Thursday, August 29, 2019

The Pioneers on the Internet

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The Pioneers on the Internet
We all learn the history of the internet in our Computer or ICT subject back in highschool and I'm pretty sure that you all know how to use it.

Internet is the most famous and easiest means of communication to other network or terminal and getting informed about something, It used today for education, social networking, news and public information and many more but do we know who are the pioneers on the internet? Who sent the first email? what is the first social network? what is the first picture uploaded? what is the first browser and many more.

In this article, we will find out the first and the pioneers of the Internet.

  • The First Social Network - No, you are wrong, it is not Friendster, the first social networking site was launched way back in the year 1997. It is the "SixDegrees", it is the first social media that allow a user to create a profile and to become friends to other users. The website is lo longer functional today. It was purchased for $125 million dollars in 2000 and was shotdown in 2001. 

  • First Email Sent - The first email was sent by Ray Tomilson, also one of the developers of the file transfer program called CPYNET. The first mail he sent was a test so it was not preserved. He sent something like "QWERTYUIOP". Tomilson later said that these "test messages were entirely forgettable and I have, therefore, forgotten them." Mr. Tomilson died at his home on March 5, 2016
  • The First Picture - The first picture uploaded on the internet is from Tim Berners-Lee, one of the inventors of the internet. The Photo is about the musical group called the "Les Horribles Cernettes", it is a comedy band based at the CERN Laboratory which composed of admin assinstants and CERN scientist.  

  • The First Youtube Video - The first video uploaded on YouTube is the "Me at the Zoo" by one of its co-founder Jawed Karim with the username jawed. It was uploaded at 8:27 p.m on Saturday, April 23, 2005. The 19 second video was recorded by his high school friend, Yakov Lapitsky at the San Diego Zoo featuring Karim in front of the Elephants.

    Bonus: The first comment in this video is "interesting" by the user COBALTGRUV More fact about Youtube? Check this out - "The Most of Youtube"
  • The First Tweet Ever - The First tweet was posted by one of the Co-Founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey which is "Just setting up my twittr" but it is an automated tweet for new member before, so the first tweet ever written by a human is his second tweet "inviting coworkers" on March 21, 2006. More Twitter Facts? Click here


  • The First Website - The first website is about the world wide web developed by CERN in a simple and basic HTML format, it is about how to use it, how it developed and how you can help. Here is the url - The Project
Screenshot of the webpage
  • First Sentence Uttered on Skype - And also the most used sentence uttered on skype right at the most present time is by one of its development team. It was in estonian saying "Tere, kas sa kuuled mind" or in english "hello, can you hear me?"


  • First Instant Message - The first instant message was sent thru AOL by Ted Leonis to his wife on January 6, 1993. It read, "Don't be scared... it is me. Love you and miss you" His wife replied "Wow, this is so cool".


  • First User of Facebook - Marck Zuckerberg was the first human joined facebook and the fourth member. The first three account was used for testing. The first non-founded that joined facebook was an Israeli name Arie Hasit. Read more weird fact about Facebook here. 

  • First Item Sold Online - The first item sold online is a broken laser pointer on ebay for $14.83 in 1995 and the first book sold on Amazon was Douglas Hofstdter's Fluid concepts and creative in 1995.


  • First Web Browser - The first web browser is the WorldWideWeb. It was developed in 1990 by Tim Berners-Lee for the NeXT computers.



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Forrest Gump (1994)

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Forrest Gump (1994)
Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."  - Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks)
Forrest Gump is about a man which is not so intelligent, but accidentally been present at many historic events. The movie comes so very amazing that at the end makes everyone in silence.

The movie starts when he discusses his level of intelligence with a stranger while waiting for a bus. He tells about his life and being accidentally involving in many American historic events entirely without trying. Forrest teaches Elvis Presley to dance, become a football star, meet with John F. Kennedy, become a war hero in Vietnam, speaks in a anti-war rally defeats the National team of China in Ping Pong, discovers the break-in in Water dance, opens a Shrimping business, become an investor in Apple Company, and the first man who run across the United States of America, but Forrest never forgets his one true love Jenny (Robin Wright), Forrest Gump involve in many historical events in America but the most remarkable in film is the ending, when he became a father.

Forrest Gump - Movie Poster

Forrest Gump is unpredictable, it is not a typical movie about a Zero becoming a Hero, or man struggles to be rich, He is not funny, or romantic. It is not a normal movie about a disabled person figures what is the reason on why he lives.

Critics considered Forrest Gump as one of the best movies of all time, that most of the people seen it agrees. The Film will make you cry, make you laugh, there is moment that stun you into silence and there is events that make you cheer.

