A love that kills.

His name is Col. Tigh and married to a woman named Ellen.

In the third season, a twist of events arose. Dr. Gaius Baltar was elected president of the colonies and that the fleet came to find and established a New Caprica. They settled their and on the 4th month, the Cylons discovered them. Many civilians and some military men, who decided to settle in the New Caprica, were left by the Galactica fleet. The Cylons occupied the planet, as Dr. Baltar surrendered to the invaders. Many were held into detention in extreme conditions, and one of them was Col. Tigh. The only way for the colonel to get out of his jail was for his wife to go to a Cylon and sold herself. Her husband was released. After so many days of unrests from the human insurgents, they had established contact from the BattleStar. Colonel Tigh now leading the insurgents was planning for massive scale of bombings. The Cylons decided to create fear among the humans by rounding them up, arresting civilians believed to have one way or another helped the insurgents, detaining and enlisting them for a summary execution. The colonel and his team were able to gather the information leaked by an unknown civilian who had access to vital information from the now puppet president, Dr. Baltar. Ellen was still seeing this Cylon and at that time, Ellen was threatened that her husband will be detained again, and this time he will not just lose his eye, if she won’t give any information about the plans of the insurgents. On a meeting by the insurgents about the rescue mission, they had this map and when they had to dispose it, Ellen got the map from her husband and slip it on her dress and burnt a different paper. When the initial plan for the rescue mission took off, the insurgent who went to fetch the Galactica forces led by Sharon Agathon, a Cylon who took oath to side with the humans, they were ambushed. After the crossfire, an insurgent found the map which was used on the plan. They already had inkling, as to who leaked their information - it was Ellen. Colonel Tigh talked to his wife about it. They sat on a huge wooden box as Ellen explained to her husband why she had to do what she had to do while tears were running in her cheeks. She deeply noted that she was willing to do anything just to save him, anything.... After the discourse, Col. Tigh gave Ellen a drink. She collapsed and was not breathing anymore. Colonel Tigh uttered the words, "I love you", to Ellen and wept.

This narrative was from the BSG season 3 episodes 1-4. I was left in tears at that very moment where Ellen and Colonel Tigh talked things out. I so loved it! The series wasn't just a sci-fi. It shows the human vulnerabilities, human will and spirit, it questions morality and it provokes the viewers' thoughts.

That was one of the moving scenes I saw in BattleStar Galactica. Though I forgot to tell you any fun and heart pumping scenes from seasons 1 and 2, one of these days I think I will.

Good Will Hunting

Just last week, I have written that I started watching BattleStar Galactica(BSG). Well, I got hold of my first original DVD when I planned to buy an album of Richard Poon at Tower Records and got the rest of the package from my Muslim friends at Makati Square where you can buy pirated copies - though wishing to have the originals.

To give you a synopsis, the story started when the Cyclons - robots or machines with advanced artificial intelligence (AI) created by humans; rebelled and attacked the twelve colonies of Kobol. It was a doomsday with that nuclear annihilation from the Cylons. The remaining survivors on board the space ship called Galactica went to journey the space and beyond in search for the fabled 13th tribe who settled in a new planet called Earth. The rag tag was lead by Commander Adama. The Cylons at this time have human features already - physically resembling like humans. This has threatened the fleet plus the political turmoil that has risen, due to the fact that there was no civilian government. The power sharing and shifting created more difficulty. But, when Laura Roslin, an education secretary, was sworn to power due to constitutional provisions, and got the approval of the majority including the commander, things went a little lighter. The fleet journeyed long with all the risk from the Cyclons following them.

I hope that was enough for a synopsis.

Anyhow, I was really fascinated with the script though there has been some major changes when it was first or originally created. I didn't know about the original script but fortunately, the DVD I got did have some clips about the making, casting, you know featuring the writers, characters and some interviews with the original casts. I finished seasons 1 and 2 and currently watching season 3.

Well anyway, you have to get your copies for seasons 1 - 4, for you to appreciate it, and spice up your sci-fi spirit.

Bye for now!

I'm running for President

Genesis Deiparine for U.S.A. President - the answer to a public clamor. What ? Who?

