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Coco Rocha Fancy Box When I saw that Coco Rocha  is curating for the latest celebrity Fancy Box subscription, I got lured into getting one. She seems to have a great eye for cool products (after seeing the items she Fancy'd) and she really looks so actively involved with this one, so I gave it a go.The Coco Rocha Fancy Box subscription is $39 a month (excluding shipping charges), but you can use this coupon code (25OFF7) to slash $25 off your first Fancy box. Huge red Fancy Box Cards with descriptions of the products at the back. Nice touch. American Apparel Over-the-Knee Socks (Black) - $13 American Apparel Over-the-Knee Socks I wear socks a lot, so I was pretty happy to get these. Bonus points for not being too thick (think stockings, but not that flimsy).  Hopefully I won't lose these in the laundry. You will always need extra socks. Especially if you always tend to lose the other pair. China Glaze Nail Polish in Sun Worshipper and Co...

I'm sure at some point most people have thought about writing their own book. I know I have. I experienced it first hand how tiresome it is to look for specific information on how to publish your own book (like finding out if I need to have an ISBN number, or if I can self-publish an e-book on Amazon without using my real name, etc.). With APE: Authour, Publisher, Entrepreneur , all the information you'll need is here. You'll learn that self-publishing isn't as simple as typing out a story on your word processor, putting it up on websites that sells e-books and wait for the readers to come. You will learn that with patience and dedication, self-publishing isn't impossible. Despite being a manual,  APE is fun and conversational all throughout. If you have any thoughts on self-publishing at all, then reading APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur is well worth your time. I also feel that the website for the book is worth mentioning. Apart from more details abou...

Pottermore When Pottermore was first announced last year I was looking really forward to it. I always thought that the Harry Potter series would make a great game. I was thinking something along the lines of Turbine's Lord of the Rings online , so when I learned Pottermore is basically an online portal where users can follow the story line of the book chapters, collect items, earn house points (through duels and brewing potions), etc., I was disappointed and never bothered to sign up for the website. Months after the official public release date, I see positive response here and there. Today, I was very bored and decided to try Pottermore out. I must say that it was very underwhelming. I don't really see the fun in looking at a scene, hovering my mouse around till I get an item (or unlock stories). Shopping at the Diagon Alley perked me up a bit. After finishing the shopping list, you head over to Ollivander's Wand Shop where you need to answer a few questions to g...

The Adventures of Merlin Season 5 (BBC) 2026 Thoughts: I've been rewatching Merlin (currently on season 3)! After watching the whole dragonlord arc and that earlier episode, where Kilgharrah taught Merlin a spell similar to how the Greybeards and  Paarthurnax teach the dragonborn a dragon shout / thu'um , I'm actually convinced they got a few ideas from Merlin . Like they literally mention how dragonlords and dragons are kin and how their souls are brothers. BBC Merlin is (head)canonically a dovakhiin!! Also, I remember a fanpage wanting to organize a ten year Merlin anniversary meetup on the castle filming location in France but it lost steam over the years (my sister and I wanted to go lol). There will be a " Ball of Camelot " event on the Chateau De Pierrefonds in France this coming July/August 2026 ! They did the first " Ball of Camelot " last 2025 and the tickets for 2026  are sold out but depending on the demand they might probably do ano...

Wilfred Season 1 If you want to know what the song on Wilfred Episode 11 - Doubt (Season 1) was (the background music while Wilfred walked around like a 'gangster' and Ryan secretly following him), it is Gangster by Paco . I found the lyrics here  but it was a bit hard to read because the translation isn't separate from the lyrics. I took the liberty of posting the lyrics and translation separately below. Title: Gangster Artist: Paco Damas y caballeros, Pongan atencion al siguiente comunicado Damas y caballeros, Pongan atencion al siguiente comunicado Bienvenidos a L.A. donde las drogas y los freeways Son normales pa' la gente (gangster) Marihuana por aqui marihuana por alla Onda multicultural esta presente (gangster) Frente al rotulo de Hollywood millones de viajeros Siempre sue an con la fama (gangster) Con tu foto, tu pagina, y "my space" encontraras Cual es tu rama, y cuanto ganan (gangster) Si no tienes de que esconderte Y no t...

