquiao improves his record with 55 wins, 5 loss and 2 draws while Brandon Rios' records 31 wins, 2 loss and 1 draw.  Talks has already begun that Pacquiao would return to the ring of April 2014. Currently they have to opponents in mind. He would either fight Ruslan Provodnikov or Timothy Bradley.

Friday, November 22, 2013

How I met your mother Season 9 Episode 5: The Poker Game



Friday 6 PM. 48 hours before the wedding


In the poker table, Ranjit, Barney, Ted, Billy Zabka, Tim Gunn, James and Marshpillow were playing. At the last stages of the game Robin and James were left. Robin irritated by James’ negative comments about marriage asked him wager to his wedding ring. Robin won but later has brought Loretta to ask Barney to tell Robin to return the Ring. Barney was put in a difficult position on choosing between his mother and Barney over Robin. Robin and Loretta then played poker and Robin eventually wins Loretta’s favorite blouse.

Meanwhile Ted informs Lily that he plans to give Robin and Barney three wedding gifts. This ticked Lily off since Ted did not even get them a wedding present. Marshall has tried several times to send Ted the message that he did not get them a gift. At the same time Ted was also trying to send a message to Lily and Marshall about not receiving a thank you note. Apparently their friend Stuart has used Ted’s wedding present and passed it as his own wedding gift. Lily confronts Stuart and he confessed. He asked Lily not to tell his wife Claudia and has 
claimed that the wedding gift has changed the course of their marriage positively. 




As Marshall was passing Chicago, Ted has asked Grazzola, Ted and Marshall’s favorite pizza place that closed down due to sanitary reason but is now back in business, to deliver a pizza while they are passing Chicago. This is way to reconcile with Marshall. 

In the end she chose Robin and wanted to severe his ties with Loretta and James. He also said that it was all Robin’s Idea. Robin wanted to apologize to Loretta by returning the blouse. Loretta did not take it back and told Robin that it isn’t over yet. 



Alright marshpillow again? Marshpillow sucks! Good thing that is the end of it. The thing between Robin and Loretta is far from over. We expect them to clash in future episodes. Bringing in Grazzola is good touch to story. If you watch the previous season, Grazzola is the one place they love even though the food is not safe to eat. Only Ted and Marshall have eaten it so far. Will everyone in the gang eventually have a taste of the Grazzola pizza? It would be great if that would happen but it seems that is the end of it. What are your thoughts about the poker game?

How I met your mother Season 9 Episode 4: The Broken Code





Friday 3 PM. 51 hours before the wedding

Barney confronts Ted about the incident in the Park with Robin. Apparently Barney was there in the Park and saw Ted holding Robin’s hand. Ted has explained that he was just comforting Robin which Barney seems to just to accept as if nothing happened. 

Barney then asked Ted to do several request as part of his best man duties starting off with handwriting the table cards as Barney has explained that he left them. After finishing the task Barney asked him to do so modifications to the table cards in which Ted immediately agrees. Barney then asked Ted to move to the basement to make rooms for their relatives. Ted’s is forced to stay there along with the Pigeons that they have for the wedding. 



Ted eventually learned that the Poker game has started with Ranjit, Billy Zabka and Tim Gunn (who guest in previous season as Barney’s personal tailor). Ted realizes that Barney is still upset with him because of the incident. William Zabka was tasked to be the Best Man. They argued and Barney has said that Ted has broken the Bro Code. Ted insisted that he hasn’t. To decide whether Ted has broken the bro code they seek the help of Marshall. Lily has created a Marshpillow and has attached a tablet to its head. They are talking to him via Video chat. Marshall has asked Ted and Barney to recreate the events by asking them to hold hands. Ted finally admitted that he still has feelings for Robin but has promised that he won’t do anything to ruin their wedding. Barney has truly accepted Ted’s apologies and went to the back to the poker game. Barney tells Zabka that Ted will be his best man again in which Zabka obviously did not like. 



Although Barney and Ted are back as best buddies, it does not seem that this is the end of Ted’s feeling for Robin. There is still the locket and from the previous episode we learned that Ted is the Wild card in the Wedding. For me Marshpillow is getting too old. Please don’t bring it back again. Marshall is still driving to Farhampton. I can’t wait for the whole gang to be all together again. Zabka will definitely get his revenge on Ted. Guess we will have to see what he does. What are your thoughts for the Broken code?

