How time flew on me! It has been 2 long years since I've updated my blog; and I don't take pride in being unfashionably late.
To make up for my absence, and since today is One Hour Lights Off Day, I will be
turning off my lights, actually everything that uses electricity at home, for THREE LONG HOURS, instead of just one hour.
A lot of things had happened in my life and in my loved ones' lives since then. More on this later.
Napakabilis talaga ng panahon. Dalawang taon na pala ang nalagas sa tangkay nito ng huli ako'ng magsulat sa blog ko. Kahiya naman, sori po --- tao lamang!
At para naman akoý makabawi sa hindi ko pagpaparamdam, at dahil ngayong araw na ito ay ipinagdiriwang, teka mali yata, pinapa-alaala ulit sa atin na tayoý magtipid sa pagamit ng kuryente sa kusang hindi pagamit nito ng isang oras ngayong araw na ito ay hindi muna ako gagamit ng anumang aparato, pati ilaw, sa loob ng 3 oras ORA MISMO pagka post ko ng blog kong ito.
Maraming naganap sa buhay ko at sa buhay ng mga mahal ko sa buhay nitong nakaraang dalawang taon. Muli kong sasariwain ko ang mga gunita sa muli kong pagbabalik.
Samantala, patay kuryente muna tayo....
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Saturday, March 29, 2008
ONE HOUR LIGHTS OFF
Saturday, March 29th 2008, at between 8 - 9 in the evening local time, everywhere in the world, people will be observing Earth Hour for one hour by turning off their lights and non-essential appliances -- both households and businesses are expected to observe it.
Earth Hour started last year in Australia in order to conserve electricity which in turn lowers carbon emission. And this year, citizens of the world will collectively conserve electricity for one hour by this simple, and yet effective, action of turning the lights off.
All in the name of and respect for mother earth and our environment.
Sa Sabado, Marso 29, 2008 tayong mga pinagpalang nilalang ng mundo ay makikilahok sa pandaigdigang pag-observe ng Earth Hour na sinimulan sa Sydney, Australia noong nakaraang taon, 2007. Sa pagkakataong ito, ang mga ilaw sa tahanan at mga kumpanya ay papatayin at ganun din ang mga hindi kinakailangang appliances sa loob ng isang oras mula 8 hanggang 9 ng gabi, local na oras.
Inaasahang malaki ang matitipid sa konsumo ng elektrisidad, at gayun din ang pagiwas sa kontribusyon ng emisyon ng carbon sa ating paligid, sa isang simpleng pamamaraan na ating gagawin sa buong mundo.
Earth Hour started last year in Australia in order to conserve electricity which in turn lowers carbon emission. And this year, citizens of the world will collectively conserve electricity for one hour by this simple, and yet effective, action of turning the lights off.
All in the name of and respect for mother earth and our environment.
Sa Sabado, Marso 29, 2008 tayong mga pinagpalang nilalang ng mundo ay makikilahok sa pandaigdigang pag-observe ng Earth Hour na sinimulan sa Sydney, Australia noong nakaraang taon, 2007. Sa pagkakataong ito, ang mga ilaw sa tahanan at mga kumpanya ay papatayin at ganun din ang mga hindi kinakailangang appliances sa loob ng isang oras mula 8 hanggang 9 ng gabi, local na oras.
Inaasahang malaki ang matitipid sa konsumo ng elektrisidad, at gayun din ang pagiwas sa kontribusyon ng emisyon ng carbon sa ating paligid, sa isang simpleng pamamaraan na ating gagawin sa buong mundo.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Inglishkey
I must have sounded like this girl when I was starting to talk in english.
Enjoy!
Tandang tanda ko pa nang nagsisimula akong makipag-usap sa salitang ingles.
Parang ganito ang tunog
:P
Enjoy!
Tandang tanda ko pa nang nagsisimula akong makipag-usap sa salitang ingles.
Parang ganito ang tunog
:P
Thursday, February 21, 2008
But Your Service Sucks
First, I called my internet service provider that I no longer need their service from the next billing date because I am not getting the same or faster speed from my portable internet.
I planned to switch provider so I shopped around. There were several choices but all them charge connection/service fees --- no waiving even if I am the one who is giving them my business.
