Aryana actress, Ella Cruz, guested on the IHAW NA segment from the April 18, 2013 episode of BANANA NITE and in here, she talks about being a mermaid, her achievements, and much more.
Meanwhile, Angelica showcases some funny Facebook pics on another ETO NA POST segment. Pics include sleeping in the bed floating through the flooded village, the difference between female soldiers from two Koreas, how can you're welcome if you have no entry?, the bottom secret, and beers in the aquarium.
Also, Chazz is on the metro, daring anyone to reach their tongues to their noses in CHAZZ DO IT segment. Sadly, no one can even reach their tongues to their noses!
Friday, April 19, 2013
Forza Horizon: Rated ZAGATO
In reality, when a restaurant is labeled "Rated ZAGAT", then you'll know that it's a kind of restaurant that passed the likings from ZAGAT. Here in Forza Horizon, I wanted to give this game a "Rated ZAGATO" because not one but two Zagato models arrived on the party. One is pure British and the other one is half-Italian, half-American, if you know what I mean... But first...
Those ZAGATO-designed cars are just one way that even in Horizon, there's still some time living the fancy life because of its rarity, its unique looks, its driving feel, and everything that treats you like royalty. If you were Colorado's Ridge, Rave, or Rage of a racer, those two really know how to change courses because they're both fancy cars for the speedo boys living the fancy life in car heaven. Oh, just don't get fancy too much because it's going to be quite a disgusting feat.
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| This car feels like it's ZAGAT rated |
Let's start with the V12 Zagato. Although, I maybe familiar with that car because I drove one on Forza Motorsport 4, the V12 Zagato is all about the power, beauty, and soul of an Aston Martin, enveloped with the timeless beauty done by a coachbuilder, Zagato. It is one of the most potent rides I have ever driven, not by the fact because it's an V12 Vantage underneath it but it is because the V12 Zagato, in racing-spec form as seen on Villa D'Este in 2011, feels like it's a wild party diguised as an intimate get-together. Get it? Intimate Get-Together! Now where did I heard that word? From a kids show that I often watched?
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| V12 Zagato is movin' to the beat |
Because the V12 Zagato, as I explained, as a wild party disguised as an intimate get together, it sure knows how to move in to the beat and unlike any other Aston Martins that are a bit too dynamic for my tastes, it feels a bit normal, a bit well-behaved, and it really tickles me hardcore. This is the same feeling I'd expect on other Italian supercars but with a bit of "tea party" spilling through my driving fancies. This car will make you as fancy as an village idiot from a family of geniuses.
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| A dynamic point of view |
I love this kind of Zagato machine so what on Earth have been thinking when this coachbuilder's joining forces again with Alfa Romeo when they made this?
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| Combination of Italian design with American powertrain |
This is the TZ3 Stradale Zagato. This car is part of the April Top Gear Pack on Horizon and by the looks of it, it's not half bad, knowing the fact that it looks more like a modern equivalent of the Giulia TZ2 Zagato from the past. Good thing, the producers did the right thing, featuring an Alfa Romeo that was never been taken by a rival video game and that's the result. I'm starting to feel that I like this more than the Giulia TZ2 Zagato from a rival game but more importantly, it's a Dodge Viper underneath it!
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| Timeless beauty |
Really?! This car was a Dodge Viper underneath it?! So this must be the first time I drove an Alfa Romeo that combines the design of Italian coachbuilder with the powertrain of an American sportscar. Sure, Chrysler was owned by Fiat so this is the cunning result of what happens when two worlds collide. Therefore, it still has the same V10 engine from the Viper, the same 6-speed manual from the Viper, the same interior from the Viper, and overall, the same dangerous driving feel that I can expect on the Dodge Viper SRT-10. Interesting...
