Now this is one cool video: a real-time video of a shuttle launch as captured by a camera atop the shuttle. It's scary how you can go all the way up there in the upper atmosphere in just two minutes. But at the same time one can't help but stare in amazement at how the landscape quickly shrinks as the shuttle pulls away, clouds eventually dotting the view. And then there's the shadow of the exhaust trail. Whoa!
The television set at the McDonald's restaurant today was tuned in to a popular noontime game and variety show. The scene shown on the screen was very typical of noontime shows here: the host quizzing contestants while in the background were several skimpily clad ladies dancing as if they were in a bar. What I can't understand is why all these game shows are widely advertised as "para sa buong pamilya" (for the whole family) when you have ladies so obviously dressed and behaving inappropriately. Would any conscientious parent invite ladies dressed like that to dance at their child's birthday party?
