Blog Theme Change: A Yuppie Blog

I’m going to change my blog theme from personal random thoughts to a young urban professional (yuppie) blog. Topics would be about the workplace, what to do during weekends and places to be.

I currently work as a call center agent, spending the weeknights  answering calls, resolving concerns, dealing with the hysterics of a working life (at night) and having fun with my workmates and supervisors.

During weekdays, I’m dead at times. By dead I mean lifeless, monotonous, bored and sleep-deprived. Despite this occasional zombie, the weekdays also mean responsible spending of daylight hours; getting enough sleep to avoid dozing off during work, budgeting your expenses until the next payday, and feeding your mind whichever way you feel neuron-nourishing.

The weekends, or day-offs, are a whole new source of experience, from the yuppie point of view. Never miss the chance to detoxify from the stress accumulated during the week, and this blog would include weekend activities you could look forward to.

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Text Scammers

I just received a text message from +639063762647

This is exactly what it says:

“Notice From: D’Auditors of The PGMA. Charity Foundation inform u dat ur Cp no# Won Php.950.000 last, 2 . 11 . 2008 Pls!Call me n0w IM ATTY.VENUS A.AYALA,”

This is obviously a text scam. I didn’t even bother to reply but I did ‘Google’ the alleged attorney’s name. This confirmed my gut feeling that it was a scam. There were at least 3 top sites that had a forum regarding these modern nuisances. The 'PGMA Charity Foundation" keeps on using different numbers and different names for their fallible Attorneys.

How did I know that it was a scam?

1)   I never joined or entered any foundation or raffle so how can I even win? It's just too good to be true.

2) If you have really won from a legal raffle or foundation the number informing you of your winnings, then it would be coming from something like 2870 or 2868 (obviously I’m a Globe subscriber) business numbers for automated results. It won’t be coming from another SIM card number which is ideally for private use.

3) Why would you even call when the price you won is just P950. Though I know that the price was intended to be 950,000 PhP it was punctuated with a period therefore cutting the three other zeros.

Now if that is legal, no machine would commit such a typographical error because it would be detrimental to the sponsor’s reputation.

4) Read the message, it is poorly written and it's completely hilarious.

Beware of these text scammers, with the affordability of sim cards they easily change numbers.

For scammers remember one thing, “Rule of Karma.”

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FEU @ 80 Concert

Far Eastern University Central Student Organization
and FEU Institute Student Council 2007-2008


FEU@80:The Concert Bands
>Imago
>Hale
>Sugarfree
>Up Dharma Dowm


FEU quadrangle and grandstand
01.25.08
06:00-10:30pm

fellow Tamaraws repost this and tell
all your friends

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