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| Beat it, kid! Mine's more valuable than yours! |
For car with an awkward-looking design, this car requires a skilled driver to master the fundamentals of the TZ3 Stradale and unlike the V12 Zagato, the TZ3 Stradale is a monster of a machine with the same dynamic and challenging driving feel of an V10-powerer American sportscar. It can kill even the most unskilled driver when fallen to the wrong hands but with enough practice, this is more rewarding. It's really really, that rewarding when you're careful.
Those ZAGATO-designed cars are just one way that even in Horizon, there's still some time living the fancy life because of its rarity, its unique looks, its driving feel, and everything that treats you like royalty. If you were Colorado's Ridge, Rave, or Rage of a racer, those two really know how to change courses because they're both fancy cars for the speedo boys living the fancy life in car heaven. Oh, just don't get fancy too much because it's going to be quite a disgusting feat.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
What's in our Car Town garage today? (April 18, 2013)
What's in our Car Town garage today?
1976 Ford Gran Torino
Basically, this is one of the most iconic "screen legends" in the automotive world probably because it was the "Striped Tomato" from a classic detective show Starsky & Hutch. With such popularity of the car as seen on the TV show, Ford made a limited-to-1000 replicas of the special "Starsky & Hutch" Gran Torinos which comes with a special paint option, but required the deluxe bumper group and dual color-keyed sport mirrors as mandatory options.
1976 Ford Gran Torino
Basically, this is one of the most iconic "screen legends" in the automotive world probably because it was the "Striped Tomato" from a classic detective show Starsky & Hutch. With such popularity of the car as seen on the TV show, Ford made a limited-to-1000 replicas of the special "Starsky & Hutch" Gran Torinos which comes with a special paint option, but required the deluxe bumper group and dual color-keyed sport mirrors as mandatory options.
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| 1976 Ford Gran Torino |
1999 Plymouth Prowler
If you happen that if you see one of those Prowlers on the street, chances are that you're looking on a future classic that is very rare on American roads. The Prowler features some hot-rod styling cues that nods back from classic hotrods while it uses the same platform that was used on Chrysler's LH-cars. Under the hood, the Prowler comes with a 3.5L V6 engine which develops 214HP but in 1999, it was replaced with a more powerful version which develops 257PS of power while being mated with a 4-speed automatic.
Back in 1998, a Prowler was sealed in a mausoleum as a time capsule somewhere in Oklahoma and experts are looking forward what would a Prowler look like when it was sealed when the time capsule is opened in 2048, when it will be returned to Chrysler.
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| 1999 Plymouth Prowler |
1970 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28
Using the second-generation Camaro as its basis, the Z/28 model of the Camaro features a high-performance LT-1 engine which churns out 360HP of power and 520Nm of torque, providing more performance than the previous 4.9L V8's that was applied on the 1967-69 Z/28 models. Available transmissions were either a 3-speed auto or a 4-speed manual.
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| 1970 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 |
Matteo Gudicelli, IHAW NA!
On April 17, 2013's Banana Nite, Tito Bhoy interviews guest celeb, Matteo Gudicelli, about his personal paraiso, his interests, his time with Jessy Mendiola since Paraiso, and other stuff that comes in Matteo's mind.
Meanwhile, Melai Cantiveros is here again for another Laugh Three and this time, Melai gave us three tips if you're getting sweaty on the go...
1) Pick a fight on someone who sells halo-halo
2) Pretend you're a beggar and knock on someone else's car!
3) Pretend you're fainting!
And then...THE FLASHER is flashing his...something something...to scare off unsuspecting victims! (Oops! This is RATED SSPG, don't forget!)
Meanwhile, Melai Cantiveros is here again for another Laugh Three and this time, Melai gave us three tips if you're getting sweaty on the go...
1) Pick a fight on someone who sells halo-halo
2) Pretend you're a beggar and knock on someone else's car!
3) Pretend you're fainting!
And then...THE FLASHER is flashing his...something something...to scare off unsuspecting victims! (Oops! This is RATED SSPG, don't forget!)
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Banana Nite 4/16/2013
On the KANDILA segment from April 16, 2013's Banana Nite, here are the stories;
- PHIVOLCS found a way to determine earthquakes with something accurate...like Facebook!
