Toys Are These

(click to enlarge)I saw this exodus-like of animals when I entered our room. Lol! "Tay, tan-awa ako mga toys" (Dad, look at my toys), my 2 year old son told me who arranged it with a cousin. Seeing this BB pic, reminds me of the famous Bible story Noah's Ark and made me realize that it's time for me now to start telling it also to my son.Did you know: that animal figurines are figurines that...

BlackBerry News: RIM's New CEO

Yahoo's Headline:RIM and Blackberry on the edge under new CEOTakeover talk swirled as investors and analysts ponder whether new Chief Executive Thorsten Heins had been appointed to lead a turnaround of the struggling phonemaker.TORONTO/LONDON (Reuters) - The new leader at Research In Motion on Monday dismissed talk of drastic change at the BlackBerry maker, a declaration seized on by impatient investors...

Food: Shawarma To The World

(click to enlarge)I took this BB pic in Al Satwa Road, Dubai.. I bought two pieces for me and my wife before heading straight home from work. I just love to eat one, which for me, best eaten while its hot and surely it can satisfy your hunger for just 4 Dirhams. This is good for those who are always on the go.I have tried shawarma in the Philippines but its not as good as what I have tasted here...

Daytona Migi in Dubai

Set Fire to the Rain by Adele is the song I am listening to when I started writing this blog. You might then ask, so what is the relation to Daytona Migi?Daytona Migi is popular in the United States especially for those who are avid collectors of vintage cars. Daytona Migi is patterned or replicated from the cars made by the British sports car manufacturing MG Car Company between 1920 to 1950s. The...

Spiraling Books

(click to enlarge)Inside a bookstore in 2nd December Street (formerly Al Diyafah Street) of Al Satwa Dubai is this spiraling booklet painstakingly piled near the entrance. I saw it first from the outside while I was waiting for my wife to arrive from work.If you notice, there's a note at the top most part of it, written in Arabic, but the shopkeeper said, it simply means "whoever destroys...

Google in Protest to SOPA & PIPA

Wikipedia, Boing Boing among others are having their websites blacked for 24 hours as their way of protesting against the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) of the US House of Representatives and US Senate. They firmly believe that these bills, though being formulated to curb the piracy problem on the internet, "could fatally damage the free and open internet".Some sites...

BlackBerry Tips / Shortcuts

Tip # 1:You may type, "When is the best time to smile?" If you wanna know then do this...Press "L" then "D" then "space" and "L" then "T" and then the "space" button.It's fun, try it now. :)Tip # 2:This is very useful especially to those who don't memorize or who can't memorize their BB pins. You can type it  in BBM, Email or SMS.Type "mypin" then space. Walaah! Your pin is there!Tip # 3:If you...

It's a Jeep Thing

Al Futtaim Motors are showcasing their different car models in the newly opened Festival Walk at Dubai Festival City, in line with the annual Dubai Shopping Festival.Toyota, Dodge, Chrysler, Honda makes were on display. And there's another one, Jeep. It was displayed  on top of a concrete creek wall or something, with high beamed spotlight on it. See the pic and click for a better view. Pic was...

Bench for Him and Her

Bench for him and her. Lol! Nope, I was just playing with the famous tag line of a leading Filipino clothing company called Bench/.This was taken by my wife one fine morning while waiting for the bus to work at the 2nd of December Street (formerly Al Diyafah Street, in Al Satwa Dubai). Using her BlackBerry Bold 9700, she was able to find a good angle in capturing this supposedly boring subject. :)...

Dubai Festival City's Newly Opened Walk - Visited

I read in the newspaper that an extension walk and promenade was being added in Dubai Festival City's complex. It was situated along the Dubai Creek.By the way, Dubai Festival City or DFC is a big complex constructed by Al Futtaim Carillion, a big Dubai Co., in an area near to Dubai International Airport. It has big shopping mall, commercial buildings, hotels, residential area, school, golf course, marina and other recreational facilities.Yesterday,...

Toyota iQ in Dubai

I am in the process of acquiring a driver's license here in Dubai. Though I have been driving already back in my home country, The Philippines. After landing and securing a job, having a D/L is such an ideal thing to achieve for an expat. You know why? When I came here back in 2007, the price of petrol is way way low since oil is abundant here in the Middle East. To give you an idea, like for...

Burj Khalifa - A Quick Video Tour

I always see The World's Tallest Tower Burj Khalifa in my everyday commute to & from work. My BlackBerry Bold has been with me for quite sometime already but only now I find the time using it and capturing this megastructure.My personal assessment, quality wise, BlackBerry video is okay. From now on, BlackBerry videos and images will flood bbplusses.blogspot.com.This is just to give you an idea, especially if you haven't gone to Dubai yet and...

BlackBerry Photography: Symmetry

(click to enlarge)Every time my wife and I visit the Dubai Mall, it is always like our first time, because we always see new things anywhere, like this hanging decor at the Bloomingdale's side. I intentionally took this bb pic with this angle and seems great to me. A symmetry.Did you know: that there are two primary meanings of symmetry? The first is imprecise sense of harmonious or aesthetically...

Next to buy: Playbook

Been looking for a good review on BlackBerry Playbook and this one is just perfect. Right mate? Hopefully if my pocket will be filled with dirhams, I would buy one. Though admittedly it is far from apple's ipad  in terms of specs and so on, but I still love BlackBerry. I also like how perfectly sized playbook is aside from the good features that this youtubber is going to tell you. Thanks to MrThaibox123 for the revi...

