<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257</id><updated>2011-04-22T10:32:57.749+08:00</updated><category term='fastfood'/><category term='Cebu'/><category term='fast and the furious'/><category term='beer'/><category term='iPhone iPod Apple Mac'/><category term='cellphone'/><category term='dimsum'/><category term='Rubik&apos;s cube'/><category term='foot bridge'/><category term='Nokia'/><category term='LTO'/><category term='cupcake'/><category term='ebay'/><category term='GoNuts'/><category term='Christmas'/><category term='stamp'/><category term='props'/><category term='gift'/><category term='Red Horse Beer'/><category term='Larsian'/><category term='Manila'/><category term='j-urban'/><category term='replica'/><category term='6151'/><category term='Greenhills'/><category term='all you can eat'/><category term='auction'/><category term='macho'/><category term='downpour'/><category term='dumplings'/><category term='rain'/><category term='alcohol'/><category term='teriyaki boyz'/><category term='m-flo'/><category term='driver&apos;s license'/><category term='CSI'/><category term='donuts'/><category term='storm'/><category term='spider'/><category term='barbeque'/><category term='MMDA'/><title type='text'>Hot Steamy Rice</title><subtitle type='html'>Rev X'tian's saga about life, work, the metro, hoi polloi, pie and saba. XD And uh, yeah, hot steamy rice. ^^V</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>52</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-7319609152221860966</id><published>2008-01-13T08:37:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T19:16:36.151+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foot bridge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MMDA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Manila'/><title type='text'>Footbridges to Heaven</title><summary type='text'>Greetings of a prosperous new year from right here, live (and dead several heartbeats later, unless I hit "REPAIR" on the Smart Bro LAN Connection) in Quezon City!I'll hit my new year right with a blog entry about our famous Metro Manila eyesore (or eyecandy, *snicker* lol), the MMDA footbridge.A few years ago, I found myself on one of these hulking monstrosities of steel (probably from the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/7319609152221860966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=7319609152221860966' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/7319609152221860966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/7319609152221860966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2008/01/footbridges-to-heaven.html' title='Footbridges to Heaven'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jyzl_u_3UnM/R4ld0dKuvbI/AAAAAAAAAC8/biHQd4n2Jww/s72-c/footbridge.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-6857529028863813722</id><published>2007-12-24T06:16:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T19:16:36.439+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rubik&apos;s cube'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gift'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Nice Gift : Aerobics Cube XD</title><summary type='text'>Stumped for the perfect gift to give this Christmas? Why don't you buy your loved ones the "aerobics" cube. Also known as the puzzle cube or puzzel cube, it's the best gift you can give your loved ones this Christmas. You ask why, I'll tell you why: The damn cube can give you a nice total body work-out. No more pointing finger push-ups and middle finger stretching while killing time, the aerobics</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/6857529028863813722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=6857529028863813722' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/6857529028863813722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/6857529028863813722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2007/12/nice-gift-aerobics-cube-xd.html' title='Nice Gift : Aerobics Cube XD'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jyzl_u_3UnM/R2-t59KuvZI/AAAAAAAAACs/ueMXtBQfJLM/s72-c/aerobics+cube.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-6168144854771457601</id><published>2007-11-01T06:49:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T19:16:37.030+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greenhills'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cellphone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nokia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='6151'/><title type='text'>The hunt for the perfect phone</title><summary type='text'>The Nokia 6151 has got to be one of the hardest 2nd hand phone models to find these days. Either teh hoi polloi is holding on this particular model or it must be too sucky even for the hoi polloi.I was with my '2 weeks to go guy', Arnold, yesterday at Greenhills just to look for a 6151. Of course, what better to place to start the hunt at the catwalks between Virra Mall and Shoppesville.We </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/6168144854771457601/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=6168144854771457601' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/6168144854771457601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/6168144854771457601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2007/11/hunt-for-perfect-phone.html' title='The hunt for the perfect phone'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jyzl_u_3UnM/RykQ_QqsJeI/AAAAAAAAACM/RRZNWY-390U/s72-c/design3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-2922230147014406791</id><published>2007-09-30T09:57:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T19:16:37.376+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='replica'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='props'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ebay'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='auction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CSI'/><title type='text'>eBay Journal - Gil Grissom's Office</title><summary type='text'>Haha, first entry in September. XDMy regular visit to csifiles.com yielded an interesting news regarding a CSI (Crime Scene Investigaton) season 7 icon - one of the miniatures made by the 'miniature killer', : Gil Grissom's office. The actual prop used in CBS's CSI is now being auctioned off on eBay for the benefit of abused and neglected children in foster care through CASA, a non-profit </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/2922230147014406791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=2922230147014406791' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/2922230147014406791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/2922230147014406791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2007/09/ebay-journal-gil-grissoms-office.html' title='eBay Journal - Gil Grissom&apos;s Office'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jyzl_u_3UnM/Rv8DpjA9nsI/AAAAAAAAAB8/uZ09aUTyXmE/s72-c/csi-ebay.