#binky kong

[orsonzedd]

Did the Donkey Kong family tree. It's completely accurate and if you think differently it's because you're wrong and therefore evil.

[veritasrose]

Wrex was running around with his Kong binky earlier and it was too cute to ignore

[yeonchi]

Kisekae Insights #36: Adapting the Rangers and Riders

This is Part 2 of the introduction to Gokaiger and Decade covering what Super Sentai teams and Kamen Riders have been adapted for both series. Keep in mind that this doesn't cover every new Kamen Rider or Rider forms that made their debut in Japan post-2015 – these will come in later instalments covering later series.

As a short rule of thumb, I only adapted all Sentai teams between Dekaranger and Zyuohger along with some teams post-Zyuranger, while all Heisei Kamen Riders up to Drive were adapted before expanding to Ghost and later Ex-Aid, Build and Zi-O. Showa elements making a reappearance in the Heisei era have been cut.

Anyway, we'll get right into it after the break.

The Superhero Project

My version of Gokaiger is probably the closest you will get to an adaptation of ToQger and Zyuohger for various reasons, such as trains not being as profound in the West or dinosaurs and ninjas being more marketable as gimmicks. Go-Busters was almost in that category until Power Rangers Beast Morphers was announced to be adapting that series. I am aware that ToQger and Zyuohger generals have appeared in Power Rangers series, but it’s not exactly a full adaptation per se.

The Power Rangers of this series are all grouped under UNIT’s Superhero Project. The scope of Super Sentai teams adapted range from the Dekarangers to Zyuohgers, along with the Zyurangers, Kakurangers, Ohrangers and Hurricanegers. The TV movie special also introduces three Ancient Ranger teams, namely the Gorengers, JAKQ and Dairangers (because the Showa era is practically ancient history for me lmao).

The only teams who have Megazords are the Gokaigers and teams whose Zord summoning/combining commands are explicitly integrated into their equipment, that is, their morphers have buttons to summon/combine their Zords. Those teams are the Boukengers, ToQgers, Ninningers and Zyuohgers.

The names, morphing calls and equipment voices follow those of the Super Sentai, with the addition of the “It’s morphin time!” pre-call. There is an exception here for the ToQgers’ equipment voices due to their nature and the Megazords for the Gokaigers, ToQgers and Ninningers. In the case of the ToQgers, I made (and remade) a post speculating what a ToQger adaptation would be like with names and all; their equipment would be voiced by Cheri Chan Yu-yan (陳如茵), the voice of Hong Kong’s MTR. As for the Ninningers’ Megazord names, they are named in the vein of “Shuriken Megazord” to differentiate them from the names in Power Rangers Ninja Steel, which was airing at the time.

The first wave of the Superhero Project, namely the Gekirangers, Go-Ongers, Shinkengers, Goseigers and Zyuohgers, are made up of members from Girl Power, who were antagonists prior to Series 10. The Go-Ongers don’t have Engine Souls, but they have generic Cell Chips to morph and power up their weapons.

The Magirangers are Takumi Kamijō’s team at Torchwood Pleiades, also known as the magical girls of Mitakihara. The Boukengers are the girls of the Light Music Club and the Kyoryugers are the Lucky Stars of Saitama. The Go-Busters are a separate team based at UNIT NZ in Auckland as an allusion to Power Rangers being produced in New Zealand, at least until this year. That team is listed in the Lucky Star instalment where I also covered the Kyoryugers, while two of the Rangers (and their commander) are detailed in #25.

The Zyurangers (with Kibaranger), Kakurangers, Gouraigers and Ninningers are made up of characters from Arthur as follows:

Arthur Read (AkaNinger)

Brain (AoNinger)

Buster Baxter (KiNinger)

D.W. Read (ShiroNinger)

Muffy Crosswire (MomoNinger)

Kinji Takigawa (StarNinger)

Binky Barnes (TyrannoRanger)

Rattles (MammothRanger)

Slink (TriceraRanger)

Molly MacDonald (TigerRanger)

Prunella Deegan (PteraRanger)

Nigel Ratburn (DragonRanger)

Bud Compson (KibaRanger)

George Lundgren (NinjaRed)

Francine Frensky (NinjaWhite)

Ladonna Compson (NinjaBlue)

Sue Ellen Armstrong (NinjaYellow)

Fern Walters (NinjaBlack)

Timmy Tibble (KuwagaRaiger)

Tommy Tibble (KabutoRaiger)

Cameron Watanabe (Shurikenger)

The Hurricanegers are a bit of a special case here as they appeared on Decade as Kamen Riders, but they are considered a Ranger team as well, particularly post-series, and their Gokai Changes are also used. It’s just that they never appear alongside the Gouraigers.

