April 20th Entry: Lululemon Accessory Commentary 🍋

GuuzakaTube                                                                                                  2018-04-20

April 20th Entry: Lululemon Accessory Commentary 🍋

Allow me to make an honest confession before we proceed to commenting on some of LuLulemon's accessories: Up until some point in 2018 or maybe 2017, I wasn't aware that Lululemon actually sells more than just cult exercise ---- AHEM! Yoga clothes for women. 😶 Seriously, that's all I thought of it until recently. 😅 So! Today, I shall go take a look at 10 of their accessories for the sake of commentary and discussion: 5 for women and 5 for men. Now why am I discussing this in the 1st place? Because it's what I do sometimes. Oh, yes! I should also mention that they also have a thriving YouTube channel with 47,764 subscribers. So if you're really into this brand, you can check it out. Because it's my first time discovering it, I can't tell you what their videos are like. Now enough with the rambling and on with the accessories! 

👉🏾All images belong to Lululemon Athletica.

Commission Hat - Ao-Zome Battleship True Navy

The Commission Hat looks horribly boring in the other colours, so this one is its best look in my opinion. Even then, it still looks underwhelming. I do prefer fitted hats, but they are no good for active workouts. 

Lightspeed Run Hat - Tiger Camo Multi Blue

Now this is something that I'd actually wear! The Lightspeed Run Hat looks really cool in this colour, and you'd probably like it too. Despite being described as "Tiger camo" it looks more like stylized blue clouds to me.

Metal Vent Tech Headband - Dark Royal/Black

The names of the colours for this headband are a little confusing, but whatever. Does it look good? I've honestly never exercised with headbands before, but I can say that this one looks alright. Perhaps the logo could be a little bigger?

Men's TechLoom Phantom Shoe - Burgundy/Parchment

These just look plain great! Love the colours, style, and overall looks of these shoes. The word "Phantom" has me thinking that it may have something to do with their capabilities of glowing in the dark? Not sure about this model, but from what I've seen the other one does. If chosen in green, that is. 

Purist Cycling Water Bottle II - Purist Geometric Logo Persian Blue Blue Glow

A very nice-looking bottle this is. If you're going to plop $18.00 CAD on a 768ml water bottle from Lululemon, you might as well get the one that bears the logo loud and proud. Unless you really don't like big logos, then you may consider their other colours and patterns, but I certainly wouldn't. Now let's go look at some accessories for the ladies! 👑

Dash & Splash Cap

If you're the type of woman that likes your athletic caps breathable and simple, then you'll love this one.If it looks too bland for you (which it honestly does! 😜), then consider the cap below.

Baller Hat Run - Hinshu Alpine White Multi

Now this Baller Hat definitely has much more style, flavour and character than the other vanilla colour hats out there. And if you don't like this particular pattern, there are other nice patterns and colours for the Baller. Particularly, the Moroccan Blue.

Fly Away Tamer Headband II Luxtreme - Spring Bloom Multi

Lululemon does a great job at offering a variety of stylish headbands for you ladies! The Spring Bloom Multi looks the best, but the Tonic Sea colour looks really nice too.

Women's TechLoom Phantom Shoe Glow in the Dark

Glowing, running girls! 😱 Creepy or cool? Well, they only light up in the dark, so you won't be glowing while you workout. Unless you workout in low-light, which probably isn't the safest thing to do. I know some people do run in the night, or at twilight or something, but eh. You could do stretches in the dark, but again, that's ➡🦇🦂🕷🕸🐺. Their green glow reminds me of the Reebok Kamikaze II Mid.

All Zipped Up Pouch - Tie Dye Blue/True Navy

I was going to commentate on a water bottle, until I realized that the water bottles are the same for both men and women on the website. 🤨 So instead, I decided to take a look at the bags for women, and tell you which one I think is one of the coolest for a woman to sport: duh! The one above! 🤣 The use of the blues and whites on this pouch just makes it look awesome. Kind of like stylized frost or even smoke, depending on how you see it. The City Adventurer Backpack is also worth a mention. 

