I was just checking my Facebook and I saw this note that was shared by a friend. At first, I thought it was one of those inspiring or dramatic stories and to my surprise it was actually a precautionary! I was really speechless after reading this, I’m not really sure if it’s real or not but its best to share it to everyone and learn from it.

About a month ago there was a woman standing by the Mega Mall entrance passing out fliers to all the women going in. The woman had written the flier herself to tell about an experience she had, so that she might warn other women.

The previous day, this woman had finished shopping, went out to her car and discovered that she had a flat. She got the jack out of the trunk and began to change the flat. A nice man dressed in business suit and carrying a briefcase walked up to her and said, “I notice you’re changing a flat tire.
Would you like me to take care of it for you?”

The woman was grateful for his offer and accepted his help. They chatted amiably while the man changed the flat, and then put the flat tire and the jack in the trunk, shut it and dusted his hands off.

The woman thanked him profusely, and as she was about to get in her car, the man told her that he left his car around on the other side of the mall, and asked if she would mind giving him a lift to his car.

She was a little surprised and asked him why his car was on other side.

He explained that he had seen an old friend in the mall that he hadn’t seen for some time and they had a bite to eat and visited for a while; he got turned around in the mall and left through the wrong exit, and now he was running late and his car was clear around on the other side of the mall.

The woman hated to tell him “no” because he had just rescued her from having to change her flat tire all by herself, but she felt uneasy. Then she remembered seeing the man put his briefcase in her trunk before shutting it and before he asked her for a ride to his car.

She told him that she’d be happy to drive him to his car, but she just remembered one last thing she needed to buy. She said she would only be few minutes; he could sit down in her car and wait for her; she would be as quick as she could be. She hurried into the mall, and told a security guard what had happened; the guard came out to her car with her, but the man had left. They opened the trunk, took out his locked briefcase and took it down to the police station. The police opened it (ostensibly to look for ID so they could return it to the man). What they found was rope, duct tape and knives.

When the police checked her “flat” tire, there was nothing wrong with it; the air had simply been let out. It was obvious what the man’s motive was, and obvious that he had carefully thought it out in advance. The woman was blessed to have escaped harm.

How much worse it would have been had she waited in the car while the man fixed the tire, or if she had a baby strapped into a car seat. Or if she’d gone against her judgment and given him a lift.

I’d like you to forward this to all the women you know. It may save a life.

A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle. I was going to send this to the ladies only; but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc., you may want to pass it on to them, as well.

Send this to all the women you know that may need to be reminded that the world
we live in has a lot of crazies in it….better than sorry.

PLEASE BE SAFE AND NOT SORRY! JUST A WARNING, ALWAYS USE YOUR HEAD AND BE ALERT!!!

*Never let your guard down. *

SOMETIMES, THAT FEELING IN YOUR GUT IS THE VOICE OF GOD. TRUST OUR
INSTINCTS.

Notice: Megamall Incident, “Don’t Let Your Guard Down” is a post from: Pinoy Teens Online

Taking on Alexa Stats is a post from: Pinoy Teens Online

I have nothing against people criticizing the Filipino Culture and the Philippines as a country at whole. But everything can be exaggerated and taken over the line. And so did the little (not) noteworthy article of a guy by the name Nathan Rocha of FaceDeluxe.Com cross over the line.

It is not surprising to note that the whole Filipino Community from the position I view it to be very upset. Many have sent in hate mail and expressed their incomparable anger towards the writer of that (shit) piece. Like he can’t understand our culture and the way of life of us here in the Philippines. I also can’t understand his culture. I won’t hit his country or his nation, because that ain’t right and would make me not a better person than he is. But instead, I’m coming to question the author himself if he is actually really a human.

I mean, how could such a freak come up with such a post. Has he ever been to the Philippines? I guess not. Maybe he’s furious that his little video store (where Filipinos rent movies) don’t return the movies on time. Nalulugi na ‘yata s’ya dun. Poor little business going down because of that?

I’d like to rant all day because of this, but at the end of the day he is not worth it, and I’m sure he’s enjoying it (getting all the attention, you know). Since it looks like he isn’t getting attention at home or in his community.

There are indeed those kind of people who know not better but express their hatred through words, trying to act as if they’re someone great but in fact are nothing better, yet even somewhat worse than the people he talks about.