The Ohrangers, Dekarangers and ToQgers are teams made up of original characters, though they barely serve any purpose or have any development. Like Kinji Takigawa was with the Ninningers in this series, Sir Topham Hatt is KingRanger while Akira Nijino is ToQ 6gou. This was done as part of a special guest feature for the series, with Kinji and Akira’s actors reprising their roles in this adaptation. The Ohrangers and ToQgers are based on the Island of Sodor as a tribute to Thomas the Tank Engine.

The Gorengers, JAKQ and Dairangers were a spur-of-the-moment addition made for the TV movie. Aside from Sammy J and Randy Feltface for RyuuRanger and ShishiRanger, the rest of those teams were played by the casts of Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell and The Checkout, both being satirical comedy programmes broadcast on the ABC.

Kamen Rider Project

Originally known as Project Decade, the Kamen Rider Project is something I put a lot of heart into as it became something I preferred over Super Sentai or Power Rangers. Unlike the Superhero Project Power Rangers which were entirely developed by UNIT, various Kamen Riders were made by different organisations including UNIT, with Decade as their unifying mascot Rider.

The scope of my Kamen Rider adaptation covers the entire Heisei Kamen Rider era with some changes. For fear of scope creep I had no intention to include Showa elements, with the exception of Dai-Shocker and the Shocker Combatmen for the series only.

The Nine Riders of my Decade adaptation are different to the Nine Riders of the original series:

Original: Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, Faiz, Blade, Hibiki, Kabuto, Den-O, Kiva

Adaptation: Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, W, Blade, Ninja, Magica, Shugo, Drive

Originally, the plan was to create original Riders or adapt the Riders and give them new names for the adaptation. In the end, I decided to adapt the Riders with their original names because of footage reasons, plus I didn’t think it was respectful to the original Riders to just change their names like that. A number of original Riders did make it through to the series for reasons that I'll explain now.

At first I didn’t want to adapt Hibiki, then I changed my mind after seeing how interesting it was and how I could stuff a lot of Riders into the series thanks to the many Oni featured. My first impression of Faiz and Kabuto was that they were villainous Riders, probably because of their nature (Faiz being an Orphnoch or Smart Brain/ZECT being villainous organisations), so I classed them and Hibiki as Narutaki’s minions in the series. The idea of Hibiki being a Rider but not exactly a Rider in the way they transform and fight was used to create Kamen Rider Magica, a Rider influenced by Madoka Magica and GARO.

My decision not to adapt Den-O was basically “Why do we need the Den-Liner when we already have the TARDIS”, plus the Taros are pretty overrated characters, especially Momotaros, who has reappeared practically every year in the 14 years since the series ended (plus it’d cost us money to hire voice actors lol). As for Kiva, I wasn’t entirely with the idea of a vampire Kamen Rider, so elements from it and Den-O were mixed to create Kamen Rider Shugo - a Rider resembling Den-O but using unique weapons in each form like Kiva instead of a weapon in different modes (DenGasher).

Kamen Rider Ninja, another original Rider, is HurricaneRed, Hikaru Azuma, an autistic boy from the manga With the Light. His sister, Kanon, and their friend, Moe Nakajima, are HurricaneBlue and Yellow respectively; while they are summonable by Diend, they were not considered Riders or given Rider names until their reappearance in Kamen Rider Zi-O, at which point they were called Kamen Rider Mizuna (ミズナ/水波) and Kamen Rider Okachi (オカチ/陸地). Kamen Rider Shinobi ain’t got nothing on Ninja lmao.

