Thinking of selling your not-so-state-of-the-art-now old cellphone to a friend or thru an auction website then you better think twice (or more) after reading this article {here.}

With most pinoy and pinay, texting is second to food so giving away or selling your old cellphone is like giving your diary away.

Im trying to embed a YouTube video into my blog but it seems like it doesn’t work well with WebPress. Googled a couple of how-to’s and found lot’s of work around but I don’t have time to enable-disable thing so I just hack it and it works!

Here’s the video tribute to a filipina sexy star Angel Locsin Enjoy!!!

Here’s the whole email. read on..

>> A FAN OF KRIS
>>
>> I never liked Kris Aquino. But I never disliked her either. I feel
>> indifferent where she’s concerned, until recently.
>>
>> You see, I have this 14-year-old niece who, only God knows why, is a
>> die-hard Kris Aquino fan. Case in point, her name starts with a “G”,
>> but she wears a necklace with a “K” pendant. Also, she tells her
>> friends that she’s really an adopted child and that her real Mother
>> is former president Cory Aquino. Crazy kid.
>>
>> And of course, like any other fan, she buys stuff Kris endorses -
>> bags,
>> fragrances, jewelry, everything! So, when the family (meaning my
>> brothers, my sisters, the whole immediate clan) learned of this
>> “cute” idiosyncrasy, we were supportive. Kunsintidor, even.
>>
>> My sister-in-law, who used to play bit parts in movies, (she’s really
>> pretty, by the way), arranged for us to get seats at the taping of
>> Kris’ show, ‘Game Ka Na Ba?’ Needless to say, my niece was thrilled.
>>
>> So, yesterday, a Wednesday, taping for the ‘Game Ka Na Ba Celebrity’
>> edition episode, my niece and I, together with her sister and some of
>> my friends, went to ABS CBN to watch the absurdly (in)famous Kris
>> Aquino.
>>
>> Anyhow, I was happy to see my nieces really excited; especially since
>> the younger one just got out of
>>
>> the hospital because of Dengue, plus the fact that I rarely see them
>> since they stay in the province. They were chatting away endlessly in
>> the cab on way to the studio about how they would embrace Kris when
>> they see her; that they’re sure she smells nice; that their friends
>> back in Nueva Ecija would just die with envy when they see the
>> pictures; that James Yap is the luckiest guy ever; that Josh must be
>> spoiled with Kris’ love; that she’s just perfect; and so on.
>>
>> They both looked really pretty, too - new clothes, neat hair, clean
>> nails, and with “just the right jewelry”. They said they didn’t want
>> Kris to think they’re from a “bad family”. They wanted to impress
>> her.
>>
>> We were at the audience entrance by 4pm, and were fetched right away
>> by one of the ABS CBN people (VIP, di ba?). Unfortunately, kids
>> weren’t allowed to sit with the
>> audience so my nieces were given “special” seats near Kris’ dressing
>> room, where they got a better view of the show that was taking place.
>>
>> Me? I was clapping with the audience in step with the ‘Game Ka Na
>> Ba?’ theme. Itchyworms was guest band so it wasn’t that bad.
>>
>> And so, after being subjected to clapping till my hands hurt, I was
>> advised that I could then take a picture of my nieces with Kris. It
>> was 7:30pm. Despite the long wait, my nieces were really excited and
>> they were smiling from ear to ear.
>>
>> I could see that Kris, for some reason, was not thrilled at all with