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-7020847515931308479</id><published>2007-08-25T18:38:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T19:16:37.686+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='driver&apos;s license'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='macho'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LTO'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stamp'/><title type='text'>Macho...XD</title><summary type='text'>Getting a driver's license has got to be one of the more macho things a boy goes through in his life. The anticipation of making a four wheeled monster come to life and make it obey your every command.Nothing says macho like honking your horn at the top of the morning just to annoy your sleepy neighbors or run over stray animals just because you can or just because askals can't get a driver's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/7020847515931308479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=7020847515931308479' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/7020847515931308479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/7020847515931308479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2007/08/machoxd.html' title='Macho...XD'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jyzl_u_3UnM/RtAHJhmD14I/AAAAAAAAABs/l0r_GlaplWM/s72-c/bad-ass.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-1388799390608379834</id><published>2007-08-18T16:33:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T19:16:37.828+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='alcohol'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Red Horse Beer'/><title type='text'>Redder Horse</title><summary type='text'>This entry is dedicated to FMEI Customer Support Department. These are the best and baddest motherf*ckers in medical equipment service.Who says you can't get anything from imbibing a cold bottle of frosty alcoholic beverage? Only from an inuman session can you get life's harshest lessons and get knocked out in style.One of the life lessons I learned last night was that a case of Extra Strong Red </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/1388799390608379834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=1388799390608379834' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/1388799390608379834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/1388799390608379834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2007/08/redder-horse.html' title='Redder Horse'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jyzl_u_3UnM/RsavLxmD12I/AAAAAAAAABc/5nPyQSr_eDM/s72-c/redhorsefront.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-4390374411339505924</id><published>2007-08-16T22:11:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T19:16:38.340+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iPhone iPod Apple Mac'/><title type='text'>ay! Phone</title><summary type='text'>2007 heralds the coming of the ultimate gadget for us shwingers: the very toight, the very shexy iPhone! *applause* *applause*Author Disclaimer: No, this is not some lame "state of the nation" crap-tastic ego-trip. Thank you very much. :)Anyway. Nothing defines ultimate gadget eye candy and functionality for gadget lovers (like yours truly) like the iPhone. It combines the functions of an iPod </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/4390374411339505924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=4390374411339505924' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/4390374411339505924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/4390374411339505924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2007/08/ay-phone.html' title='ay! Phone'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jyzl_u_3UnM/RsRgDxmD10I/AAAAAAAAABM/hCJ7sy5hRcw/s72-c/mag.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-5239286289555736175</id><published>2007-08-15T21:00:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-08-15T21:25:24.824+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='downpour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='storm'/><title type='text'>Heavenly Riot</title><summary type='text'>This has got to be one of the most bizarre rain-filled weeks we've ever had. When I look up in the sky, I expected criss-cut storm clouds.Why? Here's what happened today: 7:50H - dark clouds blot out the sun.. 8:15H - the mother of all downpours ensue.. 9:00H - the rain gently breaks.. 9:30H - slight drizzle, storm clouds thin out.. 10:00H - a bright yellow sun actually appears.. 10:30H - it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/5239286289555736175/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=5239286289555736175' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/5239286289555736175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/5239286289555736175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2007/08/heavenly-riot.html' title='Heavenly Riot'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-73026088633355533</id><published>2007-08-12T15:37:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T19:16:38.372+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cebu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Larsian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='barbeque'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fastfood'/><title type='text'>Larsian! Nope, it's not Vayne's little brother</title><summary type='text'>As a senior field service engineer, you get to travel the country whenever a new hospital equipment model is installed or a branch needs help in servicing a machine.I've only been twice to Cebu City and hell, no trip to Cebu can ever be complete without dining at the famous Larsian! Larsian serves barbecued chicken, pork meat, innards or seafood along with rice cooked in a leaf wrapper, known as </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/73026088633355533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=73026088633355533' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/73026088633355533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/73026088633355533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2007/08/larsian-nope-its-not-vaynes-little.html' title='Larsian! Nope, it&apos;s not Vayne&apos;s little brother'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jyzl_u_3UnM/Rr65oZ3pNrI/AAAAAAAAAA8/cCB-RMK9Xbc/s72-c/larsian_%21.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-1752516340764812220</id><published>2007-08-11T18:51:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-08-11T19:48:01.138+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='m-flo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='j-urban'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='teriyaki boyz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fast and the furious'/><title type='text'>Urban Beats, Japan Style</title><summary type='text'>Some people know that I dig Japanese music in addition to Western or local Philippine acts. The first Japanese digital music file I had was the opening theme for Borutesu Faibu-ni. Don't know what that means? ^^ Think Brod Pete. lolFrom there, into anime op's and ed's and eventually transcended into specific artists like Maaya Sakamoto, Masami Okui and Ayumi Hamasaki. With the exception of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/1752516340764812220/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=1752516340764812220' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/1752516340764812220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/1752516340764812220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2007/08/urban-beats-japan-style.html' title='Urban Beats, Japan