In summary, Faiz, Hibiki and Kabuto's places as part of the Nine Riders were replaced by Ninja, W and Drive, while Den-O and Kiva were replaced by Magica and Shugo for the entire adaptation. To put my original Riders in context with the rest of the lineup, here is a sneak peek of Decade’s original Extra Final Form, Ultimate Complete Form, with its activation sequence:

Ultimate: Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, Faiz, Blade, Ninja, Hibiki, Magica, Kabuto, Shugo, W, OOO, Fourze, Wizard, Gaim, Drive

OOO, Fourze and Wizard made cameo appearances in the TV movie special before appearing in the New Worlds Arc. Ghost wouldn’t appear until the Age of Riders movie trilogy, but he made cameo appearances in the TV movie special and the final episode.

I've covered a number of Rider groups in previous instalments of this series, so I won't go into full details about them. Here’s a quick list of them:

Kuuga: #7

Salacian Riders (Agito/Ryuki/Hibiki/Amazons et al.): #11

Blade: #17

Magica: #19

Shugo: #25

Fourze/Wizard: #32

Instead, I'll just cover the Rider groups we haven't covered before now.

Faiz: Kamen Rider Faiz is a pig named Old Major (named after the character in Animal Farm) who became a bipedal humanoid thanks to the power of the Faiz Gear granted to him from an animal activist group called Food Chain Breakers (FCB) when they saved him from the slaughter. Kaixa and Delta’s users are from a mercenary group who is an enemy to the FCB.

The Orphnochs in this series are actually evolved Sandmen from those seen in the Doctor Who episode Sleep No More, being able to take on monster forms and disguise themselves as humans.

Kabuto: The users of the Kabuto and Gatack Zecters, Tommy Cooper and Kyle Bonlin, are members of the New Tongmenghui, a successor to the original group that fought for children’s rights and the overthrowing of oppressive parents. The Hopper Riders, aka the Hells Brothers, Daniel and Nathan Trindall, are of unknown affiliation. As for TheBee, Drake and Sasword, they were given to Salacians Lorah, Hugo and Tata when they joined Narutaki.

The Worms are a splinter species of the Zygons; when their home world was destroyed in the Time War, half of the Zygons managed to escape while the other half were mutated into Worms. They retained their ability to mimic humans while also gaining the ability to moult into monstrous forms and Clock Up into super speeds.

W:

“Are you thinking what I’m thinking, B1?” “I think I am, B2…” “It’s morphin’ time!”

For the series, I had planned to make some Rider showcase posters (from existing art), however I only ended up making two. W is one of them and the other one is for Gaim.

Double’s users are B1 and B2, respectively comprising the mind and body portions of the two-in-one Kamen Rider. Double (along with Skull) was the only Rider from W to be adapted into Decade, with said Rider replacing Faiz as part of the Nine Riders. Accel was not adapted because I didn't like the idea of him turning into a bike; due to footage reasons in Zi-O, Accel was introduced in Soulbound Series 4, with its user being a member of the former Girl Power who is also in a relationship with Narutaki.

OOO: The user of the OOO Driver is another member of the former Girl Power, whose counterpart in the TV Movie Special was Gaim, reflecting previous plans for said movie. Additionally, he has a dream world counterpart dark Rider whose form uses Putotyra Combo. Soulbound Series 4 would feature the debut of the new Combos of the CSM OOO Driver, along with Super Tatoba Combo and the original Yadopangaru Combo (Yadokari/Hermit Crab, Panda, Kangaroo).

Birth's user is another member of the former Girl Power whose dream world counterpart dark Rider transformed into Kamen Rider Skull. His upgrade form, Birth X, would make its debut in the post-Zi-O specials.

Aqua and Poseidon were also introduced due to footage reasons for Zi-O, but Aqua was replaced with another Rider in the end. See #20 for more details.

Gaim: The main Riders of Gaim are Morgan, Amy, Lulu and Rat in a Hat, taking on the armours for Gaim, Baron, Ryugen and Zangetsu respectively. The Genesis Driver users, Duke, Sigurd, Marika and Zangetsu Shin, are Narutaki, Topsy the Kangaroo, Melanie Yang and Rat in a Hat.

Duke's armour was originally used by Tsukasa Amakawa of Torchwood North before it was stolen by Narutaki for her own use. The armour would then be passed onto Akari Ichigo after she decided to become Gold Drive following a period of interchanged use.