Wrap up

So this has been it for the ever-so-popular Lululemon! 😄🍋 Hope you liked this post and found it useful. Which of the products I discussed did you like the most? The Least? I also hope you weren't reading it while high, since today is dumb 420 day after all. 😒➡🤪🚭

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April 19th Entry: 100th Blog Post! 🎉😄🎊🌠

GuuzakaTube                                                                                                2018-04-18

April 19th Entry: 100th Blog Post! 🎉😄🎊🌠

Yep, according to Blogger, it looks like this entry also happens to be my 100th blog post on this blog. Wow, time surely flies! 🕒🛫 From my very first, weak introductory entry all the way back on Sunday, January 31st, 2016 now up to this one. Will I be doing anything super special for this entry? Admittedly, not really. But what I can say, is that it has indeed been an interesting journey. Not only just on Blogger, but on YouTube and of course real life. Real life has been variable, YouTube mostly bad thanks to their constant stupid, oppressive, sensitive, kiss up changes, while Blogger has been fairly good for the most part. Where do I see this blog going in the near future? 2018 has particularly made it hard to predict the future, but I can say that I plan to continue typing up blog posts that interest me. I would also like to seriously get better at time management and staying focused. 😅😐 For real...

Now on this same day, 7 videos have (or are being) been uploaded to the channel. What's interesting about this batch is that three are videos of the same game, three are unboxings and one is a weekly usual. Read below to get the scoop on them.

Holden Assembly and Buick Riviera Take Home - Asphalt 8

Quite an interesting-looking car, isn't it? Whether or not, it will become a production car in reality is unknown. For those that don't know, you'd be under the impression that this is an all-electric car based on the in-game acceleration sound. The fact that it also requires electric engines to fully pro it, further pushes this belief. However, when I looked into it, this vehicle is apparently a plug-in hybrid. 🤨 Now it makes sense why we saw Championship texts saying things like "engine oiled" and so forth. As for this video itself, there's really not much to it. Just me assembling the Holden Coupe 60, taking the Buick Riviera, and then doing an inventory check before uploading to the crappy Spring 2018 Update. 😰😖😤

Stafford Executive Non-Iron Cotton Pinpoint Oxford Long Sleeve Dress Shirt - Big & Tall

Yep, all of the videos uploaded this week have some pretty darn long titles! 🤣 Hopefully you all are reading and watching from smartphones or computers with large screens. 😏 Anyways! Why did I buy this shirt? Why this colour? Because I wanted to get something a bit different with longer sleeves for an event. I've mentioned the colours that I had, and colours I didn't: pink, brown, yellow and orange. Well, pink can now be officially crossed off of the do-not-have list! 🎯 To be honest, I'm not really sure if I'll ever get a brown dress shirt, but we'll see. Actually, what? why not! 😝 Oh yes, if I haven't stated it already, I can say that I love the feel, looks and presence of a pocket with this Stafford shirt.

Asphalt 8: Spring 2018 Update on Windows Phone

Is it just me? Or have the updates of Asphalt 8 been getting very stinky lately?! 😠 The last update of 2017, the Hot Wheels Update, brought stupid Hot Wheels cars that had no Season 9 or Mastery tracks! And to beat, they were expensive to upgrade! 😵 Then Fall Out Boy comes in 2018, which brought the removal of the 20 daily tokens for completed tasks! The new cars it brought also had extremely poor Mastery rewards: no tokens, no Class Upgrades or even double credits! Instead, they primarily offered lousy blueprint boxes and boosters. Booooooooooooooo! And then much later, a bunch of longtime cars that could be purchased with credits have become token-only! W Motors Lykan HyperSport, Lamborghini Veneno, McLaren 675LT are just a few examples. Many complaints have been made about that over the Internet. Have they changed it with the new Spring 2018 Update? Nope! In fact, they just made it worse! 😠😡 Two of the cars, the Apollo N and Apollo Intensa Emozione, both have token upgrades. Those old cars still have not returned back to normal with their credits prices. But wait, that's not all! A number of other bugs have been introduced too. Server problems, intense lag on Android smartphones, Mastery not opening on Windows Phone, no Mastery Compensation for the Geely GC9, Facebook login errors, and the list goes on. So tell me something: why in the universe are they trying desperately, pathetically hard to get players to spend money on dumb, fake, virtual currency when the game is getting worse?! WHY?! If you ask me, they need to slow down with the updates! Instead of doing six a year, it's high time that they halve it down to 3. It's time to focus on quality instead of quantity. And no, I am not the only one that has suggested this. They are losing their quality edge badly! Nobody with sense is going to throw their money at Gameloft Greedloft to help patch whatever financial struggles they may seemingly be going through. Especially not through token purchases at least. If they need money that badly, there are other non-annoying ways to make money, without sabotaging Asphalt 8's user experience. One obvious thing they can do is sell merchandise. You see a lot of those big YouTubers doing this, so if they haven't thought of it, they should give it a try, and pull tokens out of the game. They've caused enough headaches and complaints from its users. And speaking of "headaches" I could not win the Apollo N, thanks to its token upgrades, and being unable to access Mastery for free Class B upgrades.🤬🤬🤬🤬 Yeah, that's how messed up this update is. Because I wasn't sure if the Championship would be extended for those that decided to download the update later, I decided to give it a shot immediately. Lo and behold, I should have never bothered with it. Oh well. Now that I know that Asphalt 8 is getting worse, but will hopefully get back on track, I will be extra careful with updates like how I used to be. The streak rewards are also pathetic. Waiting 3-4 days before claiming a special box is worse than getting a blueprint or the much yearned for 20 tokens.

