Banana Split's HOT ISSUE (June 2, 2012)

Oh no. I thought I am not going to talk about it but we will.

In case you missed the HOT ISSUE from the June 2, 2012 episode of Banana Split Extra Scoop, here goes!

1) Video ng Rehearsal ng Duet nina American Idol runner-up Jhessica Sanchest at Broadway singer Jenifher Hollydie eksklusibong nakuha ng Hot Issue!

Jenifher Hollydie

Jhessica Sanchest

2) Bagong video ng sapukan sa airport, napasakamay ng Hot Issue!

3) Coco Martin at Angeline Quinto may mga pasabog sa premier night ng "Born to Love You"!

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG golf trick

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG golf trick

Former Formula One driver, Mercedes-Benz brand ambassador, and the Scotsman who shot Jeremy Clarkson's popsicle with paintball on the Top Gear car art episode, David Coulthard, is now a Guinness record holder! How? He drove the SLS AMG Roadster to catch a golf ball driven 275m from the tee with the car's cabin as he was driving it.

Pro golfer Jake Shepherd hit the ball with the speed of 285kph (177mph) while Coulthard piloting the SLS Roadster up to 190kph (118mph) to catch the ball as it fell in the car's interior. With just two tries, they succeeded to snag the record holder of THE FURTHEST GOLF SHOT CAUGHT IN THE MOVING CAR. Beat that!

Scoop: http://www.topgear.com.ph/news/david-coulthard-now-a-guinness-world-record-holder

Top Gear The Challenges 6

Top Gear The Challenges 6

Think of Top Gear The Challenges as Top Gear's greatest hits. A selection of the best of Top Gear moments in telly. For the 6th installment, which is available only in Great Britain this June 4 (no word when will this come out with Japanese subtitles soon), this DVD packed with the selection of the greatest hits from the Top Gear series. These include;

1) The Ashes challenge - Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May face off against their Aussie counterparts in the series of THE ASHES challenge. Some drag race, double decker racing, sheeps, and rally racing are occurred...

2) Trains - Jeremy, Richard, and James try to create a cheaper, faster, train travel by replacing carriages and locomotive with some caravans attached to a Jaaag! Sadly, that didn't work. With such arguments, Jeremy decided to make a sports train, the TG V12, while Richard and James bought a used Audi S8, making it useful to pull those caravans on rails. Some poos and wees come out!

3) Teenage Car Challenge - The boys bought used cars targeted for 17-year-olds who passed their driving tests. This challenge gets even louder than a banging stereo!

4) The Snowbine Harvester - the boys try to save Britain from the misery caused by snow with a help of a combine harvester, some modifications, and a trip to Norway!

5) 1980's BMW Convertibles - the boys buy used four-seater convertibles, which ended up being 1980's BMW convertibles, for a series of challenges. Even they look the same, they have different attitude, even how much germs and bacteria left on their interiors. 

6) Demolition Men - the boys rely on military vehicles to demolish numerous old houses in Gravesend's Christian Field's estate. Are they better than normal demolition equipment used by the professionals?

7) Skoda Yeti road test - Jeremy Clarkson reviews the Skoda Yeti with numerous tests including a tattooist, fire, and a helicopter which happened to be circling the Top Gear Test Track!

8) Countryman WRC vs Skeleton Sled - James May meets Amy Williams, who is English Skeleton racer and British Olympic Gold medalist. He enlisted a rally driver and the MINI Countryman WRC to race against Amy Williams and her skeleton sled for some icy offense.

9) The new Jaguar XJ - an epic battle between the Jaaag against the Creator of Heaven and Earth as Jeremy Clarkson race to the beach against the Earth's rotation!

10) Range Rover Evoque - James May drives the new Range Rover Evoque from Death Valley to Las Vegas, showcasing its offroad capabilities despite its unibody structure. Oh, and there's a tranny at the end of the Evoque review...

11)  Amputee's Dakar Rally trials - Richard Hammond meets up with the incredible rally team who are soldiers wounded from wars. The amputee team are trying their hardest to become part of the Dakar Rally. Sacked Stig and author of THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT, Ben Collins, makes an appearance!

12) E-type and Eagle Speedster - Jeremy Clarkson pays tribute to the Jaguar E-Type's 50th anniversary and he even got a chance to try out the modern day E-Type, the very rare, very expensive, half-a-million quid, very beautiful Eagle Speedster, which makes the best noise!

13) The Marauder - Richard Hammond flies to South Africa to drive a car so tough, it can even survive explosions!

Special features include;

• Stig’s Cousins’ Laps

• Unseen Interview Clips of Sebastian Vettel, Jonathan Ross, Ryan Reynolds, Ross Noble and Alice Cooper 

• Interceptors’ Titles Sequence

• Amy Williams’ Helmet Cam Footage

• Desert & Ice Montage

• Deleted Scenes

Also, see this DVD come to life with Augmented Reality and access exclusive contents with your smartphone or tablet PC!