All the equipment for the Gaim Riders came from another universe where more Lockseeds were in use. But how did they get to our universe in the first place? The question will be answered eventually…

Drive: Drive's user is Shinnosuke Tomari thanks to a guest appearance from Ryōma Takeuchi. However, due to Takeuchi's popularity in Japan, Shinnosuke was replaced by Akari's cousin and former Girl Power/Kurayami Alliance leader Daniel from Soulbound Series 4.

Mach's user is Akari's little brother Michael. He is the only Drive Rider who isn't replaced following his debut.

Mr Carburettor was Mashin Chaser before Flash would later take on his mantle as Kamen Rider Chaser. You will find out how it happened when I get to it.

This has been the introduction to my version of Gokaiger and Decade. From the next instalment, we’ll begin diving into Gokaiger and seeing how I would do it better than Super Megaforce.

[frankpalacios]

Lo que importa es la diversión, no el color... aunque los perros distinguen más entre los colores fríos que los cálidos (y no en blanco y negro colon se decía), pero ¿Quién dice no a un "pupete para tú"? #kong #puppy #binkie #friday #partyhard #pupete #minions #Totoro #thedog #jackrussellterrier

[niazha16]

Appreciation post for every black women wrestler

[adventurepunks]

Munday meme

Stolen from @peatchy

nicknames: Binkie, meow meow, wifey, Elmo

zodiac: Scorpio.

height: 6 ft 2

timezone: gmt +1

Sexuality (if comfortable): LesBeHonest yall know already.

favorite band / artist: Queen.

song stuck in my head: nothing at the moment

last movie i saw: Godzilla vs Kong

last thing i googled: A Japanese mayo brand

do i get asks on the blog: occasionally

following: 37

followers: none your bees knees

average amount of sleep: six ish hours

what i’m wearing: about to get in my comfies

dream job: already have it :D

dream trip: Singapore, Mediterranean, Japan and Iceland

favorite food: All of it in my mouth

play any instruments: ish

eye color: brown ish

hair color: brown ish

languages you speak: French, English, a touch of Flammish/Dutch, a touch of Italian

most iconic song:pass

random fact: Hippo milk is pink.

describe yourself as aesthetic things: I refer to myself as an aspiring floppy titty bog witch.

[natalie1196]

Clyde and Wesson with their new Kong Brand Binkies

[chemicaljacketslut]

i gave my dog a little treat in a little treat thingy

[id: little treat thingy, aka pink kong puppy binkie]

& he likes to jump up on the ottoman and feel tall while he’s trying to get the treat out. except he is clumsy and keeps dropping the little treat thingy and then staring at it so, so miserably, so pitifully, like he is just a little orphan boy who has just dropped his last penny into the gutter, until i pick it up for him. this happens about every 20 seconds or so

[id: my dog staring longingly at the little treat thingy which he has just accidentally knocked onto the floor. in the background is a pink pig dog toy that he has decapitated]

[studylustre]

Hi Carol, things are not going well these past few weeks and I try to stay positive but it's hard and I'm scared about the future.. If it's not too much to ask for can you maybe tell me things that you like and make you happy? like your favourite song, quote, food or make up? Thank you💕

hi lovely!! i’m sorry to hear that ur not doing great. i hope things get a little easier for u soon and life is kinder to u. until then, have a virtual hug and read through this list of random things that make me happy!! i hope it helps ✨

