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Me & Jolina

2006-10-25T06:46:00.000-07:00

This is me & jolina yesterday on our way to City Center, Wien, Austria

My weapon

2006-09-02T05:39:00.000-07:00

Here is my new & improved gun. A 30D. I keep on shooting and i never run out of bullets.

Catch some Zzzzzzz's

2006-08-31T00:22:00.000-07:00

Here's me & Phaedra trying to get some shuteye. Time to see Mr. Sandman. Zzzzz

2006-08-20T17:48:00.000-07:00

When I first thought of the name Hardware Syndrome it was because I was a geek at heart (still am) and a gadget boy, a toy collector, a "must-have-the-latest-shit" guy.

Well, I got a new toy, got myself a Macbook,in the coolest-shade-of-matte-black this side of mobile computing. (AS IF, we even compute, shit, am using this for my photography, and for email, yeah...boyyyyyyyeeeeeeee)

What's inside? In I-tunes- Pablo Francisco audio cd "Bits & Pieces" Live at Irvine, OC... and of course, the latest "F-word" tracks of THE MAN. (shit, it's cool am referring to myself in the third party, friggin megalomania, yeah Francis MEGALOna, hehe)
Games?- Just Civilization 3 (old skool 2003 version) and in i-Photo?- my pixclusive Philippine Idol pictures, fam pix, EB Bulagaan pix...

here's the specs of my tool-

Hardware Overview:

Machine Name: MacBook
Machine Model: MacBook1,1
CPU Type: Intel Core Duo
Number Of Cores: 2
CPU Speed: 2 GHz
L2 Cache (shared): 2 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB11.005F.B00
Serial Number: 4H6283E4VMM
SMC Version: 1.4f8
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled

Meaning if it falls, it senses it right away and the hard drive shuts off automatically, to avoid damage to the computer. This is the shit. Plus of course the scrolling with 2 fingers anywhere on the web.

Yeah, i work hard and i am gonna play hard. Live life man, in the HERE & NOW. You should try Mac man. By the way, my name is Francis MACalona.

Mama's Boys

2006-08-14T10:09:00.000-07:00

After the MTV awards, we at Nuvo,Greenbelt,Makati. Am w/ my good friends and "brothers" in the industry Michael V. & Ogie Alcasid. Vic & Pia G. were here awhile ago. Also present was Carol (bitoy's wife), Jet Valle,my wife & Willy V. Btw, I got the Generations Award man am not worthy. I jammed w/ Dicta License. To present the award was THE
Ryan Cayabyab & Pilita Corrales!

MTV Pilipinas Awards 2006

2006-08-14T05:50:00.000-07:00

Here's me and my wife backstage at the MTV event. Alotta people, am supposed to present w/ my fellow Phil.Idol judges Mr. C. & Mamita (Ryan Cayabyab & Pilita Corrales) I always hate showbiz events & parties, dunno it's the loner in me. Am in suplado mode.

Everybody, my wife, my fellow Philippine Idol judges, the staff, the VJ's, evrybody knew I was gonna get the Generations Award, everyone, except me. I was PUNK'D! But seriously, thank you everybody. Thank you KC (the producer of the event who picked me as the honoree) and thank you Twinkie...I am deeply honored.

Newest baby of the fam

2006-08-13T09:32:00.000-07:00

Hey wanted to share w/ y'all exclusive,celfone-only pics of my new baby. It's an english bulldog pup courtesy of Amy Lim and w/ the help of my sis Vickee. Upon seeing "him" yestrday, my wife swooned, and so did my teenagers Nic,Maxx,Frank and Saab. I usually prefer my dogs w/ long snouts, but w/ this baby, I get soft & mushy. And I have to admit I am now a fan of pugs. Here's my lovely wife, Pia, w/ our baby.