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Affilliation
Codename "Tribu"!
Yesterday, as night fell in the cementary, a bunch of thoughts were crossing my minds, and then I came to another eureka moment! As usual, I won’t discuss much details, but I might talk about it to some trusted friends. I am willing to divulge that it’s a video game related idea and strategy, but that’s it. Lucky are the few who will hear it, and it will lead to greatness!
No tags for this post.Trying out PayPal Philippines
Some of you may have already heard that PayPal is now supported in the Philippines on a limited basis. This is great, a step closer to more convenient online transactions for Filipinos. In the past, there were stuff I wanted to purchase or donate to, but since they only accepted PayPal, these efforts were relegated to wishes.
Now that at least payments are supported, I decided to try it out. My first transaction was to get a month subscription to Triplejack Poker (even if it’s just a month or so). It’s not that I’m all that good at poker (I actually suck really badly, you can check my record yourself in the Scores section of Triplejack Poker), but by this act I want to accomplish the following:
- (primary) reward ZenBlender & SuperChicken (the people in charge of Triplejack Poker) for their effort in creating such a great product (I learned how to play poker, had fun, and learned a lot about myself and how I view life, wow!)
- show the world that Filipino’s aren’t freebie bloodsuckers
- test PayPal support for the Philippines
- show that not all Filipinos are intent on using various internet financial services for fraud
As much as I’d hate to say it, a big chunk of the “modern Western” world do think that the Philippines is backward and that Filipinos are money-hungry abuser’s of any system made for civilized people (hotel freebies, all-you-can-eat buffets, online payment services, etc). Filipino’s, don’t give them the excuses they need to think so.
Undas 2006
- CAB (Certified Angus Beef) rib eye steaks
- mashed potatoes
- grilled asparagus
- corn and carrots
Needless to say, it was a hit!
"Hanachi-e" the Persian Cat
It’s been a busy few days, I’ll try to mention a little something about the major events.
First off, my SO got herself a pet last 10/31. She’s a Persian cat, female, around 3 months old. After mulling over a few names, we decided to name her “Hanachi-e”. She wanted a Japanese sounding name, so we searched for a bunch of Japanese female names, and tried to make them end with a long “e” sound (a cat website said cats respond to long “e” sounds better). We threw the list at the cat, and sine the cat didn’t seem to respond, we threw a bunch of Japanese sounding syllables. It would appear she responded to “Hanachi-e”, and so she was named. I haven’t checked if it means anything, though.
The first thing my did after taking Hanachi home was to see where she’d pee/crap so she can make sue Hanachi uses the litter box. Well, Hanachi didn’t go poop the way the old handler said she would, so my SO had to wait and wait until she did. Hanachi ended up taking a dump on 11/01 morning (she woke me up to tell me!), fortunately in the designated litter box. At least we know Hanachi-e’ll always use that litter box every time she needs a toilet break.
I convinced my SO to let me take care of Hanachi-e for today (I’ll probably do this from time to time, I love cats), and took pictures.
