Farmtown and Farmville: Two of the Most Popular Games Played in Facebook

Before I got hooked on Facebook, there was Friendster. I never expected Facebook to offer surprising features for their users. My first impression was “ah just another social networking site”. Several months after registering an account, I realized I was wrong. Facebook developed several features like the applications, picture tagging, video sharing, fan page, groups, etc. which made it a very interesting social networking site.

Slowly, I drifted away from my Friendster account. I barely access my Friendster account now and would only open it if I get notified thru my email that I have a message waiting to be read.

So yeah I admit I got hooked to Facebook now. One of the major reasons is the fun games that I can play on Facebook. As far as I can recall, among the very first games that I played on facebook was Word Challenge. Then there was also Tower Bloxx, and Bowling Buddies. I am not really into playing all those games. I do it to relax and exercise my brain.

One thing I noticed though is that there are quite a number of games on Facebook in which the theme is about farming. So I am just curious, why are there millions of people all over the world who are so hooked to these farming games? Could it be because most of us cannot own a real farm? Farmtown and Farmville are amongst the most popular of them and I can attest to that since my friends, young and old alike, play these games.

Why are these games addicting when in fact the players get nothing like a reward from it. Well I guess the real reward would come when your friends see how you are able to beautifully decorate your farm right? I have not played Farmtown and Farmville yet (but I play barn buddy – another farming game), but my nephew does and it is only one of the many games that he plays on Facebook. Yeah he is turning 7 this November and he has his own FB account. My sister created an account for him since he used to access it using the account of his father and he could not play as much as he wants as he cannot publish his accomplishments in the games he play (the boss of his father might think he is not doing his work).

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Mothers Day - What a Day!

This day is special for all mothers and I had nothing so special planned but to have a day out with the whole family. I was teasing my brother that he will treat us for lunch so my mother will not need to cook lunch and he willingly obliged.

TIME: 10am


My brother gave us the money to purchase lechon manok and ice cream. I told my mother if we can go to NCCC uyanguren first to see if they are selling a certain textile that I am looking for. I needed something to cover the dashboard of my car because the heat of the sun would bounce directly to my face every time I would drive the car on a hot day. I ended up buying 2 dew foam pillows coz they did not have what I was looking for. As I was paying the cashier, a guard approached the cashier and they were talking about a fire nearby. I asked them where the fire was. They said it was in the Lizada entrance. What???!! My car is parked there. My mother and I rushed down and out of the store for fear that it might be a big fire. Fortunately it was just a minor fire.

So we headed to Bo. Obrero to buy lechon manok from Nochies before we headed for Victoria Plaza to buy ice cream.

TIME: 11am

We arrived at Victoria Plaza. I told my mother that we try to inquire about the textile at the textile department of the Mall first before we proceed to the grocery to buy the ice cream. Still no textile for my dashboard, but we have the ice cream.

TIME: 12nn

We are at the carpark. I turned on my engine, pressed the hazard button and started backing. As I was changing to first gear to move forward, I heard a bump. What the!!!! A car bumped me! I did not see a car backing while I was backing. Where did he come from??? My mother immediately jumped off the car and the driver of the honda CRV that bumped us did not even bother to get down his car. My mother knocked hard on his window to let him get off the car. Mr. Rodolfo D. Caresma got off and he started acting arrogantly. He started blurting out things that he was Vice president of BPI (so?!). That he knew people from TMC. Darn! he even mention.. "wala na kase si Popo" (referring to Mr. Celso "Popo" Gempesaw who died of a heart attack last week). In my mind I was thinking what the hell does a dead man have to do with this?! Then he started calling people on his cellphone.

He even called the mall owner. What??? Is the mall owner responsible for what he did? The security guards came and they got my drivers license and asked for his license. It took him quite some time to show his license. As the guard was holding his license and copying his details, I took at peek at his license and it turned out to be an expired drivers license!!!! It expired last February 2009. He is driving with an expired license!!! After more than 30 minutes, the police (PO2 Lantajo) from the traffic department came and got our certificate of registration and drivers license. Then we were instructed to proceed to the Sta. Ana Police station.

When I arrived at the police station with my brother, I informed PO2 Lantajo that Mr. Rodolfo D. Caresma was driving with an expired license. I hope he takes note of that in his report. The damage was not really that big (my car got a dent on the drivers side while his car had no trace of damage at all coz it was his spare tire hard casing that bumped into my car) and I also have my own car Insurance. It's just that this guy really got into my nerves!! Perhaps he was thinking he can scare me off with his connections??? Well he is absolutely wrong! We should follow proper procedures and he is not going to get away with it.

What irritated me more was he kept bragging about his position with Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI). Such a stupid thing to do! He happens to be talking to one of their bank clients and I'm so pissed off I'm thinking of closing my bank account from their bank. Yeah he has a very high position with BPI and he should have known better how to act like a respectable professional!

here are the pictures

TIME: 2:30PM


We fetched my sister's family from their house and proceeded to SM. We strolled around, bought a few stuffs and ate snacks at pizza hut. After eating our snacks, went up to worlds of fun. My nephew was so excited coz we agreed that everybody will ride the bump car, except for my father who was playing bingo at the bingo hall. It was the first time of my sister, mother and bro in law to ride a bump car. hehehe.. They were asking me several questions - how does it move forward? do we step on something to make it run? hahaha! Of the 9 bumpcars.. only 4 were functioning. Good enough for the 4 rides that we took.


