Bad News Inevitable for Philippine Economy

I don't want to sound too bad in telling you about this but there is a big possibility that the economy of the country is going down and this is expected by Malacanang. This has been the predicament of the administration because of the global financial crisis. However, Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said that the palace is generally happy because the Philippines is one of the only 2 countries that had positive growth rate.

In the report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), there will be a 2.25 gross domestic product cut to the economic growth rating of the Philippines because of the low remittances by OFW's and low earnings of the country in the export industry.

Together with this, Remonde said that there will be a huge study that will be done by the palace administration about unemployment insurance that was recently suggested by NEDA Director-General Ralph Recto. I on the other hand would not recommend this because it would jeopardize the current unstable funding of institutions both in the government and private sector. They better think of another way. (photo by AP)

Serious Gaming!

I'm having lots of fun these few weeks as my character in CABAL is getting stronger by the day. The lesser known online game is what I have been painstakingly grinding on while online everyday on my new ASUS Laptop. Maybe that's why I had the great graphics card on the computer anyway. Though I'm spending a little on the cards I buy for premium in game items, I'm really not regretting each peso I spare for this one. I'm enjoying it a lot and I spend more time at home because of this. I like spending time in the gym but if I were to choose what to do, it would probably be getting into this game. I would really want to start a fad playing this game while running in the treadmill. That would just be hilarious!

It is quite addicting I know and it's so hard to try each day to just take my hands off the keyboard. This is so addicting just like WORLD OF WARCRAFT. Going medieval in the land of dungeons, dragons, might and magic has never been better. I was so convinced about seeking ways to at least get the taste of this world wide phenomenon because it is a paid service. There are millions already who continue to play this game even if times are really hard in the US and elsewhere. Imagine that, the players of this single game can populate an entire country!



Graphics wise it is far out better than the one handled by CABAL because in my opinion it is way better. There are services you can avail by purchasing a wow game card. At almost $30, you can use them for 60 days and get serious gaming pleasure with people around the world. Majority of them are from the United States but that does not mean that other ones from other countries are inferior. I'm sure if there would be big events that could get on with this particular game and international servers available in the Philippines it would really be a huge hit!

In the mean time, I'll stick with playing this MMO game CABAL. See you at Mercury Server with my Level 100 Wizard!

My 500th Post at KUMAGCOW.COM!

Hey..it's been quite a journey for me and my site. After being just a hobby of sorts for me, this has been a regular thing. Not only did I carry this nick out from college but I also had the privilege of getting cyber lived the rest of my office life. This has been a huge help in easing my stress. I know how to handle them now but every now and then it still bugs me. Anyway..what joyous event this is because this one marks my 500th article in my site. This has been painstakingly so hard for me but imagine how many words I have been typing just to get a point across these years. Do you think it could have been easier to put up a book instead? I could have been a novelist and had a few volumes already with that right? I guess I want to be one someday... I hope that still works though...

I'm a little sleepy when I wrote this so be easy on me when it doesn't make that much sense. I want to thank each and every one of my blog friends and those detractors too. Yeah believe me I've got lots of them! My folks who still find the time to get mad at me when making posts, and my office mates, friends who still had to be forced to read my articles here. I just want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone! I'll be continuing my quest to better understand the world in my brain so you have a lot to read about on my site. Again, THANK YOU!

Hooray for my 500th post! ^_^

Web Hosting In These Hard Times

There is the sad truth about businesses closing here and around the United States. This also means some websites would end up the same way like the forum site I always visit that because of budget constraints it will also be shut down and sold to the highest bidder. I would probably miss the people I was able to become friends with in the past 4 years. I'm sad because the site owner thought he does not have any recourse but to sell it. I know I would have been the best person they talked to because I know where they can get better web hosting services on line but I think they have already decided on this a long time ago. Maybe it's just too late to save that and the users who frequent that and their social network.

I saw information on the web comparing web hosting sites and I would recommend you visit Web Hosting Rating to check out what would be best for your own domain. For web masters like me, this is vital information so I could get a better deal in getting my site up on cyberspace. It is important so investments like these which cost a lot would be put on the board early on. It never struck me how important it was until this incident came. All my saved friends and my articles will also go down the drain because of this. Imagine the hundreds of sites they also will be deleting because they did not think ahead and got the finances taken cared of. Maybe now that their initial provider does not have that URL anymore listed in their system I can have that for my own. That's a long shot I know but imagine if I had the chance to get that right... I would be the proud owner of one of the most sought after social networking sites. That would be a nice thing to put on my portfolio sometime soon. The list still goes on and on for companies affected by the global financial crisis. I hope it ends soon.