juls random thoughts

My brother works in a rural bank in Batangas and they have a lot of repossesed properties, mostly in Batangas but there are a few in Rizal, Cavite, Mindoro, Bulacan and Marikina. Of course these properties are cheaper as the bank really want to dispose them so they can convert it to cash that they can use. So, if you're interested, let me know so I can send you the list. In the past, there were really good properties sold such as overlooking lot in Nasugbu, Batangas. Type of properties are: house and lot, residential lots, agricultural lot.

Yipee!!! finally got all the necessary papers from my insurance. Now the ball is in Honda Makati's hands. They can now start with all the ordering and repairs. I just can't wait to finally have my car back.

It's been one full week without my car, and I am terribly missing it. I actually miss my independence. You see, I brought my car monday last week (Jan 7) to Honda Makati to repair my car's "kiss marks" LOL

When I went there and assessed my car's "kiss marks" and compared against my LOA (letter of authority from Insurance), they've concluded that it will need more repair than what was assessed by the insurance, so another approval process na naman. If it will be done fast, it will then take 2-3 days to order the parts then 3-4 days to repair the car, so if Philam approved the change on a tuesday, they can order the parts on that day, parts to arrive on friday-saturday then actual work to start monday and I'll get back my car by thursday to friday. HOWEVER, for some reason, my very good insurance STILL hasn't approved the request as of the moment. THEY are claiming that they have not received the faxed request that according to Honda people was sent wednesday last week.

Well, I don't know who's telling the truth but I too had the experience of sending my second affidavit for another accident 3x to Philam since "apparently" they are not receiving my fax. Oh well. As it turned out now, Honda received already my second LOA for the other "kiss marks", nauna pa tuloy dun sa naunang request. I will definitely be calling them back again tomorrow morning to expedite the process. I terribly miss my independence now. I want it back.

Lesson learned on this experience: BE MORE CAREFUL IN DRIVING AND PARKING. It is such a big hassle in dealing with the insurance. I am actually contemplating on changing insurance provider if that is possible, I'm thinking of getting Honda's inhouse insurance so no more hassle in approval process.

Haaay... I fell in love late last month with this phone, Nokia N82. You see, I still have the old Nokia 6260. During that time, the in thing was the flip phones, actually medyo late na rin ako when I bought that but I love that phone. I never envied those who had newer model phones after that, wala akong pakialam sa new models that are 3G kasi for me, my phone still does its job, which for me are: for SMS, calls and take pictures. But then for some time na, nagloloko ang phone ko, as in it hangs up when I do SMS, when i use it to call the other line can't hear me so I've been thinking if it is the time to change phones. Ako na rin lang yata ang taong natitira with this phone but I dont mind, I'm actually happy kasi mine was matibay. My sister's, SIL's, nephew's 6260 all got busted and cannot be repaired anymore. So proud ako that mine's still working. So, sabi ko since I'll be replacing din, might as well look for a phone with these features which are important to me:
1. Basic call and text
2. Great for taking pictures (this is logical as a cameraphone can mostly likely capture moments kasi I always take it with me except when home)
3. Wifi functionality (I love to blog and browse other people's blog and given that there are a lot of free wifi spots now, this is a great functionality too)
and 4th, but not really a priority as this is provider specific, MobileTV capable.

I searched and searched the web for this. Basta best if I can have four features, better if i can have the first three and good enough if only the two. I was about to settle with SEK510i (which is good for the first 2 features) when I came across N82 and I know, this is the phone for me. Big factor talaga sa kin ang camera and this has wifi pa so really great. The 4th, I can live without it as I am also a Globe subscriber.

I am so tempted to buy na as this is available for installment in Avant, Greenbelt but I've decided to wait until the price goes down, anyway it was just released last November. BUT today, I passed by Avant again and saw the phone, haaay.... then came across pa these reviews from Juicelog and Symbian-freak. Now I don't know what to do.

Finally!!! I have my blog back. I posted in my other blog yesterday that I cannot post on this blog as this is under review. I actually saw that notification last week pa pero I thought it's something that will just go away on its own, I only realized yesterday that I need pala to react or do something and if I don't they will delete my account! Gosh!! major panic ako, worried about all my posts that will get lost. Now, I am so glad to have it back. I really just don't know why they thought my blog is a spam blog.

Hello! anybody awake? how's the fireworks last night?

kami, ayun, nagtatago sa room sa attic. the little boy was so scared to go out of the rooftop to join everybody in watching the fireworks display. good thing i watched na before i brought him upstairs. he was actually sleeping kaso kawawa naman that as we welcome the new year eh mag-isa lang sya sa baba while all of us are in the rooftop. he really cried hard, nung una ni ayaw nyang lumabas ng room sa attic but later on, he agreed that we stayed near the door so we can watch some of the fireworks. we really had a good view up there, some nga nakakatakot kasi ang lapit lang sa min that they sometimes go inside to hide.

the boys first lighted up the "pla-pla" downstairs, in front of the vacant lot near the house, while the rest of fireworks/crackers were lit up in the rooftop. ni hindi man lang kami nakahawak ng "lusis" LOL

we went down again to light this time the "sawa". they bought two sets, one 1000 and another 3600 version. after it quieted, we had the media noche. really simple food as we only ate toasted bread, excelente ham, queso de bola, california maki and fruit salad with hot chocolate. we ate too much na nung dinner eh from the pamamanhikan. there are wines/champagne kaya lang parang di bagay sa hot chocolate. LOL

we went to sleep almost 3am na but still managed to wake up by 9am. now, the boys are lighting up some of the remaining firecrackers and Istong is cleaning up the cars, *wishing* na kasama ang kotse ko sa lilinisin.

so, here's my first post for 2008!