This “Bawal ang Wang Wang” enforcement on the road typically and basically does JUST one thing, prohibit the use of sirens. It does not miraculously get rid of the assholes on the road. And yes, it does sound fuckin’ stupid when repeated 3x.

Alex Adiaz posted this on Facebook and I gotta give it to him for standing up and going upfront taking photos of the jerks who seem like they’re kings of the roads.

PLEASE REPOST!!! On January 28 at 9:40am, as my family and I were heading south on congested Katipunan Avenue Extension towards Bonny Serrano, a Toyota Innova (Plate# NFQ947) with their hazard lights on suddenly cut us off just a few meters away from the center island. At first we let it pass because it might have been a legitimate emergency. But as it turns out, they were escorting a Toyota Land Cruiser (Plate# PQS969). I haven’t done this before but because of the near accident, I was furious enough to go down and take pictures of both vehicles while we were all at a standstill at the traffic light. Seeing this, the driver of the Innova turned off the hazard lights but did not bother to lower his windows to even apologize.

After Pnoy enforced the no “wang-wang” rule, the “Hari ng Daan” attitude by VIPs and especially their escorts still persist on the road. We have rules to follow and this does not exempt anyone, particularly politicians who are supposed to enforce the law of the people and not go above it! I will use Senator Miriam Defensor as an example, I must say that her drivers and escorts are one of the most courteous I have ever seen on the road. So whoever you are who nearly crashed into us this morning, we are all at times in a hurry but that is no reason for you to be a nuisance and to endanger other motorists on the road. You could have worsened the traffic situation if a collision had occurred. This rant wouldn’t have been necessary if you at least had the decency to put your windows down and apologize for your actions. No one is above the law even if you drive a Land Cruiser and have a Toyota Innova escort!

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I’ve seen this countless times myself.

Here comes a bunch of escorts who counter-flow, tap on vehicles, and bully drivers into nudging to the side for their ‘important’ servants of the public.

There’s even an instance wherein a police escort on a motorbike almost shoved a motorcycle to give a hint of ‘stay away my boss is passing’.

Sure, no sirens are heard. But assholes will be assholes. I do hope you jerks will get the attentions you need as it would seem to me that the more manhandling you do on the road, the easier it will be for assassins to spot you and snipe you down. That IS the reason you have such escorts right? And personally, I think that’s for the greater good. Otherwise, please do something more significant to improve the roads you wish to smoothly breeze through.

Why GD Closeouts? No competition. Once you see it, you buy it. No more bidding. That easy for us cheapskate domain investors

Just to confirm, yes there are ‘forgotten jewels’ here. In fact, it’s in this realm that I was able to buy a domain and flip it 10,000x!

So for now, here are 15 I’ve picked in this format:  (domain name / age in years / exact searches if available)

airsoftshooting.com / 8 / 110
Airsoft Shooting. Pretty much descriptive about the nature of the game. You can either start a directory of airsoft game areas for different locations and even carry a couple of items for sale via affiliate programs.

sexinhospital.com / 7 / 2,400
Sex always sells. Even if it is done in a hospital. Nurses and doctors FTW.

wrathofthegods.net / 9 / 590
Come 12/21/12, this might gain a lot of traction. But if we do survive that day, then yeah, it is still a common term or expression.

ajaxmaniac.com / 7
Ajax lovers and programmers unite. A nice tutorial site can be built mainly focusing on ajax.

emargaritas.com / 7
Margaritas. Just margaritas. Would be better if singular I guess but somehow maybe people would like it.

eventfeeder.com / 8
This is very brandable and can easily relate to an events company wherein one can simply subscribe and know the events in his or her area.

dbbar.com / 7
5L.com. Database Bar. Bars in Daytona Beach Florida.

juicyguy.com / 11
For a conceited guy. That or for an adult-related site.

boneshq.com / 7
Bones HQ. Seems brandable enough

graphicscastle.com / 6
A good name for a graphic design firm.

proveit.org / 10 / 9,900
Prove It! A nice call to action. Seems like a good ‘dare’ type of platform or something quite related. COM NET BIZ INFO and US are taken

wackedup.com / 10
Seems brandable enough.

insidebc.com / 7
Inside British Columbia? Or anywhere else that can stand with the initials of BC

goplanb.com / 8
When plan A fails, what/where do you go? That’s right. Go Plan B. NET BIZ & INFO taken

cafid.com / 7
There are actually a lot of meanings for this abbreviation and one of the organizations involved might want to shorten their website to a 5L.com

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That is according to an HSBC global research department report released just recently for the years to come.

According to this chart of HSBC’s 2050 list of top economies, Philippines can easily list to be the world’s 16th best economy. Here’s the top 30:

1. China   (+2)
2. U.S.     (-1)
3. India     (+5)
4. Japan   (-2)
5. Germany (-1)
6. UK      (-1)
7. Brazil    (+2)
8. Mexico (+5)
9. France (-3)
10. Canada (same)
11. Italy      (-4)
12. Turkey (+6)
13. S. Korea (-2)
14. Spain    (-2)
15. Russia (+2)
16. Philippines (+27)
17. Indonesia (+4)
18. Australia (-2)
19. Argentina (2)
20. Egypt (+15)
21. Malaysia (+17)
22. Saudi Arabia (+1)
23. Thailand (+6)
24. Netherlands (-9)
25. Poland (-1)
26. Peru     (+20)
27. Iran      (+7)
28. Colombia (+12)
29. Switzerland (-9)
30. Pakistan (+14)

The original article clearly highlights how the Philippine economy can easily reach +27 in terms of economic growth by then and how most European countries are going to go down.

