Tag Archives: review

Cannot Sleep Post

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Gabriel Mercado

I unfortunately cannot sleep. In lieu of ZZZs, I am thinking about the ff. (yes, let's bring on the famous bulletpoints). Start: 10:45PM. Foremost, is the incredible Facebook API, and it's recent decision to allow 3rd party developers to create … Continue reading →

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Lust, Caution Movie Review

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Gabriel Mercado

From the moment that I first saw the movie's preview I had determined that I wasn't going to miss it, and when I finally watched it it just went ahead and exceeded all expectations. Lust, Caution (Se, Jie) is an … Continue reading →

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Tropa de Elite and other planned reviews

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Gabriel

I just watched the highly controversial Tropa de Elite, which I was desperate to see after seeing just a few seconds of a report about it from BBC news and consequently Googling it up. The movie runs a narrative using … Continue reading →

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Everyone, meet Karen. Karen, everyone.

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Gabriel Mercado

Funny how, since I've not blogged for such a long time, I actually forgot I had one. There I was thinking - man I should blog about this (topic), but how? Then I realized I had good ol' lefthandedlayup. Shame … Continue reading →

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Ok so this is one of those ‘this is what i did today in pictures’ posts – A Semi-Review of the Sony DSC-N2

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Gabriel Mercado

Which, I'm sure, is probably not gonna win any awards, but what the heck who cares. At any rate, this scores as a techie post as well. See, I've two new cameras at my disposal, the bombastically blingy DSC-N2 and … Continue reading →

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The Pursuit of Happyness Movie Review

Posted on March 20, 2007 by Gabriel Mercado

The Pursuit of Happyness is a movie about a great part of the life of Chris Gardner, a man who went through near - unsurpassable obstacles to reach success in his life - that is, success in the sense that … Continue reading →

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300 Movie Review

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Gabriel Mercado

I gather that a great number of girls as well as men are raving about 300. And as we speak, the movie has broken 3.12 million US last weekend, and I am amongst those completely unsurprised. Yet as I left … Continue reading →

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Review – Like Water For Chocolate

Posted on December 26, 2006 by Gabriel Mercado

I spent most of Christmas Day doing two things, reading and trying to sleep. Since I am not very good at the latter, the day was saved halfway by the former as I happened to pick up one of the … Continue reading →

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Pure Shmure

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Gabriel Mercado

I know these are harsh words, but trust me when I say I've tried not to say them. Here it is: I do not recommend the 02 XDA Atom Pure. I've had it for longer than two weeks, and as … Continue reading →

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O2 Atom XDA Pure

Posted on July 25, 2006 by Gabriel Mercado

And now, the latest device up for review, the Xda Atom Pure. Just look at this thing:

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