Dust in the Net

Attention In-coming Public Servants

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:34:00 +0000

Kids at Malabon Dump Site

Pumili ng tamang Longanisa

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 09 May 2010 12:56:00 +0000

Botohan na bukas!

wag basta maniwala sa mga tindera.
piliin ang natikman mo na at nasarapan ka.
kung di mo pa natikman, magtanong tanong ka muna sa ibang mapagkakatiwalaan mo sa panlasa.
kung sakaling nagkamali ka nga, titiisin mo bang kainin ito kahit hindi ka nasasarapan?
wag magsisi dahil nagkamali ka ng bili ng longanisa mo.

bukas piliing masusi ang tamang longanisa!:D

Walang Kaliwaan!

noreply@blogger.com (TheHousekeeper) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:13:00 +0000

Saw this scene when we visited our Bacolod District Office a few years ago!:D

QUEDANCOR De-Activation: Are they deserving?

noreply@blogger.com (TheHousekeeper) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:48:00 +0000

Word came out that the country’s premiere credit and guarantee company, the Quedan & Rural Credit Guarantee Corporation (QUEDANCOR), has been recommended by the economic managers of this administration for de-activation.

The Quedan Guarantee Fund Board (Quedan Board), predecessor of the QUEDANCOR, was established in 1978, during the peak of the Masagana 99 program of the Marcos government, to help farmers cope with the lowering prices of palay brought by bumper harvests and over-supply of rice. It was mandated to provide guarantee for bank loans of farmers with only palay stocks for collateral. The office has successfully provided the farmers a breather for their financial woes. Since then the corporation has evolve to where it is now, providing not only guarantee but extending direct credit to palay and other agricultural commodity producers and sellers.

It was only recently that the corporation experienced losses which could have been brought by mismanagement or misjudgement by its handlers. The corporation borrowed huge amounts and expanded its network in an attempt to extend its services to more beneficiaries. Today, interest and overhead expenditures are eating up its funds.

Recently a subject of legislative investigations due to issues from its programs and findings by COA audits

Whatever happened to the investigations...graft? ...channeling of funds? ... mismanagement? And how about the COA Reports? Isn’t there anybody interested in pursuing these issues? Will killing the Corporation that provided credit at the reach of our deprived agri-workers for the past 30 years answer these concerns?

As our Asian neighbors gives value to its agriculture industry by providing subsidy. Our government , aside from the seed capital provided during the corporation’s inception, has not provided any additional funds to QUEDANCOR. The office pursued its mandate for three decades. 30 years of operation which could very well justify its efficiency. And yet, the government chooses to turn off the switch to its operation at a tiny instance.

De-activating QUEDANCOR will leave millions of its beneficiaries, direct or indirect, hanging on a blank wall. It will be creating vacuum on our struggling agriculture industry craving for financial assistance.

De-activating QUEDNACOR could also result to the displacement of more than a thousand of its manpower. Government could be handing down sentence to the wrong guy, the lowly workers who were simply mismanaged for a short period or just following orders.

If ever this plan of de-activation materializes. who’s at a disadvantage? The managers who have at least enjoyed their stint with fat pay checks and/or allowances? or the lowly workers who could barely make ends meet? Who among them enjoyed the big chunks of benefits, privileges and probably popularity. And how about accountability? Who will be pointed as answerable for the predicament the corporation got into?

Who are the people who decided the fate of this corporation or at least are in the know or was supposed to be aware of what was happening to it but did not lift a finger to arrest the circumstances?

Looking at the numbers, the ranks and the beneficiaries of this humble corporation has it! But they seem to be unconvincing and powerless. Something must be missing. Or are they also mishandling the bid for continuance?

Do they deserve to be de-activated?

Reaching Out

noreply@blogger.com (TheHousekeeper) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:35:00 +0000

Last October 11, 2008, the Flickristasindios, an online photo-sharing community (Flickr) group, in cooperation with the Red Cross - Rizal Chapter held a gift giving and feeding activity to 100 pupils of Pantay Elementary School in Teresa, Rizal. A first in its many group activities. It is the group's way of sharing the blessings received by many of its members, some of whom are Filipinos abroad, and at the same time doing its civic and social share to the nation.

