More Bretch Videos!

This video was made for my LS100 class. This serves as an intro for our report on the Gourmet Coffee Shop industry in the Philippines. Coffee's Angels is the title of this video, and Im sure that it will crack you up. :)

All night, I wanna goo-ohh.

Last night was one of the all-nighters for CTK Integrative Project. I played host this time because the venue was my house.

This is my groupmates before we started burning the midnight oil.

So bangag at 2AM. Hey Kids!


Yebah!

Havta doze off pa for a few hours, tomorrow's my grad pic photoshoot and POS100 mtv shooting.

The Festival Continues

Finally, after being shelved for a few months, the Kumpas ng Buhay video was shown to a whole class. Yes, my Theo 151 class saw my heartbreaking social awareness MTV. Maam Tessa was amazed with my work. The entire class applauded after it was shown. 

And now the Video Fest continues with another classic Bretch music video. Close was created for theo 131. The entire video report lasts for 26 minutes and the music video serves as a commercial gap for the news format discussion on homosexuality. The title of the news program is 24 Minuto ng Badap Badap, a parody on Wazzup Wazzup. 

Bretch Video Festival

A good way to celebrate the 4th anniversary of BRETCH online is to have a video festival of sorts. One of my least popular videos I made was this music video remix for Sci10 class in collaboration with Vip. During that time in 2003 when I was editing this video, I really dont know how to maximize the use of Adobe Premiere Pro's transition and color key effects. The result is a primitive but byte-busting slide show rendered on my DV cam. Powerpoint would have done a better job with less the fuss.

its four years of bretch online

September 16, 2002 is the day in the history of the internet where I first posted my online journal through the MG Yahoo! groups.

that big eared dog

I just came home from a music video shoot in school. Its been a while since I staged a medium budget production like this. Unfortunately, some of the scenes were accidentally deleted! Now we have to shoot that first scene again. Oh well, I cant wait to edit it. Maybe I'll start editing now. Hehehe.

social awareness

This is a video I made a year ago for Theo class. It was created during the time of the ultra stampede. Preferential option for the poor huh.

Enjoy!

quote of the day

The World Wide Web is the only thing I know of whose shortened form takes three times longer to say than what it's short for.

— Douglas Adams, The Independent on Sunday, 1999

a few hours before September 11

It's weird having the entire bed to myself.

Happiness is...

Ang happiness ay parang latak ng tinimplang gatas,
haluin mo mang mabuti, nasa ilalim pa rin.

(at masarap pa!)

Bonks kung bonks.

Bretch, you scored as Slut. Slut 81% Preppy Girl 75% Popular Bitch 56% Nerdy Girl 44% Hippy 38% Athletic Tomboy 31% Loser 25% Goth 13% What type of girl are you?!! QuizFarm.com

Time flies when hell's just around the corner.

Slowly but surely, September ushers in a hell of a week for me and a for some people I know. The only thing to look forward to is that the BER months are almost here. I really wish that I could survive all of these. 

And like the seasons, there is also a point in time wherein my EXes try to come back into my life. Unfortunately for them, I don't like seasonal love flings anymore, something more long term and transcending physical attraction. Buti nga sa inyo. HAHAHHAHAHA!

Oommpph

Happy Birthday, Alex!

sa ilalim ng puno ng eucalyptus.

Kaninang tanghali, nung nag-aaral kami ng groupies ko sa theo 151 para sa group orals kay Ms. Tessa Rosana, biglang napag-usapan ang future. Ano ba daw ang gagawin namin pagkatapos ng college? Sabi ng isa, magtratrabaho daw siya sa P&G, nakuwento niya na yung friend niya na na-ex-pat sa Singapore ay six digits daw ang starting salary. Well, totoo nga na pag ex-pat ka ay mas malaki ang bayad sayo, at in dollars pa. Pumasok sa isip ko yung prof namin sa Finance dati na si Sir Don Lim, sa P&G din daw siya nagwork. Malaki din naman ang sweldo pero bigla ba naman nagturo sa school na to. Bakit kaya, di ba its all about the money naman sa mundo na to? Yung isang girl naman sa group namin, kinuwento din na may kakilala siya na nasa states na cum laude, ang suweldo ay 500 dollars per month. Whoah, grabe, kahit di ka magtrabaho ng ilang buwan ay buhay na buhay ka pa rin. 

