It’s 2009 yahoo! Well I have a lot of things to be happy and thankful for. 2008 has been really wonderful as a whole, although I could not say the whole year was, but if I were to look at the blessings that I have received towards the end of the year, I can say they totally surmounted all the not so good things that had happened during the first and second quarter of the year.
Last year, I resigned from my job at Eversun Software Philippines Corporation a.k.a Agents of Value (AOV). Although the pay is fine, I had to make the decision to quit the job mainly because I am no longer happy with it. Not that I am not happy with my job, but not happy with the environment – the lousy admins (who were all after the positions that they were holding), some officemates who would do anything to discredit people (the crab mentality that Filipinos have). Don’t get me wrong. I do have several good sincere friends in the office.
It is just a pity that such a good business and a good owner (Danny Sullivan) had to suffer because the admins are not looking after the welfare of the employees but more on protecting themselves.
After resigning from Eversun Software Corporation a.k.a. AOV, my days have been peaceful, and definitely blessings have not stopped pouring in.
I am just so thankful that God had been so good to me and my family. My brother Mark and his wife Glenda finally got their immigration for Australia approved and Glenda is now pregnant with their very first baby! My other brother Michael is also leaving for Dubai by January, and of course I am definitely living a much more comfortable life financially. I am just overwhelmed with all the blessings that God has poured upon us that it makes me realize God never ceases to reward those who do not maltreat their fellowmen.
PS: For a full detailed post of this blog, contact the blog owner. I am posting the entire story in a different URL so people may know and those creating malicious rumors will be discredited for all the false information they have been spreading. Read full post...
Two weeks ago, I encouraged my nephew to write a letter to Santa Claus. His very first time to write one, since he now knows how to write well and spell correctly. I was surprised to see two letters which he inserted in the leaves of our Christmas tree at home. A very simple wish. To get a toy car and bakugans (boys his age are going crazy over bakugans). I captured a picture of his letter to Santa and I'm sharing it here.
Last Sunday, my nephew was rushed to the hospital because of difficulty in breathing. He has asthma and my sister has been nebulizing him at home but perhaps his lungs can no longer handle it. He was diagnosed with bronchopneumonia on both lungs. As of today, December 23, 2008, the doctor cannot assure us that my nephew will be discharged from the hospital. Oh boy! This means we will be spending Christmas at the hospital? :(
As a kid I have always believed in Santa Claus. We would hang socks on the eve of Christmas and wake up to seeing our socks filled with presents.
Now that I am all grown up, I no longer practice hanging those socks nor waiting for Santa to come over and give me some gifts. But this year, I have the urge to ask Santa a favor for my nephew. Please pray for my nephew that he gets well really soon. It's Christmas and I would have really loved it if the family could spend it outside of the hospital.
The third sunday of the month of November is the Feast of Christ the King and it is that time of the year when people flock to Tagum City to celebrate the feast of Christ the King.
Last sunday, we were invited by my good friend Sharon to their house in Tagum City. Good thing my mother and father tagged along. It was an hour drive from Davao City. Much faster compared to taking a bus - it stops and picks up passengers often, making the trip last for about an hour and 30 mins or more.
Anyhow, we arrived at the city at around past 11am. Too early for lunch huh? Well my brother had to reformat the PC of Sharon so we were pretty much right on time. We were the early birds and first visitors to arrive. But I am not a visitor to that house anymore.. LOL! Stayed there for 2 years when Sha and I used to have a business in Tagum.
After lunch, my father wanted to roam around the city, so we left my brother who was still installing softwares. We went to the the new Christ the King Church in Sobrecary St. This is my first time to visit the place. We used to just attend mass at the old church while I stayed there. (Sharons mother in law was the choir conductor of the old church).
I was amazed at how big the structure was. I already know it was big but haven't really seen it. Below are some of the picts that I have taken. (click on the pic for a larger view)
Front View
12 years in the making
Several houses in the city had their own little parties, so a lot of pigs were massacred that day! lol! I caught one guy roasting a pig at the back of the church compound.
