tell you my weight? I don’t think so! Haha! But I can tell you how much weight I’ve lost so far… 20 lbs!!! That’s sooooooooo much for me and I’ve never lost that much weight in my entire life! I’m so happy!!! I just have to continue my exercises and be consistent. Tamad ako eh!

I’m actually pondering where to jog. I could jog in our village but what don’t like about it is it’s hilly and there are hundreds of humps… it’s just when you’re jogging downhill and then there’s a big hump ahead of you. It feels like some kind of obstacle course. Haha! I really wanted to jog in UP. My dilemma is, I’m a night person and I find it hard to wake up very early in the morning to jog. And I don’t want to jog in UP at night because a couple of my friends had been mugged there before. Scary! I could also go jogging in QC Circle but I don’t like too much pollution. Thankfully, yesterday my nephew and I walked around our next door village. I think I could jog there. Their main road is long and wide and straight (not hilly like ours) and there are no stray dogs. Haha! I might try jogging there tonight… who knows, maybe I’ll even see Juday peeking outside their house. Haha! What I’d really to swim! But there’s no pool that’s near my place. There’s actually one in our next door village but their pool is just too small for me. It’s like just a couple of strokes and you’re already on the other end. Before I used to go to Lagro just so I could swim. And the owner was really nice, he would watch me give me some tips and correct what I was doing wrong. He’s a competitive swimming instructor. But I don’t go there anymore because it’s too far, about 30 minutes bus ride when the traffic is light. Hay! I wish our village would build a pool soon.

Right now I’m also trying to get organized. I think I need a small white board near the computer so I could keep track of all the things that I need to do. Hmmmm. I think I need to go to the bookstore later. TTFN!

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PR or PageRank updates are happening again. Yes you read it right! And I’m hoping that all my blogs would get some, or at least just regain their old PRs. I’ve read somewhere that the updates would be completed on May 21st but you can now check the page ranks of your blogs through URL PR Checker or PR Checker.

On a side note, somebody’s searching for me in Google… wonder who it is and why. Hmmmmmmmm

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Over the weekend, I read in Mark Verzo’s blog that he did the same mistake as I did. He used the bank code supplied by BPI’s customer rep instead of the one being posted around the net. So I called BPI again to clear things up. I asked them ano ba talaga? Are you really affiliated with PayPal or not and what is your real bank code? I’ve read somewhere that the official list of bank codes being posted around is indeed the official list of PayPal. But how come BPI is giving out a different one? So, once again the rep that I was talking to put me on hold to verify. It turns out that BPI doesn’t have a bank code and the one that they’re giving out is what they call route code, the being used for remittances and she said that maybe the one listed in PayPal’s official list is the one supplied by PayPal for BPI and she’s not even sure about this. I asked her first if she’s familiar with PayPal and she said yes, Later on in our conversation she asked me if PayPal is a credit card and when I said no she asked me again if it’s a debit card naman? Haaayyy… So she made a report again and asked to call after 5 business days. I even told her that I demand they pay me back if I get penalized for providing the wrong info then she asked me kung sino daw gusto kong magbayad, kung yung bank or yung customer rep na kausap ko. Haha!

Anyway, I checked my BPI account again today and my money’s there already. Yey! And like Mark, there was a P150 deduction which I don’t know what it is for. If I was penalized then the deduction should be P250, like what was stated by PayPal. Now I’m more confused… maybe the bank code supplied by BPI is correct. Ewan ko ba… anyway, it’ll be awhile before I make my next withdrawal.

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This is good news isn’t it? I don’t have to worry anymore that my new UnionBank EON card is not yet activated and I don’t have to go through all the trouble of going back to the bank to make a P200 deposit just to activate it. I was overjoyed when I found out that I can now withdraw funds from my PayPal account to my bank account which is BPI or Bank of the Philippine Islands and I’m sure lots of Pinoys are also glad for this new feature of PayPal. and the process seems to be very easy… all you need is your bank code, your account number, the amount you’re going to withdraw and you’re done!

Last Thursday I decided to go for it since I don’t want my money in my PayPal anymore because I couldn’t stop spending it on digital scrapbooking kits. So I called BPI to verify if the bank code that I got from the internet is correct. The lady I was talking to gave me a different one and when I told her that the one posted on the internet is different, she put me on hold and verified it and insisted that the one she gave me is the one they’re using. I wanted to make sure about this one because if not then I have to pay P250 for inputing the wrong info in my withdrawal. After finishing the withdrawal, I checked my PayPal account and my money is not there anymore and it said that my transaction is in the process and that it usually takes 5-7 business days for the transaction to be complete, depending on the bank.

