The Prison Break star is rumored to be dating actor Luke MacFarlane. The picture below shows the hot couple in matching flipflops and pants. They're so gay.
Can you imagine Wentworth Miller in a gay role? Imagine no more. Here are samples of his gay-ness:
I brought my 2-year-old Canon Powershot A95 digital camera to the Canon Service Center in Pasong Tamo, Makati yesterday. It has been malfunctioning since summer. Though could still be used at times without any problem at all, more often than not it leaves my mother frustrated because all she's getting are purplish, distorted images like the one shown below.
I initially thought it was just an LCD problem, that when loaded to a computer the images should look just fine without the purplish color, the distortion and the horizontal lines. But when I did transfer the .jpg files to my laptop and opened the files in Photoshop, they were still purplish, distorted and marred with lines. It occurred to me then it wasn't a simple LCD problem but a more serious CCD malfunction. Then it came to mind that 2 years ago Canon issued an advisory regarding a CCD issue plaguing several Powershot models. I did remember looking up the list of affected models but was relieved to find out then that the A95 was not in the list. My A95 warranty expired a year ago and not wanting to shell out a large amount of money for its repair I did not care to bring it to a service center. Anyway, I am using another digital camera: a Canon Powershot S3 IS. I just let my poor A95 die away in a cold dark place (cabinet drawer). Then 2 nights ago, I stumbled upon an A95 up for sale at TipidPC. The seller who goes by the handle of littlesealgirl posted about the ccd malfunction her A95 had in the past - the very same ccd problem with my A95 . It was fixed by Canon Philippines for free and all is well with her camera since then. That prompted me to search for the Canon advisory and the list of affected models. Here's the link. 11 models have been added to the list including the A95. The malfunction is brought about by a sudden change in temperature and humidity which causes a ccd wiring to be undone. Most cameras affected by the problem are those in Asia.
So yesterday I went to Canon Service to have my camera fixed. After confirming that it was indeed a ccd sensor problem, the desk guy told me Canon will fix it at no cost. But it will take 14 working days for the repair (about three weeks). The new experience (a welcome change, I hasten to add) for me as far as repairs go is the desk guy did not hassle me for the receipt or the warranty card.* Now that's customer service. (I'm starting to feel a little guilty for shifting to the dark side but that's another story.)
*When I brought in my laptop for a check up, HP did not require any receipt or warranty card from me either. But the follow up was gruesome. What's worse, the call center agent with thick Visayan accent demanded that I talk to him in English! Well, that's another story - a horror story at that.
UPDATE HERE
Took the surprisingly short online quiz: the book quiz. According to the quiz, I am Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle. Funny, I have yet to read that book. No idea what it's all about but that book is me, according to the quiz. Thank God I'm not Marisha Pessl's Special Topics in Calamity Physics (huge sigh of relief)! How about you? Which book are you?
You believe quite firmly that free will deserted you long ago and far away. As a result, it's hard to take responsibility for anything. Even though you show great potential as a leader of a small 3rd world country, the choices are all made ahead of time. You're rather fond of games involving string. Your fear of nuclear weaponry is trumped only by your fear of ice.
Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.
I should be cramming for tomorrow's board exam (L.E.T.) but instead I am blogging and for a good reason, I suppose. To cap off a week of "studying", I decided to answer the sample tests in the Licensure Examination for Teachers Reviewer, Vol. 1 by Merle S. Alferes, Ma. Gracia B. Nones,and Ma. Dolores Nones-Austria. The reviewer was published by MSA Math Tutoring Center. To my horror, the reviewer is laden with errors. No, not just the forgivable and forgettable typo errors that we come across with every now and then. I'm talking about gross errors here.
Exhibit A
This one is item 25 on page 5 in the Professional Education section, a fill-in-the-blank/multiple choice test item. If you look at the choices, there isn't any that upon substitution will give a grammatically sound sentence. Not only that, look closely at choice b) Motivates the lesson to interest the students. I didn't know lessons need to be motivated to make them interesting.
That's the grammatical part. Let us move on to the test item construction part. In the field of education, test construction is a major subject. Just how major the subject is? There are masteral and doctoral dissertations on the subject. When constructing an item such as this one, I have learned that you are not supposed to place the blank at the beginning of the sentence. It should be placed in the middle or at the end of the sentence.
Exhibit B
This one could be found on page 71 in the English Grammar section, Idiomatic Expressions test. "at a discount" is not an idiomatic expression. Consider the sentence: "Cleanliness is still at a discount in many parts of the country." I am flabbergasted. Will dirt be put on sale as well?
Exhibit C
Refer to page 72, Idiomatic Expressions test.
Aside from "at a discount", "punctuality" and "resolved" are considered idiomatic expressions by the authors. Perhaps, they are idiotic expressions of the authors but they are not idiomatic expressions.
These mistakes are not isolated cases I'm afraid; they are reverberated throughout the book. Miss Ilao, my professor in Measurement and Evaluation in Philippine Normal University will surely have a field day revising the book. I am recommending the book to anyone aspiring to be a proofreader or an editor. You'll get comprehensive practice.
Certainly, the highlight of the 9th Cinemanila International Film Festival. Quentin Tarantino, director of cult favorites Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Kill Bill, among others was in the Philippines during the regular run of the festival in Cineplex 10, Gateway in Quezon City. He was awarded the lifetime achievement award during the opening ceremony last August 8.
Quentin couldn't stand still even for a second making it nearly impossible for his fans to take decent shots. Watching Quentin pace back and forth while answering questions hurled in his direction is like watching a tennis match. It didn't help the whole cinema was poorly lit. Well, under normal circumstances, it should be if not totally dark but we weren't there to watch a movie! We were there to have a glimpse of Quentin, listen to him and take pictures of him.
Black-eyed Quentin before the talk
Quentin with his pseudo bodyguard
In "Waning Crescent" pose (hehe)
"Shy" Quentin couldn't stop talking
