MMMiii!

Thursdays and Fridays are my restdays this month and next month. This Thursday (Today) and Friday are Holidays, Holy days. I spent more than an hour on the road just because of heavy traffic caused by people going home to their provinces.

Holy week is probably the time when most hypocrites come out and pretend to be holy.

I got stuck in Cubao coming home today for about an hour… just in Cubao. And the air-conditioned bus I rode wasn’t exactly cold. I was perspiring. I’m never going to ride that busline again.

*sigh* So… after work today, we had the usual after shift coaching, and asked Mau if she wanted to eat somewhere afterwards. I wanted to eat at Tempura… And… the nice food places were all closed. =_=”;; sad. TL came with us too. We ended up eating at Jollibee, which wasn’t really bad. But still…

Day off, and malls are closed. I wanted to buy a new headset because mine is broken. I don’t have the motivation to sing. =/

I’m really tired, and last week was somewhat busy. I could hardly sleep in the day. So now, I just caught up with my Google Reader and it seems like I didn’t really miss a lot, aside from Anime.

I haven’t been downloading anime =/ I’m so behind on the series I’m following. But my new system in requesting music links to be updated is so much better than just having people request for it to be updated or just updating everything when no one will really bother to download. Update-On-Demand is what I call it. This really ARE better when you’ve got a system.

*yawwwwn*

Well… Updates on my life? Nothing much really. Just working. Barely online. Hardly on IRC. And having some private family problems. Yesterday I went to school to get the Centennial Planners from UP that Sarah and I ordered, but unfortunately, I didn’t know that it was half-day =_= so … blehhh… gonna have to wait next week. again. And I’m still not done with my clearance. That’s about it, I guess?

Oh wait. I’m now an aunt. Orc’s girl just gave birth to a not-so-healthy baby boy named Jared. Last time I heard, I know Orc’s girl didn’t want the name Jared because she said in Tagalog it was Herodes. Bleh. Of course Orc probably insisted on it.

Anyway.

laterz.

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I connected my almost 3-year-old DSL modem to my laptop because I don’t have the router anymore. So I can’t go on wireless. And I like doing stuff in bed so… I just connected the modem to the laptop. At first it wouldn’t go through. I don’t know how I made it work, but yeah, it worked now.

I almost thought that there was something wrong with the modem because it didn’t work, and then I wondered if there would be such a thing as warranty with PLDT =_=; I really don’t think so. I remember one of the old phones getting broken after like a year and we had to replace it. Bleh.

The only thing I know here in this country that has lifetime warranty like that of Panoptx is TupperWare. Which reminds me, I need to visit them sometime because mama’s asking about replacements for them.. *sigh*

At least I can surf online… in bed. :D

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I’m just going to write about what I’ve learned at work lately. This could also be helpful for some people, I hope. Anyway, I’m a tech support agent, tier 1, for a DSL ISP in the US. What I could write here may be true for that ISP, but not for others, but some could also be true. Who knows.

1. No Sync

This one means that there is no connection between the modem and the DSLAM, or “network.” This is what I usually tell my customers, “There seems to be no connection between your modem and our network.” Why do I replace DSLAM with network? Because there ARE some pretty computer illiterate customers and it’s just easier that way.

Signs: Flashing DSL light in most modems. Some may be called the Ready light.

This is a big problem for IFITL customers or those who are connected with fiber cables or just an Ethernet cable. They don’t need a modem, so whenever they’ve got a problem with connection, it almost always ends up in a truckroll or a technician coming over their place.

Fixes: Powercycling or hard resetting the modem, checking cabling and filters, and Electromagnetic Interferences like speakers, location, and sending a technician over. This does not require any advanced troubleshooting and the computer usually does not need to be touched, except for configuration of the modem.

Carpets can also affect this since it may cause static. Some customers put their modems on their floors, and sometimes they happen to be carpets. It’s frustrating for them sometimes. Sometimes we can’t do anything from our side but to send someone over to check both indoor and outdoor physical connections.

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Watch out more for stuff I’ve been learning.

