It’s Christmas and let’s spread the spirit of sharing and giving especially in these trying times. Please extend your help in whatever way possible, donate in kind or in cash, tweet, share on FB and other social networks to solicit more help. Stop wasting time picking on PNoy and the never ending blaming game. Here [...]

November 7, 2011 is declared as regular holiday as per Proclamation No. 276 in observance  of Eidul Adha (Feast of Sacrifice). Another long weekend for us! How I wish President Noy declared November 2, 2011 as holiday as well… PROCLAMATION NO. 276 DECLARING MONDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 2011, AS A REGULAR HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, IN OBSERVANCE [...]

Am I the last person here in the Philippines who is not aware about the craze on tuko or Tokay Gecko? I searched for Tuko for sale or Tokay Gecko for sale and I discovered that buying and selling of this reptile is very rampant. The selling price depends on the weight and the size [...]

Your Php 100 can go a long way! CashCashPinoy is matching every Php 100 donation bought from them, all donations will be given to Philippine Red Cross. If you don’t have a CashCashPinoy account, register here. Help Japan by donating as small as Php 100

Our Philippine money gets an overhaul after a long time. It’s refreshing to see the new Philippine banknotes. The new Philippine bank notes showcases top tourist attractions at the back. At first impressions, our new money looks like the Hong Kong dollars. See the new 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1,000 peso bills:

Are you affected with the fuel shortage here in Manila? Last Friday, we need to gas up so we went to the Shell stattion along Edsa Balintawak. At first, I was surprised how fuel prices keeps on increasing but got more surprised when the attendant informed us that they ran out of gasoline. We got [...]

Maynilad has a new billing statement of account, and it’s fast because it’s printed right in front of you after the final reading of your meter. The Maynilad employee carries a special portable printer that can print the Statement of Account in a special thermal paper. It looks like a special meter used by conductors [...]

3 weeks have passed since a lot of Metro Manila residents suffered from Ondoy’s wrath. Hours after the disaster, social networks such as Plurks, Twitter, Facebook, etc. were vigorously updated asking for volunteers for relief operations, donations, food items and other things needed by the victims. It’s been great upon knowing that there are a [...]

When I went to the supermarket the other day for biscuits, canned goods and juices for Ondoy victims, I can’t help but smile to the other shoppers whose carts where also filled with groceries meant for the typhoon victims. Shelves in the supermarket ran out of canned sardines, but this is good news, that only [...]

The onslaught of typhoon Ondoy (Ketsana) left so many families homeless, without clean clothes, no food and clean water, and worse, lost their loved ones. I was devastated after reading the news and viewing photos online, I was disconnected from the outside world since I, too, was stranded at the airport. But we were more [...]