GOSSIP.

50 days...

My mom said something about gossiping, that it is true no matter where you look at it. Gossips [or, chismis/tsismis/whateveritsspelled] are undeniable facts of what's happening around, she says.

I disagreed, of course. My point of view was, ok... it MIGHT be a fact: yet DENIABLE. Why? Usually it goes this way:

a.) You see something new [thing/person/place/event], something you haven't seen before and something you ain't expecting to see.
b.) You think of something odd within something you see, yet you can't confirm if it is true or not... resulting to self-assessment of the events, thus leading to more questions and confusing his/her/its mind.
c.) Lacking self-control and self-assessment of the event, you look for someone to talk to [kasamasabahay/kapitbahay/kapwa-katulong/anyonenearyoucantalkto] to reduce confusion/questions, the perfect ingredient for "Brainstorming" comes in... and form a certain self-conclusion which leads to what we call chismis about the thing/person/place/event.

Not excluding the fact that Chismis does evolve in time. [e.g. i remember that Domex ad - daughter:"Nay mura na raw ang Domex..." old mom:"ANO?! MINURA AKO NI DOMENG?!"]

So in my point of view, it's an incomplete information yet to be proven [called "data" in programming terms]. They might have seen a part of it, but that's not the whole picture. For example, you see a portion of a photo... for this instance, the EYE. It looks like an eye of a girl because of the feminish eyelash, but is it really a girl's eye?

How about this? Walking on the street you were wandering around, sightseeing. Obviously you saw a beautiful lady, but with broad shoulders and big muscles... and lots of leghair and varicose veins, too; you thought that the person is a pretentious gay. But what if that person really IS a natural girl and not a Newtype? [waw Gundam terms ^^,]

Now everything depends on how accurate the information and how malicious the human mind is. o.O


* Where'dya get the bottle anyway? ^^,

And, do correct me if i used the proper word for the english of chismis=gossip.

POWERSHOT.

55 days...

As the topic states it. I was really hesitating, but that didn't help.

Yes, i bought a Canon Powershot A430 [a 495DHS value, thus dropping my credit limit]. It's sleek, handy, and a pretty good digicam for an amateur like me. It has no nightmode, but it does have a night snapshot setting... yet even without the setting, the shot alone could actually emphasize what's in the citydarks. I just don't know what it could do in a totally dark environment.

Below is a pic taken from our balcony, the area where SKMC [Sheikh Khalifa Medical City] is located:

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SKMC is where my mom works, FYI.

BTW, that image's been quality-reduced. I have no image-editing tools here except for MSPaint. The original resolution was 2272x1704. What i did to resize it was preview it with "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer", press PrintScreen, opened MSPaint, pasted, area selection, cut, new, paste, then save as JPG. I was just astounded by how the colors appeared in the pic though it's nighttime when i took it.

I think this camera's worth it. I mean, a 495DHS [x14 for PhP] value with the important features' not bad, especially when you could get a good pic at night. And to tell you the truth, it was expensive some time ago so i think it's a great buy.

* I'll be trying Jeremiah's attempt on "getting a shot at the moon" with his "Diaz-type" Cam [o.O] since i couldn't do it in my former cam. And i think that a full moon on arab skies' pretty neat.

I'll post the results here if ever i get a good shot. ^^,

FILLED WITH SAND.

57 days...

There's currently a sandstorm here, the whole place's... well, dusted. The wind's still normal as i can see, nothing different as of now, really. Just, the seem-clouded view of everything. I haven't tried getting out of the house right now. But we did some shopping yesterday.

My bro accompanied me on looking for a cheap DVD Writer around Elektra, and luckily we bought one for 120DHS [x14 to PhP=1680]. It works wonders, and i already burnt a working ISO of Katamari Damacy for my folks here [especially the kids]. Now, to download other games while i'm here...

We also bought a 2.1 SRS Speakers [i couldn't afford a 5.1 so bear with it] for 69DHS, i can say that it's good for an indoor SRS. The subwoofer's nasty, too. My only problem is positioning the speakers here. But if ever i bring it along with me back home i'll be putting it around my home. I'll try buying a 4.1 before i get home.

And, at last... after more than a year without it, i just ate a SUBWAY sandwich!!! We shared on a 12" [6 inches each] Seafoods and Crab Classic, which was really tasty! And i almost haven't ate dinner because of it [pakiramdam ko busog pa ko]. Ida, eat your heart out. /gg

I'll be posting again whenever i feel like it. Looks like 60days will be a breeze.


* What's a good and affordable Digicam which has a Nightvision/nightmode function so i could take pictures even in the dark? In need of suggestions. Is a Canon Powershot A430 good? Thanks.

COMMENCING "RAI SA ABUDHABI - Part II"

60 days.

Finally after about 13 hours [i think, i got deranged with the time during the flight] we reached Abu Dhabi. If it was a straight ride we would've reached it in 9hours or earlier but it was expensive so we took a transit ride to Doha, Qatar before going straight to Abu Dhabi. I fell asleep at the plane going to Doha, but i was able to wake up before it landed so i recorded the landing sequence. But i guess my position sucked a bit 'coz my window was on the wing-side and i couldn't view things properly.

Doha's Airport looked good, but i think Abu Dhabis' a bit better than it.

I fell asleep when i arrived in my mom's flat. It was BIG, way bigger than last year. Instead of a room, it's a whole flat. o.O Air-conditioning was a shock to my systems, too.

The weather here's currently weird. They told me that there was a sandstorm. The thing is that the sun's burning up yet the wind feels cold.

We got ADSL here, and it'll be a lot of help to my download needs. If ever we get a DVD Burner i'll be starting to download and burn some PS2 games so i could update my games database. HD space will be an issue. Also i'd be downloading season 2 of Prison Break starting today. I already have up to episode 15 and the whole 1st Season thanks to Edsel.

Speaking of which, Edsel already had his 1st practice with Armada. I dunno what happened there but i think he enjoyed it. That way he should be able to improve his skills and avoiding it from getting rotten.

Ian will be having her Graduation this week. I hope i'll be able to see my student's important event but anyway, congratulations to her. I'll try to get her something when i get back.

I talked to Dennis about 30 minutes before i left home to go to the airport. I'm entrusting things to him while i'm gone. I think he'll be going after "some" gigs while i'm gone, intended to raise the two's experience on-stage. I'm looking forward playing with them again by the time i get back.

Anyway i'm still sleepy and i think i should rest for a while. Rest easy... i shouldn't tire myself too much with something. So, later. ^^


* And stop calling me Prince of Persia. My goodness... i'm in Abu Dhabi and not in Persia!

And don't even try to think about calling me Prince of Abu Dhabi... you'll get me killed here. o.O