Insten Hard Hybrid Plastic Silicone Case with stand for BlackBerry Q10 - Black/Blue

Another case for my BlackBerry Q10! 😁 Though the last case was nice and all, it did not have a kickstand on the main part of the case itself. While I do kind of miss holstering the BlackBerry onto my pocket or belt, I like the better protection and kickstand this one offers. Unlike the kickstand case I use on my Lumia 1520, this case's sliding kickstand mechanism feels like it might break easily. 😬 The slide doesn't feel or look very sturdy. Time well tell. It also slips out of your hand somewhat easily. Negatives aside, all the holes are cut out properly, it looks good and volume keys are easy to use, which wasn't the case with the last case. Pun intended and not intended at the same time.🤣🤗 And a final thing: it's comes on and off easily. A bit of rare trait for a double layered, kickstand-toting case.

Enduro Double Down Glitch - ALL VEHICLES SHOWN!

For real! All 224 vehicles could be seen after the Spring Update in the Enduro Double Down garage of the Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 SV. From the lowly Dodge Dart GT all the way up to the dangerous Devel Sixteen Prototype. I had considerations to roll these Asphalt 8 videos into 1 or 2 videos. I then decided against that, because I felt that it would've caused too much dilution and lack of interest for viewers. You're welcome. 🤗 Even vehicles that had been pulled from the game, such as the RUF Rt 12 S, were visible. You could even upgrade them, too. But as we all know by now, doing this leads to a ban for 14 days! 😵😱🤯😬😰😨😭😖😲 Yeah, so, um, even if they were available to be purchased for credits, I could imagine Gameloft issuing a hefty ban! But seriously though, they really do need to make all these vehicles available for credits, and not tokens! For the special events vehicles, they could just make them 1,000,000 - 5,000,000 credits for a limited time. That way, they can keep their exclusivity without being downright impossible or not worth it, as opposed to the nonsensical 10,000 - 14,000 tokens that they currently roll with. 🤕 You know which cars I'd buy? Quite a bit! BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage, Arash AF10, Aston Martin Vulcan, Audi R8 e-tron Special Edition, Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport and Apollo Intensa Emozione. 

Casual Instrumental Noise Session - Episode #6

If you have no idea what that's supposed to be, then you need to go watch the video! Watch it! 😀 So aside from the use of food in this episode, is there anything that makes it stand out from the other episodes? No. Actually, the 4K resolution and details of the food might make it a tad more unique the previous, but again, nothing super special. 

