Probably the only time I'm outside the house is when I run errands for my Mom or when I come up with project proposals to my unemployed friends. The proposals are mostly film-related so yeah I'm still serious about pursuing a career in filmmaking. Anyway, for most of the time I'm either in bed ready for an ephemeral slumber or still on my bed facing the laptop or my phone and mindlessly scrolling my social media feeds. On productive days I open Photoshop and Blogger.

Image credit: Netmarble Games

Recently, I got myself to play this game called "Marvel Future Fight". It's an interesting game I downloaded after a marathon of all Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films. It came to a point where I realized everyday is just like the other and I thought I needed something different in my life. My mom's been hinting that I go find work because duh? I've been a bed burrito for months. So I started thinking about the future, my future. And I never thought saving storage space to play Future Fight would be that or at least a part of it.

I'm not really the gamer type but I'm a sucker for really good graphics and that's mainly the reason why I downloaded Marvel Future Fight. Upon browsing Google Play for Marvel themed android applications I thought the Future Fight characters closely resembled the characters we've seen fight on MCU. The game is developed by Netmarble who are mostly known for their Korean android applications so I like to think it's tailor-made for Samsung devices. I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S4 by the way and so far I've had no problem running the application.

Marvel Future Fight is a role-playing game where you assemble your own team with a maximum of 3 heroes and go on missions and do 3v3 Battles. There are four types of mission in the Single Player Campaign which are the Normal Missions, Elite Missions, Daily Missions and the Villain Siege. It will take time to unlock the last three so I suggest you explore the normal mission first. The Normal mission is where you get items you need to upgrade your armors by the way. The moment you unlock the other three, make it your target to play via the Elite in search for Character biometrics, Norm stones and even clearance tickets.

My team!

All the other Marvel characters on this game are unlocked except for your first three characters and you need these character biometrics to unlock and 'recruit' them. So keep on collecting biometrics as they're also used to rank up your heroes. As for the Daily Missions and Villag Siege, both are quite hard if you're level is under 30 but you can try the first few missions in search for ISO-8, EXP Chips and Villain Biometrics. ISO-8 is also an important stuff, if you followed the storyline it's an enhanced material that will increase all of your stats. It's quite expensive combining and enhancing ISO-8 but they're a big help during battles.

I'm not quite sure on this but I think the default characters are Captain America, Ironman and Black Widow. But don't worry! During the practice gameplay you can use Thor or any hero you like. What a tease! The most exciting part of this game is actually collecting the characters and going against the boss as you near the end of a mission. Once you get used to doing the missions, especially when you've already unlocked the 3-star autoplay option the game kind of wears on you. It's not boring. It still kind of gives you some adrenaline but we really could use a change of environment and more accessible characters.

So far I have 12 characters namely Captain America, Ironman, Black Widow, Ghost Rider, Blade, Daredevil, War Machine, Falcon, Vision, Winter Soldier, the Hulkbuster and unfortunately M.O.D.O.K. I hate that guy!

Perhaps the most tedious part of playing this game is repeating the missions you've already accomplished just to get more materials, biometrics and above all, leveling up your newly unlocked heroes. But what the hell, if you got a hero like Spiderman, Hulk or Thor or Captain Marvel or the inhuman Black Bolt you just can't help but want to level or rank them up. I still don't know how to unlock characters from Guardians of the Galaxy on this game but it was announced that Netmarble has already released them. Maybe on a special event called "Dimension Rift"?

Anyway before this sort of Marvel Future Fight Review gets long let me just say that of all the games I've downloaded this game will hold a space in my storage. I mean despite all the repetitive and long adventures it does give some adrenaline keeps you on the edge during fight with the bosses. The strongest opponents I've had so far are Ironman, Cap, Spidey and Goblin but who knows when I'll get to Chapter 8 entitled "The Apocalpyse" where the multiverse is expected to collide. For the meantime, I'll enjoy the free time I have in playing this game because so far it's better than other android games out there and there's nothing Marvel a Marvel fan wouldn't enjoy. Well, except maybe for the first Daredevil movie and in my opinion, Ghost Rider. Let's forget those two ever happened, shall we?

Rating: 3.5/5

Netizens and Social Media aficionados, rejoice! I've never been so excited to share some good news. Let me cut to the chase, here it goes!

 PH goes ‘5G’Smart fires up LTE-Advanced

Co-founder and Chief Wireless Advisor of Smart Orlando B. Vea (first from left) during the tests of 5G LTE-A in Smart last year, where speeds reaching 209.66 mbps were recorded.