- There's a new gang out there that causing too much crimes in Metro Manila...and they called it the AGAW-DAMIT GANG!
- While the weather in the Philippines is too hot, the DOH secretly thank this hot climate...for lessening chances of sexual intercourse...because they're too sweaty!
Meanwhile in ETO NA POST, we take a look at some funny pics from Facebook such as a sign that mentions "menstrual period", leave your "step-ins" before going to the steeping stone, and someone who doesn't want to leave the marker at the whiteboard.
And then, the Tres Kumpares have gone fishing!
- PHIVOLCS found a way to determine earthquakes with something accurate...like Facebook!
- There's a new gang out there that causing too much crimes in Metro Manila...and they called it the AGAW-DAMIT GANG!
- While the weather in the Philippines is too hot, the DOH secretly thank this hot climate...for lessening chances of sexual intercourse...because they're too sweaty!
Meanwhile in ETO NA POST, we take a look at some funny pics from Facebook such as a sign that mentions "menstrual period", leave your "step-ins" before going to the steeping stone, and someone who doesn't want to leave the marker at the whiteboard.
And then, the Tres Kumpares have gone fishing!
Forza Horizon: The 1000 Club
So, a whole new challenge unfolds in Horizon...
Sure, I may have conquered the Festival and the Horizon Rally but the party's not yet done for others because they want something more to keep the party going and this is what Horizon came up with...
It's called the 1000 Club and this new type of challenge brings players to bring their favorite car through series of challenges and for every challenge it cleared wins a medal to collect. This task isn't easy though because each car has either five or six challenges to complete and overall, there are a thousand challenges to complete. Some might be easy but others can be somewhat tricky and it requires about 120% of your skill in driving or tuning to get it done neatly.
Some challenges require you to pull some driving skills, especially drifting or jumping but others can be a lot of challenge like getting from point A to point B within the alloted time, stay within the top speed in an amount of time, drive clean, avoid triggering speed traps, so on, so forth. The challenges test your mettle as you go on.
For example, I'm driving the 2013 SRT Viper GTS and the challenges I'll be taking are the following;
1) Perform an ULTIMATE BURNOUT
2) Drive About 150mph for 10 seconds
3) Set a speed of 85mph or better at the Rt. 38 Speed Trap while drifting
4) Win a race at the Gladstone Cell Tower Street Race Hub
5) Drive from Red Rock Outpost to the I-70 Freeway within 3:10
Some tasks would be easy for me but some would be a lot difficult so if I manage to clear one of those challenge, I get a medal but if I want more, I have to play harder to collect and then swap for another car for more challenges.
The 1000 Club Expansion Pack is all about variety so if you have that car that's worthy on the challenge you're well suited for, give it a shot and then move on to cars with challenges you find it tricky. Try and try until you earned more and more medals for your bragging rights.
There are new achievements for you to complete on the Horizon 1000 Club DLC and if you were thinking "oh geez, I can't get that in so much!", here's a tip: One medal per car is enough to be counted. So if you're focused on collecting those new achievements, just do it. And when you're done with the achievements, you're free to complete all the challenges per cars.
Aside from new achivements, there are two new cars joining on the challenge and these are...
1) RUF CTR2 - a boxer sportscar with some stylish looks and spartan driving manners
2) Ford F-100 - a nostalgic pickup truck from the 1950's is an exquisite choice for the classic car connoisseurs
Remember, those two new cars have different challenges to take on and when you're in one of those, feel free to take on their challenges for the hunt of many medals as possible!
So there we have it. The Forza Horizon 1000 Club expansion is all about taking challenges in your favorite cars and I have to say, this is a great expansion for those who want to get to know about their cars better through series of challenges set for their cars. Are you in?
Sure, I may have conquered the Festival and the Horizon Rally but the party's not yet done for others because they want something more to keep the party going and this is what Horizon came up with...