Waterproof Hiking Shoes High Top Boots Men Trekking Non Slip Outdoor Breathable Walking Climbing Sneakers By Gomnear

When I saw their $69 price tag and somewhat of a lack of an online presence, I had doubts about the quality of these shoes. Luckily, I've actually been able to go out for a walk in them yesterday. I can tell you that they are indeed comfortable, though my feet would've been slightly happier with 33cm/13" as opposed to the 31.75cm/12.5" that these were only available in. They also did not arrive, dirty or used, and were brand new as advertised. "Well shouldn't shoes be brand new if the say they are?" You would think so, right? Countless amounts of times people have ordered things from not only Amazon, but other websites as well, where new items weren't actually new.😠 Not a fun thing to experience. The build quality of these Gonmears also felt sturdy. If these shoes can manage to hold up in the long run, after plenty of walks on gravel, asphalt and dirt, then Gonmear may be able to hold the honour of being a highly affordable, durable, uncommon brand. Until then, we'll see. Perhaps you already own Gonmears and know what the long term reliability is? If so, do comment. You'll not only help me out, but others who had doubts about brands like this as well. We all know brands like Nike, Adidas, Puma, Timberland or Reebok, but certainly not oddities like Gonmear! 🤔

What's Next & Other Ramblings

So wow! It's not only crazy and amazing that this is 100th blog post, but that it also happens to have 3 unboxing videos, and 3 videos of Asphalt 8. I really have learned a lot over the years with Google's subsidiaries. I've also learned and got better at finding and developing my craft. There are a lot of emotions that can be used to describe how I feel about the next coming 100 posts. If the beginning of the post hasn't emphasized it enough, life can be really variable. In both good ways and bad ways. While I haven't talked about the details of my personal life on any of my social media outlets, there's been numerous times where I've described events or situations when necessary. It's no secret that I'm a very confidential man. 🤫 But if you've been watching my videos, reading my blog posts, or viewing my other forms of medium on my other outlets, you should have a very good idea of what type of person I am. And yes, if you've watched certain videos closely enough, or have seen me in-person, in real life, filming some of the outdoor locations, then you should also know what I look like. 🤯

So what's next for the video department? I'm not sure if there's actually going to be any uploads next week. I wanted to focus on various entries and websites I had in mind. If I do decide to shoot some videos, I'd like to try and get something done from the outdoors, as I missed that this week. For now, show some love to last week's videos if you haven't already! 😄💘 Buying a Bunch of Ferraris in Asphalt 8: Airborne, Julie Payette Public School, Jean-Paul II Catholic Elementary School, Staples Turcotte Luxura High Back Executive Chair Unboxing, Casual Instrumental Noise Session  - Episode #5.

To those of you that take the time to read my blog posts: Thank you!

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That's It: First Brief Look

GuuzakaTube                                                                                                  04-13-2018

That's It: First Brief Look

Boy, it's a cloudy, rainy day again in southern Ontario. During the earlier part of the day yesterday, there was a lot of loud thunderings in the sky. Not the case today. Anyways! For this entry, I'm here to take a look at a website called "That's it". I know, that's quite a generic name, and it's funny considering that it doesn't specialize in generic products at all. Quite the opposite actually. I'll take their official blurb from their About Us page and quote it below:

"That's it.® is a snack company dedicated to simple and easy ingredients made from real fruits, veggies, and dark chocolate.

We only use natural, non-GMO fruit and veggies sourced from organic-practicing farms. Our goal is to make eating healthy snacks easy and stress-free. No washing, cutting or peeling required. Plus, we don’t add any preservatives, colors, or try and trick you by adding sugars and renaming them high-fructose syrup. Our products have 5 or fewer ingredients that you can pronounce.

Whether you are headed to the gym or in between work meetings we have a snack for you that you can feel good about.


That's it.® products are non-GMO, vegan, kosher, and gluten-free. We are Paleo certified and Whole30 compliant."

So know you may have a better understanding of why they call themselves That's it: because when you read their simple ingredients, you'll probably be like, "Wow, that's it?" So the name is pretty clever if you ask me. It's refreshing to see a health and diet website that does revolve around all those junky powders, chemical-filled bars and "magical" weight less pills. Those types of products will never be discussed or looked at on my blog. I'm not into pill this, pill that, at all. Now time to take a look at 5 of their products and then comment on them. Oh, before I do that, let me be honest with you by telling you three things:

1. I have not used, or in this case, eaten any of their products up to this date

2. This post is not sponsored. Probably very obvious, as nothing has been sponsored on this blog to date, just in case you may have been under that impression when you see the "Contains affiliate links" at the bottom of each blog post that has been monetized with such links.

