Have you been plagued by disappearing load because of various cellphone subscriptions that you did not want to and never intended to subscribe in, in the first place? Well, from an in-depth research that I have conducted (browsing the FAQs in the Smart website), below is the simple solution to this little problem:
Using your cellphone, Please key in CHECK and send it to the access number that regularly sends the subscribed information to you (Example: Type CHECK and send to 288). You will receive a notification indicating all the services you are subscribed to. The text message also includes instructions on how to cancel the service you don't need anymore.
Note: CHECK service is not available for 386 and 283 access codes because these are maintained by multiple Content Providers
Monday, January 18, 2010
Smart Rewards Points and How to Redeem Them
To inquire how much is your accumulated Rewards Points from Smart, just text INQUIRY to 9800.
With 5,000 points, you can redeem 100 text messages (Smart to Smart valid for 2 days) by texting REDEEM 100 to 9800.
With 1,300 points, you can redeem 20 text messages (Smart to Smart) and 10 text messages to all networks by texting REDEEM Alltext10 to 9800.
With 6,200 points, you can redeem 300 text messages (Smart to Smart) and 30 text messages to all networks by texting REDEEM Alltext50 to 9800.
With 3,000 points, you can redeem 50 text messages to all networks by texting REDEEM LahatText20 to 9800.
With 3,800 points, you can redeem a P15 airtime load (1-day expiry) by texting REDEEM Smartload15 to 9800.
With 25,000 points, you can redeem a P100 airtime load (1-day expiry) by texting REDEEM Smartload100 to 9800.
With 12,500 points, you can redeem a P50 Smart Gold bill rebate by texting REDEEM 50 to 9800.
With 30,000 points, you can redeem a prepaid phonekit discount worth P300 (available in Smart Wireless Centers, selected handsets only) by texting REDEEM PK 300 to 9800.
With 5,000 points, you can redeem 100 text messages (Smart to Smart valid for 2 days) by texting REDEEM 100 to 9800.
With 1,300 points, you can redeem 20 text messages (Smart to Smart) and 10 text messages to all networks by texting REDEEM Alltext10 to 9800.
With 6,200 points, you can redeem 300 text messages (Smart to Smart) and 30 text messages to all networks by texting REDEEM Alltext50 to 9800.
With 3,000 points, you can redeem 50 text messages to all networks by texting REDEEM LahatText20 to 9800.
With 3,800 points, you can redeem a P15 airtime load (1-day expiry) by texting REDEEM Smartload15 to 9800.
With 25,000 points, you can redeem a P100 airtime load (1-day expiry) by texting REDEEM Smartload100 to 9800.
With 12,500 points, you can redeem a P50 Smart Gold bill rebate by texting REDEEM 50 to 9800.
With 30,000 points, you can redeem a prepaid phonekit discount worth P300 (available in Smart Wireless Centers, selected handsets only) by texting REDEEM PK 300 to 9800.
Smart Load Retailer
Want to earn some passive income? Would you like to be a Smart Load Retailer? Well, the first step towards this goal is to purchase your very own smart retailer sim in your nearest smart wireless center and buy some load for your load wallet. I have been a smart load retailer since 2007. I bought my retailer sim at Gaisano-Kalibo Smart Wireless Center and loaded my load wallet at a nearby cellphone-selling kiosk
So, just how much are you going to earn as a Smart Load Retailer? For every economy load (P30) that you will sell, the deduction from your load wallet will be P26.50, giving you a profit of P3.50. And as for the rest, in a Suggested Retail Price/Deductions from Load Wallet/Profit format. . .
Load 15 - P15.00 / P13.25 / P1.75
Regular 60 - P60.00 / P53.00 / P7.00
Extra 115 - P115.00 / P102.00 / P13.00
Load 50 - P50.00 / P44.00 / P6.00
Load 100 - P100.00 / P88.00 / P12.00
Load 200 - P200.00 / P193.00 / P7.00
Load 300 - P300.00 / P290.00 / P10.00
Load 500 - P500.00 / P483.50 / P16.50
All Text 10 - P12.00 / P10.00 / P2.00
All Text Plus - P20.00 / P17.50 / P2.50
Gaan Text Plus - P10.00 / P9.00 / P1.00
LahatTXT 20 - P20.00 / P17.50 / P2.50
LahatTXT35 - P35.00 / P30.00 / P5.00
So, just how much are you going to earn as a Smart Load Retailer? For every economy load (P30) that you will sell, the deduction from your load wallet will be P26.50, giving you a profit of P3.50. And as for the rest, in a Suggested Retail Price/Deductions from Load Wallet/Profit format. . .
