Author: Ian Limpangog

I'm iAn and I love the white beach, the blue sky, and the green massifs.

The Rebirth of Ichigo’s Shinigami Powers

What I like most with Tite Kubo is the LOGIC behind all the stories. If what unveils Ichigo’s power is by cutting him with a Shinigami’s Zanpaktou, why not cut him again. Of course it can’t be done when Ichigo has no ability to sense reatsu, an ability he lost along with his powers when he uses the Final Getsuga Tenshou technique during his battle with Sosuke Aizen. For those who just follow the manga chapters, his powers weren’t lost immediately. In fact, he was able to use it with the unfinished anime filler, the mod souls. Inaba Kageroza was ... Read more

Philippines’ Claim over Spratlys, Illegal?

The Philippines could not claim sovereignty over Spratlys on the basis of geographic proximity, risk to national security, and by the principle of terra nullius. Thus, the Philippines’ claim over Spratlys or part of Spratlys is illegal, declared Spratlys.org (a website advocating for Nansha Islands of China, China’s name for Spratlys). The said website also supported their conclusion on why such claim is illegal. According to the website, there is no international law stating that geographical proximity can be used to justify the claim. Because saying so means some isolated islands of Sulu should belong to Brunei and not to ... Read more

Philippine Azkals lose to Kuwait at 0-3

Kuwaitis rejoice at Mohammad Al Hamad Stadium for their national team had beaten the Philippine Azkals in the first leg of World Cup qualifier. With the final score of 3-0 in favor of Kuwait, it was clearly a tough game for the Philippine Azkals, the game’s underdog. It was apparent that the Kuwaiti National football team is more superior in terms of skills. Compared to Philippine Azkals, they have better defense, brisk passing and ball handling ability. Anyway, the Philippine Azkals have far more way to go.

3D Technology Without the Glasses?

Now you may ask; “Is it possible?”, the answer is; the hell yes. But before we start discussing on such possibility let us start understanding 3D technology first. 3D imaging or stereoscopy is a photography technique that presents two 2D offset images combined to give us a 3D perception. 3D films, on the other hand, is presented by two superimposed motion pictures (taken on different perspective) projected onto the same screen through different polarizing filters. 3D glasses are also polarizing filters with left and right filters oriented differently (clockwise and counterclockwise circular polarization). Each filter passes only the light which ... Read more

Collision Warning System: Not so New Technology

Shocked! That was my reaction when I came across to a Yahoo! article entitled “What the car of 2020 will look like”. Shocked not only to the article’s content itself but with the comments posted below it. Wouldn’t these people aware that this technology was been available for more than three years now? Several models were out in the market such as Lexus LS 430, 2007 Volvo S80 and S60, Mercedes-Benz’s S-Class, 2009 Lincoln MKS (photo shown) and the recent Ford Taurus and Audi A8 offers such warning system. The first release of this Precrash system (Collision warning System) technology-capable cars offer ... Read more

There is no safe place, only safe practice

Jan Beranek of Greenpeace quoted; “There is always a risk that either the technology or the nuclear materials can fall into the wrong hands”, on the new energy alternative called nuclear fusion which uses water and/or its isotopes as fuel and convert it to an extravagant amount of energy and in turn, power. Wikipedia defines; Nuclear fusion is the process by which two or more atomic nuclei join together, or “fuse”, to form a single heavier nucleus. This is usually accompanied by the release or absorption of large quantities of energy. Fusion is the process that powers active stars, the ... Read more

Gin Ichimaru and Severus Snape’s Character Similarity

Gin Ichimaru is one of my top lister favorite anime character from the series/manga written by Tite Kubo, Bleach. He is the captain of the 3rd Division in the Gotei 13 until he betrays Soul Society, and became a commander of Sōsuke Aizen’s arrancar army. That’s all we know before the final chapters of Arrancar saga. Later we realized that he is a man whose real intent is hidden behind his smiles and in his rarely opened eyes. Professor Severus Snape, on the other hand, is a potion master of Hogwarts, the famous school of sorcery and witchcraft in the Harry Potter series. Envious ... Read more

Security Bank Building Painter: Don’t You See the Risk?

I am always thinking how much this building painter is paid of. Was his salary enough for him to take this risk? Painting on top of the building with just a rope tied on his waist is not enough to guarantee his safety. Why did the contractors allow this? Why don’t they provide a safer harness? Nothing terrible happened to the painter but , I believe, we should not wait for that terrible thing to happen before we act. This video was taken June 13 of 2011.

Boracay Named World’s 4th Best Island

Travel + Leisure Magazine named the island paradise of the Philippines located in the province of Aklan as one of the World’s Best Island. Boracay, which debuted this year on the awards, is one of the only two Asian islands included in the list (Bali, Indonesia is the other one which holds the top 2 spot). The island has been a long time favorite destination of Filipinos or even foreigners to chill, relax, and rejuvenate, but it is only this year it is included. Travel + Leisure magazine select the islands based on natural attractions, activities/sights, restaurants/food, people, value. The ... Read more