Super Mega Hot!

Everyone's aware that the Earth seems kinda not in its usual self anymore. Well, that's what i feel right now and during the past few years. But when i looked back 10 years ago, i can surely tell the difference when i talk about the comfort of my own bedroom. During summer, i have to endure the excruciating pain of the heat even during night time. I know that one reason why this is happening is because of these metal roofing used mostly in the houses. These metals seems duplicating the radiation comes from the sun and creates an oven-like environment. If you don't have aircon inside your house then you will feel like you are being toasted all day long.

I wonder what will gonna happen in the next 10 years. If today 2013, living inside your house won't give you the best comfort life could give, how much more in the next few years? Everything is increasing especially the prices but the salaries are still the same. So if you are one of those unfortunate who can't afford to buy an aircon or pay the electric bills, oh my, i am telling you, living on earth is definitely not something you can really look forward to. But what if like me, i haven't even reach the golden years yet and to think i will have to suffer like this every year? Hmnn just to think of that gives me headache.

One thing i'm very sure of? When i die, i'd rather stay in the astral world for thousand years. Earth is not too appealing to me anymore.

SMART Way Of Stealing Money

My uncle is pissed with Smart for stealing his load which he suppose to buy a new game. He called the customer service and the person said that when he gets a text offer, he should reply NO or else P15 or P30 will be deducted automatically from his load even if he deleted it.  PFFFF! Very smart of stealing money indeed. The fact that there's nothing important on the text they are sending, why it cost too much. It should be deducted only when the user replied YES. If there's no reply, it means NO. Imagine they deduct P30 for 1 million users, it can cost a total of P30 million!!! Not everyone will bother to call the customer service to ask why the LOAD was gone, especially the elderly ones. Seriously, SMART sucks. Well i used to be a SMART user but i switched to Globe and i'm happy with the service. I told my uncle to switch to Globe or else he is making SMART more richer for stealing his money!

Philippine Customs Unreasonable Tax Charges

I think Philippines is the only country in the world who is overcharging customs tax. I was expecting a package to arrive within 2 weeks but it's already been 1 month and i didn't get a notice from Taguig Post Office. I started to get worried coz i was advised that i will get the package in just 10 days. I called the Pasay Central Post office and i was given another # to call for package tracking. A lady answered and i was asked some details and was told to call the next day. The lady asked me to get a pen and a paper and jot down what she dictated. It's a letter to Taguig postman stating that my package is ok to release. I wrote it down in a clean blank band paper. I bring an id with me and some pesos. I went to the post office with my uncle. When we got there, i showed the handwritten letter to the postman. He was busy doing something so i waited for few minutes. I looked around and i saw a familiar box. He asked me if i saw my package already and i said yes. He read the letter and created a parcel notice and i was told to go to the cashier to pay P40. When i came back, my uncle was to talking to the customs in another table. I seated and talk to the guy. He gave me papers about the rules and regulations of the Bureau of Customs. I started to feel something fishy. That's the first time ever happened to me coz i used to get my package there once or 2x a year but the postman will just open the package and it's done, no charges or whatsoever. Then the guy started to make a computation based on the value declared by my sender. Omgg to my shocked, i don't understand why they declared it 80 euros. I don't know what to think at that time but i'm starting to panic. Then i saw the tax i have to pay. It's a staggering P2200 pesos. I wanna faint!!! 80 euros is like P4500. It means the tax cost like 50% of the declared *shocked* Whoever made that kind of rules should be burned to hell! Most especially the items i received were just late Christmas gifts and not for commercial purposes. The custom guy reasoned out why the tax is so expensive is because they want to reach a target in revenue. What the fuck!!! Why do they have to extort money from us??? When i said that the tax is too much, he gave a discount and made it P1870. I wasn't able to get the package coz i only have P200 with me. I told the postman that i will just let my uncle pick up the package in the afternoon and i will make an authorization letter. He said there's no need. Also he suggested that he will talk to the custom guy. We can just give him P500 to be able to release the package, without receipt. OK, so the money will go to their pockets of course but it's better than paying P2200 pfff!

The Day I Dreamt Of Cory Aquino

Few days before the May 10, 2010 Presidential Election, I dreamed of the late former President Cory Aquino. She is campaigning for her son Noynoy Aquino who is running for Presidency. In my dreams, she visited my place on board her yellow helicopter. I don't even know if she actually owns a yellow helicopter in real life. She's wearing a yellow dress. She looks exactly the same as how i saw her on pictures and TV. I shook her hands and told her "Please tell your son Noynoy to come visit us also here. I want to tell him personally that i want to vote him and support him coz i believe and trust him that he can change this sick country." She never said anything but she smiled at me.