Style'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-4499141955091017624</id><published>2007-08-08T22:15:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T19:16:38.651+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dimsum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dumplings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='all you can eat'/><title type='text'>I Want Some More! I Think..XD</title><summary type='text'> The main challenge of all-u-can-eat's is simple.. how far can you go? Apparently, in Shopwise, Cubao's Dimsum n' Dumplings (tm), a dude popped fifty-eight (58) siumai with a bowl of Yang Chow Fried Rice, that's fifty-eight siumai (siomai, shumai, show my, etc..) in one seating! Jesus H. Christ! Rosanna Roces! zomfgwtf143stfu! Just how in God's green earth do you manage that?! XDFor a measly </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/4499141955091017624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=4499141955091017624' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/4499141955091017624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/4499141955091017624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2007/08/i-want-some-more-i-thinkxd.html' title='I Want Some More! I Think..XD'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jyzl_u_3UnM/RrnR1p3pNqI/AAAAAAAAAA0/M3CRQS-J9Es/s72-c/yangchowstock.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-7455007088124552631</id><published>2007-08-05T09:14:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T19:16:39.126+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GoNuts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cupcake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='donuts'/><title type='text'>Bite me!</title><summary type='text'> Nothing beats cupcakes in a Conga line. Especially when they make a bee-line for your taste buds! XDI went out yesterday for overtime work and afterwards, I got me a 6-pack box of GoNuts Cupcakes! The whole country was in an uproar with the new GoNuts delicacies over the past few weeks and judging from the über-tasty morsels that are Gonuts Donuts, it would be a 3rd degree murder not to try! The</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/7455007088124552631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=7455007088124552631' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/7455007088124552631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/7455007088124552631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2007/08/bite-me.html' title='Bite me!'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jyzl_u_3UnM/RrUmHJ3pNoI/AAAAAAAAAAk/WjSuOD5fI1E/s72-c/conga.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-3093153883735584421</id><published>2007-08-05T08:47:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T19:16:39.240+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spider'/><title type='text'>Bugger! Bugger! Bugger!</title><summary type='text'>I'm sure the average household doesn't get hairy and scary invasions as this one. lol Judging from experience, where the house is big and hard to maintain, this is just one big, harmless spider which preys on insects while perched on house corners.But when it invades the other demographic, it becomes such a frightening being, especially when it maniacally resists several doses of bug spray! OR, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/3093153883735584421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=3093153883735584421' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/3093153883735584421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/3093153883735584421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2007/08/bugger-bugger-bugger.html' title='Bugger! Bugger! Bugger!'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jyzl_u_3UnM/RrUgFJ3pNnI/AAAAAAAAAAc/CaSFqXfHXUc/s72-c/red-eye.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-3264873049426233835</id><published>2007-08-03T20:42:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2008-12-13T19:16:39.427+08:00</updated><title type='text'>To The Bat Cave, Robin!</title><summary type='text'>Above vehicle is:a) a jeepney bound for Cubao via Roces Avenue.b) Batman's pimped-out Batmobile.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/3264873049426233835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=3264873049426233835' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/3264873049426233835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/3264873049426233835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2007/08/to-bat-cave-robin.html' title='To The Bat Cave, Robin!'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jyzl_u_3UnM/RrMk053pNlI/AAAAAAAAAAM/tAzxG-TPy_0/s72-c/Image045.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-3785326787225723979</id><published>2007-07-29T08:44:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-07-29T09:22:07.754+08:00</updated><title type='text'>"UN"-Suspension of Disbelief, In a Good Way</title><summary type='text'>While I was "Googling(tm)" for more info about my long lost Rings of Power, I came across a website which totally grabbed me and kept me in its grasp for a long, long time..I-Mockery.comI-Mockery has got to be the most insulting thing you can ever encounter.. that is if you take yourself, your beliefs, and the things around you way too seriously. :) An encounter with the website led to some </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/3785326787225723979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=3785326787225723979' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/3785326787225723979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/3785326787225723979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2007/07/un-suspension-of-disbelief-in-good-way.html' title='&quot;UN&quot;-Suspension of Disbelief, In a Good Way'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-7665732397498181552</id><published>2007-07-29T07:47:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-07-29T08:26:38.326+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Lost 16-bit Rings</title><summary type='text'>I was searching for information regarding one particular game I played on the Sega Genesis (Megadrive) waay back in college. A little trip (well, maybe a whole lot longer than expected XD) to Wikipedia coughed out a result : Rings of Power!Rings of Power was a world-spanning RPG (Role-playing Game) similar to Final Fantasy VI (III) in their time. I was completely blown by Rings of Power at the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/7665732397498181552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=7665732397498181552' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/7665732397498181552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/7665732397498181552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2007/07/lost-16-bit-rings.html' title='The Lost 16-bit Rings'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-6000086701494393841</id><published>2007-07-27T20:20:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-07-27T20:23:21.034+08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Friendly Advice</title><summary type='text'>No frills. No words to mince.Capoeira15, or whatever you call yourself nowadays.. GET PROFESSIONAL HELP. You know what I mean.