You’re on this page probably because you want to know how you can avail Beep cards at LRT stations. Or maybe for the first time, your Beep card is about to run out of load. Maybe you don’t take LRT trains but just a little curious. 🙂 The Beep card ticketing system was first tried […]
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LRT Beep card: my experience with the new ticketing system
Tap-and-go na ang ticketing system LRT-1, Southbound man o Northbound! This is thanks to the LRT Beep cards. Hopefully, the next upgrade in our train system would be for the improvement of train availability. As I write this in late September, I can’t say that I feel any improvement in my daily and nightly commute […]
Yamazaki, Little Tokyo (Makati) – review
Friends and I wanted to catch up over dinner after work. Most of us were Japanese food fans, and we decided to eat at Yamazaki in Little Tokyo. I would definitely come back again for their delicious fried gyoza and would try the Yamazaki ramen, hoping there will be someone to share a bowl of […]
SONA 2015 PNoy: Watch Online live stream, replay video, transcripts
It’s that day of the year again, when our president delivers a speech on the state of the nation. Today, July 27, 2015 at 4:00 pm, President Benigno Aquino III, also known as Noynoy and PNoy, will deliver SONA 2015 before Congress at the House of Representatives in Quezon City. Scroll down for the replay […]
Transfer funds from Citibank to other banks
I asked Citibank how much they would charge if I would do electronic funds transfer from them to a BPI account. According to them, we can transfer funds from Citibank to other banks for free if it’s electronic funds transfer. 🙂 I’m starting to like Citibank. Withdrawal from any ATM machine using my Citibank card […]
Mobile Prefixes in the Philippines (Sun, Smart, Talk ‘N Text, Globe, TM)
When someone texts us and we need to reply, or when we need to call someone, but we’re not sure if they are using the same mobile network provider, we hesitate to do so. Possibly because of charges or higher charges. Use the tool below to lookup the mobile network provider of a mobile prefix. […]
Sample computation of interest – Time Deposit Rate from BPI Direct Savings Bank
Today I emailed BPI Direct, asking if the interest rates in the following table taken from their website is monthly rate. The table of BPI’s time deposit rates above may have changed already as you read this blog entry, so please verify in this page: BPI Direct – Time Deposit Rates. This was the response […]
Baguio Trip via Victory Liner First Class (Deluxe) Bus – With Schedules
*in Manila, Sunday is usually the day of the week when there’s least traffic but I think traffic is heaviest in Baguio on Sundays. In August, we went to Baguio for vacation. Walking up and down the slopes was tiring, but the hefty servings of delicious restaurant foods in the city provided us more than […]
Review: Dalampasigan Beach & Pool Resort in Guis-guis, Quezon, near Sariaya
I didn’t care for beaches… or so I thought. In March this year, developers and designers in our company set an overnight outing at Marine Base Beach Resort (a.k.a Boracay de Cavite, or Katungkulan Resort). I didn’t want to come because I don’t like swimming and other personal reasons. After some persuasion from a few […]
SSS UMID application at SSS Makati, Ayala Avenue
I really didn’t plan to apply for an SSS UMID (Unified Multi-Purpose ID). One day I heard some office mates were about to apply for such ID and I decided to tag along. 😀 On January 7, Tuesday, we left the office at 12:15 PM for SSS Makati branch in Ayala Avenue, and finished the process […]