Thumb Wrestling

It's as if destiny is asking us to thumb wrestle.

Yesterday, we found this book.

Who would have known there'd be such a book...

Today, we found these.

We bought the book because we thought it was amusing err... cute and we wanted to blog about it. It's not like everyday you find an official book of thumb wrestling... and it was only thirty pesos. But what we weren't expecting was finding thumb wrestling "mascots" (don't know what to call them) in cereal boxes the next day. O_o Now that's epic!

"The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little."

- Jon Kabat-Zinn

That's it for now. Have a great weekend!

Woe is I

I went to Booksale yesterday and found the third edition of Woe is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English. Its author is Patricia T. O'Conner.

It's simply a book on grammar but like a funny and cooler version. "O'Conner unscrambles the most complicated problems in simple, easy-to-understand language. No, you won't run into the scary terminology that made you want to skip your high school English class."

I got this for only Php165, which is Booksale price. I don't know how much it is brand new but I'll be heading to the larger bookstores to find out. There are also three other books by her that I want to buy.
1. Words Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know About Writing
2. You Send me : Getting it Right When You Write Online
3. Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language

I do NOT have very good grammar, so this book is an awesome help. It is definitely worth the money, time and space in the book shelf.

Hmmm... I wonder how many grammatical errors I've made on this post not to mention the whole blog. Gosh! (*Shirl*hides*in*shame*!*She*reads*her*Woe Is I*to*earn*a*lil*bit*of*dignity*.)

Meanwhile, enjoy your Saturday everyone!

p.s. An interesting fact about October 2010 is that it has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays, all in one weekend! It happens once in 823 years. Pretty awesome huh?

---end of Woe is I post

The Best of Anime 2010

Naldo and I were at the SMX Convention center again but this time we were there for "The Best of Anime 2010". Entrance fee was PhP100 (like always). Inside were booths selling toys, action figures, genki hats, wigs, contact lens, costumes and anything anime-ish.

We only got to watch the band called "Bandersnatch". We liked the songs they played especially the third one (can't remember the song but if you do please post in the comments box below).

The highlight of the event was of course the cosplay competition. We really liked the hosts this time because they really know their anime and to us that's important when hosting such show. The male host a.k.a "Kenkoy" was awesome at being goofy. He got the crowd going by making "sound effects" for the cosplayers. :D

Here's a slideshow from The Best of Anime 2010 at SMX. (Sorry for the bad quality but we had to compress it for faster upload.)

After the event, we went to Manila Book Fair. Like yesterday, we did NOT have to pay the entrance fee. (Hmmm... maybe arriving late is a grand entrance... -just kidding! :D) We got two more books. The Banana Recipes is only PhP20. :-)

p.s. If you're one of the cosplayers (slideshow above) and you'd like to have a copy of your photo, please let us know via comments box (below) and leave your email ad. We'll be happy to send you original/uncompressed copy of it. :-)

---end of post: The Best of Anime 2010 SMX

Manila Book Fair 2010

Today, Naldo and I went to the 31st Manila International Book Fair at SMX Convention Center (beside Mall of Asia). It's a five-day event which started last Wednesday (September 15).

It was our first time to attend it and it's probably the largest book fair we've been to.

There's no entrance fee (because we arrived past 7 p.m.) +++ a lot of books are on discount. It's the perfect place to be. We were there past seven pm so it wasn't that crowded. :D

It's nice to see kids read. ♥♥♥

I look like I'm about to get swallowed by the shelf. :D

Here are the books we got. Both are by Reader's Digest: The Wildlife Year is only PhP295 and How Was it Done is PhP300. That's pretty cheap for good books eh? ♥

If you haven't gone to the book fair yet, tomorrow will be its last day. +++The Best of Anime 2010 (a cosplay event) will also be held tomorrow. ♥

Hope to see you there! Have a great weekend everyone!

---end of post: Manila Book Fair 2010

Bakuman

I think Bakuman is an awesome manga. It's written by Ohba ,the writer who brought us "Death Note". Bakuman maybe shonen but as a girl, i like it a lot. It's serious. It's motivating. It's interesting... there's a certain "fun" to it that makes me want to read more. I'm on Chapter 60 now and I thought I should blog about it. I haven't skipped pages. I've read it with all my heart and I must say it's worth the time. I love how unbelievably humble and healthy-minded the characters are. It's nice to see good people in stories. It gives me hope that it's not just me wishing for people to be rivals and friends at the same time. I see campaign for peace behind Bakuman. Whether I'm wrong or correct, it's what I have chosen to see.

Anyway as for the art... I'm not really good at drawing so i don't think I'm reliable enough to say the art is good. But my artist friends say the art is great. So I'll take their word. It's also nice to learn a little about mangakas and the manga industry itself. Bakuman is about two schoolmates who decided to be mangakas. I won't tell more than that. After all, there's wikipedia for spoilers.

My favorite character in this series is Eiji Nizuma. If you read Bakuman, i think he might become your favorite character too. Anyway, I wish you find time to read it. Love and peace everyone!

:-)

Big thanks to Myke M. for introducing this.

note: We DEFINITELY DO NOT OWN the Bakuman poster image above. Thank you!

Discovery Channel Magazine

We highly recommend that you buy the Discovery Channel Magazine. There's no need to say how informative it is. What actually makes this magazine tick is that it's VERY easy to read. They show lots of photos. The ads aren't annoying and they aren't that many. The magazine is actually something you'll read cover to cover.

We got this copy from 7-11 store. You can most likely get it from any bookstore.

The Discovery Channel Magazine December/January 2010 issue comes with a neat 2010 Calendar.

Pricelist:
SG $7.90
RM 14.90
PHP 250
HK $45
NT $180
TH 190
JP Y1050
KRW 9000
AUD $6.70
NZ $6.70
US $10

For Online subscriptions:

Asia: www.discoverychannelmagazine.com

Australia: www.readersdigest.com.au/discovery

New Zealand: www.readersdigest.co.nz/discovery