Back to the Cubeture 2 OST If you've played Back to the Cubeture 2 before, then I'm sure you'd agree that the in-game music was great. Lucky for me and you, the OST of Back to the Cubeture 2 is available here  (all 13 songs for just $4!). If you just like one or two songs you could purchase one track for $0.78. My top 5 favorites among the list are (in no particular order): - Chick Chicken, Die!  (infectiously fun) - Hades Do-Sa-Do (cool electronic track) - I Wanna Be That Man (mainly vocals, but really interesting) - Grime God Beat (surprisingly catchy) - Calamari (just plain nice and easy to listen to)

Back to the Cubeture Era 2 It's been a while since I last posted something. The past several months has been great but I'm not here to talk about that. This really incredible game, Back to the Cubeture 2 brought me back from the dead and compelled me to write a blog post today because it's just that GOOD.  Cuboy, Forest Nymph and Hercusneeze You play as the ever-friendly Cuboy. An evil cat, Padrino, messed everything up causing the three of you (Cuboy, Padrino, and your Boss) to get time-warped into Cubathens. You need to recover the time warper in order to get back to the present time. ...and he's not in a mood for a party The voice overs are just amazing. I've never been more entertained playing a flash game in my entire life (considering the fact that this is a point and click game, and I hate using the mouse). I feel that I'm watching a British Futurama/Spongebob mash-up loaded with Excitement Seeds. X-citement Seeds It's...

I used to really like watching Japanese movies/tv series but after consecutively watching several awful Japanese movies, I kind of lost my interest. I wasn't even aware there was a live action movie version of Paradise Kiss out last year. I decided to watch this one since I enjoyed reading the manga and watching the anime version before.  While watching the movie, one of my early complaints was the lack of romance between Yukari and George, but near the end of the film, I was glad they made it that way. It made the farewell scene between them all the more sad and heartbreaking. I was a bit bothered by the cheesy music used throughout the film (the anime soundtrack was really good though), as well as the weird catwalk modelling near the end. I'm not really in tune with the fashion world, but Yukari's walk didn't look very professional to me (actually, none of the other models did). Overall, I did have a bit of a good time watching.

Several pens that my sister owns. This is just the tip of the iceberg I decided to use ditch my old blog layout and go with Blogger Dynamic Views instead for something new(ish). I love my old layout but the design has several pitfalls that I can not seem to fix (thumbnails has a tendency to distort pictures, social networking buttons for easy sharing of the posts are not working properly and the script must be added to each post manually, etc). And now I decided to give it a rest. Also, I would be publishing new content within the next few days, mostly about pens. I've never been really picky with my pens. Also, my handwriting is bad (probably a result of lack of practice). But my sister loves pens, and has a bunch of them. Slowly, her interest in pens rubbed into me, and I'm starting to pay attention to a pens feel, grip, ink, etc. While it's a bit unusual to review and talk about pens in this age of computers, I think it's great subject that not too many people a...

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami I've watched the movie version of Battle Royale several years ago, but wasn't really interested in reading the novel until recently (after finishing The Hunger Games ).  The story in Battle Royale takes place in a fictional world wherein Japan is a member of a totalitarian state called the Republic of Greater East Asia. Every year, 50 third year high school classes are selected to participate in the Program. Under the guise of a school trip, the students are brought to an isolated area, where the students are forced to kill each other until only one survives. I had issues with the book, as I found some of the quips to be really cheesy. It was set in the 90's and it's virtually impossible for me to think about the 90's without cringing, so it was forgivable. Other than that I have no complaints. The plot structure and the character development in Battle Royale is amazing. The reasoning for the political setting is well define...

The Hunger Games Trilogy A dear friend of mine recommended The Hunger Games Trilogy to read, and having nothing else better to do, I did. Unfortunately, I didn't liked the books as I hoped I would. The story starts off with Katniss Everdeen, a young girl living in District 12 of Panem. Katniss volunteered to take part in the Hunger Games in place of her younger sister, Prim. The Hunger Games is an annual event organized by The Capitol (rules and oversees the 12 districts of Panem) in which one boy and one girl aged 12 to 18 from each of the districts are selected via lottery. The participants must kill each other and only one person can emerge a winner.  I've read many books that are derivative, but somehow, reading The Hunger Games bothered me a lot. The plot is eerily close to Battle Royale (and was reminded a bit of my beloved Firefly : Alliance = Panem, The Capitol = Core Planets, and Outlying Planets = 12 Districts). Another thing that bothered me was the la...