Winston Groom wrote the 1896 novel, Forrest Gump, an optimist in the face of strong opposing evidence, despite of being “stupid” he became a character that everyone will love and remembered. It is Robert Zemeckis, the director places Forrest in different historical event, and it is Tom Hanks who brings humour and humanity in the character “Forrest Gump”. Those 3 make the film really amazing. 
Humour, sadness, action, drama and romantic film rolled into one. This is so much than a good film. Forrest is everything we admire in an American Character, and show irony that nobody can stand around him for long.

Forrest Gump won 6 Academy awards including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director. They have also other 38 wins and 44 nominations in other Major Film Festivals around the world. Have a total gross $670 million dollars all over the world. It also ranked #18 in Top 250 Films of all time. The film is definitely a win-win and as Forrest’s Mama always said you will never know what you can get.
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - Review

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The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - Review
“Prison is no fairy-tale world. No one said who did it, but we all knew. Things went on like that for awhile - prison life consists of routine, and then more routine.” – Red (Morgan freeman)

The Shawshank Redemption tells us about Friendship, Hope and Loyalty in a place that no one trusts anyone, as we know, Prisons.


Starred by Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman as Andy and Red. A friendship develop inside a place that you cannot trust no one. Between Red (Morgan Freeman), who has been inside the walls for a very long Time, and Andy (Tim Robbins), who just made his first step inside the walls blotting all memories in the outside world.

Red (Freeman) doesn’t care much on Andy (Robbins) at all at first, He even bet that Andy is the one who will cry first in the first night in Prison, but over time, they become the best of friends, This is one of the Strengths of the film, Unlike other movies about Lovers, Heroes and Sidekicks, Shawshank Redemption show true and unconditional love between two best friends inside the high walls of the Shawshank Prison.

This is not the Typical “Prison-Drama” movie. It is not about violent, riots and melodrama. The Story is base on the book of Stephen King, but not quite the same of his work which is mostly Horror. The Horror in this film is not the supernatural kind, but about men spends most of their life inside the walls with daily routine waiting for their freedom but will end up in a realization that no one is waiting for them, no one is willing to accept that they exist, that no one really care about them outside the walls. It is emphasize in a scene when one of Andy and Red friend. Brooks (James Whitmore) is freed on parole, but unable to adjust in a world after 50 years in prison without a daily routine, without walls and guards, he hangs himself.

Unlike other people says, Shawshank Redemption is not a depressing movie, there are moments in the film that show life, warmth, humour, and friendship between Andy and his friends. Like when Andy finds a way to get cold beers for his friends doing a roofing job. Those are just simple things for others but inside the wall, it is a feeling or a bit of taste of being a free man.

Shawshank Redemption was nominated for seven Academy Awards and go home with nothing. Most of the awards are goes to Forrest Gump. Shawshank Redemption didn’t go well on its first screening, with only a box office of $28.3 million, in Hollywood this is considered as a failure. One of the reasons is that the word “Shawshank” before is not that Iconic unlike today. Prison Drama will not sell to women and a love between two men best friends is not a win-win film in those years. But it became the most rented film in the year 1995. It ranks #2 in the IMD’s Top 250 Films. Shawshank Redemption just proves that Failure is not a life sentence.

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Tuesday, August 20, 2019

The "Most" of Youtube

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The "Most" of Youtube
YouTube is the most popular video-sharing site on the internet, it was created by by three former employees of Paypal in February 2005 and has been owned by Google since 2006. According to YouTube, users worldwide upload 100 hours of video each minute and more than 6 billion hours of video are watched each month. 

Do you know that there are over billions videos on YouTube, and about 200,000 is uploaded everyday. You need over 600 years to watched all the videos uploaded by 300 thousand accounts on the website. 

But with all the million videos uploaded, there are some that stand out, or what most netizens use to say, "gone viral". Now let's see what are the "Most" on Youtube 
  • Most Viewed Music Video of All Time - This title belong to no other than PSY's hit song "Gangnam Style", it is the first video on YouTube that hit over 2 billion views on May 2014, it surpassed the old "Baby" of Justin Bieber in November 2012. It is also the first YouTube video that hit 1 billion views. PSY's second hit song, Gentleman also in the top ten of the most watched on YouTube with over 700 million views.


  • Most Viewed Viral Video of All Time - Time to bite your finger because it's "Charlie Bit my Finger". The video is simply features two brother sitting in a chair, and when Charlie bit his brother’s finger, Harry repeatedly says ouch, and his brother begins to giggle, afterwards, Harry smiles and says “Charlie, bit me”

    The video ranks as the fourth most viewed video on YouTube with approximately 700 million views. The 56-second long video was uploaded on Youtube in May 2007 by Howard Davies-Carr, the father of the boys. According to the report, the family made over $500,000 off advertising revenue from the video, that is almost like winning a lottery.
Snapshot from the Video
  • Most Liked Video - According to Buzzfeed, the title still belongs to PSY's Gangnam Style with over 8 millions likes followed Ylvis hit song "The Fox" (What Does the Fox Say) with over 3 million likes. 
  • Most Disliked Video - The award belong to the song "Friday" by Rebecca Black with over 1 million dislikes, even though Justin Bieber's Baby have more dislikes with 2 million thumbs down, Friday was once had over 3 million negative votes but the video was later removed, and has been officially re-uploaded. 

