Playing

..with Lockerz.

A colleague invited me to try it out. Sure, it takes a lot of time to play the videos and earn 2 points from them. But she knows someone who was able to redeem the points earned for an iPod just by playing. You can also earn points by asnwering the daily questions. What the heck. Just play along with it, right?

Talking about Cars

Owning a car amps your status. Everyone will think that you have it made or that you must be someone really successful. A colleague once advised me to think twice about buying a car. Especially since I don't know how to drive and that I am just renting a room.  Yes, the idea of paying for a car insurance, the monthly payments, parking space and the maintenance scares me. It was the very reasons why I opted to not buy a car at all. I thought I could do it but in my very immature ways I know it will be any time soon when trouble will happen. I thought about running over a person on the road and killing a person. But that is a different concern to the reason why I write about cars today.

When my older sister told me that she will be buying a car, I thought it has to be something that will withstand winter. I don't want her driving around Chicago and then the car breaks down in the middle of the road. It pays to know about a good auto repair shop that will do just about anything for you especially brake job. But I just love the Chevrolet Silverado, don't you?

I came across a website that lists Dallas auto repair shops. It contains the shops name, their addresses, phone numbers and the cars they repair. The shops are even in Google maps so you would not have a hard time locating the store. In the website, it will allow you to find the best car shop based on your car model and get a quotation on how much the repair will cost. For example, when I entered the car model Toyota, it will retrieve a list of auto shops that repairs Toyota cars. I most especially like the estimates provided for car repairs on the website. 

This is really helpful. Tell your friends, especially if they who live in Dallas area or for someone who travels by car a lot, about Repair Pal. This is such an informational website and it help saves time from moving to one shop to the next. 

February 27 Birthdays in History

And to my Ka-Birthday in the office. Happy Birthday CHRISEY!!! =)

 

And to all who I share this greatest day in the world!

