Makati, such a magnificent city I have left

July 28, 2007 in life, reflections, travel

Last week I was in Manila for a short vacation after two months straight work here in Davao. On my way to Batangas, via Skyway I passed near Makati Central Business District. It was almost 6:00 PM in the evening, all lights opened, streets were brightened, it was rush hour, everyones busy, the traffic, the [...]

A literally bad trip

July 26, 2007 in shutter geek, travel

I just arrived back here in Davao from a very short vacation and my return trip was a literally a “bad trip”. Its starts with me not able to leave home early to get a bus bound to Makati, I left home almost 5:00 AM. I took RRCG bus which i thought would be reliable [...]

Bayantel-Davao DSL, Follow Up

July 24, 2007 in Uncategorized

I have just written our bitter experiences with the bayantel broadband service here in Davao this morning and it seems that they are really getting into our nerves. They hit us straight!! A surprising citywide downtime from 2:30PM - 7:00PM in the afternoon. Sarap, ang haba ng yosi break. No integration, no subversion updates, working [...]

Disgusting, Frustrating, in other words Bayantel-Davao DSL Sucks!

July 19, 2007 in Uncategorized

We’ve been using Bayantel DSL Service for more a than a month and I was never happy with their service. Best word to describe their service? It really really sucks!!! We’ve been paying 6,000.00/month for 1.5Mbps for a speed so intermittent, very slow, and very unreliable.
If we’re are just browsing pages here then it would [...]

Canon IXUS 65, My First Step On Digital Photography

July 16, 2007 in digital photography, shutter geek

Atlas, after years of waiting, pity savings, and being inspired by thresca and my ex-boss shots, I finally have my own digital camera. Yesterday I bought a new Canon Digital IXUS 65. An impressively designed, cool looking 6 megapixel with 2.5″ LCD and 3x optical zoom at a breathtaking price of PHP [...]