    The Song was written and produced by Los Angeles record producers Clarence Jey and Patrice Wilson and released by ARK Music Factory on March 14, 2011. The song has receive universally negative reviews. Michael  Nelson called it Worst Video Ever Made on twitter and maybe The Worst Song Ever asked by Lyndsey parker on Yahoo! Music.
Snapshot from the Video
  • Most Subscribed Channel of All Time - And maybe the richest vlogger in the internet today, with over 32 million subscribers and over 6.2 billion total video views. PewDiePie holds the position in the top 1 since August 2013.

    PewDiePie is popular of being a game commentator on Youtube. He is known of playing video games while recording it,  but not in the traditional video walkthroughs, He describe it as "sharing gaming experience with my bros". He also support Independent Game Developers, and according to a reliable source, games featured on PewDiePie Channel have experience increased in sales.

    According to CelebrityNetWorth[dot]Com, PewDiePie net worth as of 2014 is $10 million.

    In June 2014, The Wall Street Journal reported PewDiePie earning $4 million a year. 

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Source: YouTube, Wikipedia, Buzzfeed
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Thursday, August 15, 2019

Three Eras of British Band Dominance

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Three Eras of British Band Dominance
The music scene is one of the best and iconic scenery in the pop culture and mainstream living of every man. As well as the songs that emerged from nowhere had started to pop up, get known, top the charts, slip through it and exit it. Well, the songs that emerge are all credited to its composers and performers. Music as well can sometimes be considered as a digital war of listening because of the existence of the music charts, especially the one that is ran by the music magazine, Billboard.

In my observations and research regarding the music scene of British performers, it is well obviously seen that there are three British bands from different generations that dominated the world in the music scene and pop culture. Somewhat, their influence had largely changed the music scene ever since they have started emerging and dominating the world music scene. Here are the following British bands we are mentioning from three different generations of time:

The Beatles (1960 - 1970)
The Beatles
The Beatles is an English rock band from Liverpool composed of John Lennon (vocalist), Paul McCartney (guitarist), George Harrison (guitarist), and Ringo Starr (drummer). The Beatles are well known in the 60's and their dominance in the music scene is referred once as Beatlemania and they are considered by music critiques, fellow celebrities, and fans alike as the greatest and most influential act of the rock era. After a decade of fame in the 1960's, The Beatles broke up and each member had move on with their respective music careers. As of today, only two members of the Beatles are still alive, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. John Lennon was assassinated on December 1980 while George Harrison died of lung cancer last November 2001. The two remaining members remained active in the music scene as of today. RIAA considers The Beatles as The Best-selling Band in the USA. They also had more number-one albums on the British music charts, more than any other British band or performer alike. The band also holds the record in Billboard music charts for having The Most #1 Singles in Hot 100 with 20 singles. The band as well, had won 10 Grammy Awards in their time of fame.

The Spice Girls (1994 - 2000)
The Spice Girls
The Spice Girls is an all female pop group from London, composed of Melanie Brown (Scary Spice), Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice), Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice), Emma Bunton (Baby Spice), and Victoria Adams-Beckham (Posh Spice). Their dominance in the 90's era sparked the Girl Power phenomenon among teenage girls and had pioneered the commercial breakthrough of teen pop music in the 1990's. People ranging from music critiques and fans alike consider them as one of the powerhouses of the 90's music scene and also, they are referred as the greatest female group of all time. The Spice Girls had reached the dominance of global music scene in 1996 when they released their debut single, Wannabe which managed to hit #1 on 30 countries worldwide. The group however, took a hiatus in 2000 and each member moved on to their respective careers but they declared that the group will not break up.

The Spice Girls are considered as the greatest female group of all time. The group as well was considered as the second generation of British music dominance since the Beatles in the 1960's. They are also the best-selling female group of all time and the record still stands today. Billboard stated as well that The Spice Girls had achieved The Highest Debut of a Non-American Artist at Hot 100 with their debut single Wannabe debuting at 11. The Spice Girls as well was a very successful marketing engine at the 90's with grosses of $500 million to $800 million in the time of 1996 to 1998, with the group earning $75 million per year. Last 2012, the group performed Wannabe and Spice Up Your Life once again on the closing ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympics and thus, their latest performance as The Spice Girls, aside for their reunion concert last 2007.

