The "Kulangot" Bond is Ended

There is a challenge (challenge? Or whatever they call it) about the hands. The hand will be positioned in such a way that the middle finger is bended and will not move or rose during the challenge. The index finger is bonded using glue, the thumb with rugby, the pinkie with might bond (high strength glue) and the ring finger with kulangot (sticky mucus from the nose).
It is impossible for normal persons to raise the ring finger in such a way that it will not affect the middle finger or the pinkie. 

 Well “kulangot” fails.

conGRADUATION!

At last after 16 years of studying I finally reached the spot where most of us dream of reaching. It’s the time of the year where my fellow students take the final step in preparing for the real world. Graduation it is! We can almost see the line where we take a big leap from students to professionals and finally reach the spot of our goal. While most people think that graduating is the end of the road, in reality it is not. It’s just the start of that long journey where you will take without a guide behind you.

Thanks God for the prosperous day that you had given me. For guiding me through the pain and sorrows of studying. For telling me not to let go of those dying times. For giving me strength to stay up and to face another day with a smile in my face. For those barricades that you put in front of me to make me stronger.

Congratulations to all the graduating students this year! May we all be prosperous and face the real world with a chin up attitude.

Samsung J700 Problem

I bought a mobile phone in Greenhills last year (October I think). After browsing through all second hand phones at stall, my eyes stuck to one mobile phone. It’s a Samsung J700. After asking for the price which is 2,800 pesos (bargain at the look of the phone and a free 1 GB mini SD card), checking if the phone has defect or working and asking about the history of the phone, I bought it. Several months later the problem occurred. The phone displays that it has a full signal but you cannot send messages or call anyone. I went back to Greenhills to check if my phone can be fixed. Some said that it’s just phone software’s error. He reprogrammed it (I don’t know if he really did format it) and the problem still occurred, so the tech asked me if I want the phone to be looked to see the problem inside for a fee of 500 pesos (wtf?). I said no and tell him that I’ll come back tomorrow.

Anyone who has knowledge about fixing phone. Is it a flex problem or other than that? Cost?

Review: BPI Express Cash Card

Last week (February 25 to be exact) I went to BPI (Bank of the Philippine Islands) to get a card. I discovered that they offer prepaid credit card via MasterCard’s site (BDO doesn’t offer one thou, while in Security Bank I’m not sure). So to save some coins I went earlier than my usual class hour. Luckily I arrive 30 minutes before the banking hours. After some chit chats, submitting the requirements and paying off 150 pesos (card fee) I got my receipt. They said that it will just take 3-5 days (I heard a week too) before I could fetch my card. They give me a contact number for me to inquire if the card arrived. I went straight to school with a happy face and a hopeful feeling.

Monday (3^rd day after, 2^nd working day)

I have a good feeling that my card will arrive tomorrow. Well not an exciting day because I went with my girlfriend in Makati for her job interview. I still have the feeling that the next day will be the card day.

Tuesday (4^th day, 3^rd working day)

After my girlfriend left Manila, I went home and got a quick bath. Because I have a final examination at school I decided to pass by the bank to ask about the card. Still it hasn’t arrived yet.

Wednesday…

Still nothing

Thursday

Another Final examination day at school. After the exam I passed by the bank and asked again. Still the card hasn’t arrived. When I arrived home they call me and told me that there was a delay in the delivering of cards. They also said that the card will be available by Monday.

Friday

Hoping for a call… failed. No call from bank means no card for me.

Saturday

A very long day to be exact. I can’t wait for my card.

Sunday

Yeah today. Hopefully the card will be available tomorrow. I don’t want to wait another week.

Monday

I called and still no trace of card.

Conclusion: If your applying for a card at BPI, make sure that you apply about two weeks prior to the usage of the card. Express Cash doesn’t mean Express delivery of card. Maybe they should work on it.

MS Word 2007 Error Help

I used Microsoft Word when writing some articles. It becomes handy because it has a feature with detects if you have so many errors in spelling and if your poor in grammars. It is a good tool for beginners and intermediate alike.

But one day I encountered a problem with MS Word 2007. It doesn’t check if my spellings are wrong and same with the grammars. After checking some sites and even Microsoft’s own help site, I found out that still it haven’t change a bit. So this is my own solution if you encounter such a problem if you’re using Microsoft Word 2007 in Windows Vista platform.

1.       First open up your Control Panel and click Classic view then look for Regional and Language options.

2.       Click Keyboards and Languages tab then click Change Keyboards… button.

3.       In the Default input language choose English (United States) – US (or the language that you want to use)  in the drop down option and in the Installed Services select the services that you want to include in the list. You may want to add some other services such as your own language.

