A hard day's night
Server backup in the third world
One of the services that the company I work for provides is a Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Program (BCDRP) that is tailor-made for offices based in various parts of the Philippines.
Practically speaking, in the Philippines there is no such thing as 100% uptime for any office, unless it has generators that automatically kick [...]
The Taxman Cometh
It’s the lovely month of April when all above-minimum income wage earners are required to fill out the long blue forms and the short white forms and make the necessary (no to mention confusing, at least to me) computations of the amount of money the government takes from us to spend for the betterment of [...]
OFWs stop sending money on Arroyo’s birthday
MANILA, Philippines - An overseas Filipino workers group in the Middle East vowed to refuse sending money to the Philippines as part of its efforts to celebrate President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s birthday on Saturday, April 5.
In a statement, Migrante, an alliance of overseas Filipino workers’ organizations based in the Middle East, said that its gift [...]
Write your congressman.
In the U.S. whenever a constituent wanted to express his opinion regarding bills or issues in his political district, he would be enjoined to write to his congressman. More so if the constituent would like to know how his congressman stands on the same bills and issues.
I had never written to a congressman, because I [...]
Half full the glass is
Of the numerous technicians, tech support specialists and programmers who have been a part of the company I work for, four are now in Dubai and seven are in Singapore. Greener pastures, they were looking for, either because they needed greener pastures, or the pastures needed them to feed. I don’t really understand why greener [...]
Stumbled Upon
Staying out late at the office may not be everyone’s idea of fun, but sometimes I must admit it’s mine. No I don’t get overtime. It’s not that. Things just go more smoothly when everyone else has gone home. No more phone calls, no more pesky chain emails from people who still up to now [...]
Farewell to Chu and Saro
My friend Chu, who is also godmother to my daughter Maia, is leaving for Singapore in less than a month. A former colleague and friend Saro is also leaving for Singapore in a few weeks. They are merely two fish in the unending stream of talent swimming out into the sea of dollar-earning opportunity, who [...]
Acting my age
Feeling my age is an entirely different kettle of fish. I am certainly not one for trading in my laptop for a beer pong table. In the meantime I will put on my sneakers and walk up and down the Powerplant Mall to find a few celebrities with whom I will not have my picture [...]
Friday Night Out - 2008
Last time I wrote about a Friday night out was in June 2006, when the opportunity of photographing Gary Valenciano was the highlight of the evening. Somehow that makes it sound like I hardly ever get out. Actually I really don’t.
But when I do it’s usually to make up for all the uneventful nights. [...]
Students Walk Out in Protest–Davao
I came across this video on Alleba Politics.
I already had two kids before I admitted the value of being in college, so that’s when I went. I was 27, 10 years older than the rest of my classmates, except for a few who had, like myself, belatedly realized the importance of a college education. [...]
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