For sale: 444 Sq.m Residential Lot for only P600,000
Here’s a quick announcement.
For sale: 444 square-meter residential lot for only P600,000 located in Hulo Proper, Sapang Palay, City of San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. Has right of way and located one lot away from main road. If you’re interested, please text or call me at 09287840878.- Mike Lopez
Or you can post your inquiries as comments below.
Sibling Rivalry and How to Deal With It
I’m 31 and I have 3 kids, two lovely daughters Kei and Vhi and a son Jae. As a father, I see fights among the siblings almost everyday. Even Jae who is only 1 year and 6 months old already knows how to fight. Parenting experts say it’s normal and I agree. I however don’t think that parents should remain passive about it. We parents have an active role in making sure that these rivalries are in control.
Rivalries are said to be healthy in psychological terms. It also prepares the children for real life where lovely butterflies are killed for no reason at all. Whenever I see my kids fighting, I try to listen and see what they’re fighting about. If it’s something that they can handle for themselves then I step back and just watch. If I think fatherly intervention is needed then I tell them to stop and explain to them that they’re siblings and they will remain like that forever. In certain cases, I join the fight and make them laugh.
But what do you do when sibling rivalry gets out of control? Well, gladly I don’t have to deal with that yet and I’m doing my best to prevent that from happening. But what if it happens? I think I still know what to do. Having experienced family turmoils myself, I think I have enough experience to deal with it.
For you though who might need help, here’s another page I made which I think will be useful to you - Click here: Sibling Rivalry and How to Deal With It
It has three more articles in it that would be fun to read.
Cheers!
Can’t Log on to Unionbank’s Internet Banking, What’s Wrong?
Update (June 24, 2008): Unionbank’s Internet Security department gave me a call regarding my concern. They told me that they’ve seen this post. They also told me that I need to re-enroll my internet banking account as they are making changes to the system. I followed their instructions but wasn’t able to complete the enrollment due to some weird problem when I try to complete my enrollment.
I gave them a call and told them about the error. Even the IT guy on the other end seems to be baffled with the error so he politely asked me to email him a few details about my account and myself and they’ll do the enrollment themselves. So I sent them an email and within 15 minutes I got a reply that I may now log on to their internet banking facility.
Guess what? It works! I gave them a couple of suggestions:
- To put some information on the site about the problem. It always helps to let your customer know what’s going on even if something is wrong.
- To fix the online enrollment facility.
To which they replied with “Noted Sir, Have a great day ahead…”
I’ll settle with that. I sure hope that they fix this really soon. Lots of EON users are probably affected with this problem and although EON is a “zero-maintaining balance” account, it does have its useful benefits.
Cheers to the guys at Unionbank. Keep up the good work!
(Original Post Follows)
I’ve been a Unionbank client for years and I honestly have no problems with them before until about a few months ago (until now). Problem is I can no longer log on to their internet banking service. Each time I login, I’m given an error saying that my Card Number or User ID is invalid.
I recently replaced my card so I thought that might be the problem. I contacted them and visited my branch and asked about the problem and all they can tell me is that internet banking is currently offline and that they’re not sure when it will be up and working again. Now that’s some answer huh?
Today, I gave it one more try and I still got the same error. I clicked on the customer service link on their website and I was given two options. Call them or request for online support. I clicked on online support and this is what I got.
They also have 3 other links where I might be able to post my concern. They are:
- Talk to our CEO, Justo A. Ortiz, Over a Cup of Coffee
- Meet our President, EVP, SVPs at the Executive Lounge
- Questions or opinions about the site? Call on The UBP Internet Team!
Guess what I got?
Talk to our CEO, Justo A. Ortiz, Over a Cup of Coffee
Meet our President, EVP, SVPs at the Executive Lounge
Questions or opinions about the site? Call on The UBP Internet Team!
Just in case you didn’t notice, they all have the following in them…
What the??? Even the UBP Internet Team is down. Worst, they can’t even format their “Under Construction” page properly! Notice how the text and the image gets cut off to the right.
C’mon Unionbank people? What kind of image are you projecting to your clients if even your “online customer support” is down? It’s as if you’re telling us that you don’t want to listen to our concerns anymore! If you can’t fix the internet banking facility then at least just put customer service back online.
And oh, please give us updates on what’s going on? When will we be able to use the internet banking facility again? Yeah, I don’t really have much in my account at the moment but that’s just because I can’t use it online. If you want me to go to the nearest branch then that’s about an hour of travel. That’s why I use internet banking.
So, please… fix it!
An Article that Makes Filipinos Proud
I have Spanish blood flowing in my veins but I never feel proud telling people about that. Rather, I always feel proud telling them that I’m Filipino. Many have urged me to work abroad but I love my country so much that I choose to stay in the Philippines even though the salary is lower than what I would be getting if I worked abroad. I think many Filipinos share the same feeling. It is however the Filipinos abroad who make the world know how important we Filipinos we are.
