thanks, seph!

please check the schedule of the rotating blackout in our city, just so you know (and which primetime dramas you can’t watch)

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25 February 2010

NOTICE to All CEPALCO Customers

Subject : Brownout / Load Shedding Schedules for Feb. 26 to March 1, 2010

Please find below the load shedding schedule [4hrs to 4 hrs & 30mins rotating brownouts every other day per area] within the CEPALCO service area for the period Feb. 26 to March 1, 2010 [Friday to Monday] due to the continuing power supply curtailments imposed by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines [NGCP] all over Mindanao:

Date : Feb. 26 [Friday] & Feb. 28 [Sunday]

Schedule of Interruption - 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM [4hrs & 30mins]

Affected Areas:

1. Greater portion of Carmen proper along Lirio St. from Trinity Tree St. towards Oak St., Max Suniel St., Vamenta Blvd. upto corner Jasmin St. including Waterlily St. and Carmen Market area.

2. Along Mabolo St. from Lirio St. towards corner Rosal St. including portion of Marigold St. from Mabolo St..

3. Portions of Carmen: vicinities along Vamenta Blvd. from Fernandez St. towards greater part of Ilaya including: portions of Ipil St. and Mahogany St. from Fernandez St.; Madonna & Child Hospital; and; Seriña St. from COA towards Gumamela Ext.St., Guani Coliseum (former O.Roa’s) and Maharlika Police Station.

4. All of Macanhan, Carmen towards all of Lower Balulang.

5. Portions of Carmen: along vicinities of Villarin St. towards portion of Canitoan-Pagatpat Road; including Cathedral School of Technology, Golden Village, City Hospital-DOH Area, COWD reservoir and Seriña St. from Villarin St. down to Madonna and Child Hospital.

6. M.Suniel St. from Villarin St. down towards portion of Mabolo St.; including Matilde Neri St., Dabatian St. and Cagayan de Oro College area; and; portion of Lirio St. area.

7. Portions of Upper Carmen, including SM CITY; PRYCE HOTEL; SPUM & SEARSOLIN.

Schedule of Interruption-  1:30 PM to 6:00 PM [4hrs. & 30mins]

Affected Areas:

1. Greater portion of the City Poblacion along and bounded by Hayes St., Mortola St., JR Borja St. including S.Daumar St., Aguinaldo St., D.Velez St., Yacapin St..

2. Along Pabayo St.; including portions of C. Pacana St., JR Borja St., Gomez St., C.Taal St., T.Neri St., Abejuela St., Hayes St. and Gaerlan St. from Pabayo St..

3. Hayes St. from corner A.Velez St. towards City Hall area & Burgos St., along T.Chavez St. from Burgos St. up to Tiano Bros. St. - including portions of Tiano Bros. St., Rizal St., Capistrano St. from Hayes St.; and; Dolores St..

4. Along Burgos St. from T.Chavez St. up to corner Gomez St. including portions of Abejuela St., T.Neri St., Cruz Taal St. and Gomez St. from Burgos St..

5. Surroundings along Mabini St. from corner A.Velez St. towards Capistrano St. up to corner Gomez St. including portions of Tiano Bros. St. from Mabini St.; Yacapin St. from Capistrano St. towards Burgos St.; and; C.Pacana St., JR Borja St. and Gomez St. from Capistrano St.

6. Along Pabayo and T. Saco Streets from Dolores up to T. Saco /16^th Street Nazareth.

Schedule of Interruption- 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM [4 hrs]

Affected Areas:

1. Portions of Natumulan down to Casinglot, Tagoloan.

2. All the Barangays of Bugo, Puerto, Tin-ao, Agusan, Tablon, Baloy, Cugman, Gusa, and greater portion of Lapasan.

3. Portions of Lapasan-Camaman-an road from Recto Ave. towards Limketkai Commercial Center including Grand Caprice Restaurant.