• my rabbit snoopy likes to watch pokemon. whenever we put it on, he stops whatever he’s doing, jumps on the couch and sits to watch!!• snoopy hates all other rabbits but his best friend is a samoyed called simba!! also, fun fact about simba: if u say “beep beep” to him, he moves out of the way• when rabbits are happy, they do happy jumps!! they’re called “binkies”• when rabbits are upset with u, they turn away from u and refuse to look at u ahdkshdk. whenever snoopy does this, i have to give him some banana slices and at least five mins worth of head pats to cheer him up again• idk if ur a kpop stan but my fave + the love of my life oh sehun says “ba-ba” instead of “bye bye” and it makes me so soft and emo every time i remember. I LOVE HIM• CATS!!! EXIST!!!! u know what’s a peak human experience?? when there’s a cat on ur lap and they do that kneading thing with their paws on ur legs. i’m crying tears of joy at the thought• other things that make me happy and hopefully will make u happy too: the smell of baked goods (i want my house to smell of freshly baked banana bread + cookies at all times tbh), green tea with honey, cherry blossoms, making pancakes for breakfast on a lazy sunday morning, sunsets, exo, CATS, penguins (the way they walk makes me so happy i’m so glad i exist at the same time as penguins), the concept of love + falling in love, fresh bedsheets, laughing with friends until your stomach hurts, inside jokes• fave makeup items atm: charlotte tilbury’s lipstick in “walk of shame”, colourpop blush in aphrodite, glossier’s haloscope in quartz, glossier’s lipgloss• fave skincare items atm: hello farmer water sun cream, the ordinary’s 2% retinoid in squalane, laneige water sleeping pack• my fave foods of all time: sushi, unadon, ramen, mochi, chicken katsu curry, oyakadon (can u tell japanese food is my fave cuisine??), mapo tofu, banana bread, bubble waffles (the og hong kong street food ones though, none of that ice cream nonsense), matcha soft serve ice cream, hot stone 비빔밥• FUN FACT did u know that elephants think humans are cute???? they have the same brain activity as humans when we see a puppy!!• fave songs of all time: 90% of exo’s discography (my *ult* faves are they never know, heaven, the eve, xoxo, call me baby, unfair, for you & fall), autumn leaves/love is not over/serendipity/dimple (all by bts), half moon by dean• random fact about me that might make u laugh lmao: i cry every time i watch penguin documentaries/TALK about penguins bc i love them so much i get too emotional and i deadass start crying

[sweet-viper]

It was late at night, I as lonely as anywoman would feel. so I decided to ease my loneliness by taking a hot bath. I set the tub up with the nice warm hot feeling of the water at the right temperature. As I pour in bubble bath soap and my daily moisture to mix in with the water, I turned to my phone and I started playing some music. I felt like listening to Drake and the candles were burning all over the bathroom. As relaxing as it became I had a text message and so I answered it. It was the man I love wanting to see and know what I'm doing. I told him "come over and find out" and his reply was "almost out of work, I'll be home in 15 minutes depending on the traffic." As I read that text I felt he need more help to want to come home even more later so with bubbles covering from head to toe I sent a few pictures to him and as fast as I sent those pictures he replies "I'll be there in 5!" I couldn't wait I got up and out and I got ready for him to walk in and take over me with his love and with the seduction I couldn't help but to tease him with....I went and I couldn't help but put on my new outfit I bought two days ago. A beautiful set with his favorite colors of black, blue and purple. It was as thin as a binki would be on my double D's and around my waist/ hips. I first put on the bra like top and then the bottoms but then I didn't stop there. I slipped on a silky, soft skirt the attach to my fishnets. I put my 4" heels on and burnt more candles all over our place. I know how he would be after everything that he did today so I left he's food in the over on low heat and I resetted a new bath but only halfway. I laid there waiting and suddenly I heard the door open and close. He was finally home and he was very surprised to what I had done to our place. As he opened our bedroom door I found myself licking a lollipop and still fixing up everything for him. I was bent over the bed and he zipped down and immediately took control. The way he worked that tounge of his, I came wetter then anything. I must if cam about 6 times. He treated the treat as dessert and than as dinner. He didn't stop for 2-3 hours just continuous eating but he stopped. Oh how I finally could breathe but then I lost complete control as he entered me. Oh how he spread my legs wide open and pounded me into over orgasm. I felt so in love with him going rough. Neither one of us stopped to breathe we kept going until the next evening. I was so lucky that this man didn't work at all the next day. We was in overall in another world because we forgot everything we had to do with the plans we had in motion. This man had me in all fucking positions. I believed we fucked everywhere in our place. I couldn't move at all. 24 hours straight of fucking the man that love me and I him I was taken by surprised on how long we fucked. We finally stopped and went to do the errands we had planned earlier that day. Now I don't know about you but this man had the next 3 days off and I hardly could fucking stand. The way his lips just touch every sensitive parts of my body I quivered at each touch I felt like floating on air even though I couldn't breathe. this man had me twist, turnt and most of all he had me and all the right places. I never knew that I could actually do the flexible positions until that moment. Oh how he was so rough but good as the evening Breeze came through the window. all I wanted to do never leave but then we did bath and then in the shower. hell I couldn't stop I felt like driving all night he brought out my wideside. This time was more than just a cowboy he was just right. he was an animal to the touch oh how he had me moaning and groaning so loud that even the neighbors got excited it was too good it didn't stop the next thing we heard knock on the door. It was for Neighbors from next door, they asked if we can make it a little more louder because it was making their sex life more interesting and more attractive, they could not get enough of what they heard in our house. how he did it three times harder oh how it felt like I was doing King Kong. #OriginalWrittenByMe

[shoopingtagswords]

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[an-avocado-abroad-blog]

All hail Binky Tsang

It was great to see Binky, really great but my heart just wasn't in GZ. 