Another thing that I noticed in Tagum was the color of their tricycles. All their tricycles are colored green! It was something new that Mayor Rey Uy implemented for uniformity.
Wow I have been very busy that I just do not have time to update my blog that much. A friend of mine sent me an instant message thru yahoo messenger over the weekend and informed me about google's PR update. Out of curiosity I visited my blog and found out it went from a PR 2 to a PR 0. WAaaaahhhhhh!!!
Wondering what happened to my PR.... After reading some forums I read some people saying their PR went up and their sites were relatively new. Seems like google is up to something new. Hmmm... that is for Internet marketers and SEO experts to find out! Lol!Read full post...
A note from the blog owner: The amount of traffic going to this blog post has been unexpectedly so overwhelming from supporters of Laarni. Thank you for appreciating this blog post. I am not a fan of Laarni or anybody from PDA Season 2. Just a viewer who got hooked watching the show and giving her opinion on what happened. To all the fans of Laarni, if I made you happy with what I have posted, thank you for the appreciation. In my interest to protect my blog post, it would be very much appreciated that only excerpts of my post be posted to whatever fan sites you guys have built for Laarni and not the whole blog post that I have written. You may give the link to my blog so your friends can also read it. Thank you very much guys..
I am one of the many viewers who consistently watch ABS-CBN's primetime shows and I also got hooked watching Pinoy Dream Academy. At the start of the competition, I thought it was Liezel who was going to be the runaway winner because she really had this unique voice and she proved it by becoming a consistent top scholar, but as the weeks passed, Laarni Lozada proved to be one of her strong contenders along with Bugoy.
Some viewers are asking.. why did Laarni win the competition? Did the Filipino audience pity her because of her frequent crying as seen on primetime?
Here is my analysis of what happened. During those times when I would miss out some primetime shows on TV, I see to it that I watch it thru youtube. I know of somebody who religiously uploads these shows for those who are not able to watch it thru TV. One day, while I was watching an episode of Pinoy Dream Academy thru youtube, I read the comments below the video (which I normally do while waiting for the video to buffer). One comment caught my attention. Somebody kept promoting a youtube account for fans of Laarni.
Out of curiosity, I viewed this you tube account. To my surprise, there were so many videos in that account and it all contains stuffs about Laarni and some videos from live stream. Whoaaa! Live stream! Yes indeed… you need not pay ABS CBN to view live streaming coz somebody is uploading it here for free!
What is more surprising is that Filipinos working abroad are donating E-pins (the ones you use to vote a scholar you want), and cellphone loads to be used for voting Laarni. I really got curious as to why they liked Laarni so I tried to read some of the things that they are discussing and it was there when I discovered that some things which they have seen in live streaming were not aired in primetime TV and this really made them upset, seeing there was a bias against Laarni.
One video that I saw was how Liezel walked out while washing the dishes. She was calling Laarni to get the “basahan” in the sink so she could wash the dishes. Then Laarni came and got the “basahan” but placed it just in front of the sink, which made Liezel upset and walk out, uttering “Ayaw ko na mag hugas!”.
For me that was so uncalled for. The “basahan” is just a piece of cloth that she could have easily removed it herself rather than tell Laarni to get it just because she was the one who placed it there. If each and everyone of us would exhibit that attitude, then I don’t know what will happen. The sad thing is, this was never shown in prime time. For the fans of Laarni, this was unfair. According to them, when Laarni does something wrong, it is immediately shown on TV to make her look bad. Hmmm… yeah indeed I would have to agree. Her bad attitude was really always highlighted during primetime telecast.
During their Final Performance Night, Mr. Ryan Cayabyab, their Head Master, made a mistake by making a bad comment on Laarni’s performance that night. He said “you made a mistake, actually you had several mistakes.. but you were able to carry through”. This caught the ire of Laarni’s fans, making them put in more votes for her. All the other scholars made mistakes during their performances and had flat notes but they were never given bad comments.