Today, I came across another blog with the list of bank codes here in the Philippines and I even read the comments area to see if someone mentioned BPI. No one did but somebody mentioned that she called BPI to inquire about this and the girl she talked to doesn’t have any idea what she’s talking about. So I checked my PayPal account again to see the status of my transaction. When I saw that it’s already complete, I logged on my BPI account to see if the money is already there but it wasn’t. I called BPI just now and said that I just wanted to check when the money will appear on my account and the girl I was talking to has no idea what I’m talking about. She said that they were not informed about PayPal (she doesn’t even have an idea what PayPal is) and that you can now withdraw funds from PayPal to BPI. She actually told me that BPI had no affiliations whatsoever with PayPal. So I told her that if they were not informed about it then how come the girl I talked to the other day knew about the bank code and even verified if it is the one that PayPal is referring to. Then she asked me if it is some kind of remittance and mentioned the OFWs sending money to their relatives here in the Philippines as an example. She even made me explain about PayPal and their new feature so she could mention it on her report. Then she asked me to call back again Friday next week and gave me a reference number to follow up the status of her report. Haaaaaay naaacccooooooo…

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For those who are frequenting my scrapbooking blog Pixel Dust, the new (and first this year) freebie list is up. It’s been awhile since I last posted a freebie list, so enjoy!

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My BIL, niece, nephews and I fetched my mom and my sister at the Triangle North Mall today. (Yes, Triangle North Mall is Trinoma… natuwa lang ako when I found out what Trinoma stands for and I felt the need to use it sometime. LOL!) We didn’t go down anymore, we just waited inside the car because we were all wearing pambahay. And while waiting for them to arrive, my BIL decided to buy Conti’s famous Mango Bravo cake. We even forgot what it’s called and had to ask for their “bestseller cake that’s mango flavored” haha! It was actually our first time to buy the whole cake to be brought home. Buying that cake was like an adventure… hahaha. The cake had a two-hour travel time. It is available in two sizes and we bought the large one without thinking that it has to be stored in the freezer. It was so big that it was puzzling how we would let it fit inside the freezer. But it tastes good. It is a bit like sansrival except that the it is a bit more spongy than crunchy. And what I really like about it is it’s not too sweet, so you can finish a whole slice without thinking so much of diabetes and you won’t actually feel too thirsty after finishing the whole slice. Haha! One slice is so huge… it’s like you’re eating two slices of a regular-sized cake. So there you go… my Mango Bravo adventure.

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To all the digiscrapping bebots out there… I can’t seem to login in to the forums… is it just me or there’s something wrong with it? Help! I miss you guys!

ETA: Thanks ladies! I can access the forum na! Yehey!

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Yep! I gave in and got my own hosting and I love it! I got mine from DreamHost and so far so good. I had a problem with my domain but they were able to help me asap. I know there are other cheaper hosting plans being offered by other companies but what I like about DreamHost is that they offer 500 GB disk storage and 5 TB bandwidth! And I really need a big storage and bandwidth cause I’m hosting all my three blogs in it. What’s more amazing is that every week, they increase my disk storage by 2 GB and my bandwidth by 40 GB. If you’re interested to sign-up with DreamHost, I’ve got a coupon code for you there at my sidebar for a discount of $50 on yearly subscriptions.

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Do you still remember what your thesis is about? I remember not much anymore about my thesis. I was a BS Mathematics major and of course my thesis has got something to do with math but I don’t remember it anymore. All I can remember is that it really isn’t an interesting topic all we did was discuss the subject further than most books do and give a detailed and simplified proofs of the theorems that were covered by out topic. But we couldn’t be lazy about it and it’s not like we could hire someone from Recto to do our thesis, and I’m pretty sure they’re not even familiar with our topic.

Aren’t students these days lucky because there are already a lot of companies which offers custom writing services. A great example is Custom-Writng.org. Students can buy essay papers from them, or other custom papers, or even if they just need essay help, they can get it from there. And they can be assured that their products and services that they are receiving are unique and plagiarism free.

Oh well, life gets better and better as time goes by. I just hope that students will still take the time and effort to do their school stuff on their own and not be dependent on others. I hope that they turn to these companies just for assistance and not to completely rely on them.

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Remember the Oakwood incident? Looks like there’s a new one involving the same group, Sen. Trillanes and the Magdalo soldiers. This time they’re in Manila Peninsula… I just opened the tv and don’t know yet what’s really happening…

1:47 PM: The PNP is ordering all guests and staff to evacuate the Manila Peninsula right now…

There was a hearing in Makati earlier today regarding the Oakwood mutiny and Sen. Trillanes and his group walked out of the hearing. They are given until 3pm today to resolve this. Apparently, they are asking Pres. Arroyo to step down.

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