This crazy oil crisis issue.

People should realize and wake up. This oil crisis dilemma is not brought upon by oil producers like OPEC or those countries ravaged by conflict and chaos. The finger pointing has been so endless, putting the blame on the wrong people. Especially in the media everything has been so hyped up that every time a world leader gets a tantrum prices go up, if OPEC outputs a billion barrels a day the price won’t go down. And if you think the fighting in Nigeria stops oil will go down? No way. The culprits to this story people are those suits on Wall St., those with the balls to speculate and the money to hoard supplies, what’s worst about this whole scenario each one of us gets the pinch out of this. Have you ever seen an oil producing country or leader going on TV saying “hey today let’s price oil at $146 a barrel”? We are market driven folks and things go up and down depending on how the suits on the trading floor see things are going. And if you think prices will go down if we flood the streets, no way Jose! If leaders and people are dead serious and putting an end to this they should wake up and gag speculators and hoarders. If they could only think of a moratorium to temporarily stop oil commodity trading ad make it a government to producer trading for now and even decide to put a cap on prices that all agree upon I’m sure oil won’t be $146 a barrel now. In short cut the middleman and make less people deal with the whole oil trading.

Global Meltdown?

Yesterday the FED cut interest rates 3 quarter basis points or 0.75%, 5 minutes later we see news flying around with the tag lines “global meltdown”. People went on saying this is it. Since we are symbians with the US, we saw our local stock markets indexes suffer. As they say when America sneezes the whole world catches a cold. Well, I think it’s so over-rated, I could not accept that some guys at Wall Street want speculate to make a buck. We normal folks will suffer the ill effects. I mean commodities like oil or gold won’t reach that high if people wouldn’t speculate. For those not familiar what speculating is that’s like forecasting how a certain commodity is worth depending on current circumstances, so if they say oil will reach $100 per barrel because supply is in demand due to winter that’s speculating. So some would ask me how does the stock and commodity market work. Well I tell you it’s a lot of speculating, you may have facts or fundamentals to back it up. But I still say speculation is the main game. Going back to the meltdown issue, like what Donald Trump said on Larry King this afternoon, the main obstacle why the US is suffering it’s because oil is to high, to quote what he said “the Whitehouse guys can make this go away with just a phone call, if they’d just call those oil providers they can make the prices go down. “ I think the guy is right, what’s happening now is just plain old mismanagement. And all the media hype ain’t helping either, it’s making people jittery. The line itself “global meltdown” sounds like a Hollywood movie wherein aliens are trying to blow up the whole planet with their intergalactic ray gun. For me if I have loads of cash this will be the best time to invest since markets are down prices are low. Like if you’re shopping don’t you go bargain hunting, am I right? So like shopping investing is like bargain hunting too. Like that FED cut it shouldn’t be considered a bad thing; look at the bright side if you buy a car right now you’ll pay less since rates were lowered. We hear the word “fear” all over the news, countries going paranoid this and that, because the US is in recession. It sounds so ironic because most of these countries would say they are independent, and nationalistic. But fearing US is in recession sounds like dependency to me.

New Silay-Bacolod Airport review.

I was recently at the new Silay-Bacolod International Airport; this prompted me to write this. For those not yet a guest of our dear new airport this is sort of a guide for you. Like anything in life there are pros and cons let me share what I’ve noticed from my recent trip.

Let’s start with the pros. Since it’s new well what do you expect, it’s super clean. A nice sight indeed. If you’re approaching the vicinity about a few meters ahead you’ll see this gigantic lighted spectacle in the middle of those lash green sugarcane fields which is commonly found in the province. The look of the place is like a mini NAIA(Ninoy Aquino International Airport), I don’t know if that’s how all the new airports is going to be but the design and structures would remind you of NAIA. Security wise, it’s superb you get huge renta-cops and real cops all roaming around the place. Gone are the days when one can just walk in places now you get frisked and asked where the hell you are going. At least you’re secured enough to think that no shmuck will blow up the plane you’re in. It won’t be hard trying to find your airline carrier since they are all cramped up in one place now not like before you need to ride on your car and go to another building what not.

Now for the cons my awaited moment. If you’re in the past used to ease, you know what I mean. Its gone baby!!! If there’s a rating for “user friendliness” I think I’d rate it 50% out of a 100%. Here’s why, those who travel a lot remember the time when you finally arrive, you are used to your regular porter doing all the hustle lifting or getting your baggages? That’s all gone, it’s now all yours, you lift, you get, and you push cart. Our old reliable porters some even we knew since we were young are all gone replaced by this heavy steel carts which sometimes seem difficult to push. Check in time is no longer “convenient” like before, you know our usual “let’s leave our ticket to mr. so and so or our porter” “let’s just arrive 5 minutes or so before the plane departs”. Now when they say check in 2 hours before the scheduled flight, be sure you’re there. You’ll stand in line I mean it will take you an hour standing with your cart in front of you till you literally enter the departure area. And like NAIA you have to go through several checks having all metal objects on you removed before you pass the scanner, so if your pants are lose be ready to grab them tight. But I would suggest you go there more than 2 hours before since the place is far from what you’re usually used to. And if you’re taking a cab be prepared to shell out times 3 what you’re used to. The road going there is now is a bit ok, but it’s not wide, two lanes, and little obstructions will definitely cause heavy traffic so that’s one consideration for being so early for your trip. Obstructions can happen anytime since the road is also being shared by big trucks hauling sugarcane etc, remember this airport is located within an agricultural area. And for public transports you wouldn’t find a lot of options cabs are the only way to go, you couldn’t even see much around so it’s better you plan ahead. And since not all facilities are up yet I wouldn’t suggest traveling at night the roads aren’t lighted yet.

