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The stage is set for the final episode of The Amazing Race Asia 3 and it’s an exciting one! Almost eliminated twice in the race, can Ida and Tania sustain their lead to win it all? Will Geoff and Tish’s lack of good chemistry ruin their chance to be 1st? Can Sam and Vince catch up despite their 4-hour penalty?

Read on and find out.

Still in Muscat, Oman

Ida and Tania left the pit stop at 5:42 AM with Geoff and Tish trailing behind by ten minutes. Their first task is to drive to the Office of the Governorate of Muscat.

Upon reaching the site, they encountered an Hours of Operation for 8 AM. Not a problem since Sam and Vince are still hours behind.

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As of this writing we’ve got 3 more hours before the final episode of TARA3 begins. Battling for the $100k are Ida and Tania (Malaysia), Geoff and Tish (Philippines) and Sam and Vince (Hong Kong). I can’t wait!! I really hope Team Philippines will win this time after almost winning it last season.

Think TARA will give an opportunity for Sam and Vince to catch up or would they really fall far behind with their 4-hour penalty? Whatever happens all 3 teams are winners in my book especially Ida and Tania. They are the most unexpected to reach the final leg among the 3 teams but here they are and at 1st place.

Time to go! Check back here for the recap tonight (give me about 2 hours to writei it). I’m sure this is gonna be an exciting finale.

TARA 3 Final Episode Recap

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If your site is located on a paid hosting, I would like know how much bandwidth per month your site is consuming. Most hosting services offer 3-5GB for its basic plan (mine is only 3GB) and I thought that was enough for a small blog such as mine.

But last month, I almost reached my 3GB limit. Now, just halfway through the month I’m already consuming more than 2GB bandwidth with an average of almost 700 hits per day. Is that normal for such number of hits? I don’t have any hosted video or audio on my site, just text and small images.

I don’t know if there’s a way to optimize my site (already have super cache plugin installed) that would really make any difference or if the only option I have is to upgrade.

How about you? How much bandwidth is your site consuming and what’s your daily average hits (not visitors)? This is available through your cpanel account. Most hosting companies have a cpanel for their customers.

Please leave a comment if you can. If I could get an idea on what’s normal then I can make a better decision whether to fix or upgrade. I should’ve look for plans that offer unlimited bandwidth. Sigh.

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Got orders from the doctor to avoid dairy products lest I want to suffer from stomach aches every time I eat a lot. This got me thinking, what food are considered dairy products? Milk is the first thing that comes into mind.

When you hear of dairy farm you would think of cows. So how about goat’s milk or milk coming from other animals? Or how about soy milk? What about meat products coming from cows? Are they also considered dairy product?

Well after a bit of research, here are popular dairy products that I should avoid (unwillingly):

• Milk coming from mammals. This includes evaporated, condensed, and powdered milk. No more cereals for me but I’ll try to use soy milk instead.
• Cream. There goes most of my dessert favorites.
• Butter. No more buttered food. Sigh.
• Cheese. Pizza? Pasta without cheese?
• Yogurt and Ice Cream. So I’d stick with halo-halo? Oh wait, you also need milk for that.

Since milk is a rich source of calcium, I have to get my dosage from other sources including calcium supplements. Other food rich in calcium are: orange, broccoli, salmon, shrimps, oysters and nuts.

Or… I could just ignore doctor’s orders and face the consequences like a man. Hehehe.

Interesting read: Can milk cause cancer?

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A few months ago I posted this cool-looking frayed flash drive that was still in production at that time. I really think that it would be a nice gift idea especially this coming Christmas.

Well the Hacked! Flash Drive is now available online but I was expecting it to have a much cheaper price tag. The lowest price I saw is from Pop Deluxe at $45.00 which I think is a bit pricey for a 2GB flash drive so it won’t be something you could easily hand out to your friends.

Slightly more expensive than those cute 1GB Mimobot USB drives which will only set you back $35.

Still looks cool though don’t you think?

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I was able to watch this movie while waiting for a conference call with a client late at night last week.

Burn After Reading is a comedy from the Coen Brothers (No Country for Old Men, Big Lebowski, The Ladykillers) and has some big-name stars like George Clooney, Brad Pitt and John Malkovich. Seems like a very potent brew for a great movie right? Not quite.

Just a brief synopsis. John Malkovich plays Osbourne Cox,  a disgruntled CIA agent who quit his job after being demoted. He decides to write a memoir about his life in CIA which ended up on a CD which in turn ended up on a gym trainer’s hand, Chad, played by Brad Pitt.

Now Chad has this self-conscious colleague, Linda, who is dating Harry (Clooney) who in turn is having an affair with Osbourne’s wife. Chad and Linda wants to return the CD in exchange for some money but was turned down by Osbourne so they decided to sell it to the Russians. Hilarity and violence ensues.

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My wife and I had the privilege to go to these for-bloggers event sponsored by Sky Cable to catch up with their latest offerings.

Anyway, during the Q & A part I asked something about what made me switch to Destiny early this year, them not renewing the bTV channel. I think bTV is one of the major reason why people switched from Sky to Destiny (or get Destiny in conjunction with Sky) at the start of 2008. 

Well for the NBA fans who are stuck with Sky, bTV is back (it’s been back for a couple of weeks already)! But there’s a catch though, the channel is only available on-demand and is not included in any flavor of Sky Cable. I think you also need the DigiBox to avail of this one.

They say that there’s a P100 additional monthly fee to get the bTV channel.That’s not bad especially if you have Destiny just for the bTV along with your Sky Cable. If you’re a basketball fan and on Sky, you definitely have to get this channel. They even show PBA games as well. You can always stop the service once the NBA season ends.

For prepaid subscribers like me, we have to wait until they decide to have the channel available to us but they’re already working on the details. For now, I’m still stuck with Destiny.

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