3. All images belong to That's it.® and are being used fairly for the purpose of discussion and commentary.

APPLE + APRICOT BITES

Apples, apricots and dark unsweentened chocolate? 😛 Yes! I don't know about you, but apricots taste great in jam, great on their own, so I can just imagine how good they'd taste with apples and chocolate. At 52g, it does look like these packages are probably quite small. As disclosed above, I've never ordered them before, so I might dead wrong on that. They could be larger than what 52 grams may seem.

APPLE + CHERRY BITES

Between the Apple+Cherry versus the Apple+Strawberry combination, I just had to pick this one for my list. Why? Well, duh! It's because it sounds much tastier to me! 😆 Strawberries are sweet and all, but cherries are even punchier. 

APPLE + PEAR + GINGER

So as you can see on the package itself, this is one of their Zest offerings, for self-explanatory reasons. Why eat a zesty bar? Because it can spice up your mood a little, and wake up your taste buds. "No duh! Everybody knows that, GuuzakaTube" And if you literally just said that after reading that sentence, then LOL! 🤣 This combination sounds really good, without being over the top with zestiness. Can you imagine if they used cayenne pepper alongside the ginger?  🔥🤯🤪🔥 Yeah, I think my use of emojis there sums it up.

APPLE + MANGO

Have you noticed something yet? 🍎 Every product they have, save for the not-so-tasting-looking-vegetable bars, all have apple combined with something else. For those that don't know, it's probably to keep costs down. If this entire 35g package were to be made entirely of organic mangoes, it would probably cause it to cost a lot more, as opposed to mixing it partially with a cheaper fruit like an red iPhone 8 plus apple. A lot of companies do this, so That's It certainly isn't the only one that does this. In fact, almost every company does this. That said, pure offering of course exist, but as such, they command a higher price. Detail diving aside, apples and mangoes sound wonderfully good together. They taste great on their own, so why not mash them together and see how you like it?

APPLE + CHERRIES

Another Cherries+Apple recommendation? Why not? Surely, there are other products, but because I'm writing this, I'm only focusing on the things that would interest me, and potentially you, the most. Now unlike the other products I mentioned earlier, this one obviously does not have chocolate in it. So if, for whatever, you don't like dark unsweetned chocolate, then you'll naturally choose something like this over the chocolate-laden version.

Wrap up

So! This has been it for my entry on this healthy snacks website. It does not look like these guys have a YouTube channel, so I couldn't make any notes on that. If you found this entry helpful or have tried any of these products before, comment below and let me know. 😎🍎🍐

Kyocera and CAT: Will They Ever Take Smartphones Seriously?

GuuzakaTube                                                                                                   2018-04-10

Kyocera and CAT: Will They Ever Take Smartphones Seriously?

Type "Kyocera" into YouTube. The first thing you might get is the following: Kyocera's Torque Phone: Smashing This Phone Won't Stop It From Working. Type "CAT" into YouTube and you'll get... um... the predictable: small, furry, cute, carnivorous mammals commonly kept as pets. Try "CAT Smartphones" and then you'll get what I'm talking about in this unique context. 

CAT, short for Caterpillar Incorporated, is an American company headquartered in Peoria, Illinois. It also claims to be the the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. Kyocera Corporation on the other hand, is a Japanese multinational manufacturer headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. They claim to be the leading supplier of solar power generating systems, mobile phones, printers, copiers, printheads, LCDs, electronic components, semiconductor packages, cutting tools and industrial ceramics. Wow, that is surely a lot of goods! 

So ok, these companies' products really do have a lot of international recognition and use. You see them all over worksites and several other places. But as you can obviously see, this blog post is about why they don't seem to take smartphones seriously, whether they ever will, and why they should seriously start doing so: because Samsung. What about Samsung? Their Samsung Galaxy S Active series have fallen in grace, ever since the S6 Active. In my opinion, the last good Galaxy S Active was the Samsung Galaxy S5 Active. It had a tiny 12.9cm screen which would make it puny in my books. But despite that, it had proper mechanical navigation buttons, a full high-definition display, Snapdragon 801 Socket-on-Chip and a removable battery with IP68 water-resistance. "HUH?! B-but I thought smartphones had to be sealed with bucket loads of glue to achieve that type of rating?!" Wrong. That's what a lot of these misinformed journalists, YouTubers and even the companies themselves, want you to believe. This couldn't be anything further from the truth. Kyocera's own Kyocera DuraForce XD also boasted IP68 water-resistance and had a removable battery. I'll discuss this device later in the post.

