Category Archives: Travel and Photography

Summer in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Kingdom Tower, Saudi Arabia

Recent news broadcasts in the Philippines monitor the daily temperature. Many complain the hot summer reaching almost 37 degrees in some areas of Metro Manila. Good thing, rainy season is coming that usually starts on June. This now can give some relief from the heat. But the heat of summer in Manila is nothing as compared in Riyadh.

Snowfall in Saudi Arabia

(c) uk.reuters.com

Snow fall in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is for real. There was a heavy snowfall in Tabuk, Friday 3 pm on March 2, 2012.  Several newspapers on their online reports stated there were some snowfalls since January 2012.

Quiet! They are praying…

pray

One time while I was enjoying my new iPod 4G while working, my co-OFW got my attention and said “They are praying…”

I didn’t notice that my iPod was in full volume, even if wore the headset on, the sound was too loud that it resonated.

Childhood Business Venture – The Reason Behind Internet Related Jobs

My Guava Tree

I grew up eating guavas for snacks.  Our house is surrounded by guava trees and other fruit trees like balimbing (starfruit), chesa, star apple and kasuy.   There’s this one guava tree that distinguishes it’s taste from the other that even the fruit is bubot, it is sweet.

To add up an additional product to sell, I ended up adding it to the pastillas I sell to my classmates.  Here is the previous story about this.

OFWs Can Pay SSS Contributions Online

OFWs and self-employed SSS mem­bers can pay their contributions using BancNet’s online facility.
I already use by Allied Bank account to remit my SSS contributions on a monthly basis.

It’s easy, convenient and secure.

Here’s what I did.