Being employed in the Philippines requires that we contribute to Home Development and Mutual Fund (HDMF) / Pag-IBIG Fund. If you are about to be employed and had been previously employed with another company, your new employer might require you to submit Pag-IBIG Contribution Printout as one of their pre-employment requirements. As of this time, you won’t be […]
Manila homemade cakes, cupcakes, cookies, brownies & more desserts at The Tiny Cakery
Update: We have rebranded into Catzie’s Cakery. When I’m not busy tapping codes on my keyboard, I either watch anime or bake. And there’s this “tiny” baking business in Manila I’m running, and really have a good time baking for people – friends, family, and even people I haven’t met prior to handing over their […]
Simple SMS Reader app in Android using BroadcastReceiver class
Before I began coding Android apps, I was amazed how verification processes go like this: The Android app tells you they’ll send you an SMS containing verification code, and that you need to enter such code into a text field on the Android app. But when you receive the SMS, the verification code appears on […]
Mac OS: How to batch edit file extension via Terminal
Today I had a directory of images whose file name extensions are .jpeg. I need them as .jpg but I didn’t want to rename them one by one. Here’s how we can change the file extensions in a directory by batch. And by the way, I am on Mac OS El Capitan version 10.11.5 with […]
Get a Cedula in Sta. Cruz / Manila City Hall (Not available in our barangay hall)
Cedula is a requirement for a place that I’d like to rent. To me, it’s not easy to get because the barangay hall near my address (Santa Cruz, Manila) doesn’t issue Cedula, and the city hall is not close enough to my house for me to avoid being absent from work. I’m assuming city halls […]
Patch Cafe: a place I’ll surely visit again in Baguio for yummy food and drinks
Next time we visit Baguio, I’d like to eat a meal and dessert at Patch Cafe again! And possibly stay at Bloomfield Hotel, since that’s where Patch Cafe is. 😆 Our third day in Baguio last long weekend was our last day. We weren’t sad to be going soon because we were already satisfied in […]
Lazy Bastard: try it for beefy burgers and customized breakfast sandwiches
We decided to walk along Jupiter Street with our Pokemon Go apps turned on, hoping to add a couple of kilometers to our incubated Pokemon eggs. Our tired feet brought us to Lazy Bastard. It’s at Jupiter street corner Galaxy street. We already ordered cheeseburger and slappy joe when we noticed their breakfast sandwiches can […]
Tasty food and good beers at Baguio Craft Brewery
On our second evening at Baguio City last long weekend, my companion wanted to taste some beer at Baguio Craft Brewery. It’s in Marcos Highway, and we took a taxi to get there from Microtel. I’m not good at handling alcoholic drinks, so food was main motive at Baguio Craft Brewery. hehehe. I only sipped […]
A nice Filipino lunch with dessert at “Green Pepper” in Ketchup Food Community
On our second day in Baguio last long weekend, we went sight-seeing at Mines View and Wright Park. After enjoying the views, our feet brought us [with growling stomachs] to Ketchup Food Community. We wanted to try Canto but were not willing to fall in the looong line of people waiting to be seated. We […]
How to open a checking account at BPI
The need for a checking account came in my life. 😆 It’s for a monthly bill that requires “checks”. BPI was my first option because I would be able to easily transfer funds online from my savings account into my newly created checking account. I dislike going to banks to fall in line and deposit, so […]