Available at: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Top-Gear-Challenges-Augmented-Reality/dp/B007EAFUTK/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1338680144&sr=8-4

ITC280 Update 9

What I learned on Week 9 of the ITC280 class?


1) Here is a stub of a class:

class Car{}


2) Here is a simple Car object created from the car class:

$myCar = new Car();


echo $myCar->mph;




class Car


{


 public $color = "";


 public $mph = 0;


 public $price = 0;


 public $model = "";





}


3) We add a constructor to be able to load data into our object

$myCar = new Car("ferrari",100000,140,"red");


echo "MPH: " . $myCar->mph . "<br />";


echo $myCar->model;


echo $myCar->color;


echo $myCar->price;




class Car


{


 public $color = "";


 public $mph = 0;


 public $price = 0;


 public $model = "";





 function Car($model,$price,$mph,$color)


 {


  $this->model = $model;


  $this->price = $price;


  $this->mph = $mph;


  $this->color = $color;



4) We can Create accessor methods (get/set) to allow read/write access;

function getMPH()


  {//will allow read access to a private property


  return $this->mph;


 }

NOTES:

It's almost the end of this class and I haven't decided on what will my final project be. Should I use the theme we used in class or use something different? That is a question I cannot answer but hey, how many lessons left before we do the final project? What should I do? I'm still stuck and I can't figure out what will my final project be...

Only one way to find out...soon...

Forza Motorsport 4 announces June Meguiar's Pack

Another month, another Forza 4 DLC Pack coming and this time, it's the June Meguiars Pack. Available this June 5 (June 6 if you're in Asia), 10 new cars are here for you to POLISH your skills. Get it? Polish!

2011 Chevrolet #4 Corvette Racing ZR1 

1959 BMW 507 

1940 Ford De Luxe Coupe 

2011 Aston Martin Cygnet 

1958 MG MGA Twin-Cam 

1997 Maserati Ghibli Cup 

2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series 

1987 RUF CTR Yellowbird 

1992 Toyota Celica GT-Four RC ST185 

1963 Volkswagen Beetle 

Scoop: http://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/Meguiars_car_pack/

It costs 560 MSP and thank goodness, I now have a chance to try out the Cygnet and the C63 AMG Black. Wait, RUF CTR Yellowbird? Uh oh. Feels like we stole this from a rival video game... The iconic old Beetle, the one who crushed the 911 Turbo cabrio in a race thanks to gravity, is there, waiting to get its Herbie colors. Famous icons! Yay!

"Tikman ang Kiss"

In the June 1, 2012 episode of Bubble Gang...

- "Pagsabihan" gags

- Mr. Assimo gets robbed

Mr. Assimo

- Pickup Lines!

1) MRT ka ba? Kasi nakikipagsiksikan ako lagi, maabot ka lang!

2) Gusto ko magpa-blood test ka. Kasi gusto kong malaman kung type mo ako.

3) Electric fan ka ba? Kasi pag gumagalaw ka, tinatangay ako!

4) Holdapper ka ba? Kasi gusto kong ibigay sa'yo.

5) Wag kang magalit kung ikaw sa tingin ko ang bungo ko. Kasi pag wala ka, sasabog ang utak ko.

6) Alam mo ba na malinis ang hangarin ko sa yo? Kasi ang English ng cleanliness ay malinis.

7) Hindi mo ako masisisi kung nababaliw ako. Kasi yung aso, nauulol, tao pa?

8) Alam mo ba kung bakit ako lagi nagtatanong ako sa'yo ng mga tanong? Bakit nagtatanong ka rin?!

Boy Pick Up

Boy Pick Up

DON'T MISS BOY PICK UP THE MOVIE, IN THEATERS THIS JUNE 6!

- Tikman ang kiss! Bubble Gang does Coffee Mate Creamy Caramel by spoofing this commercial as Bestle Choppy Mate Creamy Caramel! May special intro price!

Bubble Gang does Coffee Mate Creamy Caramel

- Alien? Alien!! Brod Pete and his pals are here to answer your questions on ANG BAGONG DATING DOON!

Ang Bagong Dating Doon

1) Boy2 Quizon asks "May nasusulat po ba tungkol sa likas na bulak bolero?".

From the book of Judas 1:3, written by Maverick Sotto (?) - Lagi na lang akong nagsusumikap. Grade 1 lang ang inabot ko, no read no write pa.

2) A PM from someone asked "kung may mahirap linisin". Brod Pete asks about the dirty kitchen, dirty ice cream and irty dancing.

3) Michael V asks "May nasusulat ba tungkol sa mga tsismis tungkol sa impeachment?"

From the book of Judas 3:3, the Lady Gaga part...