The activity started with lectures on hygiene by Red Cross Volunteers to the selected pupils, after which, each of the kids were given gift bags containing hygiene products like soap, tooth-paste, tooth-brush, etc. Each child was also given an English grammar book.

Before leaving, each child was treated with a glass of milk and a bowl of hot porridge.

A speck of salt in the ocean - meager as it may, but if it could be replicated a dozen folds, this act by a small group of photographers could make a significant impact to communities longing for social support.

Kudos to the organizers of this endeavor, the Flickristasindios, and the Red Cross!!!

Shoot from the Gut. Capture and Share. Have Fun along the Way. - Flickristasindios

noreply@blogger.com (TheHousekeeper) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:13:00 +0000

QueMAS Action

noreply@blogger.com (TheHousekeeper) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:58:00 +0000

Saan Na Patungo?

noreply@blogger.com (TheHousekeeper) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:05:00 +0000

Kamakailan lang ay naibalita ng namumuno ng aming opisina ang plano ng mga economic managers ng kasalukuyang administrasyon ng pamahalaan na i-deactivate na ang aming korporasyon. Kulang na lang na sabihing isasara na kami.

Sa pagsasakatuparan ng nasabing plano, milyong benepisiaryo sa nayon ang mawawalan ng pag-asa sa karagdagang puhunan na ipinauutang ng aming opisina para kanilang mga gawain at kabuhayan. Mahigit 1,000 empleayado din, ng aming opisina, ang mawawalang ng trabaho, karamihan dito mga rank-and-file na tulad ko, na umaasa lamang sa kinsenas na sahod.

Bakit ide-deactivate?

Dahil sa laki ng pagkakautang, hirap kami ngayong magbayad ng aming pagkakautang, Sa ngayon, hindi matugunan ng aming ahensya ang interes sa pagkakautang.

Mula’t Sapul

Ng itinatag ang aming opisina, paunang pondo lamang ang iginugul dito ng pamahalaan. Sa naturang pondo, mahigit 30 taon tumakbo ang ahensya ng walang karagdagang ayuda. At makailang ulit din naipautang ng aming korporasyon, sa mga mahihirap sa kanayunan, ang pondo na sa ngayon ay umabot na ng kung ilang bilyong pautang. Sa hangaring makatulong pa sa mas higit na bilang ng mahihirap na umaasam ng tulong mula sa pamahalaan, umutang ng karagdagang puhunan ang aming opisina . At dito na nagsimula ang aming kalbaryo.

Kung management failure ang nangyari, bakit di hanapan ng solusyon? Alamin kung saan nagkamali at iwasto. Sayang naman ang 30 taong pinagsilbi ng opisina sa pagpapaabot ng tulong pinansyal sa mga magsasaka at mangingisda at iba pang mamumuhunan at manggagawa sa kanayunan na alam natin na hindi basta mabibigyan ng pautang sa mga bangko.

Malaki ang maitutulong ng kasalukuyang administrasyon ng gobyerno at mga namumuno ng aming opisina para maisalba ang aming korporasyon, kung aalamin lang ng wasto kung sino, saan at ano ang mga puno’t dulo ng pag hina ng kumpanya at pagbigay ng nararapat na katugunan. Hindi mangyayari ang mga ito ng hindi man lang nalaman ng mga namumuno at namamahala. Hindi inalam? Hindi pinansin? o hindi alam? Mga katanungan na pag-sinagot ay magpapakita sa kung anong klase ng pamumuno ang ipinatupad sa korporasyon.

Sa pamamagitan ng karagdagang puhunan, upang makaahon at matugunan ng aming opisina ang mga obligasyon, at sa pagwawasto ng pamamalakad at pamamahala ng aming ahensya, naniniwala ako na kaya pa nito muling pumalaot ng nag-iisa at tumulong sa mahihirap, ng walang gaanong ayuda, ng makailang ulit pa sa 30 taon na pinamalagi nito.

Ang dating nagpapa-abot ng puhunan sa kanayunan,

ngayon ay kumakatok upang mapahiram, mabigyan,

ng karagdagang ayuda.

Pagkatapos ng ilang taong pagsisilbi,

sana ay tugunan at huwag ipag isang-tabi na lamang.