>> the picture-taking thing. I was hoping though that she would pretend
>> delight for my nieces’ sake - after all they’re kids who adore her!
>>
>> But as I was about to take the picture, she said, “That’s not a nice
>> angle, pa-vertical mas maganda.” I adjusted my camera, but realized
>> they were standing against the light. So, I shifted to the original
>> horizontal angle.
>>
>> “Vertical sabi, eh!” she said in her shrilly, irritating voice. I bit
>> my lip and shut my mouth because I wanted to the take the picture for
>> my niece. So, I angled the camera vertically as she said, but placed
>> the camera lower, angling it in a way that the light behind her head
>> won’t be captured.
>>
>> “Not like that,” she shouted. “Up. Move it up! UP!!!” motioning for
>> me to move the camera up, so the picture would be taken top-view.
>> Then she actually grabbed my arm and pushed upward!
>>
>> The nerve of that woman to treat me like that!!! I wanted
>> to slap her and say, “What the f**k for? You look like the same sl*t,
>> whatever angle it may be!”
>>
>> Instead I said, levelly, “You’re against the light, Kris, I can’t
>> take the shot that way.”
>>
>> “Eh, may flash naman yan, di ba?” she retorted in her shrilly, nasal,
>> voice.
>>
>> I wanted to spit on her overly made-up face right there and then! For
>> someone who pretends she’s smart, that was a really stupid remark!
>> With dripping sarcasm, I said, “Exactly, over-exposed yan. Move a
>> little, please.”
>>
>> She did so but impatiently and crossly, almost knocking my niece
>> over. I took the picture and she smiled right on cue, then she fled.
>> My younger niece, who I thought was oblivious to the tension, didn’t
>> pose with her sister
>> and shouted, almost tearfully, “ANG SUNGIT MO NAMAN, KRIS!”
>>
>> My heart almost broke. I wanted to kill Kris.
>>
>> Then I looked at my other niece, the one who swore would change her
>> family name to Aquino one day, and saw that her eyes were downcast.
>> She looked like she was trying really hard not to cry. Then she said
>> quietly, “Ang pangit pala ng ugali nun.”
>>
>> I checked the digital picture that I took. Kris’ smile was flawless,
>> without a trace of the monstrosity she just displayed. And kid beside
>> her, my niece, looked like she just realized that she was having her
>> picture taken with a two-faced monster.
>>
>> “Baka she’s tired lang, Gelline,” I told my niece.
>>
>> “Kahit na! Kame nga galing pa ng Nueva Ecija tapos di pa kame dinner,
>> naghintay kame para lang sa picture, tapos binastos ka pa niya!
>> SALBAHE SIYA!” she replied, clearly bitter and sulking.
>>
>> You know what’s the worst thing about this whole scene? It’s the fact
>> that I’m sure Kris doesn’t know and couldn’t care any less that she
>> just hurt two loving kids who did nothing wrong except chose her as
>> their “idol”.
>>
>> And it’s inexplicable how Kris can get away with her unacceptable
>> manner: she’s tactless, she’s an advocate of gossip and scandal, and
>> she’s an epitome of a woman with loose morals.
>>
>> Kris makes me sick.
>>
>> Clearly, this proves the legends wrong. Monsters don’t lurk inside
>> the closet. They’re on TV.
>>
>> Do me a favor…please forward these letter to all your mailing list.
>> It will be greatly appreciated if you pass it ASAP!!!
>>
>> P. S.
>> Isn’t my subject title more appropriate?
>>
>> –
>> WEN SORIOSO
>> Security and Political Affairs Office
>> Department of Tourism
>> 523-8411 loc. 211/217