4. All of Osmeña St. and portion of Cogon Market Area including Roxas St. towards portion of JR Borja St.

5. Upper Gusa, Indahag, Malasag, FS Catanico and Balubal.

6. Agora Market area including Gaabucayan St.

7. DMPI plantation, MENZI Agri, etc.

Date of Interruption : Feb. 27 [Saturday] & March 1 [Monday]

Schedule of Interruption- 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM [4hrs & 30mins]

Affected Areas:

1. Along Hayes St. from Camaman-an towards V.Roa St. up to corner J.Ramonal Ext., including Pinikitan, Adela, Balangiao area, Quirino St. and Yacapin Ext..

1. Along J.Ramonal Ext. from Sto. Niño, Cogon towards V.Roa St., R.Chavez St. up to Corrales Ave. corner A.Luna St..

2. All of Ramonal Village, most of Nazareth portion of Macasandig.

3. Along Corrales Ave. towards FICCO, Nazareth, including Yacapin Street Towards Capistrano St..

4. Portions of T.Chavez St. from Corrales Ave. up to Tiano Bros. St. including portions of A.Velez St from Hayes St..

5. Portions of Carmen along Yacal St. towards Lirio St., Vamenta Blvd., Waling-waling St. upto GSIS area including Ferrabrel St., Mango St. and portion of Rosal St. and Marigold St.

6. All of Kauswagan proper, Bonbon and Bayabas.

7. Isla de Oro.

8. Along Montalban St. from near Tiano Bros. St. towards Burgos St., del Pilar St. and Magsaysay St. including portions of Macahambus St. and Abellanosa St. from Burgos St..

9. Portions of A.Luna St. from corner Corrales Ave.; towards vicinities along A.Velez St. upto corner Mabini St. including portion of:  Makahambus St. from A.Velez St. and Tiano Bros. St. from Macahambus St..

Schedule of Interruption-  1:30 PM to 6:00 PM [4hrs & 30mins]

Affected Areas:

1. Portions of Natumulan, greater Tagoloan proper, all the Barangays of Baluarte, Pulot, Sugbongcogon, and Gracia, Tagoloan.

2. All the Barangays of Sta. Cruz, Mohon, Sta. Ana, and Sto. Rosario, Tagoloan including Kimaya, Villanueva.

3. All the municipalities and barangays of Villanueva and Jasaan.

4. Portions of Upper Carmen, Upper Balulang and all of Brgy. Lumbia including; PNR Sawmill, Shop and transmitter; Pueblo de Oro, Camella Homes, Xavier Estates, Xavier Heights, Xavier High School, La Buena Vida, Frontiera and Montana subdivisions; CAA-BAT Lumbia Airport & Rio Verde.

Schedule of Interruption - 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM [4hrs]

Affected Areas:

1. Portions of Camaman-an near and including the San Jose and St. Vianney Seminaries, greater portion of Camaman-an proper towards Bontong, Bolonsori up to Upper Camaman-an and Hayes Subdivision including Tipolohon.

2. Part of Limketkai Center, Lapasan including Mc Donalds, PNB and Allied Bank.

3. Along Recto Ave. from corner Agora Road towards the new bridge including COCACOLA Plant & Osmeña Ext..

4. Portion of A.Luna St. towards all of Mabulay Subdivision including portion of the Provincial Capitol and Provincial Hospital Area.

5. Medical Center area along and bounded by Capistrano St., Echem St., A.Velez St., and Recto Ave., including all of Consolacion.

6. Corrales Ext. from Recto Avenue towards most of PPA area.

7. J.Pacana St. from Recto Avenue towards all of Macabalan area.

8. All of RER Subdivision Phases I & 2 including Dolores compound; towards Fortune Express Shop along Maharlika Highway; including all of NHA-KSS Subdivision and portion of Bayabas near Manila Broadcasting Radio Station.

9. Greater part of Bulua from Bulua Rotonda towards all of Iponan.

10. Greater part of Patag including Calamansi Drive, Apovel subdivision, Terry Hills subdivision and Anhawon, Bulua area.

We hope all CEPALCO customers & the public in general will be guided by this announcement.

Thank you.