Tag-lagas

noreply@blogger.com (TheHousekeeper) — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:02:00 +0000

There comes a time in the existence of every tree that it has to shed its old leaves. The very part that has provided it with brilliance of an emerald, the fraction that for an instant has gathered nutrition for its being. For a time, we will witness its splendor uncovered, exposing its minute branches. This as the tree gathers its might to spur out new twigs that would take the place of the old fallen leaves. And as the fresh leaves starts to develop, once again, the grandeur of the mighty wood blossoms, far more than how we remember it was.

Likewise, for any living being, life is not permanent. At a destined time, one shall depart from his world and let new generations carry on. One might be leaving behind a fortune, or successors at an impoverish state. All the same, it is not the leaving or what was left that matters, but how the new ones resolve what was left for them. Their acts would determine the future of what has been handed over.

Dito sa bakuran ko, may isang matandang puno na kinatatakutan ko kung tuluyang matutuyo. Ito ngayon ay nasa panahon ng pag-lalagas. Isa-isa nang bumabagsak sa lupa ang mga dahon. Ang iba’y nadala na ng hangin sa kabilang bakurang hindi ko matanaw. Ang ilan naman, bagamat sa wari ko, sa isang malakas na ihip, tila mapapadpad, matatag pa rin na nakakapit sa sanga na nagbibigay buhay. Mayroon akong nakikita, ilang mga mumunting sibul, nakakapag-pabawas sa aking mga pangamba. Naka-atang sa mga bagong usbong, kung ito ay magiging ganap na dahon, ang katatagan ng puno.

Sa ngayon, patuloy ko lang didiligin upang ang dahon ay lumago at ang puno patuloy na tumayog.

Sana ay hindi ito ang wakas ng istorya ng punong ito!

Optimizing Images for the Web

noreply@blogger.com (TheHousekeeper) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:14:00 +0000

For image uploaders. Why bother optimizing your images for the web?

Large file size images loads longer. The longer the waiting time for your viewer, the higher probability of losing a visitor. It also affects your upload time.

Images directly uploaded to the web from your cameras are heavy. Optimization can produce drastic change in file size, uploading and loading time for you and your visitors.

With the right balance between quality and compression, visual fidelity of your images will not be lost. Experiment on it, just remember, don’t do it on your originals. Create a copy of the file you want to optimize and do your compression on the copy. That way your original is safe.

Same thing too with photo editing, always keep your originals unaltered. Edit a file copy.

Almost all photo editing softwares have options for changing pixels and dimension. Use it and see how it reduces your image size and how it affects the quality of your image on different ratios of compression. And also, keep the aspect ratio (proportion). You might not want to have your pictures stretched vertically or horizontally.

Enjoy faster uploading and loading of your pics! Happy viewing!!!

RapidShare Walk Arounds

noreply@blogger.com (TheHousekeeper) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:32:00 +0000

If you are not a RapidShare premium account user, you’ve probably encountered downloading problems such as waiting times and exceeding download limits. Here are some walk arounds I have stumbled upon. Be careful though with some of the procedures and I suggest you scan the files first if the procedure involves downloading and installing some files.

Here it goes:

1. Short-Out the JavaScript:

1. Goto the page you want to download
2. Select FREE button
3. In the address bar put the following: javascript:alert(c=0)
4. Click OK
5. Click OK to the pop-up box
6. Enter the captcha
7. Download Your File

2. Request a new IP address from your ISP server.

Here's how to do it in windows:
1. Click Start
2. Click run
3. In the run box type cmd.exe and click OK
4. When the command prompt opens type the following. ENTER after each new line.

ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
exit

5. Erase your cookies in whatever browser you are using.
6. Try the rapidshare download again.

Frequently you will be assigned a new IP address when this happens. Sometimes you will, sometimes you will not. If you are on a static IP address, this method will not work. If this works for you, you may want to save the above commands into a batch file, and just run it when you need it.

3. Use a proxy with SwitchProxy and Firefox:

1. Download and install Firefox if you have not already
2. Download and install SwitchProxy
3. Google for free proxies
4. When you hit your download limit, clean your cookies and change your proxy

4. You can use a bookmarklet to stop your wait times:

1. Open IE
2. Right Click On This Link
3. Select Add to Favorites
4. Select Yes to the warning that the bookmark may be unsafe.
5. Name it "RapidShare No Wait"
6. Click on the Links folder (if you want to display it in your IE toolbar)
7. Click OK
8. You may need to close and reopen IE to see it
9. Goto rapidshare and click the bookmarklet when you are forced to wait.

