After three days of preparation for a year-ender, after wasting tons of keystrokes, after trying to recall all my 2007 milestones, after backspacing paragraphs of text, after all the hardships to create a good year-ender… Time is running out, 2008 is fast approaching. I have no choice but to put them all to waste. I’ve decided not to create the usual LOONG year-ender. So here it is, enough of the LONG intro:
2007
Just logged on Friendster and saw this:
Whoothoo, Friendster is on question mark mode. I really had a hard time browsing my friends’ profile, especially those who put fictitious names.
Are you looking for good qoutes? Then, you are on the right page! You have just reached my qoutes collection post.
Qoutes, as defined by my instinct, is obviously the mispronunciation of the word “quotes”. Neat, huh?! Another thing, did you know that according to Google Trends data, the Philippines tops the number of search queries for the string “qoutes”. What a shame!
This post is a keyword hijack. On the qoutes collection I promised on the post title, its nonexistent. Anyway, the word “qoute” doesn’t really exist! Thanks to kuya Marhgil Macuha for giving an idea for this post. I’m not giving him a backlink anymore, he doesn’t need it anymore. Hahahaha! 
Peace!
I was rebooting our computer after killing those Windows XP bugs in Safe Mode when I started to stare at my Unionbank EON card. I inspected the card carefully, from its nice front print down to its back portion. A fraction of the back portion reads Domestic Toll Free. Woohoo, perfect diversion of boredom! I used to be fond of calling toll free numbers when I was still young.
I dialed on our while GE cordless phone, 1800-1888-2277. Weeeee, I heard the voice of an answering machine. I pressed 5 for inquiries on EON and other deposit accounts. The machine said, please prepare your account or card number, you may need it in a short while. A second or two after the notice, I heard something like “Thank you for calling Unionbank. This is [the CSRs name], how may I help you?”. I paused for a moment asking myself, is it real? Yes it was, indeed it was a real person.
I inquired if my EON card was active. She asked for my card number and asked a minute to gain access to my account. After the short hold, she asked me verification details such as my name, address, date of birth, etc. She told me that my account was open and active but they are unable to check if my card had restrictions since it was time for a scheduled maintenance routine. She advised me to call back at 5am after the said maintenance.
Yeah, it was a real fun talking with a live person on phone at this time of the day. I’m very satisfied with Unionbank’s good customer support!
UPDATE: Called at exactly 5:00 am. The CSR advised me to call back later the hour. A small boo, they’re late! Hahaha. I based my 5:00am on the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the ones used in airports and other time-sensitive stuff.
UPDATE: Called at 5:36. At 5:36:49, the line said “All our customer service officers are engaged at the moment. Please hold and your call will be attended as soon as an officer becomes available.” Spoke to a real person at 5:38:30, which is a minute and 41 seconds later. The CS officer told me that according to their Internet Security team, the maintenance took longer than it is expected and is expected to up again the latest by 6.
UPDATE: 5:41am, tried to access online banking portal. It gave an notice that they are still under maintenance. After a minute, I tried again and they’re back UP on the line!
Here’s some of my random pictures for 2007.
Picture series of a P99.00 cow. Available at Makro Davao.
The “Emo-haired” cow/dalmatian.
The “Fashionista” cow/dalmatian.
The “Rocker” cow/dalmatian.
Pictures of my third year class in Pisay. Procedure for stolen shots: call the person’s name and take a quick snap.
Stolen shot: Andrea Celis
More after the jump.. Continue reading “2007 Random Pictures” »
It’s Christmas and the year is ending. Here’s a bullet of my 2007 milestone after the jump. Continue reading “2007 Wrap-Up” »
Hi.
Expect this blog to be dormant for a while. I’m still busy earning at DigitalPoint. So far this Christmas break, I made:
Plus I won $50.00 for my review on PRC Board Exam Results website. I don’t mind much on my AdSense now, it’s crappy slow.
By the end of the year, I’m expecting $62.00 on my PayPal account. I’m still finding more opportunities in the Internet. Watch out, I’m releasing a web application anytime soon (could be after two days, two weeks, or two months).
Waaaaa, I’m third place! Thanks to kuya Winston and kuya Jehz for convincing me to review their PRC Board Exam Results Website [link to review]. By the time I was making the review, I forgot about the YGB! contest. It was only after I published the review when kuya Winston told me to submit it to the said contest.
Yey, that’s an additional $50.00 on my PayPal account!
My EON card came just in time. Now, I have a lot of dollar$ to brag. I’m now an official dollar earner! Hahaha.
Too bad the peso’s going strong, but let’s be happy with that bitter fact (bitter for dollar earners like me)!
My plans for my accumulated PayPal money (approx. $10.00 right now + $50.00 cash prize + expected $10.00 on January):
Yey. Happy blogging to me!
Oooops, before I forget, congrats kuya Winston and kuya Jehz. Just remembered that the party reviewed also gets the same prize!
[UPDATE] Thanks to the Digital Filipino Club, the contest’s sponsor
I just got my first debit card today, my Unionbank EON card. I applied for the card late November and was already at the branch last November 25 (according to Unionbank’s email).
Getting the card took me long. See my story after the jump!
But before that, here’s some stuff I learned during my course to getting the card: