Best manga I've ever read.

I came across a manga website today and I decided that I will make a list of ten mangas that I think are the best that I’ve ever read.

1.       Dragon Ball: this is the first manga that I read and it was one of my favourite of all time, this manga has a fantasy, sci-fi genre that attracted lots of readers.

2.       Kattobi Itto: the second manga that I read after dragon ball, one of the funniest manga I have ever seen.
3.        Case Closed (Detective Conan): this manga is a detective fiction that shows the process of reveal the crime and the offender, very addictive manga.
4.       Beelzebub: this manga has the randomness that will make you laugh till your jaw fall out of your face.
5.       One Piece: a very popular manga about pirates who want to obtain fame, wealth and power.
6.       Naruto: this manga is popular like One Piece. It has been turned into anime and games that a lot of people know about.
7.       Bleach: this manga is in the same magazine as Naruto and One Piece. Very well made manga for those who like fantasy that mix in real life.
8.       Fairy Tail: a fantasy manga about magic, well draw manga and very funny as well
9.       Katekyo Hitman Reborn!: similar manga to One Piece, Naruto and Bleach. It’s about friendship and struggle to power.
10.   Bloody Monday: very thrilling manga that mix technology and psychological fight between the good and evil.

NBA Playoffs Boston Celtics vs New York Knicks

Final Score: Boston 4 - 0 New York
Game 1: Knicks 85 - 87 Celtics
Game 2: Knicks 93 - 96 Celtics
Game 3: Celtics 113 - 96 Knicks
Game 4: Celtics 101 - 89 Knicks


The only sweep of the 2011 NBA Playoffs, the Celtics blew the Knicks out at Madison Square Garden after 2 close games in Boston.

Pretty tough result for the Knicks especially after their blockbuster trade before the deadline acquiring Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups from Denver.

Fast and Furious 5

Today I watched the new release Fast and Furiours 5. It is the fifth sequal in the Fast and Furious series consisting of street racing action film. The movie was only released on 20th April and has been a huge hit everywhere.

Fast and Furious 5 has the same adrenaline rush as the original Fast and Furious. Ditching the tacky CGI car chases of the last sequel, this sequal is packed with jaw-dropping action and unexpected twists.

This movie is big, rounding up all the series' lead characters including Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker), Mia (Jordana Brewster), Tej (Ludacris), Vince (Matt Schulze) Roman (Tyrese Gibson) and Han (Sung Kang). Yes that's right, Han — meaning this sequel takes place before the events of Tokyo Drift.

Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel at his best) resides in Rio de Janeiro, calling upon the gang for one final, Ocean's 11-style heist: taking $100 million in cash from a highly secure police station. As one character puts it: "This mission just went from Mission Impossible to Mission In-Freaken-Sanity."

The stakes are higher and so are the skirts in Fast & Furious 5, which shows off Rio's stunning locales and bodies (case in point: the drop-dead gorgeous Gisele, played by Gal Gadot).

Also making an appearance as the head of the task force entrusted to bring down Toretto, Dwayne Johnson brings a whole new meaning to built-like-a-machine — and seriously challenges Diesel's alpha-male status.

The final chase is epic; at one screening the audience broke the silence with all-out applause. And if you stick around during the credits, your patience will be rewarded.

Fast and Furious 5 is a must see!!

NBA Playoffs Update

Eastern Conference:
Bulls 3 - 0 Pacers
Pacers keeping it close in all games but unable to close out

Heat 3 - 0 76ers
Philly having problems closing out games in the 4th quarter.

Celtics 3-0 Knicks
Knicks losing the first 2 at Boston in the final possession, but got blown out at Madison Square.

Magic 1-2 Hawks
Magic struggling even though D.Howard is putting up monster stats.

Western Conference:
Spurs 1-1 Grizzlies
Spurs drop the first game without Ginobli.

Lakers 1-1 Hornets
Lakers gave a poor defensive showing in the first game, tightened it up for the 2nd game.

Mavericks 2-1 Trail Blazers
Dallas shot the lights out at home, but couldn't do it in Portland.

Thunder 2-0 Nuggets
Denver struggling to make a paint presence against Oklahoma City's interior defence.

One hell of a match.

I just won in a soccer match and get into the final today. The match was breath taking and very exciting. I scored twice in the match and get my team to the final. The opposition open the score in the early of the game. Though it was hard for us to attack as they had a solid defend, we still manage to get an equalizer in the last minute of the first half. After the break, we managed to push the opposition to their half of the field, at the 89^th minute, the midfielder of my team go through two players of the opponent team and go forward, I saw the opportunity and go through the defend, just before I got into offside position, the midfielder made a through ball past the defend and let me take the keeper one on one. Without hesitation, I lob the ball past the upper body of the keeper and went to the right corner of the pole of the goal. And GOAL!!!!!! The stadium went crazy. We scored and now we are in the final.