Released by:

Marilyn A. Chavez

Senior Manager

Customer & Community Relations Dept.

di daw totoo ang mansion ni Manny Villar sa Salt Lake City. thanks to my friend, Imelda Seong Dok for giving me this link:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/mugabe.asp

to Manny Villar, sorry na. peace na tayo!
but still, you will not have my vote.

*all photos are from ganda ever so much*

how nice the house.

pero who would have guessed na this is owned by a Filipino? and oh, this is in Salt Lake City, by the way.

do you want to know who owns this place?

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guys, we might not possibly be seeing the Cebu Dancing Inmates dancing again.

sadly, for political reasons.

Cebu’s world-famous dancing inmates are no longer performing in public or rehearsing in prison.

All that has been put on hold on orders of Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia.

Byron on the other hand said that he has not left the CPDRC and he has ongoing conflict with his sister.

article from this site.

i did not go to the event for the reason i couldn’t leave the house alone. but thankfully my friend Rosanna and Macky gave me photos.

last Saturday, it was the PBB Big Night, the final episode of the third installment of the very popular reality show. and they sent in some crews to put up a stage in Kiosko Kagawasan, Plaza Divisoria for the local feed of the show. this was to gather all the fans and supporters of Gibo Jumalon, a Kagay-anon and one of the five finalists.

to the dismay of the Kagay-anons, Tibo came in 4th place (or was it big 5th placer or something). but whatever, it was a party, and i wasn’t there.

let the pictures do the talking.

pretty Maxine

Maxine, some guy, Bernie BitokBitok

entertainment for tonight, while waiting

kinda cutie

definitely not cutie

fireworks galore

baywalk? dat choo?

Former PBB Housemate Cass Ponti was there for the scoop. take a good look at ate on the side. kinda starstrucked? you want to make lapit?

yan lumapit na.

yeeeeeeeey!

friends and relatives of Tibo in full support of Gibo. sorry, can't help it. hehe

Tibo was announced as the kulelat among the 5.

Johan came in 4th.

Jason. ok.

sigh........

Melai won.

another set of fireworks

that’s pretty much it. after the PBB Big Night feed in Divisoria, i met the guys in walang kamatayang JCA for another night of booking. lolz

Team GPS

.. to have the share of the rotating blackout. boo.

this coming Sunday.

hello frenemies,

mara: ganda ng bangs mo ate clara. kaso what's with the face? nakadisplay ka pa naman sa photoframe. clara: grrr...

i was just thinking randomly what makes a Pinoy soap opera, a Pinoy soap opera. last night, i wrote all the facts i have observed while watching Habang may buhay:

1.) if it has Judy Ann Santos on a primetime.

2.) if the lead gets separated from his/her family.

3.) Pinoy soap opera is a small world. you will never know you have already met your mom.

4.) there’s kidnapping involved.

5.) kontrabidas, regardless of how sexy and girly, know how to man a gun.

6.) goons are always panget.

7.) you will instantly know if the kontrabida has an evil scheme when she turns her back on the people.

8.) yaya knows something you don’t know.

9.) seriously, what’s wrong with being adopted?

10.) palaging may naoospital.

11.) don’t mess with your lola. either she can kick ass or she has high blood.

12.) if the lead is rich, the love interest is poor or vice versa.

13.) rich people always eat hotdogs for breakfast.

14.) kontrabidas can’t deal with their insecurities. all the time.

15.) haba ng hair ng love interest. pinag aagawan. all the time.

16.) leads can’t dress up properly.

17.) pag di nabibigyan ang gusto, magagalit kay inay.

18.) neighbors are chismosas.

19.) neighbors will make chismis even in front of you, causing a commotion.

20.) pag nalaman ni bida na mayaman pala ang totoong pamilya, pupunta ng States at englisera na pagbalik.

well that’s all i can think of, for now. if you have anything to add, just leave it as a comment!

so we all know that PBB ended a couple of days ago. and we all know who won. right? you don’t? good for  you, you have a life!

from 3.bp.blogspot.com

i am not really a big fan of PBB. i only watch it when i have a chance. and when there is a task ordered by Big Brother that requires shedding some clothes. but somehow i watched the last few episodes of the third season who had just concluded last Saturday.