That was the first time i ever dreamed of Cory Aquino. And i don't think it's just a coincidence. For sure i'm not the only who dreamed of her that time of election. Noynoy won the election with a large margin. I know it's meant to happen. It's  his destiny. I love my country but never the corrupt politicians and public officials. Everywhere, corruption is rampant. We need someone like Noynoy to manage this country with iron hands. I don't care what other people say. Impeachment of Corona should be done so that Arroyo will be put to jail. Life imprisonment is not even enough for her. Never forget his mastermind husband. If only these 2 never exists on earth, i wonder what life must have been.

One time i'm reading some comments on yahoo news. Someone said, he preferred Gloria Arroyo as president even if she's corrupt. Omgg! Does he has any idea how much billions Arroyo and his husband stole? These people who said these things for sure are the ones who benefited from the sick management of the corrupt officials and earn money under the table. Just very sad to think but dark ones never win. Light ones will!

OFW Loan & LandBank

November 2011, my father who was a former seafarer applied a business loan at OWWA under OFW Reintegration Program. It's aim is to help those former OFW's who can't work abroad anymore and to those who wants to engage on business instead of continuing working outside the country. LandBank will approve and issue the loan. Based on OWWA's policy, collateral is not required anymore. But to our surprise, my father was asked to provide our home ownership certificate aside from those many forms we had submitted. An officer from the bank came to visit our store many times. It's already been 3 months but we haven't heard anything from them ever since. 2 weeks ago, Mom called the officer of the bank and asked the status of the loan, she was told to just wait for a while because they are processing too many applications. Mom asked assurance to the officer and she said, "YES, you will get something of course and there's no need to call us anymore. Just wait for our call." If it's true, why it's taking too long? Can they just be honest and straightforward and tell us that our application was rejected rather than make us wait for too long? Can they just be at least act professional? Is it really normal to the bank to process loan application for 4 months or more? It's funny because when it comes to giving charges, they are super fast as lightning. 

I read this article just now:

http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/business/4801-landbank-issues-loans-to-returning-ofws

I hope this is not just for publicity purposes only. I hope there's no hidden corruption involve here.

I Wish I Have Super Powers!

Our area has a Police Station, same street with the Barangay Hall and i'm still wondering why crime is so rampant. One grocery store has been robbed and the robbers took some P100,000 cash. No justice was given. On the other corner, some peeps had been murdered, shoot to kill and i don't even know if the killer was caught and put to jail. Seriously, what are the police doing? The crime rate is getting higher all over the country because the police are not doing anything at all. Or maybe only 10% of them are serious with their job. 50% are mastermind of other crimes, the rest are incompetents. What a big waste of money for the government.

If i have a super power, I will teleport all murderers, corrupt, bulgars, snatchers, robbers, rapist, stealers, abusive persons, con artists & scammers to the planet made of desert and let them die there of starvation. Imagine the world without these people?

Remedy For Chili Pepper Burn

Last night, i sliced 1 chili pepper for the Fish Fillet In Spicy Garlic Sauce recipe i'm cooking without using gloves. Few minutes after, i can feel my left hand fingers started to itch. I knew it's because of the pepper but i told myself it will disappear once i wash my hands. I did washed my hands but instead the pain got worse and it scattered all throughout my left hand. I tried to put my left hand inside the freezer and hold some ice for few seconds. The pain stopped but it comes back again after few minutes. The pain is still bearable so i ignored it. After like 4 hours, the pain is excruciating anymore that i almost wanna cry so i panicked. I opened my laptop and search for the remedy coz my mom and aunt were sleeping already. I found a site about the remedy for japalenos pepper burn. So many people posted about their experiences and true, i felt relieved to know i'm not the only one who is stupid not to use a glove. Someone recommended alcohol so i did tried. Same effect like putting ice coz the pain came back. I waken up my aunt and asked if she has any idea about it. She said it should be the coconut milk but it's not helping coz it's almost midnight and we don't know where to get it. I went back to my laptop and asked some help. I was instructed to put salt, didn't work. I tried fish sauce, didn't work also. I continued reading the super long post and someone suggested to try baking soda paste (baking soda in small amount of water). We have lots of it, so i never hesitated. I went down again in the kitchen and soaked my left hand in a bowl of baking soda paste. It felt good. After a minute, i pour the paste all over my hands, left & right. I let it dry for a while. After 15 minutes, omgg the pain starts to disappear! My hands were all white coz of the paste which dried up already. 30 minutes approximately, the pain disappeared 99%. I'm so happy and thankful. So guys, if ever you're new in the kitchen and you want to cook, when you slice some peppers, make sure you use gloves. If ever it's too late, hope you'll stumble on my blog and be able to  help you stop your suffering :D