Maybe this will help if your Microsoft Word 2007 doesn’t check the words that you type or even the grammar.

Nuclear Power Plant?? F.U!

To Philippine Nuclear Research Institute

In our town??? Why dont you choose your own town.. Btw its your idea.

STRUP IT FRIGGIN NOOBS!!!

Why dont you try safer alternatives? noobs

P.S. I dont want to swim in a nuke contaminated water.

Review: Smartbro Surf TV

With the prices of computers; from desktop computers to laptop, some found a way to bring the connectivity to the world wide web from the comfort of your home and your own tv.  This is Smartbro Surf TV. From smartbro’s website http://smart.com.ph/bro/products/

“Smart Bro SurfTV let’s you surf, chat and email even without a PC. Just plug the SurfTV to your TV and you can now access the world wide web. Ngayon, basta may TV, internet’s easy with Smart Bro SurfTV!
Speed : Up to 2 Mbps
No. of Hours use : Pay per use for connection P10 for every 30 minutes.  Now also has the option for surf-per-minute charging (online registration required)
Connection : RCA connection to your TV to SurfTV
Requirements : None
Total Initial Payment :  P4,500 for the SurfTV kit which includes the SurfTV, a prepaid plug-it, a mouse and a keyboard.
For more inquiries, please call *1888 from your Smart cellphone or 02-672-7277 from your landlines. To avail, visit any Smart Wireless Center, Smart accredited dealer or Agent. “

This is convenient way of surfing the world wide web, without the hassle of going to computer stops and waiting in line from a lot of computer users. This is also cheaper compared to desktop computers if your primary purpose is surfing the web, checking social networking sites and chatting. It is also convenient for some business establishments checking on their accounts via web service.

It may be cheap and convenient but this kind of convenience comes up with a punch. Lets take it one by one.
-    First the speed: if your browsing the net and after fast reactions whether from downloading or uploading. Well it is not really 2mbps speed considering the location, strength of signal and the peak time.
-    10 for 30 minutes is 20/hr and electric bill. Well the average rate at computer shops is 15/hr with a promo of 50/4hrs.
-    May i remind you that this does not contain any storage device. Well storage is quite handy. From surfing the web to making documents.
-    Of course no Microsoft Word, Autocad, Dota lol!, and other applications that require a desktop or laptop.
-    What kind of TV are required btw? Once i used our TV for watching movies, connected it to my PC via the GPU and guess what. Maximum resolution is 800×600 and 31 hertz. I can’t barely see a icon’s image.
-    How about flash software required to play youtube videos or java needed for some sites to load?

Maybe convenient and inconvenient but for those who cant afford its a good alternatives for the freedom to connect with the web. I think it will attract students. Let’s see if it will hit Filipino’s taste to technology.

Are we ready?

With the Haitti and Chile earthquake causing a lot of damages not just into properties but also lives I begin to wonder, Is the Philippines ready for a massive earthquake.

During one of my class session in foundation engineering, we discussed about the earthquake that happened to Dagupan. My proffessor said it was like a warzone after the quake happened. Almost everything crumpled to ground. What was reaaly the cause? With a silty sand type soil the ground turned into a semi liquid behaviour, called “liquifaction”. Without a good foundation support some building had the first floor turned into basement. With only a building surviving the chaos (thanks to the pile supports) a general construction was called for future.

Most building in Manila are built without a plan. They are just merely a “rule of thumb” built by some carpenters with their construction knowledge. Ever heard of the thypoon that struck the metro? Most billboard are leveled becasue of poor construction method and the lack of knowledge about wind forces. Some old building are still occupied by some . Even with a visual inspection these buildings are not safe for residency. With the columns cracks and the slabs, no wonder a tiny shake will rupture this building causing a lot of casualties. They did some repairs, plastering cements to the cracks, but this wont help, as the building part acts a single unit.

Even if the building is properly calculated and planned, some are built below their respective design. Yay! Thanks to cheating in exchange for money. But who will risk their licenses anyway? Creepy.

This is a call to the industry. Build better buildings, a building that will be able to survive forces of nature. Even if it cost much higher than expected, lives of people using it are much expensive. We are being left behind by our neighboring countries. Like Taiwan, and others.  Inspect your house or the place where you live in and ask. Am i ready?

when ideas are just ideas

Philippines=FAIL

Define: Happiness

What is happiness? Some say hapinness is obtained if your contended with something. Happiness is a pleasure that bring good thoughts into your mind. It is the opposite of sadness. And everyone wants to be happy.