You must be wondering about whom I’m talking about and what article he has brought up that has caused many violent reactions among Filipinos on Plurk, Facebook and their respective blogs. I guess, it’s your time to read the post and be infuriated by the senseless, insensitive and inaccurate review of the Filipino and the Philippines.

Hater Infuriates Filipinos Online is a post from: Pinoy Teens Online

Give me the benefit of the doubt that I raised my curiosity a little bit too early, without properly asking any of the organizers regarding the concerns that I stated in this very post, below. But it won’t change the fact that there have indeed been only 70 shirts printed, as disclosed by someone to me. IF it was indeed the fault of the sponsors, so why worry? I know, I headed into the blogosphere with my post a bit too fast, but you still could have explained it to me nicely so that I could’ve altered my post/s back then to note your answers and maybe totally edit my blog post into something else, something more of your liking.

The summit wasn’t bad, I tell you, I just got disappointed with the three points that I raised, nothing more, nothing less. I didn’t mean to harm anybody, or anyone, but wanted to express my concerns through this blog. Maybe many of us still need to learn more about media ethics, including me of course. But there are some who show no ethics at all.

Clicking on my Google Ads does not justify your anger about the opinion that I had, because I have the right to do so, as much as another organizer had the right to send out a rebuttal.

If you are mad at once post, you react to it, but you don’t hit the person behind the post personally, do you? You can talk about it, instead letting your anger out freely!

Let the issue that has come up be a lesson to all of us to communicate more in the real world. Especially when you have doubts about something, rather than (a.) writing about it on the web immediately (b.) hitting someone personally for a mere little write up.

Don’t act as if you are guilty of what I wrote, as much as I could’ve asked you about the issues that I had, is as much as you could’ve asked and talked to me in a proper manner about the concerns that I had instead of bashing around and clicking my ads.

I admit my mistakes about releasing a post so early. I tried to avoid writing with hate and concentrate on the three questions that I had, I didn’t wrote a foul word in that post, did I? I didn’t mention an individual in the post, did I? If it is really needed I’ll pull down my pride a little bit and say sorry for something that I’m not very sure about.

Mao ning pagbag.o ug papan-aw ninyo sa mindanao? Kung dili mo agree, tirahon dayon ang personalidad sa nagsulat? Kaulaw pud ani para sa Mindanao Bloggers Community. Even if you say that the head of the community is someone you don’t really like, we’re still a blogging community in mindanao, fights like this can happen, and fights like this can also be settled, if both sides dearly want to. Let’s move on and say PEACE

Words from an licensed and practicing Mindanao information professional: Hi Rob. This one’s from the perspective of a licensed and practicing Mindanao information professional. I guess we all understand that freedom of expression does not permit us to do so (i.e., request for items to be deleted). We also do not condone any such abuses to the freedom of expression. We probably just need to conduct ourselves as conscientious individuals with a clear sense of responsibility over how we express ourselves and our thoughts in cyberspace. Let us heed na lang siguro from the lessons of the past and move on. There are better things to do. Thanks.

This my second attempt to stop this. Don’t let anger overcome you and blind you. (I know you want to eat my words that I just wrote), that’s why nga undangon na nato ning walay kaugmaong away!

Kasabot? Naay na tay tanan na tun-an, unta itake-note nato ang atong natunan ug gamiton sa atong kaugalingon sa sunod. Lesson learned

Beyond the hardwork that every volunteer and organizing member has put into this event to have it be as flawless and successful as possible, there are certain things that annoy and bug my mind that make me say, that I wasn’t much impressed about this years Mindanao Bloggers Summit, unlike the year before in General Santos. Probably it is just the high expectation that I carried with me from the first Bloggers Summit that I have attended in Mindanao last year that made me feel unsatisfied about this years summit, or it could be the money that I have paid that made my expectations lift high.

I am disappointed…

Mindanao Bloggers Summit of Questions is a post from: Pinoy Teens Online

• Davao City is my very home.

And nothing, but the MBSCDO made me realize this more. There have been times when I went to Manila that the traffic piled up along the streets made me miss Davao more than anything and made me say that I’ll never complain about the traffic back in Davao. My first and only visit in General Santos, at the other hand made me appreciate every breath I take in Davao more, due to the hot and dense weather conditions -that we had during our visit-.

All these small occasions made me love Davao more, but still it didn’t made me appreciate this place which has served me as my home since the fifth grade of elementary.

