Wednesday, February 1, 2017

THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER 08 BEYOND THE STARLIGHT

THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS
STARLIGHT MASTER 08 BEYOND THE STARLIGHT

There's no stopping to these STARLIGHT MASTER CDs from expanding due to the ever success of THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage app game and to keep this momentum going, the eighth installment of the STARLIGHT MASTER CD range is here and this calls for a celebration!

The star highlight of the latest installment is the song as heard from the Starlight Stage app game, titled Beyond The Starlight, performed by Rika Jougasaki (CV: Nozomi Yamamoto), Chieri Ogata (CV: Naomi Ohzora), Karen Hojo (CV: Mai Fuchigami), Mizuki Kawashima (CV: Nao Toyama), and Yui Ohtsuki (CV: Nanami Yamashita). If you enjoyed playing this ever popular song in the game, now's your chance to hear the extended M@STER VERSION of the said song, just to whet your appetite for all things Cinderella Girls.

In addition to Beyond The Starlight, two new songs are featured in this installment such as スローライフ・ファンタジー by Anzu Futaba (CV: Hiromi Igarashi) and Frozen Tears by Karen Hojo (CV: Mai Fuchigami), just to crave some more.

There's still more to come from the STARLIGHT MASTER range and be sure to keep playing THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage, available to download on the App Store and Google Play.

TRACK LISTINGS:

01 BEYOND THE STARLIGHT (M@STER VERSION)
02 スローライフ・ファンタジー
03 Frozen Tears
04 BEYOND THE STARLIGHT (M@STER VERSION) オリジナル・カラオケ
05 スローライフ・ファンタジー オリジナル・カラオケ
06 Frozen Tears オリジナル・カラオケ
07 BEYOND THE STARLIGHT (GAME VERSION)

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Let's Do The News! (January 31, 2017)


- Senator Leila de Lima and Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre threw punches at each other again during the Senate hearing on the bribery scandal involving Bureau of Immigration officials. De Lima was first to castigate Aguirre after she reprimanded former Immigration deputy commissioners Al Argosino and Michael Robles to refrain from following the act of their former “boss”, whom she called as “banat-bawi”, or someone of keeps on retracting their statement.

- The Southern Police District confirmed that the two arrested at MOA Arena during yesterday's Miss Universe coronation night are members of the PNP-Police Security and Protection Group. According to SPD Director Chief Supt. Tomas Apolinario, based on the identification cards and upon verification of the two, authorities found out that they are part of the closed-in security of a VIP.

- A suspected drug lord in Pasig City was killed amid the order of the Philippine National Police to halt "Oplan Tokhang." Pasig City Chief of Police Supt. Orlando Yebra said that still unidentified suspects shot dead a certain Crisaldo Cruspero, alias ‘Magdamag’, and a resident of Mais St., Brgy. Napico, around 7pm Monday night.

- The office of Burma's civilian president said that the assassination of Ko Ni, a prominent member of Myanmar’s Muslim minority and legal adviser for Myanmar’s ruling National League for Democracy, was part of an effort to destabilise the country. On Sunday, Ko Ni was assassinated at an airport in Yangon.

- There are signs the US government is taking a more flexible view on how to pay for its planned border wall with Mexico and new meetings to craft future bilateral relations could take place soon, according to a top Mexican official. Ties were shaken following last week's planned summit between US President Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto were cancelled.

- As DVD sales are plummeting, Sony booked an impairment charge of 112.1 billion yen on the goodwill value of its movie segment in the quarter ended December. The charge came as Sony cut its outlook for profits from DVD, blu-ray discs and other home entertainment operations in line with a broader market decline, the company said in statement on Monday.

- Ford Motor Company is joining the list of companies opposing US President Trump's travel ban against immigrants and refugees from certain Middle Eastern nations. In a statement, executive chairman Bill Ford Jr. and CEO Mark Fields said: "Respect for all people is a core value of Ford Motor Company, and we are proud of the rich diversity of our company here at home and around the world. That is why we do not support this policy or any other that goes against our values as a company."

- Nintendo ends production of the Wii U console in Japan as of this week. Their upcoming Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild game will be the last first-party Wii U title.