A wikipedia defines happinness:  “Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy.  A variety of philosophical, religious, psychological and biological approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources.”

So whatever that means lets define the real true meaning of happiness. Let us look into a situatuion. One day a man walking down the street finds a 100 dollar bill. He quickly picks its and heads home. He said “i’m happy! I found a 100 dollar bill along the road”. He’s happy because he found a 100 dollar bill with a contentment of having it for free. He is so happy of what luck has brought him that day.

But in a case of another man. He has a sick child needing some medical treatment. One day due he bought a lottery ticket hoping he would win. So luck came in and he won the jackpot. But he’s not happy. First his child was sick and needed a great amount of money to be treatened. He only found out that the money that he won from the lottery was not enough.

Other says happiness is obtained by getting so much money. They say that these money are the key to happiness. I, myself thought of it that way. If i had money i will be happy. But it turns out it doesnt. There are certain things that you need to be happy. In whatever term that maybe.

So what is happiness? For me, happiness is only obtained if the person thinks it is happy for him. He maybe contented but not happy and happy but not contented.

How to install games on Samsung F400

             Some of you were wonderinghow to install games on samsung F400 phone. Different from ordinary phone where you just copy the .jad and .jar files this phone wont just accept this kind of installation. To help you with this i discovered a way to install it on your phone.

                First let’s start with the things you need.

a.       Usb cable – to connect your phone to your computer.

b.      PC – of course you cant install a game without it.

c.       Samsung F400 mobile phone.

d.      BitPim – you can download this here  . Dont worry it doesnt contain trojans or other malicous softwares (my norton 360 says).

e.      Qualcomm USB drivers – here. It also doesnt contain malicious files.

f.        .jar and .jad files – ex. Bejeweled.jar and bejeweled.jad. Incase you only have the .jar files you can search for .jad maker.

Now let’s get the ways  to install games.

First unpack the drivers to a folder like Desktop or everywhere within your PC but don’t install it. After unpacking the files, install BitPim. Then:

1.  Enter the following code into the phone:   *#0523#

2.  It will open up a message. Just press # until you find a menu with 9. Common, then choose these:

[9] common >> [6] USB Configuration >> [2] Qualcomm USB [*]

 Qualcomm USB Configured.

Please  Reconnect the Cable.

3.  Now put the USB cable in the phone and Pc.

~ Windows found a new hardware.

Install the hardware manual and chose the Qualcommdriver folder.

Now go to the Hardware manager by right clicking the My Computer icon in your desktop and choose Manage. Find the Device Manager then click the “+”  then choose Qualcomm.

Important: Verify the port number by right clicking the “qualcomm” then choose “properties”  then choose the “Modem tab”.

4. Open “BitPim” and configure the software for your Samsung F400.

On the “BitPim”. Find the “settings” icon. Its the one with the Screwdriver and Wrench drawing then click it. On the “Phone type” choose “Other CDMA phone”. On the “Com Port” key in the one that you find in step 3. If you dont remember it. You can browse for the port but make sure you choose the right one. And press “OK”

5. Start “BitPim”, go to the menu “View” and click “View Filesystem”. (a check icon will appear)

6. Click on “Filesystem” . A Folder will appear then open the folder by clicking the “+” icon.

A “retrieving..” message will appear.

7. Find the “Media” word and cick it. Now to  copy the games, create a new folder wihtin  the folder “games”. Simply right click the “Games” word the choose “create new folder”.  Then key in the name of the game you want to install. Click on the new folder and add the .jad files then the .jar file of the game that you want to install. You can only add one file at a time but you can install games as long as the phone memory is sufficient.

8. After copying the game files disconnect the USB cable from the phone.

9. Leave the Qualcomm menu and entering this code in your Samsung F400: *#6984125*#

You are now in the  “Admin setting” menu.

9a. Select the menu [4] Internals. You will be ask to key in the Master Key.

 (Master Key: *#9072641*#)

9b. Chose the menu [7] Storage settings

9c. Simply choose these: Update media database, Update Java DB and Create AX Dat File.

You can now leave the “Admin Settings”. Enjoy playing with your new games.

                If you find difficulties or problems with installation you can contact me here by posting a comment.  corrections are likely welcomed.

prepaid electricity

Sure living nowadays is getting harder. There are many proofs about it like our basic commodities being retailed. Like soy sauce at earlier time soy sauce was sold by bottles, sometimes these bottles after used up can be sold in junk shops for small incomes. Now they are replaced by plastic packages thus adding damage to environment.  The power of money to buy things becomes lesser and lesser.

                So they come up with a trend to lessen daily expenses. One of these is making a “prepaid” electricity payment. It’s like installing a prepaid meter and having a card worth of a limited amount. Will it really lessen expenses? Having the power to control the electricity consumption by controlling the amount you are paying.

                Let’s get with these facts.

1.       If an emergency occurred, like you need to plug that component to call someone and luckily your electric balance is at low; add the fact of availability of the load.  They say loads will be available just like cell phone loads, network problems… isn’t that bad?

2.       They say it will be faster because you don’t have to line up to payment stations just to pay your bills. Well those who line up for the payments are “due payers” who just pays in due time. Why not make your payment earlier?

3.       “We can control our electric bill because its prepaid”. Even if its post-paid or prepaid you can control it by using your appliances wisely. Turning off and unplugging appliances will save.

4.       Of course add the additional baggage’s of add-ons expenses that will be charged. No one can run away from it.

5.       And other negative factors that you can add.

Of course it is just an opinion about the so called “prepaid” electricity. The fact that saving nowadays is a part of daily lifestyle. It is the trend. So to go for that prepaid or stay as you were, the best way to save is by using it wisely

Fishballs

I did an extensive research about this type of fish called fishball. And these are the results.

-Fishballs do not have a bone, fins or scales.

-They don’t swim in water rather they prefer hot cooking oil for a period of time

-They are captured using a device called a “barbeque stick”. These sticks are crafted with high precision tools called “bolo” and made from a rare material called “bamboo”.

-Fishballs also swim in a secret fluid called “sarsa”. These so called “sarsa” come in two varieties. The once called “matamis” and other called “maanghang”. “Matamis” refers to sweet while “maanghang” is spicy”.  “Matamis” and “maanghang” are the same except the later have a secret ingredient called “sili”.

-Fishballs are round in shape and usually flat. When they are emerged or swimming in hot cooking oil they increase in size.

-fishballs are cultured by fishball manufacturer and are sold in streets. Fishball sellers are called “manong” for men and “manang” for women.

-not only this fishballs are sold, sometimes chicken balls and other varieties are sold.

Cracked up

In the last past few days, I surfed the web for some tutorials about program cracking, reverse engineering and about that hacking stuff. I became frustrated about a simple (well not really simple) kiddie game that my big sister wants to play. I tried downloading the program, installing it only to find they have change the way to activate the product. Acted like a super-genius-ultimate-wanna-be-cracker I downloaded some decompilers and make my way into reverse engineering some application. A little pushes here, click over there, copy some binary data’s, and change some 0000 to 0001 and just stumbling upon nothing (lol). I give up the hands to those who really do it. To crackers ten hand salute!

So now I’m not yet a cracker. So I put it in this way. I’m a frustrated cracker that uses applications created by other crackers. (Slipped a cracker into my mouth). Even finding the right program to do the job is so annoying. Hmm…  But I consider myself more advanced than regular computer user. Because I think I can predict if the program will work or not. Ha-ha!

So far for the hacking and cracking stuffs, for now I need to hook on p2p network and get some applications to burn up.

Don’t worry I’m not profiting from it. But if I do have a chance why not? Lol.

temperature monitoring

Houston, we got a problem. This is not an old case scenario where the rocket was malfunctioning. But it may happen to you, not just Houston but several messages or your computer is running like fluctuations in a wave.

So you scanned, cleaned up, tweak here and there but the problem is still there. So you go to the next part and a little complicated. Cleaning up your system. Flush out dust here and there, clean all the way. Then you noticed something. Your old hardware is not as good as it looks.

This can be problem common to every computer system. So we go back to the “prevention is better than cure”.

One way is monitoring your systems temperature, like CPU and graphic card. This may be unnoticed but you still can or simply work this one out.

Download this application. It’s a monitoring system that just perfectly works well. You can get it here.  http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/Real_Temp/ just installs this up. And run the application. The good this is you can calibrate it according to the specifications of your hardware i.e. CPU. They have some tips too. The real deal it’s free!

If you can work it out, it’s good. If you still cannot understand what I want to say is. Just throw it up.

Happy Monitoring!

GOLD,Gold,gold

Gold nowadays is so precious, especially those gold coins. But gold coins are not common now in our currency. These are replaced by common metal coins such as nickel. Maybe a little higher than the price of the coin itself but nothing much higher to the real gold coins. Ever dream of showering your gold coins over your body? Well I love that.
There’s a site that offers these gold coins, not just ordinary gold coins but precious ones. They offer an online resource for these genuine gold coins. They are not just selling but buying too.
So if you want your precious gold coins or gold bullions either you buy them or sell them. The links on these articles will lead you there. So for those gold coins, make it move dude.