Two years after it pioneered the deployment of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) or 4G technology in the country, wireless services leader Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) announced that 5G wireless technology LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), is now running in the Philippines’ largest and strongest network.


Smart switched on LTE-A at the Smart Jump Center in Mandaluyong City recently, setting the next phase of mobile communication technology beyond 4G LTE standards.

LTE-A, referred to as ‘5G’ by reports on leading global mobile operators AT&T and T-Mobile, delivers data from between 100 megabits per second (mbps) to 1 gigabit per second (Gbps), or ten times faster than 3G services and more than twice as fast as 4G services.

By firing up LTE-A technology on its network, Smart joins only a handful of carriers around the world with an LTE-A network, along with leading mobile operators in South Korea, United States, Singapore, Australia, and Hong Kong.

“Even as our 3G and 4G networks continue to be unrivaled, Smart becomes the first operator to leap into the future and put the Philippines at par with the world’s most advanced countries in terms of mobile communications technology,” said Orlando B. Vea, founder and Chief Wireless Advisor of Smart.

With LTE-A, a 10MB file takes less than a second to download, YouTube videos no longer have to buffer, and video calls are almost lag-free. But beyond speed, LTE-A’s main feature is also its capability to allocate more network resources to users when the need arises. Smart started testing LTE-A across the country in August last year, delivering results of more than 100Mbps in Makati City, in Boracay, and in Davao City during the Kadayawan festival.

Internet for all

Ramon Isberto, Public Affairs head for Smart and its parent company the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), said that the recent development is part of the company’s multi-pronged approach in addressing the various needs for internet and data services in the market.

“The PLDT Group’s strategy has always been to create solutions that address the varying needs of all segments of our customers, to bring fixed, wireless and mobile broadband services where they really matter. They may be delivered at different speeds and volumes, using a variety of technologies, and meant to respond to a wide range of needs of the market – but all of it is aimed at bringing the benefits of the internet to every Filipino,” explained Isberto.

This strategy meant deploying a combination of Fiber-to-the-Home, Next Generation Network, Time-Division Duplex LTE, Frequency-Division Duplex LTE and vDSL to bring internet to every Filipino home, and 3G, 4G, and 5G or LTE-A for mobile subscribers, according to Isberto.

“We are able to deliver all these high-bandwidth services and applications on the strength of our transmission backbone network, which is the most extensive and most resilient in the country. Aside from allowing us to commit to speed, our unmatched network resources give us the edge in terms of efficiency and reliability,” added Isberto.

Smart’s nationwide coverage is backed by PLDT’s fiber optic cable connection which has now reached nearly 90,000 kilometers, or more than four times than competition. To further strengthen this domestic fiber optic network (DFON), PLDT also set up third legs in its fiber loops in key areas nationwide, the latest of which is the Bohol DFON project that provided redundant links between the Visayas and Mindanao.

Some risks are not worth taking and that's precisely why we have to be very careful about our privacy and security online. Sometimes, what applies in real life needs to be applied in our virtual lives. The online world could be a lot more dangerous than the world itself. There are cyber-bullies, scammers, online thieves, spammers and hackers that could ruin our reputations, devastate our careers and businesses or worse, destroy our lives.

I've once been a victim of one of those online threats. In fact, even up to now that nightmare is still far from over just yet. That's why I'm eager to let others know about how they can be safe amidst all dangers that lurks in the dark corners of the internet.

So check out my 10 Internet Safety Tips!

1.) Never Share Your Personal Information - This is good rule of thumb in the times when old friends wants to reconnect with us, acquaintances who wants to get to know us more, relatives who just wants to maintain the same kind of relationship we have with them from reality to the online world and strangers who seems intrigued by our existence. The problem there is that these people may not be who we think they are. Your so acquaintances, relatives and friends may be posers who wanted to take advantage of you. That's why we have to be cautious and verify their identities as well, how much more with strangers who we barely know. I think it's a no-brainer not to share personal info such as your finances, address, contact number and above all personal conversations. This brings us to a solution in number 2.

2.) Don't Talk to Strangers - You can always verify if your relatives and friends are really the one's you're chatting to. You can call them or ask them directly if you see each other or even during chat I'm sure your instinct will know if it's really them or not. Chatting with strangers is another story though. When you were a child I'm sure your mom taught you not to talk to strangers. That's actually a good first line of defense but apparently it's not the only one. And that brings us to number 3. Again, don't talk to strangers - most especially if you really don't have a good reason to do so.

