The Late Blog with MoH..

A Big Turn

2010-08-10T17:49:00.011+08:00

It has been awhile since my last blog, a lot of things happened, to many to mention and definitely not all of them are worth to mention. Good news is, I'm still alive. The blog site is old and yet I still can't find a good topic to focus on.

A sprout of divinity has sprouted from within me.

Thinking about what to post really makes my head spin so I said to myself, why not post whatever I think and feel? a bit cheesy yup but it is still a post. Nakita ko kasi traffic statistics of the blog site and nakakahinayang den na bitawan na lang ng basta basta, at least I seem to have readers paren although most of them pinilit ko lang basahin tong blog na to.

Funny as it may seem but I think I forgot the idea that this blog site is an open channel for me to release whatever is in my thoughts or what I feel, I really need to remind myself of this.

A highlight of what has happened to me during the time I haven't been able to blog is I have engaged in spiritual matters. You know, the weird stuff pero hindi yung mga type na ghost hunt ekek shit, but mostly on being a faith healer or what you would call locally as an albularyo. I started studying like 5 or 6 months ago. This is more like a taboo for me because nowadays, Albularyo's are sadly, a laughing matter or more on kalokohan. The thought of people about albularyo's cannot be blamed on them but be blamed on the bulaang albularyo's o mga manloloko in lay man's term. For me, I do not care, because the purpose is clear to me, be helpful to others and be pleasing to the eyes of the Lord. I guess I am on my way to being a modern day manggagamot just like my maestro.

With that said, I just mentioned the highlight. Kidding aside, let us move on with our lives and see it on our point of view and talk about it while enjoying every experience and what it means to be living.

Moh

You Wanna Taste my KaRAtEh!??

2010-07-12T22:03:00.001+08:00

Last week, we went out to Megamall to buy him an inflatable swimming pool where we came across an unexpectedly great food house.

To my curiosity, we tried the food house and surprisingly, the store hasn't spend a month yet in Megamall.

I tried the Beef Ramen which reminded me of what Naruto used to eat, this is the first time I'll eat Ramen!

For 89 Pesos?? This is the best!

Definitely worth it..

Just by the ramen, you can already satisfy your hunger, it's 100% real beef and I think the beef is Misono style if I am not mistaken. A bit of a warning for people with high blood though, the soup is oozing with cholesterol. After I finished drinking the soup, I felt a slight twitch right at my temple and got dizzy for .5seconds.

Wifey ordered the Kido Master Burger ...

The House Burger,, Juicy Japanese Burger Patty with onion, lettuce, tomato, mayo, mustard and a special sauce.

The burger is so-so, maybe because we ate it too late, the patty was already dry but I bet it's at it's best when it's hot. The burger has rich ingredients, which is good. This baby is P145 w/ cheese.

For Wacky we ordered Tsukini balls, a 3-piece grilled chicken ball. For some reason the name reminds me of chikinini. LoL!

PILIPINAS Got Talent! Jovit Baldonido following Arnel Pineda's footsteps

2010-03-03T02:47:00.001+08:00

Sharing the pride of being a Filipino...

This kid definitely has what it takes to become a star, though his talent is kinda similar to Arnel Pineda, that woulnt be a let down for this case. You can just imagine what great things this kid is capable of, especially with that humble heart.

This is Moh, and I am proud to be Pinoy!

Moh's Web Node#3

2010-02-18T01:11:00.001+08:00

It's time for a good game! check this out...

http://www.onemorelevel.com/games/avoider.html

Object of the game is to keep you mouse pointer away from the sucker!

Talk about directing..

2010-02-06T05:26:00.000+08:00

I stumbled upon this video and find it too awesome not too share. I may be one of the late people who just got to know about this video, but surely there would still be some people out there who does not know about this yet. I would not want to pass this chance to spread the word and show you guys how great this video has been created.

It's a Music Video and as I understand it, the title of the song is "Hibi no neiro" and the band name is "Sour" I may be wrong though.

Talk about the manpower needed to get this done! No wonder why this video was directed by 4 people Masashi Kawamura, Hal Kirkland, Magico Nakamura and Masayoshi Nakamura. I salute you guys for doing a job well done!

This is nice, not only does the video look great but it also sets the benchmark high in creating music videos. I guess it is time for the world to move on in terms of how videos are being presented. Given the technology that we have today, who knows what kind of videos will be having in 10 years from now? 3d Holographic full color and interactive shows maybe?

