31st December, 2010

Last day of the year 2010 - Thank you oh Lord for the coming year, thank you for all blessings that you gave to me and to my family for this year! Thank you, you are always there for us; Praise to you oh Lord! Alleluja! Amen.

Latest Philippine Lotto Result - 6/55

Grand Lotto 6/55
04-41-40-55-42-45
Php 633,911,065.20
Draw Date: 11/24/2010

Coron, Palawan Adventure Day 3 (Last Day of Adventure)

Day 3 of Adventure - Twin Lagoon, CYC, Banol Beach, Skeleton Ship Wreck, Kayangan Lake, Siete Pecados

After taking breakfast in Coron Lodge, we were fetched by the tourist guide at around 9am; first stop is Twin Lagoon

Here in Twin Lagoon the temperature of water is different from the bottom to the top (if you are submerged into the water - in my feet I can feel that it is cold, but on my upper body it is warm); also, from what I remember is when I looked down into the water it is like there is an oil below the water;

some of the mountain rocks going to Twin Lagoon where local tribesmen get bird's nest because of its high price value, I forgot the name of the birds, hehehe

this is the entrance going into its "twin" lagoon; it was low tide when we went here; but if it is high tide you can swim going into the other side, notice the stairs above? that is how high if it is high tide :)

inside the other lagoon;

going out of twin lagoon; next stop is CYC (Coron Youth Club)

we stayed here for just a short period of time, took some pictures; this is a place where most of the town folks go because it does not have an entrance fee :) most of the islands have entrance fees and some are not open to public; next stop is Banol Beach

Banol Beach - this is where we have taken our lunch, it also has clear water; on its shore small fishes can be seen;

After taking lunch, we went to Skeleton Ship Wreck; it does not have a record on books (currently) what type of ship it is. Snorkeling!

Next stop - Kayangan Lake; to get to the Kayangan lake, you need to hike; yes you need to do some hiking :) don't worry there are stairs going up and down till you reach the lake and don't forget to read the rules below, hehehe!

aahhhhh! view from the top (below pic)

the Kayangan Lake itself, it is a freshwater, not saltwater

Last stop - Siete Picados; I forgot the story why it was called Siete Picados, it has many corals and fishes; also a breeding ground for corals and fishes, stepping on the corals is not allowed; Snorkeling!

After that? went back to town proper; pics below while on our way back

Dinner and Rest.... zzzzzz......

Coron, Palawan Adventure Day 2

2nd day of adventure - Shipwrecks (Istangen and Lusong Gunboat), Calambuyan Island and Coral Garden

This is a cloudy day :( but it is also an advantage, at least I won't get a sunburn :) We have taken our breakfast on the Coron Village (part of our package deal; breakfast, lunch and snacks except on the first day); I ordered a danggit fish with egg; the danggit is not crispy and I wondered why, I just realized later that danggits here are not like tuyo (dried fish), hahaha! After breakfast, we prepared our suits for our tour and at around 9am the tour guide arrived and fetch us. We went to the seaport(?) and the boat is ready! Yeaah! Shipwreck and island tour!

First stop is in Istangen; Istangen is the name of the ship that sunk during the Japanese war here in the Philippines, we went to a island and I ask the tour guide what are we going to do on its seashore and they told us below that is the Istangen, hahaha!

From what I remember there are lots of sunken ships (during war) around Coron but there are only 2 out of 10 that can be seen while snorkeling and the others can only be seen if you are going on diving. You can see the sunken ship in spite of the rain and the water is clear and green! Snorkeled!

After Istangen, we went to Calambuyan Island; there, we had taken our lunch - tinola, porkchop, enseladang talong and adobong pusit, after taking our lunch we did some snorkeling again;

one of the tour guides assisted us, he swam bringing a lifevest and us clinging to that lifevest, hahaha!

After Calambuyan, we went to Coral Garden, as the name implies, there are lots of corals here, but unfortunately I didn't enjoy it much because it was raining while we are here, waaah! But I can still see the corals here! :D Snorkeling!

There are lots of large corals here!

Last stop for the day - Lusong Gunboat; another ship(? but why "Gunboat", lol) sunk during war time, still it was raining, but not heavy rain (ulanbon in tagalog, hehehe), what I like in this sunken ship is that you can step on it;

but they are not allowing to step to some parts of it because you can get wounded from it (its a metal, right???) :p

Returned to hotel :( took a bath on the hotel and ate dinner on the carinderia where we have taken lunch during our first day - pansit canton for 50php each, one order is actually good for two but it was cooked already so the other one was taken back to the hotel.... burp! Rest well!

Coron, Palawan Adventure Day 1

It is a 4days 3 nights package tour that we got from a travel and tours agency; flight via ZestAir at around 10am; around 45mins from Manila to Busuanga Airport; upon arriving from Busuanga Airport, somebody from another van let us rode with them because I think we were left by our tour guide due to our long(?) stay inside the restrooms (lol); from Busuanga Airport to Coron Town Proper it is around 45mins to 1 hour journey; stayed in one of the hotels - Coron Village Lodge Hotel. After getting to our room, we went out to search for some restaurants and found a carinderia (we were on tight budget here, hehehe) near the Coron Fire Station; ordered some papaitan and monggo - yummy! great taste! Went back to hotel and waited for the tour guide for our Mt. Tapyas climb, souvenir shops, city tour and Maquinit Hot Spring

The tour guide has finally arrived! First we went to a souvenir shop and bought some t-shirts and of course, souvenirs, it was a great thing we went here first because we won't be able to do shopping anymore because of our schedule.