Broadband Package

     For example you apply for a plan in this local ISP (internet service provider) which says “up to 328kbps speed”. After they installed it you browsed your favourite music somewhere else or favourite movie and noticed you only have a maximum of 41kB/s speed which sometimes goes lower but it never surpasses it. So you think you’ve been fooled with the “Speed up to 328kbps!”? You’re wrong.

     So how?

     Most broadband advertisements are in kbps (kiloBITS/sec).  For example in that 328kbps speed, it only means it can go maximum of 41kBps (kilobytes/sec). The term “kbps” used in advertisements are like perfumes or just to make it a little intriguing… so before applying for the package. Make sure you have a calculator to divide that “kbps” speed in 8 to get the “kBps” maximum.

Q: say kbps and kBps are the same, aren’t they?

A: absolutely not kbps is kiloBIT per second while kBps is kiloBYTES per second, well 7bit are equal to 1 byte. How about that for a change?

Q: i have a 1Mbps plan. Can I download movies at a glance?

A: divide it by 8 you’ll get 128kBps speed. Hmm maybe faster

Q: the internet speedometer on this site says I have a .32Mbps connection and I can download music for 2 minutes. Is it true?

A: nope. Beside for the term they use it also adds the factor of delays. Sometimes it’s so fast sometimes its goes down. It’s just an approximation

Q: Can you make my internet connection faster?

A: Can you pay for more?

Q: I have read an article saying with this program I can boost my speed up to 20%. Is it true?

A: Have tried one and it only fixes or tweaks some registry in your system to maximize the internet usage. Saying your connection goes up and down. It stabilizes it for better performance.

Q: Dont you have anything to say?

A: absolutely, yes

Desktop PC tips

Well most of use Desktop Computer, well It’s basically composed of a monitor (LCD, CRT, doesn’t matter), CPU (towering CPU’s of course), Keyboard, Mouse, etc etc. Most of us too don’t care about these Desktop computers that we are using just as long as we can play music, surf the net, and check our Friendster account or even send messages to our dear friends we won’t bother about the life of our companion.

So after using it for some time you would get into the spot of “OMG! COMPUTER DIED”.  Getting to a cab maybe bringing your Desktop to your service repair center. You arrive, technician checked it and figured out most of the parts were to be replaced. NICE!

Well the problems lies in the fact on how you use your dear computer. You use it 24/7 without being bothered on its lifespan. Downloading every information whether it’s clean or corrupted with viruses. I have money to buy another set that cares?

So for those being concerned here are some tips.

1.       Always clean your hardware. This refers to the CPU itself and other tangible things. There are nothing to worry opening up that towering CPU’s case and finding its inside. Dust of some fans and the motherboard too. Dust lowers the lifespan of your computer components. A paintbrush will be helpful (make sure its hairs are soft), some canned air (to flush those dust from deep inside), an old toothbrush (toothbrush??WTH??… yeah its helpful in cleaning that CPU heatsink) and a good old rag to wipe here and there)

2.       Viola your hardware is good… next turn on that system and let’s deals with viruses and other infections. Get good antivirus software, most software’s today are free like Avast and AVG. they will just do the Job. Or if you already have on update it. An outdated antivirus is like no antivirus at all. You don’t want to be the source of contamination right? Windows update if applicable UPDATES all the software!

3.       Preventing part. You don’t want to suffer that painful cleanings?  Clean periodically. Fans can be cleaned every two weeks and heatsink every month. Update as soon as there are new updates.

It may be short and simple yet it will dramatically increase your precious tool. An hour sacrificing that computer game play or surfing web will be a month rejoicing about what you have just done.

Note: there are so many tips out there just Google or yahoo “Desktop tips” it will help.

warning: virus detected!

Conflicker…conflicker…Conflii… arrg…

The viruses which will hit April fool’s day haven’t arrived. (I’m angry because I have to reformat my drive for a stupid application I installed, malfunctions.

Upgrades here. Upgrades there… Download some anti-virus software. Symantec? Avira? PCTrend? NOD32? MacAfee? Etc etc etc…

Everyone is waiting, especially tech peoples, I think. Will it affect my computer? Will it cause massive damages around the world? How will anti-virus software handle it? What if they can’t handle it? Can I get a refund on my purchase?

To be honest… yes all are infected by this virus… On how people are affected by the so called “activation of this virus”. On how people wrote articles regarding how to prevent the possible infection of this virus.

I’m not affected; my computer is good as new. Yes, it is no doubt, but you are infected by the scare it brings to you. Whether it was a frank call or a real treat, we are all been victim of this virus.

Well, who knows? Prevention is better than cure