One Direction (2010 - present)
One Direction
One Direction is a London-based boy band composed of Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, and Liam Payne. Each member are rejected contestants in the singles audition of the seventh season of X-Factor but however after being grouped up under the ideas of Nicole Scherzinger (who was an X-Factor judge at that time) and Simon Cowell, they managed to enter the Group category and finished third in the X-Factor Season 7. Due to the high demand and the spawning power of social media, One Direction just easily managed to reach fame and get the attention of the international music scene.

One Direction is well known for their undefeated streak at their nominations at the Teen Choice Awards. They have a stunning record of 14-0 winning streak on all their nominations on the said award event since they got their first nomination at TCA's last 2012. They we're also proclaimed by Billboard as the Top New Artist/s of 2012. They are also the second wealthiest musicians under age of 30. Prior to the release of their third album Midnight Memories, One Direction became the first band in the history of Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart to have the first three albums hit the #1 spot. The said album as well became the biggest selling album in 2013.

As of 2014, the band is currently signed to Simon Cowell's Syco Records and is currently working on their fourth studio album.

The three bands featured however, in my opinion, are really the ones that had caught the attention of the worldwide music scene. The power and influence of these three bands that was shown in their respective generations only show that not only the American musicians can make a difference in dominating the international music scene.
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Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Why People Hate Mondays

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Why People Hate Mondays
Monday, the most hated day of the week. People considered this day as the worst day for decades. It's even prove by some researchers that Monday are so depressing that, on average, we don't crack our first smile until 11:16 am and more than half of us will spend the day complaining, particularly morning .

Thanks to the unlimited power of the internet (But still not free), We found the three main reasons why most of us hate this day, and of course! we will share it to you guys.


  • Everything Start on Monday... Again - It's either you hate your, job, your school or your life, most of our activities, work and weekdays routine start on this day. Waking up realizing that reality is waiting for you. Dealing again with your annoying boss, getting away with bullies or lining up for everything(food, paying bills, trains etc), and you can do nothing about it because Monday will stay, forever.
  • You hate your job - Your are sitting at your desk waiting for lunch so you can get back at your desk and wait for the end of the day. Nothing is excited on this day but only the fact that the next day will be Tuesday and you got only four more days to go before weekend. If this is you, then you have the right to hate Monday.
  • Weekend is Over - Have you ever say to say to yourself  the phrase "Back to reality" after a weekend getaway vacation or doing nothing for two days? One of the main reason why most of us hate Monday because it is the day next to Sunday. Waking up after two days doing nothing but only to have fun really will make you hate that day. Especially that someone had better weekend than you. Your office-mate telling stories on how great their weekend was, or your boss showing his photos with some hot chicks in a yacht while you drink beer alone for two days will absolutely make you hate that Monday is still need to come. 
But wait, remember what most people use to say that every problem has a solution. The study  also revealed that there are five ways, not three! to get over that horrible and depressing Monday Blues.
  1. Watching TV
  2. Having Sex
  3. On-line Shopping
  4. Buying chocolate or make-up
  5. Planning a holiday
So cheer up, because there are more ways on how to love this day. How about you? how do you get over with Monday Blues? Share it with us by dropping some comment below.
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Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Bag of Beans - Tagaytay City

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Bag of Beans - Tagaytay City
Coffee had been part of every Filipino dining ever since the Spanish times. We can always see people drink coffee on almost every part of the day: morning, afternoon, or even at nighttime. Somewhat, this Filipino dining tradition that had been part of our everyday lives had sparked an emergence to the existence of coffee shops here in Philippines like Starbucks, Seattle's Best Coffee, and Cafe de Lipa. But in my travelling history, trying such things on a certain area like food is a must for a traveler and in my trip to Tagaytay this past weekend (July 20) I found a coffee shop where their hot beverages, could even compete in the coffee served in Starbucks, named Bag of Beans.

The front door of Bag of Beans
Bag of Beans is already well known in Tagaytay City since 2001 for their fine brewing of "Kapeng Barako" and "Kapeng Alamid" for local and foreign tourists alike. Since then, this coffee shop had been well known by those people who usually went to Tagaytay City for many times already, and these are the reason why this coffee shop could even match the "big name" coffee shops like we usually know:

The interior of the Bag of Beans coffee shop. Photo courtesy of
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The Bag of Beans interior is inspired by a semi-garden like setting. Guests who go to this coffee shop, aside from the coffee and the food, also like to feel the essence and ambiance of the coffee shop which shows a good environment setting. There are also gazebos where guests can enjoy their coffee and dining in a more comfortable and pleasing way. The setting of their coffee shop is worth paying together with the coffee and food if you're a tourist in Tagaytay. And another thing, their coffee is a less expensive than Starbucks, but with the same taste. Bag of Beans' coffee is a lot more tastier for me though.