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/6000086701494393841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=6000086701494393841' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/6000086701494393841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/6000086701494393841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2007/07/friendly-advice.html' title='A Friendly Advice'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-9019500484544889228</id><published>2007-07-27T19:25:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2007-07-27T20:11:42.939+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mid Year Report</title><summary type='text'>I'll probably pretend that only several days have passed since my last entry and not several days plus one year. XD I feel like blogging again.. it soothes the soul of this tired, old warrior. And this warrior needs some heavy duty soothing. So Blogger(tm).. soothe away! XDHow about an update about good old moi?Well, I'm still working in FMEI but we transferred to a new building across the street</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/9019500484544889228/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=9019500484544889228' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/9019500484544889228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/9019500484544889228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2007/07/mid-year-report.html' title='Mid Year Report'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-115167297231372375</id><published>2006-06-30T20:15:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-06-30T21:11:06.240+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Out With The Old, In With The New</title><summary type='text'>Makati Medical Center will probably be my home for one week in July when we finally get the installation rolling by then. Two weeks ago, I made a preliminary site visit to MMC's 2nd floor ICU / CCU. I took pictures of the initial layout. The picture on the left is what it looks like now on one ICU room. The monitor on the left is a very old Siemens patient monitor. It's been there almost ten </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/115167297231372375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=115167297231372375' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/115167297231372375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/115167297231372375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/06/out-with-old-in-with-new.html' title='Out With The Old, In With The New'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-115119389439736535</id><published>2006-06-25T07:58:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-06-25T09:10:44.933+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cold Hard Palay</title><summary type='text'> Before there was Hot Steamy Rice, there was the Chornicles, pardon me, Chronicles of a Reverend. The first post I made was on September 28, 2002. This makes me a blogger for almost four years now. And four years ago, Kingdom Hearts (the first one) was my total obsession. My first layout consisted of images of Kairi (for my banner) and Riku (background) manipulated in Photoshop. I lost my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/115119389439736535/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=115119389439736535' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/115119389439736535'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/115119389439736535'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/06/cold-hard-palay.html' title='Cold Hard Palay'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-115119308401951676</id><published>2006-06-25T07:21:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-06-25T07:53:06.733+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Singapore Chronicles - 05</title><summary type='text'>Date : 23 May 06Time : 12:25 HThe electronics mecca of Singapore, Sim Lim Square. Everything electronic they have it here: digital camera, next generation consoles, portable dvd players, digital music format players, plasma television, sex toys, mobile phones, and tons of accessories! Just kidding about the sex toys part though.Although compared to prices in Virra Mall / Shopsville, the prices </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/115119308401951676/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=115119308401951676' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/115119308401951676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/115119308401951676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/06/singapore-chronicles-05.html' title='Singapore Chronicles - 05'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-115115747539289768</id><published>2006-06-24T21:39:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-06-24T21:57:55.410+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Anthology</title><summary type='text'>I've been blogging forever it seems. I had three notebooks (plus the school diary) which I turned into journals when I was a highschool Junior and Senior. Every drop and facet of my complicated emotions were recorded into those notebooks. A whole lot of sketches, a whole lot of condemnations against society and myself, and a whole lot of proclamations for my highschool beloved. And those </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/115115747539289768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=115115747539289768' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/115115747539289768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/115115747539289768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/06/anthology.html' title='Anthology'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-115111299697240791</id><published>2006-06-24T09:18:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-06-24T09:42:31.070+08:00</updated><title type='text'>People look different here, kupo..</title><summary type='text'> A shot of a moogle hiding in a flower vase.I finished the Pirates of the Carribean world in Kingdom Hearts weeks ago. It made me think about those comments Sora, Donald and Goofy made when they first entered Port Royale. They all commented how things look different and how things felt different and exciting. At first I did not get why they were saying such, until Will Turner (Orlando Bloom's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/115111299697240791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=115111299697240791' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/115111299697240791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/115111299697240791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/06/people-look-different-here-kupo.html' title='People look different here, kupo..'