5. OWN A RAPIDSHARE 1 year PREMIUM ACCOUNT

Follow these steps:
1. Create a paypal PREMIUM Account at this address. It is FREE;

http://www.paypal.com

When asked for credit card details simply say cancel. You do not need
to fill it.

2.Then go to the following link;
http://www.AWSurveys.com/HomeMain.cfm?RefID=marques1987

Join this site. It is also FREE. You get paid for completing surveys
over there 6$ to 4$ dollars per survey and 1.25$ per referral thats a
lot u will get a
premium account of 1 year in weeks time ......i myself have a 1 year
premium account and now i am collecting some exta cash .

4.. Another thing you can also use paypal money to buy stuff on ebay
and other shopping sites.

6. Download this:

http://www.zendfile.com/7925735451?/R4p1dH4ck3r2.5F1n4l.r4r

> 1. Install
> 2. When it ask for Launching Click it off
> 3. Copy Crack to C:\Program Files\Download Direct
> 4. Ask for Replacing, click yes.
> 5. Open the program ( if you have a register error on Vista try open
> with "Run Admin" if you right click)
> 6. Add a link and start downloading.
> 7. Maybe bad but it caps @ 1 MB/s

Good Points:
> No need for Rapidshare Account

Bad Points:
> Link has to be ending with .rar and not with html!!
> Caps @ 1 MB/s

Words to Live By (Free E-book)

noreply@blogger.com (TheHousekeeper) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:17:00 +0000

The Success Networks
C O L L E C T I O N
A Compendium of Words to Live By,
Thoughts to Ponder and Ideas to Share

By Michael E. Angier

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Demolisyon sa Likod ng QUEDANCOR

noreply@blogger.com (TheHousekeeper) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:04:00 +0000

Bago pa lamang magsimula ang taong ito, akin nang napagalaman na may magaganap na isang malaking demolisyon. Ang kadahilanan, ang pagkabulok at paglamon ng kalawang sa pundasyon ng isang istraktura na nag silbi at pinakinabangan ng may karamihan ding bilang ng tao.

Sumapit ang kalagitnaan ng taon at nabatid na ito ng mga taong apektado. Unti-unti silang nagsilisan. Ang iba ay nagpakalayo, habang ang iba naman ay nanatiling nariyan lang sa tabi-tabi at nakamasid.

Ilang buwan na rin ang nakalipas ng magsimula na ang mga gawain. Unti-unti nang nagsimula ang mga ingay. At unti-unti na ring nalantad sa aking mga mata ang kabulukan. Madalas mo nang maririnig. ang ingay, patindi ng patindi, naka ririndi. Marami ang nangangamba, lalu ng yung mga nasa baba.

Kami ba ay maaapektuhan?

Malayo ba kami sa panganib?

Ang iba naman sa itaas ay tumatanaw lamang.

Sa ngayon, humihina na ang mga ingay. Panaka-naka mo na lamang itong maririnig.

Patapos na ang demolisyon, subalit wala pang kasagutan sa aking tanong ng una kong mabalitaan ang mga naganap.

Ano ngayon ang gagawin ng mga tao sa QUEDANCOR?

Ang tinutukoy ko pong Demolisyon sa Likod ng QUEDANCOR,

Ang pagwasak sa lumang gusali ng naunang Super Palengke at naging Glori Supermarket hanggang sa ito ay nasunog (matatagpuan sa likod ng QUEDANCOR), dahilan ng pagrupok at paghina ng pundasyon nito.

Delikado na ang lugar para sa mga gumagamit na jeepney drivers at mga nagtitinda kung kaya’t inabisuhan na sila at unti-unti na ring nilisan ang lugar.

Maingay ang mga makinang gumagawa dito kung kaya’t ako’y nagpapasalamat at ito ay patapos na.

Ngunit ang tanong ay nananatili.

Ano na ngayon ang gagawin natin?

Pababayaan na lang ba natin ‘yan?