In the news section on Series 19 opener of BBC Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson once mentioned "50 Shades of Grey". It was like what in world was that?
Well, it's a wonen's book. Men don't have their own version for that until now cause Jeremy Clarkson found the male equivalent of 50 Shades of Grey. It's totled TREMENDOUS TRACTORS... (laughing)
Oh, I love watching Top Gear because sometimes, it's loaded with some funny materials only Jeremy, Richard, and James could think of...
Guess I should read it. Who knows, I'm gonna read Tremendous Tractors like Richard Hammond's... He he he....
Those guys who've enjoyed Top Gear might as well find this book...
Multiple reports said that racing driver and one of the presenters of Top Gear USA, Tanner Foust, was in the Philippines. But what? What would a Top Gear USA presenter do in the Philippines? No, he's not doing a part of the car chase sequences for the fourth Bourne movie but what would Tanner Foust do in the Philippines? Being part of the marketing for Rockstar Energy Drink in the Philippines because Rockstar is Tanner's sponsor on his motorsport activities?
Apparently, some say, that the official Facebook fan page for Rockstar Energy Drink Philippines has shared Tanner Foust's Facebook activity that says "Made it to the Philippines, watching the closing hours of Daytona 24. Ford is crushing!" and a picture of the room where he's at.
Some say, Tanner's at Makati City. Oh no. While we're not sure what would Tanner Foust do in the Philippines, let's just wait until this Top Gear USA presenter's making his move.
Earlier, when I joined my daddy to take my Lolo and Lola to the Group Health Medical Center at Broadway, Seattle for some checkup, I just notice something strange about the sliding door at the North Building of the Group Health Medical Center...
When the door slides, that sound coming from the sliding door is like a panther roaring. I never thought that this sliding door from Group Health medical center has a sound of a wild animal. Now that's scary. Hope some mechanics better fix that sliding door from the Group Health North Building or there will be some serious trouble that people think that there's a wild animal at the hospital.
Okay, enough of that scary sliding door from Group Health North Building at Broadway, Seattle for now. Also earlier, I saw something even better...
This is the 2012 Subaru Impreza G4. When I said G4, no. It's not G4U. It's not THE IDOLM@STER G4U. This is G4. Subaru Impreza G4. A few moments ago, I just saw the 2012 Subaru Impreza Sport just a few blocks near my home but here, this G4 looks good. It looks more like a decent competitor to the Mazda Axela sedan, I think....
While peeking on the Impreza G4, we were taking too long at a parking garage until Daddy gets my Ate Elise. It's 4:00PM. I got to go to Seattle Central before 5:00PM because I have a class. When Daddy came back with my Ate Elise, I went to school. By 9:30PM, I left school and when I went home, I came into this.
This is it. SUDA 51's SDATCHER -Inspired by SNATCHER-. A drama CD in collaboration between Kojima Productions and Goichi Suda, the man behind the No More Heroes fame. I bought it via CDJapan and I put most of it on my iPod Touch for convenience. By now, I should be listening to the whole story...
Everybody around the world already gaining knowledge about the world's smallest car, the Peel P50, thanks to Top Gear. No wonder this small car car can fit indoors, just like what Jeremy Clarkson does!
Guess what? The Peel P50 is back as well as its Trident cousin thanks to some small firm and they're accepting orders for these two cars that has a size of those Little Tikes cars. Both are equipped with a 49cc engine, generating 3.35hp of power but they can be interested having a choice of two electric motors available.
Whoever owns it would be as annoying as Clarkson...
When I was an elementary student, during recess, I've encountered a "Wanted" poster somewhere at the school lobby and as I read through the poster, this criminal is lurking around and seeing little kids as his prey just that he can get their internal organs. I was thinking that it was too creepy and why did that wandering criminal really want the kids' organs for?
This is what parents always said to their kids that they should be careful while playing outside and their number one rule is "Don't talk to strangers". You know what they meant. If only such rubbish pedophiles only targeting little kids for internal organs, I'd say that this is truly somewhat ridiculous to tell but most people say that some reports are true or just urban legends. Besides, I always stay indoors because it is safe but if I was still an elementary student at some school in Putatan, Muntinlupa City, I should just roaming around and ask people who the heck is that criminal who roams around for the little kids' internal organs.