I monitored the fans of Laarni during the final hours before the voting was closed and I was really shocked at how they panicked that the e-pins they purchased were not yet sent to them, and they were looking for people to trust to help them in voting. I also learned there was a limit of 30 votes per email address in one day. Somebody even created hundreds of email addresses to be used for voting. Gosh! These OFW’s are spending a lot of money all because they want to prove to ABS-CBN that they did the wrong thing in hurting Laarni.
True enough, their efforts paid off because Laarni Lozada won as the Grand Star Dreamer, with Bugoy winning second, Miguel 3rd, Liezel 4th, Van 5th, and Chris 6th. One more thing, the fans of Laarni were saying prayers for her to win the Grand Prize. Just proves how team work and prayers can do miracles. I just hope Laarni will recognize how those people helped her achieve her dream and that she won’t let her popularity get into her head.Read full post...
Do you love fruits? What was do you think is the most expensive fruit that you have eaten? Grapes? Peaches? hmm.. lemme think...
Last Monday, I got a call from my mother telling me my father wanted to buy Melon fruit. Hmmm.. so why is she calling me? Here's the catch.. she is calling me coz my father wants me to buy it for him. Wahhhh.. so ok.. how much is it? My mother told me it's P120/kl.. and I was like.. "whhhaaattttttt???!!!" Melon for 120/kl? Are you kidding me? It took long before I could reply on the phone. hahahaha! Made me really think.. how many kilos is 1 melon? My mother said it's more than 2 kls. WOW!!!! That's P240+ for a Melon fruit... hmmmm is it worth it to spend for that? Well if you want to know what fruit I'm talking about, take a look at the picture below. I really took a pic of this very expensive fruit.
My mother told me that father just really got so curious how this fruit tasted coz they said it's very sweet. Oh well.. do I have a choice? hahaha! Anyway, to satisfy their curiosity, I said "Yes" and they bought the Melon. So how did it taste? Well just like the ordinary Melon.. but just much sweeter. You can actually eat it without putting milk and sugar, you can just bite it and enjoy the fruit.
There is nothing really fancy about this fruit. Trust me it will be the first and last time I will buy this fruit. Not worth it.. hehehe
I know this is kinda late. Well I have been so busy lately that I have not got that much time to post to this blog. I do hope I'll be able to really update this regularly. Well anyway, last August 31, 2008, a Sunday, I treated my family to a dinner out. The original plan was to treat them at Yellow Cab pizza but some of them reacted since they have already tried Yellow Cab Pizza and it was only my brother Mark who has not tried it yet. Poor Mark... better luck next time.. hehehe...
So I asked them where they want to have the dinner treat, and Mark suggested why don't we try out Roadhouse at SM City. Hmmm.. why not? Haven't tried eating there. My nephew was excited upon learning that we would be going to SM. Not because we were going to eat at Roadhouse, but because he wanted to play at World's of Fun.
Anyway, we arrived at around 6pm, good thing coz we were able to immediately get a table good for 9. While we were having our dinner, we saw some customers waiting to have a table available for them.
We had 2 orders of baby back ribs, 2 orders of sinigang na bangus, 2 orders of sizzling squid, kinilaw, shanghai rice, and crispy pata. We have to order crispy pata since it is the only viand that my nephew wants, he is very picky of the food that he eats.
The service was excellent and the food was superb, except for the kinilaw. Me and my brother Mark did not like the taste of it. The price of the food.. hmm quite expensive.. lol! Let's just say I spent more than 2k for that dinner, and I already had it discounted coz my father has a senior citizen ID. Just wondering why they only placed the discount to 1 order of baby back ribs and the kinilaw. Hmm.. my father also had a can of coke.
If you'll ask me if I'll go back to that place? Well yeah.. I saw some yummy food in the pictures hanged outside and I want to try those the next time, especially the bulalo. hmm yummy!
It is the month of August and it is the time when Davao City celebrates its Kadayawan Festival. This year's Kadayawan Festival is surely a memorable one for me. I was really super busy going out with family, friends and guests.
