I’ve been hijacked!!!

October 17 - it was a typical busy day for me. Just another work day with my trusty laptop. I am a very organized person in a very disorganized way - I know where everything is as long as nobody touches my files. That is why instead of having a resident desktop at the office, I opted to bring a laptop to work everyday. My laptop was equipped with the latest anti-virus and anti-spyware, I scan it every day and yet I got infected.

I tried every fix I could find in the web and have been fighting this thing for over 24 hours straight! With no sleep and close to trashing my laptop, I finally admitted defeat. Sorted out my files in safe mode because nobody in their right minds could work with all those annoying pop-ups popping up every 5 seconds or so, top it up with a blood red desktop that takes you to stupid spyware sites everytime you clicked on any part of it. After sorting out my files which amounted to almost 20Gb of space, I have no choice but to delete all those downloaded movies and albums that I have spent countless hours, days and even weeks waiting for. It finally went down to 7Gb of doc and pdf files.

I then tried another fix that I have found online and for about 3 hours or so, I was in heaven. I thought my problem was finally solved and I do not have to resort to a fresh, clean install of windows xp. I finally made a backup of my files even though I thought I was not going to reinstall my OS. Lucky for me I did because after three hours of bliss, the annoying pop-ups are at it again and I have no choice. I reinstalled my OS and here I am now, still at it, trying to find my CS3 Suite installer. I do hope I find it soon or I’m toast.

October 18, 2007 · Filed Under personal

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Philippine Politics + Bribe Money + a Priest = A Recipe for Disaster

They’re at it again. Just another disastrous concoction straight from the annals of Philippine Politics. A Priest turned Governor turned in half a million peso worth of “gift” money with a big question, “What is it for?”

Are they for real? Bribing a Priest and all that? Well, ladies and gents, its just another day for Philippine Corrupted Politics in action. Seeing the news on TV, it made me disgusted with Philippine Politics anew but in a way, it made me smile. At least, someone in the murky waters of Philippine Politics is doing the right thing. Gov. Eddie Panlilio, priest turned Governor of Pampanga, is now number one in my list of favorite people in Philippine Politics. And mind you, it takes a lot to make it to my list. To do what he did takes a lot of courage and it would do our country good if we have more government officials like him.

I did not approve of the church entering politics before but if all priest turned officials would be like Gov. Panlilio, I would be the number one supporter of those church leaders who are planning on entering politics. Maybe this is what our government needs, a “faith transfusion” to counter all those evil lurking in the hallways of our government. I only have one thing to say to those trying to bribe a priest, “Shame on you!”

October 15, 2007 · Filed Under politics

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Bribery, Tattletales and the famous Filipino Crab Mentality

Why do tattletales do what they do? Is it because of their innate sense of what is right and wrong? Or maybe because they believe that justice must be served? Is it done out of the goodness of their hearts? Or is it because like spurned women, they were spurned out of a very profitable deal?

I am not a judge and would never pretend to be the judge of someone that I only know in the papers and television. Although, I admit, I have heard enough to make a decent judgment about the doings of these people. These people who are officials in our country, these people who are responsible for making the laws that govern our daily lives, these people who we have elected into position, these people who are taking our money to fund their pockets.

These very people are at each other’s throats, practicing the famous Filipino “Crab Mentality” - the bane of our nation. They may look fine and dandy, singing praises about their projects and selves but they are nothing but power-hungry officials on the lookout for the freshest and most profitable deal, and always, always on the lookout for other power-hungry individuals to be their scapegoat. They bribe and accept bribes, they make under the table deals, but when the tables are turned, they are like sheep scattered by wolves. Hiding behind a mask of indifference until such time that they have no where to run or if a tattletale comes out of hiding and tells his version of the story - then all hell breaks loose.

Such is the destiny of our country - to be ruled by power-hungry men and power-hungry tattletales. They are one and the same, it just depends on the angle you’re looking at. The tattletale may seem to be the hero for uncovering a misdeed by his fellow. A multi-billion deal must have been very impressive and very profitable and to be declined would make me a tattletale - that is my opinion.

The question now is, “What is your opinion?”

October 11, 2007 · Filed Under politics