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-115052289636798062</id><published>2006-06-17T13:29:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-06-17T13:43:17.646+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Smackdown Hotel</title><summary type='text'>"Well since Rock's baby left him, He's found a new place to dwell, It's down at the end of Jabroni Drive, ..Smackdown Hotel.." - The Rock, I Quit Match Vs. MankindThis is the first time I have seen one of these. I've never even seen those cockroach baits (dubbed as "roach motels", they can check in anytime they like, but they can never leave..) in person, but I've seen them in ads, movies, and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/115052289636798062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=115052289636798062' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/115052289636798062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/115052289636798062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/06/smackdown-hotel.html' title='Smackdown Hotel'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-115037853763715312</id><published>2006-06-15T21:24:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-06-15T21:39:31.806+08:00</updated><title type='text'>You Make Me Feel Brand New</title><summary type='text'>The above picture is a good sign that:a) there hasn't been enough rain in the past few daysb) the traffic in Metro Manila has gone from bad to worse to apocalypticc) someone took a month long vacation leaved) utility vans have feelings too</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/115037853763715312/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=115037853763715312' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/115037853763715312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/115037853763715312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/06/you-make-me-feel-brand-new.html' title='You Make Me Feel Brand New'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-115037752608015221</id><published>2006-06-15T21:04:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-06-15T21:18:46.093+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Feels Like Heaven..</title><summary type='text'>The above item is best used..a) before the expiry dateb) where the sun doesn't shinec) during flag ceremonyd) for general lubricating needs</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/115037752608015221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=115037752608015221' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/115037752608015221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/115037752608015221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/06/feels-like-heaven.html' title='Feels Like Heaven..'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-115037650850498098</id><published>2006-06-15T19:32:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-06-15T21:01:48.563+08:00</updated><title type='text'>900 MHz Stupidity</title><summary type='text'>A little background about something that happened earlier while I was on the way to a product demonstration..GSM or Global System for Mobile Communications is the most widely used standard for wireless communications in the world.900 Mhz is the near microwave frequency used by local mobile phone service providers. The other frequencies are 1.8 GHz and 1.9 GHz.A mobile phone is a device which </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/115037650850498098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=115037650850498098' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/115037650850498098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/115037650850498098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/06/900-mhz-stupidity.html' title='900 MHz Stupidity'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-114990612824796154</id><published>2006-06-10T10:04:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-06-10T11:20:37.143+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Singapore Chronicles - 04</title><summary type='text'>Date : 22 May 06Time : 20:45 HSorin Group treated us students to a seafood resto dinner by the Singapore River beside the Merlion Park. Same yummy stuff I had last time while I was with Bayer in Clarke Quay - drunken prawns, tofu, and the famous chilli crab!Unfortunately, I couldn't take pictures of the food because: (this is not a quiz. ^^;;)a) my hands were covered in greaseb) they may not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/114990612824796154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=114990612824796154' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114990612824796154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114990612824796154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/06/singapore-chronicles-04.html' title='Singapore Chronicles - 04'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-114968889789591721</id><published>2006-06-07T21:37:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-06-07T22:01:37.966+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Beef Vision</title><summary type='text'>It's a common occurence in our subdivision to have livestock running around the place. You get to live in an almost farm-like setting.. there are goats, cows, chickens, cats, dogs and humans running all over the place. ^.^ Empty lots make good grazing fields for the first two animals and mating places for the last animal. XDJust as I was heading for home, in the darkness, the sight of this huge </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/114968889789591721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=114968889789591721' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114968889789591721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114968889789591721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/06/beef-vision.html' title='Beef Vision'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-114925643197389212</id><published>2006-06-02T21:36:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-06-02T21:53:52.080+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Can't Stop The Taste Of...</title><summary type='text'> The above chocolate bar from Cadbury is :a) Pure Heavenb) Delish!c) mmmmmm.....twirl *drool*d) ..I WANT SOME MORE!e) over-rated (just kidding ^.^V)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/114925643197389212/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=114925643197389212' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114925643197389212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114925643197389212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/06/cant-stop-taste-of.html' title='Can&apos;t Stop The Taste Of...'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-114917834080414663</id><published>2006-06-01T22:56:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-06-02T00:12:20.890+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Interesting Donuts</title><summary type='text'> Go Nuts Donuts!Wiki defines the donut or doughnut :"A deep-fried piece of dough or batter. The two most common types are the torus-shaped ring doughnut, and the filled doughnut, a flattened sphere injected with jam/jelly, cream, custard, or another sweet filling. A small piece of dough, originally made from the middle of a ring doughnut can be cooked as a doughnut hole. Doughnuts are usually </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/114917834080414663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=114917834080414663' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114917834080414663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114917834080414663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/06/interesting-donuts.html' title='Interesting Donuts'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-114917259019560558</id><published>2006-06-01T21:46:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-06-01T22:41:48.496+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Singapore Chronicles - 03</title><summary type='text'>Date : 22 May 06Time : 