It is the month of August and it is the time when Davao City celebrates its Kadayawan Festival. This year's Kadayawan Festival is surely a memorable one for me. I was really super busy going out with family, friends and guests.
August 22, 2008 - Was declared a local non-working holiday to give Davaowenyos time to celebrate the Kadayawan Festival. My family and I went to SM at around 2pm. We did a little shopping and left at around 3:30pm. By 4pm we were at Crocodile Park. We arrived just on time coz the show started at 4:30pm. We saw and even had a chance to touch some rare animals like the Palawan Bear Cat, Seawater crocodile, albino python, eagle. We also saw an encounter with a real huge crocodile named "pangil" where the caretakers tried to provoke the crocodile and some of the people viewing got wet when Pangil slammed his tail on the water as a reaction to the provocation. We also saw the caretakers feed the little crocodiles, and finally there was a tightrope exhibition. Below is the video which I have taken from my cellphone camera. I will be creating a slideshow later on of the pictures that we took from the camera of my sis.
From Crocodile Park, we proceeded to Rancheros and had a sumptuous dinner there. My nephew found the umbrella in my Mango shake very cute that he played with it and posed for the camera as he went around the table posing with every one while holding the umbrella up on our heads.
While we were eating, we noticed a group of people taking videos and pictures of the people dining in the place, including our table. Then I saw this bald guy who looked very familiar. I called the attention of my sister and asked if she knows who that guy was coz he really looked very familiar. All that she could recall was this guy had a travel show on TV. Then we overheard from the table beside us that his name is Joel Mendez. Ahh! the dermatologist Dr Joel Mendez! After dinner, we headed home and took a rest coz the following day will be another busy day coz the Aunt of my friend Angie and a friend of hers was coming over for a vacation.
August 23, 2008
I met up with Angie and her visitors from Iloilo. Good thing the friend of her tita has a friend here in Davao, and we were able to get a free ride. Our first stop was lunch at Penongs at times Beach, then we proceeded to baywalk where they had a chance to view the naked statue. After which, we proceeded to SM city. We went inside the mall first coz it was really scorching hot. After a strolling around, we went outside to view the Agro Industrial Trade Fair which was just in the parking lot of SM. There we saw an exhibit of landscapes done by the well-known flower growers in the city. Below is a slide show of the pictures of the beautiful landscapes.
From SM, we headed back to Pepsi Cola Village in Dumoy, there we ate snacks and rested for a while. Afterwards, we headed to Shrine Hills and attended Mass at the Shrine, then we proceeded to Jack's Ridge for dinner. After dinner, we headed back home, but Angie and I decided to go out and go to Gmall to check out their midnight sale. We were able to get a few good bargained goods and headed home at past 11pm already.
August 24, 2008
I woke up late! Really very tired after all those strolls around the city. At around 2pm we went NCCC uyanguren to buy a few items then by 3pm we proceeded to crocodile park. Yeah! In a matter of just 2 days, I am back at crocodile park. This time to guide the visitors. It was good that we arrived early coz we had the chance to stroll around the park and look at the animals before the show started. We left crocodile park at past 6pm and proceeded to Banok's along Torres Street to have dinner. Well unfortunately we had a bad experience. Our tinola and chopseuy was not served on time that we decided to cancel the order. They served the rice, tuna belly, lechon manok and pork liempo ahead. Our softdrinks was in fact delayed that we had to call the waiters attention about it. We were already done eating dinner and still our order was not served. The result? Well we faced their manager and give them a short lecture on how to serve their customers properly. Of course they always had an excuse... "pasensya na po kulang po kami sa tao at madami po customers" to which I replied "excuse me.. when we came in I made a comment.. oi milagro konti lang ang tao.." Oh well... we can only hope they fix their really bad system of serving their customers, or else people will stop patronizing them.
Tomorrow is another holiday! Thank God! I really need to take a rest.. Well we could have visited more places but it seems our visitors could not bear taking long walks.. ehehehe SOOA? (sign of old age). Lolz!Read full post...