Just the rule of thumb; always keep the doors locked at all times and never ever talk to strangers.
As heard from most sources, when most people typed "Let It Snow" at Google, what they'll be experiencing that the Google page drops snow and then it got covered in snow until they clicked the "Deforst" button to remove the snow. No wonder there's another Google easter egg happened since the "Do A Barrel Roll" part.
This looks weird by Gearhead created some kind of "Stig Family Sticker" that costs $7. Like what it said, "Some Say He's A Family Man..." Guess this features, The Stig, Mrs. Stig, Stig kids, a "Baby Stig" (remember that from the Top Gear Christmas Special 2010?) two Stig dogs and two Stig cats.
It was like it happened in rare basis when my mother point me out some kind of a weird car, mommy said that "Do you like this car?". If I look at my car where my mommy pointed, it was like this car's too ugly. I mean hey, that's my mom. She has no knowledge about cars.
Anyway, as I spent several moments watching Top Gear episodes, I just saw some of the most weird looking cars I have ever seen and imagine if my mom point out one of these...
1) Reliant Robin
I could only imagine that this three-wheeler was actually the car I saw on Mr. Bean as the blue car that keeps causing accidents. What makes it so weird that this car is seen on Top Gear. Most notable Top Gear Reliant Robin moments were when the Reliant Robin turned into a space shuttle (and ended in a failure)...
5) Ariel Atom
This is the speedster that ruined Jeremy Clarkson's face. The Ariel Atom is definitely the next best thing for a go-kart but no. This is not a go-kart, this is the ultimate in British lightweights since the Caterham and the Lotus Elise. Back then, the Ariel Atom is powered from a supercharged Honda K20A engine, which produces almost 300HP of power. There was also the Ariel Atom V8 which produces about 500HP of power but it has a power-to-weight ratio of 900hp/ton. That's twice as powerful as you get from the Bugatti Veyron or a Ferrari Enzo.
...couldn't come closer. Big or small, they look weird on the roads ahead.
In weird news: someone from China was caught driving 64 kids inside the van! Wouldn't you believe it? One time, the police pulled over the driver of a small van because of the overloading law. When the cops saw what's inside this overloaded van, the cop saw that this van packs about 66 passengers - 64 kids and 2 adults. What an unbelievable attempt to fit so much kids inside the van and unfortunately, the driver of the van was quoted "punished" according to related laws and regulations.
We're not sure how the heck did he do that, especially when the seats passenger seats' been replaced with benches...
I'm sure most of you know (and love) Justin Bieber. If a few of you don't know who is Justin Bieber, well get lost.
Anyway, the world famous young superstar hailed from Canada is joining the campaign against the fight against "Texting While Driving" and teaming up with PhoneGuard, a new app that minimizes chances of "texting while driving" by any means of motion detection, blocks texting while driving, and auto reply while driving.
You should appreciate the Bieber for his latest assignment!
There is someone who watched that film pointed out something familiar. There was one DOTM scene uses some scene from the 2005 science fiction action thriller, The Island, which star Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. It's embarassing why did one scene from TF3 used the scene from The Island. Well, both of them are creations from Michael Bay...
We Filipinos are valued customers of grey market imports because they offer fully-equipped cars rather than in local dealerships. As the government keeps a watchful eye against grey market imports because of the smuggling issues, we are still big fans of it. Most of the grey market import cars we commonly see at Subic, Cebu, Port Irene, Manila and other parts of the Philippines are from U.S., Europe, Korea, and Japan.
However, there is only one thing I am not utterly familiar of. Are you familiar about a "Dubai Version" vehicle? Yes, I kept commonly see on the classified ads and I still don't know what's a Dubai Version car and how did a Dubai Version car became a trending topic to the grey market imports?
How the heck did we get these "Dubai version" cars? Does a country like Dubai make these? Nope, Dubai doesn't make cars and they import it from countries like Europe, America and Japan like for instance, Toyota Sequoia, Toyota FJ Cruiser, Toyota Land Cruiser, Ford Expedition, Range Rover, Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Suburban, Mitsubishi Pajero, and other large SUVs that once we get it, we labeled them as "DUBAI VERSION".