- Namco founder Masaya Nakamura passed away last January 22 at the age of 91. Respected worldwide as the "father of PAC-MAN", Nakamura founded Namco in 1955 as Nakamura Manufacturing and served as its president from 1955 to 1990 and again from 1992 to 2002. He became the senior adviser of Bandai Namco Holdings following the 2005 merger.

- Fans of LoveLive! Sunshine!!, listen up! Because new figures have unveiled for your collective pleasure. First up, from Good Smile Company, there's a Nendoroid of Yoshiko Tsushima ready for orders starting at 3,241 Yen plus tax and arrives this July. Also, from Wave's DreamTech line, two figures based from the hit series, You Watanabe and Yoshiko Tsushima, have been unveiled. The former will be starting at 13,800 Yen and arrives this July while the latter will be starting at 14,800 Yen and arrives this August.

Nendoroid Yoshiko Tsushima
DreamTech You Watanabe
DreamTech Yoshiko Tsushima


TTFN!!!

FH3 Blizzard Mountain: Big Ben



Time for another guessing game, am I right? Okay, on the front it looks more like a Bentley, a gentleman's touch of royalty served for the privileged few. Although it can be classified as a sovereign when you look at the Bentley badge at the front, something's different about this Bentley because while the front looks similar to the Continental GT, this car in question is not the Continental GT. In fact, this is the Bentley that differs it from the royal blood. Care to see it?



Holy nachos! Looks like Bentley's not safe on the SUV outbreak that spreads through most carmakers like a flu season in wintertime.



Say hello to the first-ever Bentley Bentayga, the king of luxury SUVs.



While driving Crewe's first sport utility vehicle at the Blizzard Mountain to study its capabilities, let's talk more about the Bentayga. As the first SUV in the Bentley range, the Bentayga is inspired from the EXP 9 F Concept from the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, but compared to the concept car it inspired from, the Bentayga features Continental GT-inspired face at the front and Flying Spur-inspired rear lamps at the back, but despite its differences, the Bentayga's SUV packaging is a feast to be festooned for the privileged few.

Under the hood lies the newly-developed 6.0L W12 TSi engine producing 608PS of power and 900Nm of torque and when mated to an 8-speed gearbox, it does 0-100kph near the five second mark and onwards to 301kph. This power makes the Bentley Bentayga the most powerful luxury SUV ever made. Apart from the W12 engine offered, the Bentayga is offered with Bentley's first diesel engine, in the form of a 4.0L 32-valve V8 diesel engine that delivers the same amount of torque as the W12 engine but it only produces 435PS of power.



While the Bentayga is a hunk of metal made for the high-paying footballers who love to turn on the stadium parking lot with their flashy luxury cars with six-figure pricetags, some would say that the design is pathetically ugly for a Bentley, although the interior is worth redeeming when it was festooned with luxury items that can be somewhat on the same level as a chauffeur-driven car.

Like the Range Rover, the Bentayga feels more classy and posh on the city centers while showing its adventurous character offroad, regardless of the road and weather conditions it faced. Although this is the most powerful SUV ever made, the way it handles got me worried and because of such weight, handling this supersized royalty is like taming a wild horse at a posh academy. This heavyweight body, despite its king-sized power output, is worth of a challenge for me and that gave me the idea to see how much the Bentayga can do while facing extreme icy conditions.





A posh Bentayga fit for the idol princess. Well, not really a princess but with the design inspired by Aikatsu Stars' Hime Shiratori that I just booked in for this car, feels like she's going on a ski holiday with the others, but this is no holiday vacation. Oh no. Because, after extensive improvements to make it well prepared for the filming, the Bentayga is ready to take on Blizzard Mountain like you never seen before. So, with the cameras rolling, it's time to get this show on the road!



It maybe messy during a royal rumble against the heavyweights but looks like the Bentayga became the star of the show while experiencing extreme icy conditions here in Blizzard Mountain. This Bentley ain't no Range Rover, you know, but looks like the ultra-luxurious, ultra-powerful Bentayga made me surprised that it gave me an idea. What idea you may ask? I'm returning back Down Under to compare against three British SUVs in the market and this could be an ideal task for me to do it because I swear I saw something like this before.