It's called the 1000 Club and this new type of challenge brings players to bring their favorite car through series of challenges and for every challenge it cleared wins a medal to collect. This task isn't easy though because each car has either five or six challenges to complete and overall, there are a thousand challenges to complete. Some might be easy but others can be somewhat tricky and it requires about 120% of your skill in driving or tuning to get it done neatly.
Some challenges require you to pull some driving skills, especially drifting or jumping but others can be a lot of challenge like getting from point A to point B within the alloted time, stay within the top speed in an amount of time, drive clean, avoid triggering speed traps, so on, so forth. The challenges test your mettle as you go on.
For example, I'm driving the 2013 SRT Viper GTS and the challenges I'll be taking are the following;
1) Perform an ULTIMATE BURNOUT
2) Drive About 150mph for 10 seconds
3) Set a speed of 85mph or better at the Rt. 38 Speed Trap while drifting
4) Win a race at the Gladstone Cell Tower Street Race Hub
5) Drive from Red Rock Outpost to the I-70 Freeway within 3:10
Some tasks would be easy for me but some would be a lot difficult so if I manage to clear one of those challenge, I get a medal but if I want more, I have to play harder to collect and then swap for another car for more challenges.
The 1000 Club Expansion Pack is all about variety so if you have that car that's worthy on the challenge you're well suited for, give it a shot and then move on to cars with challenges you find it tricky. Try and try until you earned more and more medals for your bragging rights.
There are new achievements for you to complete on the Horizon 1000 Club DLC and if you were thinking "oh geez, I can't get that in so much!", here's a tip: One medal per car is enough to be counted. So if you're focused on collecting those new achievements, just do it. And when you're done with the achievements, you're free to complete all the challenges per cars.
Aside from new achivements, there are two new cars joining on the challenge and these are...
1) RUF CTR2 - a boxer sportscar with some stylish looks and spartan driving manners
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| The Spartan |
2) Ford F-100 - a nostalgic pickup truck from the 1950's is an exquisite choice for the classic car connoisseurs
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| Woo! Look at me! |
Remember, those two new cars have different challenges to take on and when you're in one of those, feel free to take on their challenges for the hunt of many medals as possible!
So there we have it. The Forza Horizon 1000 Club expansion is all about taking challenges in your favorite cars and I have to say, this is a great expansion for those who want to get to know about their cars better through series of challenges set for their cars. Are you in?
Hot Import Nights return to the Philippines
Listen up, import punks and speedo boys in the Philippines because Hot Import Nights, America's largest lifestyle custom car show, is returning to the Philippines! Yes, you heard it right! Hot Import Nights 2: Manila brings back the largest custom car show from America to the Philppine capital with more noise, more fun, more custom cars, and everything else in store for this event! Joining the fun were four international models that will make HIN2: MANILA even more hotter than ever. From Taiwan - Eva Skye. From USA and Philippines - Jeri Lee. From USA and Canada - Danielle Riel. And from Europe - Nicole Duminie. What's even more interesting that the president and vice president of HIN and Xtreme Drift Circuit will be participating at this venue as judges for the carshow in search for the best custom car.
HIN2: MANILA is fully loaded with custom car show, drift battles, concert, r/c drifting, VIP part, and much much more. It's on April 20-21, 2013 at the World Trade Center, Pasay City. This was organized from the producers of Bumper to Bumper Carshow and Metro Rides.
See you there!
Facebook page: facebook.com/b2bcarshow
Email: ladderevents@yahoo.com
Website: b2bcarshow.com/hinmanila
HIN2: MANILA is fully loaded with custom car show, drift battles, concert, r/c drifting, VIP part, and much much more. It's on April 20-21, 2013 at the World Trade Center, Pasay City. This was organized from the producers of Bumper to Bumper Carshow and Metro Rides.
See you there!
Facebook page: facebook.com/b2bcarshow
Email: ladderevents@yahoo.com
Website: b2bcarshow.com/hinmanila
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