Umentra naman ang Bretchay niyo sa usapan, sabi ko, "pano naman ang happiness?" Natahimik ang mga lolah niyo.

Patay kang bakla ka!

Headache nanaman to. At least quasi-official na ang status namin sa mga tita ko. Friends daw o!

New Color Scheme

Obvious ba? Taray ng colors noh!

Seems like a lifetime

10
diyes

Happy St. Ignatius of Loyola Day!

Wala lang. Gusto ko lang sabihin yun!

SMB: Super Mario is Back!

Just got a new game for my Nintendo DS, and this time, 3D gaming would be rendered unfashionable. Aptly named New Super Mario Bros, this is the newest side-scrolling Super Mario portable platform game since the release of the monochromatic Super Mario Land for the old Game Boy.

Im speaking geek here, so what does all this mean?

Basically, this new Nintendo DS game brings back nostalgic memories of the 80's because of its revival of the old 2-D motion control used by Nintendo's Family Computer and Super Famicom consoles. Since most of the newer Mario episodes out in the market are set in 3-D worlds (except for the select Paper Mario line), the New Super Mario Bros on the Nintendo DS entices both new and old school gamers to go back to the classics.

Other than reverting to the old linear gameplay, NSMB has more to offer. Even though it is 2-D in motion, the graphics, background and characters are in 3-D.  The polygonal treatment gives a refreshing look to classic settings and iconic characters. Mario and Luigi now look more sophisticated but they still retain the fundamental characteristics they possess for more than two decades ago since they first appeared in the arcades.

But wait, there's more,  NSMB also features new powers never before seen in the original Super Mario. The new powers include a Mega Mushroom, which makes Mario giantic in size big enough to occupy the entire screen and trample on enemies, a Mini Mushroom, which miniturizes Mario in a teeny-tiny speck  able to move faster and fit into tiny crevices in the game and finally the Shell Power which gives Mario a turtle suit able to withstand attacks. New characters and enemies are also introduced. Blue jays, walking pumpkins and moving mushroom platforms also make the Brothers' journey more exciting.

I have to admit that I'm getting hooked to this game. Right now, I just finished the second Bowser castle in World 8. Good thing I could save my recent developments in the DS' built-in flash memory card. All in all, the New Super Mario Brothers is an excellent game. The legacy of Mario's classic 2-D motion lives on through this newest installment to the super saga. Speaking of 2-D motion games, I can't wait for the release of  Yoshi's Island 2 in November just in time for my birthday, Yoshi's Island 2 is another new side-scrolling platform for the Nintendo DS.

Photos from themushroomkingdom.net

of rainy days and Mondays

Ang Saya saya noh! 

Today is TGIS: Thank Gloria its SONA.  Salamat sa ulan ni Glenda at sa takot ni Ate Glo na dumugin ang kanyang 6th State of the Nenok Echoserang Address ay walang classes ngayon. Napakadami kong nagawang makabuluhan ngayon katulad ng matulog, mahiga at makipaglandian sa mga housemates ko sa bahay ni Bretchay. Sobrang amazed pa rin ako sa Goggle Earth Plus at nagsearch ako ng mga kilalang world cities na di ko pa napuntahan like Paris and the Eiffel tower, NYC's Chrysler bulding, Japan's Mount Fuji pati na ang pagkaliit-liit na bansa ng Micronesia at ang black gold-rich country of Nauru. Ayun lang naman.

Picture from INQ7.net