Are your neighbors in Zombie Lane except for Rob gone? I had the same problem about a week ago and contacted their customer support. Their solution didn't work. However, their suggested solution apparently works on other users, so I'm going to post it here anyway so you can try them first. You can try the procedures in the above image first 1) In G+ open your Circles tab 2) Click on "People in your Circles" 3) Scroll through and look for a envelope icon on any of your G+ Circle friends (that icon means they don't have a G+ account, but you can share via email) Note those friends. 4) Open Zombie Lane and click on the "My Neighbors" tab 5) Remove any neighbors from step #3 above. 6) Reload Zombie Lane Note: If you don't have your some of your neighbors in a current circle, to fix this bug you will need to re-add them temporarily to your circles and then check for the envelope icon.  This is all I got when I replied back and told them m...

If you're like me and tired of all the 'build-a-city' games, then you'll be glad to know that Gardens of Time , a hidden object game is now available at Google+! Of course it still retains some of the basic elements of a social game. You spend energy on playing different scenes and you need to pimp your garden to gain more 'reputation' to unlock places. Even if you repeatedly play a scene, there are one or two new items to find so you probably won't get that bored right away. With everything said, I'm pretty much happy with this addition. Looking forward to more games to be added soon!

There are 3 new games at Google+! They have added 8 Ball Multiplayer Pool , Backyard Monsters and GT Racing Motor Academy . This is probably one of the most exciting additions to me so far. I've been waiting for more casual games - since you could only play a certain number of strategy/build-a-city games before you get sick of them. So I'm really happy they added pool and racing! However, my experience with the games aren't so smooth. In 8 Ball Multiplayer Pool , you can play with random players or you can choose to play with your friends. My problem is, you can't automatically see people in your circles that are online. You have to search their  names  :( And you can't chat! There are pre-loaded phrases that you can use. Just click the speech bubble on your icon. I was particularly very excited on trying GT Racing Motor Academy , but the game won't load D: I am using the latest version of Chrome :( My system is configured for optimal play...

I was very surprised when I opened Zombie Lane today as there are a lot of updates. There are loads of new quests, new weapons, new zombies, new locations, even the town in covered in snow! Here's a list of the updates ( taken from the official Zombie Lane forum at Digital Chocolate ): New Features • A new Adventure Area, Crash Site, is introduced o When the player reaches level 20, a new mission, CONSPIRACY THEORY I is unlocked o After this mission is completed, the Crash Site adventure area can be accessed by clicking on the green strip on the left side of the house o The Crash Site contains a total of 26 missions including the CONSPIRACY THEORY I intro mission • Two new zombies are introduced o Hazmat Zombie o 4 health o Chance to drop Batteries, Oxygen Tanks or Hazardous Chemicals o Secret Agent Zombie o 6 health o Chance to drop Batteries, Black Suitcases or Smartphones • Exception: the Secret Agent Zombies spawned on the player’s own gamefield (for the mission ...

The Godfather: Five Families Inspired by one of the most iconic films in history, The Godfather Five Families game is now available in Google+! It was developed by Kabam, which brought us other social games like Edgeworld and Dragons of Atlantis.  You get to choose to play one of the Five Families, the Corleones, the Tattaglias, the Barzinis, the Cuneos, and the Straccis. I was about to choose the Corleones but it doesn't have a 7 day resource boost, unlike the other families. Maybe it's to prevent most of the players to choose the Corleones? Anyway, whatever family you choose, it won't really affect your gameplay much (except for the initial boost). I'm not a stranger to other Kabam games, but I did find the interface a bit confusing though the gameplay is very much similar to their other games. The graphics, while not the best, is still pretty good. I'm not sure if this game would be able to capture a lot of users' interest for long. 

Bug Village Gol Mania A lot of things happened this week. Google Plus added two more games in their arsenal, Bug Village and Gol Mania. Also, Google rolled out their new UI this week. Not everybody is using the new interface yet, as Google plans to slowly make the new UI available to everyone. Ok! I'll start dissecting everything now. Bug Village is a casual city building game, where you get to build and manage a colony of bugs. What really impressed me was the 3d graphics, which looks really sophisticated. You do have to download a small file (around 20mb) when you first try out the game, but it's worth it. Gol Mania is a soccer game, where you get to play with other users in real time. I'm not a big sports fan, so I'm not really excited to try out the game. Plus, I had trouble connecting to the game because of my 'slow connection', and was advised to close other tabs or stop downloading. While it's reasonable, I didn't have any trouble playi...