Online Space of Alvin Jimenez
Miscellaneous
Please help feed my Labrador Retriever.
Aug 13th
I know I know, it’s been a while since I last posted something. And here I am, coming up with an I-need-a-few-minutes-of-your-time post. You see, it’s a big challenge taking care of a dog that eats like there’s no tomorrow like Basti. When I got him more than 3 years ago, he could easily fit on a regular pillow.
And now, he already looks bigger than me (and I’m 6′1).
So please, take a few minutes off and do the following:
- Visit the Bow & Wow Facebook Fanpage here.
- Like the page (I know, I know, this has become routine).
- Click on the PetParrazi tab. When you see the page, click the image again to make the gallery come up.
- Choose dog on the filter dropdown on the upper right side of the image.
- Find Basti or Sebastian (just look for the yellow lab), click on the image, and click like (again).
That’s it! If by some miracle, he gets to catch up in the voting, just know that you will make this loyal dog very happy.
P.S. If anyone finds out how to share the actual vote page, please don’t hesitate to tell me!
*Good job with the social media campaign Bow & Wow team. Aside from not being able to share the actual vote page, having to click on like multiple times, and looking for the actual pic of the dog or cat I want to vote for, this campaign is really cool.
Jay Mendoza and his dubious PCCI practices
May 10th
Only my fondness for man’s best friend can lead me away from twice a week basketball practices, once a week back and ankle therapy, and convince me to post this douchebag’s face on my blog. If you follow Philippine basketball, and remember how Red Bull used to play during the Jimwell Torion era, you’ll also remember a bruiser named Jay Mendoza. Apparently, has since brought his dirty play somewhere else.
Read all about it here.
I then called Mr. Jay Mendoza, as owner of “Animals and Things, Pet Specialists”, to inform him that the dog is not a 6-month old puppy, as what his PCCI papers show and based on reports I have received about the dog. I reiterated the same request to be given the correct papers to reflect the dog’s true and correct age. Mr. Mendoza’s reaction took me by surprise. Instead of apologizing for the inconvenience that the incident has caused me, Mr. Mendoza brusquely replied to the effect that it is his word against “them”, and he stands by the PCCI papers of the dog. He said that I can sue him if I want to, then, banged the phone on me!
When I bought my dog Basti more 3 years ago, it didn’t really matter how many red marks he had on his PCCI papers, or who the sire and dam were. I just wanted a Labrador retriever for a pet. I’m also sure that anybody who doesn’t know anything about papers and passes through Animals and Things in Tiendesitas think about buying a pet for the same reasons — to have a pet they can take care of.
This is the exact reason why I am throwing my support behind Dr. Dino Pastor through this post. It is also such a shame that Mr. Henry Babiera of Tiendesitas has chosen to take Jay Mendoza’s side on this. I sincerely hope that no one registers their pets at KCUPI.
Think about it, someone sells you a dog, and has the guts to tell you to return it and give you your money back a year after? How heartless can you get.
The Big Day | Alvin and Mariel’s Cebu Wedding
Mar 13th
Ask any married couple, and they will all tell you the same thing — there is no such thing as a perfect wedding. Well, the least you can do is prepare for all possible mishaps (that’s what your wedding planner is for). Before Mariel and I went to Cebu, we still had a lot of loose ends to tie up, namely:
- Canonical Interview – Since the wedding was out of town, and we were trying to minimize on costs, we scheduled one two days before the wedding. It was also the first time we saw the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral up close.
- Bridal Car – My aunt was trying to find out if we could get a good deal with one of her contacts, so we had decided to wait it out.
- The Slideshow/AVP – Since I used to do this a lot, and had access to most of the pictures, I decided to do this myself.
- Transportation for the guests – Since the hotel was a good 30-40 minute drive away, we were decided that we had to take care of all guest transportation (if you’re planning on doing the same thing, this is one of the biggest last minute costs you’ll encounter).
Now why did I bother to list these things down? Because coming from someone who has gone through all the stress, the bride or groom should be spending the last few days before the wedding relaxing. Or getting a massage. Or playing videogames. And I did none of these.
The night before the actual wedding, I helped Mariel transfer to her suite. After which, I went down to the lobby area to have a drink with my friends. Apart from having to worry about the arrival of most of our guests and family, it was the first timeI actually got to relax (apart from the sporadic 20 minute “quiet breaks” I would take in my room). We stayed up till about 2 to 3 in the morning, finishing a bottle of vodka and rum in the process.
And then the big day arrived.
Help a fellow Pinoy and vote for Mechalabaw in Design by Humans’ T-shirt contest!
Aug 19th
So okay, this whole 30 posts in 30 days thing isn’t very easy. Aside from trying to decide if your draft is post-worthy or whether it can be saved for a later post, you also run the risk of falling into a temporary blog hiatus (not intentional of course). All I know is, only a worthy cause like this can bring me to start posting again.
You see, I work with some of the best people in the Internet Marketing industry. While we definitely kick ass at what we do, some of the people at work are also known outside our US Auto Parts circle.
I just hope this late post can help a brother out (we can only hope to benefit from the windfalls of this P500,000 contest).
To quote CSJ..