I was given notice by Yahoo Messenger of an article in Arab News and upon reading it, I felt even prouder. The article entitled “Imagine a world without Filipinos” speaks about how an Arab businessman closed his business when the Filipinos that worked for him chose to leave. “When they left, I felt as if I had lost my arms. I was so sad that I lost my appetite,” he said. To cope up for his loss, he flew over to Manila to look for Filipinos who would be willing to work for him.
I think we Filipinos are a strong driving force in the economy of this world but let us not be lofty about that. After all, we Filipinos are known for our “humble” ways.
Mabuhay ang Filipinos!!!
Busby SEO Challenge - 3 sites are better than 1
It’s been said that 2 heads are better than 1 but please allow me to tweak this little saying a little bit. For the Busby SEO Challenge, I’d say 3 sites are better than 1. While this also translates to 3 times the work and 3 times the mistake this also means that I will be able to test my methods in 3 different ways.
I know it’d be stupid to be proud with my sites as I’m a newbie plus the fact that I’m making these sites a more open target to any form of blackhat attack from the competitors but well, I think I’ll continue anyway and just hope that I won’t be popular enough for any such attacks.
My Busby SEO Challenge sites are:
- http://mikelopez.info/busby-seo-challenge/
- http://coderscult.com/busby-seo-challenge/
- http://articlexdeal.com/busby-seo-challenge/
All three sites are maintained by myself though it may look like it’s not. Well, that’s what I call creative writing. Hehe. Each of these sites use a few common methods which I think will help but of course each of them will differ in other methods so as not to put all my eggs in one basket - after all, I only have two eggs. 
I hope I win… who knows, I may even get all three prizes.
Joining the Busby SEO Challenge
It’s late but I’m still joining. I heard about this contest about more than a week ago and since I’m not really interested in contests like this I didn’t give it any attention. Today however, something changed in my mood. Somehow this contest got into me that I immediately took steps in joining it - something that I don’t really do normally.
The first prize is $5000 and maybe that’s why I got so excited about it. In fact I got too excited that I entered domains into the contest without thinking then deleted some then added some more then deleted some and so on. It wasn’t long before I got an email from the admins giving me a warning. LOL. I explained my excitement and they were kind enough to understand.
So there you go… wish me luck and I hope I win.
No to Racism
I’m pasting below a story that has been posted on my Facebook Super Wall by a friend. The story claims to be a true story but I didn’t verify it. Nonetheless, it’s a good story to read especially if you’re against racism. Here it goes…
The following scene took place on a BA flight between Johannesburg and London . This is a true story.
A White woman, about 50 years old, was seated next to a Black man. Obviously disturbed by this, she called the air Hostess. “Madam, what is the matter,” the Hostess asked. “You obviously do not see it then?” she responded. “You placed me next to a Black man. I do not agree to sit next to someone from such a repugnant group. Give me an alternative seat.” “Be calm please, the Hostess replied. “Almost all the seats on this flight are taken. I will go to see if another seat is available.”
The Hostess went away and came back a few minutes later. “Madam, just as I thought, there are no other available seats in Economy class. I spoke to the Captain and he informed me that there are also no seats in the Business class. All the same, we still have one seat in First class.” Before the woman could reply, the Hostess continued: “It is unusual for our company to permit someone from Economy class to sit in First class. However, given the circumstances, the Captain feels that it would be scandalous to make someone sit next to someone so disgusting.”
She turned to the Black man and said, “Therefore, Sir, if you would like to, please collect your hand luggage, a seat awaits you in First class.” At that moment, the other passengers who were shocked by what they had just witnessed stood up and applauded.
The actual message requests that the story be sent to others but instead of doing that, I just decided to post it here instead.
I am a Filipino and we have had our share of racism in the past and some are still experiencing this awful treatment even to this date. Even though I have Spanish blood in me, I never thought of Filipinos or any race for that matter as either inferior or superior to others. I think we are all the same no matter what race we are.
Earth Day Post: No to Global Warming
I was still in grade school when I first heard the issue of global warming but back then the cold war with its threat of nuclear weapons was much more of a concern to people than global warming itself. I also remember hearing in the news stuff about the depleting ozone layer and other environmental stuff - mostly related to pollution. Deep in me I knew I had to do something but I was still young or was I?
Today is Earth Day and I watched lots of stuff on TV about it. National Geographic spent the entire day on “green” topics and HBO showed the movie An Inconvenient Truth » Buy the DVD. After watching global warming related topics for about 4 to 5 hours today I came to realize that what the science community was saying back in my grade school days are still true today - and things are getting worse!
Ice caps melting, glaciers receding, global sea water levels rising, stronger hurricanes and typhoons, warmer hotter climate, drought and such things are getting an all high mark these past few years and it appears that many of us ordinary citizens are not doing anything about it. A special case is us here in the Philippines where most people would say “leave it to the government” to issues like these. We all share this fragile planet and I think we all have an obligation to keep it clean and livable.
To point out this truth, take a look at this photo of Mt. Hood in Oregon. The one top was taken in 1985. See the ice? The one at the bottom was taken in 2002. See the difference?
Fact: The earth is getting hotter and I think it’s time that we as individual human beings take action in solving this global warming problem and not wait for the monkeys to take the initiative.
