Getting a Globelines Service

For more than eight months now I have been visiting Globlines Payments and Services offices.  I have been inquiring and following-up on a telephone line application with ADSL (broadband).  Apparently, all Globelines circuits are full in my area. 
It seems that every other house in my neighborhood is connected to Globelines.  I was told by the company [...]

Vivo City

Last October 2006 I visited Singapore for the fourth time.  I had to fly (Philippines to Singapore via Tiger Airways and Singapore to Philippines via Singapore Airlines, long story) to Singapore because my accumulated milage from Krisflyer is to expire that year.
During my short visit I went to possibly the newest and most beautiful mall in [...]

Mobile phone operators fined for SMS spam

Smart, Globe, content firms fined for text spam (by and from GMANews.tv, 06 Feb 2007)
The National Telecommunications Commission on Tuesday fined leading mobile phone companies Smart Communications Inc. and Globe Telecom, along with a number of content providers, for violating regulations against text spam, or the mass sending of unsolicited messages.
Obviously these operators deserve to [...]

Elections 2007

In May 2007 millions of eligible Filipino voters would be voting for senators, congressmen, party list, governors and deputy governors, provincial councilors, mayors and vice-mayors, and city or municipal councilors.  Eligible Filipinos overseas would be able to vote for senators and party list.
I however am not eligible to vote for this year’s election because I was [...]

Introduction

In my old blogs under blogger I use the name October30. It is a name based on the day I first arrived in New Zealand, October 30, 2002.  Since I am back in the Philippines, living  in it’s largest city its just fitting to be renamed the Ciudadista.  It is a Spanish term for someone [...]