3.)  Set Up Your Privacy -  Setting you privacy will do so much in Social networks. You can filter to which set of people or specific people can you share your thoughts and activities online. This will make you feel safe from unwanted prying eyes. But not if you're in an internet shop which is the case of the next tip.

4.) Avoid Public Computers - Your computer broke down! Your life is a mess so you went to find life somewhere else. Then you're back online, but this time, in an internet shop and you're using an old public desktop computer with other people around. The dangers of using public computer does not only include the probability that people surrounding you may have bad intentions (to you) but the softwares installed on that computer may actually put your identity in danger. Public computers might be infected with spywares, malwares and even viruses that can track your activity and hack your password. This leads us to the 5th tip!

5.) Install Antivirus - You should check if an antivirus software installed on your computer is still working or if there's even one. You see, antivirus is a necessity for your online or basic computer needs. It stops viruses, spyware, and solves all the problems in the 4th tip. Well, it depends on what you mean by a 'broken down' computer and an Antivirus cannot move internet shop bystanders away from you. The next time you use a public computer always check if they have installed an antivirus.

6.) Cancel Auto-Downloads - I know most of you love torrenting movies and tv shows. But I hope you understand that when you download you have to consider that whatever it is you downloaded is a potential threat to the health of your computer. And that's gonna lead us back to number 4 and 5. There are websites though that you can trust when it comes to download but you must be aware that there are pages in the internet that automatically downloads stuff on your computer. In the event that you'll open one, your browser may prompt a dialog box about the download and be sure to cancel it.

7.) Copyright Do it Right! - This has nothing to do with the 5 previous tips but most people upload and share a lot of their original photos, thoughts in the internet and it is best to keep them within the bounds of the privacy users set. But if you post it somewhere, like a blog or your public facebook page, then you must take great caution as some people can just steal your ideas, photos and videos online. Always remember that the internet is one big public domain. And everything you have publicly posted online can be credited to search engines and stolen from you. There are some laws, however, that states we are protected by a certain copyright law which starts the moment our crafts has been created. But it's always safe that we take precautionary measures on this line by placing watermark on our photos and videos and a disclaimer about our ideas. Remember, getting Sotto-ed is a pain in the ass!

8.) SHAMELESS PLUG - This tip is as simple as reading my post about avoiding the 20 kinds of websites I hate! If you do you will not only be saved from online threats but from headaches as well.

9.) Avoid Joining Heated Public Online Debates -  This tip is actually for everyone. Behind every facebook page you like, behind every forums you join and public threads you comment on there are page administrators and moderators. These people most commonly referred to as 'admins' can be as ruthless as Hitler and when one side crosses the line harsh moves will take place and result to the other one being cyber-bullied. Exercise Freedom of Speech only when necessary!

10.) Strong Password and No Hints! - Just because you want your relationship to be strong - by showing trust - you're gonna give away the log-in details in all of your cyber accounts. That's the trend recently whenever you're in a relationship. Passwords, when discovered by others, may result for your virtual life being destroyed.

So that's it! If you don't really want something to go around the internet, don't post it! It's as simple as being responsible and I hope you are and will be after this blog post.

I feel so flattered yet embarrassed of the sudden votes I received from awesome people across Philippine Blogosphere on this years' Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2011. I didn't really expect it, that I went crazy over the simultaneous "Hey, Mark I nominated you!" PM's on my facebook account.



Like before, I would campaign so as I would be listed on any award-giving blogging projects and yet now they came along unexpectedly. I woke up late this afternoon because of the stress given by having two of my teeth removed last night. And when I turned my laptop on,  I was so surprised when I learned that some bloggers nominated me for the said blogging project.

I usually dread the thought of having dental extraction but if my teeth costs heart-warming nominations and flattering remarks then I would go to the dentist every day.LOL

Kidding aside, I never really thought any of this would happen. I didn't even had any intention to join Emerging Influential Blogs for 2011 because I'm quite insecure of myself. But thanks to the people who nominated me! They made my day extra special and I never felt so good about myself until today.

Because of that, quite surprisingly also, I will be joining this year's Emerging Influential Blogs for 2011! So anyway here's my list:

1. Eat's Terrific by Orman Manansala - From his personal blog, Gandaeversomuch, Kuya Orman have branch out with a food blog which serves the best Cooking 101 tips and Food Trip Adventures among the few food blogs I know.