So what went wrong with the 6th, 7th and 8th iterations of the Active smartphones? They became less functional, and more fashion focused. Sad. The 6th iteration, lost both its microSD card slot and removable battery. Really stupid, but at least it kept its mechanical buttons, active key and significantly boosted the battery capacity. The 7th iteration got an even larger battery, and the microSD slot came back. So to be fair, the 7th would have honestly been the 2nd best Galaxy Active, despite the non-removable battery. For the 8th iteration, gone is the Active key and mechanical buttons. The Active key is replaced with that stupid Bixby button that most people hate! Consumers want a dedicated camera button. Not a button for a voice assistant, which Google already provides. And because the regular S8 and S8+ both have IP68 water-resistance, the S Active series at this point is now just an uglier version of its standard counterparts. Talk about a waste of resources.

After reading all of that, you must be thinking, "Is this supposed to be an article on Kyocera and Caterpillar, or a Samsung Galaxy Active bash article?" It's about Kyocera and Caterpillar, but it was extremely important that I first highlighted the fall of the most popular, high-end, rugged smartphone. That way, you can realize how silly Kyocera and Caterpillar have been to not take advantage by offering high-end smartphones to challenge the Galaxy S Active series, and make them look silly about become fashion conscious. Why do I think these two have been really pathetic? Because of what their latest smartphones have offered. I'll explain starting with Caterpillar first.

Alright, to be honest, the upcoming CAT S61 actually has a lot going for it: an improved camera, air quality detection, laser measuring, a normal 16:6 ratio and more. It's biggest downfall would be its Snapdragon 630 chipset. Why? Because for a smartphone that's allegedly going to cost €799, it should be using the very best Socket-on-Chip for 2018: Snapdragon 845! And based on a few hand-on videos I've watched on YouTube, some pointed out the mid-range chipset for struggling with some of the resource intensive applications. Not good. So if only they had just gone with Snapdragon 845 it would have made a notable difference. Also, because it uses its camera and screen for a lot of its technological functions, increasing the native resolution to flagship-modern 2540 x 1440 (2K) or even 3840 x 2160 (4K) would put it right on par with the other high-end guys. Lastly, the 13.2cm screen is puny in my books. I know, I know, me and my bias with tiny screens. But seriously, I'd like to see them make something with 18cm of screen estate. It would allow for more productivity and media related business. So Caterpillar may actually be starting to take its smartphones more seriously, despite the flaws I've pointed out. They said that they'll be planning to give the CAT S61 an upgrade to Android 9.0 Pop-Tart, which further proves a change of attitude. 

Kyocera! Out of the two manufactures I'm discussing here, they are by far the biggest offender with their attitude towards their smartphones! Their newest half-decent smartphone was released all the way back in October 2016, Kyocera DuraForce Pro. It had some middle-ranged specifications on paper with its Snapdragon 617 chipset and full high-definition resolution. Unfortunately, a lot of users complained about the device breaking or not being as reliable as it was touted to be. They also hated the camera quality, despite it being touted as 13MP. It also doesn't help that Kyocera doesn't seem to upgrade their smartphones to at least one major version of Android. I haven't ever heard of them at least unlocking their bootloaders either. Maybe that's changed. Maybe it hasn't.

If there's one smartphone of theirs that caught my attention most, and would have had a lot of potential if loaded properly, it would be the Kyocera DuraForce XD. It had a massive 3700 milliampere hour removable battery, IP68 water-resistace and a 14.4cm screen, making it the same size as the Samsung Galaxy Note 5. A quick search will reveal why it was dead on arrival: very poor specifications! The screen resolution was supbar for a device that large, the chipset was really weak, and so was the camera. On top of all this, the Kyocera DuraForce XD remains stuck on Android 5.1 lollipop with a locked bootloader.