This is definitely one thing I'm looking forward to do it later but in the meantime, time to take the Bentayga back home because it's almost tea time and I need to be here before it.

Monday, January 30, 2017

Wayne Taylor Racing's Cadillac DPi wins the Rolex 24 Hour endurance race

Photo: Official Cadillac Instagram

This is quite a surprise but with the return of Cadillac in the field of endurance racing, it didn't took long until the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing DPI V.R driven by Ricky Taylor, Jordan Taylor, Max Angelelli, and former NASCAR racer Jeff Gordon wins the 2017 IMSA Rolex 24 Hours race at the Daytona International Speedway.

The team, after a grueling 24-hour rain-filled chaos in Daytona, won the endurance race and the new DPi race car from Cadillac nailed a one-two finish with the second one, the number 5, driven by the Mustang Sampling Racing placed 2nd while the #90 Riley driven by the VisitFlorida Racing placed 3rd. The #66 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing GT won the GTLM class of the endurance race, #38 Performance Tech Motorsports ORECA FLM09 won the PC class, and the #28 Alegra Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R won the GTD class.

Let's Do The News! (January 30, 2017)


- PAGASA's Project Noah will be shut down on March. According to an interview, Dr. Mahar Lagmay, Project Director for the program giving data for disaster prevention will be active until the end of February due to insufficient funding and there are no papers yet for the fund and no budget for employees' compensation.

- Following the Jee Ick Joo murder case, the Philippine government will dissolve anti-drugs units but President Rodrigo Duterte's ongoing war on drugs will go on until the last day of his term. President Duterte was embarrassed that anti-drugs officers had abused their power to engage in kidnapping, leading to the death of the Korean businessman on the grounds of the national police headquarters.

- The Senate investigation on the issue of "Tokhang-for-Ransom" has been temporarily suspended. According to Senator Panfilo Lacson, the Chairman of the Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, the Philippine National Police should be given time to implement their internal cleansing while giving chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa time to rid of crooked cops.

- US President Donald Trump implemented a ban on refugees and people from seven Muslim-majority nations and said the United States will resume issuing visas for all countries in the next 90 days as he faced rising criticism at home and abroad and new protests in US cities. This weekend, Trump signed the directive, putting a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the country, an indefinite ban on refugees from Syria and a three-month bar on citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

- Five people were reportedly killed during a gunfire at a mosque in Quebec, Canada, on Sunday evening. Witnesses told three men fired on about 40 people inside the building.

- The latest presidential candidate to join the French presidential elections is former education minister Benoit Hamon from the major left wing group led by the ruling Socialist party. Hamon defeated ex-Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Sunday in a primary runoff of the electoral alliance. Hamon gained more than 58 percent of the vote.

- In response to President Trump's immigration order, popular ride-sharing firm lyft is donating a million dollars to the American Civil Liberties Union for the next four years. The announcement came in the form of an email sent to Lyft users by the company's co-founders. Right now, the ACLU condemns Trump's executive order banning the entrance of refugees and temporarily banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries.

- Earlier, the parent company of the Manor Racing team had filed for bankruptcy protection and now, Manor Racing is officially gone as well as their hopes to expand their Formula One grid.

- The title for the upcoming Ace Combat 7 game is Ace Combat 7: SKIES UNKNOWN and in addition to the PS4 release this year, it will also be available for XBOX One and PC users.



- McLaren celebrates the 25th anniversary of the McLaren F1 hypercar and they've released the unseen footage of the car's legendary max speed run at Ehra-Lessien since 1998.



TTFN!!!

Miss France Iris Mittenaere is Miss Universe


This year's Miss Universe pageant took place at the SM Mall of Asia Arena and for the first time in decades, the Philippines was honored to host this year's pageant despite the current political climate and the opposition from others because no matter how bad the country's political situation, it still had a chance to put the Philippines on the map of the entertainment stage as well as tourism that made it flourished thanks to the pageant.

The Top 6 of this year's Miss Universe are Andrea Tovar from Colombia, Iris Mittenaere from France, Raquel Pelissier from Haiti, Mary Were from Kenya, our very own Maxene Medina from the Philippines, and Chalita Suansane from Thailand. Those who are on the Top 13 are Raissa Santana from Brazil, Siera Bearchell from Canada, Kezia Warouw from Indonesia, Kristal Silva from Mexico, Keity Drenna Panama, Valeria Piazza from Peru, and Deshauna Barber from USA.

