I've somewhat recalled that I had a plurk account and just remembered the details for me to login and plurk. I did have a plurk before but I deleted the account since it took most of the time trying to gain karma points. I'm not sure what made me create a new account but I guess I'll just continue plurking away to nirvana (that's what they call when you reach 100 karma points to unlock emoticons and other features of plurk).
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Bagyo Ondoy
It was just a few days ago when I caught myself unprepared that a typhoon was entering the country, I wasn't able to watch the news nor read up on the current weather forecasts online due to hectic issues that needed to be done. Heavy rains started to pour on Friday night, where the electricity went out in our area for about an hour. I slept it off and the rain haven't stopped the whole Saturday. My pet cats were cuddled inside a cabinet outside our garage so they were safe from the typhoon. Lunch time came and suddenly, there were no internet connection and I checked the phone. Just like in the movies, BEEP... BEEP... BEEP. Not the natural sound you'll hear from your phone but an alarming emergency beeping noise. I checked the house from left to right to see if there were something wrong. The backyard was ok, the sides were ok, but the garage was slowly being invaded by orange rainwater. I remember what it meant when the rainwater going down the street towards the creek was orange, it meant that either a flash flood occurred in Antipolo or a few couple of sand from the mountain just came down due to the heavy rains. I sat on the couch, tried to watch television to let time pass by.
Sunday came, still raining but not that hard, I kept on checking the phone to see if there was any dial-tone. I also kept checking around the house to see if there's anything wrong that I should be aware off. All I had was the television to update on what's going on and my cellphone to keep others informed that I was OK. Well, alot of family members texted me and called me on the cellphone. They were relived to hear that I was OK. They thought that the house was flooded since the phone was unaccessible at that time. When the rain somewhat slowed down, I rushed towards one of the tindahan in the street. To my dismay, every tindahan was closed and the people inside relocated to another place. I guess I'd have to ration my food stocks til the storm ends.
Monday was welcomed by light rain and winds. The street has became orange in color and I'm not exaggerating. Putik or mud stuck on the road and part of the garage. I cleaned the garage up using rainwater to conserve my water supply. With that part done, I checked on my pets and other parts of the house again from time to time, just to see if there were leaks or damages caused by the heavy rains and winds. I guess I'm lucky that the house wasn't that heavily damaged and only found a few leaks.
But I checked on the news and was shocked to see how large the typhoon damaged the country. Yes, it was not that strong of a typhoon but it brought in rainfall that poured in 2 days that should have been the average rainfall that should have poured in the span of a month! That was too much.
I guess I'm lucky to be one of those who survived the typhoon and had little damages but I offer prayers to those who died in the floods and hope for the best to the survivors in rebuilding their homes and lives. And the reason why I'm making this blog post is that I feel I had to share this after the internet/phone line had been restored earlier this day, even if my blog has a few audiences. What matters most is that I'm thankful that I'm safe and my family are also safe from harms way that was brought by Typhoon Ondoy.
Sunday came, still raining but not that hard, I kept on checking the phone to see if there was any dial-tone. I also kept checking around the house to see if there's anything wrong that I should be aware off. All I had was the television to update on what's going on and my cellphone to keep others informed that I was OK. Well, alot of family members texted me and called me on the cellphone. They were relived to hear that I was OK. They thought that the house was flooded since the phone was unaccessible at that time. When the rain somewhat slowed down, I rushed towards one of the tindahan in the street. To my dismay, every tindahan was closed and the people inside relocated to another place. I guess I'd have to ration my food stocks til the storm ends.
Monday was welcomed by light rain and winds. The street has became orange in color and I'm not exaggerating. Putik or mud stuck on the road and part of the garage. I cleaned the garage up using rainwater to conserve my water supply. With that part done, I checked on my pets and other parts of the house again from time to time, just to see if there were leaks or damages caused by the heavy rains and winds. I guess I'm lucky that the house wasn't that heavily damaged and only found a few leaks.
But I checked on the news and was shocked to see how large the typhoon damaged the country. Yes, it was not that strong of a typhoon but it brought in rainfall that poured in 2 days that should have been the average rainfall that should have poured in the span of a month! That was too much.
I guess I'm lucky to be one of those who survived the typhoon and had little damages but I offer prayers to those who died in the floods and hope for the best to the survivors in rebuilding their homes and lives. And the reason why I'm making this blog post is that I feel I had to share this after the internet/phone line had been restored earlier this day, even if my blog has a few audiences. What matters most is that I'm thankful that I'm safe and my family are also safe from harms way that was brought by Typhoon Ondoy.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Back from Hiatus
I have been too busy since April of this year that I've almost forgotten I've got a blog! Anyways, I've got myself pre-occupied with online games, especially Ragnarok Online, Facebook, Hello Kitty Online (which will soon be commercial in the Philippines!) and job hunting.
