It’s been awhile since I have opened the dashboard of my very own personal punching bag of rants. The very first thing that caught my attention was this notice: “WordPress 3.3.1 is available! Please update now”. Curiously I checked my current version and to my surprise I am still using WordPress 2.9.2. When I was reading the log files for the changes, I laughed when I found out that I have been slacking for a year and a half. To make things short, I’m a cave man again in blogging. To all who followed my blog and wanted to know what really happened, I think I owe you a summarized story of what happened to me all these times.
It was the last quarter of 2009 when I temporarily joined an IT company here in Sharjah, UAE. It was quite a challenge but the company really upgraded my technical and troubleshooting skills. The only problem I had was the timings. I usually go home 10pm onwards. Then, just a few months later, I was hired by the biggest sportswear retailer in the middle east who happened to be the exclusive distributor of Nike. Working on different shifts was not easy and the first few months made me want to only rest and sleep on my free times.

I was only a month old in the company when a shocking news devastated me; my father passed away untimely. My lament lasted for quite a long time. Adding to the injury, a lot of disappointments and confusion came into my life. I didn’t know where to start. From there, a lot plans and changes needs to be made specially that our priority is our mom who is now living all alone in our house.

I decided to learn Wing Chun Kung Fu; a very deadly form of martial arts that specializes in close-quarter combat. It favors the weak specially women and people with small built.  I tried to approach and learned from different teachers and schools. Finally I ended up learning from someone who dedicated almost all his lifetime to learn different forms and styles of martial arts. He is my teacher, my friend, and a father to me. Until now I’m still learning from him and I’m proud to be on the half of the system already.

Then, there were a few good things that came into my life that added light while I’m still on my darkest moments. And there were also quite a few disappointing and sad moments that they were too difficult to bear. Life is tough and it’s the reality we all have to face. But it’s not about how you fail, it’s all about how you fail and keep moving on. Quitters never win.

Anyway, so much for the “excuse letter”. I’m happy to be back in blogging and I’m looking forward to improve and update my other website which is my portfolio. Thank you very much to all those who waited and still supported me until now.

Lyle Ham is proud to announce the launching of his Personal Blog, IAMLYLE.COM

Check it out guys! Thanks!

I would like to thank Jehzlau for sponsoring my domain and hosting. Salamat pre!

To make it short and sweet, the very reason why I made another blog is to separate my personal stuffs from my Web Design blog. This blog will contain all my rants, raves, reactions, opinions and above all, this will be my personal punching bag.

So, welcome guys! And I hope you guys enjoy your stay.

The yearly tradition Emerging Influential Blogs is here again! This is my first time to vote in here so good luck to the following people! If you want to cast your votes, please check out HERE.

The Struggling Blogger
Writing To Exhale
Zorlone
Father Blogger
Lifelots
A Walk In The Dark
Jena Isle’s Random Thoughts
Social Media Philippines
New Media Philippines
Tales from the mom side

GO GO GO Guys!

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Absolute Traders, My Brute Cheats, Business Summaries, Fitness Advantage Club, Events and Corporate Video, Events at Work, Dominguez Marketing Communications, Red Mobile, Budget hotel in Makati, Lucio C. Tan Group of Companies, and Blog4Reviews.com.

This portfolio actually went live early 2007 but I wasn’t able to maintain it until it got shut down around year 2008. It contains all my previous works and my profile as well. I’m glad it’s back up once again and this time it’s a part of my blog. Check it out HERE.

I decided to make this simple tutorial on how to get your own Windows 7 Product Key after getting a copy from my friend, Jericho. I actually tried installing it on my HP Pavillion dv6000 but some or my drivers are missing. So I just downloaded and installed the updates. Windows 7 will take care of the rest. Anyway, here’s the step by step guide on how to get your own LEGIT Windows 7 Product Key.

Step One
Get your copy of Windows 7. It’s mostly available in any torrent sites. Careful on worms or trojans. Or you can try getting it from HERE. (If the download doesn’t work then it’s probably not available anymore)

Step Two
Log on to technet.microsoft.com by clicking “SIGN IN”. You can find it on the upper right corner. Use your Microsoft Passport ID. (ex. Hotmail and etc)

Copy either of the links below to the address bar of the current page. Make sure you are logged on to technet.microsoft.com before this one works.