1981	Josh Groban, American Musician
1980	Chelsea Clinton, daughter of President Clinton, 1993-2001
1976	Tony Gonzalez, tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs
1975	Christina Nigra, actress, Out of This World
1975	Dana Marie Lane, Cheyenne Wyoming, Miss America-Wyoming 1996
1975	Duce Staley, running back for the Philadelphia Eagles
1975	Marcus Robinson, wide receiver for the Chicago Bears
1974	Chris Dishman, guard for the Arizona Cardinals
1974	Jim Maher, cricketer, Queensland lefty batsman victorious 1995 side
1973	Terence Davis, WLAF wide receiver for the London Monarchs
1971	Ivan Robinson, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, U.S. boxer 1992 Olympics
1971	Jaroslav Modry, Ceske-budejovice C, NHL defenseman, Ottawa Senators
1971	Rich Tylski, guard/center for the Jacksonville Jaguars
1970	David White, NFL linebacker for the Buffalo Bills
1969	Greg Stevenson, Sherbrooke Quebec, rower, Olympics-11-92, 96
1969	Robert Massey, NFL cornerback for the New York Giants
1969	Robert Molenaar, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam
1969	Victoria Fair, Jackson Michigan, Miss Michigan-America 1991
1969	Willie Banks, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs
1968	Loy Vaught, NBA forward for the Los Angeles Clippers
1968	Mike Sullivan, Marshfield, NHL center for the Calgary Flames
1968	Ron Cox, NFL linebacker for the Chicago Bears
1968	Michael Vartan, French Actor
1967	Dallas Eakins, Dade City, NHL defenseman, Winnipeg Jets
1967	Frantisek Kaberle, Brno, Czech Republic, hockey forward, Team Czech Republic
1967	Robert Kron, born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, NHL right wing, Hartford Whalers
1966	Chris Howard, U.S. baseball catcher for the Seattle Mariners
1966	Gregg Rainwater, actor, Buck Cross-Young Riders
1966	Pete Smith, U.S. baseball player, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets
1965	Sandra Cecchini, Bologna Italy, tennis star, 1995 Warsaw doubles
1964	April Heinrichs, born in Littleton, Colorado, U.S. women's soccer coach 1996 Olympics
1964	Ewen Vernal, British pop bassist, Deacon Blue-Your Town
1964	Richard de Vries, soccer player, De Graafschap
1963	Francesco Cancellotti, Italy, tennis star
1962	Adam Baldwin, actor, Full Metal Jacket, My Bodyguard
1962	Grant Show, born in Detroit, Michigan, actor, Jack Hanson-Melrose Place
1962	Kory Tarpenning, born in Portland, Oregon, pole vaulter
1962	Veronica Ribot-Canales, Buenos Aires Argentina, U.S. diver 1996 Olympics
1961	Grant Shaud, actor, Miles Silverburg-Murphy Brown
1961	James Worthy, NBA forward, Los Angeles Lakers, 1988 Playoff MVP
1960	Andres Gomez, Ecuador, tennis pro, Madrid Grand Prix-1990
1960	Bolik Dahan, Suriname singer/radio host, Radio KBC
1960	John van Grinsven, soccer player, MVV
1960	Paul Humphreys, rock synthesizer, OMD-Crush, Pacific Age
1960	Stoney Jackson, Richmond, Virginia, actor, White Shadow, Insiders
1957	Adrian Smith, heavy metal guitarist, Iron Maiden-Aces High
1955	Garry Christian, born in Liverpool, England, rocker, musician, singer, played with brother Russell and Roger Christian in sophisti-pop band, The Christians, known for late 1980's, early 1990's chart-topping hits
1955	Sally Spencer, actress, M J McKinnon-Another World
1954	Neal Schon, rock guitarist, Journey-Open Arms, Bad English
1954	Neil Schon, American Musician
1952	Dwight Elmo Jones, born in Houston, Texas, basketball player, Silver Medal 1972 Olympics
1952	Henk Westbroek, Dutch singer, Good Cause
1952	Kevin Raleigh, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Michael Stanley Band
1951	Lee Atwater, Republican National Committee Chairman, 1989-91
1951	Steve Harley, rocker, Come Up and See Me
1950	Franco Moschino, fashion Designer
1950	Julia Neuberger, British Rabbi
1948	Eddie Gray, rock guitarist, Tommy James and Shondells-Crystal Blue
1948	Stephen Curtis, CEO, DVLA
1947	Ashley Woodcock, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. New Zealand 1974, only knock 27
1947	Gidon Kremer, Riga Latvia, violinist, Tchaikovsky Prize 1970
1947	Marian G Klaren, Dutch mime/actress, Red Cabbage
1945	Daniel Olbrychski, Poland, actor, La Truite
