Sunrise in Alcoy, Cebu
Write a Comment TravelsInstead of posting photos on our last team GA in Alcoy, Cebu, I’ve decided to just share to you this video capturing the sunrise of the town. This was between five and six in the morning when all of my team mates were still asleep after last night’s swimming and boozing.
The girl on the video is my girlfriend. We were the only people awake during this time excluding the fisherman busily luring fishes onto his fish net.
Stripped of PR
3 comments Short On IdeasPagerank is the numerical measure of a website’s worth according to Google. There are numerous factors affecting this value that only Google knows. Learn more about the algorithm and everything about PageRank through Wikipedia by clicking here.
I first posted about this blog getting a Pagerank 2 at around May of 2008. This is the usual PR for small personal blogs such as in-indie.org.
Looks like I’ve been stripped of the worth as my PR went from 2 to N/A as of today and I’ve noticed the jump about a day ago at work.
Above is the live PR of my blog according to prchecker.info and mypagerank.net, respectively.
But so much for hurting, I’ve just came back from the mentioned team GA at Alcoy, Cebu. I’ll post some pics about it in a while after getting a bit of sleep.
Drenched in alcohol
3 comments Short On IdeasBecause of Thanksgiving in the US yesterday my team was approved to take the time out. Time out meaning we were allowed to get out of the office three hours earlier. A good way to test our bladders for tomorrow’s team GA in Alcoy, Cebu. We went straight to Fisherman’s net to booze up.
Now, I’m taking inbound calls with my brain and bladder still drenched in alcohol. Hello, dear QA!
Philippine Peso to U.S. Dollar Exchange Rate
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I’ve never been very concerned with money and exchange rates the whole of my life until now that I am working for a BPO company. My family doesn’t practice money remittance because we are an average Filipino middle class family who earns and spends money. We don’t do business. We never made money work for us as what my bootlegged audio book of “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” is telling me to do with no apparent advice at all on how to do it.
This post is not about dissing the book or related to it in anyway. It just occured to me. This will be my first Christmas working. I’ve always been a student and a tambay. What got me to posting about money and creating a category on this blog called Money is because the company won’t be having any Christmas party. This is what’s been circulating on the floor and when talks like this entertained usually is true.
But so much for this wish of mine to enjoy a Christmas party that I normally would just get drunk on to, the fact that the trend on the strength of our currency is going down defined sadness in my face. Weird but I cared.
Graph shown is this year’s Philippine Peso to U.S. Dollar exchange rate. Going down down down, man. i don’t think it’s about leadership. I don’t think it’s about global recession. It could only be us. This is Philippines, man. We can’t make what we have to last and stay. And yet we are against divorce. Huh? Im losing cohesiveness again. Allow me to get something to munch on.
The Wolves are back!
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Updates for Cebu: Novermber 25, 2008
Wolfgang - The Black Christmas Project (The Villains Tour)
Venue: Paseo Food & Entertainment Centre, F. Cabahug Street, Mabolo, Cebu City
Date: Dec 12, 2008 7:30-11:30PM
Other performers: Razorback, Powerspoonz, Quarenta
Advance tickets available from All Mooon Café’s, The Outpost, Kaona Grill or at the gate. This event is a ‘Bite Nite” : BITE Magazine’s 2nd Anniversary Party.
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If my last post about Sepultura coming to the Philippines didn’t give you the feeling of being lucky to be in this blessed undeveloped country this next music post probably will.
Our beloved hard rocking Wolfgang band is f*cking back! The band that we’ve been longing for 6 years to resurface and howl again will finally come out of wherever comfort it took shelter on. Basti and the gang will be partying with the many hungry cubs in an event entitled Black Christmas Project which will be held at Eastwood City Central Plaza, Libis (near Ortigas Avenue) on Wednesday, December 10th, at 7 p.m.
Will this be a listening party for the new songs that they’ve been working on secretly over the internet? I absolutely believe so.
Tickets are now selling. You may online place reservations through ticketnet.com.ph or call Ticketnet (dial 911-555).
Sepultura live in the Philippines!
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One of my favorite(original lineup and older materials though) metal band will visit the country to headline in the 10th year of Red Horse Muziklaban! The Brazilian band Sepultura will tear the Muziklaban stage with other established Red Horse beer bands of the country like Queso in its national finals on November 29, 2008 at the Marikina Sports Complex.
For the unitiated, Muziklaban is simply a battle of the band with the right financier. This is, as you may have already figured out, done every year through provincial clashing of bands until a descent listing of finalists is reached to battle it up for the national finals. The band who sung “Jopay” is an example of how much market value your band can become after winning this prestigious battle. I mean importance, man. Positive is my new thing now.
A new album from Sepultura is slated for a January release next year. The album is “A-Lex” and is a concept album inspired by the book “A Clockwork Orange” by Anthony Burgess. A-lex is Russian for no law.
Do the jump to see the actual flyer for more information. continue reading…
Meme: I, Capitol, Rainbow
8 comments Short On IdeasI’ve been too occupied with work lately. Strike that! I mean sleep in the last couple of days. The new work sched is killing my body clock that’s been asking for hibernation that I without any hesitation gave in to. So, for the lack of better posts to do, I am doing this pretty cool thing that my friend, Beej, tagged me to do. Tagging was a pretty cool thing that I missed during my good old Livejournal days. Wake up LJ, friends! He He
When you’re tagged you expect to do the following:
- Upload the most interesting pic you have on your camera phone
- Create a caption in three words and write it below the pic
- Post this same entry in your blog include the caption in the title of your blog
- Pass it on to 5 of your friends who will pass it on to their friends and so on…
- I’m tagging Victoria, Erik, Dexter, Lance, Aryan
- When you’re done, leave a comment on the IT’s meme entry that you are.
I, Capitol, Rainbow
Michael Crichton’s sun sets at 66
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The author who’s known for writing the “Jurassic Park,” “Congo,” “Twister” among many other pieces passed away on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 in Los Angeles after a private battle with cancer. The family provided no further information about the memorial service as they want to keep it private.
Though I’ve only read two of Michael Crichton books “Rising Sun” and “Eaters of the Dead” he doesn’t in anyway fall short on the description of a great fiction author. The movie adaptations of his books is a testament as well. continue reading…
Philippines’ Apple Online Store now open!
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As if the recent populating of our local malls with iStores isn’t enough, the guys behind the Philippine distribution of Apple products have finally launched the online Apple Store. Now this should be a treat, like winning online casinos gambling, for kids who still have their parents trust on credit card extensions. The pricing is already in Philippine peso so worrying about paying more(when priced in $) due to unstable currency exchange is lessen. But, uhm, just have your calculators handy. continue reading…
The Biggest pizza in the Philippines
4 comments FoodEver wondered where the biggest pizza is in the Philippines? If you are inside the Visayas region, look no further! We got it here in the City of Gentle People - Dumaguete city!
I’m no longer in Dumaguete as of the writing of this article but limme share some thoughts while eating the biggest pizza in country.
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