Let's Do The News! (June 21, 2014)

The big scoop today...

- Two Filipinos in Dubai got arrested for crossdressing. According to Gulf News Organization, a male Filipino fashion designer and a Filipino tailor got arrested by Dubai police in a metro station last March because of wearing women's clothing. In UAE, it's unlawful for men or women dressed as opposite sexes in public places. The two apprehended Filipino crossdressers have a possibility of being deported from Dubai for breaking the law.

- Check out the teaser trailer for the upcoming Phineas and Ferb Star Wars TV Special, set to air this 26th of July on Disney Channel.


Phineas and Ferb Star Wars on Disney Video

- Philippine President Noynoy Aquino greenlights the Laguna Lakeshore Expressway Dike Project, which is estimated to be completed within the next seven years.

- The Land Transportation Office apprehends some illegal bus operators and fines them one million pesos each. It happened a day after the government imposed stricter penalties against colorum transports.

- After a 30-day hiatus, the World Touring Car Championship will have the Nurburgring on their 2015 season.

- French authorities charged 10 netizens for warning motorists of incoming speed cameras on Facebook. A prosecutor said that those who charged violated the law because most drivers could look up the Facebook page in question on their smartphone while driving to identify the location of speed cameras.

- With SRT officially part of Dodge and the Viper is back to its original home, they're going to feature their new Dodge Viper GTS-R, complete with its throwback livery, at Watkins Glen next week.

- A duo of bespoke special edition models from Ferrari were unveiled in Shanghai such as the F12berlinetta Polo Edition and the FF Dressage Edition.

Ferrari F12berlinetta Polo Edition

- BMW's new lightweight M4 lapped the Nurburgring in around seven minutes and fifty-two seconds, faster than the E93 M3 Coupe predecessor.

BMW M4

- Teen actress Zendaya is now the endorser for Madonna's Material Girl fashion range.

TTFN!!!

Bubble Gang - June 20, 2014

On the June 20, 2014 episode of Bubble Gang...

- "Anak nyo po" gags.

- How much money the bank robbers stole from the bank? We may never know...but they're sucked at maths.

- IKAW AT ANG INA takes on...taking pics of your face sticking on your date!

- More teleserye cliches thrashed by Antonietta!

- More wise words from Tata Lino!

- Blind Items are revealed...

- IyoTube in Bruno Mars' Locked Out of Heaven!

FIFA World Cup 2014 - Day 9

At the end of the 9th day of the FIFA WORLD CUP Brasil, the fans' excitement and the pride of nations are heavily demonstrated as the world's premiership football match continues to grow into a much heated one.

In the match between the Italians vs. the Costa Ricans, it looks like the heavyweights of the Italian national football team were heavily battered by Costa Rica at the score of 0-1 as if it's like David has beaten Goliath in biblical times. Then, two European contenders; Switzerland and France, slugged against each other in a do-or-die match at Arena Fonte Nova and in the end, the French national football team had the upper hand against the Swiss at the score of 2-5. And finally, Honduras vs. Ecuador. The endgame sees the Ecuador national football team trumped against Honduras at the score of 1-2.

Those three games are already as exciting as the past matches and as winning teams are working their way to the second stage, will tomorrow's next three games cut the mustard?

FIFA World Cup 2014 - Day 8

On the 8th day of the FIFA WORLD CUP Brasil, both the matches between Colombia vs. Ivory Coast and Uruguay vs. England are ended spectacularly in the score of 2-1. That's Colombia and Uruguay that won this day's match while the match between Japan vs. Greece ended with absolutely no score each. That's right. No goals scored in the match between the Japanese vs. the Greeks.

So, what's for tomorrow in Brazil? Oh yeah! The Italians are taking on against Costa Rica while the Swiss national football team take on the French and Honduras vs. Ecuador. There are three games going to be occured tomorrow.

Let's Do The News! (June 20, 2014)

The big scoop today...

- Hong Leong Bank got bashed over their "racist" commercial featuring a Filipina Domestic Worker. This commercial in question was removed after receiving a slew of negative comments.

- Thousands of commuters, mostly from Metro Manila and Cebu City, got stranded by the transport protest caravan started by numerous transport groups, aimed against heavier fines on colorum vehicles and other violations.

- D-Sport unveiled their first tuning program for the all new 2015 Daihatsu Copen kei roadster.



- Alpina revealed their 4-Series-based B4 Bi-Turbo in coupe and cabriolet guise. It's powered by a tuned 3.0L six-cylinder engine that develops 410bhp of power and 443lb-ft of torque, making it identical to the BMW M4 F82.



- Senator Bong Revilla Jr. surrendered himself to the Sandiganbayan after the arrest warrant was released against him over the pork barrel scam. He is the first to be arrested for plunder and graft charges.

- Here comes the first teaser trailer for the upcoming Disney Channel Original Movie; How to Build A Better Boy, starring ANT Farm's China Anne McClain and Lab Rat's Kelli Berglund as well as Marshall Williams.

 

- IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Asphalt 8: Airborne soars higher with the Version 1.4.0 update. In this update; there are six new cars coming to you via Time-Limited events (including the ME412, 2015 Mustang GT, and many others), the addition of extra nitrous tank booster, car collections to complete to score bigger prizes, and in time-limited events, the rental fee is replaced with the Fuel system.

- Amazon is joining the smartphone war as they've introduced their first ever smartphone called the Fire. The Fire is Amazon's first smartphone with two new technologies such as Dynamic Perspective and Firefly, giving customers a clear glimpse to the world in its own lens. It's available exclusively on AT&T and pre-orders are open for booking.