Two days later, I called my current provider, spoke to a different customer service rep and I told him I was trying to place my order via the internet for a cable connection to replace my portable because the speed sucks. But such a switch over is not available on the net and instead I have to order a new connection with the attendant connection/service fee. So I complained that no way I am paying it again, and told him that I am cancelling the service altogether, and I will give my business to another provider instead.
He apologized, checked my "client history", and declared: "ok you're going to get connected without cost plus a $20 rebate on you next bill to compensate for your dissatisfaction and just to keep you as a loyal client". And that was that -- I got my cable two days ago, and I am enjoying a much faster service though I am losing the portability of the net.
The point I am highliting is this: very few consumers complain when they are dissatisfied. However, companies now know how much customer satisfaction is important. You have everything to gain by expressing your dissatisfaction in an attempt to obtain compensation.
Noong nakaraang linggo ay tumawag ako sa ISP ko para sabihin na hindi na ako natutuwa sa pagbagal ng portable internet ko at kanselahin na nila ang serbis simula sa susunod na billing. Plano ko na mag-shop around kung alin ang mas maganda serbisyo, pero lahat sa kanila ay sumisingil ng halos $100 na service fee.
So tumawag ulit ako sa kasalukuyang ISP ko at nagreklamo ako na bakit hindi pwede magrequest ng switch over mula sa portable to a cable service -- kelangan ko umorder (magsimula ulit) ng cable at magbayad ng halos $100 na connection fee.
Ganun? E kako kung gusto nila akong maging loyal customer pa e wag nila akong singilin ng connection fee at kung hindi e talagang lilipat ako sa iba. Sandali lang, sabi nya at tsekin nya daw ang record ko. Tas sabi nya na ikinatuwa ko naman -- sige daw, magpapadala daw sya ng technician, i-hook up at i-activate daw ang cable ko ng walang bayad at meron pang bonus na.... $20 credit sa susunod na billing ko bilang pabuya sa pagrereklamo ko.
Odiba? kakaaliw naman magreklamo!
I planned to switch provider so I shopped around. There were several choices but all them charge connection/service fees --- no waiving even if I am the one who is giving them my business.
Two days later, I called my current provider, spoke to a different customer service rep and I told him I was trying to place my order via the internet for a cable connection to replace my portable because the speed sucks. But such a switch over is not available on the net and instead I have to order a new connection with the attendant connection/service fee. So I complained that no way I am paying it again, and told him that I am cancelling the service altogether, and I will give my business to another provider instead.
He apologized, checked my "client history", and declared: "ok you're going to get connected without cost plus a $20 rebate on you next bill to compensate for your dissatisfaction and just to keep you as a loyal client". And that was that -- I got my cable two days ago, and I am enjoying a much faster service though I am losing the portability of the net.
The point I am highliting is this: very few consumers complain when they are dissatisfied. However, companies now know how much customer satisfaction is important. You have everything to gain by expressing your dissatisfaction in an attempt to obtain compensation.
Noong nakaraang linggo ay tumawag ako sa ISP ko para sabihin na hindi na ako natutuwa sa pagbagal ng portable internet ko at kanselahin na nila ang serbis simula sa susunod na billing. Plano ko na mag-shop around kung alin ang mas maganda serbisyo, pero lahat sa kanila ay sumisingil ng halos $100 na service fee.
So tumawag ulit ako sa kasalukuyang ISP ko at nagreklamo ako na bakit hindi pwede magrequest ng switch over mula sa portable to a cable service -- kelangan ko umorder (magsimula ulit) ng cable at magbayad ng halos $100 na connection fee.
Ganun? E kako kung gusto nila akong maging loyal customer pa e wag nila akong singilin ng connection fee at kung hindi e talagang lilipat ako sa iba. Sandali lang, sabi nya at tsekin nya daw ang record ko. Tas sabi nya na ikinatuwa ko naman -- sige daw, magpapadala daw sya ng technician, i-hook up at i-activate daw ang cable ko ng walang bayad at meron pang bonus na.... $20 credit sa susunod na billing ko bilang pabuya sa pagrereklamo ko.
Odiba? kakaaliw naman magreklamo!
