Batang Yagit: October 2007

Oct 31, 2007

Since when did Jollibee start charging Dollar$?

niyari ng Batang Yagit noong 10/31/2007 03:36:00 PM

Yeah, the photo says it all. Jollibee's charging dollars!

After the summit, what's next?

niyari ng Batang Yagit noong 10/31/2007 02:43:00 PM

I've been away from home for a couple of days now. A day after the summit, I left home. Huhuhuhu... now I'm a lonely vagabond. Toink!

It's my second time to leave the country. Exciting! Hahahha. When I arrive in Manila, I had to wait for Jehzeel kasi nasa kanya ang ticket ko for Clark. After waiting for Jehz, we both went to Mall of Asia to have our breakfast. An hour of eating and chit-chats. Pinapa-inggit ko siya of stories from the previous day's event, MBS1. He also gave me half the sheet of Google stickers Ate Aileen gave him.

After we had our breakfast, he accompanied me to the terminal for the bus that would bring me to Clark. It's my first time to travel in Luzon using public transport. I've been to places outside Manila but this time, it is completely different. I am very grateful to the two ladies I met in the bus. They were so nice to accompany me on our way to Clark. They're bound for Singapore kaya I felt a little confident since we're headed for the same airport.

The Airport

I had to wait for few more hours because the plane that would bring me to my destination arrived late.

I arrived 9 in the evening in my destination. Everything here is great.

That's all for now. I'll update you with my trip soon.

More of my trips can be found at Batang Lakwatsero.

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Oct 27, 2007

Live Blogging for the 1st Mindanao Bloggers Summit - Photo Posts edition

niyari ng Batang Yagit noong 10/27/2007 11:21:00 AM

Bob of Mindanao.com showing pictures of his travels in Mindanao.

Chikai of Blogsilog.com received her medium size Google t-shirt.

Other Live Blogging for the event.

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Too much traffic on my new domain

niyari ng Batang Yagit noong 10/27/2007 08:53:00 AM

A couple of days ago, Jehzeel and I launched PRC Board Exam Results. It's a web archive intended to provide recent results board exam results published by the Professional Regulation Commission. Since then, we've been doing serious campaigns and SEOs for the site.

Yesterday, the PRC released the LET August 2007 results. My english teacher friend woke me early in the morning just to announce that the results are already released. I immediately jumped to my computer to make posts.

An hour after I made my posts, the website experienced problems. Some users receive an Internal Server Error message. Sometimes, the wordpress loses its connection to the MySQL Server. We were able to fix the problem when we divided the results into several pages. It reduced the server's load.

When I checked the traffic in the evening, the site statistics showed that my site received 20,000 page views on that day. Wow. That's the highest traffic I received for a single day statistic.

SELaplana, another site which posts board exam results, even crashed because of the huge traffic.

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Batang Yagit is now PR4

niyari ng Batang Yagit noong 10/27/2007 08:46:00 AM

Yepee! I'm just glad Google Bot did not miss my blog when he last made a Page Rank check on the web. After I bought BatangYagit.com, from 2, my PR went down to zero. All of my hopes went down also. But now, I can brag my PR4. Hahaha.

I'm in NCCC Mall now for the 1st Mindanao Bloggers Summit. I'm excited for the day's activities.

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Oct 26, 2007

LET August 2007 Results finally released

niyari ng Batang Yagit noong 10/26/2007 08:12:00 AM

After a long wait, the results for Licensure Examination for Teachers last August 2007 is finally released by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) this morning.

Here are the list of passers.

LET August 2007 Results for Secondary Level

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Oct 25, 2007

Bisi-bisihan ang Batang Yagit

niyari ng Batang Yagit noong 10/25/2007 11:46:00 PM

Maraming bagay-bagay sa blogosphere ang nakakaligtaan ko at hindi ko napagtutuunan ng pansin. Bisi ako, oo, bisi ako. Kahit na sem break na eh marami pa rin akong ginagawa.

Una, kailangan kong tapusing ang aking scholarship at enrollment requirements para next semester. May isang subject ako na walang grade dahil wala akong ipinakitang exam permit sa aming teacher. Hindi ko naipasa ang aking exam permit sa subject na ito dahil nagiging makakalimutin na ako. Ito ang dahilan kung bakit hanggang ngayon eh nagfofollow-up pa rin ako. Anak ng inahin, nasa Manila si Sir at bukas na kailangan ang grade. Tinext ko na siya pero sabi niya icheck ko na lang daw muna sa Eng'g kung may grade na dun kasi may iniwan siyang kopya. Buti naman.

Pangalawa, kailangan ko ring tapusin ang iilang mga gawain sa kalasag. Malapit ko na itong matapos. Malapit na rin a deadline. Hahaha.. Bukas na nga pala ang deadline at hindi ko ito namalayan. Gagawin ko na lang siguro 'to bukas.

Pangatlo, magiging busy si Batang Yagit simula bukas ng gabi para sa Mindanao Bloggers Summit 1 sa NCCC Mall. Sikat ang summit na ito dahil pupunta si Miss Google Earth Philippines Aileen Apolo at ang iba niyang kakosang blogger sa Philippine Blogosphere. At dahil volunteer ako sa sikat summit na 'to, sikat din ako. (joke lang).

Pang-apat. Kung naaalala ninyo sa aking previous post na Blogs to See, may nilagay akong PRC Board Exam Results doon. Dahil malaki ang traffic na nakukuha ko mula sa mga post ko tungkol sa Exam Results lalong-lalo na ang LET August 2007 Exam Results, mas minabuti kong seryosohin ang paghahatid ng resulta sa sambayanang Pilipino. Excited na ata ang mga tao na malaman kung sino ang TOP 10 Performing Schools sa larangan ng pagtuturo. At dahil kabado ang lahat, halos araw-araw ay tinitingnan nila at hinahanap ang kasulukan-sulukang sulok ng internet. Hehehehe.