1944	Alan Fudge, Wichita, Kansas, actor, Man From Atlantis, Paper Dolls
1944	Graeme Pollock, cricketer, South African batting prodigy
1944	Roger Scruton, philosopher
1943	Mary Frann, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Joanna-Newhart, Days of Our Live
1942	Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Due West, South Carolina, news reporter, McNeil-Lehrer
1941	Ian McGarry, general secretary, British Actors' Equity Association
1941	Paddy Ashton, New Delhi India, British MP, Soc/Lib Democrat
1941	Sandy Wilson, born in Sale, England, composer, songwriter, musicals include 'The Boy Friend', 'Divorce Me', 'Darling!', 'Aladdin'
1941	Paddy Ashdown, British Politician
1940	Barbara Kelly, CEO, Scottish Consumer Council
1940	Howard Hesseman, Salem Or, actor, Dr. Johnny Fever-WKRP, Head of Class
1939	Antoinette Sibley, ballerina, Turning Point
1939	Kenzo Takada, Japanese director, Dream After Dream
1939	Lester King, cricketer, WI fast bowler, 2 Tests 1962-68, 9 wkts
1939	Peter Revson, auto racer, 1971 Indianapolis pole winner
1938	Pascale Petit, PAris, actor, Code Name: Jaguar, End of Desire
1937	Barbara Babcock, born in Pasadena, California, actress, Dr. Quinn, Dallas, Hill St. Blues
1937	Donald MacKay, CEO, Scottish Enterprise
1937	L Jay Silvester, U.S., discus thrower 1972 Olympics silver
1936	Chuck Glaser, Spalding, Nebraska, singer, Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again
1936	Roger M Mahoney, born in Hollywood, California, archbishop of Los Angeles, 1985-
1936	Timothy Spall, actor, 1871, Life is Sweet, Crusoe, Remembrance
1936	Virginia Maskell, actress, Suspect, Doctor in Love, Man Upstairs
1936	Sonia Johnson, American Activist
1936	Roger Mahony, American Clergyman
1935	Alberto Remedios, opera/concert singer
1935	Mirella Freni, Modena Italy, lyric soprano, Madame Butterfly
1934	Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, Unsafe at Any Speed
1934	Van Williams, Fort Worth, Texas, actor, Green Hornet, Tycoon
1934	[Navarre] Scott Momaday, U.S. author, House Made of Dawn, Pulitzer 1969
1933	6th marquess of Bute, Scottish large landowner/bibliophile
1933	Edward Lucie-Smith, poetry critic
1933	Geoffrey Maitland Smith, CEO, Sears
1933	Malcolm Wallop, born in New York City, New York, Senator-R-Wyoming 1977 - 1995
1933	Raymond Berry, Texas, NFL hall of famer for the Baltimore Colts
1932	Dolf Zwerver, Dutch painter
1932	Elizabeth Taylor, born in London, actress, Cleopatra, violet eyes
1932	Lord Young of Graffham, CEO, Cables and Wireless
1931	Andrew Sloan, Chief Constable, Strathcourt
1930	Joanne Woodward, born in Thomasville, Georgia, actress, 3 Faces of Eve, Rachel
1930	Lieux Dressler, actress, Alice Grant-General Hospital
1928	Ariel Sharon, Israeli Leader
1927	Guy Mitchell, Al Cernick, born in Detroit, Michigan, rocker/actor, Red Garters
1927	Lord Belhaven and Stenton
1927	Michael Butler, Pro-Provost/chairman, Royal College of Art
1926	Peter Emery, British MP
1925	Hugh Leggatt, art dealer
1925	Michael Kaye, director, City of London Festival
1925	Richard AFM Auwerda, Dutch journalist/writer
1925	Samuel Dash, American Lawyer
1924	M M Shearer, former Lord Lieutenant of Shetland
1924	Norman Marshall, cricketer, brother of Roy, one Test for WI 1955
1923	Dexter Gordon, U.S., tenor saxophonist/actor, Connection
1923	Viktor Kalabis, composer
1922	Mervyn Jones, author, Nobody's Fault, 5 Hungarian Writers
1921	Andras Szollosy, composer
1921	Michael Fox, U.S., actor, Quincy, Dallas, Bold and the Beautiful
1920	David Vere Bendall, former diplomat
1920	Jose Melis, Havana Cuba, orchestra leader, Jack Paar Program
1920	Reg Simpson, cricketer, prolific England opener 1948-55
1919	Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, composer
1917	John Connally, Gov-D/R-Texas, shot in Kennedy motorcade
1915	Arthur Gilson, Belgian attorney/minister of Defense, 1958-..
1913	Frank Allaun, British MP, L
1913	Irwin Shaw, U.S., novelist, Rich Man Poor Man
1913	Paul Ricoeur, French Philosopher
1912	Hugues Panassie, French jazz saxophonist/author, Hot Club of France
1912	Lawrence Durrell, Darjeeling India, writer, Alexandria Quartet
1910	Joan Bennett, Palasades, New Jersey, actress, Little Women, Disraeli