Bag of Beans' vanilla, mocha, and hazelnut coffee
Aside from the coffee and other hot beverages, Bag of Beans also serve breakfast, merienda, lunch, dinner, and buffet on their menu. Guests, most of them as said by the crew of Bag of Beans, loved the coffee shops' strawberry & blueberry cheesecakes which are scrumptious. Bag of Beans do also sell souvenir items for their guests in form of mugs engraved with their name. These mugs come from small up to large sizes and also, an up-for-grabs for tourists.

A Bag of Beans souvenir mug
Bag of Beans' Sheperds Pie
So if you're up for a coffee break or merienda in Tagaytay or you just want to taste something new regarding coffee, I suggest you try going here and I assure you, you'll love their hot beverages and the food. You can find their coffee shop along Aguinaldo Highway in Mendez Crossing West area.

For more information about Bag of Beans, you can check out their website: https://www.bagofbeans.com.ph/



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15 Facts You Don't Know About Twitter

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15 Facts You Don't Know About Twitter
Twitter is the second most popular social networking site next to Facebook. Since 2007 Twitter have already over 600 millions active members sharing their ideas, photos and videos everyday in a 140-character limit per post. But having millions of members including you, Here are some facts you probably didn't  know about Twitter.

 1. The First Tweet Ever - The First tweet was posted by one of the Co-Founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey which is "Just setting up my twittr" but it is an automated tweet for new member before, so the first tweet ever written by a human is his second tweet "inviting coworkers" on March 21, 2006.

 2. The First Homepage Design - The Site opened to public on July 15, 2006 and the Twitter first ever homepage is this. Puberty done right?
Photo by CNBC.COM

 3. The Most Followed Person - The most followed person on twitter is Katy Perry. The singer has 54.6 million followers that maker her on top since 2013, followed by Justin Bieber with 53 million followers.

4. User with the Most Number of of Tweets - This one below to a user @Yougakduan_00, a girl from Japan, who posted over 36 million tweets before twitter suspended her account.

5. Twitter's Blue Bird Has a Name - Yes! You read it right, that blue bird has a name. The Twitter famous logo named Larry. Larry the Bird was named after Larry Bird, A former NBA player from Boston Celtics.

6. The Most Re-tweeted Tweet Ever - and one of the most famous Selfie as well is from Ellen DeGeneres. Ellen take the photo with some of the celebrities during Oscar which and posted it on Twiiter with the caption "if only Bradley's arm was longer. Best Photo Ever. #oscars". After the ceremony the tweet have almost 2 millions re-tweets and still counting up to date.

 7. User with the most number of "Following" - The title belong to @ArabicBest who follows 2.4 million account followed by a social media company, Hootsuite, follows nearly 1.6 million accounts.

 8. The "Twitter" Origins - Twitter team almost named the social network site as "Twitch" before finalizing it a Twitter. The team look at the Oxford English Dictionary and found the word "Twiiter" and Dorsey said "it means a short inconsequential burst of information chirps from birds".

 9. Never Again - Jack Dorsey, one of the developer of twitter never again posted a photo on Instagram after Facebook bought it.

 10.  Most Richest People on Twitter - 3 of the five riches people in the world have verified twitter account. Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Larry Elison.

 11. The Hashtag Godfather - the hashtag was created in August 2007 by Chris Messina (@Chrismessina) tweeted, "how do you feel about using #(pound) for groups. As in #Barcamp [Msg]"
12. The Big Two Competition - Did you know that Twitter have 13.1 million fans on Facebook. While Facebook have 13.8 million Twitter followers.

 13. The First Sad Announcement -  Sam Sethi was the first person to announced on twitter that he had been fired.
14. Tweets Per Day - Approximately Twitter receive more thatn 500 million tweets a day, that's  5,700 tweets per second. Back on July 15,200,6 the launching day of twitter, there were only 224 tweets sent.

 15. Billion Dollar Idea - The idea was created on a playground slide in a small neighborhood in San Francisco that now worth $24 dollar billion.

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Monday, August 12, 2019

PLDT Home BRO/Ultera Review

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PLDT Home BRO/Ultera Review
I have been a subscriber of PLDT Home Bro for several months now and thinking to upgrade my plan or change my ISP right after my contract with them end, but before I do that let me have a review for this ISP.

 Home BRO was previously known as Smart Bro, it is a wireless canopy-based broadband by PLDT and Smart. For 990/Month with free installation you can have a 2mbps wireless connection at your home.

 If you will visit PLDT website today, you will notice that once you click the Home bro link it will just redirect you to their new product, the Ultera. It is because PLDT started killing off its Canopy and expanding its new wireless service using LTE, which is currenltly the most advance wireless technology today.