How I met your mother Season 9 Episode 3: Last time in New York


Friday 2 PM. 52 hours before the wedding

Ted has made a list of things to do before leaving New York before leaving Chicago. When Lily learned about and asked why Ted has informed the Gang he simply said that it would ruin the mood of the wedding. There is only one item on the list that he still has to cross out which to have one last scotch with Barney.
Lily learned that Ted and Marshall were responsible for ruining Lily’s favorite dress. They were sword fighting in the apartment when they accidental sliced the dress. Lily started punished Ted and Marshall. Marshall got the worse of it when she told him to dress up with Wisconsin Packer’s outfit.

Ted has been saving a 30 year old Glen Mckenna for his last scotch with Barney. Later he learned that the contents of that bottle is not the Glen Mckenna but a mixture of Ketchup, dishwashing liquid, water and what is left of the scotch. Lily and Robin broke the bottle while they were sword fighting in Ted and Marshall’s old apartment. When Marshall learned of about it he removed the Packers head gear and called an abomination. Daphne quickly advised him to put it back on as hard core Packers fan were looking at them.



When Ted was finally ready to have scotch with Barney, Barney informed him that he saw Ted and Robin holding hands in the rain while trying to look for the locket. Ted dropped the 30 year old Glen Mckenna that Lily just obtained illegally. 

It seems like Ted and Barney’s friendship or Broship would be strain because of the locket incident. It is quite nostalgic seeing those fencing swords again. We have seen the swords in the previous seasons and Lily asked Ted and Marshall to get rid of them.

The mother is a no show in this episode. I guess we will have to wait for the next episodes to see her again. What do you think of Last time in New York?

Almost Human Season 1 Episode 2: Skin



Kennex and Dorian investigate a murder involving an android sexbot. Sebastian Jones, the pioneer and father of the sexual robotics technology was killed in a hotel. No traces of DNA could be found on the hotel as the killers used a device that wipes out all DNA. They soon learned that Jones is with a sexbot when it happened. The weird thing is that the female sexbot left female DNA traces of a person who was reported to be abducted. The DNA belongs to Nicole Bloomquist, a woman who was abducted a few days ago.

Kennex and Dorian questions Lorenzo Shaw, Jones’ business partner. He revealed that Jones Bankrupt the company when he invested on improving and creating a new generation of sexbot. Shaw said that they went Bankrupt when their biggest client, the Albanians, pulled out. 

Another woman was kidnapped leaving her child inside the car as the kidnappers took her. The woman’s son Victor, told Kennex of the description of the getaway car that took her mother. They got footage of the character leaving the area where the kidnapping took places but has linked the plate number to a different vehicle. 


Later they found out that the sexbot that was with Jones in the Hotel was created by the Albanians. They created a new series of sexbot which uses real human skin harvested from their kidnapped victims. Using the chip embedded in one of the sexbot they captured, Vanessa, they traced the origin of the lab where the harvesting took place. 

The captured the leader of Albanians, Yuri when they raided the skin lab. They made it on time and save Victor’s mom. Soon she was reunited with her son in the Police station. Captain Maldanado informed Kennex and Dorian that Vanessa is scheduled for decommissioning as it is illegal to have an android with human DNA but apologizes to Dorian. 


The episode ended with Kennex talking to the son of his partner and telling what kind of person his father was. 
So here is what we gathered. Android comes in both Male and Female version. In the Pilot episode, the evidence that the syndicate is looking for is a female android. It seems like it is a DRN like Dorian and not an MX-43. When Dorian scans something there are blue lights on his face. The female android had right lights flashing. That’s that mean evil robot equals red lights while the good ones are blue or is it a gender thing? I guess we will find out more. 

The show tries to insert humor on the show. I think Ealy is doing well on that department. I am not sure about Urban though. It is quite an improvement when the facial expression department though. Is it just me or I am just use to see Urban angry. I am just relying on the movies that I saw him in. In Lord of the rings he was always frowning. In Star Trek he was either angry or worried. Maybe we will see a new side of Urban’s acting in this series. 

What are your thoughts on Skin?

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Almost Human Character: Dorian


Dorian is an outdated android who has been partnered up with John Kennex. He has been decommissioned for years prior to the events of the Pilot episode and was replaced by newer version called MX-43. Unlike the MX-43, Dorian has emotions and sympathizes with urban. They are also equipped with Synthetic Souls. 

Dorian has already proven his worth in the field of investigation when he deduced that the wound of the suspect that they are interrogating is self-inflicted. He was also able to function despite having all the MX-43 disabled during the syndicate’s siege on the Police Station. 

Dorian is played by Michael Ealy. He was cast in films 2 Fast 2 Furious and Underworld Awakening. He also guest in TV series Flashforward and Californication. 

