the lauren theory 2007

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TLA

Waaay Cheaper Alternative

Written by Gel on Saturday, June 30, 2007

I'll let you in on a little secret.

Lewis & Pearl Dew Drops cologne smells like D&G Light Blue! Although, of course, the latter's scent stays a lot longer. I have heard about this before from a former officemate, but I only got around to buying one because I needed something that's practical for everyday use and I could carry in my bag without adding too much weight. The best thing about it? It's dirt cheap, a 50ml bottle costs roughly PHP30 only. :)

Transformers the Movie

Written by Gel on Saturday, June 30, 2007

Transformers is, hands down, a brilliant movie. I love it! :D

Truth be told, I wasn't really looking forward to seeing the film as I expected it was all robots firing laser beams at each other. I was just being the dutiful girlfriend who came to see it with the boyfriend who loved the animated series and anticipated the movie so much, he bought tickets for the first day in advance.

Barely halfway through the movie, I realized how much I underestimated Transformers. I especially liked the transformations of robots to their alternate mode. Heck, I love everything about the movie. I love it so much that the moment I got home, I looked it up at The Internet Movie Database. Yes, I'm officially a fan. LOL.

Some trivia on Transformers (from IMDB):
  • It took approximately 38 hours to render one frame of the CGI animation to portray the Transformers. (that explains why the transformations are superb)
  • Producer Don Murphy decided, after listening to feedback from Transformers fans, to use the voices from the "Transformers" (1984) (and its spin-off The Transformers: The Movie (1986)). Veteran voice actors Peter Cullen and Frank Welker, who provided the voices for the iconic Transformer leaders Optimus Prime (Cullen) and Megatron (Welker), were auditioned personally by director Michael Bay, who feared that their aged voices would be noticeable. Cullen was confirmed to reprise his role, but Welker's voice had aged too much and besides didn't suit Megatron's new alien look, and so Hugo Weaving took the role of Megatron. However, Welker reprises his role as Megatron in Transformers: The Game (2007) (VG).
  • Bumblebee's classic alternate mode was a Volkswagen Beetle, but this was changed to a Camaro. This was because Michael Bay wanted to avoid comparisons with Herbie the Love Bug.
  • Megatron's classic alternate mode was a Walther P38 pistol, but Hasbro the owners, and official distributors of the toyline stated that they would not produce a gun of any kind for their characters (it's also illegal to make replica toy guns in several jurisdictions). Also the writers thought it was like "having Darth Vader transform into his own lightsaber and someone else swinging him around," so it was changed to an "interstellar jet."
  • According to one of the CGI artists that created the animated robots at ILM, if you took all the polygons (CGI building blocks) from all the autobots and decepticon models they created at the studio, and strung them end to end, they'd reach to the moon and back and you'd still have enough left over to build the coliseum in Rome two times.
This movie definitely tops my list this year, so far. Can't wait for the sequel! :)

Pinoy Big Bull Crap

Written by Gel on Thursday, June 28, 2007

Why oh why am I not surprised that Wendy Valdez is included in this season's Big 4?

On Internet Banking

Written by Gel on Thursday, June 28, 2007

I'm seriously thinking of pulling out my money from Chinabank. Grr. Everything seems to require too much effort: from opening an ATM account, to having my driver's license photocopied (they don't have a friggin' copier in their office), to enrolling my account for internet banking. Don't even ask about the customer service.

Anyways, aside from the fact that their new accounts teller is apparently misinformed about valid government IDs (and most of the bank's products), activation of internet banking account takes more than a week. Not one week, as I was initially told. I went to their branch this morning to get my login details only to find out that they don't have it yet, and deliveries from the head office are on every Tuesdays only. Tuesday messengers, wtf?

Talk about efficient. Your success is our business, my arse.

EDIT: I rediscovered BancnetOnline which is now a better site, both in structure and usability. No enrolment process, whatsoever. Just key in your card number and PIN, voila, you can check your current balance and pay bills at no service charge.

News Just Got In

Written by Gel on Friday, June 15, 2007

My paternal grandma passed away. It's been a six-year long battle with diabetes and those evil dialysis machines. :( I know she's in a better place now.

Our Newest Baby!

Written by Gel on Tuesday, June 12, 2007



Meet Maki, the newest member of this household. He is a month-old mongrel (a cross between a Chow Chow and an askal) we got last Sunday from a friend of Allan's officemate. He weighs a kilo and a half, and sleeps 90% of the time. He loves to take naps, eat, and gnaw at things. In that order. He also likes being held to sleep, lying flat on his tummy on the floor and staying in the direction where the fan is pointing. He hates enclosed spaces.

We brought him to the vet yesterday. It was my first visit to one (I never brought any of my pets before), and it was not pleasant for the three of us. The veterinarian didn't seem too friendly with canines; her clinic reeked of unwashed canine urine, and all the dogs that were staying there seemed, I dunno.. unhappy? I think Maki got traumatized with how the (female) vet gave him shots. He was treated in really scruffy manner, not in a way you'd expect an animal doctor to administer medications. What those were for weren't even explained to us in clarity.

OK, so she told us the puppy has flu (if it wasn't obvious already), and asked us questions without examining Maki first. Then she went on giving him shots. Part of me wanted to question her if she really knew her thing, but I was more concerned of Maki's cries earlier. Needless to say, we're changing vets. I don't trust that woman. :s

Meet my New Toy

Written by Gel on Sunday, June 10, 2007



So much for being "half-decided". I bought the kit a couple of hours after I posted the previous entry. :P When I went to the toy store, there were only two stocks left! So yeah, I had to get one. :)

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