However, the winner of the 65th Miss Universe pageant is none other than Miss France Iris Mittenaere. She will succeed from last year's winner Pia Wurtzbach from the Philippines as the new winner of the Miss Universe pageant and represent herself to the world stage.

Congratulations for Miss France as the 65th Miss Universe.

Sunday, January 29, 2017

FH3 Blizzard Mountain: A Jaguar SUV? Really?!



Look closely on this pic because at first glance, it does look like a typical Jaguar to you but when I uncover the whole picture, you won't believe what kind of Jaguar is this because this is just more than being your basic Jaguar that you took it on the city centers sunrise to sunset.





Surprised? Betcha didn't know that Jaguar made an SUV for the very first time, questioning every single car enthusiasts thinking that the company that owns both Jaguar and Land Rover realized that these two have gone off the deep end and thus resulted to this; the first ever Jaguar F-Pace, and it's available on Forza Horizon 3's Logitech G Car Pack. But first, I need to go to the Blizzard Mountain to assess this SUV for a more knowledgeable manner.



So, the main question is why did Jaguar made an SUV even though only Land Rovers do so? Is this a conspiracy, I dare say? Or are they just trying to reinvent the lineup to get back on the Germans for reigning the luxury car race? Although the questions remained unanswered until further notice, the F-Pace from Jaguar was carved from the remnants of the C-X17 Concept as seen on the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show, Another important example of a concept car turned reality for the motoring public, although a small price to pay to make a vision a reality for all.

Contrary to belief that the F-Pace is basically a Range Rover Evoque in Jaguar's clothing but in reality, it uses the same underbelly as Jaguar's latest saloons in the range such as the XE and the new XF. In general, this crossover behaves like a sport saloon on the road while still delivers SUV credentials that makes it go anywhere, well just about, and it was made for the upperclassmen who goes for important meetings on workdays and then going for some leisure stuff on weekends and holidays such as going for golf, hunting, camping, or anything outdoorsy stuff people with SUVs do most of the time. Didn't they mentioned that Jaguar made a special wristband for owners to act as a carkey to access this car? Pretty clever, huh? Makes conventional car keys obsolete in the near future, I dare say.

For now, the most powerful in the range is the one with the 3.0L Supercharged V6 engine that produces 380PS of power output, almost two hundred less than the Range Rover, but make no mistake that even though the power output is somewhat lacking, it's surprisingly lighter than the Range Rover, making it very sporty to handle through the bends no SUV couldn't imagine of due to the laws of physics.



This Jaguar really puts the sport back to the sports utility vehicle because not only it looks good to look at, it's surprisingly agile and sharp. It behaves like a rear-wheel drive car as I noticed and the more I get used to this Jag, the more promising it deserves. I can really take back about the deep end part and get used to this crossover that handles like a sports saloon while delivering the SUV ruggedness it does, well just about.

Even though I don't see the F-Pace to be a proper offroader as compared to the more expensive Range Rover, I want to treat it rough to see how good as this Jag gets and since I'm in Blizzard Mountain, there are plenty of reasons to play rough with this Jaguar SUV.





Quite a fitting take on such a snowy weather but sorry, you have to see that because a hint of Yokai Watch's Blizzaria on the design is what I've ordered to do it on the F-Pace and being Blizzaria, extreme icy conditions may follow shortly. Get it? Gotta love this supernatural cutie, though, but anyway, with the F-Pace all prepped up for snow duty, time to treat it rough to see how much it can do not just as an SUV but as a Jaguar.



That was the roughest take on the first ever SUV from Jaguar even though no one's pleased with its "childish" special Blizzaria design on it but I can safe to say that the Jaguar F-Pace earned the seal of approval it deserves. Although it may not be as powerful as a Range Rover but its lightweight bodywork can really cut it like a bread knife on the silver platter and its superiority complex really outshines the German crossovers awesomely.

It maybe an SUV but it still has the "art of performance" Jaguar deserves and I am very proud of what this crossover done for me.