Melai of GenSan won. congrats to her. but many believe that the real winner is the Cebuano rich kid Paul Jake Castillo, and that Melai’s victory was all but a sham. hmm….

they believe that ABS-CBN, the network that holds the Big Brother franchise, really wanted Melai to win, for she is more “bankable” than Paul Jake. they also believe that the network planned this all too well: since Paul Jake got the highest percentage of text votes compared to the loud and kooky girl of General Santos City, they had to come up with something to pull down the votes. Here are their evidences.

Exhibit A:

last Friday, Boy Abunda visited the five remaining housemates for some one-on-one talk. it seems that Paul Jake got the hottest, most personal and most controversial questions. - not to mention most of the questions are not really PBB related.  these questions, they say, were some sort of psychological warfare to make PJ a bad image to the public.

Exhibit B:

the mysteriously fast catch-up of Melai in getting the highest percentage of votes. this is very debatable since anything can happen in one day. but i guess it is really impossible, too, to get ahead that fast and that big.

here is a screenshot of the partial tally that was shown last Tuesday

from http://i50.tinypic.com/m96s1i.jpg

and here are the fnal results of the voting tally:

“The time for the announcement of the Big Winner has come! And the results? Well, here go: Melai won as the Big Winner with 32.08%, followed comparatively by Paul Jake with a 27.31%; Jason and Johan came in third and fourth with 24.97% and 7.94% respectively while Tibo landed as the very first Fifth Big Placer with a 7.69%!”

from http://doubleup.pinoybigbrother.com/tabid/57/item/379/The-Big-Date-on-the-Big-Night-.aspx

Exhibit C:

the rejected Paul Jake text votes even it was entered before the deadline.

“Call me jologs, but I voted for Paul Jake at the start of the Big Night (about 6 times), but I was surprised to receive the confirmation message AFTER the program. And what’s more surprising is that my votes were not counted, closed na raw ang voting. I would love to show you pictures of my iPhone with my text votes and confirmation messages but I don’t know how to go about taking picture of the phone and pasting them here. Eeeeeepppp!”

*picture and text by un_frenesi, as seen on http://chuvaness.com

i voted 4 times for Paul Jake (okay call me jologs! hehe), 3 votes got in pero yung isa hindi.

picture and text from autumnheartsme, as seen on http://chuvaness.com

WTF? akala ko sakin lang nangyari yan! WEIRD

picture and text by katkat_e23 as seen on http://chuvaness.com

after seeing these pics and after reading the reviews, one can really think hard if this game is true to itself, ot not.

for the record, i am not against Melai, neither did i root fervently for anyone, including my own kababayan, Tibo. but if these evidences are all true, you could not help but sigh that, indeed, politics run in everything and not just in government.

hello frenemies!

i’m back. and no, i do not have any post Valentine’s day entry for thirty reasons.

well, if you are that persistent, i just went out to have coffee with my brother and listened to him while he blabbers away about his lost youth and post marital/judicial/custodial predicaments. yeah, quarter life crisis can be a pain in the ass. JUST JOKING. hihi.

but here is something you and i can look forward to: the KALILANGAN FESTIVAL of General Santos City

Kalilangan Festival is one of the most highly anticipated festivals around Mindanao. It happens every February in the city where Ethel Booba, Manny Pacquiao, Gerald Anderson, and Melai come from. sweet. expect to see colorful street dancing, beauties, hunks, and perhaps, loads of tuna.

for you to know more of the Kalilangan Festival, pick up the very first issue of Gensan Gazer Magazine, yet another GenSan’s brilliant product. There you will find schedules and facts of this wonderful festivity, and then some other issues to ponder. Best thing: it’s for free. All you need to do is to be in GenSan. hehe

but if you can’t be around GenSan in 5 minutes, just click on the image to view the e-magazine. It’s for free, too.

thanks, Ganda Ever So Much!