This is a challenge in full face to all famous and non-famous film directors out there.

Moh's Web Node#2

2010-02-05T07:59:00.004+08:00

I stumbled upon this site which gives you random pictures on a humorous context, each click on the picture gives you a new picture. The site is http://www.fatpita.net.

Let me share some pictures that caught my attention.

This is clever. I am entertained.

Whoever made this comment is a Geek.

This made me think for 3 seconds hehehe..

What if this was your kid? Blame the Daddy.

Orgasm on every chew.

Do I need to say anything? Hoo Ha!

Looks familiar??

"Cge lang pre coast is clear, tirhan mo ko"

"shit pre, digs ko to.."

Mom: Ayy! Si Sam Milby! Makunan nga...

Anak: Nay masaket! Aray aray aray... lecheng Sam Milby!!

All pictures came from fatpita.net

Radio while on Call with a customer.

2010-02-05T00:29:00.000+08:00

If you are the same as me, spending 8 hours of the day in front of the computer and talking to customers and doing whatever, I found a way to kinda lessen the stress from taking calls.

If my work setup is the same as yours, you'll be able to try this.

Here's how my setup is:

- Desktop PC with the sound volume enabled.
- Cannot play loud music since you might disturb the people around you.

Here's what I did,

I put on my Headset which i use in talking to customers and then put on my thick earphones over my headset for customers! In that way, I can still hear my customers while I am listening to my favorite radio station magic 89.9. So it's like talking to someone with a cool music background! Kinda eases my stress a bit, it works for me so maybe it would work for you! Not unless you have an A-hole manager harharhar...

Nexus One: iPhone Killer

2010-02-04T06:12:00.002+08:00

I just figured this phone is nice, no it's not nice, it's beautiful! Great indeed! Equipped with the 1GHz Qualcomm SnapDragon CPU, this phone will take you to new heights. I found out about it through Yugatech so all credits go to him for the tech info. By the way, it's an HTC manufactured phone.

Just want to voice out a of point of view.

Amazingly these days, the mobile phones of our generation have what is similar to Personal Computers which is the CPU. What is amazing about it is that it is starting to chase and go along with processor speeds of our computers! Just like the Google phone which I mentioned earlier that it is run by a 1ghz Qualcomm SnapDragon CPU which turns out that if you are multi-tasker this phone can take you on.

As for the form factor, I like the sleek design although I do agree with Sir Yuga, that brown color is a no no, 'coz the color looks like it is for the old aged. Very sexy and slim desgin though.

It runs the Google Android OS 2.1 as for the phone's operating system in which what I've heard is the best compared to the other OS's of other phones.

AMOLED display is on this phone and of course touch screen, has a dictionary where you can teach it the common words you type on a text message so you can do your SMS faster.

One last thing that caught my attention and come up with a sudden "Wow" is the camera, it's a 5 megapixel cam that is fast focusing and snappy! Why? This is the type of camera I am looking for a phone, no more holding out the phone far too long after you pressed the shutter and can even let you capture the "moments" if you know what I mean.

As for the other features, it's given, 3G wifi and all that stuff no need to mention it here.

The phone is worth $529 and if you want it now, you can get it shipped here in the Philippines with custom duties and tax all under Php30,000.

To know more about the phone and for the in depth review, check out Sir Yuga's Review at Nexus One Yugatech Review

In my opinion this might be the iPhone killer

Tuna Ph**** anyone?

2010-02-04T01:16:00.000+08:00

A few months ago when I was still working in Eastwood, I remember my favorite breakfast was from TSG(The Sandwich Guy) which was the the Cheesy Bacon Baked Potatoes.

Just recently, I got included to the list of people being forwarded with messages in Facebook and got a message which I think is a good thing to share for the awareness of everyall.

--from an IBMer sent to HR last 1.19.2009

Dear HR,

I shouldn't have brought this up to the management, but I think, with the current situation I am faced with, this incident compelled me to report this to you and so I could use some help. I am also writing this to let my fellow IBMers know about this stomach turning incident which will hopefully open their eyes before buying or eating somewhere.

On January 5th, between 7:30 to 9 AM. I had a gruesome incident with one of the stores here in Eastwood. The name of the store is the Sandwich Guy. It is a small kiosk located here in Eastwood under the tower clock infront of the 7 eleven store. We used to buy lunch from there and get large orders as they serve healthy sandwiches, pasta and drinks. Until that morning, when I discovered something.