 If you're also a home bro subscribers like me, I guess you too have received some phone calls from their representatives offering you a free upgrade to their Ultera. The first time they call, I said that I will think about it, when I surf the net for reviews about their experience with ultera I haven't read anything positive. Their main complain is the maximum data usage per month, you can have a 30gb per month at their plan 990 and once you reach the maximum usage per day, your speed will drop to 256kbps.
Ultera Plans - Screenshot from PLDT Website
My cousin is been a subscriber of Ultera for quite some time now. He said that the data usage allowance is not only the problem, but also the speed reliability. Ultera is offering 3 plans. 3mbps for 990, 5mbps for 1599 and 10mbps for 1999. Yes, you cannot expect that you can always have the speed you ask and they offered for, but at least the 50 percent of the speed you paid for? My cousin said that speed he experiencing right now is like he's already reach the maximum usage per day.
FUN PLAN  999
And what if he reach the maximum usage per day? His facebook loads like forever, He get always disconnected on Clash of clans and in some online game. Youtube automatically set its video quality to 144p. Ouch.

 Base on my research on some reviews, some people also get reliable speed fom their Ultera. For the first 2 months or less and after that the speed drops and some are close or within the LTE coverage in their areas. But I will not risk my 36 months lock-in period because a very few people experience a 'reliable' speed.

 So when they called again, I decline for upgrade and said that I'm planning to upgrade for a DSL broadband.

 My first month as a Home BRO user was just like hell. websites are just keep loading. Images and links are always broken. But when I called their customer service and fix my canopy everything turn fine. I get an average speed of 0.7 mbps to 1.3 mbps for my plan 990. The only thing I notice that every time the month is about to end my speed always drops at 0.22 Mbps, this is when I found out that they also have a maximum data usage per month. I ask them what is their monthly allowance for canopy user but they told me that they don't have the information regarding the maximum data allowance on Home Bro, I read on some website that it's 30gb to 50gb per month.
Home Bro Speed Test - 2015
Another thing that I hate about PLDT is their customer care, I'm also a subscriber of Globe postpaid and Sky Cable but I don't experience any problem with them. Yes they do respond on my Facebook messages but it will took days for them to respond. When I'm calling their customer hotlines, my average waiting time for just to connect me to one of they're agents is 15 minutes. Unlike with Sky Cable, I even have a long conversation with one of their agents in Facebook about my inquiry about their broadband.

 That's it, And my final words are that before you subscribes to any internet plan available in our country research for some reviews first, we cannot trust their advertisements anymore. It is best to ask your neighbor or anyone near your location what is their ISP and their experience with it. Because yes, location matters, even if the Globe is the worst internet provider here in the Philippines, there are still some place experience a reliable speed from them. It's still up to you and your knowledge where you will invest your money.

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5 Weird Facts About Facebook

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5 Weird Facts About Facebook

 Facebook: You can't live with it, you can't burn it in a grease fire. That's what they say, right?

While everyone knows about happening on everyone on facebook, and all of it's basic. Here are 5 weird facts you might now know about Facebook. Excerpt from the famous video by 5facts.

1. Facebook data suggest tat the common time of breakups is two weeks before Christmas and during Spring break. And according to Google data, the most popular search term after spring break is "Why does it hurt when I pee?" HAHA yeah right. 

2. Before the 2007 redesigned, the Facebook homepage featured a mysterious face known and only as The Facebook Guy. Turn out it was a photo of a young Al Pacino.

3. In 2008, A British woman named Laura Michaels, created a Facebook group called "I need sex" and in ten minutes the group have 35 members and eventually attracted 100 men and she slept 50 of them. Read more at Metro.co.uk

4. Facebook incorporated owns a hundred entire Facebook URL including ihatethefabooklikebutton.com, likebuttonsucks.com, likesucks.com, facebookcreditssuck.org and ihatefacebookcredits.com

5. According to a Colombian University study, 83% of prostitute use Facebook to conduct business. 

And that's it, visit 5Facts Youtube Channel for more weird, funny facts about anything.


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First Day Tips for College Freshmen

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First Day Tips for College Freshmen
The most excited thing about going to school is the first day, specially if you are a freshmen in college. Meeting new faces, fixing your own schedule, budgeting your money,  and exploring Manila, you can really feel like being independent.

So if you are searching in the web for some tips for your first day in college, be happy because we already compiled it for you.

So here it is, your First Day Tips for College Freshmen.

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1. Show up for the first day of Class - Some Professors might change your class schedule due to conflicts and it often happen on the first week or on the first day. It may be a change in time schedule or room number, so to avoid more hassle in your part it is important to attend your first day. Well I think most of you guys will attend your first day of class, not only because you are excited but you don't want to feel "OP" on the second day when everyone in your class have already their own friends or group right?

2.Don't forget to bring the college student's best friend - The yellow paper, trust me you will need it until the last day. for what? writing stuffs. Don't be parasite to your other classmates, showing how irresponsible and incompetent you are will give you a hard time finding group mates in projects and in your thesis. Remember first impression lasts, at least show you are good at something. Being responsible.