The BlackBerry Flashy Flash

(click to enlarge)This bb pic was taken at 7:54 pm last December 19, 2011 on our way to Dubai Mall. I wanted to have a candid shot of my wife but I didn't know that she was also pointing her bb to me when we simultaneously clicked the button and then KABOOM! It resulted to this unusual capturing of flash, literally. It was like, she's releasing her ala "Ironman" power here. Lol!Did you know: that...

Destination: Jumeirah Beach

(click to enlarge)This bb pic was taken a day after my 31st Birthday and our 3rd Wedding Anniversary with my wife, that was Friday, December 9, 2011. I was doing some grill at the same time playing with my bb's cam and never thought that I have snapped this photo of Jumeirah Beach Park in Dubai beautifully.Did you know: that Jumeirah Beach is a stretch of beach ten miles south of Dubai where developers...

Feel Good Tip Indeed

(click to enlarge)I was having tea during our morning break at 10:29 last November 1, 2011 in our office canteen when I have got to read this simple yet compelling "feel good tip" by Lipton Co. I smiled and in my mind I said, hell yeah, you're right. Perhaps lipton knows how fat I have become. Lol! It's nice to have blackberry, you can just click whenever you want like this one. Something...

Never Learned

(click to enlarge)(click to enlarge)I was on a bus heading home from work when I happened to see this irresponsible driver if I may say so. This was taken with my bb at 2:00 pm last October 27, 2011 near the Trade Centre Roundabout in Dubai UAE. If you look at the picture closely, the driver's right hand is on the phone, which is illegal and obviously dangerous while driving. And worse, look...

A Gigantic Merger If It Happens

(click to enlarge)The rhyme combinations of these big and popular internet companies seems would turn out to be a big rhyme also if ever they'll join forces. But for now, I think it would be better if they'll be like on a shirt print only. :) Took this bb pic at 7:15 pm last October 22, 2011 in one of the stores in Al Satwa, Dubai, UAE.Did you know: that Overall Internet usage has seen...

Dubai Cola

(click to enlarge)I took this pic last October 22, 2011 on a canteen of a driving centre in Dry Docks, Dubai UAE. I wanted just to have a bottled water when I saw this cola drink inside the refrigerator. I was like, really, Dubai Cola? So I grabbed one and click first before opening it. Ahhhh, twas great, the fact the its main ingredient is from dates. You could really taste the true flavor of...

Foggy Fog Fog Road

(click to enlarge)One foggy morning all over in Dubai UAE. This one was in Sheikh Zayed Road taken with my bb mobiling on my way to work. There are times that roads are covered with thick fogs  which causes pile up.Did you know: that fog forms when the difference between temperature and dew point is generally less than 2.5 °C or 4 °F? And that begins to form when water vapor condenses into tiny...

Sneakers For Me and My Little Man

(click to enlarge)Pic was taken last October 12, 2011, before these little sneakers were brought home by a friend and handed to my Little Man who is still in the Philippines while this blog is posted.Did you know: that sneaker collectors, are called "Sneakerheads", use sneakers as fashionable items and artistically-modified sneakers can sell for upwards of $500? Source: wikipedia....

The Place for Worship

(click to enlarge)This is the Al Ghurair Mosque, taken from a window of our former place in Al Satwa, Dubai UAE at 5:45 pm 2nd of September 2011. Almost every prayer time, this mosque is filled with Muslim devotees.I am always fascinated with architecture, and in this one, I love to see how evenly designed those domes are and how visible the minaret is.Did you know: that the earliest...

Falling With My Chuck On

(click to enlarge)Ahhhhh!!!! Catch me I'm falling... Lol... Can you figure this pic out? Anyway, I was sitting inside a bus stop shade after work, with my legs raised, touched the glass wall in front and took this bb pic. After uploading here, did some turns, and that's it, looks like I'm falling.Did you know: that Chuck Taylor was an American basketball player and shoe salesman/evangelist. He...

Drunk Big Brown Bear in Al Satwa, Dubai

(click to enlarge)I was walking heading home one night when I saw this drunk big brown bear. Lol! I never wasted time and aime my bb to brownie bear! Click, click! This was somewhere in Al Satwa, Dubai, UAE.Did you know: that real brown bear can weigh from 300 to 780 kilograms (660 to 1,700 lb) and its largest subspecies, the Kodiak Bear, rivals the polar bear as the largest member of the bear...

My Absolut Sheikh Zayed Road

(click to enlarge)First Pic (Absolut): Don't know what made me took a BB pic of these three vodka bottles. One thing sure was, we had fun the night after this was taken.Did you know: that Absolut Vodka was established in 1879 by Lars Olsson Smith and is produced in Åhus, Sweden? And Since July 2008 the company has been owned by the South African entrepreneur and multi billionaire business man...

Miniature Jeep / Willys

(click to enlarge)I took this pic using my beloved BB in one of Deira City Centre's stores in Dubai, UAE one day. It was a finely crafted miniature of Jeep, I should say. If you could look at the lego cubes underneath, you could tell how small this Jeep is. :)Did you know: that this small four-wheel drive utility vehicle is considered the iconic World War II Jeep, and inspired many similar...

My Blackie BB

(click to enlarge)This is just one my favorite gadgets so far in my 31 years of existence in this world. With this, I'm going to fill this blogsite of mine all about blackberry. Literally, hypothetically, basically, actually or any "ally" you could imagine. Everything that has to do with blackberry.Did you know: that BlackBerry is widely referred to as "CrackBerry" in Canada and the United States,...