Attention to detail

My friend is a shopaholic. Whenever she sees something she likes, she won’t hesitate to buy it. Most of the time, she checks out items online. I must say that she really finds great items. I have seen her at it, shopping online for clothes, handbags, shoes, baby clothes and other items… And then she found Tula. I just know that when she saw the Tula bags and handbags, she will go ballistic over it. And she did!

TULA designs are fashionable, with great attention to detail. This is the plus for my friend when she looks for new items to add to her growing collection. She loves the fact that the maker/designer really put a lot of attention to make the product stand out from the rest of its competition. Simple yet elegant-looking, you can sure find an accessory from Tula for every occasion.

Tula is from Friends for Leather. This company has been in existence since 1840 and tula has been offering beautiful handbags made of quality leather for over 30 years now. If you want to own one of these quality-made bags and handbags, go to FriendsForLeather.co.uk and look for the one for you. My friend actually saw not one but I think a couple that she likes. Tula items are on sale so I know that she’s just warming up. She will probably choose more. Knowing her, she won’t stop until she maxes out her credit limit.

Personally, I would love to buy a number of the handbags for holiday gifts. I know that my sisters, aunts and female cousins will all love the quality made bags and handbags. You would, too. Go to FriendsForLeather.co.uk now and grab the handbag on sale. Some are even on 50% off! The Agate Mini Classic Shoulder is half its price off and I think I will grab one of those. Visit the site now and start shopping!

Bluehost Tech Support experience

I just had a very wonderful 12-hour wait for my blogs to be up. I am being sarcastic, if you haven’t noticed it. It started around 6PM yesterday, August 6. Most of my blogs under an account in Bluehost were showing “Error establishing a database connection” when I try to load it. I waited for 15-30 minutes to pass considering that in my past experience, Bluehost downtime only takes a few minutes. But when my blogs were still down, I used the AliveChat service of Bluehost to talk to a tech support about it.

I got someone named “Rev” the first time. This was what he told me…

I apologize, an Admin just gave me an update. In order to give the best database performance possible, and to ensure the integrity of your data, a diagnostic is being performed, and any inconsistencies will be repaired. This process may take approximately 20 to 60 minutes

So I said, sure, I’ll wait for the diagnostic to be done and would just contact support again if the problem persist. After 2 hours, I was back using AliveChat again and this time, I got someone a tech support named “John”. I got this from him…

We will do our best [to get the blogs back up], and we apologize that we don’t have an estimate for resolution yet, but it is a problem with our server we’re trying to fix
we are working on theMysql server for that server-we are restoring from backup the database users

He was really nice so I said again that, sure, I would wait some more hours. Anyway, in my mind, that was the first time it happened to me. Third time’s the charm! At 2:48AM today, August 6, I was able to talk to someone named “ndickson”. After more than 6 hours more, my blogs were still down. A handful were up so I was very suspicious already on what’s happening. I was fearing the worse. Crash/corrupted databases, etc. I was told that…

Okay I just spoke with the admins they are nearing completion of their work on this server.
it shouldn’t be that much longer.
so it looks like your databases are coming back online which means this work really is “nearly done”

By that time, I was totally pissed off already because I was doubting if it’s really their servers that had a problem. I was checking the server status from time to time and every time, it gave back a message that server load was okay and service was okay. I told ndickson that but he said that the server status is not up to date right now. Clearly, this tech support was giving me false information, the same way that the previous 2 might have given me false information as well.

4 hours after that 3rd chat, I thought of contacting support one more time. This time around, I got someone named “EricW”. Do you know what this guy told me??????

Well your config files are not correct
mysql is not down
It has nothing to do with the servers.

WTF@%#!%$

Stupid me believed 3 inept, totally less experienced tech supports who told me that the downtime had something to do with the server repair. I should have checked myself but in my defense, in my past experience with Bluehost downtime, the tech supports I talked to were reliable.

So EricW told me that the config files were wrong. I checked and found out that the database users were deleted for some reason. All I had to do was to add the database users again to match what’s in the config files and ALL my blogs went back up.

