Just finished signing-up for the Microsoft Club, which is currently in Beta for us here in the Philippines. Hope that I get promoted to a Gold membership status soon.
Monthly Archives: November 2005
TurfSitePH Ranking
As of this writing, TurfSite Computing, Inc. is ranked 38th as the best Philippine-based Webhosting Company. Trailing behind us are Hostkingph.com at the 52nd spot and Nomandph.com at the 70th place.
Source: http://www.webhosting.info/webhosts/
Go Philippines! Go Pinoy! Go SEA Games!
As of this writing, Team Philippines has already captured a total of forty (40) gold medals in the on-going 23rd Southeast Asian Games, which started last Sunday, 27 November 2005.
Go Pinoys! Mabuhay!
Trip to Lingayen, Pangasinan
After weeks of planning, finally we are off to Lingayen, Pangasinan to visit the grave of Rose’s dad.
We left Manila at around 0300H of 27 NOV 2005. Taking advantage of the early morning — traffic-free travel — we reached Lingayen City at around 0730H. Made a brief stopover at the city, we then proceeded to Libsong Town, where the remains of Rose’s dad is laid.
Libsong is in the heart of the Lingayen Gulf. After lunch, we started to pack our things up and headed to the Shrine of the Our Lady of Manaoag. We bought some religious images there, as well as the Tupig (local rice cake) as “pasalubong”.
A brief stopover was then again made at the Hacienda Luisita Mall in Tarlac. The mall is comparable to the Alabang Town Center, with the Jollibee branch there sporting chandeliers instead of lighting fixtures.
Finally, we were back to Manila at around 2200H. Quite tiring, but it was fun!
Microsoft Event Attendance
Due to previously set appointments this day, I was only able to “peek” at the Microsoft Philippines Launch of its new server products around lunch time already at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel.
It was nice, because I was able to meet again my fellow techies from the Microsoft Philippines Community, as well as meet Fritz for the first time in flesh. He is a fellow alumni at PAREF-Southridge School (way back High School).
A confusion arised when the registration people was not able to see my name (with the correct company name) in their database. I had to ask someone from Microsoft Philippines to tell the registration personnel that I was actually “invited” to the event (being a “registered” attendee is different from an “invited” one). My name (and correct company name) appeared in the printed database of Microsoft. That’s the time the organizers allowed me to enter the conference. Was able to get the attendee’s kit, an orange tote bag cum knapsack with some goodies inside.
Microsoft Philippines Server Products Launch
I will be out of the office the whole day tomorrow, know why? I will be at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel for the Microsoft Philippines Launch of Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006, and my personal favorite — Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
Just wondering what’s instore for us tomorrow at the event. But I do hope to see my colleagues at the MSPhil Forums once again.
USAF F15 Emergency Landing at MNL
Just before lunch time today, I monitored in my radio’s Manila Tower frequency that a plane is requesting for an emergency landing: requesting for fire, rescue, and medical support. I immediate peeked and waited for the plane to arrive. Was surprised that the plane in distress is a US Air Force F15 fighter plane.
Airport safety authorities rushed to the aircraft, as it halted itself in the middle of the runway (06/24). A problem arised when there is no available tow bar to use so that the plane may pulled out of the active runway. The tower controllers decided to have the plane “pushed” — literally — but based on what I had heard on the radio, they fighter plane pilot won’t allow anyone to touch his plane, as the missles are engaged. Huh?
Thirty minutes after, the runway was back to operations.
Got a New Keyboard (Casio/Unitone CTK-45)
Yesterday, Rose asked me what do I want for Christmas. I bluntly answered, “A new MIDI Keyboard, a Casio will do.” She then asked me a second time if I really want that as my Christmas present from her, and I answered YES!
To make the story shorter, yesterday, while the entire Glorietta was on Midnight Madness Sale — Extended — got myself a new MIDI keyboard, the Unitone (a division of Casio Electronics Japan) CTK-45 — full 61 keys with MIDI Out and two (02) lines-out, and a pedal input. It comes with a FREE keyboard stand. Good buy.
Boyet Bautista’s Official Website Now Online!
I guess by now all of you already knew that Letran cager Boyet Bautista is a cousin of mine. It is just that his basketball playing skills is better than mine — in a real court, that is, but in NBA Live, I guess not. Hehehe..
Anyways, I had started yesterday, during my freetime, the Official Website of Boyet Bautista, which is now online at http://www.boyetbautista.info
You may now sign-up and join the discussions at the Forums. All the other sections of the website will be up within a week’s time. For comments and suggestions, or if you wish to be part of the website as an online contributor (for the die-hard Boyet Bautista fans out there), please email [email protected] — be sure to convince us why we should let you join the website team.
Netopia is “So Secured”
I guess, every Pinoy who’s using the internet has atleast tried the services of the Philippine’s largest internet cafe chain, Netopia. As of this writing, I am using the facilities of Netopia here at Metropoint Mall. You know, I just discovered something: Netopia’s internet cafe system (the way they manage the computers) is so secured!
So secured that even WinZIP and WinRAR are not allowed to be used by their clients. You have to ask the technical staff to open the ZIP or RAR file for you. Aren’t they violating any privacy law here in the Philippines?