On my way home from work, I decided to grab a sandwich for my breakfast so I bought a sandwich from this store. As usual, I went to the store and ordered the country tuna sandwich and a bottle of mineral water. The cashier was courteous and very accommodating though I sense that she is getting ready to go home because it is time to turnover the shift. I notice too that the number of the crews in the store at that time is more than the usual 3 to 4 employees I usually see. So they prepared my country tuna. They put on the spread, grilled the bread, sliced it and wrapped in a paper. Instead of the cashier presenting the order, One crew from the back took the package and presented the order to me saying "Here is your Country Tuna Sir! Enjoy!". Honestly, I was a bit surprised with the unusual greetings but I never minded it so I responded back with a thank you.

So I went out from the store and walk some steps and rode a cab. Hungry I was, I munched into the sandwich which was sliced fairly and savor the tuna and some green leaves between the warm wheat bread. I consumed the first half of it but still my appetite still wants to finish everything. And so I turned on the other side of the sandwich, unwrapped it and started to bit the next half of the bread. I noticed a colorless, liquefied matter on top of the veggies. I thought that it was melted cheese or mayonnaise! It appeared luscious so in the middle of my chomping I slurped it! At that very moment, I got my self teary eyed, I felt my stomach flipped and ended throwing up that bite. It was a foul phlegm of a human. Horrible! ulk!

I immediately asked the cab driver to drive me back to Eastwood and so he did. I entered the store again, this time not nice though still composed as I don't want them to think that I am a uneducated person. I insistently asked the question. " Sino ang nagprepare ng sandwich ko?". The crew who I remembered presented the sandwich to me replied "ano yun sir?! hindi ko po maalala!". With the looks of him, he cant seem to remember that I just ordered the sandwich 30 minutes ago. So I helped them through by stating the obvious that I just ordered the sandwich a few minutes ago. The other lady was bright enough to remember. She pointed at that crew and said "Yung country tuna! yung ginawa mo!". So I knew that it was him "Alloys" who initially presented the order, and the same person who could not remember the order. This time, I directed the question to him."Plema mo ba tong nasa sandwich ko?". And there was silence inside the store but no one is brave enough to answer the question. I repeated the question intensely as I am frustrated, irritated and angry. All I need is an honest response which I have failed to get. No one seemed to answer and prove that I was wrong.

The manager butt in and mediated. He explained that there is a video that we could see and that everything is captured to check if it really was his crew who put that phlegm in the bread. He immediately phoned the owner. He went back to me and said that the video should be ready with in 24 hours as they need a request for it to be released and processed. Imagine how the manager handled the situation poorly. He even admitted that the phlegm I found could be a fault of their commissary as they have also had similar incidents where they found staple wires and strings on their products. The days passed and no video was presented up to this day. Please note that I did not request to view the store video; they made the offer to show the video to me to prove their crew member's innocence.

I gave them the sandwich and the receipt trusting

On January 7th, I was invited by the owner and talked with him and his lawyer who offered to settle the matter amicably. I was with my brother during the time of confrontation gladly as I was not prepared to be intimidated by the lawyer. All I wanted was for them to take responsibility, bring out the truth and talk to the crew. They have told us that they will take this issue seriously and that they will revert back with the result of their investigation and that we will see the video on January 14th. They offered to have the bread undergo DNA testing which we were surprised to say if they are willing to do that. They say it will take few months and that the samples needed to be sent to Australia and Canada. I left the bread and the receipt on their custody as I am trusting them to resolve the issue and will adhere on the truth. The crew, Alloys said his apologies infront of us at the end of the conversation and asked to forgive him of the things he had done. We also proved that the store does not have sanitary permit.

On January 14th, the lawyer called me and my lawyer and told us that the DNA testing was done and that they have found no evidence of the saliva from their crews and that I have no basis for my claim. My lawyer who is my sister-in-law was surprised with the investigation as previously they had stated that it would take months for the DNA results to come back. Afterwards she said to schedule another time to meet up. The lawyer responded back with intimidation questioning matters immaterial to the case. Some questions were:

a) Is my lawyer capable of handling private matters knowing that she is only a government employee?
b) Is she really married? (fyi- she just recently got married so the change name has not been processed yet)

These questions are immaterial to the case and that the intimidation would not work. More so, I am concerned with how the store is handling the situation. I am afraid that action should be taken and that attention should be given for them to respond truthfully and honestly for the welfare of the consumer. We are a thousand employees here in IBM and there are also other people who are buying food from their store. If this incident was not handled properly how much more the management of their crews, and how are they preparing our food. This poses a big concern and I would like your help to achieve the result of the investigation and to warn the employees. I decided not to pursue meetings with them as I do not know if they are truthful to their words with the harshness of words and intimidation they are showing opposite of what they said to settle this amicably. I don't think they are putting action to my complaint.

