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[The Filipino Wave] PSEi breaks into 7,000-pt territory

Details: Written by Jb Barrios; Category: News; Last Updated: 23 April 2013; Hits: 2714

By Neil Jerome C. Morales (The Philippine Star)
Updated April 23, 2013 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) surged to a new record high yesterday on the back of strong corporate earnings, economic bullishness abroad and expectations of more fund flows.

The PSEi rallied 2.35 percent or 163.38 points to close at its 27th all-time high this year at 7,120.48, which is also the new intraday record.

The bellwether index, which erased the previous all-time high of 6,957.10 recorded on April 19, breached the 7,000 mark in the morning session.

The Filipino Wave - The Philippines’ BRICS future

Details: Written by Jb Barrios; Category: News; Last Updated: 22 April 2013; Hits: 2951

The Philippines' BRICS future
By Dan Steinbock
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Monday, April 1st, 2013

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Last week, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, or the BRICS nations, met for their fifth summit in South Africa. The growth prospects in these economies are no longer immune to the severe debt crises in the West. In the short term, India and South Africa may be at the biggest risk of sovereign-rating downgrade.

Among the emerging economies, the Philippines is best placed for an upgrade. It is favorably positioned to sustain growth in an exceptionally grim international landscape.

During the past decade, I have used much time to analyze and to consult on the transformation of the major advanced and large emerging economies worldwide. After the global crisis of 2008-09, this transformation has only accelerated.

Why the Rich Drink More and Smoke Less - RAND Corporation

Details: Written by Jb Barrios; Category: News; Last Updated: 21 April 2013; Hits: 2711

The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis.

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Youtube Japan Music Week April 27-May 6, 2013

Details: Written by Jb Barrios; Category: Japanese; Last Updated: 18 April 2013; Hits: 3044

Panasonic Microviewer LF-PJ525H Projector

Details: Written by Jb Barrios; Category: Tech; Last Updated: 16 April 2013; Hits: 2461

Selling price is not yet set but if it will be 30,000-40,0000 yen I might buy it.

BPI Express Mobile Error 35000

Details: Written by Jb Barrios; Category: JBgwapings; Last Updated: 11 April 2013; Hits: 2498

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Error 35000: Your BPI Express Mobile applet has expired. If you have not received a new link, please log-in to BPI Express Online, go to Other Services, Express Mobile Maintenance, Mobile Banking and Send New Link.

Electric Tricycles Philippines

Details: Written by Jb Barrios; Category: JBgwapings; Last Updated: 10 April 2013; Hits: 2598

I just learned Philippines will soon have an electric version of our tricycle.

Excel Calendar I Made Years Ago to Remember Japanese Days of the Month

Details: Written by Jb Barrios; Category: Japanese; Last Updated: 08 April 2013; Hits: 4077

Japanese Days of the month

1st 一日ついたち
2nd 二日ふつか
3rd 三日みっか
4th 四日よっか
5th 五日いつか
6th 六日むいか
7th 七日なのか
8th 八日ようか
9th 九日ここのか
10th 十日とおか

April Fools and Marketing in Japan

Details: Written by Jb Barrios; Category: Japanese; Last Updated: 02 April 2013; Hits: 2875

If you are from a country that is not that into April Fools' Day, it is likely you will get easily tricked by some marketing advertisments in Japan.

Example: Domino's Pizza in Can

Sprite Splash Vending Machine

Details: Written by Jb Barrios; Category: Japanese; Last Updated: 30 March 2013; Hits: 2574

Sprite's Splash Vending Machine video.

I heard Sprite was discontinued then just returned back in Japan.

BPI Express Mobile for Iphone and Android

Details: Written by Jb Barrios; Category: Tech; Last Updated: 27 March 2013; Hits: 6509

Installed BPI Express Mobile (not to be confused with BPI Expresslink application which is only for business accounts)on my Iphone and Android device.

- View the account balance and last 20 transactions of your enrolled BPI, BPI Family Savings, BPI Direct deposit accounts
- Transfer funds from your enrolled accounts to any other BPI account
- Pay your bills to over 400 partner merchants
- Load an Express Cash or Express Money Order card
- Reload Globe/TM prepaid numbers

Contemporary Art In Southeast Asia

Details: Written by Jb Barrios; Category: JBgwapings; Last Updated: 25 March 2013; Hits: 3002

WelcomeToTheJungle

Found this poster on the train station. On the poster is the Philippines' former first lady, Imelda Marcos, so it got my attention.