Saturday, February 9, 2008
There Are Things That Should Be Ignored
AND THERE ARE THOSE THAT WE MUST NOT.
Seriously now, how many of us pay attention to our feet? I mean, real attention not just casual scrubbing when we take a bath or looking at them to make sure we have matching socks (even that is not looking at the feet but the socks, LOL).
My previous post told you that I was unable to go to work because I had sore foot, more like burning sensations on both heels but more pronounced on my right foot. I couldn't wait for my orthopaedic MD, so I went to my podiatrist who looked at my sore foot.
As punishment for ignoring my feet all these years, she told me I must learn to write, and WRITE I SHOULD, the english alphabet in the air using my foot three times every four hours with one minute rest in between. And then, she showed me the structure of my foot and pointed exactly where, how, and why that part hurts.
To my consolation, she told me that this condition is not just an athlete's domain. She mumbled some name whom she said resides on my both my feet. I asked, "Who?" She chuckled and showed me a picture of the stranger, a.k.a. Achilles tendon, in my feet.
(Click HERE for an animation of an Achilles' tendon rupture.)
Sa lahat nang parte ng katawan ng tao, ang ating mga paa ang pinakagamit-gamit natin sa araw-araw subali't ito din ang kawawang parte na bihirang-bihirang makatanggap nang ating pansin. Maliban na lamang kung sumakit ang mga ito tulad ng nangyari sa akin kamakailan.
Hindi ko na nga mahintay pa ang aking ortho surgeon kaya minarapat kong magpunta sa isang espesyalista sa mga paa, siya ang tinatawag na podiatrist, tulad din siya ng chiropodist sa isang banda.
Ang kainaman sa aking podiatrist, na di tulad ng ka-tropa nya sa propesyong ito, ay bihirang bihira niyang ituro ang lugar papuntang synthetic drugs. Ang kanyang panlunas ay matatawag na sina-una pang tradisyon, although bata pa siya nasa 30 plus yatang taong gulang. Madalas na panlunas na ipapagawa nya sa pasyente ay mga stretches, exercises, na tulad nga ng pinagsulat niya ako ng english alphabet sa ere ng mga ilang beses bawat 4 na oras na may pahinga in between.
Kaya ayun, medyo nakakalakad na ako ng maayos PERO kailangan ko pa ding ipagpatuloy ang pagsusulat sa ere kahit daw pakiramdam ko ay syento porsyentong nanumbalik ang aking maayos na pakiramdam sa paa.
Seriously now, how many of us pay attention to our feet? I mean, real attention not just casual scrubbing when we take a bath or looking at them to make sure we have matching socks (even that is not looking at the feet but the socks, LOL).
My previous post told you that I was unable to go to work because I had sore foot, more like burning sensations on both heels but more pronounced on my right foot. I couldn't wait for my orthopaedic MD, so I went to my podiatrist who looked at my sore foot.
As punishment for ignoring my feet all these years, she told me I must learn to write, and WRITE I SHOULD, the english alphabet in the air using my foot three times every four hours with one minute rest in between. And then, she showed me the structure of my foot and pointed exactly where, how, and why that part hurts.
To my consolation, she told me that this condition is not just an athlete's domain. She mumbled some name whom she said resides on my both my feet. I asked, "Who?" She chuckled and showed me a picture of the stranger, a.k.a. Achilles tendon, in my feet.
(Click HERE for an animation of an Achilles' tendon rupture.)
Sa lahat nang parte ng katawan ng tao, ang ating mga paa ang pinakagamit-gamit natin sa araw-araw subali't ito din ang kawawang parte na bihirang-bihirang makatanggap nang ating pansin. Maliban na lamang kung sumakit ang mga ito tulad ng nangyari sa akin kamakailan.
Hindi ko na nga mahintay pa ang aking ortho surgeon kaya minarapat kong magpunta sa isang espesyalista sa mga paa, siya ang tinatawag na podiatrist, tulad din siya ng chiropodist sa isang banda.
