EDSA Revolution Anniversary

February 25, 1986 was just an ordinary day for me. As a first year high school student, I was not that politically aware of what was going on with our country. I won’t go into the details of the events that led to the EDSA revolution but as a high school student at that time, I did not believe the EDSA revolution was the solution to the problem in the country, especially when Marcos was ousted and Cory Aquino was appointed as her replacement. A plain housewife to rule our country? What were the Filipinos thinking way back then?

Twenty two years later, after Fidel Ramos (the president who loves to travel every now and then), Joseph Estrada (the actor elected to presidency by showbiz fanatics), and Gloria Arroyo (the president who got into power by another people power against Estrada) governed this country, nothing has changed. In fact, Gloria Arroyo, an economist whom Filipinos trusted to be the one who would deliver the country out of poverty, is proving to be the worst president ever.

Two sons getting married while she is in power, her husband getting involved in scams, and several failed coup attempts on her government, are just a few of the things that really dismayed me. The very controversial ZTE scandal is another proof of how dirty her government has become. It’s a pity that politicians look at politics as a chance to get rich and fill their bank accounts with money rather than serving the people.

With all these things happening to my country, I am still hopeful that one day we will have a government that is really for the people, of the people and by the people. A president who will look into reducing the debts of our country and a president who will not be tempted with the power and money that goes along with that powerful position in government. I am one of the many Filipinos who are hoping that the senate inquiry on the ZTE deal will bring a positive result and that the guilty parties be punished. I hope all the proper evidence would be shown and there would be no cover ups. I am not looking for another people power now… All I want is for people to realize that there are rotten tomatoes that need to be removed from our government.

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Hard Work plus Dedication Equals Reward$

I finally got the bonus that my client promised me last January. It took a while before he was able to send it.. but it was worth the wait. He promised to give me $200 but when he transferred the fund thru paypal yesterday, he sent me $250. Even if the dollar rate went down from 41 to barely 40 pesos, I am really happy with the P9,698 that i got from my client. When you work hard and you get rewards, you are just inspired to work harder. Hmmm.... part of the bonus will of course go to my savings.. and the rest? secretttt... hahahaha! Read full post...

Very Busy Weekend

My body is aching but it is my arms that hurt the most... Me and my officemates Lyra, Raquel, Mylene, Gemini, Jocel, Molit and Joel played badminton after work yesterday. We needed some exercise and we thought that playing badminton would be a good way to exercise since our daily routine of work-sleep-work deprives us from getting our bodies to sweat(and we are now planning to do this on a weekly basis). We proceeded to smash and drop near AMA computer college in San Pedro extension. We played for only an hour but we were all sweating profusely. After playing, we ate some mami at bankerohan (courtesy of Jocel.. or was it her mom? hahahaha! basta ni libre kami.. thanks Jocel!). I got home past 11am already and was able to go to sleep at 12noon, but had to wake up 4pm to prepare for out planned beach outing at samal.





It was raining at it was a very very cold night.. good thing I had my jacket and my shawl with me... We spent the night at Aloha Beach resort in Babak Samal, just a walking distance from the port where the barge docks.



We went home at around 7am.. but I could not get some rest coz I still have to do my laundry. I was only able to sleep for about an hour after doing my laundry and I had to wake up again to eat lunch and go to the grocery with my mom. I was only able to go back to sleep at 5pm but my mother woke me up again at 8:30pm just to let me eat dinner.. waaahhhhhh.... It's now 11pm and im chatting while blogging.. just killing some time.. I am now feeling tired and sleepy.. time to doze off again..Zzzzzz...

*I am just amazed at the traffic that my blog has been getting lately just because of the post that i made about that Funny UST scandal virus. Read full post...

Funny UST scandal.avi.exe Virus

Last night, at around 7 in the evening, I went online.. When I signed in to my YM ID, there was an add pending request from our office Admin assitant which i denied, coz she was already added to my official YM id for the office. I logged in to my office YM ID to send her a message not to add me anymore in my other YM ID coz it is for personal use only.

I clicked on her name to send her a message.. I was still typing the words "hello mam.." when all of a sudden my cursor went out of control! it was moving so fast that I cannot control it and it typed in a messaged and automatically sent it to Mam Mai's YM. So the messaged sent to her was "hello mam..open dis ganda nakakatawa".. then I heard a buzz.. and it went to my YM main window and changed my status to "sino gusto funny scandal ust pm nio ko".. then all the active windows were minimized.