東南アジアの現代美術館　Contemporary Art of Southeast Asia

With a myriad of religions and cultures, that has defined each country uniquely, one should not view a diverse continent such as Southeast Asia from a single perspective, let alone a global one. One must always be aware of the differences between yourself and others, and the differences among ethnic backgrounds, ideologies, and so on. It is crucial to know and accept such cultural diversities in order to understand this part of the world.

Panasonic Flashlight BF-BM10 (Can Run on Almost Any Single Battery Size)

Details: Written by Jb Barrios; Category: Japanese; Last Updated: 24 March 2013; Hits: 2750

A flashlight that can support battery size AAA, AA, C, or D. Can llight up with just a single battery. Can run up to 86 hours if all battery sizes are used.

In cases of blackouts you can use the battery of other devices.

NSF File On My Website Part 2

Details: Written by Jb Barrios; Category: Tech; Last Updated: 13 March 2013; Hits: 2496

Let's ask hostgator if there is a way to display NSF files on websites hosted on their servers.

How to Type Backslash on a Japanese Microsoft Word

Details: Written by Jb Barrios; Category: Japanese; Last Updated: 12 March 2013; Hits: 2753

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On a Japanese Windows and Microsoft Word PC, when you attempt to type in the backslash character it is displayed as the yen(¥) character.

Changing the font to Arial Unicode MS will let you type in backslash.

Hayabusa Shinkansen

Details: Written by Jb Barrios; Category: Japanese; Last Updated: 10 March 2013; Hits: 2949

Hayabusa Shinkansen according reports is the country's fastest with a speed of up to 320 km/h. Tokyo to Shin-Aomori (Northern part of the main island of Japan) trip takes 2 hours and 59 minutes only.

はやぶさとは、東日本旅客鉄道（JR東日本）が東北新幹線の東京駅 - 新青森駅間で運行している特別急行列車である。

東京駅 - 新青森駅間の所要時間は、営業開始当初の運転最高速度300km/hで最短3時間10分であるが、2013年3月16日のダイヤ改正からは宇都宮 - 盛岡間の最高速度を320km/hへ引き上げ、最短2時間59分運転となる予定。また、2012年10月にJR東日本が発表した「グループ経営構想V～限りなき前進」においては、「東北新幹線において320km/h運転区間のさらなる拡大を目指す」旨が盛り込まれている.

NSF File On My Website

Details: Written by Jb Barrios; Category: Tech; Last Updated: 04 March 2013; Hits: 2517

NSF File on Website

NSF file (Notes Storage Facility) - standard storage mechanism used by Lotus Notes which may store both the application and associated data.

Sometimes you see it on the addresses of websites like on the image. The deposit rates displayed is stored on the nsf file.

Question: If place nsf file on my website then open it via web browser, will it display the contents of the nsf file?

Secret to Long Life According to the Oldest Woman in the World

Details: Written by Jb Barrios; Category: Japanese; Last Updated: 28 February 2013; Hits: 3105

Currently the oldest woman in the world is Misao Okawa(114 years old) from Osaka City, Japan.

When asked what is the secret to longer life...

IBM DB2 Trial

Details: Written by Jb Barrios; Category: Tech; Last Updated: 28 February 2013; Hits: 3088

I am aware of the existence of DB2 from a long time ago and also on the help file for Lotus Domino Administrator you can see guides on how to connect Lotus Domino with DB2 so I downloaded a trial version to check it out.

IBM DB2 is a relational model database server developed by IBM. There are three main products in the DB2 family: DB2 for LUW (Linux, Unix, and Windows), DB2 for z/OS (mainframe), and DB2 for iSeries (formerly OS/400). The DB2 LUW product runs on multiple Linux and UNIX distributions, such as Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, AIX, HP/UX, and Solaris, and most Windows systems. DB2 also powers the IBM InfoSphere Warehouse edition, which is basically DB2 LUW with DPF (Database Partitioning Feature), a massive parallel share-nothing data warehousing architecture.