Line up for rice or starve

Written by: Ollie Style
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People are still lining up for rice all over the country, why? Because NFA rice is still much more cheaper than commercial rice. PHp 25 against PHp 36 to PHp 50 per kilo.


For people living in the States this might be nothing because 50 Php is just over a dollar and they could easily buy one sack of rice for $50 dollars that would last a Filipino family of four a whole month to consume. But for most Pinoys PHp 50 would help them survive another day.



All over Metro Manila you will see old and young people lining up for rice, in fear of not being able to buy cheap rice at 25 PHp. And if they miss the ration they would have to miss one meal of the day, so what people do is line up for rice whether its raining or under the scourging sun.
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Win 150K from Gobingo of GMA 7

Written by: Ollie Style
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We recently joined Gobingo the virtual BINGO show on GMA 7, and now we are officially one of the hopefuls of the Php 150,000.00 show.


Gobingo is a black out BINGO game where you have to get all fifteen numbers that you need to see during the duration of the show.

You have to use one of the products that Gobingo endorses and exchange it for the Gobingo card with the user code that you have to text to the Gobingo number.

We don't usually join these type of contests but since we simply need to exchange wrappers of products to join we decided to join [I say "WE" because we are playing as a family] We typically use the products that they advertise on the show like Cream Silk Conditioner and Head & Shoulders so it's easy for us to join the contest, we don't really need to buy products that we don't really use. By the way our card is set for Week 7.


These are the instructions at the back of the Gobingo card:

1. Lightly scratch the protective label to reveal the unique code
2. Choose a number from 1 to 50. Each number is equivalent to 1 unique txtart
3. And then text the number you picked from [1 to 50] and the unique code that is that on the card this is the format that you need to follow and text to Gobingo: GOBINGO / , , ,
   , and then send to 2444 for Globe, Touch Mobile and Sun Cellular, and 367 for Smart and Talk and Text Subscribers
   
   

Note: if you will text the code today the numbers that will be sent to you can be used the following week. [Monday is the start of the week of Gobingo, for a full listings of the contest dates go here]


We us luck.
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Always anticipate your customer's needs

I was in the mall this morning and I wanted to buy some Gulaman for refreshment but when I was paying the lady said they don't have any change for 100 bucks.

Can you believe it, a store inside a mall doesn't have any change for 100 bucks. The lady did not even nudge or exerted any effort to ask the next store if they have change for a hundred and simply said in Filipino “wala po kaming barya sir” – “We don’t have any change for that sir…” I can’t complain because I didn’t buy anything from them. What I did was to walk away from the juice store, disappointed. I was looking for a another juice stand but I can’t find one, until finally I reached the supermarket where I was able to buy cold bottled water instead of the Gulaman I was craving for.

I did not get my gulaman, but the store lost a customer. I will not buy anything from them because they might not have change for a hundred and I will be disappointed again. I wonder how many people or should I say customers they already turned down because they don’t have any change for their paying customer's money.

If that store continues to do that they will lose more than one good customer. They should at least have loose change for a hundred bucks ready in their cash register in order to keep their paying customers.

Rude security officers

Here is a scene in Manila where customers are inspected or frisked before they let them in the mall. This kind of thing is common there, customers would have to put up with the hassle of opening their bags and submitting their selves to security guards.

This kind of thing is fine if the security guards are polite and courteous, but in some cases some security guards are so rude that you wouldn’t want to go back to the mall anymore. I remember being frisked and being asked to remove my shades in one of the malls in Mandaluyong city “The S Mall”, until this day I’m not sure why the security guard would not let me in unless I remove my sunglasses. I remember being rudely asked to take off my shades, “Hey take off your shades!!!” the security officer shouted at my face in a very rude tone. When I asked why? The guard said nothing. I had no choice but to take off my shades in order to get in. I can’t believe it, I had to take off my shades in order to enter their mall.

I don’t believe that customers should be frisked or asked to remove their sunglasses when entering the mall. I bet mall administrators would reason out and say it’s for everyone else’s protection. But this kind of thing benefits the mall owners first, and then their customers second. The malls are protecting their property and investment at the expense of the convenience of the clients shopping convenience.

If memory serves me right this kind of strict security scrutiny started way back in the early 2000s right after the Rizal Day Bombing. After that incident the malls all over Metro Manila and the nearby provinces implemented their “No Inspection No Entry Policy.”

The mall owners would definitely not invest in sophisticated security devices like the ones in airports for the convenience of the customers, they probably won’t dare spend any amount for the seamless security of their malls, they’d rather hire rude security guards who harasses their valuable clients.

This in my opinion is very bad for business.

Friendster Nation

Almost everyone I know has a Friendster account, even little pre-school girls has one, people as old as 65 years old uses it. The taxi driver I had a discussion with the other day has one, the security guard, the janitor, the janitress, the cashier, my professor, my ex girlfriend, my old high school friends, college buddies, officemates, probably even the "balot" vendor. It's as compulsory as mobile phones nowadays. If you don't have one get ready to be frowned on.

I wouldn't be surprised if the "magbobote" in our street corner has a Friendster account.

If you want to know how many people uses Friendster try this experiment ask your friends and strangers you meet if they have a Friendster account, you'll be surprised, more or less 50% of these people has a Friendster account if they don't they would know someone who has an account.

If you are a teacher, a college professor or lecturer in a seminar for PDOS ask your attendees to raise their hands if they have a friendster account. You will notice that a lot of the people in your crowd has a Friendster account.

I guess the power of Friendster is that it connects people, finds lost friends, lost connections and acquaintances, but also makes sweet relationships bitter.

Off and On, Off and On, As the Power Company Plays With The Swith

Power off, power on, power off, power on, this is what the power company does with the electricity here in our area. They completely have no regard with our appliances. They switch off the power and then turn it on in the blink of an eye.

Tell us dear sirs why you are doing this? Are you trying to destroy our electronic devices or are you trying to generate more income through power surges? Or is your facilities simply faulty? You know who you are, leave a comment if you want to, educate us why this is happening.
We demand an explanation, tell us why you turn off and then cut on the power abruptly. Giving us no time to even switch off our TV, ref, radio, or computer.

Surely you have appliances of your own at home, how would you feel if they break down because your company, "THE GREAT POWER DISTRIBUTOR" switches of the power if they want to.

Does this kind of thing happen in your area, if yes then voice out your concern as well... leave a comment if you want, shout if you must, but say something about what is happening...