As much as this looks promising, it should be noted that this report was filed back in 2010. It was supposedly a foresight 40 years ahead from then as indicated and obviously, it was based on the work done by the GMA administration. Yes jejepeople, GMA did the country good. You can claim ‘corrupt’ without any other reason but ‘because the media said so,’ but everybody else is and she did the country good.

So far, in the span of 2 years under the new administration which took its seat back in 2010, the nation has found itself slump down from a GDP of 8.xx down to a GDP of 3.xx.

It’s still a far cry at the moment. It is, after all, 38 years away and who knows who’d come by to fuck up the system or do it wondrous miracles. But wouldn’t it be nice to actually be on top of South-East Asia? The list claims we can be near the level of Mother Russia!

BattleAxe Network Logo by KEN.ph

The first ever Podcast was born alongside the first ever Podcasting Network and since then, the network bore new babies in the form of Good Times: Acoustic with Johnoy Danao, Tropical Banter with Basti Artadi and Tirso Ripoll, Geek Chorus with Gabe Mercado, and the latest Drinking Digital with Ricky Baizas. Aside from having its children, it had many brothers from other mothers as Filipinos with cameras and computers made their own shows, Becky Nights being one of them which tackle gay pride.

It’s definitely an evolving industry and we most certainly need other means wherein we can further enhance the entertainment our nation receives, and more importantly, deserves.

Hopefully, GTWM S2 comes on in soon alongside more other shows, whether they be from BattleAxe Network or not. It’s always a good thing when people join in to help and inspire more creatives to create the best quality entertainment we can provide.

For now, here’s a Season 2 trailer for GTWM the Podcast. The expected launch date mentioned in this video was January 2, 2012. But hey, better to perfect the process rather than prematurely launch it and fail right? Afterall, this time, it’s gonna be casting all the way from the Big Apple -  New York City!

Oh hey, it was No Pants Subway Day!

This is the 11th Annual No Pants Subway Ride and as usual, it still shocks people.

Yup! This isn’t really a new thing. It’s kind of a yearly tradition now for people of Improv Everywhere. Now, they managed to have 59 cities in 27 countries all over the world participate. Here are a couple of shots from their sources:

That guy with the prosthetic leg was awesome no?

Anyway, check back the other No Pants Subway Ride from years back or go check out Improv Everywhere.

I’m thinking if the Philippines can handle joining in on next year’s ride.

The offer by the sole registrar is to simply replace it with another domain which will be free for of registration fees good for 20 years and a refund of $70. LOL. But hey, what can you expect when you’re using a domain which is under the one and only registrar able to register .ph and .com.ph domains?

I still don’t know what the domain is and I’m too lazy to actually go and type in aa.ph up til zz.ph

It is rather ironic though, that such a rule is being implemented when the registrar runs its own i.PH.

I await the day when ph domains will be much of a free for all kind of extension wherein its price tag will be lowered to accommodate the public and help push the web industry of the nation.

More about it: Dotting the Ps and Hs

This time, I’ve covered my biggest sale to date. It’s a sale of a domain for $1,700. Before this one, the biggest was $800. That’s a huge jump!

Somehow though, I think I might have undersold it at that price. But knowing how I made 9,900% ROI, I am happy about the sale

Just in case you were wondering, the domain is a 5Letter .com and was bought off a droplist for $17, nobody wanted it, and it stayed with me for only 4 months then sold. And yeah, I just let it sit there and the interested party was the one who approached me via GoDaddy privately then further processed into Escrow.

Decided to put it in a way that many of us will understand thanks to the rampant use of internet memes.

I personally like the banig pattern but that’s about it. Oh and I think WOW did a great job. Why did they fix something which wasn’t broken anyway?

Here are a couple ones you might want to consider listening to:

Pilipinas – Blaze & Kane ft Pow Chavez

Indak – Up Dharma Down

Tadhana – Up Dharma Down

Ooh Weeh – Pow Chavez

Three Stars and the Son – Elmo Magalona ft. Kris Lawrence, Jay-R and Billy Crawford

Delivery Boy – Somedaydream

Ako Na Lang – Zia Quizon

Shawarma – Shivaker (Sam YG)

You gotta admit even Sam YG making fun of things as Shivaker, he did make a catchy tune on the thought of shawarma ;p

Let’s support our artists guys especially when they come up with these types of creations, which need our much needed attention and recognition. We know we got the potential to create quality music that can hit the big time.

I’m pretty sure I’ve failed to notice more than these ones but hey, just keep on sharing. Feel free to comment more vids from promising artists even those in the underground market

Well this is long overdue, nevertheless, pretty much awesome and nostalgic for most of us who’s followed Kenshin Himura, otherwise known as Samurai X in his ventures in Kyoto. LOL. Geek talk but you gotta admit, you loved this. It’s coming 08.25.2012 according to this one.