Further: it would perhaps have been more "acceptable" if I found human hair on my sandwich, or found the tuna /any of the sandwich ingredients to be spoiled. There was phlegm spat on my sandwich - that to me is not a matter of gross negligence, it was a deliberate insult to myself as a paying customer of their store.

My intention of airing this grievance is not to blackmail the store into paying me some amount of money; my intention is for them to a) admit to their mistake and b) put policies/practices in place that will prevent such an occurrence from happening to some one else in the future.

Hope you would consider this note.

Company Details:

Name: The Sandwich Guy
Owner/Franchisee: Mike Pangan
Lawyer: Atty. Pangan
Store Manager: Ernesto "June' Pangan Jr

Address: Food for Fun City Walk 1 Eastwood City
E.Rodriguez, Jr. Avenue, Bagumbayan, Libis QC 1110

It is hard to believe that there are people out there in the food industry that does real nasty things without even thinking what effect it will do to the victims. My take on this is that the store could have dealt with the situation on the first place seriously, they never thought about the store's reputation being wrecked by such incident. It is such a shame that a store like this that offered one of the best I've ever tasted that they have done such act but it is yet too early to judge and it is not for me to judge.It could have been continued on to court since the issue concerns the public, TSG's future customer, The Republic of the Philippines.

so... tuna phlegm sandwich anyone?

Moh's Web Node#1

2010-02-03T21:35:00.002+08:00

Last night, when I was composing my blog for nestea fit I was looking for a picture for the tumbler that I have when I came across this site.

Liquid Awesomeness

There is this guy, Steve where it seems you are interacting with him on the site. You get to play games where he assumes he has super powers and for you to test it out. His source of superpowers is the Nestea Iced tea drink.
I'd categorize this site as Entertainment\Advertising. Check it out if your feeling kinda bored.

Fit the Nestea!

2010-02-03T05:59:00.000+08:00

The Nestea Fit team recently visited our company introducing their new product Nestea Fit. It's an an apple flavored iced tea that is low on calories and has like 300mg of L-Carnitine in it. It has been said that the L-Carnitine substance helps the body to lose weight, same as what was advertised with Del Monte Fit N' Right.

When this was promoted in the office cafeteria, they were selling big nestea tumblers like the one in the commercial with the tagline "i-bottomless ang saya" where the woman holds this blue plastic bottle, its similar to that but this time it's red. The bottle itself indicates that it can fill a Nestea fit 30g pack and once you do, you have yourself a 750ml Nestea fit drink. Compared to the Del MonteFit N' Right which is what? 250ml to 300ml? I'm not sure, but the point is the Nestea Fit is a lot more! You can find out more about Nestea Fit N' Right here: Nestle

As for me, I love the taste and will give it a try, I don't really care if I will lose weight through Nestea Fit, but we'll see hehe.. SO far it's all good.. at P17.50? Not bad for a fat burner. Try it out.

Where's the drive Moh?

2010-02-02T22:08:00.003+08:00

I don't know guys... This is my first post for 2010, To hell with January, I felt so lazy to post any blog in January!! Due to that 1 month negligence to post a blog, whenever I type the URL of my blog, I always end up with thelateblowwithmoh.blogspot.com WTF?? Can anyone tell what is wrong with me? Well enough of that.

I have been been thinking about putting up another blog site specifically for my fixya account. Why so? I just received my payroll atm card from fixya.com. Due to the tough competition with all the experts in fixya, you can barely be the first to get the chat request from a customer not unless you have a very fast internet connection! You have the chance to be the first to get that chat!

Let me explain how it works..

You have the fixya app installed on your machine. There will be a popup on the lower right part of your screen when a customer wants to chat with an expert. Just click on it and then you will get to chat with the customer and your off with the money. The problem is, there's like a thousand other experts waiting for a chat to come up and this chat comes in like 2 or 3 times in an hour! So if you have a fast internet connection then you get the dough! That's how crazy it is..

Now for the alternative..

You can post a tip in fixya.com and fixya will pay you for the traffic. Now this is easier, in which I came with an idea to start my blogsite specifically put up for Tech fixes!

