Bakas: August 2007

down gmail

I couldn't open my gmail at home all through this long
week-end. We didn't have work yesterday (Monday) as it was National
Heroes' Day. I don't know why I couldn't get into gmail when yahoo
and even google search engine work fine.

Thus, yesterday, I cleaned up my hard disk, defragmented it
and started cleaning the hardware (CPU, desktop, etc.), which I
haven't done for a very, very long time or years :).

But when I turned on my computer again last night, I kept
hearing a beep-beep sound which I take to mean trouble :) I was so
thorough in cleaning my keyboard that some water might have gotten
inside it. How do I know that it's the keyboard that causes the alarm
in the CPU? The CPU simply doesn't sound whenever I take off the
keyboard from its port. I might have to buy a new keyboard if I want
to use my computer at home tonight :)

sayong
08-28-07 6pm

ADVISORY: August 27, 2007 as special (non-working) holiday

ADVISORY: DECLARING MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2007 AS SPECIAL (NON-WORKING) HOLIDAY
(from: http://www.news.ops.gov.ph/)

Per a contact at the Office of the Executive Secretary (OES), there'll be no need to issue a proclamation for this one as it's already in RA 9492. Confusion arose because of the law's provision regarding the issuance of a proclamation for movable holidays and last August 20's non-working day was included in Proclamation 1353.

sayong
08-22-07 5:45pm

---------- Forwarded message ----------
National Heroes Day
Monday August 27, 2007
All Day
(This event repeats annually on the last Monday.)
Location: regular holiday

Notes:

Per RA 9492, approved July 24, 2007:
shall be observed last Monday of August

RA 9492 Sec. 1 c) In the event the holiday falls on a Wednesday, the holiday will be observed on the Monday of the week. If the holiday falls on a Sunday, the holiday will be observed on the Monday that follows.
For movable holidays, the President shall issue a proclamation, at least six months prior to the holiday concerned, the specific date that shall be declared as a nonworking day.

2007 anniversary fun

We were at the office until almost 10pm last Friday. Most
government employees have gone home by noon, though, because of the
suspension of work due to typhoon Egay.

It was our agency's 37th anniversary celebration. Our real
anniversary is July 29. However, we are used to celebrating it from
mid to end of August because our agency is always very busy in July.
This year, our agency Head didn't want to celebrate it so late so we
had our thanksgiving mass and breakfast at the palace last July 30.
Sportsfest, film showing, Malacanang Museum tour, tree planting at La
Mesa Dam and other events preceded our celebration last Friday.

As I've been with the agency for more than ten years, I got
loyalty award recognition. I didn't win any major prize though :( I
was hoping to get a sturdy umbrella in the minor prizes category.
Umbrellas sold nowadays are very cheap but easily broken. I got a
pouch bag instead.

More pictures at
http://sayscrapbook.blogspot.com/2007/08/2007-anniversary-fun.html.

sayong
08-22-07 4:50pm

Stormy anniversary

Because of Typhoon Egay, all work in government offices in
the NCR has once again been suspended. But it�s our agency�s
anniversary celebration so we might be staying until about 8pm.

In the morning, we, the employees had a general assembly
with the head of agency. After lunch, our team practiced for the
presentation late this afternoon. Our anniversary theme is retro and
our team has been assigned the 80s.

sayong
08-17-07 4pm