The Philippines is by large an agricultural country, and the Carabao (a water buffalo often used by farmers, locally known as Kalabaw) has been long considered as a national symbol. It’s a big part of our culture, and I thought I’d pay homage to it by creating a modernized, stylized representation. I hope you enjoy my submission
Please visit mechalabaw.com and follow all the instructions. Christian San Jose is in the final stage of this worldwide T-shirt design contest, and all he needs is a few minutes of your time. Vote now!
A Hundred Million Bucks
Jul 25th
I have this routine of shelling out P60 every other week for 6/45 Lotto tickets. Hey, you’ll never know right? Who cares if the odds are impossible.
I remember back in high school, we would pass around an empty Selecta ice cream can once a week. One of my classmates would then use the money we gathered for Lotto tickets. Any winnings we would get from this exercise would then be used for the purchase of a “Dboys” compound. That’s just how close we all are. Pretty soon we all got tired of it and turned it into a “Piso para kay Cuervo” donation can. Anyway…
I think winning the Lotto is always on top of the list when it comes to all those what ifs. After placing another bet just this Sunday, I thought of coming up with a list of what I would immediately spend the money on if I won a hundred million bucks.
I would immediately spend on the following:
Family
- A new townhouse or condo for my parents – Why? Because our house is just too damn big for all of us. I would get them a place near our current place, just so they won’t miss any of their friends here.
- A new Mitsubishi Pajero for my dad – When I was in 3rd year college, our Pajero got stolen near church. Since then, we’ve sworn off getting any “hot” vehicles. It would be great to surprise him with some car keys.
- An around the world trip for the whole family – Even including my immediate family in the US. I don’t even remember when we last did this. I’d make the trip a month long. With outlet store shopping on every stop. And videogames.
- A Jollibee or McDonalds – So no one from my family will ever have to work again. Nuff said.
Part II of this post tomorrow (that post will include all the toys).
Buying Time
Jul 22nd
That watch on the left, is a painful reminder of why I’ve sworn off expensive watches. In 2nd year high school you see, while practicing for my high school basketball team, my “Tag” got stolen.
The watch was bought by my dad in Hong Kong on a family trip to Hong Kong two weeks earlier. He was about to purchase an Elysee watch for myself (I know right, WTH is that), when I insisted on getting the Tag Heuer watch instead. Even though I wasn’t really into watches, I just felt like I wanted the silver Tag more. And though it was a little bit more insisted, my dad agreed.
Basketball practice usually lasted for 2 to 2 1/2 hours. I always dressed up near the restrooms, and there was a small (unguarded) area in the covered courts where me and my teammates would place our things.
On that specific day before practice, I carefully took off my watch and buried it under my books, notebooks, and other school stuff. I don’t usually put my valuables in the same place all the time, and I even had a separate bag for my basketball gear. Since I wasn’t driving yet, I also had the luxury of sleeping in the car after a tiring practice.
You can just imagine how many times I turned my bag inside out when I got home once I found out the watch was missing. It was even more difficult it was to tell my dad about what had happened (I ended up telling him at least 6 months after the watch was stolen).
Will I ever get one again? If I was financially capable now, I guess I would. I would get the exact same watch. But then again, I guess this was one of the turning points in my life that made me develop a “do I need this?” mentality before buying anything expensive.
No matter how deep those bag pockets are, you’ll never know when these things will just get, “snatched” away.
Gone too soon
Jul 20th
I can only hope that this first post out of the 30 I’m supposed to finish by same time next month isn’t an indication of how I want to do this. Posting a minute right before the stroke of midnight shouldn’t count. Though I should still be high after seeing Kobe up close for a good 30 minutes or so, today, the world lost a very cool guy.
Raoul Erana had been battling with a brain tumor for the past two or so months before today. Everything was so unexpected.
Ze blog is bak.
Jun 2nd
You never realize how valuable a person your blog is until they’re gone it gets hacked. Well, not really hacked, but instead (according to jozzua) compromised because of an sql injection whatever. Nevertheless, I got the biggest scare of my online life when I tried to access this blog and all I came across was a page with a bunch of email addresses and stupid names. I’d post what it looks like, but I’d rather forget about it.
In a span of 20 months since I started this blog, I’ve done a total of 160 posts. Though most of them is nonsense, two years of nonsense is still er, a lot to remember and post all over again.
Whew!
The thing about my black Macbook..
May 22nd
..is that I got it exactly 2 years ago — and it still looks the same.
And even at just 2.0 ghz and with 2.5 gb of RAM, the thing is still as efficient as when I first got it. I owe it to the black Macbook Profolio I bought from some dude on Philmug for just P500. Though the battery dies on me every now and then (916 cycles and counting), I’ve never lost any files or botched up any of my work projects.
Needless to say, I’ll never buy a PC (for work) again.
Another shot at self-promotion: ALVINJIMENEZ.info
May 18th
When I started blogging a year and a half ago, I only had preservation in mind. Guess what, this “preservation” has turned into something else. Aside from the endless rants and insults you’ve probably scanned over on Just Another Game, I’ve decided to register my name as a domain and write even more useless stuff online here.
If you have even the littlest bit of interest in Internet Marketing, you should know I’m working for one of the most kickass companies that do it in the Philippines. More so, if you’re interested in reading about stuff from my colleagues that I pass off as my own, go ahead and visit alvinjimenez.info.
There’s not much to see there (yet), but there soon will be.