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The SOS Short Messaging System for OFWs in Distress (SOS SMS) is a 24/7 text-based ICT mechanism conceptualized and developed by OFWs and implemented in cooperation with the various CMA partner NGOs worldwide, as well as with the DFA-OUMWA and the OWWA.

As a text-based mechanism, SOS SMS rides on the backbone of the cell phone technology, capitalizing on the OFWs’ familiarity with the SMS utility, and is dependent solely on the OFW’s access to any SMS-enabled landline or cell phone unit.

As such, SOS SMS enables the near-instantaneous, inexpensive, 24/7 reporting of OFW cases from practically anywhere.

More significantly, SOS SMS gives Government agencies and NGOs the opportunity to respond and/or intervene, in a timely, adequate and efficient manner, particularly where either the OFW’s life, safety or well being is a critical consideration.

As a research tool, SOS SMS establishes a database that permits case documentation, indexation, classification and analysis of various OFW problems and related issues.

Being a software-based information and reporting system where messages are sent to and received by a central computer and auto-forwarded to both the CMA and the appropriate government agency, the SOS SMS system establishes an electronic trail by logging and storing automatically all critical message details that will be useful in developing research leads, remedial recommendations and advocacy thrusts.

SOS SMS would thus enable CMA to document, index, classify and analyze reported cases of distressed OFWs in terms of work categories and geographical location, gender, types/forms of abuses, destination/work place, type/form of intervention extended, case response and resolution times, groups (GOs, NGOs and individuals, here and abroad) involved or mobilized for the case resolution.
As an advocacy tool, SOS SMS would allow CMA and its partners to develop advocacy thrusts aimed at identifying loopholes in respect of migration attitudes, policies and practices, as well as make recommendations to address them, either through executive, administrative or legislative action.
MECHANICS

Step 1. Call/ TEXT for help - For immediate relief/ action on request for assistance:

Text SOS
and send to +63 9209 OFW SOS (+63 9209 639 767)
[pls do not forget the SOS at the beginning of your text.]

Step 2. Receipt and Recording - Text Message is received by the SOS SMS System where it is logged and stored in the database (Sender’s mobile number used; date and time received; Message; Sender’s name and/or address)

Step 3. Forwarding / Referral - Text Message is auto-forwarded by the computer to the designated recipient cell phones of the CMA, OWWA and OUMWA-DFA. SOS SMS System logs recipient’s number, forwarding date, whether it was acknowledged or replied to, when and from what number.

Step 4. Verification and Action - OWWA and OUMWA verify the SOS SMS receipt of and transmission of the message and determine the appropriate action. CMA does the same and follows up to verify timely receipt by the OWWA and OUMWA. This step also ensures that both CMA and OWWA / OUMWA can immediately cross-check message details and request additional information, if necessary.

Step 5. Case-file development, follow-up and resolution- CMA periodically prints out the master computer log and initiates a case file with a written report on each individual case received by the SOS SMS system and forwarded to the DFA OUMWA and OWWA. These constitute the initial case-file document, the hard-copy basis for periodic follow-up until the reported cases are resolved.

The follow-through defined in Steps 4 and 5 ensure that CMA is continuously in the loop, armed with enough case-status information from DFA OUMWA and OWWA responsive to the sender follow-up queries.

Step 6. Data mining and research - CMA documents, indexes, classifies and analyzes all reported cases of distressed OFWs according to work category and geographical location, gender, type/form of abuse, destination/work place, type/form of intervention extended, case response and resolution times, groups (GOs, NGOs and individuals, here and abroad) involved or mobilized.

Step 7. Advocacy - CMA and its partners develop advocacy thrusts aimed at identifying loopholes in respect of migration attitudes, policies and practices, as well as make recommendations to address them, either through executive, administrative or legislative action.
APPEAL

The SOS SMS Project is a work in progress. Additional system features and refinements to make it more secure, efficient, responsive and effective are being worked out primarily by the SOS SMS Project team.

However, the SOS SMS project will be effective and serve its intended purpose only if the OFWs, who are the primary stakeholders, are sufficiently informed about it.

Consequently, they must be made aware that this easy-to-use, relatively inexpensive 24/7 mechanism is:

· meant to address their most pressing work-related concerns, especially when their lives, safety or well being are in jeopardy;

· designed to be readily available to them wherever they are, at anytime they choose to use it;

· designed for their concerns to reach the appropriate government agencies as instantaneously as possible, and;

· backed by CMA, a solid, ground-based NGO ready to conduct regular follow-throughs until such time that their concerns are sufficiently addressed and appropriately resolved in a timely manner.

It is for this purpose that CMA and its project partners request the much-needed assistance both of the media and of the various overseas OFW communities.

The SOS SMS Project team

The SOS SMS Project team who volunteered their time, expertise and resources to conceptualize, develop and maintain this SOS SMS project is composed of Victor Barrazona (Saudi Arabia), Joseph Henry Espiritu (Saudi Arabia), Roberto Soriano (IPD, Philippines) and Christian Bong Ramilo (Australia).

The portal and central database is housed in a computer maintained in Quezon City, Philippines.

Other Partners and supporters of the SOS SMS Project:

Institute for Popular Democracy (IPD) for the technical support
Cheekay Cinco of Women’s Hub
Other CMA Partner OFWs in Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom
CMA Board and Associates in Hongkong, US and the Philippines

GO agencies to be mobilized for the project:
DFA OUMWA
OWWA

The first phase of moving pinay to its new hosting location has been completed.  The second phase will involved dressing pinay website with a new look making it sexy or nicer looking site. Of course, we need more content as content still the king.