HAHAHAHA! As if I can run for 90 minutes. 

RECOMMENDER

Today I came across a new iPad app. The app is called recommender, it was only released today and rated 4+. the app costs $8.99 and it has been designed to get more customers for a business in any industry where direct customer contact is present via recommendations. This app allows customers to recommend the business to all their friends on Facebook. The app is fairly easy to use, it just requires the business to have a iPod touch, iPad, or iPhone and download the application. An employee of the organization needs to approach satisfied customers and by customers entering their Facebook details an recommendation for the business is sent out to all the customers friends. the advantage of this new application is that businesses can easily, cheaply and efficiently grow their customer base and also customers in the market would would have knowledge about the business from friends rather then strangers. there are however a few disadvantages of this type of technology as it requires customers to login with their secure information, the application is safe however some customers may be hesitant and also their is not place for negative criticism for unsatisfied customers.

My little cousin.

I have a three years old little cousin, he is smart and very funny when he say something (I guess that apply to any kids at that age). What happened is this: he comes to my house every day, when he is about to leave, he will have to go and say goodbye to me and my family. Every times he comes to my room and say goodbye, I would tell him to come near me and let me hug him, he will sometime let me hug him but most of the time he just turn back and run away. Nothing special until yesterday, everything just like usual, he came and stay for dinner and before he left, he said goodbye to everyone, he came and say bye to me, before I could say anything, he said “I don’t want hug”(I translated literally), then he ran out of the house. He left me there laughing with my family.

2011 NBA Playoffs 1st Round

My picks for the 1st round starting tomorrow

Eastern Conference:

Chicago Bulls (1) vs Indiana Pacers (8)
4-0 Bulls. The Bulls should take this in 4 games. Pacers will have trouble covering the game spreads let alone winning straight up.

Miami Heat (2) vs Philadelphia 76ers (7)
4-2 Heat. Philly is a young team with a deep rotation that can give the Heat some issues... but not enough to take the series from Miami.

Boston Celtics (3) vs New York Knicks (6)
4-3 Boston. Theres been a lot of talk about the C's being washed up, but I think they get it done this series. The Knicks inferior defence will be exposed.

Orlando Magic (4) vs Atlanta Hawks (5)
4-2 Orlando. Hawks might be scrubs, but they tend to match up well with the Magic, should be able to take 2 games.

Western Conference:

San Antonio Spurs (1) vs Memphis Grizzlies (8)
4-3 Memphis. Predicting the upset here, especially with Ginobi's injury. The Grizzlies led the league this season in scoring in the paint, which is a vital statistic against the Spurs undersized bigs barring Tim Duncan.

Los Angeles Lakers (2) vs New Orleans Hornets (7)
4-1 Lakers. Although the Grizzlies are the 8th seed, its the Hornets that are the weakest team in the west. With the loss of David West, this is a gimme for the Lakers.

Dallas Mavericks (3) vs Portland Trail Blazers (4)4-2 Blazers. Another upset, post-trade, the Blazers are a legit tough contender that will give the soft Mavs a tough time.

Oklahoma City Thunder (4) vs Denver Nuggets (5)
4-3 Thunder. This will be a really close series, the Thunder are a complete team after acquiring Perkins and the Nuggets have a roster that can start any of 9 players. Nuggets have the 3rd best record in the league post Melo trade.

Saigon

Believed it or not, this is just a small number of motorbikes on the road.

I met a friend who’s living in Vietnam online today. Nothing seems to be out of ordinary over there, but she did mention that it is a pain to go outside as there are too many people on the road. I knew that much but I’ve never thought of how many people are there in Saigon (HO CHI MINH CITY). So I did a bit of research and make a comparison to Sydney, Saigon area is only one sixth of that of Sydney but the population is as high as twice the amount of population in Sydney. Sound impressive, huh? But I found one thing that is really interesting though. There are more than 1 million vehicles running in the city everyday and its vehicles I’m talking about, not people. The city seems very little for that many people but it’s a very lively city. If you have never experienced the feeling of being in the middle of sea of people, you should visit there sometimes. You may think that it's stupid but I think it's worth a try. :)

NBA: Boston Celtics at Miami Heat

Final score: Celtics 77 - Heat 100

Checked this game out this morning... blowout revenge game for the Heat despite a 8-0 run by Boston start the 1st quarter. After ending the series 3-1 against the Heat, the Celtics have now lost 4 straight on the road, despite the return of Jermain O'Neal from injury. 

Another solid game by Lebron, putting up 27pts on 11 of 19 shooting, as well as 5 boards, 7 assists, and 4 steals.

Rondo and Allen failed to produce in this game, and the results show this.

The Celtics need to find their rhythm going into the playoffs when the regular season ends this week... or they might struggle to even make it past the first round.

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