Load 15 - P15.00 / P13.25 / P1.75
Regular 60 - P60.00 / P53.00 / P7.00
Extra 115 - P115.00 / P102.00 / P13.00
Load 50 - P50.00 / P44.00 / P6.00
Load 100 - P100.00 / P88.00 / P12.00
Load 200 - P200.00 / P193.00 / P7.00
Load 300 - P300.00 / P290.00 / P10.00
Load 500 - P500.00 / P483.50 / P16.50
All Text 10 - P12.00 / P10.00 / P2.00
All Text Plus - P20.00 / P17.50 / P2.50
Gaan Text Plus - P10.00 / P9.00 / P1.00
LahatTXT 20 - P20.00 / P17.50 / P2.50
LahatTXT35 - P35.00 / P30.00 / P5.00
Ati-atihan Festival in Kalibo
From a brochure produced by the Department of Tourism...
Kalibo Ati-atihan starts on the first week up to the highlight third Sunday of the month of January. It is the ultimate, jubilating, titillating, stimulating, riotous and frenetic aboriginal street dancing to the early primitive pulse and tempo of drums of participating tribes in their full color battle regalia, crowding the principal streets of Kalibo, as they rejoice breathlessly to fulfill their religious vows, make penance or seek for peace or blessings, or for the realization of their dreams and endeavors; drain their year-old worries or inhibitions or simply just for fun as they roam in wild abandon in diverse directions beating their drums with gusto, creating thunders of drumbeats that duplicate the loudest of thunderclaps. Listen to the depth of the musical notes and noises from primitive to modern instruments in commemoration of invading Malayan datus that gave birth to the Philippine nation and in reverence to Sto. Niño or simply watch for the most unique contemporary surprises, the unimaginable or the space age masquerades that spell the difference of the original feast that is Ati-atihan from other copy-cat festivals.
Highlights of the Ati-atihan Festival
- Kalibo Ati-atihan Crafts and Plants Fair
- Ati-atihan Nights
- Spiritual Street Dancing
- Nine Days Novena
- Pahilot or Paepak
- Field Mass
- Torch Parade and Procession
- Purchase of Panay Reenactment
- Ms. Kalibo Ati-atihan Pageant
- Fireworks Display
I will try to immerse myself from the aforementioned activities this week. Will be posting pictures soon...
Viva kay Sr. Sto. Niño!
Kalibo Ati-atihan starts on the first week up to the highlight third Sunday of the month of January. It is the ultimate, jubilating, titillating, stimulating, riotous and frenetic aboriginal street dancing to the early primitive pulse and tempo of drums of participating tribes in their full color battle regalia, crowding the principal streets of Kalibo, as they rejoice breathlessly to fulfill their religious vows, make penance or seek for peace or blessings, or for the realization of their dreams and endeavors; drain their year-old worries or inhibitions or simply just for fun as they roam in wild abandon in diverse directions beating their drums with gusto, creating thunders of drumbeats that duplicate the loudest of thunderclaps. Listen to the depth of the musical notes and noises from primitive to modern instruments in commemoration of invading Malayan datus that gave birth to the Philippine nation and in reverence to Sto. Niño or simply watch for the most unique contemporary surprises, the unimaginable or the space age masquerades that spell the difference of the original feast that is Ati-atihan from other copy-cat festivals.
Highlights of the Ati-atihan Festival
- Kalibo Ati-atihan Crafts and Plants Fair
- Ati-atihan Nights
- Spiritual Street Dancing
- Nine Days Novena
- Pahilot or Paepak
- Field Mass
- Torch Parade and Procession
- Purchase of Panay Reenactment
- Ms. Kalibo Ati-atihan Pageant
- Fireworks Display
I will try to immerse myself from the aforementioned activities this week. Will be posting pictures soon...
Viva kay Sr. Sto. Niño!
Community Tax Certificate or Cedula for short
I just got my cedula or community tax certificate (CTC) last Friday. Every year, as a government employee, I am required to update my Personal Data Sheet (PDS) and provide the Civil Service Commission with my current CTC number.
I got my cedula from the Municipal Treasurer’s Office in Kalibo. I had to rush from Banga to the Municipal Hall to beat the 5pm closing. I was third in line, and if I hadn’t lost my 2009 cedula, I could have just handed it over to the Treasurer, but since I did lose it, I spent my time in line by writing my data on a sheet of paper provided at the counter.
Just a tip, to conserve time and energy, for those first time cedula applicants, before you go to your Municipal or Barangay Halls, please come prepared by legibly writing the following data on a sheet of paper: Complete Name (with middle initial), Address, Sex, Citizenship, Civil Status, Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Height, Weight, Profession, and Gross Annual Income.
The CTC is not for free. The amount to be paid will be calculated from your gross annual income (for every P1000 income, the tax due is P1) plus the basic community tax amounting to P5.