18:30 HThere's a 7-11 convenience store directly beside Bayview Park Hotel and it's one of those places I haunted frequently after training hours. They have the usual stuff priced just above normal, quick bites, a nook for the latest local and international magazines, a nook for Singaporean souvenirs, a shelf for travel essentials, a shelf for toys, a fine selection of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/114917259019560558/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=114917259019560558' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114917259019560558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114917259019560558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/06/singapore-chronicles-03.html' title='Singapore Chronicles - 03'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-114899286110350849</id><published>2006-05-30T19:57:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-05-30T20:44:05.050+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Singapore Chronicles - 02</title><summary type='text'>Date : 22 May 06Time : 12:45 HJust 4 hours into the training (which I will not post about, with due respect to the nice people at Sorin/Stoeckert - one of them said the guys from Terumo might read it and gain insight into the rival company.. she was joking ofcourse.. but still), I went out and took a little sight seeing into these cluster of buildings collectively known as the Singapore </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/114899286110350849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=114899286110350849' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114899286110350849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114899286110350849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/05/singapore-chronicles-02.html' title='Singapore Chronicles - 02'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-114881712351621905</id><published>2006-05-28T12:23:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-05-28T19:56:37.686+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Singapore Chronicles - 01</title><summary type='text'>Date : 21 May 06Time : 17:15 H7 days ago, I was in Singapore again for a biomedical service training for Sorin and this time, I was armed with a digital camera. I was not about to let this chance pass to do my usual antics with a camera in Singapore. ^^Armed with this enthusiasm, I whipped out the camera right after immigration. Just inside Changi Airport, past the immigration line (of terminal 2</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/114881712351621905/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=114881712351621905' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114881712351621905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114881712351621905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/05/singapore-chronicles-01.html' title='Singapore Chronicles - 01'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-114757664356448332</id><published>2006-05-14T11:08:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-05-14T11:18:48.233+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Lube It Up, Turn That Sumb*tch Sideways</title><summary type='text'>Just to clear the smoke that turned the sky raven black, here's a little quiz. ^.^ The item on the left is best used...a) on gaskets of pneumatic systems that need a little maintenance.b) on the joints of your pet Aibo.c) on the O-rings of your Anesthesia Machine so funny sleep gas will not escape.d) on your body when you are shoved inside a prison cell with tough-as-nails convicts.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/114757664356448332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=114757664356448332' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114757664356448332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114757664356448332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/05/lube-it-up-turn-that-sumbtch-sideways.html' title='Lube It Up, Turn That Sumb*tch Sideways'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-114730063956046365</id><published>2006-05-11T06:07:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2006-05-11T06:40:03.586+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Heart of a Lone Wolf</title><summary type='text'>The heart of a lone wolf.There's something within me that just forces me to go through life alone. A lone wolf mentality that makes me drive away friends and acquaintances and people near me. Once they get too close, something starts within me and makes me want to disappear from them. Close friends I had before, I left without a trace. Friends that are looking for me and found me, I still try to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/114730063956046365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=114730063956046365' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114730063956046365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114730063956046365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/05/heart-of-lone-wolf.html' title='The Heart of a Lone Wolf'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-114645012821198260</id><published>2006-05-01T09:07:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-05-01T11:29:04.890+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Finally.. the Rev has come back... to Baguio! XD</title><summary type='text'>The summer capital of the country; the home of strawberries, pine trees, iceberg lettuce, wagwagan , sundot kulangot (XD), and phallic ashtrays (XDXD).I was summoned to Baguio for a service call , a product demo for an ECG machine , and to collect a check for a previously rendered service. Three of my sales colleagues are going to Baguio to do their own product demo and representation. And I went</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/114645012821198260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=114645012821198260' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114645012821198260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114645012821198260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/05/finally-rev-has-come-back-to-baguio-xd.html' title='Finally.. the Rev has come back... to Baguio! XD'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-114635734910677932</id><published>2006-04-30T08:25:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-04-30T08:35:49.123+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The 3rd Generation Wake</title><summary type='text'>One of the Philippines' top mobile communications provider, SMART, will formally launch its 3G service this May. Click here to see the article.What's most interesting for me (who has no 3G phone and has no future plans of acquiring one as of yet) is that 2.5G services are being caught in the 3G wave, and it's a good thing. One good thing that came out of this is that SMART GPRS services will now </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/114635734910677932/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=114635734910677932' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114635734910677932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114635734910677932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/04/3rd-generation-wake.html' title='The 3rd Generation