I know you guys have been wondering why I have not been able to update my blog for quite a while now. I am really so busy attending to a lot of things that I do not have time to post any more. Well I have to admit the past month has really been so stressful. I needed to make a decision between my work and my family. Making the right decision can be tough and I know when I chose my family, I made the right decision.
My family has always been behind me and I believe that giving them my time is just but the right thing to do. I feel sad that it has to come to this point that I need to quit my job and go into another venture, but I am also positive that things will turn out right and I know I am making my family happy and proud.
I will be busier the next few days so that means still no new posts but I hope by August I would be able to update this blog more.Read full post...
June 22, 1969, the day my mother and father got married... she was 20 while he was already 33. Yes.. it's a big 13 years age gap, but my parents were able to prove that despite their age gap they can be good partners and good parents. My mother has been a full-pledged housewife ever since they got married and I am proud to tell the whole world that our parents raised us well. Blessed with 4 children(2 girls and 2 boys) who they were able to send to private schools, I would say life for us back then was not easy.
Having my father as the sole breadwinner and with 4 children going to school at an age gap of 1, 3, and 2 years apart, you can just imagine the trouble my mother would go through writing those probationary letters just to have the 4 of us be enrolled every time the school year starts and how many cash advancements my father would have to make from his office every time we would have our exams.
Now that we are all grown-ups and with my 2 siblings already married, I would say life is much better now. I have learned to value every little income I received because of how my parents have raised us. If it's something that is not really a necessity, we have to think a hundred times before deciding to purchase something.
The marriage of my parents is not what I would call a perfect marriage. They had their episodes of fights. I would remember some years back while we were still students when they would have misunderstandings, my mother would not sleep in their room. But that is a part of it all, two different individuals with two different minds and it would be impossible to avoid conflicts. Despite those petty quarrels, they never lost their respect for each other and that has kept them together.
Yesterday, during their 39th anniversary, I invited my mama and papa to go to SM with me coz I wanted to buy something for them. We went to SM with my sis and his husband and my nephew John. After that, my mama and papa had a dinner date.. while the rest of us headed home.
I am thankful to God for giving me such wonderful parents and wish that He continues to bless them with good health and more happy years together.
Finally! The bill is now approved and 15 days after it is published in a newspaper, it will have to be implemented. This can help the Filipino a lot, especially now that we are in a crisis. Rice shortage, gasoline prices increasing on a weekly basis, food prices going up, fare prices also increasing... any more crisis to put us down? This bill will not really give us more money to spend on any luxury, in fact, I doubt if it would be enough to cover for our necessities.
R.A. 9504 gives tax exemptions to minimum wage earners and additional tax exemptions for single, head of the family and married tax payers. This is good news for me as a an employee working on the graveyard shift because it also gives tax exemptions to our night differential. Read more about this on the inquirer or watch this video below from TV patrol (June 17, 2008).
I've been tagged by Molit Feel Free and Raquel I am missing u so much to help spread the word on the ‘Breast Cancer Awareness’ month of June. I always wanted to support this kind of programs as it focuses on women's wellness.
• The first sign of breast cancer usually shows up on a woman's mammogram before it can be felt or any other symptoms are present.
• Risks for breast cancer include a family history, atypical hyperplasia, delaying pregnancy until after age 30 or never becoming pregnant, early menstruation (before age 12), late menopause (after age 55), current use or use in the last ten years of oral contraceptives, and daily consumption of alcohol.
• Early detection of breast cancer, through monthly breast self-exam and particularly yearly mammography after age 40, offers the best chance for survival.
• Ninety-six percent of women who find and treat breast cancer early will be cancer-free after five years.
• Over eighty percent of breast lumps are not cancerous, but benign such as fibrocystic breast disease.
• You are never too young to develop breast cancer! Breast Self-Exam should begin by the age of twenty.
Resources: American Cancer Society National Cancer Institute Komen Foundation
You can help the lives of many women by spreading the word aboutThe Breast Cancer Site pink button as many times as you can. If The Breast Cancer Site receives 8 million clicks on the pink button in June, their premier sponsor -Bare Necessities- will donate $10,000 for more free mammograms. CLICK the pink button today! I am now tagging Melissa and Mylene.