Only In The Philippines Part 1

It's a big pain in the ass when you own a business here in Philippines. Not only because of 12% EVAT in everything (food included, omgg even the toll has tax *faints*), which is too high of course (knowing that the minimum salaries of the employees is like P350 a day, less tax), paying the renewal of Barangay Permit yearly will cost you P700, Mayor's Permit cost P14,000 something more or less + other requirements & charges like Fire Extinguisher which is also renewable yearly. What shocks me more was finding out that the Barangay Hall in Taguig is collecting parking fee for every delivery truck which cost P30 a day. The truck don't even stay for 15 minutes longer, they just only load ordered items to our store. Wow!! Our government loves to extort money from it's people eh? Where does the money goes? Usual answer: It goes to the pocket of corrupt officials. Is there any justice for this? Our President Noynoy Aquino is doing his best to fight the rampant corruption. I really admire his brave heart and big guts to fulfill his promise to it's people. I wish justice will be served in due time.

Memories Of My Baby San Chai

She was 3 months old when Aunt brought her home year 2003. We named her San Chai. Based from the famous character of Taiwanese Series Meteor Garden. For the first time, my family decided to adopt a dog coz of rampant burglars in my area. I don't pay much attention to her at first. But when she grows older, I started to become emotionally attached to her. Not only she's a pretty dog, but she's super smart. I will list down some memories i can never forget. 

* When i arrived home from work, even though i haven't knock yet, she'll go down to the gate and when Mom saw her, she knows someone is coming so she'll get the key to open the gate. 

* She loves to jump on me or play hide & seek with me. She's always excited to see me and it made me happy :D

* She loves to brag her super beautiful tail! Too bad i wasn't able to take a good pic of it. 

*  When i'm washing dishes and didn't notice her coming, she will simply lick the back of my leg like telling me "Hey! I'm here" Omgg this made me smiled to my ears!

* We have a store and she spends her day staying there with Mom & Aunt. She loves to bark especially to kids. I'm wondering if she hates kids or just want to get their attention?

* When there's only 1 person in the store and there are lots of customers, San Chai will go to the stairs and bark loudly like calling any of us to go down and help lol.

* She don't like sleeping alone in the sala so she will bark weirdly at the middle of the night. She won't stop until someone will go down and accompany her. 

* When Mom woke up late, she will go up to check her. If she saw Mom moves, she will go back down or she will sleep near Mom.

* She loves to listen to gossips. When she saw a group of persons chatting / gossiping, she will go sit in the center and look to each of us like she wanna join the conversation.

* When i gave her food, sometimes it takes time before she eat it. I'm thinking maybe she's praying first?

* She's very picky with food though. You can't give her same food for the whole week. You need to vary her food everyday.

* She eats cement and cement powder and also tissues. I asked her "Are you a mouse in previous life?"

* She loves to sleep in a cloth. She will fix it first before she lay down on it.

* When i'm picking ticks and lice on her body, she can understand when i told her to switch position so i can check the other side of her body. This scenario was actually one of the best she can do and convinced me that she's a very smart dog.

* When she made a mistake like peeing in the wrong place, she will hide right away under the chairs lol. She turned her head down when i'm scolding her and she's trying to look pitiful hahaha.

* Sometimes she will lick our hands to let us know that she wanna go up and pee.

* She loves to sleep on my feet :D

2 years ago, she started nose bleeding with blood. We're thinking that maybe coz it's too hot. When this happened, we gave her a bath and ice packs on her face and it works, but not all the time. Then Mom met a Vet which we're not sure if he's licensed or not but i'm guessing he is not. He gave my dog an injection for nose bleeding if bath and ice can't stop the bleed, it worked!

She got sick many times already and one time, i was able to heal her by giving her Tertracycline when  her whole body got swollen and she can't stand anymore and barely eat.

Lately, she stopped eating and became thinner until she can't stand anymore. The vet gave her 2x injection for virus. We even had her on dextrose for 2 days. Until she pooped with blood 3x in 1 day, the same day she died. She's 9 years old. Seeing her suffered breaks my heart into pieces. An hour before she died, she looked at me like she's not sick at all. I can feel what she wants to tell me. It's like "Just let me go and don't be sad. The pain is too much and i wanna be free" I told her i will nap a bit coz i have a big headache. I'm lacking of sleep since she got sick coz i always went down to check her, wash her body with hot cloth, feed her and gave her meds. Also to check if she pee. After napping for 30 mins, my sister knocked on my door and told me to go down and check San Chai. I could sense something is wrong coz my sister and i barely talk to each other. I'm hesitant to go down but i have to. Then i saw her, she pooped with blood again and my dad is wiping her. I don't see her breathing anymore and her eyes were still open. I know it's all over. I cried the whole night. 

My sister consulted Elaine De Carlo online, the Animal Communicator. She said San Chai is happy how we treated her. And she wanna come back with us when we're ready :D

San Chai died January 11, 2012