1910	Peter De Vries, Chicago, author, Reuben Reuben, Prick of Noon
1909	Elisabeth Welch, singer, Song of Freedom, Over the Moon
1907	Gerhard Alexander, Veldheer, Dutch actor, Prince Willem of Orange
1906	Alexander Matheson, New Zealand cricket pace bowler, 2 Tests 1930-31
1906	H Algernon F "Algy" Rumbold, English diplomat, South Africa/Tibet
1905	Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director, Evil Eye
1905	Franchot Tone, Niagara Falls, New York, actor, Dr. Freeland-Ben Casey
1904	James Thomas Farrell, U.S., author, Studs Lonigan trilogy
1904	Renaat Verheijen, Flemish actor and director, Innocent Heart
1903	Reginald Gardiner, Wimbledon England, actor, Great Dictator
1902	Ethelda Bleibtrey, 100m/300m U.S. swimmer, Olympics-3 gold-1920
1902	Gene Sarazen, Harrison, New York, PGA golfer, Masters 1935, U.S. Open 1922, 32
1902	John Steinbeck, born in Salinas, California, author, Grapes of Wrath-Nobel 1962
1901	Marino Marini, Italian sculptor/painter
1899	Charles H Best, Maine, physiologist/co-discoverer, Insulin
1899	Ian Keith, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Rochefort-3 Musketeers
1899	Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer
1898	Allison Danzig, sports writer, Tennis Pictorial History
1898	Rutkowski Bronislaw, composer
1897	Bernard F. Lyot, French astronomer, Lyot filter
1897	G Paul H Schuitema, graphic designer/photographer, System-O-Color
1895	Edward Brophy, actor, Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, Cameraman, Doughboys
1894	Robert-Lucien Siohan, composer
1893	Joseph Messner, composer
1893	Ralph Linton, U.S. cultural anthropologist, Tree of Culture
1892	William Demarest, St. Paul, Minnesota, actor, Uncle Charlie-My 3 Sons
1891	David Sarnoff, U.S., radio/TV pioneer/CEO, RCA
1891	Georges E Migot, French composer
1888	Lotte Lehmann, Perleberg Germany, soprano, Fidello
1888	Roberto Assagioli, Italian Psychologist
1887	James D Innes, English painter
1886	Hugo L. Black, born in Alabama, Senator-D-Alabama, 78th Supreme Court justice, 1937 - 1971
1886	Hugo Black, American Judge
1881	Luitzen Brouwers, Dutch mathematician
1881	Sveinn Bjornsson, 1st president of Iceland, 1944-52, poet, Figur ild
1879	Jose Sancho Marraco, composer
1874	Max Ettinger, composer
1870	Louis Coerne, composer
1869	Alice Hamilton, physician/writer, workmen's compensation laws
1867	Irving Fisher, U.S. economist, compensating dollar
1867	Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer
1863	George H. Mead, American Philosopher
1863	George Herbert Mead, American Philosopher
1861	Rudolph Steiner, born in Kraljevic, Austria, founder, doctrine of anthroposophy
1850	Henry Edwards Huntington, U.S., railroad executive
1848	Charles Hubert H Parry, England, musicologist/composer, Jerusalem
1847	Ellen Alice Terry, Coventry Engl, actress/director, Imperial Theatre
1847	Ellen Terry, English Actress
1846	Joaquin Valverde, composer
1841	[Eleanor] Agnes Lee, daughter of U.S. general Robert E Lee
1835	Charles Cartuyvels, Belgian pulprit orator
1835	Richard Garnett, English author, Ananda the Miracle Worker
1832	Alfred Pollard Edward, Civil War journalist
1827	Richard W. Johnson, Major General Union Army
1823	Ferdinand Van Derveer, Brigadier General Union volunteers
1823	William Buel Franklin, Major General Union volunteers
1822	Eugene Gautier, composer
1811	[Catherine] Mildred Lee, daughter of U.S. general Robert E Lee
1807	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, born in Portland, Maine, poet, Hiawatha
1802	William George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck, Lord George Bentinck
1792	Don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/Field Marshal
1784	Elias Annes Borger, Dutch theologist/poet, To the Rhine
1784	Job Plimpton, composer
1759	Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer
1746	Gian Francesco Fortunati, composer
1745	Silverius Muller, composer
1702	Johann Valentin Gorner, composer
1649	Johann Philipp Krieger, composer
1622	Rembrandt Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter
1539	Franciscus Raphelengius, Dutch book publisher
274	Constantine I, Great Roman emperor, 306-337, adopted Christianity