It's still early and I can't go back to sleep... and I want to eat! I'm craving for McDonalds chicken and my nephew wants some french fries, so I decided to call McDonalds delivery. It is actually my first time to do this and to my surprise the lady who answered my call just got into my nerves. The number that I called up was 228-MCDO (228-6236). As you can see, it's a local number, but I was surprised to learn while conversing with this super taray lady who was talking as if somebody was chasing her, that she was in Manila. What????!!!!
She was asking me for the location of the house and as I was giving her the details I asked if I was calling McDonalds Bajada, and she told me no it's a centralized center for delivery. So I again asked if where in Davao are they located and to my surprise she told me she was from Manila. WTF! How the hell will I be able to describe to her the location of our house if she is not from Davao? Duh! hello??? Did the McDonalds management ever think of that? What is the purpose of this centralized system for delivery when the person who answers your call is in a hurry to end the call and when the local branch will still need to call me to verify where the exact location of my address is? So silly!
Anyway, after 10 mins I got a call from McDonalds bajada and the crew asked me if he was goin to make a turn at the carwash. See! that's what I mean by the difference of having somebody from Davao to talk to and know the landmarks. By the way, the price is kinda high considering each order has a delivery charge. And guess what? My order arrived after 50 mins!!!! Arghhh! this will be the first and last!
It's a holiday today! Well not really an actual holiday but a moved holiday... the holiday is supposed to be on June 12 (Independence Day) but it was moved to a Monday to give employees a longer rest period from work. The night shift agents came up with an idea of playing paintball at Recall Paintball in MTS Matina. Boys VS. girls.. yes the girls were so brave to challenge the boys but when we got to the field and guns started firing, we just kept screaming "tama na!" hahahaha!
The girls who came to join the game were Gemini, Jocel, Vivienne, Molit, Raquel, Amielyn, Mylene, and Me. As for the boys, those who joined were Odrale, Majar, Ronald, Erwin, Vivincel, Elton, Cliff, Lloyd(Raquels BF), and Odrale's nephew. Mic Wales was also there but he did not play (got body pains).
Majority of us were first timers so basically we had no idea about the game. It was good that we had a reservation coz there was another group who was waiting for us to finish and they even got to the place ahead of us. The price that we paid was P50, which already includes the use of protective gears, gun and 10 pcs of bullets. If the game is over and you still have remaining bullets and you want to play again, you can buy additional bullets for P5/each.
During the first match, I was hiding on a barricade behind Amielyn and I did not even bother to run coz I got so scared of the firing and I did not notice Odrale was already on my left side parallel to me and the boys were already attacking. He hit me in the head, which means I'm out of the game but I was so scared to go out that I just stayed there. But Odrale still kept firing at me and he hit me on my leg this time. Good thing I was wearing maong pants that I did not feel any pain.
All smiles after the first game
I only got hurt during the last match while I was running coz those who were watching were screaming that somebody was already approaching me.. I was rattled that I decided to run back to another cover but unfortunately I got hit in my palm.. Ouch! that hurts! I saw Cliff was approaching me through the grasses and I fired several shots at him making him retreat back to his camp.. hahaha!
After the game we were all sweating.. but we all had fun... just a tip to those who want to play paintball.. do not wear shorts.. wear rubber shoes.. wear a bonnet (Mylene got hit in the forehead despite the head gear that she was wearing), and bring extra shirts so you can change after the game.
I have long been bothered by this sign that is posted inside the cubicles of the ladies rest room at SM Davao Mall... I was just wondering if people do really pay attention to it or they just do not bother at all coz it has been there for years and nobody from the SM management ever bothered to change it. The last time I used the rest room, I took the liberty of taking a picture of this sign to let people know what I'm talking about.. and here it is:
I believe the right way of saying it would be: "Please dispose off your used tissue and/or feminine hygiene products in the trash bin" or "Please dispose your used tissue and/or feminine hygiene products in the trash bin". Attention SM Davao management.. please make the corrections...
