Good and Bad Internet
Bad Internet
I suppose about half of the information posted in the Internet is either a hoax, inaccurate or misleading. Take for example the site of POEA. While people generally view sites as dotcoms, many are not. The official homepage of Philippine Overseas Employment Administration is www.poea.gov.ph yet a direct phishing site www.poea.com is masquerading as one legitmate website. While it does not show the meaning of the acronym POEA, it is obviously trying to emulate the official one.
One would be victim of this scam allegedly prepared $74 for processing her employment to United Arab Emirates. Beware, not all information posted in the Internet are true and even domain names can be deceiving.
Good Internet
I got the chance to look at my younger photos at mintal_barkadas Yahoogroups and it was deeply touching in the sense that it brought back the years passed as our kids neighborhood grew up together. Joanne, Fe, Irmina, Lourdes, Rodel, Cecile, John, Dante, Bimbo, Myra, Lutzie, Warlito, Elisa, Ana Liza, Jergen, Rommel, Rizza. We went to each other's house, celebrating birthdays together, Christmas parties, outings; it was fun to be together.
Photos reminded me I was frail and thin before often with army-cut recommended by my grandma. Got some photos on weird dresses just like 80s bands with strange hairstyles. But it did not matter: Jergen was at ease with Bata Batuta and Zoids; Seven Sexy Ladies were indeed sexy; Quadro De Alas evolved from the original Comedian Brothers. Such languages we felt we were the only ones who would understand.
Gathering again last Christmas in Jack's Ridge it was never boring to hear our stories from the past. After all who would believe Fe was dancing "Lumayo Ka Man Sa Akin" of all her demure personality? Or how many times Dante figured into a fistfight or Rodel's villain appearance often annoyed the girls.
Lourdes has married, Aldrin, Warlito, John, An An and Cecile too. Soon it will be Moking and Rizza's turn. And one by one, we began to drift apart in the sea of responsibility -- something that we need to do once we settle down -- but some things never easily go away: our photos from the past. Rusty and discolored due to test of time, they remain living evidence of our bonding. And thanks to the Internet, I get to see them and start daydreaming.
I suppose about half of the information posted in the Internet is either a hoax, inaccurate or misleading. Take for example the site of POEA. While people generally view sites as dotcoms, many are not. The official homepage of Philippine Overseas Employment Administration is www.poea.gov.ph yet a direct phishing site www.poea.com is masquerading as one legitmate website. While it does not show the meaning of the acronym POEA, it is obviously trying to emulate the official one.
One would be victim of this scam allegedly prepared $74 for processing her employment to United Arab Emirates. Beware, not all information posted in the Internet are true and even domain names can be deceiving.
Good Internet
I got the chance to look at my younger photos at mintal_barkadas Yahoogroups and it was deeply touching in the sense that it brought back the years passed as our kids neighborhood grew up together. Joanne, Fe, Irmina, Lourdes, Rodel, Cecile, John, Dante, Bimbo, Myra, Lutzie, Warlito, Elisa, Ana Liza, Jergen, Rommel, Rizza. We went to each other's house, celebrating birthdays together, Christmas parties, outings; it was fun to be together.
Photos reminded me I was frail and thin before often with army-cut recommended by my grandma. Got some photos on weird dresses just like 80s bands with strange hairstyles. But it did not matter: Jergen was at ease with Bata Batuta and Zoids; Seven Sexy Ladies were indeed sexy; Quadro De Alas evolved from the original Comedian Brothers. Such languages we felt we were the only ones who would understand.
Gathering again last Christmas in Jack's Ridge it was never boring to hear our stories from the past. After all who would believe Fe was dancing "Lumayo Ka Man Sa Akin" of all her demure personality? Or how many times Dante figured into a fistfight or Rodel's villain appearance often annoyed the girls.
Lourdes has married, Aldrin, Warlito, John, An An and Cecile too. Soon it will be Moking and Rizza's turn. And one by one, we began to drift apart in the sea of responsibility -- something that we need to do once we settle down -- but some things never easily go away: our photos from the past. Rusty and discolored due to test of time, they remain living evidence of our bonding. And thanks to the Internet, I get to see them and start daydreaming.
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