Pag-lima at panghuli. Aalis na ako ngayong Linggo. Kung saan? walang nakakaalam kundi ako lamang. Hehehehe.. Sekreto na yun para may surprise ako sa aking pagbabalik.

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Oct 24, 2007

Boss, look at mah shirt

niyari ng Batang Yagit noong 10/24/2007 08:45:00 PM

Does your boss ask too much from you? Does he give you low pay? Does he bully you around? If not, then wear this shirt.

It's a shirt I bought last week from ArtWork. It's pretty nice. ArtWork had a sale last week so I got this shirt for only 110 pesos. Hehehe. I'll wear this in school, in my "favorite" teacher's class.

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Oct 23, 2007

Blogs to See

niyari ng Batang Yagit noong 10/23/2007 11:00:00 PM

Ei, I've been busy helping several friends create their blogs. I'm on an unexpected and unplanned create-a-blog campaign right now.

Blogs to see.

PRC Board Exam Results - Check the latest exam results from PRC

Peaceful Dystopia - Insanely insane. Have you seen my ambigram? I got it from him. Want one? Ask him.

The Best School Nurse - Look who's blogging? It's your high school School Nurse

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Oct 22, 2007

Wohoo! I now have my SmartBroken internet connection restored

niyari ng Batang Yagit noong 10/22/2007 01:00:00 PM

After getting through a lot of hassles in restoring my internet connection, SmartBro finally fixed it.

My internet connection got disconnected sometime last week. I had to pay a few thousand to get my internet connection restored. (Just an advice, don't skip your payments cause it would get you into trouble). I missed a couple of internet bills which later accumulated and made Smart cut my subscription. The missed internet bills were during my Manila trip last May and my school retreat last September.

Last week, I went to SMART Wireless Center in Gaisano Mall to pay my subscription fees. I got pissed on how the people in SMART treated me. First, the "Arrogant Guard" didn't give the queue number immediately. Since their queuing system is broken, the "Arrogant Guard" had to manually assign a priority number. The "Arrogant Guard" is supposed to answer queries and inquiries before the client proceeds to customer care or cashier, but the "Arrogant Guard" was not able to this because the "Arrogant Guard" has to attend the "Stupid Assistant" first. The "Stupid Assistant", who is supposed to assist the "Arrogant Guard" in serving the clients, was having trouble in operating the payment kiosk of SMART. So I waited for a while for the "Arrogant Guard" to finish helping the "Stupid Assistant" before I got my priority number.

I was advised to queue for the customer care because I need my account to be verified before I can proceed to the cashier. But before I can pay to the cashier, I had to ask for another queue number from the "Arrogant Guard". The "Arrogant Guard" insisted that I should pay my money to their payment kiosk. I was hesitant after I saw what happened a while ago. So I told the "Arrogant Guard" that I need to pay the money directly to the cashier so it can be posted immediately. So the "Arrogant Guard" gave me a new queue number for the cashier.

I was standing near the "Arrogant Guard"'s position because all of the seats were already occupied. I waited for a couple of minutes when the "Arrogant Guard" suddenly talked to me. He told me to go straight to the cashier since it's already my turn. So I deliberately obliged to what he instructed me. When I reached the money and queue number to the cashier, the cashier told me, "Sir, mamaya pa po yung number nyo.".

Grrr...I can feel my blood boiling in anger. Damn that "Arrogant Guard". Damn him. I had to back off to let the other person, who happened to be ahead of me, to pay.

After paying, I didn't even dare to look at the "Arrogant Guard's" direction. Damn him.

o O o

After I made the payment, I immediately went home to check if the payment was indeed posted in SMART's system. I was disappointed to see that my LAN Card won't detect any connection. I checked the power adapter for my Canopy Adapter, checked the LAN Connections, yet, nothing worked. The message "A network cable is unplugged" still flashes at the bottom right side of my screen. I immediately called SMART Hotline to fix the problem. Their conclusion, damaged LAN Cable. They told me they'd call the next day to schedule a contractor to visit my home and fix the problem.

I waited, yet no one called. I called SMART again and told them that I will wait until evening so they could make a schedule before Monday. I waited, still no one came.

Yesterday, while I was enjoying my meal at McDonalds in SM, I received an SMS from an unknown person. It says, "Hi sir/maam. Saan po banda ang bahay nyo? SmartBRO po ito".

I asked them if they were coming because I waited for their call. The next message I received, they were already in front of my house. I had to rush back home to catch them but they sent another SMS saying they are leaving for Toril to serve another client and they'll come back later in the afternoon.

They did not show up yesterday because it rained. They said they'd come back the next day.

o O o

They had my internet fixed this morning. I had to pay an extra 200 pesos for the replacement of the iron tube where the antenna is attached. They said they can't get enough signal so they had to extend the height of the antenna. My internet connection is fixed now. Got to blog some more. I missed a lot from the few days of absence.

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Results for October 2007 Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Licensure Examination

niyari ng Batang Yagit noong 10/22/2007 10:33:00 AM

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 2,299 out of 6,213 passed the Certified Public Accountant Licensure Examination given by the Board of Accountancy in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan De Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo and Legazpi this October 2007.

Roll of Successful Examinees in the
C. P. A. LICENSURE EXAMINATION
Held in OCTOBER 2007
Released on OCTOBER 22, 2007