We work 8 hours a day, 5 days a week and we do need to do something to pamper ourselves from time to time. It's our hard-earned money anyway. A wise man saves for a rainy day, but a wiser man knows how to save and pamper himself as well. It has been my habit to really put in some savings to my bank account but I also see to it that I don't deprive myself of the things that I crave for. Whether it has to be food, clothing, entertainment, or relaxation. I would not want to wake up one day regretting why I never did this or why I never bought that for myself.
Every time there is a big sale in the malls, I make an effort to go there and just look around and see whether I'll like something, if I don't see anything nice then I just go home with nothing but a full tummy. The last time I went to a mall sale was during the Labor day Sale at SM mall and I really went home happy. First I saw a really beautiful dress ( it's a tube and shorts combi) and when I saw it on the mannequin I just really fell in love with it. It was not included among the items on sale, but what the heck even if the price is kinda high I just have to buy it especially after trying it out in the fitting room. Second, I was with my mother so it was bonding time for us and I was also able to buy her a bag. Third, we won some gift certificates from Mang Inasal and Chikkies and Patties as we were about to head home. What luck huh?
Here's a picture of me wearing that dress that I bought with some of my officemates in a party last week:
Well they said attire was black and white. Black is certainly out coz my parents have always restricted us from wearing black... it's a Chinese tradition. White? errr would not want to wear a white shirt and look plain.. but would not also want to wear my long sleeves.. hahaha! hindi tayo mag rereport sa office noh.. napaka formal naman if I'll wear long sleeves. So I decided to wear my red dress. Well I'm not the only one who is not wearing anything black or white... from this group pic below you will see there is 4 of us.. and that does not include those from the morning shift who also did not wear black or white..
About two weeks ago, my PC's monitor got busted. For 4 years my PC has never experienced any problems, until that moment when there was a sudden power fluctuation and my PC was switched off. It was past 9 in the morning and I just came from work so I decided not to turn it back on. When I woke up in the afternoon, I was shocked to learn that my monitor had would no longer switch on.
The following day I made calls to some computer shops, asking if they ever do repairs of monitors. Since I had to sleep in the morning, my mother volunteered to bring the monitor to Computer World for me. The afternoon of the following day, my mother got a call from computer world telling her that my monitor was done and the damage was only minor. They charged me P30 for the resistor and P500 for the labor. The wrong thing that my mother did was she volunteered to claim the monitor without telling me coz I was sound asleep. When I woke up, the monitor was already there, but when I turned it on, I was disgusted to see the color produced by my monitor. I could not believe that the technician released the monitor when it was obvious there was a problem with the color. I tried adjusting the color but it was not able to fix it.
The following day I went to the shop, to talk to the technician to ask him if he did not notice there was something wrong with the color of my monitor. He even proudly said that they tested it before releasing it.. well if they tested it, then as a technician he must be aware that the color needs to be fixed. Since there was a 1 month warranty for the job they did, I had to let them do a back job on it.
When I claimed my monitor the day after, I talked to another technician who did the repair for the color and I asked him what happened. He asked me if my speakers were placed near my monitor and I replied yes I have it placed on the sides. He told me not to place it there since the magnet of the speakers can damage the color of the monitor... hmmmm I stopped to think.. then I replied.. but my monitor did not have problems with the color not until I had it repaired here... then he only told me.. just remove your speakers and place them away from your monitor.
That night I went out with a friend and I told her about my pc monitor and that magnet thing, to which she laughed. She told me that they once had their television repaired coz of color problems and she and her husband kept laughing coz the repairman used a magnet to fix it! what??? She even demonstrated how the repairman stroked the magnet in front of their TV several times until the color was back to normal.. now that is quite confusing... which is which? was the technician telling me the truth? hmmmm......