Step Three

32- Bit Key: https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/scripts/gcs.aspx?Product=tn-win7-32-ww&LCID=1033

64-Bit Key: https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/scripts/gcs.aspx?Product=tn-win7-64-ww&LCID=1033

Step Four
If you’re seeing an error just press CTRL + F5 (hard refresh). Some people told me they had to refresh around 5-10 times before they got the key. If you are redirected then you didn’t follow the steps 1-3 correctly.

Otherwise, if you followed everything correctly, you should be able to see your legit Windows 7 Product Key.

Enjoy Windows 7 Release Candidate!

Sierra Entertainment Inc, (formerly Sierra On-Line) was a Worldwide American video game developer and published founded in 1979 as Online Systems. Based in Los Angeles, California, the company was last owned by a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (a subsidiary of Vivendi SA) Sierra is best known today for its multiple lines of seminal graphic adventure games started in the 1980s (notably King’s Quest, Space Quest, Police Quest, and Quest for Glory), some of which proved influential in the history of video games.

Sierra, which moved to Bellevue from Northern California in 1994, makes video games for Windows-based PCs and hand-held devices, such as the Nintendo GameBoy. The company also makes consoles, such as the Sony PlayStation2 and Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox.

But, a sad story came out in the news. Sierra is laying off 110 employees over the next two months as part of their major reorganization at their parent company Vivendi Universal Games. The parent company has been saddled with debt for more than two years , and has been the frequent subject of acquisition rumors involving their competitors, Microsoft and Sony.

The 110 employees about to be laid off are part of the 350 manpower reduction.

Before I start my post, I would like to apologize for the delay of this next post. It actually took me awhile huh? Real life issues and some errands needs to be done. And partly, I blame World of Warcraft. LOL

Anyway, I’m back! =D

In my previous post of the Call of Duty 4 leaks, I’ve shared the spoilers. Now, ladies and gentlemen let me present to you, THE REAL STUFF.

…and it is confirmed. The game will be out this November 10, 2009. You might want to pre-order before it’ll run out. LOL

Pinoy Gaming Network, one of the fastest growing Philippine based gaming review portal, was able to exclusively review Grand Theft Auto IV in their website.

There have been many controversial game titles over the years but none, except one, have come as far as being banned in a few countries. Grand Theft Auto is one of those title series that has appeared in the news being blamed for antisocial behaviour among the youth. Yet, despite this shady outlook of the game among the elder generation, it cannot be denied that Grand Theft Auto is a game that has broken boundaries and changed the industry for the better. Rockstar Games’ fourth instalment of the game stays true to this and promises to be a game one must definitely own. – Pinoy Gaming Network

Want more details? Check out Pinoy Gaming Network now!

FOR SALE: GRAND THEFT AUTO IV ORIGINAL CD for PC (DVD)

For those who want to avail original copies of GTA IV, please drop me a line on my contact page. Only P1,150.00 per copy! HURRY! Limited stocks.

It’s been only a few weeks since I got addicted to Call of Duty 5: World at War. I couldn’t stop playing online and have the feel of World War II environment. The sound of gun shots, frag grenades, panzer bazooka, and the tank turrets firing everywhere amazed me like crazy. But what’s so special about this game that dragged me into addiction is the online ranking. Good God! I am now a Master Sergeant II. Didn’t even care about the frigging ranks. All I cared about is the thrill of camping+sniping. Hehehe.

And just a few days after I played COD5, my business partner, David introduced me to a whole new Call of Duty, the Modern Warfare. I felt like I’m back to my old Counter Strike days when I saw him playing online. With all the new modern weapons and the totally different gameplay, he even convinced me to try it out. (He even asked me to buy an original one so we can play together and own maps. What a crazy COD4 addict, bah!) I’d give the gameplay and graphics a score of 8 out of 10. 

While we were playing he discussed to me about the upcoming Modern Warfare 2 which is supposed to come out later this year. It will be a sequel to the Modern Warfare of course. So when I woke up this morning, I saw one blog page with the following leaks to the Modern Warfare 2. Isn’t it a nice preview? (David, here’s for you! Cheers! LOL)

Image Courtesy of Gossip Gamer and Game Informer

Here are some of the details:

Pretty promising, yeah? Can’t wait to play this one as soon as it comes out.

Credits to: Gossip Gamers