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Lately, my blog got a 403 forbidden error and it was too late to find out. My third party analytics tool showed that my blog isn’t consuming any bandwidth nor receiving any visits for a day so I check my page. Upon checking, whoah!, it shows a 403 Forbidden error. Panic? Yes! Because I am already paying a webhost (after a month of stay at Freehostia) and I am working hard to get a higher rank for my blog but then in an instant, my sweat will just be spent in vain? What is 403 forbidden error by the way? ... Read more

February 25 to 28 when a team of five – me including 4 of my friends and office mates flocked at NAIA 3 to fly to one of Philippines’ premier summer getaways – Coron, Palawan. After touchdown at Busuanga Airport, officially Francisco B. Reyes Airport, we traveled 30 to 45 minutes to get to our accommodation. We then checked in to our hotel and took a tricycle ride to the foot of Mt. Tapyas. We started our adventure with an exasperating hike to the top of the 740-step hill. Atop is the picturesque panorama of the beautifully carved floating massif, the ... Read more

We kicked off our 2-day island hopping tour in Coron at Bulog Island, and island paradise in the southwest of Coron Island and east of Culion (see the map). We navigated for more than two hours just to see this little wonder. Below are the photos we had during the tour courtesy of John Marx of Marxtermind.com Bulog Island Cottage Rocky and sandy terrain of Bulog Island The boat we used on our Island Hopping in Coron Some random photo of myself What am I doing with the tripod? In the background is Bulalacao Island. A clear water of Bulog ... Read more

Aside form the enticing white beaches and the picturesque karst massifs that continuously rise from the sea, the magnificent world of live corals and underwater creatures is a must-see in of Coron, Palawan. One of the underwater havens of Coron is Siete Pecados. It is a group of 7 islets that are approximately close with each other, surrounded with awesome coral sanctuary and a variety of marine life. (Ship wreck diving at Bahul Island, Coron). During high tide, the wreck is 10-15 ft deeper. I couldn’t swim further so I struck a pose just half way. The other one is Banol Island that ... Read more

Lectures, in the Philippines, are not only held in classrooms, business conferences or meetings, company-related functions, or tutorials sessions but also in a court hearing, broadcasted live and or in delayed telecast on the national television. While the impeachment trial is one of the most followed telenovela-like series on most of the Philippine broadcast channels,  the impeachment court is acting as the classroom for the feisty law mentor, Senator-Judge Miriam Defensor-Santiago. With the principal (Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile) and fellows (The rest of the Senator Judges) watching, the lady senator is teaching the prosecution team constitutional laws. What a shame that ... Read more

Time stamp is based on GMT+8:00 (Manila and Singapore) time zone. Trending Today Today is Valentines day and I am expecting that the most special day for those in-love, couples, and lovers will be on the top. Look what trends on twitter – #IfYouAreSingle, which is clearly taking for those who are loveless. In what you could enjoy today if you are indeed, single? Maybe that is the question of most of the tweet buzzers. Valentines day just come second with #ollyvday hashtag. Our gay citizens are also active tweeting and consider this day as Fag day (hashtag #fagday comes ... Read more

CDMA or Code division multiple access is a channel access method used by various communication companies. It has significant data transfer rate and is very efficient in handling frequency resources not like GSM, which go “network busy” when data traffic is high. CDMA networks are also believed to be more secure than GSM. Philippines’ communication technology is one of the world’s most advanced and sophisticated for being one of the few countries who first launch 3G technology and WiMax networks and one of the firsts to implement mobile commerce and mobile payment systems. However, the country doesn’t seem to be open ... Read more

Time stamp is based on GMT+8:00 (Manila and Singapore) time zone. Trending Today: Whitney Houston remained as most tweeted until noon today while #GRAMMYs is making a great wave, from fans’ anticipation of the Grammy 2012 Awards to the red carpet show and the declaration of winners. S.F.C is also talked and I am sorry I didn’t spend time to find out why. Others mistakenly thought it as Southern Fried Chicken. The lady who won 2 Grammys in just two minutes and got a total 6, Taylor Swift (T. Swift), jumped to the top of the trending list. On Yahoo!, ... Read more

How true that, in addition to Globe, PLDT’s Smart and Sun Cellular, and Bayan Telecommunications, Vodafone will be powering our mobile devices soon? Will CDMA Networks be expanded? BayanTel is the only Philippine provider that offers CDMA under its license agreement with Verizon Wireless. The world’s second largest telcommunication company (after China Mobile) in terms of the number of subscribers (estimated to be at 333 Million) is gearing up for a launch in the Philippines. Though no official announcement has been made, but it is not a sin to anticipate. Vodaphone Philippines account setup on twitter Vodafone Philippines Facebook Account ... Read more