After the souvenir shop we went to Mt. Tapyas. Mt. Tapyas has 724 steps; it is a great challenge while climbing it; I never thought that I will be consuming lots of water while climbing it! Fortunately, there are some kids that are selling Mineral Water and Gatorade; they will go with you while you are climbing. From the top of Mt. Tapyas, you will see the beautiful Coron, the landscape, the whole area, the great sea, wow! what a sight! My T-shirt is so wet due to my perspiration, hahaha! While going down I can feel my legs are trembling, hahaha!

After Mt. Tapyas we went to a shop that sells cashews for a cheap price (newly cooked); and we bought lots of it.

Then, we went to Maquinit Hot Spring, its water comes from a volcano below the sea (and not active anymore). You need to dip to the pool slowly, because it is around 36-40 degrees hot, wow, what a great feeling, its relaxing and the trembling of my legs were gone, wohaaa. Just don't stay there for too long, you will perspire, hehehe. Also, I hope they will remove the dogs on the said area :(

After that, we went back to the hotel and took a bath. We had taken our dinner on the Coron Village; they have their own bar and restaurant; ordered some sinigang na lapu-lapu and diningding; the sinigang is good but the diningding is not. After that, taken some paracetamol, hahaha! Just to be ready for the second day of adventure :D I don't want to be sick for the next adventures, hehehe!

Went back to hotel and sleep but around 2AM there was a brownout, grrrr.... (just be ready for this one, it's common because they have electricity and water crisis) after an hour the electricity is back again, aircon turned on again.... zzzzzz....

Illegal Interview Questions - Philippines

Had just read an article in web regarding illegal interview questions (stated in law), but I think this is only in U.S. , hmmm... I'm wondering if we also have like that in the Philippines... I hope we can also have those too

Ragnarok Valkyrie nGuard Protection

Recently I was botting (using Openkore) on one of the Ragnarok private servers (www.openkore-ro.com) available when I decided to play in Valkyrie Ragnarok Server (commercial server). I ran the valkyrie.exe and it updated, after that i managed to login successfully on the server. But while playing an nGuard protection message error pop-out (although it did not say what is the error). I pressed enter and then the valkyrie client exited. I've tried these a few times and the error always pops-out then the valkyrie client exits. I've tried to search and did some solutions (reinstall nGuard, reinstall Ragnarok, etc. etc.) that I have found in the internet but unfortunately nothing worked. I restarted my pc and then tried to relogin to Valkyrie and then it let me play without nGuard errors; now I understand - it does not run properly if you are simultaneously running an Openkore Program! Whaat??? I simulated it again; I ran the Openkore program and ran the Valkyrie client, then the error popped-out again! What is this??? Is nGuard a spyware??? Ragnarok Valkyrie client does not run if it sees an Openkore program running on your system??? Whaat??? Whaat??? What the...!

Tragic Hostage Crisis - Manila

A sad day for the Philippines (http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100824-288458/Bloodbath-at-Rizal-Park). If you will read the news articles in the internet, they are blaming the police, the strategy of the police, the tactics that were used. But how about media? Why isn't media accepted the fact that they were also part of the reason why the ex-police started firing at his hostages? If they did not showed the footage of the brother being arrested, things will go differently. Also, it is so annoying listening and watching especially to Channel 5's Mr. Tulfo's comments during the live coverage (I transferred channel instead). Mr. Tulfo should have not talked with the hostage taker. It made things worse. Always blaming the government. Sigh.

MRT (Metro Rail Transit) - Pushing while getting inside the train

I think these are the reasons why some people push while getting inside the train:

1. For fun - I always see and hear people laugh while pushing their way into the train, up until now I cannot understand them - Sige tulak mo pa! (Push! Push!)
2. Late for work - of course, one of the usual reasons; Late nako! Tulak pa para makapasok lahat! (I'm already late! Push! So that everyone can enter!); Always coming late for work.
3. To pickpocket - Exactly. There was a time that I have experienced this while entering the train; there was a lot of pushing and the guy lost his cell phone (he's with his wife).
4. To make sexual advances (to cop a feel)- of course, ladies be careful when riding on the other carts
5. To be able to sit - Yes, just to be able to have a sit.
6. Excited(?) - Excited to ride a train - maybe, what do you think?
7. Intention to hurt - Possible, because of too much watching of UFC, Boxing, MMA and wrestling
8. No reason at all (is there such as thing as no reason?) - No reason, just want to push.

New Ragnarok Private Server

Another great Ragnarok Private Server, I love this one because it's almost the same as the commercial servers, you can test here the stats and skills that you will use in a commercial server; that is if you will still play on a commercial server. You may also use openkore bot in playing or play manually, here it is!

http://www.openkore-ro.com

Profit First or Employee First?

I've read one of the reasons why Hurd of HP was ousted: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/the-other-reason-hurd-got-ousted-discontent-among-hp-rank-and-file/37878?tag=mantle_skin;content

For me this is one of the biggest mistakes that a boss always do, not just a boss but a company; yeah you made the company's profit higher, so what? If people are unhappy with the way you treat them it will always backfire; I can still remember a boss like this; always looking at the profit side before the worker side, sigh

Bohol

It has been 4 months now since I last visited Bohol, and it was a great experience!, I can still remember the sweet scent when we are passing through the man-made forest; and the pictures that we have taken there, wohoo! The stairs (dunno how many steps) going up to see the full view of the "Chocolate Hills"; and while going up and going down I was really scared (wahahaha!) my legs are trembling (as in trembling, wahahaha!) because I have acrophobia, but I managed to conquer it. The dolphin watching isn't that really good and exciting because there are just few dolphins they're just hiding (waaah). We also went to "virgin islands"-great sand and to the fish sanctuary. Overall experience - great!