Almost Human Character: John Kennex

John Kennex is the protagonist of the series. He developed a hatred for the MX- 43 (Combat-ready android use by the LAPD) because one refused to help them left during a gunfight that killed Kennex’s friend. After the ambush, Kennex was in a coma for 17 months and was having difficulties recollecting his memories. Kennex is disliked by some or most of the Police officer especially when he became the sole survivor of the ambush. He is forced to be partnered up with an outdated android named Dorian who surprisingly has already saved his life and has gained his trust. 

John Kennex is played by Karl Urban. Most of you would remember him as Éomer in the Lord of the rings trilogy or as Doctor Leonard “Bones” Mccoy in the Star Trek Films reboot.Almost Human Character: John Kennex
Kennex is the protagonist of the series. He developed a hatred for the MX- 43 (Combat-ready android use by the LAPD) because one refused to help them left during a gunfight that killed Kennex’s friend. After the ambush, Kennex was in a coma for 17 months and was having difficulties recollecting his memories. Kennex is disliked by some or most of the Police officer especially when he became the sole survivor of the ambush. He is forced to be partnered up with an outdated android named Dorian who surprisingly has already saved his life and has gained his trust. 

John Kennex is played by Karl Urban. Most of you would remember him as Éomer in the Lord of the rings trilogy or as Doctor Leonard “Bones” Mccoy in the Star Trek Films reboot.

Almost Human Pilot review


J.H. Wyman and J.J. Abrams have created a new TV series for Fox Television called “Almost human”. Wyman was the writer and show runner of the Sci-fi TV series Fringe. 

Set in year 2048 in Los Angeles, Detective John Kennex lost his squad in an ambush leaving him the sole survivor. Kennex was unable to save his friend after a Combat-ready android, MX-43, refused to help them get to safety. Kennex was on a coma for 17 months and was trying to retrieve his memory with the help of a recollectionist. He remembers bits of piece of the memory of the day of the ambush and the face of his ex-girlfriend Anna. He is unsure whether the memories that he retrieve are real or not. Anna mysteriously disappeared when Kennex was on a coma.

Captain Sandra Maldonado, Kennex’s superior has asked him to return for duty. Despite his best efforts to delay his return, Kennex was forced to return after an incident of a hijacking of an armored van was reported. The perpetrators are believed to be the same syndicate that ambush Kennex and his squad. 


Upon his return, Kennex was assigned a MX-43 as a partner that immediately questions everything about Kennex. Kennex got fed up and threw the android off a moving vehicle. He seeks the help of Rudy Lom (Mackenzie Crook) to get a new Android partner. He was assigned an older and outdated version android (DRN) that is capable of having emotions and calls himself Dorian (Michael Ealy). The DRN has something called “Synthetic Soul” as well. 
Moments after, the syndicate abducts a Los Angeles Detective Pete Vogel. Kennex tracks down an associate of syndicate and was able to find out the location where Vogel is being held. But it was a setup from the beginning. As soon as Kennex found the detective, a poisonous gas was released killing the Vogel instantly. 


Using the recollectionist again, Kennex learned that his ex-girlfriend Anna is part of the syndicate and was the reason why his squad was ambushed. He then got an Idea using Dorian to retrieve memories of Vogel‘s Mx-43. They learned that the syndicate plans to attack the Los Angeles Police Station to retrieve evidence filed by.
Syndicate’s plans were foiled and Kennex was able to able to capture the leader of the group that lead the attack. In the ending moments Kennex started to trust his new partner Dorian. 

The Pilot episode reminded me a lot of several sci-fi movies like total recall, terminator and I-robot. Although you couldn’t really call them terminators because the MX-43 are really easy to destroy and even capacitate. The syndicate seems to be ahead in terms of technology. They easily disabled the MX-43 during the police station siege. 

All in all it was a great pilot episode. It made me want to watch again after seeing it the first time. It is different from Continuum or Fringe. It seems like they are still using bullets so the technology in terms of firearms is not as advanced. No lasers yet but who knows? I just saw the Pilot. Urban plays that part well but in the pilot episode it seems that Ealy is better in showing emotions. 

This is something to look forward to in my opinion. I am just afraid that it might be cut short since most viewers don’t appreciate this type of genre. What are your thoughts?

Saturday, November 2, 2013

Plants Vs. Zombies 2 english version is now free in Google Play


I was pretty excited when I heard about the new installment of Plants s. Zombies. The Chinese version of the game was released several months ago and I was able to get a copy. But since I couldn't understand the instructions, I had to wait for the English Version. 

The long wait is over. I was able to download the Plants vs. Zombies download for free. I am now testing it. They have added a map something similar to Candy Crush. I am still checking it out but so far I have encountered new zombies and plants. Will let you know soon about the results of the testing. 

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