Amazon Fire

TTFN!!!

Gran Turismo 6: VW GTi Roadster Vision GT

What you're looking at in this beautiful town of Madrid, Spain, where I was taking my practice sessions in GT6, is a Volkswagen that unlike any other Volkswagens you've seen in your whole life, it represents man, machine, and Gran Turismo synchronized in perfect harmony.




Yes, this is what I'm talking about. This is Chapter 4 of the Vision Gran Turismo story and it's the turn of Volkswagen to tell the tale about how they made this machine to represent this car company to the world of Gran Turismo while digesting every GTi tale in history. Yes, it says GTi but this is the GTi Roadster Gran Turismo, the GTi that was pushed to the limits of being the GTi that ends all GTis in the world of Gran Turismo.



To explain what I'm on about, I went to Madrid, Spain, to take on a special challenge to keep the VW GTi Roadster Vision GT in the game. Doesn't matter what lap time you're setting, just one lap is enough to keep it but for me, I wanted to see its muscle, its passion, and its true grit of being a bewildering racing machine that possesses the DNA of the GTi.

My goal is to beat the Gold target time of 1:22.000 but amazingly in my such luck, the odds are around 1 to 5 to beat the target time and I did it in around 1:21.721. So, how does this open-top racer got here so quick? The secret lies from the 3.0L twin-turbo VR6 TSi engine which develops over five hundred horses of power and 665Nm of torque. It was fitted with a 7-speed DSG with sports programming for a smoother and more direct shifting feel like no other but with the added drama on it.

Aside from the raw power delivered through all four wheels, the GTi Roadster is highly aerodynamic enough to generate enough downforce, giving you the same experience as you felt from track-day cars.

Overall, the VW GTi Roadster Vision GT is possibly a hyper open-top hatch with no roof that can leave you gurning like a megalomaniac when you spent several man hours driving it and I think the folks at VW had done a really good job creating a car that, like I said, represents man, machine, and Gran Turismo synchronized in perfect harmony.



I think we can end this story about the GTi Roadster but it's not over yet because I need to find somewhere else to enjoy the extreme performance of this GTi concept roadster and I think I know where...



Welcome to the world of Red Bull Ring, a new track on Gran Turismo 6 as part of the long-time partnership between Gran Turismo and Red Bull. The Red Bull Ring is an ultra high speed circuit with long high-speed sections and tricky tight corners between. After over a decade of hiatus, this track, situated in Spielberg, Austria, returns for the 2014 Formula One season.



With the track ours for the taking, it was nice to let the VW GTi Roadster concept taking a little alfresco driving in the Red Bull Ring and this is the perfect way to end this story.



VOLKSWAGEN GTI ROADSTER VISION GRAN TURISMO

Make: Volkswagen
Country of Origin: Germany

Drivetrain: 4WD
Max Power: ???
Max Torque: ???
Weight: ???

Head of Design:
Klaus Bischoff

Director Exterior Design:
Oliver Stefani

Director Interior Design:
Bachorski Tomasz

Director Design Lifestyle and Performance:
Friederike Plock-Girmann

Team Manager Exterior Design:
Tobias Sühlmann

Team Manager Interior Design:
Boris Grell

Designer Exterior Design:
Domen Rucigaj
Malte Hammerbeck

Designer Interior Design:
Guillermo Mignot

Designer Color and Trim / Design Lifestyle and Performance:
Miroslava Kurpasova
Gösta Niessner
Cornelia Gröpel

Project Management:
Stef Scheepers

Director Data:
Alfred Oechsner

Data Exterior:
German Hornstein

Data Interior:
Michael Müller

Director Online Marketing:
Judith Wilhelm
Philipp Matthes



Stay tuned for more of Vision GT!

Let's Do The News! (June 19, 2014)

Things we learned so far...

- With the launch of the new Copen Robe, Daihatsu announced that there's going to be an X-Model coming late 2014. It will be heavily inspired from the Kopen future included XMZ Concept Car as seen from last year's Tokyo Motor Show!

Daihatsu Kopen future included XMZ Concept

- Italy's Mt. Etna volcano was erupted in a spectacular fashion.

- The attacks on Iraq is so life-threatening, the Department of Foreign Affairs advised most OFWs in Iraq to leave immediately.

- REPORT: Next Resident Evil/Biohazard live-action movie will be the last.

- DLC Catalog 2 for the PS3-exclusive THE iDOLM@STER ONE FOR ALL game is announced! From special appearance of Million Live's Seika Hakozaki, to brand new outfits, and three new songs such as キミ＊チャンネル, MEGARE!, and オーバーマスター. 

The following new DLC outfits for this catalog are:

1) Tea Time Happiness

2) Summer Breeze Colours

3) Noble Chic Rhombus

4) Ion Tail Image

5) Beyond the Stars

6) Corduroy Country

7) Violet Lightning

8) Pastel Del Sol

They're available on the Playstation Store this 25th of June.

- The Peugeot 508 range has been facelifted with a new face and a new Euro 6 engine.

2015 Peugeot 508

- Chinese carmaker Qoros envisions a saloon for the year 2020 with the Qoros 9 concept, which design was penned by a Korean.

Qoros 9 Concept

- Seven new cars are added on the latest Grand Theft Auto Online update, including a 6x6 monster offroader called the Dubsta 6x6, the game's equivalent to the G63 AMG 6x6 in real life.

- Shake It Up actress Zendaya to star in an upcoming Aaliyah biopic as Aaliyah herself!

TTFN!