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There are some things lately that it seems like the whole pinoy blogworld is talking about. But I’m only going to talk about two of those — this Chorva coming from the Greek word Cheorvamus and PayPal allowing us Filipinos to withdraw to local banks.

Cheorvamus

We Filipinos are justifying that the term Churva and its variants came from the Greek terminology “Cheorvamus” which means “for lack of the right word to say”, or “in place of anything you want to express but cannot verbalize,” and that is exactly how Filipinos use this term.

However, has anyone even tried proving this by looking this specific term in a Greek Dictionary? I’ve received at least 10 text messages about this in the past months or so and I’ve ignored it. The first few messages I got had another line at the end of the message saying that it’s just “Churva” (Churva lang yun), meaning it’s just bull so I’m sure some gay person just cooked this up. And I still do. However, the last few messages I got didn’t even have that last line anymore and I’m seeing more blog posts coming up with this term as if it were truth.

And I don’t like where it’s going anymore. There should be a campaign or movement to make people stop spreading this bull and not make lies the truth. Sure, that’s how the word is being used, but really, this is bull. Let’s start educating people. I’m not saying that we (minus me) should stop using the word churva but we really SHOULD stop treating this as if its “etymology” is valid, as if it’s some noble truth. (Sorry, Sarah :< It’s not just you, but the whole world.)

People should also stop believing whatever’s being sent through SMS, what with all these Unlimited Text features (which I don’t use anymore), people wouldn’t think twice before sending out these kinds of messages.

By the way, I’m open to anyone who could show me proof, like a Greek->English Dictionary entry or an unphotochopped screenshot or a scan.

Withdrawing money to Philippine Banks from PayPal

Here’s some tough shiznits. People have also been talking about how we can now add our own local banks to PayPal and how we can use it to withdraw money. However, some people leave out the fact that we still won’t be able to withdraw the said money if the account isn’t verified. And how do you verify? By still having the need to add a Credit Card, which, unfortunately, isn’t easy to get for most Filipinos.

In my case, I can’t get one because I lack one valid ID. (I’ve only had one valid ID ever, and it expired when I finished Uni. I just got my company ID yesterday… I still need one more to get a CC =_=; Darn them all.)

*sigh*

And And and… WHY DON’T THEY ACCEPT THE NBI CARD AS A VALID ID??? I mean, it’s Government-issued, and it’s got my picture on it. What’s the big deal why they won’t accept it as a valid ID? GRRRRRR!!!!!

And I just want a CC so I could have a verified PayPal account and when I get regularized, I could buy a really good cellphone for installment.

And so, sometimes, I wish people would talk more about other stuff like how this colon cleanse thing works because I have no idea what to write for it.

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I decided to just make this a different post on its own instead of ruining the beautiful song.

Yesterday, while I couldn’t sleep, I checked my site’s stats and stuff like referrals and so on, and naturally, since I knew that my readership isn’t really that much, I checked on the links that referred Miii. There was this site (click on link below that says site) that interestingly had the flash audio player of Megumi Ida’s Tsukino Akari from my lyrics post. I checked the guy’s site to see if it had any acknowledgment or anything, like a thank you to me, so that the guy would be forgivable. Something like what this person did. Now THAT I don’t mind, really.

Some people might say something like if I put it online, then it’s free for everyone to use.

I agree. But the least this person could have done was to cite his source. When he hears it, he’ll probably have to look at his html source first to find out where its coming from, since he most probably have forgotten where he got his audio player from.
And this … person… I don’t know. Maybe my lack of sleep just really added fuel to my anger. What I originally did was renamed the file and fixed MY links on my site. But Yu told me to replace the file with something else.

So I thought…. hmm.. something incriminating. Something obscene… but I didn’t have anything of that nature, so I asked some people. Zero was able to give me one. ^_^

So…

Here’s the original text I added in the lyrics post.

Do click his link. I’m really doing him a favor, driving visitors to his site even after he did that.

[Edit] He deleted it already. No more fun. I removed his link as well.