Ang kainaman sa aking podiatrist, na di tulad ng ka-tropa nya sa propesyong ito, ay bihirang bihira niyang ituro ang lugar papuntang synthetic drugs. Ang kanyang panlunas ay matatawag na sina-una pang tradisyon, although bata pa siya nasa 30 plus yatang taong gulang. Madalas na panlunas na ipapagawa nya sa pasyente ay mga stretches, exercises, na tulad nga ng pinagsulat niya ako ng english alphabet sa ere ng mga ilang beses bawat 4 na oras na may pahinga in between.
Kaya ayun, medyo nakakalakad na ako ng maayos PERO kailangan ko pa ding ipagpatuloy ang pagsusulat sa ere kahit daw pakiramdam ko ay syento porsyentong nanumbalik ang aking maayos na pakiramdam sa paa.
Monday, February 4, 2008
I Am Not Able Today
I'm home, did not go to work. My right foot hurts, a little tender since last Wednesday. I walk limping, careful not to put a lot of pressure on it. I noticed yesterday, my right hip hurt while walking. And it was due to me compensating for the pressure off my right foot to the left side of my body. And where I have a little "bump" in the mid-section of my spine, that hurts too.
I hope this is not serious, as my orthopaedic surgeon is on a two-week vacation in Florida. He'll be back week after next, I think.
Araguy!!! Hindi ako nakapasok ngayon kasi ang sakit ng kanang paa ko, medyo maga konte ito. Noon pang Miyerkoles ko naramdaman ito - medyo inikot-ikot ko, as in stretch-exercise ko ang paa ko habang nakahiga, e na over-extend o overstretched ko yata .
Kahapon sa mall habang naglalakad, napansin ko na masakit ang kaliwang hip ko. Sa pag-iingat ko na wag bigyan ng pressure ang kanang paa ko, i throw my weight sa kaliwang side ng katawan ko .... kaya yun, sa pagcompensate ng body weight, kaliwang hip ko naman nasakripisyo. Paika-ika ako kung lumakad, halos dragging my right foot.
Week after next pa dating ng ortho-surgeon ko, kasi nasa Florida siya on vacation. Sana umige na ito bago siya bumalik
I hope this is not serious, as my orthopaedic surgeon is on a two-week vacation in Florida. He'll be back week after next, I think.
Araguy!!! Hindi ako nakapasok ngayon kasi ang sakit ng kanang paa ko, medyo maga konte ito. Noon pang Miyerkoles ko naramdaman ito - medyo inikot-ikot ko, as in stretch-exercise ko ang paa ko habang nakahiga, e na over-extend o overstretched ko yata .
Kahapon sa mall habang naglalakad, napansin ko na masakit ang kaliwang hip ko. Sa pag-iingat ko na wag bigyan ng pressure ang kanang paa ko, i throw my weight sa kaliwang side ng katawan ko .... kaya yun, sa pagcompensate ng body weight, kaliwang hip ko naman nasakripisyo. Paika-ika ako kung lumakad, halos dragging my right foot.
Week after next pa dating ng ortho-surgeon ko, kasi nasa Florida siya on vacation. Sana umige na ito bago siya bumalik
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Chinese New Year
Kung Hai Fat Choy!
Trekked to Scarborough Town Centre to watch Beijing's Olympic mascots launch Chinese New Year locally (this is the year of the rat in Chinese calendar, and the year starts on Feb. 7). After introducing the important guests, of course not - I was not included on the list - the 5 olympic mascots went on stage which was followed by the dragon dance presentation. I think, the dance was a lot longer than the years prior and a lot more entertaining. I had the greek grilled 1/4 chicken with rice and greek salad for lunch at the food court that wasn't that packed today. I guess a lot of shoppers are still shovelling snow on their driveway or still sleeping in.
Launching ng Bagong Taon ng mga Intsik sa Scarborough Town Centre (shopping mall), kaya nagpunta doon kanina, at doon na din kumain ng tanghalian pagkatapos manood ng dragon dance na mukhang mas kakaenganyo at mas mahaba ang presentasyon kaysa noong mga nakaraang taon. Nandoon din ang 5 mascot ng Beijing Summer Olympics na ngayong taon nga ay gagawin sa Beijing, China. Maganda din ang panahon, nasa plus side yata, at buti naman hindi masyadong siksikan sa Town Centre -- parang mga tulog pa ang iba o di kaya ay nagtatanggal pa ng yelo sa kanilang driveway.
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