2. Kikay Much - perhaps the only and the most prominent local kikay blogs I know.She blogs about beauty and fashion and sometimes share tips like having a "KIKOY KIT" for boys like me. :)


3. The Geek Travels - Authored by Renz Bulseco, I'm not quite sure if he's a newbie or not but when I checked his archive it looks like he just started blogging this year. I was really impressed with his writing style and his travel adventures are so interesting. We used to share something in common about Kadayawan but now he's ahead of me because he's officially a Kadayawan-virgin no more!

4. Kitchen Hopping - Owned by a good friend of mine, Leah Valle. Here she features all the food that would make you salivate every time you get to see the photos. She's very influential when it comes to food and very generous too, in fact, personally, because of sticking around with her I was able to try a variety of dishes she just can't help but share! And I've gained quite some pounds too. O_O

5. Markable - Of course, I had to be on my top 5 at least. Haha! Pwede namang i-nominate ang sarili diba? Adik.


6. Blogger Manila - It wasn't too long ago when I last heard something from Kuya Jonel. But he's always been so kind and supportive on me when I intend to secretly penetrate award-giving activities in Manila. LOL. But not only that, he was able to put up a series of blog which are branded with "Manila" on their names and I think it's really an amazing thing. Hmm..Kuya Jonel, you just gave me an idea!? Hahaha.

7. Me Likes Art - by Will Cabrera. He's not a cousin of mine not even a confirmed relative but because we share almost the same set of interests like, mostly film and art I'd like to think we are. LOL! Hi there cousin! Haha. I think it's noteworthy to say that both of us write on awesome Asian movie blogs, I contribute on Asian Movie Pulse and Will does so at Japan Cinema!

8. Libotero - More than envying Sinjin's Libot Map!! I find his travel blog unique because aside from sharing his travel adventures with friends, its amazing to note that he is most of the time a lone traveler.

9. Tiaralets - Not only that I was somehow responsible for the catchy name of Tiara's blog but she's one of the most likable Davao Blogger (who is now based in Manila). I super love her adventures and she's indeed one hell of a girl. Like, she's so courageous for taking The Plunge, now she's claimed to as the "Daredevil Goddess ng Pilipinas"!

10. Tripsaholic - Owned by another good friend of mine, Kuya Faust Principe's travel blog features his adventures around Mindanao. I like how his travel blog looks! So elegant and the logo is cool. Haha!

So that's it! :)

Win or Lose, I'm going to treat each vote as a birthday present. I'm turning twenteen this 13th of September by the way, so keep the presents coming okay? LOL.Haha!

My sincerest thanks and warm gratitude to the people who have included me on their list of this year's prestigious Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs. Awaaard!!!

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Yes, you heard it right! It's now my turn to experience the acclaimed "Awesome Blogger Dashboard"! ;-) In fact, I'm using the new blogger "Editor" while writing this post. .

Click on the Images to Enlarge! Okay?


So to start, the first screenshot below shows the Blogger Homepage, the first thing you'll see when you logged on to your Blogger account. As you can see I manipulated something on the upper right of the screenshot which says "Your-email-here"; because basically it was my email address that was displayed there and I don't want it to share with you guys.lols.(Of course, you know it has to be confidential.)

Anyway, like the old Blogger dashboard this page features all the links to your Blog Specifics and your "Reading List". Now, allow me to tell you that in the New UI of Blogger, each of your Blogs ( Listed, as shown in the screenshot below ) NOW has their own Dashboards. And you can navigate to a Blog's dashboard by simply clicking the "Home" icon.

On the page, you can also quickly add a post by clicking on the "Pen" icon, easily create a new blog by clicking on the orange button which says "New Blog" and View a blog with the "View Blog" button.

It also shows a snippet of your Blog Statics (pageviews), your number of posts, last dates published, the number of your Primary blogs and "other blogs".Take note that your "blogs" listed under "OTHERS" are those blogs that you have hidden.

Now, check Blogger's New "Comments" Tab.

I'm skipping the STATS, here's the Earnings Tab!


Here's the Templates Page!


The Settings Page!

And *drumrolls* the New Post Editor!

If you notice, my updates here on markable.me have been on a weekly schedule.I wanted to round up the events that happened to me for the week but I think it's still not too late to start daily blogging all over again.I've been busy at school for almost a month now.Guess what!?