The mystery behind a grey market "DUBAI VERSION" car remained unsolved and how the heck did a country like the Philippines snagged those luxury SUVs imported from Dubai. Why Dubai? How did we get those ultra premium rides straight from the Arab country like Dubai?
Hmmm, like what Pooh said, ANO NGA KAYA? What should we know about a Dubai Version luxury car? First off, the speedometers are in the kmh unit, not in a mph unit because it was set in metric/imperial units instead of English units. Another thing to spot a Dubai version SUV is the full options that a local car dealer would not have, especially the part where a DVD player is installed. Whoever bought those Dubai Version rides were especially politicians and celebrities.
Do you remember the news about Gerald Anderson caught owning a smuggled, unregistered Hummer? No wait, he has a Hummer but his driver was caught. Yes, he owns that smuggled Hummer caught by the cops but what version is that smuggled Hummer? Is that smuggled from North America? No, that's from Dubai. It seems the government is keeping a watchful eye against smuggled vehicles because of the unpaid taxes. Heh, didn't realize that Gerald Anderson was a victim of those.
Something's fishy about the Dubai Version cars. How did we get those. A Ford Expedition imported from Dubai instead from America? A Toyota Land Cruiser imported from Dubai instead of being a converted unit from Japan? That feels wrong and I am not a huge fan of grey market imports from Dubai. I prefer gray market imports from America, Europe, Japan and Korea because these were made of and I hope that's a lesson served to all of you.
Can a country like the Philippines import some vehicle straight from Dubai even though it was not made in Dubai? For me, it's a wrong way because Dubai doesn't have manufacturing plants but sourced it from other countries.
With the introduction of the 2012 Daihatsu Move Conte and Move Conte Custom minor change since June 6, 2011, Daihatsu released a TV commercial for the new Conte and OMG, this one does TNP27 except the new Conte is not TNP27 (because the fuel economy is 25.5km/L) even if it has Eco Idle (same as the fifth-generation Move).
Coincidence?
Daihatsu Move Conte Commercial
Daihatsu Move Commercial
Whoa! These commercials are far too TNP-ism! Seems that the Move Conte minor change wants to follow the same steps as the fifth-generation Move because of its Eco Idle function.
I heard that Toyota is planning their own version of the Move Conte this autumn and with that, this will be a possibility but I hope they won't wind up just like the Subaru Stella because they didn't offer the turbocharged RS variant.
Most Toyota fanatics know that the "IS" in the LEXUS IS250/IS350/IS250C/IS350C/IS-F naming is "Intelligent Sports" for sure, but for me I got my head scrambled up about the meaning of the "IS" naming.
Let me put it in a very funny nonsense way, pretending that I don't know most about the Lexus IS. Let's just say that the "S" in the "IS" naming is Stratos, commonly referring to the legendary Lancia Stratos. It's very funny for me that I think that the "Stratos" is the "S" in the Lexus IS name. Now, what could the "I" stands for? I guess I want to know what could the "I" in the Lexus IS250/350/250C/350C/F name is since I guessed that the "S" as in "Stratos". The letter "I" in the Lexus IS is what it might have been;
Charlotte "Charles" Dunois
from IS-Infinite Stratos-
???
This?!
This is the "I" in the Lexus IS250/350/250C/350C/F naming stands for? Infinite?
as in...
INFINITE STRATOS?!
My gosh. In my nonsense way, I think that the "IS" in the Lexus IS250/350/250C/350C/F naming could possibly be INFINITE STRATOS! And that girl here was none other than Charlotte "Charles" Dunois (シャルロット/シャルル・デュノア), which she's from Infinite Stratos for sure!
False but definitely got myself a laugh when I tell other car enthusiasts what's the meaning of the "IS" in the Lexus IS name, it's not Intelligent Sports, it's;
I is for INFINITE
and
S is for STRATOS, you know, like Lancia Stratos!
Let's pretend that the gift we got from Charlotte Dunois is just the keys to the Lexus IS-F and the Lancia Stratos! LOLZ ^^
A total nonsense and corniness for me but it serves my point of view.
Something's fishy... whoever plays GT5, I guess someone's using the songs "STRAIGHT JET" and "SUPER∞STREAM" as Personal BGM, then race inside either the Lancia Stratos or the Lexus IS-F with these IS (Infinite Stratos) songs.
