Ok, heto… may PIN ka na, hindi ka makareload kasi hindi mo matawagan yung number. Papano nga ba mag reload? Iba din ang nakasulat sa likod ng reload card. ‘Yun pala ganito mag reload.

Reloading Smart Global Roaming

1. Type: RELOAD <14-digit PIN>
2. Send to 1510

Notice, may space between Reload and yung pin mo. And note, hindi kasama ang “<” and “>” ha?

Isa pa, pag reload mo, kailangan may load ka. Kung zero ang load mo, hindi ka makakareload.

Eh papano kung nasagad ang load mo? As in zero balance ang Smart Global Roaming prepaid card mo. Ano gagawin mo? Contact ka sa isang kilala mo sa Pinas na magpadala muna ng eload. At least P100 man lang. So pag may eload ka na. Pwede ka na mag load ng PIN mo sa card.

Naalala ko pa ang unang cellphone ko… 1997 pa ‘ata ‘yun. Hindi pa ako nag cellphone agad, at naka-Easycall pager pa ako. Medyo late ako kasi sabi ko, gastos lang ‘yan, hindi ko kailangan ng cellphone. Dahil may munting negosyo ako sa Pilipinas, mga cliente ko, unti-unti nang nagkakaroon ng cellphone. And tanong lagi nila, ano cellphone mo? And ako naman, lagi kong sagot, wala sir eh, wala ma’am eh. Sa landline na lang or page mo ko. Pero unti-unti ko na din naiisip na kailangan ko nga ng cellphone. Siguro dahil kuripot na Ilocano ako, kuripot ultimo sa sarili at nagtitipid, hindi pa din ako bumibili hanggang sa nag sale sa may SM Megamall ang Globe. 1997 pa yun, and kinuha ko ang pinakamurang cellphone na meron dun. Naalala ko Motorola s’ya. Sa sobrang mura, pag may nag text number lang nakikita ko, ni hindi ko nakikita ang pangalan ng nagsend kahit nasa phone book ng phone.

Ayun sobrang tipid ko noon. Pati sa pag text matipid ako. Ayaw ko magtext kung hindi talaga kailangan. Pero ngayon, text naman ako ng text. And receive ng receive din naman ako ng text. Ewan ko, masmaganda at mag text, pag galit ka sa tao, pwede pa din parang hindi ka galit. Kung hindi mo namimiss syota mo, pero kunwari namimiss mo para good shot ka, text mo s’ya ng mga funny text messages. Kung ayaw mong pumasok sa trabaho at masama daw kunwari pakiramdam mo, mag text ka na lang, para hindi halata sa boses na wala kang ubo at sipon. Isipin mo ngayon… minsan naghahanap pa ako ng text message na pwedeng i-text sa mga friends ko daw kunwari. Friends ko lang daw kunwari pero kumakapit lang ako sa kanila. Pero para ma-maintain ko ang bonding ba, pa text-text ako once in a while.

Minsan nauubusan ako ng masasabi… buti na lang may website gaya ng TextMates. Grabe, sangkatutak ang text messages makikita mo sa website na yun. Isipin mo nasa 2000+ text messages na nandun na pwede mo ipadala sa friends mo! Let’s say padala ka sa friends mo ng text message once a day. Meron ka nang 5 year supply of text messages sa website na ‘yun. *LOL* Ewan ko ba kung ano nasa isip ng gumawa ng website na yun pero ok s’ya. Ginagamit ko sa Chikka ko, para sa mga chicks. Ayun, natutuwa naman sila. Pogi points din yun ang laging nagtetext, naalala mo daw araw-araw kunwari. Minsan akala nila ako pa talaga nakaisip ng mga inspirational text messages, kinopya ko lang pala sa website. *LOL*

As of this writing, I am mad; the description fuming just could not contain the emotion I was trying to relieve.
Most of you know the type of work I do, my day job, besides the occasional sculpting projects I enjoy. But for others who still haven’t got a clue, I was privileged to be hired as an online comics illustrator at one of the top outsourcing companies of the best web designers, developers, and artists here in the Philippines, bar none. We work according to Philippine laws, pay our taxes. Our company provides work to almost 400 talented Filipinos.