Wake'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-114577606470782864</id><published>2006-04-23T14:40:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-04-23T15:28:30.313+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Da Vinci Code Movie Brouhaha</title><summary type='text'>The Philippine Alliance Against Pornography made a bold statement against the showing of the movie adaptation of the Da Vinci Code and wants to declare Mr. Dan Brown persona non grata in the country.The movie is set to be shown this May 2006 and already the interest of every common people is piqued. What does the Da Vinci Code film have to offer that would insult or debase the Christian Community</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/114577606470782864/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=114577606470782864' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114577606470782864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114577606470782864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-movie-brouhaha.html' title='The Da Vinci Code Movie Brouhaha'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-114526655317410037</id><published>2006-04-17T17:27:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-04-17T17:38:52.726+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Da Vinci Code Quiz!</title><summary type='text'>The owner of the above car is:A) A Dan Brown fanB) A Tom Hanks fanC) A Ron Howard fanD) An extremely satisfied Dan Brown fan that is thankful that the movie script did not deviate much from the novelE) An extremely sarcastic Dan Brown fan that is pissed that the movie script deviated much from the novelF) Someone who is the victim of either A, B, C, D, or E.G) You?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/114526655317410037/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=114526655317410037' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114526655317410037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114526655317410037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-quiz.html' title='The Da Vinci Code Quiz!'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-114515575149495469</id><published>2006-04-16T10:16:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-04-16T10:49:11.556+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The History of the World - Part I</title><summary type='text'>With the lack of Lenten season viewing material..(spoilers below)No TV (our Yagi-Uda points directly to the ground) and no religion themed movie on our collection, 'cept for "Saved", which I believe doesn't count for Lenten viewing. Then again so does the movie in my title lol. But, it's the closest thing with all the horror, action, comedy, horror (did I say horror twice? ^^V), and anime titles </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/114515575149495469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=114515575149495469' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114515575149495469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114515575149495469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/04/history-of-world-part-i.html' title='The History of the World - Part I'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-114498036916691556</id><published>2006-04-14T09:36:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-04-14T10:52:17.903+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Future of Trinity Blood</title><summary type='text'>First of all, what is Trinity Blood?It's a novel by Yoshida Sunao about a future earth where the last remaining inhabitable place on earth is the European continent. The Western part of the continent is inhabited primarily by Terrans (or normal humans) led by the Vatican pope and its high council. The Eastern part is inhabited by the Methuselah (or 'vampires') led by an ancient empress. The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/114498036916691556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=114498036916691556' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114498036916691556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114498036916691556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/04/future-of-trinity-blood.html' title='The Future of Trinity Blood'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-114484181896560522</id><published>2006-04-12T18:54:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-04-12T19:45:29.136+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Kaze no Kawari</title><summary type='text'>Ah yes, they are a'changing. The winds favor the vessel I'm riding on. It's almost abrupt the way the wind blew against us and then switched in no time it took to look over one's shoulder when called upon.Engineering office is in for a big change. Real huge like. We don't know if it's only vestigial as the writings left on a white board after somebody erases it or if it's as tangible as the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/114484181896560522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=114484181896560522' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114484181896560522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114484181896560522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/04/kaze-no-kawari.html' title='Kaze no Kawari'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-114452462213939956</id><published>2006-04-09T03:11:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-04-10T15:01:53.840+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Pennywise a.k.a. "IT"</title><summary type='text'>suoh12 must be evolving as he can 'tag' four people simultaneously in the time it takes to click "publish post" XDanyway..How many schools did I go to?Lessee.. St. Peregrine Insitute in my hometown for pre-elementary to 3rd grade; St. James School of Paranaque for 4th grade to highschool; University of Sto. Tomas for half of my college education; and AMA-University for the completion of my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/114452462213939956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=114452462213939956' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114452462213939956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114452462213939956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/04/pennywise-aka-it.html' title='Pennywise a.k.a. &quot;IT&quot;'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-114424339129990612</id><published>2006-04-05T20:39:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-04-05T21:25:20.116+08:00</updated><title type='text'>How much is that doggie on the taxi...</title><summary type='text'>You might be wondering how the cute lil' doggie got there. Lol! It's actually an ad for a brand of tissue called "JOY". Nice.. Wonder how'd they do a similar ad for "FRENZY"? XDXDXD</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/114424339129990612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=114424339129990612' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114424339129990612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114424339129990612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/04/how-much-is-that-doggie-on-taxi.html' title='How much is that doggie on the taxi...'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-114386036838322576</id><published>2006-04-01T10:52:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-04-04T11:49:47.160+08:00</updated><title type='text'>I can smell the coffee..