Category Archives: Philippines

The End of Blogging is at Hand

Posted on February 21, 2011 by greenbucks| 3 Comments

Is it the end of blogging as Social Media and Microblogging sites gain momentous popularity?

Let me rephrase that, is blogging so 2006, said with emphasis on soooo and with rolling eyes? (this was the year I started blogging, LOL). Did people lose their passion for blogging?

Should I get my tumblr account then? I already have a Facebook page for my teacher blog and am thinking of doing another Facebook page for my other blogs. Nah, probably not yet but if blog traffic don’t improve, I might do that soon, if only it drives traffic to the blogs. Real traffic and not spam comments.

Years ago, when bloggers were still a source of honest-to-goodness-unbiased-and-not-given-freebies-and-tokens-to-create-buzz-marketing reviews of everything from restaurants, products, resorts, colon cleansing, spa, hotels and products and services, blogs were revered.

Now, people are more discerning and can sniff a real review from a not-so-real one. I’ve got people asking me about this because they’ve read the same contents in blog posts from one blog to another.

Netizens, especially the younger generation have too little attention span to read or write blogs so they love the 140 character status updates of Twitter -> to please follow me there: TeacherJulie (why, they even make this as a public announcement for friends to avoid spending on sms, 😀 ), the status update in Facebook and the reblogging and copy-pasting in Tumblr.

I’d stick to blogging. For now.

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Slow Upload Time

Posted on February 20, 2011 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

Last night, it took 3 hours and 30+ minutes upload time for a 4:02 minutes video to load in Facebook. It was my first time to load a video there and thought it’s going to be my last.

Gah! I took a speed test and got a very dismal result which I didn’t do a screenshot with.

I still have several videos to upload and thought today would be better to try again. So I had to check first to see the upload speed.

I guess I’m wrong. I’ll probably just read about seo link vine reviews today and load the videos when it’s upload time is faster. Sigh…

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Kandila Mula sa Binyagan

Posted on February 10, 2011 by greenbucks| 3 Comments

Isang larawang kuha ng aking anak, mula sa binyag ng inaanak ko at mga kumareng nakilala sa pamamagitan ng pagba-blag.

Candles

Tanong ko lang, itinatago nyo ba ang mga mementos na ganito, kandila, invitation, giveaways atbp bilang ala-ala sa mga espesyal na okasyon?

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Do They Have a Choice

Posted on February 3, 2011 by greenbucks| 2 Comments

The recent on-the-job site accident that happened to the construction workers of a residential building shocked us. Accidents in these sites happens, but not like this. And now the companies that are involved in the construction are washing their hands off any wrongdoing on their part. Sigh…

Construction workers are sometimes the butt of jokes of some people, for reasons I can’t understand.

So what if they come from the urban poor or rural folks who, for lack of employment came to the city and ended up being such.

So what if they have burnt faces and callused hands?

So what if they are have dirty hands and dirty faces?

Menial job position they held and they are being given so little with around PhP260.00 or roughly $6!

If only they have been given a good quality education, these people would probably go into merchandising jobs, call center agents with American twangs or sales agents. Do they really have a choice considering they lack what it needs to be in a job other than what they had?

Perhaps they are here because they want to provide for their families so that their children will be better educated than them.

But alas, with so many people with so many needs, this country is not going to be as progressive as its neighbors.

Another long sigh…

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How to Spot a Scam

Posted on January 24, 2011 by greenbucks| 1 Comment

Scams are there, lurking in every corner, waiting for the next victim to prey on.

High unemployment rates and in this country’s state, (extreme) poverty, one would think scams don’t exist.

Well, bad news, they do. Scammers tell the poor rural folks and everyone that seem to fall easily as victims that they are needed as household help supervisor or drivers or machine operators or high-speed sewers (of all kinds of clothes, maybe even sferra linens, baby clothes, etc) in so and so countries. They sell their possessions which include the carabao that is the sole help in the farm they till.

Worse news, no jobs exist and they have been scammed.

So how can you spot a scam?

  1. The offers are too good to be true. 12-25% interest for your monetary investment? Come on.
  2. Unsolicited email, text messages, phone calls, and mail. Yes, when you feel these are fishy, these probably are fishy.
  3. Money to be paid upfront? No thanks.
  4. So when you asked how the money will be earned which will enable you to earn a profit and you get blank stares? Forget it.
  5. Secret knowledge and secret deals is highly suspect and would probably remain as such: secret.
  6. If you ask yourself: “Why have they chosen me?” and can’t find the answer? You probably won’t.

Little effort for huge profit = SCAM. Have you ever wondered why SCAM is almost the same as SCUM?

You have been warned.

LOL.

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