I'll start that up soon to get some bucks to come in...

What to expect this 2010 from The Late Blog With Moh?

Blog posts! More and more blog posts from the one and only!

The journey continues....

Image source:

http://www.fixya.com

http://www.spirithalloween.com

Dante's Inferno The Game

2009-12-30T01:45:00.004+08:00

Based from the classic poem Dante's Inferno, comes a game that no one ever dared to make. A game that will take you to hell and explore the nine circles of hell, Dante's Inferno. I read a book that summarizes the original version of the book itself and honestly speaking, the description of hell and the nine circles totally sent shivers down my spine.

"Abandon hope, all ye who enter" - a line from Dante's Inferno when he was about to enter HELL.

Now the difference is instead of Dante just being a sight-seeing tourist in hell, this time, he is all macho carrying with him a big scythe and slash his way through hell to find his one true love Beatrice.

Xbox owners, PS3 owners and PSP owners rejoice as this game is set to be played on your consoles. It's another title to be added to the ranks of Devil May Cry and God of War. Why? The game style is similar to the games mentioned where the camera is on a third person view which you will see later on the video trailer at the bottom of this blog. The game graphics are totally stunning which of course is what should be expected.

This game totally tempts me to buy an XBOX or PS3 and the game is announced to be released on Feb. 9, 2010 based from Gamespot.com.

PROTOTYPE

2009-12-29T08:47:00.001+08:00

Dearly beloved, I apologize for not having to post for quite some time now. I would like to justify such neglect in posting new blogs for this month.

I've been busy with my new work, definitely I need some time to learn the ropes for me to get used to it and do multi-tasking (blogging while taking calls and browsing..etc.)

The main reason and highlight of this blog post is this game that I just installed on my computer. Prototype by Activision.

This game has freakin' blown me away! If your familiar with Grand Theft Auto, its similar to its Free Roaming feature but this time you get to roam the city of Manhattan and with beautiful and better graphics than GTA. It is not just the graphics itself but of course the gameplay and the story which will totally sink you in. It got me playing for 6 straight hours!

The Battle style is similar to that of the legendary Devil May Cry and God of War. It has a whole arsenal of weapons and abilities that is really to die for.

With the free roaming thingy, Since Alex Mercer, the protagonist in the game is genetically engineered, he runs as fast as a cheetah(or even faster) and jumps as high as half of a building of 12 floors(I may be wrong). He roams the city of Manhattan the free runner way with all the parkours and stunts. When he jumps from one building to another, the view is totally astonishing and has some realism into it that would make you feel like as if you were the one jumping. Especially if you have a wide-screen LCD.
One more thing, the story revolves around genetic mutation and virus infections, thereby producing infected people eating human beings which will definitely remind you of the one that started all the zombie games and movies: Resident Evil. That's what I know though. hehe...

So for PROTOTYPE, this game is highly recommended! There's this X-factor in the game that makes it really worth playing. Especially if you feel like klllingzombies while touring around Manhattan. :-)

Here's a video from Youtube.com

The Very First Wide-Screen Netbook!

2009-12-21T02:55:00.001+08:00

Now this is something! Computer manufacturer Kohjinsha in Japan released the very first dual screen netbook. The Kohjinsha DZ has 2 ten-inch screens at 1024x600 that slides apart giving you a wide screen. It's a swivel type laptop meaning to say you can turn the screen around and use a bluetooth keyboard and mouse if you dont want to use the keyboard and the touchpad of the laptop itself. This baby runs AMD Athlon NeoMV-40 (1.6Ghz) which some say runs 2 times better than the 1.6Ghz Atom.
Here's some of the details I was able to get about the DZ:

CPU: AMD Athlon NeoMV-40 (1.6Ghz)
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
Video: ATI 3200 Graphics GPU
HDD: 160
RAM: 1gb Up to 4gbmax
Swivel Type
2 10.1 inch LCD Screen

Already released in Japan
79,800 Yen
Pesos 41,130.51
894.920 USD

Read more about it on the wow-pow blog

Here is the link to the Kohjinsha Website

However,

Japanese counterpart of Kohjinsha, Onkyo, released the same type of laptop but of higher specs. This time, its with 2 x 1366x768 screens. I think this model was made to kill the Kohjinsha DZ. It was even named next to it, Onkyo DX! same freakin' specs with just a screen upgrade, RAM at 2gb and a hard drive capacity upgrade to 320GB.

