My First $2.0 Online Earnings!!!

This is my first earnings eversince I created this blog, $1.99!!!. Sounds so good to be true but it does. It is, in one way or the other, a virtual income, not yet a cold cash. But somehow, it gives you the feeling that your website does really work!

My fiancee in Canada did tried clicking on those Adsense by Googles and the above was the result in 24hours. I tried it myself clicking on those, but it didn't recorded the clicks as earnings. It's probably because I was using the same IP address. It make sense, because it has to be a real and sensible clicks from real probable customers.

I've been thinking a lot of taking a much bolder step by purchasing my own website in the future. But then again, this will come sooner depending on the results of the above.

It's always nice to have something working for you while you are sleeping. It may not be that one hell of money making machine, but at least you know monies are coming in small bits and pieces so that at the end of the day, you earn it as your savings in the piggy bank. You may not need it now, but in future you might. And it helps.

I would strongly urge viewers to continue clicking and make this a success! Thank you guys!

The Road That Leads Us To

When my elder brother told me that he’s getting married sometime long ago, I thought he must have found his soul mate. And I’m sure he did. The road he took was the right way and it took him where he wanted to be and I would think made him happy, somehow. He’s got three lovely children to speak for his happiness.

My sister who is next to me didn’t have that what they called perfect marriage but enough to make her happy in one way or the other. She’s married to a small business entrepreneur. We never knew how she got married and when it happened but it doesn’t matter now this time. She’s got two lovely sons. She’s a picture of a contented and loving wife to her husband and family. It may have been a bumpy road she took at the start of her journey, but I guess it’s getting wider and nicer now enough to make her happy in her own way.

My other sister who is now working in Singapore hasn’t taken which right road to take to. But I’m sure she’s busy searching for the right road. And my younger sister has just finished schooling and her examination recently. I would say our younger sister is just beginning to study what road to take to.

And our last sister took the best road to heaven. She’s there now at peace with her creator.

And me? I’ve started and begun my journey. I’ve taken the road that would take me to where I want to be. It’s a long road and journey and I’m sure it would be pretty exciting.

On December 7, 2008, our families, sans my father who was in his hometown in Bicol and my sister living in Singapore, were introduced to my soon to be lifetime partner’s family. Me alone taking care of the event and she was at the other side of the world beamed live on the web. It was an awkward event but otherwise the event went well. It wasn’t a perfect family introduction but enough to be able to convey what our plans are for the upcoming union of two families. And we plan to make a formal engagement party when both of us are together in Manila. Hopefully, the event will gather the whole families together and no more proxies.

The family introduction highlighted my first 2-week visit to manila since being away in November 2006. And now I’m a week here in Africa to continue my work.

Looking very much forward to December 18, 2010!

PRC Licensure Renewal Corrupt Practice

The reason I’m writing this soliloquy is to primarily seek an audience and perhaps open a forum to all interested wisdoms that could provide me enlightenment as to how and why the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) became a “sub-agency” of our supposedly “National Organization”, Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers, and otherwise known as IIEE.

Why I branded the PRC as sub-agency of IIEE is because of the Board Resolution No. 36 Series of 2002, signed by its Chairman Rodolfo R. Penalosa, and members Antonio Coronel and Edward Mendoza, attested by Carlos Almelor and approved by Antonieta Fortuna-Ibe, Alfonso Abad and Avelina De la Rea Tan.

According to RA No. 7920, Section 25, Article III, it provides that all engineers and electricians registered with the Board as such, ipso facto, become a member of the integrated national organization.

However, the Board Resolution No. 36 instructs the PRC otherwise, very much contradictory to what the Act say. In the resolution, for the renewal of our licenses, we should present an official receipt of payment of membership to IIEE. This means that we can not renew our license until we pay the hefty membership fee of PHP1,500.00. I personally experienced to be told, “if you don’t like to be a member of IIEE, then do not renew your license” by the lady whom they called chief officer at window 18.

We are paying for PRC License Card renewal, what’s the purpose of IIEE membership fee of PHP1,500.00? Where will it go? I don’t like to think that this is going to the pockets of one of those scum bugs.

I am an overseas worker and i went home to Manila from November 27, 2008 to December 13, 2008. On December 8, i personally went to PRC to renew my license as REE only to be told that i can not renew it unless i become a member of the IIEE. My license card expired on April 26, 2008.

So i went to 3rd Floor and raised my case. Atty. Almelor was not around and so i went to the board of electrical engineers just next door. I met the secretary, certain Myrna Taruc. I explained my case but couldn’t give a logical reason why I am being prohibited from renewing my license on the basis that I refuse to be a member of an organization. My question was, since when did my rights to renew my license card became obliterated by the mere refusal to become a member of an organization? is it not an elective option to be a member of whatever organization you like to be a member of? So i was finally told to submit a letter addressed to the board so that they can answer my queries in writing. I did submitted the letter on the same day and was received in behalf of Myrna Taruc by the lady sitting on the left side when you first enter the door.

With all due respect to the officers of IIEE, to pay PHP1,500.00 without gaining anything is like giving money to a scum bug. To make it worst, the board of electrical made it a pre-requisite to renewal of our license cards. This makes it even worst, in my lay man’s understanding, and i would call this a usurpation of law and as such in my opinion, a corrupt practice to use the engineers as their milking cows. This is noted in the Supreme Court’s opinion signed by Raul Gonzales received by the PRC on August 7, 2008, paragraph 3 of page 1. To wit: “… the respective boards might have usurped the law making power of congress…” In my entire career as electrical engineer, i have never seen a single benefit of being a member of IIEE.

RA 7920 was very clear to my understanding. However the way the board of electrical engineers interpreted the law in their board resolution in effect “would modify or are inconsistent with the provision of the law they seek to enforce”.

I would take an example. Ms. Gloria Arroyo promised the retrenched OFW in Taiwan that they will be entitled to a loan. Before i left manila to go back to Botswana, the promised loan has never been released pending the procedure or mechanism as to how the loan release will be made. You see, it is very difficult to get money from the Government. But the Board resolution no. 36 series of 2002 depicted how easy it is to get money from an ordinary citizen by making it as pre-requisite to our license card.

Why would the board of electrical engineers force us to become of a member of an organization we don’t know if it’s beneficial to us? I believe it is our natural rights to choose whatever group we like to belong without putting prejudice to our legal right to have our license card renewed and practice our profession in the philippines without legal barrier.

We are not milking cows. Every penny that we earn is made out of our sweat and blood and with sole purpose of helping our families and the families back home for those working overseas.

The board resolution no. 36 should be scrapped and revisited to comply with the provision of the Act.