3. Don't Buy the Books - until after the first day, Some professors will not require you anymore to buy a book for their subject if they are not the author of that book, and some are so good in lecturing that all you need to do is to listen and to take down notes.

4. Take down notes - even if you have "photographic memory", it's still important to take down all the requirements and lectures of your professor. It is much easier to review your notes than reading the topic on the net or on your textbook.

5. Due tomorrow, Do tomorrow is not cool - Trust me, I've seen this, I've done this, you don't want this. start the work on  the day your project or research gave to you, I'm not saying to rush things up but start early, in that way, you will have more time to analyze and revise your work. and once you finish early you will have more time to relax and enjoy you free time.

And last thing, Enjoy - The most exciting part in the first day for college freshmen is everything. Everything is new, the atmosphere, the people, the place. Be friendly, explore your campus and the city, try new things , enjoy your first day, because trust me you will need it.

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Who is Marina and the Diamonds?

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Who is Marina and the Diamonds?
Marina Diamandis, also known as Marina and the Diamonds
Everyone we met in our everyday life always have their own passion for music. The popularity of pop music had made the music scene a daily trend and a part of every people's pop culture. Music as well gave the reputation and fame for the singers and bands we idolize almost the whole time.

I, personally admit myself that I am a Katy Perry fan. Some people and mutual fans I know call a Katy Perry fan as a KatyCat. In my years of listening to different kind of English songs, my taste usually falls on the mainstream ones, until one of my fan friends had introduced me to indie music and to a singer that I am sure only few Filipinos know, Marina and the Diamonds.

Now who is Marina and the Diamonds? Is it band (Hence, the name) or some sort of a random musician? Well, if I tell you guys, Marina and the Diamonds is a screen name of the solo Welsh singer Marina Diamandis. If you got curious what is that "Diamonds" thing, she used it to describe her fans hence coming out with a conclusion of "Marina and her fans".
Marina and the Diamond's first album, The Family Jewels
Marina and the Diamonds had started her career in music in 2005 but her fame only rises on the islands of United Kingdom. In this time, she had released her EP's but it was in 2010 that she released her first album entitled "The Family Jewels" that made her name be known to North America, especially in the United States. Since then, Marina's fame is now well known in Europe and North America at this time that her album at this time of 2010 made her kick-off her "The Family Jewels Tour".

Electra Heart, Marina and the Diamond's second album.
In 2012, she and Robyn are the front acts on Katy Perry's California Dreams Tour which had helped Marina and the Diamonds get additional fans and make her fame strong. In this year, she released her second album, "Electra Heart" and the album boosted the hit single "Primadonna" in which Marina's most successful single at this time. In her sophomore album, she had cemented her fame status on North America and Europe and the success of her "Electra Heart" album made her kick-off her second tour "The Lonely Hearts Club Tour" which lasted until May 2013.

How Marina and the Diamonds' music had reached the Filipinos and created a few Filipino Diamonds' is still a big question to me as a music listener. One big factor to this is the Internet itself if I ask anyone. At this point of time, there are only rare people who knows Marina and the Diamonds but I believe, one day, her name will be known by many Filipino music listeners. If you're curious of how she voice like in singing, here's a music video of her hit single "Primadonna".



If you want to know more about Marina and the Diamonds, check out her official website: www.marinaandthediamonds.com/





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Mambukal Mountain Resort - Murcia, Negros Occidental

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Mambukal Mountain Resort - Murcia, Negros Occidental
If you ask some local tourists in our country where they can find the best mountain resort in our country. We will always come up with the same answer, and its on the mountainous swimming resorts on Mount Makiling in Laguna. People have already tried it many times because of its easy accesibility in Manila but we found out this infamous mountain resort in the Visayan region in Negros Occidental. With its location on Mount Kanlaon, this resort named Mambukal Mountain Resort is one of the must-go locations when you're in Bacolod City or even in the Negros island.