It was in Cagayan de Oro though, when everything has changed. The small streets making me remember the front of San Pedro. The Divisoria as an extended version of the Rizal Promenade. And the view from Divine Mercy Shrine (El Salvador) just like the view from the Shrine Hills. Not only that; the various expensive Coffee Shops made me miss Davao City’s Kangaroo too. There’s truly nothing like it, nothing like the home, your true home.

• Blogging isn’t for geeks, it’s getting mainstream

I used to ignore the fact that blogging is entering the mainstream already, it’s not only limited to geeks or people who have internet connections at their homes, but it is starting to become something that everyone is gonna exercise which makes me realize too that.. And oh, don’t forget the morning Politician Sessions.

• Adsense is one thing, but there is more.

I might be earning (arguably much, for some) in Adsense, but I cannot rely on it. Well, I shouldn’t be thinking about money at all anymore, and rather concentrate about something better, higher, solid. Ask yourself this: What happens to Adsense when everyone is a blogger and is aware that these advertisements are adsense advertisement?

• There is always someone, who appreciates you.

At times when everything seems too hard, people start turning your back, there is always someone who appreciates you and what you do. Janette Toral’s words of wisdom inspired me even more to do what I used to do with this website, and to continue strive to reach a new objective for this blog. It’s always nice when people believe that you are talented, and I’m sure that there is someone out there who believes that you’ve got talent too, but are just not ready to voice it out to you yet.

• Always put a goal ahead of you.

If you stop dreaming about something big, you’ll never be something big. But a goal ahead of you, set your plans for your future and try to reach it step by step. Not following PBA nomination for my blog meant was a shot in the water, and I just can’t explain how much I envy the winners, or even just the nominees. When you reach a goal, go ahead and reach out for another.I stopped at one point, and look where it lead me, down down the road from how my blog was looked and admired at a year back.

• It’s not just about Davao, Gensan, CDO

Just like I mentioned above that blogging is going mainstream, it is not just about Davao, Gensan, and CDO. Bloggers from other cities are emerging, Zamboanga, Iligan; to name couple. It is spreading all over Mindanao, the Mindanao Bloggers community along with the number of bloggers nationwide is exponentially growing.

• It is not all about blogging.

I noted it before, but I have to say it again. Socializing is something that every blogger (well, everyone human being) needs. Meeting the dozens of bloggers at the sumit made me realize it more than anything, lots of new people, and lots of people that I haven’t heard about or seen for months, like Runel and Bam.

A bonus lesson learned.

• Don’t engage in a debate with bloggers from Cagayan de Oro City

Woopra Statistics reveal that there have been multiple page views coming from the same I.P address from Cagayan de Oro City yesterday on a few (adsense containing) pages of the blog. Coincidentally, my adsense got clicked bombed. I think you can figure out what I am trying to say with that.

What did you learn from the Mindanao Bloggers Summit III Cagayan de Oro?

Thanks to the sponsors of the Mindanao Bloggers Summit:

Nokia OVI – www.ovi.com
Smart Communication – smart.com.ph
Havaianas – spruce.ph
1st Rafting Adventures
UltraCraft
OLX.com – free classified ads
Syntactics – www.syntacticsinc.com
Majesty Sales Center
Clara’s Shoppe
MakatiAve.com
Asterisk Event and Communications
Loretos Bar and Grill

7 Lessons from MBS CDO is a post from: Pinoy Teens Online

We departed from Davao at around 6-7 in the morning, bloggers in attendance where Mindanao Bloggers Pioneer Blogie and fellow Davao based bloggers like yours truly, Charles Ortiz, Dulce (Negosyante) and Anya Belle. We arrived at our destination just about past the hour of 1 in the afternoon, and I’m very confident to say that most, if not all of us were pretty tired, specially Angel and Charles who have been talking the whole trip long. While attended my friends, (Anna) Clarissa, Rhea and co through text midway our trip when I had signal again.

We ate lunch at a Venue that I want to forget for some odd reasons.

I was supposed to meet up with my ex girlfriend since she offered her home for me to stay, unfortunately though her father arrived earlier this day making impossible :p

That’s why I accompanied Charles and the other bloggers to wherever they went, and eventually ended up with Charles, Blogie and Angel here at the Lamar in midst Cagayan de Oro City, instead of joining Lyle Santos and the other Davao-based bloggers at another hotel.

