Smartphone in the bowl?
Not everybody can afford the newest toilet bowl: But about every 5th user of a smartphone has already dropped his beloved gadget in the toilet bowl. Here you find an advice how you may...
Monthly Archive: November 2012
Tropical Storm BOPHA update 12:00 noon on November 29, 2012
Tropical Storm BOPHA is still moving extremely south (only 4.4° north). GDACS (The Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System) has issued an orange alert for Palau at 08:00 AM this morning. If Tropical Storm BOPHA...
Tropical Storm Bopha is approaching
Early this week a tropical storm, now internationally called Bopha has developed over Micronesia. This storm is now getting stronger and moving westwards at 20km/h(10kt). TS Bopha is near to the equator, so even if...
A hidden source of valuable information
What are the conditions of the roads in the Philippines? Can I drive without problems from A to B? Is the road in XYZ now a concrete road or do I still need a...
Rains could trigger flashfloods and landslides today
PAGASA warns in their 5:00 AM Weather Bulltin that the Visayas and Mindanao and the regions of MIMAROPA and Bicol will be cloudy with moderate to heavy rainshowers and thunderstorms which may trigger flashfloods and...
Taal and Mayon volcano slightly nervous
We had stopped our status reports of 3 Philippine volcanoes, Mayon, Bulusan and Taal earlier this year, because the 3 volcanoes calmed down to nearly no activity. But now, Mount Mayon and Taal show...
Aviation decline in the Philippines continues
This weekend two times information leaked into public space: Aviation safety is paramount The Business Mirror wrote: Don’t look now, but if you’re an airline passenger who arrived from abroad last Thursday from morning...
Coffee + Culture = Italy
Please apologize for this completely off topic post! Completely off-topic? Hmm, I am still astonished that a country that produces excellent coffee and even one of the best coffees in the world (kape alamid, kape...
Passengers stranded in Camiguin
At least 300 passengers got stranded in Camiguin last Sunday because their Ferry, actually Super Shuttle Ferry 1 reportedly had 70 more passengers on board than the maximum number of 270 passengers it is allowed...
“Colorum” on the road and in the air
Colorum ? Colorum is a very Pinoy word. We were told that “colorum,” is a corrupted version of the Latin phrase “saecula saeculorum” that appears usually in the ending part of a liturgical prayer. “Per omnia...
Good news from NAIA
NAIA, Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport, very often gets a bad press. But the guys at the airport try to do a good job. And sometimes they even are successful. We arrived last Saturday...
PAL confuses customers
PAL (Philippine Airlines) has moved parts of their operation from NAIA terminal 2 to NAIA terminal 3. PAL had for years been the only and exclusive user of NAIA terminal 2, the Centennial Terminal. 3...
We are back
After 5 months of traveling we are back and shall inform you about tourism in the Philippines. Cheers from butch & waebi
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