I know it’s new and things may improve in the long run, for now I just want to share what I’ve noticed so that you will be prepared. So happy trip to you.

Classic Kiddie Christmas Albums

Just sharing some Christmas albums I used to listen as a kid, enjoy and Merry Merry Christmas.



The Chipmunks - Christmas With The Chipmunks

1. Here Comes Santa Claus
2. The Chipmunk Song
3. Jingle Bells
4. It's Beginning To Look Alot Like Christmas
5. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer
6. Up On The House-Top
7. We Wish You A Merry Cristmas
8. Silver Bells
9. Over The River And Through The Wood
10.All I want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)
11.Frosty The Snowman
12.The Twelve Days Of Christmas
13.Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
14.Christmas Time(Greensleeves)
15.Here We Come A-Caroling
16.Deck The Halls
17.The Night Before Christmas
18.Jolly Old saint Nicholas
19.Wonderful Day
20.Have Yourself A Merry Christmas
21.Jingle Bell Rock
22.O' Cnristmas Tree(O' Tannenbaum)
23.Hang Up Yor Stockin'
24.White Christmas

http://www.4shared.com/file/31945752/a650af4/Christmas_With_The_Chipmunks.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/76234883/Christmas_With_The_Chipmunks.rar


Christmas In The Stars: Star Wars

1. Christmas In The Stars
2. Bells, Bells, Bells
3. The Odds Against Christmas
4. What Can You Get A Wookiee For Christmas....
5. R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas
6. Sleigh Ride
7. Merry, Merry Christmas
8. A Christmas Sighting ('Twas The Night Before...)
9. The Meaning Of Christmas

http://rapidshare.com/files/76084205/Christmas_In_The_Stars.rar
http://www.4shared.com/file/31884518/3b48ab41/Christmas_In_The_Stars.html

Sample Music Genre Mixes

These are just sample mixes I made of different music genre free for download. Please remember I just new at this thanks and enjoy.:)

Just follow the link to download from rapidshare it's totally free.:)

80's Disco collections from Guess disco years:
http://rapidshare.com/files/33724807/Macs_Ulitimix07.mp3

80's tracks mix part 2:
http://rapidshare.com/files/47614620/tempo1.mp3

90's tracks mix Euphoria years:
http://rapidshare.com/files/44171836/90s_mix.mp3

Lite tracks part1:
http://rapidshare.com/files/43268881/ocram_s_love_cuts.mp3

Lite tracks part2:
http://rapidshare.com/files/55452280/Ocram_s_Love_Mix.mp3

Ocram's house mix vol.1:

http://rapidshare.com/files/40898635/Ocram_House_Mix07.mp3

Ocram's house mix vol.2:
http://rapidshare.com/files/56611649/Ocram_House_Mix_Vol.2.mp3

enjoy!!!:)

The ZTE-NBN senate hearing...

Yesterday I decided to sit down and watch the senate’s probe regarding the ZTE-NBN deal. It ran for almost 11 hours plus, I was just curious what the hoopla was all about. For those unfamiliar what I’m talking about let me give you a brief summary.

What’s going on: a scandal erupted on the news when one businessman (Mr. Jose De Venecia III) went on media saying he got booted out from government sanctioned bidding for a broadband deal. He said that the government already made a deal with ZTE a Chinese based company surpassing any bidding requirement proceedings. He also stated that he got a bribe offer from COMELEC Chairman Benjamin Abalos, offering him loads of cash to back out from the bidding. Exposing conspiracies of corruption and power play within the realms of the government. To cut it short. Okay it got out to the media, people got named, and conspiracies got out. Now our senate got word about this, so this all goes back to what I was talking about here, the hearing.

Like any good old story the plot was to find out what really happened, why it did, and what will this entire probe do. Okay, to put it bluntly the whole exercise was nothing but a bunch of baloney. I was really expecting a courtroom like debate and interrogation. But what I saw was more or less a sitcom type slash soap opera show. I mean “the what really happened” issue seemed to be vague. Instead of getting things cleared you got a lot of accusation throwing between one another. Like NEDA’s Chairman Romulo Neri, people before hand was keeping a keen eye to what this guy was going to say, since he himself claimed that he too was offered a bribe by Chairman Abalos. Like all who stayed glued to the tube yesterday, senators got aerated after Chairman Neri invoked “The Executive Privilege”, which means he would just answer questions he feels does not affect the national security of the country. Oh come on! The people were just curious what the president had to say when they talked about that claimed bribe offer he got from Chairman Abalos. Chairman Neri’s “Executive Privilege” is what I call “a get out off jail pass”. Going back to the hearing I won’t name names but some senators got my good points for asking the right questions, and some got just asked nonsense. And some just even rephrased previously asked questions just to contribute, to which made this proceeding lagging in nature. Some even made remarks not fit for a government official of that stature. Some even made colorful remarks that are too racial that I guess if I was China I’d send 10 nukes our way. I guess putting humor to it, what that senator did and said was the sitcom part of the entire event yesterday. The proceedings logged in too long that if you have a low tolerance threshold, you would probably click your remote and did something more productive. But I just had to watch and see, I guess I was after the truth. Unfortunately, like most a lot of things left got half baked answers. All we really got to know is that corruption will always be a dark part of our politics how ever you size it. And for Chairman Abalos, if there’s a fall guy to this story, he got the lead role on this part.

Which brings my final conclusion? The probe or hearing might have exposed corruption, wrong dealings but at the end of the day the whole country got the losing end. Before I made this blog our country’s ranking among the worlds most corrupt countries went from 122 to 133 meaning what happened had negative effects to who we are.