That was exciting. Maybe I’ll start putting up song links for download and catch more people doing that… and replace it with that.

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To the kind person who hotlinked the flash music player on his site, shame on you, bakayarou.

You showcase your works at the same time steal people’s stuff without even acknowledgment. I changed the link for you so you won’t sin anymore. Bakayarou.

I still hope you die. Bakayarou.

I know this is a nice song, but you could ask for a copy of it from me instead of posting it on your site, as if it is your own. Bakayarou.

The reason I don’t put download links here is because I don’t like my bandwidth getting used up by other people. This isn’t a download site.

And another thing, it’s Megumi Ida. Not Emi Ida. Bakayarou.

You should be thankful to me because I’m sending visitors to your site. I linked you, bakayarou.

Oh.. I hope you liked my surprise. Bakayarou.

Again, please die now kthx. Bakayarou.

Oh man, I just love Chiaki from Minami-ke.

P.S. Thanks to Zero for giving me this clip.

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Today marks miii.net’s 2nd birthday. Not the blog, but the website itself. miii.net didn’t start as a blog. I just had my blog hosted at miii.net on a different subdomain. But when I started trying to make money online, I moved it to root. Blog is reaaaal older.

Sooooo…. Happiness!

It’s also Noe’s birthday today. Happy birthday Noe~ <3

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Well, I guess I got affected by this Page Rank attack thing. From Page Rank 3 I went down to 0.

I know it’s because of writing sponsored posts and putting up ads on my blog. But still, from 3 to ZERO? I would’ve calmly accepted if it was just, say, reduced to 1 or 2, but ZERO? So my blog isn’t important anymore?

I was the first to have the lyrics of Aozora Loop and Kizamu Kisetsu up online, and probably the lyrics for Negaiboshi of Snow*. The Pinay Scandal post got me from nowhere to 3rd page for the keyword “Pinay Scandal” in THREE DAYS, and for “Pinay Scandal Videos” to first page, although they’re now in 7th and 2nd respectively after three weeks, I think.

My blog has ZERO importance? What about those looking for Tagalog Lyrics translations who stumbled on my site? What about those who probably plagiarized my review of As You Like It by Dulaang UP?

I know I don’t produce enough good articles and stuff, but DUDE this is just so disappointing. To think that I love Google and its products…  I use Google Reader, Google Talk, GMail… and so on… BLAH. I HATE YOU GOOGLE! I HATE YOU!

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Sometimes I don’t know why I keep on doing this. I continue to chat on IRC and I still haven’t outgrown it, even after 10 years. I know I’ve established a life online, but sometimes I wonder if that’s just an excuse. I’m an IRC addict, and it’s probably as hard as having a drug addiction. There’s still that dependence. Before, I joked around that I was feeling ill because I haven’t been able to chat on IRC much, like when I was doing my practicum. By weekend, I get to go on IRC full-time again, at least for two days, and I’m well again.

I’ve tried some methods like in drug rehabilitation, like gently weaning myself from the dependence. Cutting hours, then days, then weeks… the longest I lasted was two months. After that, I was back.

I’ve tried using substitutes–forums, IMs… nothing beats IRC. Heck, I even used to chat on IRC in the computer labs. Sooner or later, I’ll need to grow out of this. But for now, I know I’m not ready.

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And it’s not funny.I’ve already been having a shitty week and miii being hacked is just not so very freakin’ funny at all.

My hard drives crashed.
My ankle got sprained–AGAIN.
The people at the PC Store not being able to give me a replacement for the crashed drive.
The drive that crashed had 200+Gb of unrecoverable data.
The job I’ve been expecting got canceled.
My puppy is sick.
One of my dogs got his balls bitten off and I’m too broke to bring him to the vet.
I’m flat broke.

+ miii got hacked. It’s just not f*cking funny anymore. All this within one week. LESS than a week.

Bleh. Whatever. I hate you, whoever you are. I FREAKIN HATE YOU. May you trip and crack your head open and spill your brains.

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I have no idea what’s wrong, aside from everything.

Maybe someone hacked me. :(

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