Now at this point, you might thinking that Kyocera and Caterpillar just don't give two hoots about making high-end smartphones to compete with Samsung's S Active Series. Their goal is solely to make devices that can take a wicked beating and make calls, right? Sure, if that's all they're going after, then they have succeeded greatly. But as you can obviously tell from my desire to create this post, I seriously think that they should do more than just that. Why would they want to just let Samsung get away with being the only maker of high-end, ruggedized smartphones when they have huge potential to take a bite out of their lunch? It's like having a big, strong, rough-tough man, getting up from the dessert table to go and paint his nails. And then all you do is just stare at his complete cookie butter cheesecake. Why not take a slice? The opportunity is staring you right in the face.

People probably might not have thought about the importance and difference it would make to have more proper, high-end choices in the ruggedized smartphone world. If you've taken the time to read this entire post, I hope that I've been able to successfully make you aware of this. Oh, how nice it would be to have a nice, large, high-end, rugged device that wouldn't shut off in frigid, Canadian weather, even after recording for 30 minutes! 


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April 6th Entry

GuuzakaTube                                                                                                   2018-04-06

April 6th Entry

Why is it snowing and freezing in southern Ontario? 🤔 Oh yeah, I live in 🍁Canada🍁 after all! 😅😒 Anyways! Let's discuss the latest videos uploaded yesterday, shall we? 

Buying a Bunch of Ferraris in Asphalt 8: Airborne

Buying a bunch of Ferraris in reality would sound like wishful madness!🤑🤩🤪 But in fake games like Asphalt 8 where making money is easy, that's no problem! Wow!💸 So yes, if you watched the video, you'd know that my motif behind doing this was to get more double tank boosters. The last Championship with the Vanda Electrics Dendrobium was hard on my resources. I figured that the best thing to do with my remaining credits was to buy all the Ferraris in the Red Colts collection, to get the double tank boosters, just in case another hard, but doable, Championship comes around. If you're the type that watches through the ending segments, you'll see a lot of Buick Riviera screenshots. At the time of this typing, I only have one time attack and the Grand Finale left to do later. By far, this has been one of the easiest Championships in a while, and I'm really thankful for that. 👍🏾 Go ahead and call me wuss, boring or whatever, but I can't stand it when the Championships, Research & Development, or Enduro Double Downs are brutally hard! It takes the fun out of it, quite honestly. A game shouldn't demand so much time; it needs to just be fun and high quality. Speaking of grueling events, the Enduro Double Down for the Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 SV has been released yesterday. I've decided to give it several runs, but that's it! I will not attempt to go any further due to the fact that I'll need 16,000,000 credits to complete it safely and with confidence! 😵😱🤯 Why? Because I do not have the Lamborghini Aventador LP 750-4 SV, Lamborghini Miura, Lamborghini Estoque, Lamborghini Asterion, Lamborghini Huracán and Lamborghini Egoista maxed out! 😨 That's right. If you want to guarantee that you will keep a solid win streak and go through with complete confidence and minimal stress, you'll need to have 6 ultra expensive cars maxed, and pro'ed a little too. ☠ Perspective time!

If I were to go the route of spending real money (hell will freeze before that happens), I'd need to buy the credits pack with 3,000,000 credits 6 times, resulting in a nightmarish cost of $773.94 CAD!  🤢🤮

If I were to go the route of hardcore grinding...um... only God knows how long I'd have to grind, so no way! Not worth it for a game that's not going to offer me any benefits to real life.😑 Oh yeah, before I conclude the Asphalt 8 write-up, can someone tell someone at Gameloft to seriously change the car prices back to normal credits? A lot of longtime cars that have been available for credits have become token-only cars. This has resulted in serious frustration, anger, disappointment and disgust with Gameloft, as seen on YouTube and in the forums. Greedloft, if you want to forever be known as a bunch of desperate money-grabbers, you need to seriously lay off the in-app purchases. In fact, do us a favour and remove tokens entirely from the game! I might honestly consider Asphalt 8 my last Gameloft game, if Asphalt 9 will offer quasi-forced in-app purchases like this.

