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Cabal Online is the latest Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game craze in the Philippines. Although the game itself is a bit older than the ones that are currently on the market, still it has gained a lot of popularity from old MMORPG gamers and newbies alike.

Honestly, I haven’t set foot (or fingers) on Cabal land but most of my old friends from Tantra Online Philippines have already migrated to Cabal. Most of Maasinhon gamers are also in Cabal land too.

It’s still on beta but not for long though, as the official market release is nearing. It may operate on a free to play scheme but it would recover expense and gain profits by selling in game items and other power boosts for players who wants to have an edge over their not so financially capable netizen.

Cabal cheats, Cabal Hacks and methods of bug abuse may proliferate on the early stage of it’s operation and perhaps until it’s unavoidable obsolescense but which game does not have a cheat anyway? I don’t know if there’s a working Cabal dupe hack available for download now but a friend told me he just downloaded several working Cabal hacks yesterday.

I really can’t understand why a lot of gamers resort to bots and hacks for leveling up and to gain advantage when the object of playing is just supposed to be enjoyment.

Popularity: 2% [?]

With the price of gas constantly rising, Filipinos who got used to the comfort of their cars and taxi cabs are starting to look for other means of transport that are lesser in cost. here, we examine the alternative means of transportation that’s getting more and more popular among Pinoys in the midst of economic crisis

Trains - Manila’s MRT and LRT are gaining back it’s popularity amongst commuters and they are now even planning to increase their scheduled trips to accomodate students and the working population.

Ferry Boats - Ferry boats plying the Pasig River and the Cebu channel are now forced to add another vessel to cater to the needs of the growing number of passengers. Ferry services not only cuts the traveling time almost in half but cuts transportation costs as well.

Jeepney - Although most of it’s patrons are shifting to trains and ferry boats, more and more former taxi enthusiasts are starting to consider this “King of the Road” as their friend. Even with the another impending fare increase, this king will still remain the king.

Habal-habal - Habal-habal is the local term for public utility motorbikes. Although it’s still considered illegal by the Land Transportation Regulatory Board, habal-habal operations are thriving not only in far flung barangays of the country but on the city streets of manila and Cebu as well. it’s not really safe though that’s why there is a need to wear protective helmets like Harley Davidson helmets for men. it may be expensive but it’s durability has been tested not just by biker boys but by scientist who made it sure that your head is protected from impact.

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Management principles may be crowding most bookshelves nowadays ranging from the popular Six Sigma, which was developed by Motorola, to Human Sigma, to the older Theory Z, and such other literature that are claiming to be revolutionary and effective when it comes to bringing the best in the organizations but these principles may not hold water in actual practice.

Six Sigma, for example, when applied by the book in the Philippine context may be taken as something that is too confrontational which may lead to subordinates being too offended by the evaluation and calibration process and make them loathe their managers to the point where they would rather want to quit their jobs.

My five years experience in the Sangguniang Kabataan has thought me a lot about management. Of course the first year has not been easy cause most of us where more into our studies than our official duties plus the fact that we only meet once per quarter except for emergency meetings and federation activities.  It’s hard to craft a suitable management style if you don’t know well the people that your going to handle and it’s also a lot harder when you got to manage 69 young people like myself who were in the peak of adolescense and worse, I was still 17 then and struggling to make myself sociable even though I was a loner ( and still am). After the first year, I was able to know which cherry to pick from the bushes of proven effective management styles. It’s not really good to rely on just one and it’s always best to add a personal touch to it.

A little help from simple project management softwares such as the one provided by Pelotonics would have made it a bit easier for me when I was still starting off. Project management softwares help makes colaboration easier as it allows a centralized messaging portal where everyone can keep track of updates and avoid ”Didn’t you get that?” syndrome.

With the right tools, the best attitude, a cooperative organization and, a little help from modern technology, managing a team these days is easier even if you’re handling an organization as big as, well, the Maasin City SK Federation.

P.S.

How I miss those days. 

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Technical support representatives, specially those who have been on the job for less than 2 months, rely mostly on application emulators in guiding customers through the troubleshooting process. However, only a handful of websites or blogs cater to the needs of a growing population of technical support specialist or call center agents, in general.

Having been on the job for almost two weeks now, I think it’s the best time to post a definitive list of the best application emulators or simulators both for Mac and Windows Applications. 

• Temulator- The premiere go-to site for Windows OS simulators. It carries and almost complete and realistic simulation of Windows operating systems and common applications from Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows  Vista. It also house simulatiors for other popular web browsers (Avant, Maxthon, Opera, Mozilla, and Firefox), mail clients (Outlook 2000, Eudora Mail, Incredimail, The Bat! and Mozilla Thunderbird), and security softwares (Norton Antivirus 2007, AVG 7.5, Symantec Antivirus and Nod32).
• Oyah- Oyah’s database of Windows virtual desktop application emulators is also comprehensive. However, since it uses a slower flash technology which takes a longer buffering time, it comes only next to Temulator in terms of speed but makes up for it in the number of emulators available for use. You may need to register for free to access the protected simulation though.
  • Operatings Systems
    • Windows 95
    • Windows NT
    • Windows ME
    • Windows XP 
    • Mac 9,
    • OS X
  • Security Suites 
    • FSecure Internet Security Suite 2004
    • McAfee Security Center 8, Norton Antivirus 2003
    • Windows One Care
  • Email Clients 
    • Mac Mail 2.0.7
    • Eudora 6.0
    • Incredimail XE
    • Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5  
    • Microsoft Outlook 2007
    • Windows Mail 6
    • Windows Mail 7
    • Microsoft Outlook 2003
    • Microsoft Outlook 2002
  • Web Browsers
    • Safari 3.0.4 for Mac
    • Safari 3.0.4 for Windows
    • Mozilla Firefox 2.0 for Mac
    • Mozilla Firefox 2.0 for Windows
    • Flock1.0.9 for Windows
    • Netscape 7
    • Netscape 4.7
• NeotechCC - Although it’s obvious that no one is maintaining this site anymore and it just uses the oldschool hotlinking of screen shots to simulate applications, it’s popularity amongh the tech savy population has remained constant. It’s got walkthroughs for oldschool applications and the likes.
• NetFAQs - If NeotechCC is oldschool, NetFAQs could then be considered premitive. It does not use any hot linking or flash simulators. It can’t even be called a simulator at all. It’s merely a collection of Frequently Asked Questions with detailed screenshots on every step taken to arrive at a given directory or problem resolution. It’s non-tech-savy friendly and loads faster than the rest. It supports Windows, Mac and even Lenux.
• CAISS, EZ Armor Emulators - Computer Associates Internet Security Suite, EZ Armor, and others
• Chasms - Updated and comprehensive collection of virtual applications and simulators including those for game consoles and latest browsers including Firefox 3
• VirtualApplications - Complete simulator for Mac and Windows. May take longer to load but worth the wait.

More reviews coming soon.

If you have a similar Virtual application site, just give me some link love and I will give you a backlink too.

Popularity: 6% [?]