Expected to be released December 21, 2009
84,800 Yen
43,707 Pesos
950.993 USD

Are yah a lucky bastard eh?

2009-12-19T09:39:00.001+08:00

Ehem ehem.. This is to formally announce my intent and willingness to join the..

“YugaTech Great Gadget Giveaway”

This blog post is also my official entry to the said event. Why? because I want to win some gadgets! Although I failed to get the HP netbook in the TrendLabs Blog this event contest, I will continue to pursue challenges like this!! I will persevere! Awoo! Awoo!

By the way, here are the gadgets to be given away...

MSI Wind....I got my eye on you babe... wahahaha!

BUT WAIT.....

No game is fun without competition! So I dare you... yes YOU! I dare you to join this gadget give away and see who is the luckiest bastard of them all mwahahahaha!

The mechanics you say!?? Read on you bastard guy you!

Since the theme of the week is Twitter, Here's how you can join via Twitter:

1) Follow @abeolandres and @talk2globe on Twitter.
2) Post a tweet “Just entered to win a Modu Phone. Quick! Go follow @abeolandres and @talk2globe and retweet: http://bit.ly/6e2q7O #thanks2yugatech”

The Prize for this category is as follows:

A Modu phone
10 Globe Tattoo
20 Php500 prepaid call cards randomly

For the Bastard Bloggers such as myself, here's how:

1) Blog about the “YugaTech Great Gadget Giveaway”. Include the photo I posted here and link to this contest page.
2) Don’t forget to include in your post the mechanics for the Twitter contest above.
3) Leave a comment here with the URL of your entry.

Prize for this category is as follows:

A Modu Phone
10 Globe Tattoo
10 prepaid load cards worth Php500 each

How about for the Non-Bloggers and Non Tweeters you say? Here's how:

1) Leave a comment on Yugatech's contest page with the answer to this question — “If you’re stuck in an island with a phone and only have one call left, who would you call and why?“.

Here is the link: Merry Tweetmas Gadget Giveaway!

Give thanks to the major sponsor of this great event!

Thank you GLOBE for the sponsorship!!

So, are you up for the challenge? Join the competition and may the luckiest bastard of them all win!

The Police and The Specs!

2009-12-11T00:07:00.000+08:00

Have you ever wondered why most of the cops wear shades? I just wanna get this off my head that's all.. So I did a small research just to see if I would find anything special about it. I found out that this question was answered thru Yahoo Answers and some of the respondents responded like they are the police themselves. They all say the common boring reason, to see well during a bright sunny day. Of course I wasn't satisfied by such a lame answer! Aside from protection from UV rays and let's them see better during a bright day, they use it to hide their reaction. Why so? it is simple, when you cannot see their eyes you won't be able to read whatever their thinking or whatever they feel. It sends out INTIMIDATION thereby letting them control the situation especially when they are about to handout a revenue generating ticket. Plus, it does impose that they are damn serious.

I don't really know if the same principle is the same with the police here in the Philippines, Coz I see the police wear sun glasses even at night!

Blogging tips! Moh style!

2009-12-09T01:48:00.000+08:00

I cannot express in words the joy and pride that I felt, when the people I know was inspired to do blogging as well. I am rushing this post hopefully I get to post it just before my prepaid broadband runs out!

Here are simple tips for you to get your fingers blogging in no time:

Blogging has no rules. This is in terms of blogging your thoughts but there is still what we call responsible blogging meaning to say whatever you write make sure it isn't copied and pasted word for word from another blog site. Not unless you quoted it from the blog site itself AND you have the original bloggers permission.
Be responsible and fair. Remember, whatever you post your posting it on the world's announcement board. Practice fair judgement.
Create rather than destroy. This is not unless you have basis ;)
Find a niche. It would be better if you blog about what interests you so that you can get the blogging going.
Keep it short and simple. Make your blog friendly to the readers, as much as possible keep it short so that your readers wouldn't consider your blog a chore. In all honesty, this is hard even for me so if that is the case, to overcome this is to put pictures along the way so that your readers won't be bored on your blog.
Free your mind. The more you constrict your mind on what to blog, the harder it is for your to start blogging.

More tips coming your way on my future posts. My prepaid broadband credits is running out!!

Brother's Burger: 50% Off! 50% Quality!

2009-12-08T02:39:00.001+08:00

On November 27, I found a reason to to forget my deprivation of good food. As introduced to me by my new officemate, Half-pound burgers that were normally priced at P175 are on 50% off! So it is P87.50 per burger!

