TSANG :) 6:48 PM

while I was in my college life, there is this one and only internet shop that me and my friends used to hang out THE DARK SPOT INTERNET CAFE. we usually go there whether its our vacant time or when others don't feel like reporting to class (cutting class ba?!). i can't count how many of us used to hang out there because there's really a lot of "US". Composed of students, kikay girls, skaters, girlfriends of the skaters, emo band members... etc². I believe I belong to the STUDENTs. hehehe.


Darkspot is located in the city of Davao, wherein, it has a very terror lady neighbor named TSANG. She's like in her 40s or 50s. She's very very terror as in. Whenever we have fun outside the internet cafe, she shouts at us to keep quiet. She also don't like seeing the skaterboys or band boys drinking liquor outside the cafe. She's always mad.

But anyway, Darkspot Internet cafe now is closed. Me and the other friends have different lives now. Hope I can see them again.

I am missing them.

THE ICED TEA EFFECT

Have you ever been addicted to a drink? Coke? Juice? or something something?

Well me, YES! YES YES!..

Iced tea is my water. I can't live a day without my ice tea. You know the NESTEA ICE TEA?. Hehehe.

Iced tea contains caffeine as we all know, and to those who don't know, well now you know. It also can be found in chocolates, softdrinks, medicines and coffee. Coffee is somewhat popular because of the stimulating effect of its caffeine constituent, but it can contribute to irritability, depression, diarrhea, insomnia, and other disorders. The number one legal mind-altering drug in the world, caffeine is odorless, slightly bitter and can be found in coffee, tea, kola nuts, ilex plants, mate, and cocoa. You may know and accept that you have a caffeine habit, but many people are convinced that they need a pick-me-up from time to time in order to get through the day. What is important is that caffeine is not actually giving you the burst of energy, but instead negative moods and emotions.

Although a little caffeine may wake us up and give us a sense of energy, too much caffeine actually hurts our moods and overall well being. Two cups of caffeine per day seems to have a positive effect, but research shows that even one cup a day is enough to cause dependence. Caffeine may temporarily improve your mood and give a sense of vitality, it wears off and your mood and energy levels crash to levels even lower than before. Additionally, our bodies adjust, causing us to need more caffeine to give us the same desired effect. Caffeine does not provide any energy or increase our alertness. Instead, it stimulates our bodies.

CAFFEINE CONTENT IN POPULAR DRINKS
source: http://wilstar.com/caffeine.htm

12-ounce beverage	milligrams
Red Bull (8.2 oz)	80.0
Jolt	71.2
Pepsi One	55.5
Mountain Dew	55.0
Mountain Dew Code Red	55.0
Diet Mountain Dew	55.0
Kick Citrus	54.0
Mellow Yellow	52.8
Surge	51.0
Tab	46.8
Diet Coke	45.6
Shasta Cola	44.4
Shasta Cherry Cola	44.4
Shasta Diet Cola	44.4
RC Cola	43.0
Diet RC	43.0
Dr. Pepper	41.0
Diet Dr. Pepper	41.0
Diet Sunkist Orange	41.0
Mr. Pibb	40.0
Sugar-Free Mr. Pibb	40.0
Red Flash	40.0
Sunkist Orange	40.0
Slim-Fast Cappuccino Delight Shake	40.0
Ruby Red	39.0
Storm	38.0
Big Red	38.0
Pepsi-Cola	37.5
Pepsi Twist	37.5
Diet Pepsi Jazz	37.5
Diet Pepsi	36.0
Wild Cherry Pepsi	38.0
Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi	36.0
Diet Pepsi Twist	36.0
Aspen	36.0
Coca-Cola Classic	34.0
Cherry Coke	34.0
Lemon Coke	34.0
Vanilla Coke	34.0
Diet Cherry Coke	34.0
Snapple Flavored Teas (Reg. or Diet)	31.5
Canada Dry Cola	30.0
A&W Creme Soda	29.0
Nestea Sweet Iced Tea	26.5
Nestea Unsweetened Iced Tea	26.0
Lipton Diet Green Tea with Citrus (16.9 oz)	23.0
Barq's Root Beer	23.0
A&W Diet Creme Soda	22.0
Slim-Fast Chocolate Flavors	20.0
Lipton Brisk, All Varieties	9
Canada Dry Diet Cola	1.2
Diet Rite Cola	0
Sprite	0
7-Up	0
Mug Root Beer	0
Diet Barq's Root Beer	0
Sundrop Orange	0
Minute Maid Orange	0
A&W Root Beer	0
Slice	0
Sierra Mist	0
Fresca	0

Other Beverages

8-ounce Beverage	milligrams
Coffee, Drip	115-175
Coffee, Brewed	80-135
Coffee, Espresso (2 ounces)	100
Coffee, Instant	65-100
Tea, iced	47
Tea, brewed, imported brands (avg.)	60
Tea, brewed, U.S. brands (avg.)	40
Tea, instant	30
Tea, green	15
Hot cocoa	14
Coffee, Decaf, brewed	3-4
Coffee, Decaf, instant	2-3

SOURCES: National Soft Drink Association, US Food and Drug Administration, Bunker and McWilliams, Pepsi, Slim-Fast.

OH MY GULAY!!!!..

