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Why BLOGGER, why?

A question that linger to me last week as we (bloggers using blogspot) experienced the outage that happened to blogger.com. It was a headache for me to think that I have a lot of post to do here. I admit that I don't have a connection at home so that is why I have to go to the wifi hotspots to do my uploads and posts. But unfortunately Monday last week I was greeted by a spinning wheel inside the post area. This phenomenon caused a lot of frustration to the users of this platform. I ried several remedies like switching from draft.blogger to the regular version, even html won't work.

This made me think if I need to have a domain or change to wordpress. And I am also worried that there would be the possible future to blogger closing down (thinking of it gives me the shivers). But the outage is now gone and hopefully there won't be any additional problems especially since they will be migrating to the new blogger interface, which I have tried when I was using draft.blogger.com.

I know changes are innevitable, however I hope Blogger/Google would apply changes or upgrades without much hassle like this one. By the way, we (the Philippines) are now known to be the social networking capital of the world. And this does testify the power of the internet to the Filipinos  and even there is still poverty, people are getting more access to it every day. One proof is the the exponential rise in computer and internet users in the country. And its not far, that it could reach every island of the country.  More reasons to blog and more reasons for you to read Blah Blah Blogs!

Globe Telecom's Advisory on Typhoon Basyang

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Globe Telecom is working to fully restore telecommunication service in selected areas in Luzon and Metro Manila which were affected by the prolonged commercial power outage. A significant part of our network has been restored in full, save for isolated areas in Metro Manila and Luzon.


While we augment our power supply with batteries and generator sets for our cell sites and wired line cabinets, these sources have limited life spans, and commercial power has been out since Tuesday night.


We appeal to the power utilities to expedite the restoration of power, to make available all types of Globe services to our subscribers.


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For more information or to report any service difficulty, please send a message to Globe Faith Tiuseco or to @talk2Globe on Twitter. Please be safe.

(Posted by PAO PEÑA)

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I hope they would fix this one most especially, electricty since a lot of us needs it. I went to megamall and it was so hot with all the people yet there is limited electricity but wifi is available...

'Basyang' Fierce Stories...

So after the torturing heat wave during summer, we were very desperate to have rain. However,  with sudden rainfalls in some areas it brought more bane than boon. And this time we have this new typhoon named 'Basyang' whose winds crated havoc especially with the electricity in the metro. President Noy talked to the weather officials that did not anticipate the damage it will bring to the metro. So far operations of the LRT and MRT have been suspended, but number coding has been lifted. Many homes still don't have electricity  and there were a lot of reports of damages such as uprooted trees and posts, blown roofs and tarpulins and other debris. Classes are suspended yet CHED says suspension for tertiary level is upon the discretion of the school administration. I actually stayed in the office to sleep and do some online stuff. I will not be able to cook since I use a rice cooker. For now, I am still checking on news for any other incidents and accidents caused by the typhoon so stay tuned. 

For now, I think we were caught off guard that this storm was not on its way to the city but had a wide radius with strong winds. Since its already the rainy season, we should not take typhoons lightly again. So far I only get my news from the internet and any available TV source since my phone have that function. Again guys, stay safe, pray, and make sure to do all measures to avoid incidents that can damage properties or injure lives. 

I'll be updating you for any additional information about the storm...
So far here are the news...

Ship captain killed 6 fishermen missing

LRT and MRT suspended due to power outage

Basyang claims 2 lives in cavite