Now who wouldn't be tempted to try such burger with that price tag! So me and my wife went off to Telus, Cubao where the discount is at. I figured this type of promo is only available in one branch.

Nice location, and surprisingly the airconditioning wasn't turned on. I don't know why but maybe their cutting off their electricity bills as well.

Surprisingly, while we were waiting for the burger to be served they served candies for free! Now that is something different! A well deserved clap clap for this one. One more thing is that the burger was served in less than 4 minutes! 2 burgers in less than 4 minutes! NO NEED TO WAIT!!!

The P87.50 Half-Pound Burger

What I've noticed:

Burger patty was dry.
Lettuce was dry.
The burger itself was lapse.
Delisyoso per se, but could have gotten better
50% Hooray! 50% WTF

If you think about it, why was it served quickly? Didn't they have to grill the patty and stuff? It is 50% off you dummy! Don't complain!

This is the only justification that I can see based from my experience. I was getting the worst impression that the meat used for this were the ones that are about to expire! and the only way to recover from what was spent was to have it sold immediately! Even at half the price!

The french fries is similar to the ones at KFC only better. because the fries didn't have that much flavor as what KFC has.

The Breakdown

P82.50 - Half-Pound Burger

P40 - 16oz Softdrink

P60 - French Fries

It is a good deal, having one of its best burgers at half the price. Just don't expect too much. Overall, the experience was a 6/10. Damn softdrink freakin' expensive! I guess their target customer isn't really everyone.

My advice? If your on a tight budget and you want a heavy rock on your belly, this is IT.

A message from Moh

2009-12-07T19:52:00.000+08:00

My dear blog readers, for such a time now eversince I became active with blogging, I would like my blog to be in touch with you, tell me what you want so that I can deliver what my readers want. You can give me topics that you want me to touch and I will do my best to deliver it! You can send me an email at mjtolentino at gmail dot com or leave me a comment. You can add me to your FB account as well if you like. (Endorsed by Jabee)

This blog is for you, and for the benefit of all.. Cheers!

Moh

Respect for the one that started it all! Friendster...

2009-12-05T18:30:00.000+08:00

Friendster just made an entire makeover which I think was launched yesterday. Although Facebook is the THING today, they still tried to garner more market by having the courage to innovate as what Facebook does.

In my opinion, the new look gives me the 70's to 80's feeling, the time of the Hippies. Thanks to the hippy font and the green gay background hehehe..

Honestly, I tried to login 7 times trying to remember all the passwords that I had before until I finally logged in using my oldest password in my password dictionary.

The change surely is noticeable and you cannot help but compare it to Facebook. The activity stream is really similar to the live news feed of facebook.

Old to New

Let us all pay our respects to the one that fathered the social networking here in the Philippines, take a peek at your long lost friendster account for just a second and continue with your Facebook Mayhem.

Wendy's New Baconator Burger - For a Rock Heavy Satisfaction!

2009-11-09T15:37:00.002+08:00

Out of gossip from a colleague, this lead me to try out the new Wendy's Baconator Burger. Although the budget is tight, a hunger this big demands a big satisfaction!

Venue: Wendy's Hamburger in Shangri-La Plaza, Mandaluyong

Based on the advertisements, here is the Baconator:

The Experience:

Product presentation wise, the burger did not look too good. It's just big. Expecting the burger to look like how it was advertised is futile. If you have the burger up in front and tried to listen to it closely, you will hear it screaming: "cholesterol... fats.... cholesterol.. fats.."

I think my burger was done sub-standardly, judge the pictures for yourself.

Now I know it is not for the weak of heart! If your damn suicidal and not thinking about doing a healthy diet then this is the burger for you bradda!

This monster is worth P220 and if you feel that this wouldn't be enough! Order the combo for P250 or P260 which adds the Biggie Softdrink and the Biggie French Fries! I doubt you'll be able to stand up for some time if you do, not unless you are of the super saiyan kind.

The Verdict:

I'd say P220 and above is too much to be spent for this monster, for the money that much, you can even get better burgers than the Baconator, or a better decent meal with glamorous product presentation and more ingredients in it. So who would eat it? People who just wants to experience it that's all.. Me? It wouldn't be my priority but I am not saying either that I don't like it.

Kainin mo lang kung trip mo at kung ika'y mapera sa mga sandaling iyon.