Juda, Juda-a-as, duda duda-a-as, aaaaahh, I bring him down. I bring him down down. A king with no crown.

4) A PM from someone asked kung merong pang maraming napapansin na mali. Here comes another set of words that turned out...wrong;

• tuka ng ahas (can snakes peck?)
• housekeeping (can you keep a house?)
• witness stand (how can you call it a stand if a witness is just seating?)

- IyoTube

- There's only one heart left but which of these two gets the heart?

- Walang Papalag

A few too-good encounters...

Last week, the producers gave us some free time so we have to visit some three dealerships in Renton.

Right, on that week, we visited dealers across Renton; mostly from Mazda, Toyota, and Honda. We came there because we're there to check out what's new.

First up, WALKER'S RENTON MAZDA. And I came here for this...

The 2013 Mazda CX-5. Yep, this full-fledged SKYACTIV crossover was our first stop. Unfortunately, someone bought it and we're too late to stop by its interior. Despite that, the Mazda CX-5 is now one of my favorites partly because this was made to be fuel-efficient and fun to drive. That's right. Who needs dull eco buttons and hybrids? The CX-5 is just the car for me because its a car that promises clean driving without sacrificing performance.

Since because I didn't have the chance to meet up with the new Mazda CX-5, I bump instead with this;

The 2012 Mazda 3 with SKYACTIV Technology. Like the CX-5, the Mazda 3 comes with a 2.0L SKYACTIV-G engine. Like the CX-5, it comes with a 6-speed SKYACTIV-DRIVE automatic transmission. This transmission promises Good Fuel Economy, Easy Start up, Direct feel, and smooth shifting. 

Now, I don't need to worry about not having a SKYACTIV variant on the second generation Mazda 3 because earlier, the new Mazda 3 was already on sale in the Philippines for 999,000 Pesos. Sounds tempting but should you?

The CX-5 was already available in the Philippines for 1,452,000 Pesos in case you missed it.

In the tradition of following Top Gear's footsteps, we decided that we DON'T DO CONSUMER ADVICE AND NEVER WILL. We will never answer questions such as "which is better?", "how does it work", "is it all that better?" so on so forth. WE DON'T DO CONSUMER ADVICE. IT'S A WASTE OF TIME.

Now, we move on to TOYOTA OF RENTON and we found these...

This is a Prius PHV. This is Japan's answer to the Chevrolet Volt. You can do both; refueling it with petrol or recharge the batteries.

Here's the 2012 Scion iQ, which some say that this is a cheap blue-collar knock off to the Smart fortwo. A smart fortwo is like a Porsche because the engine is placed at the wrong place. This Scion iQ is not. It's a FWD micro mini.

It's a Toyota Prius with a bigger boot. It's called the Prius V. What it makes me feel though is sad. Thanks to conditions like the environment, the economy, tensions in the Middle East, and the relentless war on speed, ALL CARS WILL SOON...BE CONSIGNED TO THE HISTORY BOOKS. :-(

What? Did I said a Top Gear dialogue? Sorry. This kind Prius is essential if you're gone camping with you and your four pals. I even have that on Car Town and use it for CAR SHOW purposes thanks to the uniqueness I hardly worked on. What? What do you mean "you copy paste it"? Never mind. It's just bits of IDOLM@STER-ism, to be honest. But no matter. Prius V or Prius Alpha or Prius + is not available in Asia. Sorry, it's the rules.

It's the third-generation Toyota Yaris/Vitz. A car that I sure wish a video game will feature this...

The Toyota FJ Cruiser, an offroader's favorite and a complete Hummer copycat. Maybe something that I should prefer rather than the terrifying Marauder as seen on Top Gear. Overall, it's cheaper than the indestructible Marauder. He he he....

Now, we wandered off to the Renton Honda and we found this...

The facelifted 2012 Honda Insight. Yep, this one's far too cheaper than the Prius but only a few bought it.

This is one of my favorite hybrids, the Honda CR-Z. It happens when they have their brown rice smothered with Tabasco. A few CR-Z models have CVT but many have a 6-speed manual, making this special.

Don't worry, a few video games featured this...

And here it is, the all new 4th generation Honda CR-V. A car that has a rear view of a Vovlo XC60. How pity...

And that concludes of the front runners. If I was a complete clattering buttock who has a choice, what would be? The CX-5 because of its SKYACTIV technology? The Mazda 3? The Scion iQ because it has a sensible size? The Prius PHV because it can be refueled and recharged? The Prius V because it made me sad? The new Yaris because of its looks? The FJ Crusier because it's much more affordable than the Marauder? The Insight? The CR-Z because it is a sport hybrid? Or the new CR-V? Ugh, I wouldn't blame anyone who bought these because they deserve it. I am surely wish I want the CX-5 because for me. It's my winner. Yeah.