STRAIGHT JET
SUPER∞STREAM
What's freaky, if someone plays FM3, they will make some Infinite Stratos itasha out of their Lancia Stratos and the Lexus IS-F!
Oh well...
Time to get off the Lexus IS or the Lancia Stratos. These give me a major headache about hearing the IS meaning, which is in fact, INFINITE STRATOS!
Based on what I observed on this ad, are we going to end up like this in case of unexpected snow? It's OK if the new third-generation Durango, Journey/JC Type II, and Second-generation (or Type-II?) Charger comes with ALL WHEEL DRIVE system. Without it, you're stuck forever in the urge of SNOWPOCALYPSE!
It's weird to see people panicking in case of snow but this is how it happens.
On that video, the development team talked to Nene what will their next HALLS flavor feels like. Nene said that this new HALLS flavor needs to be sweet and delicious. When they give her something, she tasted it and it was like wow!
PERFECT MATCH!
In the eyes of a Konami fans, this is the HALLS flavor in Japan that made it "Nene Anegasaki's Personal Preference" for sure.
Never knew this made it a headline when this Japan-only new HALLS flavor was made to be Nene Anegasaki's personal preference, even if Nene has a liking over lozenges. Everyone loves lozenges because they are like candies to them.
This new, Japan-only, Halls flavor is already on sale since the end of January 2011. Those people in Japan looking for this flavor should find on their nearest groceries and convenient stores.
I heard that Nene Anegasaki may be featured on the wrapper this summer 2011.
Some blogger in Japan showed us a clip of the Nissan Leaf's first epic fail!
EPIC FAIL! If you guessed it....
It happened at the testing grounds of Nissan Global Headquarters Gallery during the new action tour sponsored by Nissan to promote not just the Leaf, but new fuel-efficient cars suitable for the environment.
World's first Leaf crash makes history. EPIC FAIL for Nissan's first electric car coming soon to the world market.
At least no one got hurt.
This goes to the history as the world's first Nissan Leaf crash happened at the testing grounds of Nissan Global Headquarters Gallery.
Hey! Remember last week's episode of Bubble Gang where there is a Jejemon sketch on foot?
That was pretty funny, huh?
Now, the third Lokomoko series, Lokomoko U, can't escape the Jejemon madness, in a form of a quiz show sketch called "j3j3mOn K00w1z b33h" (Jejemon Quiz Bee) hosted by Tuesday Vargas and Empoy!
Seems the Jejemon madness slip through one of my favorite gag shows. Speaking of which, there is a Jejemon song given Lokomoko U viewers their first listen.
Crazier than the Talentadong Family sketch and the Nursery Chrymes gags, the Jejemon sketch truly captured me in the glimpse of Jeje-madness!
Seems the Jejemon-ism is now a part of their weekly humor right now. ROFL.
The Jejemon madness doesn't stop here! Not even GMA's comedy gag show, Bubble Gang!
j3j3mOn sketch in Bubble Gang
Last night's episode of Bubble Gang (regarding whose luggage belongs to, a cooking show, so-called smuggler in Switzerland, another Sabi-Sabi episode, and some beggar's convention) showed a sketch regarding JEJEMON!
You know how Jejemon means right? When parents afraid that their son is influenced in drugs or possessed by something, their son appears and talks in the Jejemon language. (Jeje subtitles appeared!) The "albularyo" appears and told the parents that their son was a Jejemon! Then, the albularyo is the Jejebuster and he can take care of it by spanking and force the Jejemon son to spell out hello.
Turns out like this:
"H3LL0"
In the end, the parents were suffered by speaking in Jeje language!
With the new Volvo S60 engineered to be the safest car on the road thanks to its enhanced City Safety, we think this Swedish manufacturer has to think twice before getting naughty to this safe car.
I saw something at the website that the new S60 crashed at the press event at Sweden! It states that the new S60's Collision Warning system with Auto Braking feature didn't work and it crashed at the rear end of the truck, causing this naughty Volvo to crash! Get it? "Bruken!" Eh? "Brod Bro Bruken!" ROFL
But this is no laughing manner. Here's the clip that might shock you before Scandinavian Motors Corporation (or Viking Cars, the official Philippine distributor of Volvo) brings the new S60 this year,
