Saturday, May 29, 2010

Changes to my blog + My new favorite anime

Yeah, I know your eyebrows are raised because of the changes I made to my blog. I decided to upgrade my template because I'm somehow bored with my previous template. It really took me a short time to revamp this blog to a new level, but I'm happy with it. Oh, and I changed the title a bit because somehow, my post does include not only about my life and online games, but also about anime as well. So there, the new title is shown on my brand - new blog.

Well, speaking of anime, I'm now a fan of To Aru Kagaku no Railgun (A Certain Scientific Railgun). I first discovered it in my March issue of GAME! magazine, and it's only a few days ago that I decided to give it a try. Indeed, I was impressed with it.

Well, just in case you haven't heard of it, To Aru Kagaku no Railgun is a side story of another anime entitled To Aru Majutsu no Index. It focuses mostly on Makoto Misaka, one of the Level 5 users in Academy City, the place devoted on training its students to fortify their supernatural abilities. Misaka is reputed to be the ace of Tokiwadai High School (one of the prestigious elite schools in Academy City) due to her powerful talent of controlling electricity to her liking, like launching coins at a fast rate and giving those who cross her a excruciating electric shock, which might even cause massive destruction at the surroundings. No wonder Shirai Kuroko, another Tokiwadai student and a member of Judgement (the police department) always shows affection to her, much to her chagrin.

Aside from Misaka and Kuroko, there are other two interesting characters that I like: Kazari Uiharu and Ruiko Saten (both students from Sakugawa Middle School, another school in Academy City). Uiharu is a shy female teenager with a flower wreath on her hair, who is also adept in using computers for research and surveillance for Judgement, while Saten-san, despite having no abilities, is a cheerful female with a happy-go-lucky attitude (although there's also another side of her, which was painful and depressing). Together with Misaka and Kuroko, they form a group of friends who stay strong despite the obstacles coming their way.

But despite the action, comedy and humor made to lighten the mood, there are also sides of horror and depression. One proof would be the ability users who used their gifts for bad means, with a sad story behind the motives. Another would be a scientist who acted as a cerebral psychologist, but in fact, has even more sinister plans. But the more shocking would be illegal means to upgrade supernatural powers, with a heavy price in exchange.

If you're interested, check out the ff. videos (sorry, I won't put the episodes... You have to discover it for yourself):

First Opening Song (Only My Railgun by fripside)





First Ending Song (Dear My Friend by Elisa)



Second Opening Song (Level 5 - Judgelight by fripside):



Second Ending Song (Real Force by Elisa):




All in all, it's indeed worth checking out. Gotta check out To Aru Majutsu no Index once I'm done watching all 24 episodes of Railgun... ^^


That's all for now... Ciao! ^^

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Digsby: communication in one small package

Months ago, back at Pasig, I wanted to chat with my friends using Windows Live Messenger. The last time I used it, there was a message that said that I must upgrade to the latest version in order to continue, for if I clicked no, I could not use it. So there, I upgraded it, but an error messaged popped out saying that there's a problem connecting with the server. Worse, I couldn't even uninstall that damn thing. I tried downloading the latest version from the website, but still the same result. It meant one thing: the system requirements are much more demanding now, more modern than the previous. Because of that, I held off chatting for months.

Thankfully, a solution came to me yesterday while I was busy using Facebook (yes, I have an account there). My friend Rara-chan had posted in my news feed about her using Digsby, an all - in - one social application which allows checking e-mails from multiple e-mail accounts, chatting with friends from various IM applications, such as Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger, and even looking for updates in various social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. See, it's indeed an all-in-one package, allowing anyone to do all of these things in just one application. ^^

It was indeed a good discovery for me, so I decided to download the application and register. I placed all my e-mail accounts (in MSN & GMail), my IM accounts (in MSN & YM), and even my Facebook account there.

So there, I managed to chat with my friends from both IM accounts, and even to check mails from both MSN & Gmail, and even from my news feed in Facebook as well without having to go to the sites just to see what's there. It was indeed worth checking out.

You can check the features in this video:


You can download Digsby through this link: Download

Oh, and don't forget to register, for it's necessary before you can enjoy the benefits. ^^

That's all for now. Jaa - ne! :D


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Something to cheer me up for the meantime

Right now, I'm currently in the severe state of depression right now because of my mistakes that made my mom so mad at me that she would hit the roof. Because of that, I held off playing CelestiaLuna because I'm not in the mood to level up my characters there right now... :(

So I decided to start watching Bakugan: New Vestroia through the Internet. I'm starting to like the plot: Peace at new Vestroia at the start, but then alien ships came over and captured all monsters there, enslaving them and treating them like helpless animals just for entertainment. That's where Dan and Marucho come in, meet Mira (leader of the Resistance), together with Ace and Baron, reunite with Shun (who had his hair cut short), and help them free the Bakugan from the Vestials' slavery. Believe me, obstacles also came in the way, including the Vexos (team of the Vestials' best Brawlers), and even the prince who was acting like a spoiled brat (having a collection of the first season's main protagonists' Bakugan turned into statues, excluding Drago, is one proof).

So far, I had just finished watching episodes 1-16. Too bad I couldn't watch episode 4 due to copyright protection... T_T

So, enough ranting for now... Gotta continue watching the rest of the series now. Jaa - ne! ^^