Click here for SONA 2014 Update, July 23, 2013: Replay videos and transcripts, both in Tagalog/Filipino and English, are now posted in this page. Please scroll down to find them. Today, July 22, 2013, President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III will deliver his fourth State of the Nation Address at Batasan Complex in Quezon […]
Author: Catzie
My experience in NBI Clearance Application, June 2013 at Ever Gotesco Mall Recto
Hello. 🙂 I moved the article about getting an NBI Clearance at Ever Gotesco Mall (Recto) to my older NBI Clearance page: CLICK TO VISIT: NBI Clearance Center – Application, Renewal, Price, Requirements
Pre-employment requirements in the Philippines
For the past two years, I worked from home as web developer for a foreign company. And now, I am having office-based employment for the first time. I already did office-based work before for 7 months, but that was only internship, not yet employment. After some time and effort, I received some job offers from companies […]
Job-hunting tips for IT people – developers / programmers / engineers / web designers
I went to job screenings before without preparation except studying for the expected programming exams. Because of this I screwed up in an interview with a company that I really wanted to be a part of. There’s no time for regrets though and I need to keep moving forward. 🙂 I don’t know why, but […]
SMTP: Test emails from local computer during development stage using smtp4dev
Web developers need to work on their website locally once in a while. I use XAMPP in my computer to work on my web projects locally. I’m about to begin working on a project which sends emails when users register for an account. From the live site, I downloaded it to my computer so I […]
ReadyForRain.com Experience (Review of Ready for Rain’s Ordering and Delivery Process)
In one sentence, if you ask me how I feel about my transaction with them, I’d say “I’m glad it’s over. Phew.” I felt that they don’t value their relationship with customers. Shipping was delayed (later than what’s written in Delivery Policy), wrong item was sent, and they made me wait at a JRS branch […]
Easy Buttermilk Substitute / Alternative for Baking and Cooking
Can’t wait to try this recipe, but then realize you ran out of buttermilk which it’s calling for? Or do you simply not know where to get buttermilk in your area? Try this simple trick to make a homemade buttermilk substitute:
Green passport renewal at new DFA office – requirements, fees, location map near Mall of Asia
The real goal of this blog entry is to share my personal experience with green passport renewal at DFA while giving my readers some idea of what to expect as they go through the process. But since I feel too exhausted to provide complete details at the moment, I will write about my most notable […]
NSO Birth Certificate – experience, requirements, and payment for online request / application for delivery service (Philippines)
An acquaintance applied for a National Statistics Office (NSO) Birth Certificate delivery service online at their website, and I just wanna share on this blog entry how it went. Before anything else, this is not an official NSO website, and that everything that is written here is based on someone’s experience as he applied for […]