I spent about 10 minutes at counter and paid P125 for my cedula. My gross annual income is not really that much but I readily parted with my P125, fulfilling my once a year obligation to my beloved home town. I walked home feeling 6 feet tall.
I got my cedula from the Municipal Treasurer’s Office in Kalibo. I had to rush from Banga to the Municipal Hall to beat the 5pm closing. I was third in line, and if I hadn’t lost my 2009 cedula, I could have just handed it over to the Treasurer, but since I did lose it, I spent my time in line by writing my data on a sheet of paper provided at the counter.
Just a tip, to conserve time and energy, for those first time cedula applicants, before you go to your Municipal or Barangay Halls, please come prepared by legibly writing the following data on a sheet of paper: Complete Name (with middle initial), Address, Sex, Citizenship, Civil Status, Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Height, Weight, Profession, and Gross Annual Income.
The CTC is not for free. The amount to be paid will be calculated from your gross annual income (for every P1000 income, the tax due is P1) plus the basic community tax amounting to P5.
I spent about 10 minutes at counter and paid P125 for my cedula. My gross annual income is not really that much but I readily parted with my P125, fulfilling my once a year obligation to my beloved home town. I walked home feeling 6 feet tall.
St. Peter Life Plan
I have just availed of a St Peter Life Plan. For P550 per month for 5 years and hopefully after a very long and fulfilled life, I get to enjoy the St. Dorothy package. According to the St Peter brochure that the Family Counselor has given me, this package is a traditional memorial plan with return of premium. At the 11th year, the contract price of P30,000 will be returned to me in P6,000 increments until the 15th year, and so in the end, the memorial service becomes totally free. The plan is also transferable – the planholder may transfer the plan to another living person. However, the transferee will be entitled to the “money back” only if the transfer is made before the planholder starts receiving the “money back”. Another feature is assignability – the planholder may assign the plan to any deceased person, provided that the balance, if any must be paid before the service is rendered. “Money back” shall cease automatically once the plan is assigned.
Other value-added benefits include additional cash benefit to the planholder’s beneficiaries if the planholder dies during the paying period or within 5 years after the full payment of the plan, accidental death and dismemberment, waiver of installment balance in the event of uninterrupted disability of at least 6 months, and the unpaid balance shall be deemed paid if the planholder passes away anytime within the paying period.
I live my life, to borrow Mel Changco’s line every Sunday, as a blessing to others, and I got the plan so that I won’t be a burden to my family even when I finally leave this earth.
Other value-added benefits include additional cash benefit to the planholder’s beneficiaries if the planholder dies during the paying period or within 5 years after the full payment of the plan, accidental death and dismemberment, waiver of installment balance in the event of uninterrupted disability of at least 6 months, and the unpaid balance shall be deemed paid if the planholder passes away anytime within the paying period.
I live my life, to borrow Mel Changco’s line every Sunday, as a blessing to others, and I got the plan so that I won’t be a burden to my family even when I finally leave this earth.
One Sad Day
This is a sad day for me. My brother has just texted me that one of his boardmates had committed suicide. Apparently, while we were celebrating Christmas and New Year, this boardmate of his was undergoing a crisis. According to my brother, the parents could not anymore afford to send his boardmate back to school after the Christmas break and this led to the boy’s suicide. Hopelessness and fear drove him to end his life.
And now as I look back, I keep on thinking that maybe we could have done something to help him. He could have texted my brother and we could have helped him. What a waste of precious life!
To those out there planning to take their own lives, please think about it a million times. Reach out to people and talk, they could help you, you know. You are not alone, somebody out there loves and cares for you, and somebody out there may have the correct answer that you are looking for.
And now as I look back, I keep on thinking that maybe we could have done something to help him. He could have texted my brother and we could have helped him. What a waste of precious life!
To those out there planning to take their own lives, please think about it a million times. Reach out to people and talk, they could help you, you know. You are not alone, somebody out there loves and cares for you, and somebody out there may have the correct answer that you are looking for.
Hello World!
Hello planet Earth!
Life is really great! From absolute obscurity, I have now become part of the blogging world (",) I aspire to be viewed by thousands, if not millions of other people out there who share my passion for macapunotarts, books, the unexplained, and money-making schemes that work. I do wish that I will have the time to fulfill this aspiration and the patience and perseverance to make something out of my self.
All in all, do bloggers have support groups? ('v')
Life is really great! From absolute obscurity, I have now become part of the blogging world (",) I aspire to be viewed by thousands, if not millions of other people out there who share my passion for macapunotarts, books, the unexplained, and money-making schemes that work. I do wish that I will have the time to fulfill this aspiration and the patience and perseverance to make something out of my self.
All in all, do bloggers have support groups? ('v')
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