Had anyone of the first 3 tech supports told me that the error was due to the config files, I would have done something about it right away and would not have waited 12 hours before everything got fixed. I am filing a complaint against those 3 tech supports so that they can go back to training to know more about their work!

On compensation claims

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Compensation Claims will begin when you are injured because of a work accident, public liability, medical negligence or road accidents that were not your fault. Once you call Accidents Direct at 0800 0199 299, you will be handled by a specialist personal injury solicitor. You can even just fill out the form they have on their web site and they will call you back. Give the solicitor the information he/she needs to be able to help you with your claims. You are assured that No Win, No Fee will be applied to you.

COMPENSATION CLAIMS. Some are easy, most are hard to accomplish. But with an ally like Accidents Direct, you are assured that there is hope for you to claim what should have been yours in the first place. When you win the case, 100% of the compensation will go to you. Accidents Direct gives you that guarantee. Their fees will be shouldered by the 3rd party’s insurance company. So if you are in the process of claiming your compensation that was denied to you, go to AccidentsDirect.com and seek their help. They will help you, that’s for sure!

Love cable tv

I love cable tv. I am a homebody and one of the ways I pass the time is to watch tv. I also tune in to international news programs to keep myself updated with what’s happening around the world. I have my favorite shows that I make a point to watch. Call me shallow but cable tv shows sometimes make my day. Oh, let’s not forget that our family loves watching tv shows together. It is our way of bonding with each other.

CABLE TV can be subscribed through Time Warner, Charter Communications or Cox Cable. These cable providers offer a chance for you to up your level of viewing experience. Each of these providers offer the best in cable tv channels. It could be basic analog stations, high definition channels, premium movie channels. Or if you want, all three. There are various channels to choose from. Personally, as long as there’s a travel, cooking, and home and health channels, that’s fine with me. There are so many ways to keep you entertained when you are at home. But the easiest way is to just turn on the tv and watch. That’s what I do when I have nothing else to do and I just want to tune out everything around me. Or I just want a task that will keep me occupied for hours. Or if I am waiting for something or someone and I want to pass the time.

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Rest in peace, Mrs. President.

The iconic face behind the Edsa Revolution, María Corazón “Cory” Cojuangco Aquino died early this morning, August 1, 2009 around 3:18AM at the Makati Medical Center.

Tita Cory, as she is fondly called, served as the 11th president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the first female president of the Philippines and was Asia’s first female president. She had a year-long battle with colon cancer and finally succumbed to cardio-respiratory arrest this morning.

Rest in peace, Mrs. President.

How do you choose a National Artist?

There is an online poll at ABS-CBN News Online on who would you choose as a National Artist. It’s between Carlo J. Caparas and Rodolfo “Dolphy” Quizon. I voted. I chose Dolphy.

Let me tell you that I don’t know how they choose a National Artist. But if I were to be asked to choose, I’d choose Dolphy hands-down. Sure, Carlo Caparas is a brilliant comic strip creator/writer-turned director and producer. He is the one behind so many comics hits like Darna, Panday, Bakekang, to name a few. But Dolphy’s also a great comedian who’s been in the business making people of all ages laugh their hearts out for decades now. The man is already in his 80s. As far as I’m concerned, he deserves to be called a National Artist. He’s been an icon for the entertainment industry.

Personally, Dolphy’s been the one who bonded a lot of families when there were no internet and other gadgets to entertain them before. He’s done so many funny movies and I think I’ve watched almost all the old ones with my mom. Dolphy’s our personal clown starting noon, watching his old movies shown in tv. I believe, that alone, merits something, right?

I got this from Wikipedia…

A National Artist of the Philippines is a title given to a Filipino who has been given the highest recognition for having made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts, namely, Music, Dance, Theater, Visual Arts, Literature, Film, Broadcast Arts, Fashion Design and Architecture, and Allied Arts.

Dolphy made a significant contribution to the entertainment industry. He was even compared to Charlie Chaplin and most recently to the UK’s Rowan Atkinson or more popularly known as the one portraying Mr. Bean.

I am not saying Carlo J. Caparas doesn’t deserve the honor. I am saying that between him and Dolphy, the latter deserves the honor more.