TIME: 6:30PM

We went down to Antonio's Grill to have dinner. Unfortunately, the place is full. So we decided to just go for Bigby's. We ordered baby back ribs and fishermans catch. Our orders came and we were quite surprised with the appearance of the baby back ribs.. Hmmm it looked fatty.. errr... As we sliced it, it was kinda hard.. and there was more fat inside.. it did not taste that good though. This was our first time to eat at Bigby's SM, but we have already tried eating several times at Bigby's torres. We even joked maybe it was a grandmother backribs that they used since we are celebrating mothers day today. While we paid our bill, we informed the owner (she was not in uniform but she helped in serving and giving out the bill coz the place was so busy) about the backribs and she just said "ah ok we will just tell them" tell who? the commissary? hmmm.. their baby backribs is definitely not at par with the baby back ribs of Rancheros grill.

Well this day is one unforgettable day for the bad and good things that happened. A piece of advice to all drivers out there. Do not be fooled by these people who would want to scare you off when you get into a vehicular accident like what happened to me. Call the proper authorities and have it documented properly. As I was talking to PO2 Lantajo earlier, he mentioned there have been several incidents of car owners not being able to claim the damages from the person responsible for the damage since they did not course it through the TMG. Also, do not just accept any calling cards or whatsoever from these people while they tell you to just contact them. Mr. Rodolfo D. Caresma did give me a calling card but I verified from a friend who was also working for BPI. Yes he is from BPI. Read full post...

A Year Older and A Year Wiser on Easter Sunday

This year as I celebrate Easter Sunday, I have lots of things to celebrate for. First it's a celebration for the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Aside from celebrating Easter, I'm also celebrating my nth birthday...

I'm just glad my birthday fell on Easter and not holy thursday, good friday or black saturday this year. I am so used to having my birthday fall on those dates and it is just so difficult to celebrate your birthday when everyone else is going to Church to contemplate on the death of Christ.

To celebrate my birthday and easter, our family went to Mergrande Beach resort. I was eyeing a resort in Samal but when I contacted them a week ago, the resort was already fully booked. Nevertheless, we still had fun!

The resort was jam packed with beach goers, tide was high, they had an easter egg hunt (my nephew was so excited to join - it is actually his first time to join an easter egg hunt event), there were also ENT specialists who were doing free check-ups. I had my ears checked since I have been somewhat noticing a ringing in my ears every now and then. I suspected impacted earwax, but the doctor who examined me said my ears were perfectly fine. So he suggested I undergo a hearing test. Toinks! I'm deaf? wahhhhh!!! After having our ears examined, we were given free ice cream! weeeeeeeeeee!!! Of course my nephew also had his ear checked just to get his free ice cream too.. hehehehe..

There is nothing much that I can wish for today on my birthday. Perhaps just a sincere person who can make my heart beat with love (as what Nong Fred texted me.. hahaha!) soon?. Aside from that I have nothing more to wish for but just for the safety and good health of my family. I have been so blessed that I just thank the Lord for all the good things He has given to me and my family.

I am super happy I was the one who drove my car home all the way from Mergrande Resort. Weeeeeee.... I am no longer scared and I feel I am getting better ;)
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Acai Berry Virus Message in Yahoo Messenger

I did not suspect it was a virus when I first received this kind of message last week. I just wondered why the person who sent the message suddenly kept sending this message about Acai Berry. I know Acai Berry was a fruit claimed to benefit those who want to lose weight since I always kept getting spam emails that had Acai Berry in the subject.

The first thing that came into my mind was maybe this person who sent the message is into affiliate marketing and she is trying to promote this website. I was just lucky coz I did not click on the link. Early this morning, as I signed in my yahoo messenger, I got the same message and it was in the same pattern. The first thing that the person sending the message will do is buzz you then give you a message:

I have been taking Acai Berry now for two months and already lost 34 pounds, it is the same stuff that was on the Oprah show, Mark and Kat lost so much weight too with no diet or excersise. Get it now, its only five bucks a bottle, we are living proof that it works like magic. Get it over at URL here (I eliminated the url coz you guys might also get the virus if you click on it.)

I replied to the person who sent this message and ask her if it's a virus, unfortunately she has not replied to my message... but I have a very strong feeling this is a virus. So for all of you who use yahoo messenger.. be cautious and do not just click and click on any link even if it is your friend who sent that message. Read full post...

Lion by William Jan Smith

My nephew has been memorizing this poem for their graduation day on March. He actually got 10 stars for being able to memorize the whole poem ahead of his classmates this week.

I made him recite his poem while recording it with the webcam of my laptop. Of course we had to bribe him that we will be feeding his Oinky (the name he gave his piggy bank) if he recites the poem titled "Lion" by William Jan Smith.


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National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) Requiring Bloggers to Obtain a License Soon?

Have you heard the news? It was published in the Technews Section of Manila Bulletin last Jan 26, 2009. If things will push through, several bloggers and people getting their income from blogs, as well as people working for clients who have blogs (just like me) will need to get a license just to blog!

Of course everyone working for Outsourcing companies will sure be affected, from the web developers, programmers, link builders, writers, and virtual assistants. What is the Philippine government trying to do? Instead of helping Filipinos become productive by keeping their jobs and earning through pay per posts in blogs, they are instead pulling the Filipino people down.

I don't know how you guys might react to this news but I am definitely against it. Maybe the government should think not just twice.. thrice.. but several times! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this will not be approved.

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