The entrance at Mambukal Resort
The resort is located 1,200ft above sea level in the foot of Mount Kanlaon and serves as a gateway of the Mount Kanlaon Natural Park. The resort was originally built as a small bathhouse and garden by a Japanese named Kokichi Paul Ishiwata in 1927. It is accessible to Bacolod City by a 35-minute drive passing through the small town of Murcia before going up to the resort in the mountain.  The resort is known to its cold weather (due to the fact that it's on the mountainsides), hot springs, sulfur formations, and its cut through by a mountain stream coming from the seven waterfalls in Mount Kanlaon that leads to the lagoon in the center of the resort where visitors can go boating.
The hot sulfur dipping pool
©Mambukal website
The kiddie and adult pools
©Mambukal website
Mambukal also has its swimming pools dedicated for kids and adults alike. Included in their pool line up is their dipping pool where people can take a bath on the hot water spring of Mount Kanlaon. Aside from the swimming pools, there are also different activities in the resort like wall climbing, slide for life, and a visit to the orchid gardens of the resort (Known by locals as the Butterfly Garden). The final activity that can be done in the resort is the trek to the seven falls. Visitors can hire local guides which will guide them to a trek going upwards to pass the seven falls of the Mount Kanlaon. This trek is quite dangerous and tough especially in rainy days. There are previous records of deaths in this trek when the resort is still not yet fully developed at the past so visitors are strictly enforced to follow the guide's instructions and the signs on the mountain trail. Despite of the reputation of the trek to the seven falls, its a must try for first timer visitors of Mambukal.
Photo of one of the seven waterfalls that is on Mambukal Resort.
©Mambukal website
If you're in Bacolod City and you're looking out for a good hangout time, I suggest you try going to Mambukal. For more information about the rates, feel free to check out their official website http://mambukal.negros-occ.gov.ph/ 
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Sunday, August 11, 2019

Skyranch - Tagaytay City, Cavite

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Skyranch - Tagaytay City, Cavite
Many vacationers and some local based tourist may find Tagaytay City an alternative summer getaway place in place of Baguio City because of its cold-temperature that some weathermen say, almost as cold as Baguio City. Aside from many places to check out in Tagaytay City like Peoples Park in the Sky, and the Picnic Grove, you might as well want to check out this one of a kind amusement park in the city, called the Skyranch.


Skyranch is a well-sized leisure park in the heart of Tagaytay City owned and developed by SM with amusement rides and some fun and activities for kids and kids at heart. It is located at Tagaytay-Nasugbu Highway beside the Taal Vista Hotel and overlooks the foggy view of Taal Volcano.


Travelers who wish to visit Skyranch might need be required to be ready for some large amounts of money before entering because the entrance fee in the park is priced at P100. That's the price for the entrance only, and the fees for the rides (including a mini roller coaster, a Viking ship, and a ferris wheel called the SkyEye) and activities (zipline and horseback riding) on the park is still not included on that entrance fee. Don't even forget that there is also a parking fee for visitors with private vehicles.


The park has a few rides to provide the visitors but the main attraction of the park is their super big ferris wheel called the Sky Eye. It is the biggest and tallest ferris wheel in the Philippines because of the location where it stands, on the edge of the cliff looking the Taal Volcano. You may never find your Skyranch experience complete without riding the ferris wheel because it will give the visitors a better view of the Taal Lake, the overlooking provinces of Laguna and Batangas, as well as the far view of Laguna De Bay and Manila Bay (Provided that the city is not foggy).  Be advised that riding the SkyEye, as well as the other rides and activities has its respective ticket fees as seen in the picture. The price for horseback ride (not shown in the photo provided) is priced at P250/30 minutes and the zipline at P250.


Skyranch is open everyday, with time schedules of 3pm to 12am during Mondays to Thursday and 12pm to 12am during Fridays to Sundays. The entrance fee is priced at P100 regular price, with discounts to students, senior citizens, and PWDs.

The only comment I can say to the administration of Skyranch is the individual fee of the entrance to the park. I (or also, other people who went to Skyranch already) can say that it is more convenient that it will be better that the entrance to the park will also cover the rides and the activities inside. With that suggested way of ticketing, it will be more convenient for visitors alike to visit the Skyranch more. Still, I say that this place in Tagaytay City is a must visit and pretty sure, will make anyone's Tagaytay experience complete.
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Bulalo Point - Tagaytay City

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Bulalo Point - Tagaytay City
Tagaytay City is famous of its cool climate, horse back riding and the breath taking view of Taal Lake, it is not only the perfect place for a lot of leisure activities but also a place to fill up your tank and satisfied your appetite.

There are lots of restaurant in Tagaytay but if you are craving for a rich bowl of Bulalo, there is one place that I recommend, the Bulalo Point Turo-turo Grill.



Not as fancy as the other restaurants in Tagaytay but Bulalo Point got the the best meals at affordable prices, where most of their dishes are good for two to three persons. They have a good, wide range of menus, from juices to main course.

They have three versions of Bulalo there, Sinampalukan, Kare-kare and the Special Bulalo. for only P300 you can enjoy the hot Bulalo with your friends while sightseeing the fantastic view of Taal Lake.



If you are not in the mood for Bulalo, which is impossible, You can also try their other specialty like the Sizzling Sisig, Crispy Pata and their Native Tinolang Manok, plus they have a variety of choices from steaks, mixed vegetables, fried. grill, sizzling, seafood and many more.

So next time you will visit the Country's 2nd Summer Capital, never miss to try their famous Bulalo.
Here are some Facebook user's review, 

Bulalo Point Turo-turo Grill can be found along the Tagaytay-Nasugbu Highway.
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