i just saw this at some random person's blog. i think it's so cute, in a weird kind of way. yeah, call me weird. i won't deny that i am. so anyone? i want these characters. it's so cute!! i've been seeing a lot of these characters in some forums and i still don't know what they're called... i need names people! T__T

and before i go right ahead, i want to share something that is so pathetic that i want to cry... i was browsing soompi's tech forum and happen to come across this thread about posting up my internet speed. people just go to speedtest.net and click a few icons and then ta-da, they can check your internet speed for you. so because i am just so freakin' curious, i decided to try it. and this is what i found out:

pathetic huh? and i was looking at other's speeds and my jaw literally dropped. they've got like over 6000 kbps for download speeds. but considering the network latency, plus the distance from the server... i guess this is expected. aarrgghh.. why do i have to be born in a 3rd world country? love the philippines, but i hate how poor it is. aish. i wish i was born in korea or japan. yeah, still in asia, but it's not that bad.

somebody take me to japan!!

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met up with paopaopao, pao g., tintin, mishi, edward, and jhorrell yesterday. we were going to discuss details for the 3rd CassPH Gathering, and well... we were able to discuss a few bits and pieces of the gathering. seems like this gathering will be a bit laid-back. nothing fancy. we decided that there'll be no september gathering, instead we'll be dealing with sponsorships and everything between june and september. then come december, there'll be the Big Celebration. lol... plans for the 3rd gathering are still in the rough stages, but i'm sure with a bit of online conferences, we'll be alright.

anyway, we met up at G4 Food Choices (where else). Paopaopao and me ate first and we were talking about our HK plans and some random stuff while waiting for the others to arrive. Ok, short cut of the story, when mishi, edward, tintin and jhorrell arrived, we talked about the gathering a bit then headed out to noraebang.. yes, noraebang! wheee~ i haven't been to noraebang for a while. then we went to this korean grocery and brought stainless steel chopsticks and this Korean drink that Paopaopao recommended, Milkis. We all love it! I think i'm going to be craving for it all week. lol. good thing local 7-11 stores have it. yey... something new ^^

we also ate an early dinner at Min Sok Resto.. and we ordered our usual samgyupsal. yes, i finally remembered the pork-wrapped-in-leafy-veggies-with-side-dishes thingie. lol. and mishi and i ordered bibimbap. we decided to share coz we weren't sure if we'd like it. but we all ended up eating it. haha... we all liked it because it's so nice. ^^ and remember th side dishes thingie? haha.. they have the egg rolls that we love so we kept on asking for it. and kimchi is l-o-v-e... ^^

picture of the bibimbap we ate:

it's gonna be a month before we go to that Korean resto again. ^^

ok, til my next post! ^^

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