I want to serve our people. I feel that it is my duty, my obligation and so, I am running as a president of the United States of America.

Internet Bull Fight

A new contender in the tough browser competition has emerged and it's the Google Chrome. Well, I have downloaded the application and installed it. It has some features that's unique in its own like, dragging a tab in your desktop, browser task manager etc. and some features were actually similar on what we have with Microsoft's IE 7 and the one from Mozilla. I don't have the metrics to actually judge which one is better in terms of reliability, stability and how secure the applications are, though. Another concern is that, we all know Internet Explorer has an advantage by the fact that it comes as a packaged software from Microsoft OSes and so it's always instant. Most users only cares that they can go online and you know do surf with whatever browser they have and in those cases they have the instant browser, IE. Now, Mozilla Firefox is there and putting a good competition by introducing it as secure, reliable, stable and stuff and for that Firefox has made a loyal following from those techies. What we have right now with the coming out of a new browser from Google is, will it go compete with IE or just hurt an ally which is Firefox? Now that's the question!

But you know what, I still feel that Firefox is for me. But to judge it yourself with what Google has, try downloading and using it: Google Chrome.

By the way, Google Chrome will be open source and so, you can gear up your thinking caps and download the source for some tinkering.

I cleaned my room ...

I haven’t told you guys that last Saturday, August 30 of 2008, I actually cleaned my room. Yes I did. It was a plan long overdue already. Just by walking barefoot, you can feel that the dust is all over the place and when you try to touch the corners, you can feel the rugged terrain of dusts as well. Hehehehehe. Well I vacuumed the whole place. It got me ounces of sweat. Thanks to Miss Linda Walter for giving me that vacuum cleaner. She was an American officemate who stayed in the Philippines for sometime and when she left for the US, she had her things given away. Of course I got the vacuum cleaner through a draw-by-lot.

Anyway, after I cleaned my messy room, it was time for me to go out and have some fun. I took a bath then brought my laundry to the mat and went to SM Makati and Glorieta. At SM department store, I purchased a new fleece blanket. After that, I went back to Glorieta and purchased a brown leather Reebok bag. It was on 20% off sale so I did not had time to hesitate or battle it out if I’m going to buy it or not. I was actually planning to see a movie for myself that day, but, prior to that, I took my dinner at Red Ribbon. I so love their mango cake. Yum yum! After my dinner I then went to Glorieta Cinema to watch Wall*e and on my way, I took my chances in checking an album of Richard Poon at Tower Records. His genre is soul jazz I guess, sort of Michael Buble-ish. Well, I found his album and purchased one. Just when I’m about to pay the bill, I saw a BattleStar Galactica (BSG) mini series DVD, first season. Since I have a love for movies or series like Star Wars, Bablylon 5 and Star Trek - something high tech, sci-fi; I did not have to convince myself that much and so, I bought one. The cover was neat and the summary at the back of the casing was very interesting. Well my hands were full of what I have just purchased then. After all the purchasing stuff, I then went ahead to the theater and after an hour of waiting outside the theater, I went inside and suit myself on a chair at the farthest back row. There trailers and stuff and I enjoyed most of them.

At 10 o’clock PM, the movie started rolling. Well it was futuristic and really entertaining. In the movie, people became lazy and obese because, everything was provided to them. Like they did not have to walk or cook or prepare stuff. They don’t even have sports. They were just like riding on this flying comfy convertible chair which was like a high tech lazy boy. Wall*e on the other hand is an automobile robot that presses scrap and geometrically arranges them until it forms towers, and he was last kind. He was left there on earth for the last 700 years to do just the same thing every day. Wall*e by the way is an acronym which means, “Waste Allocator Load Lifter - Earth”. Basically the story evolves Wall*e’s affection for another robot of higher AI named Eva. When Eva’s mission was completed which was to look for a plant on earth, that’s when Eva was transported back to the mother ship and Wall*e simply jumped on the ship and rode with it. I never thought cockroaches would be that communicative with a robot. Anyway, it was a light movie and full of fun. I finished the movie with a smile on my face and went home at around 12 midnight already.