Globe Tattoo - Too slow

2009-11-05T21:44:00.001+08:00

A colleague of mine bought a new HP netbook. I think it was the HP Netbook model 100. Lucky for him the laptop came with a Globe Tattoo Prepaid Wireless broadband.

It sparked my curiosity if Globe Tattoo would be fast in our area, Pasig City near Edsa Central. I then decided to borrow the thingy. Plugged it in on my Dad's ACER ASPIRE. It was succesfully installed on the computer.

I then decided to check the speed by going to speedtest.net. To my astonishment, it was so damn freakin' slow!! freakin' slower than dial up!! Took me 30minutes just to pull up speedtest.net's web page! Now that its loaded, I then click on start speed test guess what I got?? LATENCY ERROR. So much for pretty good advertisements.

At least now we know rather than getting one without knowing. gulo? hehehe... It's damn slow. It didn't even reach 1% of the speed of Sun Broadband. Maybe the cell site is still flooded by Typhoon Ondoy let's give them that.

Point Made.

The BlogCon Experience! -Trend Micro

2009-10-14T20:31:00.001+08:00

Four days, four sessions and one blog conference. "May Kwenta Kwento Ko"

The famed bloggers and their ideas at its finest.

Jayvee Fernandez.

Abe Olandres..

The Guys Behind the Tunay Na Lalake Blog..

Ryan Flores..

Knowing the Blogosphere is like discovering a new planet, you get to understand how it works and how much you can do with it.

Before the Trend Micro Blog Conference, I used to think blogs are just online diaries of an emo. After all these sessions, it changed my perception about blogs and got interested instantly, because you can make money out of it!

I was able to convince one of my good friends to come along with me on the 1st day of BlogCon, he brought his camera along and we were able to capture some good pics!

The blogcon kit was great! I really find it useful, a pen, a notebook and a hot shirt!

The BlogCon Experience! Day 1
The BlogCon Experience! Day 2
The BlogCon Experience! Day 3
The BlogCon Experience! Day 4
The Late Blog with Moh

The BlogCon Experience! -Trend Micro Day 4

2009-10-14T20:24:00.005+08:00

Trend Micro BlogConf Day 4: Ryan Flores from our very own blog.trendmicro.com

Venue: 14th Floor Boracay Room, TrendLabs

At that time, I am already on the morning shift.. how unfortunate for the event... tsk tsk tsk.. Despite my efforts to ask permission from my Team Lead to attend the said event, it was all futile.. No favors for me daw 'coz I am bad boy.. This is not enough for me NOT to attend though so I used up my 1 hour lunch period to attend the session (is this obsession?).

Now, here's what happened:

Went on break at 10:05AM.
It's 10:20 and it hasn't started yet =(
Some bits of Info I learned, Newsletters like Microsoft Bulletins all started from Blogs... cool.
Ryan Flores quoted Eva Chen's statement every time they meet she would say: "Oh! I enjoy reading blogs than financial statements!" on the next meeting, same statement again...

I find it really educational how Ryan Flores presented his thoughts about blogging. At first I thought he was just going to talk about what's the best recipe for cooking and eating viruses but no, he is also a human being(peace!).

Tips from him that I really find useful:

Treat it like a diary - Noteworthy Events are all Blogworthy!
Read so you can write better - just like the quote "A good follower is a good leader"
Have an advocacy write something bigger than oneself with conviction - Now this is Rockstar.

....and my 1 hour lunch was up.

Despite my cravings for the lunch at the end of the session, I had to rush all the way back to my cube in the 23rd floor. My heart was all screaming I want more blogging knowledge! Fortunately, they were broadcasting the event via twitter. Good thing I signed up for twitter the day before the blog con.

Good news is I was able to hitch some lunch! Thanks to Twitter! Terrific Lunch was from Teriyaki Boy.

To the AV Technical Marketing of Trend Micro, you guys deserve a million clap-clap-clap for a job well done! I am indeed thankful for the blog conference that you have started as this re-kindled my desire to blog. Mind you, I started this blog site way back in 2007 and I was crappy back then! Again, I am thankful.

My Gratitude also goes to all the people who supported me in making this blog possible.

To the speakers, you were all blessed by the Almighty with these blogging talents, may you go out and spread the blogging wisdom and conquer the Philippines by the great BLOGOSPHERE!!

The BlogCon Experience! Day 1
The BlogCon Experience! Day 2
The BlogCon Experience! Day 3
The BlogCon Experience! Day 4
The Late Blog with Moh