</title><summary type='text'>...and a whole lot of other things that countless men processed through their digestive system and deposited right there in that pretty pink structure right smack in the middle of.. practically every public place in Metro Manila. XPI don't see the point catering to men peeing into walls and posts and glorying the motherfucking habit of these people. No, I haven't used one, and never will. I've </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/114386036838322576/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=114386036838322576' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114386036838322576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114386036838322576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/04/i-can-smell-coffee.html' title='I can smell the coffee..'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-114372153772303664</id><published>2006-03-30T19:50:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-03-30T20:31:27.900+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tumbling Down XD</title><summary type='text'>This is a story about Lucky.Actually no, it's a story about dumb, clumsy, and stupid. Me. XDIt's been an ugly habit of mine to cram my daily morning rituals before going to work. Which gives me precious little time for actual travel.One fateful Wednesday, some weeks ago, I did a triple flip somersault with 1 1/2 twist on the stairs leading from the Cubao MRT boarding floor to the turnstiles.Which</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/114372153772303664/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=114372153772303664' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114372153772303664'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/114372153772303664'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/03/tumbling-down-xd.html' title='Tumbling Down XD'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-113646280002912650</id><published>2006-01-05T19:19:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-03-29T14:09:12.663+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Spatially Impaired</title><summary type='text'>Yesterday, I got a numb left kidney from an FX Taxi ride from Greenhills to SM Megamall. --;;Coming from an early day off from Cardinal Santos, I took an FX Taxi in front of Unimart bound for SM Megamall. The FX Taxi was empty. Naturally, if you were me, where would you normally seat yourself? The front of course. Hey, first come - first serve. After a short while, the rear and middle seats were </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/113646280002912650/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=113646280002912650' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/113646280002912650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/113646280002912650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2006/01/spatially-impaired.html' title='Spatially Impaired'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-113589689013168141</id><published>2005-12-30T05:38:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-03-29T14:13:43.386+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ancient Relic</title><summary type='text'>Having a relic of a PC has its several obvious downsides that reared its ugly head this unfortunate time of December. Shortly after I posted my previous post, our computer's monitor went kaput. XDAfter a long long battle with an inane repair person (2 weeks) and a short skit with a weird but skilled repair dude (3 days), the monitor was repaired. Finally. For you guys, steer clear of repair shops</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/113589689013168141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=113589689013168141' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/113589689013168141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/113589689013168141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2005/12/ancient-relic.html' title='Ancient Relic'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-113378196970921246</id><published>2005-12-05T19:01:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-03-29T14:26:18.553+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Ordertaker</title><summary type='text'>I went to the Ayala Malls to look for a tower PC that would fit the profile of the PC for the Philips Stressvue stress test machine (for people who haven't been to my old blog click here. For something this high-tech, the Stressvue actually needs a legacy nine pin serial port to connect to a treadmill. I'm not sure if using a USB to serial converter would work, I haven't gotten around to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/113378196970921246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=113378196970921246' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/113378196970921246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/113378196970921246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2005/12/ordertaker.html' title='The Ordertaker'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-113366750391750140</id><published>2005-12-04T10:57:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-03-29T14:30:23.190+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Morning Rush</title><summary type='text'>Think of this as guide to go to work everyday of the week when you live in Imus Cavite and work in New Manila Quezon City. ^^ We are assuming that you can get prepared for work in one hour from wake-up to leaving your house, work 8am to 5pm, Mondays thru Fridays only, have a 15 minute grace period on time-ins, and a psychiatric evaluation ensuring you are completely insane doing this everyday </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/113366750391750140/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=113366750391750140' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/113366750391750140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/113366750391750140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2005/12/morning-rush.html' title='The Morning Rush'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19518257.post-113354026986346419</id><published>2005-12-03T00:07:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2006-03-29T14:31:43.483+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Adios Friendster Blogs</title><summary type='text'>As my wife pointed out (she had to drill a hole the size of the moon through my cranium to get the message through), I'm sorry, the free friendster weblog sucks lol. It took me weeeeks to finally realize it. And it took me 2 minutes to create a brand spanking new blog on blogger *hugs blogger*.I was too busy and deep in design rut to even consider switching at first. Maybe watching too many </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/feeds/113354026986346419/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=19518257&amp;postID=113354026986346419' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/113354026986346419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19518257/posts/default/113354026986346419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hotsteamyrice.blogspot.com/2005/12/adios-friendster-blogs.html' title='Adios Friendster Blogs'/><author><name>x.t.ian m.m.g v1.0</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00373234235217115447</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