I'm not a fashion designer and my tech blog was such a major major failure, but things might just spark up a bit if for once, I'll do a hybrid of both.So here's the techy fashion trend in 2011!

I honestly don't know what I should call that thing markable's wearing.But I surely like the spiderbot!

I always see hip/hop videos on youtube.That's why I thought if Youtube was a human - he'd be HIP and Stylish!

Facebook's addictive!

Obviously, this was an ambitious attempt! I rarely know any "fashion term".lol, and tech (is mostly defined by web apps such as 4 of the most famous sites).This is just part 1, next time I will try to draw a fictitious girl model..

I know right! The image above shows nothing more than exaggeration! If facebook was a human I could have become a murderer.That's not exactly how much I hated the site in fact I love facebook - its just that I desperately want to get out of the facebook cycle!

So, Step on facebook basically means get facebook under your feet- don't let it go up to your head and run into your mind.Mind over matter lang yan! ;-) Squish it!? ..hmm..can't think of any logical proposition behind the phrase but then, perhaps you just simply squish it! lol

2. Go get a cup of Coffee!

I know facebook has helped you re-connect with old friends but then sitting over a cup of coffee with them is a lot better than just chatting with them on facebook.Although you can do both, and perhaps tell them you would like to have a cup of coffee with them somewhere via facebook.The thought that you remembered them not because their face was displayed on your friends list would make them feel special and not like any of your anonymous facebook friends.

3. Go out with Recent Friends!
More than reconnecting with old folks from the past; I know you engage more on conversing with people your recently became friends  with or have been hanging out with recently.And since I know you've got their mobile numbers - why not ask them to go out either for a group study(if you're students and if you need to) or just hang out with them in the mall or watch a movie together!

4. Be Productive - Do the Chores!


There will always be a time that you will feel very unproductive after logging into facebook.And it happens - most of the time.That's why you should keep yourself busy as much as possible especially when you're at home.So, if you really want to be productive - doing the chores will surely keep you busy at the same time "productive".Plus, your mom's are goin to give you extra allowance the next morning! ;-P

5. Open the TV
Before the internet became pop! TV was our first addiction, so perhaps you can open the television and scan the channels.You'd surely fall in love with either Star Movies, Disney Channel or National Geographic!

6. Schedule Your Internet Consumption!
Like do you really have to do this? Hey, my Mom's paying the internet bill and I think I should get the best out of every mbps. But since its killing me softly then I'd probably consider making a schedule on my internet.Hmmm...So I will be only be around online from 1-3pm. while at night...hmmm...7-9pm and then I'd go spend my free time somewhere else.

7. Use your Email more often than Facebook and Turn off your notifications!
Once you received an email it will give you this "sincere and personal" feel on it.You will get either enthralled or get scared of what's the person mailing you would say.Even before facebook, Email is the best way to communicate especially if you needed what you can really call "security".

Since you will be using your email more than facebook, then you might consider turning off the email notifications sent to you from time to time.Because if they really want to tell you something, seriously they will email you! You don't even have to get notified when a friend of yours was tagged in a mutual friend's top 10 losers friends, sent you an invite at Citiville or became a fan of Parish Hilton Bitch!

8. Total Recall!
Here, I am in no way talking about the Arnold Shwarzenegger (like how do you f*ckin spell it) 1990 film.Here, you have to recall what you used to do before you became a facebook addict.This is so simple, you only have to THINK! and Recall. . .If you used to go to friendster go and please stop being a hypocrite (I know too well you've had FS before FB) No lame excuses please! If you used to go out for a walk then do it.Because, I used to walk alone by myself on the riverbanks (Nag-eemote!).

9. Do the Alternatives!
What do you on facebook?
Log-in - Log on sites that will consume your time.Go watch videos on Youtube or better yet watch "X"!
Read Status Updates and Like most of them - Stop dillydallying please!
Upload Photos - Have them printed and keep them on a real photo album.
Play Games - Relive your childhood days as a bully and make all the kids cry around your neighborhood.That'll be fun! More than farming or constructing virtual cities.
Stalk your Crushes - Better if you'd stay closer to them, like face to face.Do it!
Add a lot of people to reach 5000+ FB friends - that's bullshit! As if you'll get any popular?


10. Deactivate Facebook, Go to a place where there's no internet!  and Destroy the Computer!


It took me days to finish this post.awts.I hope it helped you in a way and if not - that's not my problem.