Julie Payette Public School

Julie Payette is the current Governor General of Canada, 29th since Canadian Confederation. So it looks like this may be another one of those schools named after a person that's still living. As you can tell from the video and photographs, there isn't a ton to see, nor was it the sunniest day at that time. Still, it did have a few interest bits here and there, like that blue friend bench above. I was just glad I was able to film two school before the rain came down. 🌧

Jean-Paul II Catholic Elementary School

Two French schools? 🥐 Yeah. One is secular while the other is Roman Catholic. Now unlike Julie above, Jean-Paul was actually a lot more interesting to explore. It also reminded me of Saint Joseph in some ways. This school has some big fields and some playgrounds. Not something I expected from it, when looking at it on the map. I initially just thought that it would have been a boring place, but it wasn't. Want to know something that hasn't been mentioned yet? That ending segment with the flags was supposed to be longer, but the video cut off. 😖 This was due to the fact that the battery didn't have much electricity in it, prior filming the video. The cold temperatures also didn't help. In fact, they were likely what drove it to shut off so early, considering that the battery showed 22% when I booted the Lumia back up at home. Go figure. 😒 I wish somebody would make a weather-resistant smartphone, with a removable battery, 16:9 3840 X 2160 ratio, 18cm of screen estate, headphone jack, capacitive buttons, dual cameras with OIS, 8GB of RAM, 1 terabyte of internal storage and Snapdragon 845. 🤩 Ahhhh, if only....🏝 Too bad every smartphone manufacturer trying harder than ever to be the same these days (2017 - present).😖

Staples Turcotte Luxura High Back Executive Chair Unboxing

The day when I had to let my former Worksmart Bonded Leather Office Chair Black go was a sad one. ☹ Oh well. Nothing lasts forever. So! Rather than buying the same chair again, I figured I'd try something with hopefully better fastened handles: Staples Turcotte Luxura High Back Executive Chair! 😎 At first, I wasn't so sure which office chair to go with. Seriously, there's a lot out there. After doing some research and looking around, I finally decided to go with the Staples Turcotte. It looked nice, felt nice, and was on sale, making it a no-brainer. Hey, I'm sitting on it right now! How was the assembly? Fairly straightforward, except for getting the back attached. 😤 I had to look up how to get that done, out of of fear of tearing something or scraping the handles. Well, the plastic part of the handles ended up getting scraped a little, but whatever. 😐 It isn't anything super noticeable. I'd rather that scrape over the lovely faux leather. Yes, that's right: faux leather. It isn't made of real leather. You may either be really happy, disappointed or indifferent about that. The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is said to also feel like faux leather. Random indeed. I don't know what the long term reliability of this chair is like, but I can tell you that it does feel very premium and plush. Let's just hope that it holds up for long. My former chair lasted 4 years, before one of the arm rests had a nail that snapped off with part of the nail stuck in the chair. 😬 Tell be honest with you, I'm not sure how long office chairs are truly supposed to last, but 4 years felt like quite a while. 5 years would've been better though. 😏

Casual Instrumental Noise Session - Episode #5 

You like that Old Williamsburgh Candle don't you? 😜 So yes! After 4 episodes of just static slides, I've decided to do something different for the 5th episode and film a lit candle, while I play music make noise on a tenor recorder. So what's the motive behind this? Do I actually play fancy, romantic or sensual music? Of course not! This ain't no tenor saxophone or something. That's not to say that the tenor recorder can't play such music, but that I didn't have the sheet music for such genres. This brings up the next obvious point: you can't read in the dark! I did mention in the video that I could have just filmed the candle for a certain amount of time and then throw my dubbed "live audio" onto it. I didn't feel like doing that, citing reasons like how it wouldn't feel as "live" or casual if I did that. Then again, throwing audio over the static slides is pretty much the same thing. Only worse, because it's much more boring to watch, hence why this is the first episode without "audio only" in the title. 🧐 One final thing: despite me saying that Episode #6 would feature a candle, that's not actually going to be a guarantee. No, the rest of the episodes will not feature candles, in case anybody was worried about that. Just 5 and maybe 6 for now.

What's Next & Other Ramblings

Before we discuss what's next, take a moment to show the following videos uploaded from last week some more love: Chambers Drive Off-Trail Adventure, Asphalt 8: Airborne -  Buying the Devel Sixteen With Credits and Discussing the Vanda and Casual Instrumental Noise Session  - Episode #4 (Audio Only). Finished? Ok, great! 💝 I hope you left a nice comment on them, liked them and shared them! 🤗

Now for the next batch of videos, you can likely expect a gaming video, Episode #6 and possibly a commentary of the sort. Not much I have to say, so now I shall get this edited and posted.🔍 

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