Another Excerpt

When he'd asked why she seemed unable to settle down, her answer had been straightforward: 

"There are guys who grow up thinking they'll settle down some distant time in the future, and there are guys who are ready for marriage as soon as they meet the right person. The former bore me, mainly because they're pathetic; and the latter, quite frankly, are hard to find. But it's the serious ones I'm interested in, and it takes time to find a guy like that whom i'm equally interested in. I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?"


---The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks---

teeny meeny miny moe

No, really, I just don't have an idea what title to give to this post. But, anyhow.

I hate the fact that my other blog site has become too wordy and contains lots of posts that I personally don’t have any idea about or even relate to. But because it is also about the money, rather than just have people come over and inspect your grammar, might as well earn money from it.

This blog, once again, has taken that Sabbatical Leave just like what happened last year. School has taken too much of my time and trying to earn that extra money online. I am counting the months, weeks and days when I will be saying goodbye to my comfort zone. I just want to make sure that I don’t lose that focus.

I have quite a collection of academic books in different fields of study. I just don’t have the discipline to stop buying them or even finish reading them. Oh, wait. I did finish one. Shit! Countless books more to go. Why oh why do I voluntarily drown myself in all this. Crazy! But I’m loving it. Come to think of it. You know what they say about," Jack of all Trades and Master of None." I am slowly becoming one.

One of my professors said to accept all invitations and learn to have fun. Uhm, I don’t know about accepting all invitations since I know some will definitely get me into trouble. I did plan to go to Leyte this weekend to attend the baptism of my god daughter Gabrielle Pauline Milan but duty calls on Monday and it’s major crunch time again in school. I guess Baby Bettina Bunny will be delivered late.

Muchlovefrommaldeetuh!

Official List of PayPal Philippines Bank Codes

I have updated my PAYPAL account and it was asking me to enter the bank code. Here's to you who needs the information.

Bank Name	Bank Code
ALLIED BANKING CORP	010320013
AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND	010700015
ASIA UNITED BANK	011020011
BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS	010030015
BANGKOK BANK	010670019
BANK OF AMERICA	010120019
BANK OF CHINA	011140014
BANK OF TOKYO	010460012
BANCO DE ORO (& EQUITABLE PCI BANK)	010530667
BANK OF COMMERCE	010440016
BANK OF THE PHIL ISLANDS (BPI)	010040018
CHINA BANKING CORP	010100013
CHINA TRUST COMML BANK	010690015
CITIBANK N.A.	010070017
DEVT BANK OF THE PHILS (DBP)	010590018
DEUTSCHE BANK	010650013
EAST WEST BANK	010620014
EXPORT & INDUSTRY BANK	010860010
FUJI BANK	010640010
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK (HSBC)	010060014
INTL COMML BANK OF CHINA	010560019
INTL EXCHANGE BANK	010680012
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK	010720011
KOREA EXCHANGE BANK	010710018
INTL NEDERLAND BANK	010660016
LANDBANK OF THE PHILS	010350025
MAYBANK OF THE PHILS	010220016
METROPOLITAN BANK & TRUST CO	010269996
PHIL BANK OF COMMUNICATION	010110016
PHIL TRUST COMPANY	010090039
PHIL NATIONAL BANK (PNB)	010080010
PRUDENTIAL BANK	010150018
PHIL VETERANS BANK	010330016
RIZAL COMML BANKING CORP (RCBC)	010280014
SECURITY BANK & TRUST CO	010140015
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK	010050011
UNITED COCONUT PLANTERS BANK	010299995
UNION BANK OF THE PHILS (UBP)	010419995
UNITED OVERSEAS BANK	010270189

Happy online earning!

Another Sappy Movie

in February, Dear John.

I promised myself to not watch those sappy love stories anymore. But, if it's from Nicholas Sparks, why not? I loved A Walk To Remember and The Notebook.