I want to help. An even striking truth is that I want my children to live in a world where they can breathe the worry and not worry about their health. We can’t ignore it anymore and I believe that it’s time for us ordinary people to take a step and start doing something about it and stop our arrogance now - we’re too small to be.
Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan - it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.
We Filipinos are proud of the freedom we won from invaders and we inspired the world with our example of People Power. I see no reason why we can’t unite once more to fight for mother nature. No, we don’t need to go to the streets and bring placards with us. We just have to be vigilant and we can start with ourselves. We can do stuff like:
- Conserve electricity - leaving appliances on standby (TV, DVD players, etc) still consume about 85% electricity so turn them fully off. And oh, change those lightbulbs with more efficient ones. One more thing, leave the windows open to let some wind into the house.
- Conserve water - we all know this, the lakes are drying up so why add to the problem?
- Don’t be a smoke belcher - you do hate those smoke-belching vehicles right? So do we.
- Recycle - use stuff that can still be used
- Walk or ride a bike when possible - it’s good for both mother nature and our health
- Use mass transportation such as the LRT/MRT and buses - less vehicles on the road, less pollution
- If you want to buy a car, buy an environment-friendly car
- Stop burning plastic and rubber. That’s bad
I’m pretty sure you can think of other ways to help combat global warming. I think it’d also be a good idea to take it a step further by reporting smoke belchers and other polluters to the authorities. Here are some phone numbers of some of government offices in the Philippines which you may call to report these violators:
- Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
Report factories and other establishments here
Website: http://www.denr.gov.ph/
Phone: +63 (2) 9296626 - Land Transportation Office (LTO)
Report private vehicles here (they’ll need the plate number)
Website: http://www.lto.gov.ph/
Phone: +63 (2) 9219072 - Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB)
Report public transportation (buses, jeeps, etc) here. They’ll also need the plate number of the offending vehicle.
Website: http://www.ltfrb.gov.ph/
Phone: +63 (2) 4262515 / +63 (2) 9257191 / +63 (921) 4487777
You can also report people in your neighborhood to your local barangay.
What if these government agencies don’t act? Well, you can always go the media. They’ll definitely love to hear your story.
Lastly, my dear fellow human being, I say let’s move on and save our planet.
Play Petals Around the Rose and be a Potentate of the Rose
The name of the game is Petals Around the Rose and it was Kiel Andrew who introduced me to it last night. The goal of the game is basically to discover the secret to the puzzle and solve 10 in succession so you become a Potentate of the Rose. The rules are quite simple but solving it took my quite some time. In fact, it took me almost an hour to figure out the secret to solving it.
Clues are given to aid you in solving the puzzle. The clues are:
- The name of the game is Petals Around the Rose
- The name of the game is important
- The answer to the puzzle can be zero or an even number
Those are the clues and those are enough to help you solve the mystery to the puzzle of the Petals Around the Rose.
Now, since I was so happy with the game, I decided to write an online version of it which you can try to solve by clicking here » Petals Around the Rose.
Passed the 31st Mark
March 18 has passed again and that means I’m another year older. Since I turned 30 last year then I think it’s reasonable enough to say that I turned 31 this year. Well, just correct me if I’m wrong but I strongly believe that to be a fact. LOL.
So, what transpired from March 18, 2007 to March 18, 2008? Not quite much but pretty interesting nonetheless. I’ll try to keep this short so instead of narrating the events, I’ll just put them in bullet lists.
- I worked for Increase Media as a PHP developer for 6 months (May to October). It was my second highest paying jo in my entire career as an employee
- When November came in, I moved over to Athens Development, Inc. which is currently my highest paying job. I’m still working for Athens upto present and no, I’m not assigned in some architecturally magnificent building in Greece. I work at home.
- November was also the month when my family celebrated the first birthday of Jae - my baby boy.
- Can’t really tell exactly when it happened but I decided to become an Atheist within these 12 months.
- My Adsense account was restored.
- I got a real working Paypal account and already had successfully withdrawn funds from it.
- I became a partner of Eway54.com.
- I took a week-long vacation in Baguio during my mom’s birthday.
- Took my family to the Global Fun carnival and had some really cool and stomach-churning rides.
I may have forgotten a few highlights but I swear I did my best in recalling them. Also, within this year I made some people really happy and some people really sad. I lost the trust of some and gained the trust of others. The same goes with respect.
Well, all I can say is that I’m still growing and learning but one thing shall remain - while my age increases every year, I’ll still be a child in heart for it has been the very reason why lots of people love me and why I remain happy. Perhaps in accordance with my childish heart, my birthday was celebrated with mostly spaghetti and barbecue. My wife’s comment was that I was like celebrating a children’s party and I certainly love that. What I missed though were the balloons and those hotdogs and marshmallows. Oh well, maybe next year.
What about goals? Well, I have higher goals this time. Some of my goals for last year were not met but that doesn’t mean that I’ll leave them behind. I’m looking forward to having a really great financial breakthrough in my life this year. I’ll work harder so I don’t have to work much in the future. My ultimate goal is to sit back, relax and enjoy life with my family.
So that’s it! Cheers and thanks to all those who greeted me!
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