She was my only motivation to go. We could have met at a Starbucks or a HeyTea on the Shenzhen border and then I could have returned home.

The whole time I was in GZ I was thinking about Hong Kong.

I was beyond any healthy point of exhaustion and angry at the world for dragging me back to the Mainland.

I missed my friends in HK and it's genuine hilarity and how I felt happy there. GZ was too big and too new and too false and too much of everything.

I had planned my escape the minute I arrived.

I was exhausted, drained, extremely fed up, angsty.

All the emotions you don't want to feel whilst travelling.

I left a day earlier than the others. I felt it was the right decision to make. 

It also gave me my first experience of travelling from China to HK alone, a real test of independence. 

My memories of GZ won't be negative, far from it. I will always remember the hospitality Binky and her parents showed us, showering us with gifts and home cooked food and taking us out to a very expensive family style restaurant where we eat scallops and sashimi bathed in lethal wasabi. 

This is what I will remember. 

I hope one day I will be able to return the kindness back in London because I miss her already.

[omcik-blog]

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High-flying strategists at big banks are suddenly playing musical chairs

Three months into the new year, some of Wall Street’s top firms have reshuffled their leading stock strategists.

Jim Paulsen decided to retire from his role as chief investment strategist at Wells Capital Management, effective May 22, the company said Wednesday. Paulsen has been at Wells Fargo for 20 years.

His departure follows similar moves in the industry. In mid-February, Adam Parker left his position as U.S. equity strategist at Morgan Stanley to become director of quantitative strategy at hedge fund Eminence Capital.

Morgan Stanley named Mike Wilson, chief investment officer at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, to take on the additional position of chief U.S. equity strategist in Parker’s place.

At Deutsche Bank in early January, David Bianco moved from his role as U.S. equity strategist to become Deutsche Asset Management’s chief investment strategist for the Americas and head of equities in the U.S. Binky Chadha, chief global strategist at Deutsche Bank, now provides the firm’s U.S. stock market outlook. He had previously been the firm’s top U.S. equity strategist.

Barclays also said earlier this year that Jonathan Glionna, its head of U.S. equity strategy research, has left the firm. Global Equity Research Strategist Keith Parker now publishes Barclays’ S&P 500 forecast.

The strategist changes come as Wall Street’s research industry finds itself in a more challenging situation thanks to increased regulation and lower profits. The number of investment bank research analysts has fallen by one-tenth since 2012, the Financial Times reported last month, citing data from Coalition.

At the end of February, Hong Kong-based CLSA closed its equity research offices in the U.S., partly due to declining payment for that research, a spokesperson told Reuters. The firm plans to launch fixed-income services in the U.S. this year, however.

Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank did not immediately respond to CNBC requests for comment. Barclays had no comment.

— CNBC’s Patti Domm and Reuters contributed to this report.

[lyssamaelacuesta-blog]

February 14, 2017

Happy  Valentines day!!

 Hmmpp ngayon wala masyadong ganap kasi wala si sir mikko pati si ms. Dianne wala din pati si lei at enzo sadlyp.

 Dalawa lang kami ni Ms. Binky and intern na ko today. Physical labor po hahaha naglagay ako ng stickers na may name ng school sa mga TV and Speakers na ipapadala sa Leyte. Mej mabigay yung mga equipments pero keri lang atleast nakatulong ako sa mga bat yieeee!!!!

 Afternoon dumating si Ms

. Rina may ari ng KCH kasama si Sir Mikko but still pinagpaalam daw ako ni Ms. Binky hahaha so yun. Nagedit ako ng mga letters para dun sa TV tas pagkatapos nun wala na kong ginawa hahaha.

 Nameet na namin si Ms. Tin head ng internship program and malapit na kami magka ID yay!