Archive for April, 2009

Yet another text scam

I was preparing my dinner when I received a text message, I hurriedly grabbed my cellphone & read the message:
Kamusta na
kayo?e2 na ang
bgong roaming
number k,my
papadala nga pla
ako,mrun ka
dun!ploadan m
muna ako ng 300
ha,tnx
Sender:
+639079988572
Sent:
29-Apr-2009
17:39:26

No Aliwan Fiesta for me this year

I was so excited when I posted about the Aliwan Fiesta 2009 schedule, I’m ready to go, I’ve covered the event 2 years in a row, the bright & sunny Aliwan 2007 and the wet Aliwan Fiesta in 2008 but not this year. About 2 days after posting about it, I received a call [...]

Who’ll Stop the Rain?

It’s summer and raining, what more can be ironic than that?
I’ve been planning to wash my clothes since Saturday, the sun was up on that day but I missed doing the laundry because some jerk messed up with my schedule. Sunday was church & boxing day (nobody messes up with that), so no wet [...]

A Serial Killer in the Making

I was watching the nightly news when I saw the news about a suspected “serial cat killer” living (and studying) within the boundaries of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, this prompted me to googling about any information about this guy.
Unfortunately, the multiply entry where Joseph Carlo Candare blogged about his brutal killing of [...]

The Flash and the Furious

If I had a chance, I would have watched the game live at the Araneta Coliseum, but it’s not feasible, the actual game was early morning (8AM) and given my distance from the venue, I should leave my house as early as 5AM.
But watching the delayed telecast of the bout at GMA-7 is almost as [...]

My Connection Died on Easter Sunday

Once again I’m ranting against my internet connection! It was Sunday, April 12, 2009, I opened my PC to check the sites that I am administering, to my dismay, I can’t connect to the internet. I did the usual troubleshooting, I removed and reconnected the LAN cable to my PC several times and [...]

Holy Week

I just came from Angat, Bulacan, my wife’s grandfather died last March 29 & was buried last Sunday April 5. We spent almost a week there for the wake, burial & arranging some matters. It was also the first time to meet my wife’s aunts & cousins, most of them are already living [...]