The Melancholy of Kon's Readers

Okay, here's an entry about the top 5's in my life. Let's get it on!

Songs
1. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
* All I can say is.. LOL.
2. Anarchy in the U.K. - Sex Pistols
* The anarchists know how to make good music
3. God Save The Queen - Sex Pistols
* They know how to make a strong, bold statement through a song
4. Our Lawyers Made Us Change The Title of This Song So We Won't Get Sued - Fall Out Boy
* Great lyrics which makes sense. "We're only liars but we're the best".
5. Caught in a Mosh - Anthrax
* I love the guitars in this song, especially the bass (listen to the bass after the guitar intro).
Other good mentions: Highway Star (Deep Purple), Beast and the Harlot (Avenged Sevenfold), She Will Be Loved (Maroon 5)

Bands
1. Lynyrd Skynyrd
* These southern boys defined southern rock.
2. Sex Pistols
* The way punks should be.
3. Anthrax
* Trash metal greatness. They constant collaborations with Dimebag (RIP) rule.
4. Fall Out Boy
* They may be emo but these dudes make songs with such great lyrics and all.
5. Linkin Park
* I remember listening to Hybrid Theory and rapping along with Mike Shinoda and screaming my heart out with Chester Bennington. Even if Minutes To Midnight was kinda disappointing, they still rock.
Other good mentions: Iron Maiden, Avenged Sevenfold, Deep Purple

Movies
1. 300
* THIS IS SPARTAAAA! All the gore you want is in here. (Maybe not when compared to Kill Bill)
2. Rush Hour 1 and 2
* A laugh-out-loud movie I used to watch everyday years ago
3. Kung Fu Hustle
* Don't you just love Stephen Chow?
4. Waterboy
* Adam Sandler at his best.
5. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
* Cloud and the gang reunites to destroy evil one more time and never looked as good as this.
Other good mentions: White Chicks, Little Nicky, Kung Pow, Star Wars Episodes I-VI, Big Fat Liar

Video Games
1. Gears of War
* I'm a total fanboy. Live with it.
2. Burnout Paradise
* Lovely. Just lovely.
3. Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
* It patches the "holes" that FFVII and Advent Children has.
4. Bully
* It's actually great to be a highschool student in this game.
5. WWE SvR series
* Beating wrestlers to near-death is epic.
Other good mentions: Call of Duty 4, Guitar Hero series, Metal Gear Solid series

Gaming Moments
1. Doing takedowns in Burnout games
* Takedown animations are so cool. And no takedown is the same as another takedown. They're plain gorgeous in Paradise with all the effects.
2. Finishing Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
* This is a game where I actually cared about the storyline. It's nice to follow the story of Zack Fair from his 2nd-class days to his dramatic death.
3. Singing in Rock Band
* I'll explain in a sentence: It makes me happy.
4. Playing Guitar Hero games
* They make you feel like a Rock God or something. It's just darn awesome when you can do all those riffs which are impossible in real life.
5. Beating General RAAM in Gears of War
* Killing the last boss with a headshot using a sniper rifle is sweet.

PC Applications
1. Yahoo! Messenger
* Need I say more?
2. Mozilla Firefox
* The customizability = wow.
3. LimeWire Pro
* My best friend when it comes to downloading songs.
4. Azureus
* My best friend when it comes to downloading PSP games and other torrents.
5. Pivot Stickfigure Animator
* The first animating software I learned to use.

Restaurants/Places to eat
1. Spiral (at Sofitel)
* Buffet dining never gets better.
2. Bellini's (an Italian resto somewhere in Cubao)
* Great thin-crust pizza and juicy steak at a very affordable price.
3. Claw Daddy
* I love baby back ribs.
4. Krispy Kreme
* Oh, imagine all the fat you get from their delicious doughnuts. The ones with Hershey's chocolates are disgusting though.
5. Burger King
* Don't you just love fast food? I love their onion rings.
Other good mentions: McDonald's (lol), Max's, Pancake House, Teriyaki Boy, Banana Leaf

Gifts/Objects I have received
1. The Gift of Knowledge
* Corny, no?
2. 8GB 3rd Gen iPod Nano
* iPods rule! Combined with Philips in-ear earphones, it's a sure mind-blower.
3. Xbox 360
* I totally love this next-gen console even if other people say that it's losing the next-gen war or Microsoft is a big fat ripoff.
4. Nokia 6500 Slide
* A sleek phone. VERY sleek.
5. Sony PSP
* I don't go anywhere without it. My best friend during long trips.

Stores
1. Data Blitz
* Aha! The latest games at a fair price.
2. National Bookstore
* A wide variety of books and magazines. The imported magazines (including GM mag) are overpriced though. They also have some CD's in other branches.
3. GameZone (the gaming shop inside Cherry Foodarama in QC)
* A cool place where you can get your PSP pimped.
4. Astroplus
* They sell great CD's like Lynyrd Skynyrd Gold, Rush Gold, Nirvana's album with their demos, etc.
5. Fully Booked
* SIMPSONS! Get your Simpsons comic books here!

Videogame Characters
1. Vincent Valentine
* This gun-wielding, coffin-sleeping, red-clothed man will bring you down!
2. Sephiroth
* Likes: Hair conditioner - Dislikes: Everything else. lmfao.
3. Marcus Fenix
* A mean Locust-busting machine who likes to chainsaw someone's guts off.
4. Hwoarang
* His roundhouse kicking abilities in Tekken is just as good as Chuck Norrris.
5. Axel Steel
* The way guitar heroes should be.

TV Shows
1. My Name is Earl
* A great comedy show with a great theme and great characters.
2. Destination Truth
* Does Bigfoot really exist? Is there an Iguanodon existing today? You'll find out here.
3. The Simpsons
* Homer ftw!
4. Family Guy
* Peter ftw!
5, CSI NY and Miami
* Crime-busting rocks!

That's all for now. I might extend this entry in the future.

HELP!

I NEED COMPONENT CABLES FOR MY 360!



360 Component Cables look like those. I'm searching for any brand!

So if you have seen this thing around Manila, kindly inform me!

And no, I don't need PSP component cables. (They're everywhere)

..is not coming sometime so stop dreaming.

Finally, after weeks of not blogging, I have this blogging spirit again. I was supposed to make an entry about our Hong Kong trip but I'm too lazy. Okay, to summarize:
- Ocean Park is better than HK Disneyland
- The HK International Airport is 100x better than ours. I can't access the "free" WiFi though.
- It's fun roaming around the city even at night.
- I had a great time at the wax museum (the one in HK is smaller than its NY counterpart) and had pictures with Ronaldhino, Eddie Murphy, Jackie Chan and even MICK JAGGER (or should I say.. Sir Mick Jagger)!
- There was one small gaming shop just along the street which is packed with next-gen games, PSP games.. There I got CoD4. What I forgot to check was Component Cables for my 360 since I'm getting an HDTV.. which is sadly, 19 inches. That's like.. 5 inches bigger than our PC's LCD monitor. But what the heck, it's still HD.
- I got a new black Nokia 6500 slide cellphone. It's so sleek.

That's mainly it. Hong Kong is like Paradise City as described in the song. It's where the grass is green and the girls are pretty. And by grass, I don't mean marijuana.

In other news, I've uploaded another epic GH vid:

99% in My Name is Jonas Expert. Hah! I'm getting bored of GH nowadays though. I dunno why.

I'm still getting the hang of my FFVII addiction. And I'm thinking of redoing this blog and make it FFVII-themed. lol.


That's all for now, folks. Enjoy your not-so-summery summer vacation. I'll post more stuff in the next few days so stick around.