Good thing I was very quick to react and I use dial up connection.. coz when I opened my chat window with Mam Mai, it was sending her a file called "Funny UST scandal.avi.exe" which I immediately cancelled. Mam Mai replied to my message thinking it was me who wrote it and sent it.. she told me "hala,, bka maMemohan tyo nyan.. scandal kamo?".. I apologized quickly and told her it was not me who sent the message. My PC just went out of control.

Before things get out of control, i called my brother and told him my pc has a virus!!! When he checked it, he cannot access the task manager, nor the registry! OMG!!! I wanted to freak out! Ever since i purchased my PC I have never reformatted it coz i have been really very careful at opening sites and downloading files.

So what my brother restarted the pc and ran it on safe mode. He inserted his flash disk which has a Dr.Web antivir which he used to search for the virus. The virus immediately penetrated his flask disk. The virus was a win32.hllw.autorunner.857. Good thing the Dr.Web antivir was able to fix it. My brother also removed the virus from the registry and my PC is now back to normal.. no reformat needed..phew!

I am just wondering where that virus came from. I never downloaded such file. Could it be from the flash disk that I use in the office which I also use in my pc at home? One thing is for sure.. the person who made this virus is a Filipino! Grrrr... I wonder if it makes them feel fulfilled when people freak out because they get their PCs infected with that virus! Read full post...

A Thief in Disguise

Last night, while on my way to work, I was riding a jeepney bound for Toril. Scared of the recent news on jeepney holp-ups, I have been very keen every time I ride a jeepney whenever I go to work at night. The moment I rode that jeepney and I saw the face of that male passenger in front of me, I sensed there was something wrong with this guy. So I decided to secretly keep a close watch on him.

There was something with the way he looked and the way he moves. Somewhere near Ecoland, the jeepney stopped on a red light and a female passenger handed over her fare. Since that guy was seated somewhere in the middle, he reached for the coins handed by the passenger. What bothered me was he did not give it to the driver! I just observed him.. maybe he was just waiting for the driver who was also giving the change for the fare of another passenger.

But after several minutes, he still kept those coins in his hand and he slowly placed the coins inside his pocket. Darn! Then another passenger handed his fare but this time the guy handed a P50 bill. He had no choice but to hand it to the driver. Then another guy paid a fare, and I was looking closely at his hand. He was very quick to keep some coins for himself and handed the rest to the driver. Omg! Is the driver not counting the fare? Why is he not complaining? This guy is stealing his income!

I thought of telling the driver about what the guy is doing, but I was also scared the guy might hurt me or might come down the jeepney the moment I arrive at my destination and he might hurt me. So I decided to keep quiet and told myself I will definitely not hand my fare to him.. he is not seated on my row anyway.

But guess what?! When I arrived at my destination, another passenger was also going down and handed his fare and that guy was very quick to grab his fare. I handed my fare to another person but that thief was quick to get mine too!! grrrr! Shame on him! Before I stepped down the jeepney I still saw him again getting some coins from the fare that the guy and I paid for.

This thief has a big body, he looks healthy too.. why can't he just try and work and earn a decent income for himself rather than victimizing that poor jeepney driver? I just hate lazy people. People who rely on the easy way to get money. If you want to earn, you must work hard for it.

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Blog Update Complete

Yes!!!! Finally! My blog is updated! No more backlogs... my next posts will now be up to date... and hopefully will be able to maintain it.. hehehe... Read full post...

First Ever Full Body Massage - January 19, 2008

Today, I experienced my first ever full body massage and I really loved it. I have been experiencing back pains and my wrist has also been painful lately because my tasks at work require me to be clicking and clicking on my mouse.

The original plan was for me, Mylene, Lyra, Raquel and Gemini to get a body massage together as soon as we get our salary. But Gemini was not able to wait and went ahead. Raquel had an appointment while Lyra's mom texted her telling her to come home early.

I can no longer postpone the massage to a later date so I told Mylene that we will have our massage after work. I promised to treat her with the P500 referral that I got for referring her to our company.

I was already aware that we would be half naked while we will be given the massage because Mylene already oriented me a few weeks back about it. I was really scared at first with the thought that I would be half naked in a place like that and with only my panty on. But Mylene assured me she also felt the same during her first body massage and that it is completely safe coz the place was dark and there was a curtain to protect us.

Really felt good that for the first time I was able to sleep till past 5pm on a Saturday. I usually wake up at 2 or 3pm on Saturdays, but this time I had a very relaxing sleep.. thanks to that wonderful body massage. Will probably go for another body massage the next time I feel body pains. They say it's not good to frequently get a body massage. Read full post...