Glee's 2nd season lives up to expectations

The award-winning TV series Glee returns to Philippine TV and I barely got to see it. ARGH!!!

Don’t get me wrong, unlike other Pinoy Glee fans, I’m not in it for Charice Pempengco. I’ve been watching Glee even before the talented Filipina became part of the musical-comedy’s cast, thanks in part to Naya Rivera.

Cheerleaders aside, Glee’s tunes are so catchy and ear-friendly (with emphasis on New Directions rendition of Madonna and Journey songs) no one can blame you if you start turning into a Gleek yourself.

Moving on to the new season, I can only provide my insights to parts of the show I actually saw. But before I start babbling, here’s a quick recap of the 1st episode of season 2 (SPOILER ALERT…for the uninitiated).

10 things to look out for as NBA draws near

With the conclusion of the FIBA Men’s World Championships comes another major basketball event set to take place after a few weeks.
The world’s premiere basketball league, the NBA, opens on October 6, and in anticipation of the coming 2010-2011 Season, Lone Opinion gives you a rundown of 10 things to watch out for when the ballers return to the hardcourt.

Post World Championships Reaction

ISTANBUL, Turkey – Kevin Durant led the American onslaught to lead Team USA past…Tur…key…Zzz…Zzzz…Zzz.

Don’t get me wrong, the World Championships was exciting, but I’m not surprised that USA is back on top of the global basketball scene. All that talk about the ‘B-Team’ being underdogs is nothing but rubbish. Even without the members of the 2008 Olympic team, Team USA pretty much owns the most talented roster in the tourney. Other participating countries could only put up little resistance against the American delegation since key personalities like Tony Parker (France), Manu Ginobili (Argentina) and Pau Gasol (Spain) were missing in action.

Never mind that previous representatives of Uncle Sam had early exits in the World Championships albeit as talented as this one. There are no prima donnas in 2010 and that secured the gold medal for the US.

Mark Cuban gives Dallas $100,000

In third-world countries like the Philippines, the masses are often burdened by lots of things – usually economic in nature.

Low wages, inflation and of course, taxes.

Taxes that were meant to fund important projects that'll benefit the public ended up becoming a bulge in the pockets of few politicians.

Taxes spent wrongfully on expensive dinners and resulted into the emptying of the National Treasury.

Because of such circumstances, people, if not reluctant, don’t like paying taxes. And who does anyway?

If there’s anything worse than taxes, it’s gotta be tax hike.

Origin introduces Xbox and PC hybrid

In a fast-paced world, time is 10,000 tons of 24K gold.

Whenever we’re in a jiffy, wasting seconds in search of your essentials can prove costly. That’s why getting hold of multipurpose stuff ain’t a bad idea.

Nowadays, the norms are camera-phones with music players and Wi-Fi, Swiss knives with storage devices, and to top it off, you also got cars turning into speedboats.

Now, if you’re a hardcore gamer, you’ve probably wasted precious hours (every second worth it) of your life and loads of cash on various gaming consoles and gizmos. In the desire to play games in almost every platform available, it’s quite understandable.

Barking at the barkers

bark•er (bär-kər) a person who stands at the entrance of an establishment especially movie houses or theaters and tries to attract customers to it.

In the Philippines, barkers call the attention of passengers towards public utility vehicles like cabs, buses and jeepneys. Not only do they make the job of drivers a bit easier by saving the latter’s throat from hollering whole day, they also help commuters locate PUV terminals and inform them about a PUV’s destination.

Quirino Grandstand: The Aftermath

It’s been 9 days since the Quirino Grandstand Hostage Crisis took place, and since then, little progress has been made.

While the Philippine government is still busy pointing fingers as to who should take the biggest credit for this blunder, Hongkong forensic experts are currently in the country to conduct their own investigation.