Typhoon Pedring and the DPWH Fiasco
Late last September of 2011, a strong typhoon hit the country leaving Roxas Boulevard flooded and this is probably the first time that this incident has ever happened. What contributed to the flooding is how the seawall along Manila Bay area was constructed. It was high enough to deflect certain wave heights which resulted of course to the amounts of debris that came along with the waves that contributed to clogging the rainwater’s pathways.
After the typhoon, a few DPWH officers visited the area and had their photos taken. The photo was published and there was a twist. The photo was manipulated to an extent where their original photo was cropped and was layered on top of another photo they were in. In other words, to show the public they were there and were doing their job. This was later on discovered by a blogger who noticed that in that photo, the officers looked as if they were floating. But of course, they were cropped and placed on top of that photo anyway. not to mention the artist may have very low standards of editing skills.
Deliver Us From Evil
This is probably one of those videos filmed for the purpose of educating people that even priests and people he shares his faith with, has their own way of handling what is deemed to be the worst crime a person can do to a child. It was a bit hard for myself to watch this video for the first time. But it has helped me to understand that humans, whether he’s a priest or not, is capable of committing crimes if he purposely wants to do so.
The documentary contains video footage of interviews of the victims after they’ve moved on. Victims and their family shares their experiences on how they dealt with their situation while Oliver O’Grady walks a free man while others inside the church was aware this was all happening right under their noses.
Months Later Since My Last Cig
It’s been months since my last cigarette and all I can say is that it’s the best decision I made since I lit and puffed on my first stick. Not only did I lose my smoker’s cough and the annoying smell my girl hates so much, I also got my taste buds and sense of smell back to normal. Food now tastes and smells better and whenever I smell smoke from a cigarette, I can’t imagine I once puffed and inhaled that smoke myself. It’s kinda disgusting now that I think about it.
Smoking is probably the hardest thing to give up when you list down all the vices a person can have. I tried the patch, the gum and the dreaded cold turkey. None of them worked and all I did was go back to smoking with a vengeance. The only thing I did is use a healthier alternative, an electronic cigarette.
Mobile MMO Pocket Legends
I’ve played this game for a few months and I still play occasionally when in the can, before sleeping or simply to check on my friends in game. This game is very simplistic in nature. You level by earning experience points killing monsters inside dungeons. Stat points are given every level up and you may choose to increase Dexterity, Intelligence and Muscle stats depending on which you want your character to focus on.
Birds need dexterity to increase damage and bows are their main weapons. Enchantresses need intelligence and staves are their main weapon to nuke monsters with blinding, burning and shocking area of effect spells. Bears on the other hand need a lot of muscle to withstand punishment and survive as they are meant to be tankers of the team.
Emergency Calls Only Signal
I’ve recently switched to a new sim with the hopes of being able to save money. Most of my friends and Amy of course use Globe sims. Signing up for a plan to save money and promos over their mobile network was quite a temptation to boot. I’ve used Smart Communication’s service for 3 years on a prepaid sim. Since I rarely use my phone to connect with my friends since I stay at home 5 days a week for work.
After waiting a week or so for the sim to be activated via their base station, Globe just informed me my sim was activated 24 hours after I singed up for the plan. Unfortunately, my phone has been quite useless since. Signal was like catching fish with a flyswatter. In other words, where my Smart sim had the full bar signal inside my room, on my Globe sim, it never showed a hint of civilization. Nobody could ever contact me through my phone in this situation, that’s for sure. I did however have a full bar signal on the emergency calls network only.