Nike VS Adidas

Activity#34(Carlo Fuerte)



Nike and Adidas are sportswear companies whose products are popular around the world.  Over the past 60 years the struggle for the number one sports shoe lives on.  It has raged between two industrial giants, Nike and Adidas.  Some argue that Nike shoes are the best, while others say that Adidas are the future of sports shoes.  Nike claims that they have the style, comfort & durability. Adidas is growing rapidly. Adidas owns Reebok, Taylor Made Golf Company and Rockport. Nike owns Umbro, Hurley, Converse and Cole Haan.
Adidas' motto is "Impossible is nothing." Nike's motto is "Just do it."

Adidas was founded in 1924 by Adolf Dassler (1900-1959), at the age of 20, invented the first pair of shoes with spikes.  Today known as cleats, this innovation soon became world renowned for its impressive traction and durability.  With more than 700 patents on new sports equipment and shoes before his death in 1959, Adidas was able to maintain its number one spot until just recently, with Nike in first place.

Nike is the current leading supplier of all shoes and apparel, Nike was founded in 1964 under the name Blue Ribbon Sports.  Eventually changed to Nike in 1974, the reason for Nike's great success in the shoe industry is due to its original designs and shoe soles.  Producing its first innovative and original design in 1974, called the Waffle Trainer, the company soon

For me I prefer Nike because I like the comfort it gives my feet.

McDonald’s vs Jollibee

Activity#33(Carlo Fuerte)

Wherever to go around the world you can see McDonald’s.  ,It is the world’s largest food service organization. McDonald’s holds more than 40% share of the US fast-food burger market. However, in the Philippines Jollibee dominates the fast food burger market.

 

Jollibee Foods is the king of the burger market in the Philippines. The rivalry between Jollibee and McDonald’s looks like no contest if you look internationally. McDonald’s has more than 31,000 outlets in more than 100 countries out of which 3,000 outlets are in Asia. Jollibee has only 600 outlets and over 50 international outlets. Looking at the numbers Jollibee is just a two percent (2%) of Mc Donalds in terms of outlet.  But despite these numbers, this small Jollibee has humbled the global giant i8n the Philippines.  Jollibee has captured more than 65% share of the hamburger market in the Philippines. This is more than half of the fast-food market as a whole and about twice McDonald’s sales in the country. Its revenues are growing rapidly and profitably. They claim that they are the undisputed leader of the fast-food market in the Philippines.

Their secret is Smart Niching. Jollibee concentrates on serving the unique tastes of Filipino consumers whereas McDonald’s exports largely standardized fare to consumers around the world.

CANON VS NIKON DSLR

Activity#32(Carlo Fuerte)

Which is a good brand Canon or Nikon? This is the most common question that consumers will be asking when buying or comparing digital SLR cameras.

Canon & Nikon were the first company to make the leap from film photography to digital photography.  The initial presence in the market makes them the dominant market players.  Today Canon and Nikon constantly battle for the top spot in the SLR market, while Olympus, Pentax and Sony dunku it out for the third position.  If you are a photographer by profession or serious hobbyist you will notice that if there will be a release of a new technology or upgrade of equipment by either Canon or Nikon the other will also release its own version of the other company.  A new camera designed will award the company a captured niche aspect of the market, thus the opposing company also announces a camera that is competitive or even better than the latest release.  However in photography it’s not just the camera.  The beauty of the pictures is always attributed to camera flash, lightning condition and the maximization of the capability of the camera.  One should know how to use all the functions in the camera to bring out the beauty of the picture. It doesn't really matter what brand of camera you use but how you use it is more important.    

ABS CBN VS GMA 7

Activity#31(Carlo Fuerte) 

The battle for audience share continues on between the two networks ABS CBN AND GMA7.  TV5 is getting a share in the ratings after its launch.  But overall they are the giant  local TV network.

                                                                    

Back in time GMA7 is in its 62th year in the industry and ABS CBN restored its power after the People Power way back 1986.  Each station has their own strategy to win the battle of audiences.   Each station got their talents through discovery of stars through different reality shows, they pirate talents from each other’s network station depending on the price offered to the talents.  The unending claims of copying each other is always an issue between rival stations.  Each station has unending show off  of awards granted by different awarding body to show the approval of the audiences throughout the country as well as worldwide.  Nonetheless the bottom line is how they will be able to entertain, inform responsibly and help the viewing public in times of crisis.

Based on Kantar media data ABS CBN average individual TV rating is 35.8% as against 31.6% for GMA 7.  These are number corresponding to their performance but for me ABS CBN continuously shine in the entertainment world.  Considering that ABS CBN has more talents than GMA 7.  In area of news both station is at par and their consistency of giving the on time & accurate report is their battleship.  Each has the a very good set of news anchor at their own rights and credibility. 