Even though I've gotten no luck in the past week from interviews due to me being overqualified for the job (heck why are they scared of overqualified people that can do the job and produce quality work! They should take that person and keep them for the betterment of the company! But what do they do? They get an underqualified person and then spend more money to train them. Sad.) But that's life and I guess there's a great job waiting for me that pays right with benefits and probably give me access to that high-class level of society. :)
On with my online gaming experience. Ragnarok Online Philippines had a two week EXP mod with big Hypermart sales. Too bad I didn't get the opportunity to level up my character to the maximum level but at least I had it transcend and now a level 84! I only had 4 days to do that! I'd like to thank my sponsor for providing the funds to supply and make leveling easier.
Before this EXP week extravaganza started, I led my guild, Prism Infinity, to the Wild Card Eliminations of RPC 2009. With the help of our allies, the Payon Alliance consisting of Fear Us, Guardians, Ancient Regime, Buon Giorno, Black Listed, we could not have been in the eliminations. I'd also like to thank a small group in New Chaos that voted for us too!
After the elimination match, (although we lost) we spent time with Fear Us in a small celebration for a great RPC season for the alliance. We aimed to have fun and that's what we did. I guess that's all for Ragnarok Online. More on the Facebook games now :D
Country Story, Happy Farm, Barn Buddy, Island Paradise, Mafia Wars, and Treasure Island are the games that keep me busy when I wake up, have lunch, dinner, and before going to sleep. Not really time consuming games but I do tend to my crops and empty up points before the day ends so that it wouldn't get wasted or get stolen by others that play the same game. I'm waiting for the Moscow edition of Mafia Wars, said it would make us choose one of the 2 factions of Mother Russia and each faction had it's own distinct weapons and rewards. I guess I'd have to sleep on it and hope that when I wake up, Moscow is ready for my to invade.
PC and PS2 games, I've missed out alot since the internet and other things keep me pre-occupied. But I'd like to try out Call of Duty: Modern Warfare but I guess I'd have to wait since my PC specs isn't top-notch.
I'll end this long post now, probably half of the readers have fallen asleep or has never reached this part and ignored my long story that I planned to make it short. Oh well, what can I do. I type as fast as I think and I guess that's a good thing. I can type what comes up on my mind without missing a thing!
Anyways, cheerio!~
Even though I've gotten no luck in the past week from interviews due to me being overqualified for the job (heck why are they scared of overqualified people that can do the job and produce quality work! They should take that person and keep them for the betterment of the company! But what do they do? They get an underqualified person and then spend more money to train them. Sad.) But that's life and I guess there's a great job waiting for me that pays right with benefits and probably give me access to that high-class level of society. :)
On with my online gaming experience. Ragnarok Online Philippines had a two week EXP mod with big Hypermart sales. Too bad I didn't get the opportunity to level up my character to the maximum level but at least I had it transcend and now a level 84! I only had 4 days to do that! I'd like to thank my sponsor for providing the funds to supply and make leveling easier.
Before this EXP week extravaganza started, I led my guild, Prism Infinity, to the Wild Card Eliminations of RPC 2009. With the help of our allies, the Payon Alliance consisting of Fear Us, Guardians, Ancient Regime, Buon Giorno, Black Listed, we could not have been in the eliminations. I'd also like to thank a small group in New Chaos that voted for us too!
After the elimination match, (although we lost) we spent time with Fear Us in a small celebration for a great RPC season for the alliance. We aimed to have fun and that's what we did. I guess that's all for Ragnarok Online. More on the Facebook games now :D
Country Story, Happy Farm, Barn Buddy, Island Paradise, Mafia Wars, and Treasure Island are the games that keep me busy when I wake up, have lunch, dinner, and before going to sleep. Not really time consuming games but I do tend to my crops and empty up points before the day ends so that it wouldn't get wasted or get stolen by others that play the same game. I'm waiting for the Moscow edition of Mafia Wars, said it would make us choose one of the 2 factions of Mother Russia and each faction had it's own distinct weapons and rewards. I guess I'd have to sleep on it and hope that when I wake up, Moscow is ready for my to invade.
PC and PS2 games, I've missed out alot since the internet and other things keep me pre-occupied. But I'd like to try out Call of Duty: Modern Warfare but I guess I'd have to wait since my PC specs isn't top-notch.
I'll end this long post now, probably half of the readers have fallen asleep or has never reached this part and ignored my long story that I planned to make it short. Oh well, what can I do. I type as fast as I think and I guess that's a good thing. I can type what comes up on my mind without missing a thing!
Anyways, cheerio!~
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