Eto pa, Iced tea may not have that too much caffeine but it have too much SUGAR!!.. O_O

THE TRIVIA:

I can drink maximum of 5 liters of ICED TEA in a day.

GOOD LUCK TO ME.

AN EGAMER MOM CONFESSION
=P

Let me just share you my experience of being a mother gamer. Yes, I am and I know I'm not the only one. Cool huh!?

I want to start this with a little introduction.

I am a mother now for 1 year and 2 months already (well, still counting) of a baby girl, named "AVA". Well, computer gaming isn't really new to me. I started playing computer games since I was in elementary, particularly in grade 4. My father taught me this. Even my mother, is a gamer mom also.

Though, right now that they are older, they chose to play LEFT FOR DEAD instead. and NO to TETRIS and PACMAN.

Anyway, being a gamer mom isn't really as easy as 1 to 10. First, you need to take care of your child and second, you are battling with your gaming addiction. Especially that the game I am playing now needs a lot of time for leveling up. Well, that's the essence of an online game. "Takes a lot of time to level up" (",)

Just last few weeks, i refrain playing RAN ONLINE for some reasons. I was hacked. Bad thing is that, I did not retrieved my character which I spend a lot of money, time and effort but to think of the good side, now that I am not playing ran online. I can spend much more time with my daughter. Can bond with her more often and can see her development now.

BUT.. QUITTERS NEVER WIN as they say. who said that I quitted my ONLINE GAME life? Never did I.

Now, I am addicted to ZX ONLINE. Yes, you read it right. I started playing it just last April 1, with the help of GM VRael. An eGames Community Game Master.

You wonder how in the world did I make it playing with a 1 year old with me?

It is possible.

If ever you encounter a gamer in your party that makes a lot of excuses in leveling up; like,

*Wait po ah! CR lng!. (My baby actually is crying)
*AFK lng po ko. Wait lang (emergency! my baby is bored)
*Kain lang po ko. Saglit lang! (my baby is hungry)
*aw. . LAG (my baby is taking my place infront of the computer)

and last but not the least;

if you notice my character typing stuffs like this;

*+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
*11111111111111111122222-- -+++++--+
*asdfasjffa jsdffnasdf asdfwertfjwaf

then, that's my baby!..

Now, think twice if your partymate AFK a lot and so reasonable.

Maybe that's me.

..aw, LAG!....... .. .......................................

THE LOSE OF A LOYAL GAMER

I started playing RAN ONLINE since i was in my 3rd year of college and that was 2006 in the mid of Sept-October.

Yes! Ran Online was my very first online gaming experience. I played it because of my case study.

I was a psychology student back then and I was so curious why other students, especially the high school ones cut class just to go to a computer shop. Well, I know they were playing computer games and to answer my questions, I tried it myself.


"RAN ONLINE" was the "talk of the school" at that time. Even my male classmates talk about it in our classroom and share ideas how they won the duel, how cool it was and stuffs.


So anyway, I created my character and "pUff!". I played and played until I finished my case study. I didn't even bothered taking summer class that time because I was already addicted to it.


It's already 4 years now since I had my account and I can't even count the times I was hacked. Still, the process is "filing a ticket at the helpdesk"every time I was hacked. If my tickets were compiled then may
be I would make a book.


I won't deny the fact theat it's only me who know my username. Some does because I really need a "pilot", for me, wanting to level up my character.

But I really don't know how in the world does he/she knows my email used in my egames account when I have different personal and gaming email address. He uses the forgot password in my egames portal using my username and then forgot password in my email.

HOW GENIUS IS THAT HACKER?

Is he really a genius or does he have a connection inside the e-games company?


To bad to say, the E-Games Community Game Masters can't help me out with regards to this. Their advices are so useless; change the email, password and pincode. They also would advise you to change your secret question for you to answer as an additional access to your account. All can be change if you have 2 valid ID's that should match your EGames account information.


If the desperate mad hacker still knows the username then changing of those above are no use.Which I am encountering right now.

I just changed my information, still the hacker is asking for my a LOST PASSWORD through my email.

Good thing I am always online in my YM.


I NEVER WAS AN E-GAMES EMPLOYEE AND I DON'T
KNOW HOW THEY DEAL WITH THIS KIND OF PROBLEM.
BUT THEY SHOULD COME A SOLUTION REGARDING
THIS BECAUSE WE, THE PLAYERS DIDN'T SPEND JUST 1
PESO TO PLAY THIS GAME.


I DIDN'T SPEND ONLY 100EP FOR MY CHARACTER...
BUT A THOUSANDS ALREADY.
I DON'T MIND IT ANYMORE NOW, BECAUSE I JUST GOT TIRED.
I AM LEAVING THIS GAME WITHOUT JUSTICE IN MY HANDS.



TO ALL E-GAMES GMS AND STAFFS. LOVE YOUR
PLAYERS AS MUCH AS THE PLAYERS LOVES YOU AND
THE GAMES. FOR WITHOUT THE PLAYERS, THERE
WOULD BE NO YOU.




I HOPE THAT I WOULD BE THE LAST RAN ONLINE PLAYER QUITTING..

GOD BLESS!



Aia @ April 1, 2009

STILL UNDERCONSTRUCTION 6:42 AM

STILL UNDERCONSTRUCTION

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