We can never say whose the best but I can say is that the competition between them makes them improve their service to the Filipino viewers.   

   

Cheesecake ^_^

Activity#30(Carlo Fuerte)


There are different kinds of cheesecake there's the regular humble cheesecake and there's also the OREO Cheesecake. These two are my favorite kind of Cheesecake. Do you know what cheesecake is made of ?

Cheesecake is a dessert consisting of a topping made of soft, fresh cheese, usually on a crust or base made from biscuit (such as a graham cracker crust), pastry or sponge cake. They may be baked or unbaked. Cheesecakes are usually sweetened with sugar and may be flavored or topped with fruit, nuts, fruit sauce and/or chocolate.  







While on the other hand,is a proven crowd pleaser that works for holidays or family gatherings. This recipe uses Oreo brand cookies, but any chocolate sandwich cookie can be substituted. Constructing this piece of art is a two-day process and takes approximately 13-14 hours to complete. Although time consuming, the taste is well worth the wait.




I really love cheesecake because of  comfort food. Which means that food prepared traditionally, that may have a nostalgic or sentimental appeal, or simply provide an easy-to-eat, easy-to-digest meal rich in calories, nutrients, or both. Comfort foods may be foods that have a nostalgic element either to an individual or a specific culture. Many comfort foods are flavorful and easily eaten, having soft consistencies.

Gadgets

Activity#29(Carlo Fuerte)


Now a days people are sooo techie and have more than one gadget on hand. 

There are iPads,iPhones,Tablets and even SLR's theses are just a fraction of the gadgets we have available in the market for consumers to enjoy. Gadgets are a small technological object such as a device or an appliance that has a particular function, but is often thought of as anovelty . Gadgets are invariably considered to be more unusually or cleverly designed than normal technological objects at the time of their invention. Gadgets are sometimes also referred to as gizmos. Personally I have a few of those gadgets which I really enjoy using. I have an iPod, iTouch and an DSLR. I use my iPod and iTouch for playing music but the only differences is that the iTouch can store all kind of useful applications like Nike+ and Photoshop.  




My favorite gadget among the three is my DSLR because I have a passion for Photography and it brings out the my creative side.   Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. Typically, a lens is used to focus the light reflected or emitted from objects into a real image on the light-sensitive surface inside a camera during a timed exposure. The result in an electronic image sensor is an electrical charge at each pixel, which is electronically processed and stored in adigital image file for subsequent display or processing. The result in a photographic emulsion is an invisible latent image, which is later chemically developed into a visible image, either negative or positive depending on the purpose of the photographic material and the method of processing. A negative image on film is traditionally used to photographically create a positive image on a paper base, known as a print, either by using an enlarger or by contact printing.

Favorite Cartoon Character

Activity#28(Carlo Fuerte)


Cartoons, what's the first thing that comes to your mind ? To other people it might be Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, or Goofy. But for me my favorite cartoon character is Timmy Turner.


Timmy Turner is an American 10-year-old kid from a middle class family and the main protagonist of the series Fairly OddParents. Timmy was born in  1997, wears a pink cap, and has noticeable buck teeth. His parents are rarely present and take little interest in his activities, which makes it easy for him to conceal the existence of his fairy godparents Cosmo and Wanda. He wishes for nearly everything he wants, consequently causing unintentional havoc on many occasions. In the episode "Wishing Well," this habit of perpetually depending on the almost omnipotent magical energy of his godparents had been shown to drain him of the essential skills he needed to care for himself, leading Jorgen Von Strangle to send him to wishing rehab in order to teach him, along with two other children by the names of Molly and Dwight, how to rely on his own natural skills when put into every day situations. Timmy generally has good intentions, but has a tendency to be selfish and obstinate at times. He is commonly portrayed as having short attention span, and earns failing grades at school, although this seems to be primarily due to his childish disinterest in academic achievement, as well as Denzel Crocker's severe hatred for him. Throughout the series he goes under a variety of alter-egos, with one of the most common being the superhero and Crimson Chin sidekick "Cleft, the Boy Chin Wonder." In "Fairly OddBaby", Timmy wishes for a baby god-brother to please his god parents, causing Comso to magically conceive Poof, thus fulfilling their need to have a child of their own. In the Wishology Trilogy, Timmy is revealed to be the one to defeat the Darkness. In the end, Timmy becomes friends with the Darkness, who had only been wanting a friend. In a season six episode, Timmy finally celebrates his 11th birthday. In "Timmy's Secret Wish", he secretly wished that everyone would stop aging so he could stay ten years old forever and keep his fairies. Cosmo doesn't remember granting Timmy that wishes because Timmy wished that Cosmo forgets about it; he made that wish 50 years ago.