Now granted, some of our clients and some of our works deal with adult materials, but none of them illegal, based on the vague anti-pornography laws we have here. Just how vague? More is explained in this news clip: http://www.gmanews.tv/video/5636/Lack-of-law-hinders-fight-vs-cyberporn

Now, some unscrupulous people under the guise of Investigative Journalism are trying to destroy the business our good employers and we are trying very hard to establish by taking that vague law and twisting it to serve their selfish evil schemes.

I’m not going to beat around the bush and I’ll come right out: They are extorting money from our company and trying very hard to make our working conditions miserable by disrupting our work schedules, through intimidation and harassment by their paid goons or associates and threatening us through trial by publicity (why else would you have a camera crew in hand?).

Our employers have had enough of this and decided to stand up for it, knowing we are not doing anything illegal. You can read how we scored some points in this news article here: http://uw.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=73466

Now we’re guessing this is something their egos couldn’t take, so they are getting back at us, always some sort of unauthorized raid (no search or arrest warrants) is going on, treating us like we’re effing criminals, treating our female employees with disrespect, disrupting our outsourcing business and scaring off potential clients in the process. Like most of my peers, I’m fed up. I have to take action. What better way could I have done? Who can I turn to? Who can I trust? If some government agents are on the take, if journalists of high regard like the Tulfos can threaten anyone with trial by publicity if they are not happy with the amount of payola they receive, what other options are left at my disposal?

How about trial by exposé? I’m going to expose their wicked ways through blogs, the one media they could not control. To destroy what little credibility they have left, credibility they probably acquired through intimidation, threats and manhandling little folks like us.

So I’m humbly requesting those of you who’ve read this, especially Filipino artists among you, to please repost it in your blogs and other journals. Through this minor effort, I want to show them that not all of us can be intimidated and are willing to stand up to being bullied. If no one else’s going to stand up against these extortionist bullies now, who will? I do have a seething hatred for bullies, don’t you? I’m hopeful too, that this post may reach some of our still honest government agencies and maybe they could take action against these people.

The fate of 400 talented Filipinos, people that are only trying to earn an honest living in their own country, hangs in the balance. Please, we need your support.

Enough is enough. We’re taking the stand.

By an anonymous writer from iweb

I reposted this from another blog, I am not the author of this blog post, pero ito masasabi ko… if there is no law on pornography, then I see nothing wrong in what they do. Next thing na masasabi ko from an Internet marketing point of view, since target market naman nito, hindi naman mga taga Philippines, kadali lang ma-block ang Philippine-based IP addresses. So no one in the Philippines can see the site. So wala nang problem ‘di ba?

Ok, what can I say? I got sick. Cough, colds, fever, I felt like sh*t. In fact I still do a bit. And I didn’t even bother to go and watch Manny Paquiao Pacquiao live against Jorge George Solis.

There is always a next time to watch anyway. Those that sent emails to me asking where they can watch the fight, sorry, I really was not feeling well. But if you are outside the Philippines, and was not subscribe to who ever cable company in the US, or is a Filipino (or even Mexican) that wants to watch the fights, here is the best I can get.

Please note, that last year, all the YouTube fights of Manny Pacquaio Pacquiao were removed. So if you are going to watch the Manny PaquaioPacquiao vs. Jorge Solis fight, you better watch it now before some copyright laws kick in. This may be low resolution, but this is the best I found.

Congratulations to Manny Pacquiao once again! Pinoy Isulong!

Manny Pacquiao vs. Jorge Solis recap - Blaze of Glory

Manny Pacquiao vs. Jorge Solis Fight, Round 1, 2 and 3 - Blaze of Glory

Manny Pacquiao vs. Jorge Solis Fight, Round 4 and 5 - Blaze of Glory

Manny Pacquiao vs. Jorge Solis Fight, Round 6, 7 and 8 - Blaze of Glory

And after Jorge Solis lost, this is what he said:

“Pacquiao never hurt me with one punch,” said Solis in Spanish. “All that talk about how strong he is, I think it’s exaggerated. Sure, I respect him and he beat me. But it was an accumulation of punches that put me down. I got dizzy after taking so many punches and that’s how I lost.”

Yabang din ano?