Last April 12, 2008 I celebrated my 18th birthday! Lolz! Any violent reactions? Well I consider myself 18 years old… 18 times 2 that is.. now do your mathematics! Hahaha! (TRIVIA: I celebrated my 18th bday on a Good Friday) Why did I choose Crown Regency to be the venue of my celebration? The place is safe and it can accommodate my family, friends and officemates. I also thought of the kids who love to swim, so this place is perfect for them.(FYI: there is no limit to the number of persons who would use the pool for free)
I would have opted not to celebrate because I have had so many expenses lately. I paid my annual life insurance fee of almost 10k and I'm still paying 2k monthly for the installment of my cellphone but I thought.. my birthday just comes once in a year so I deserve to celebrate with the people I love and care for. The room was worth P4300(but I was able to get a 20% corporate discount c/o the company that my sister works for).
I got a lot of help from my visitors who were willing to help me with the food. My brother Mark donated buko salad, my good friend Sharon donated shrimps, my officemate Jocel donated fresh vegetables for the chopseuy, Odrale a bottle of champagne, Karlo a jelly roll, and the rest bought 2 pcs lechon manok. Their donations were a big help to add to the food that I prepared for all the visitors.
I reminded my officemates to bring along some swim wear so they could swim in the pool or use the Jacuzzi but they don't feel like swimming. It was a good thing I took a Vacation Leave a day before my birthday so I could some sleep and help my mother prepare the food.
I was really happy coz my entire family was there (except for my bro in law who was in Manila for 2 weeks) and my best friend Jean was able attend my celebration. I invited her but did not expect she would be able to make it because of her busy schedule(she texted me asking for directions at around 5pm but an hour after there is still no trace of her so I expected she could not make it.. but she surprised me when she stepped inside the room with her son Ahren). Most of my officemates arrived at around 10pm ( duty? Hahahaha!). I asked my friend Sharon to bring her magic sing so we would have something to keep ourselves busy with throughout the night. I could not believe it I stayed up for more than 24 hours on the day of my birthday! Whoaaa! I was already awake 5:30am that Saturday and I was only able to sleep after all my officemates went home and after I ate breakfast, 8am Sunday.
It was good that it was kinda cloudy that Sunday morning coz the kids still had ample time to swim before we checked out. I would really like to thank all of those who remembered me on my birthday. To those who greeted me thru text, friendster, email, YM... I won't mention all your names.. mahirap na baka may makalimutan ako mag tampo pa.. hehehe.. also would like to give special mention to Sharon for the shrimps, Odrale for the champagne, Karlo for the jelly roll, Jocel for the fresh veggies, and to the rest of my officemates for the lechon manok... and of course Amie and Jay who helped me clean up the mess.. to Amie who cooked rice for our breakfast and to Jay who helped wash the dishes.. thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.
Last April 6, 2008, I had the opportunity to visit for the first time a very beautiful beach in the Island Garden City of Samal. This resort is known as Canibad and it is situated in Baranggay Aundanao in Samal.
It is quite a long trip going to this place. It takes about an hour from the pier in Babak to reach this place, not to mention the very rocky and steep roads that you will have to pass through. The kids who were with us kept complaining why the travel took us too long.
Plus you need to hike down a few meters from where you will park your car. It is not advisable to bring along pregnant women and old people who cannot manage going down and up coz it can be pretty exhausting. I myself had to stop several times to catch my breath as we were climbing our way back up on our way home.
This paradise is on the other side of the island of Samal and it is facing Mati Davao Oriental. I was playing with the white sand on my feet and i can feel the very fine white sand compared to the white sands in the other beaches in Samal that I have been to. If you love corals and shells then this is the place for you!
If you hate to travel by land, you also have the option to hire a private pump boat in Sta. Ana wharf. It would be best to travel with a large group to make the trip worth it, since you will have to pay P270 one way for the barge plus the gasoline that you will have to spend for that very long travel.
I would not advise taking a motorcycle ride going to that place after seeing the road that we traveled on. Hikers and mountaineers love this place. While we were there we saw several groups of mountaineers who passed by the place. It was a Sunday and several people were at the beach.
Protecting ourselves from sunburn with a very big umbrella!
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