Dinner was served at a grill/resto title Barkadahan. It was fun, I tell you. It was the third or fourth time that I ate Halo-Halo and it’s I think the first time that I mixed it up right without spilling too much out of the cup!

When we left the said dining venue, we went off to hunt a nice Coffee shop where we could spend, and the venue we eventually found refuge at Bo’s Coffee Shop, where every blogger had his own little busy world.

Mindanao Bloggers Summit Attendees welcomed to CDO?

I wonder why we’ve been greeted so warmly through this banner but not have been given any free accommodation at this venue where I found this picture. It looks like MBS3 does has a lot of sponsors!

Pre Bloggers Summit Day is a post from: Pinoy Teens Online

But I don’t think so.

I have nothing against the idea of the Mindanao Bloggers Summit, I actually like it. But I don’t think that it is right to put payment to it, like someone disclosed that MBS’es should remain free of charge. The people behind MBS CDO might argue that a tour is included and that there is a water rafting (for additional 500 pesos) at stake for those who want to challenge the waters, but it still doesn’t justify the payment for the Mindanao Bloggers Summit. No, not at all, especially when we look at a much engrande event, the WordCamp Philippines prized at the same amount.

But I still look forward to make it to the Mindanao Bloggers Summit 2009 this year, because I was absent during the said WordCamp held a month earlier in Makati. Yet there is still this little glimpse of quarrel from inside whether I should attend or not. Not because I dislike attending events like these, but because I still lack money. Money for the fare, and probable accommodation (because my friend didn’t respond yet, urgh). I want to make it to the summit to start engaging the local blogging community in Mindanao and start networking again, which would then be the sign of a true restart of everything I’ve been doing on the internet the over the past year.

And therefore would also signify the beginning of a new blog that shall emerge in the next couple of weeks and months to come. A project that I won’t be the only one having my hands on, but a blog that will be aided by well, you’ll know when the word is getting out.

I may have never been someone in the world of blogging and in the online community, but I’m getting tinier as time passes by, I’m getting more worthless and the blog statistics are getting worse. It’s so important to make it to this kind of event to bring in some fresh new ideas and to have a checkpoint to start with and start over again in blogging.

What about you? What are your comments about the Mindanao Bloggers Summit in Cagayan De Oro? And, what can you say about the additional payment for the MBS 3 this year?

Mindanao Bloggers Summit 3 prepost is a post from: Pinoy Teens Online

A few believe that bonding in the real world makes no sense, won’t earn you a thing and won’t provide any benefit at all. Well, that is one thing that is arguably a bit far fetched and probably false, indeed. Why?!, most may ask me, well, I may not directly defend otherwise, but leave you with a few points why bloggers should bond.

1. To confirm that you’re still a human being after countless hours sitting in front of your Laptop or PC, you might eventually look like one by then.
2. Discuss matters that relate to blogging, you can learn from each other and eventually help each other out.
3. To check whether you can still speak aside the fact that you can write (fairly well, since you’re a blogger *a bit common sense*)
4. Talk about issues that do not relate to your blogs, as this is very vital and healthy, magsawa kayo kaka-blog talk, promise!
5. Feed your the human characteristics of “needing to socialize” with people

The idea of this post is a a bit far sighted and is the result of a healthy discussion I had with other bloggers from my (Davao) Area. But I really think that it is nice to meet up with bloggers every now and then and talk about a variety of things that you ain’t be talking about in the cyber world.

What other reasons could you think about why bloggers should bond with each other every now and then?

Why Bloggers Should Bond is a post from: Pinoy Teens Online

Read more about WordCamp Davao aftermath.

WordCamp Davao aftermath is a post from: Pinoy Teens Online

WordCamp Davao 2009 Details

There is not much that you need for this years event, just a few bucks that you need to carry along for entrance fee. Unlike last year, people now have to pay 250 Pesos (200 for Students) in order to enter the said event. The money will be collected during at the entrance.  WordCamp Davao 2009 will be held at Villa Margarita Hotel, J.P. Laurel Ave., Bajada, Davao City this coming September 12, 2009 from 6:00 to 10:00 in the evening. Expect this years WC to be buzzer. With interesting bloggers and WordPress gurus sharing their tips and tricks about WordPress and SEO. This is also a good chance for you to meet fellow bloggers and network with them, and of course, no better time to get your WordPress-powered website plugged to the Davao Bloggers Community.

See you there!

WordCamp Davao 2009 Details is a post from: Pinoy Teens Online