ariellalisan.org – Homeward Bound

The panorama of Sitio Pait is saddening.

FINALLY, I was able to acquire copies of pictures of our Earth Day Eco-Walk and Tree Growing Activity held on April 25, 2008, for the benefit of the Calminda Watershed, which covers the areas of Barangays Alegria, Bagacay, and Paraiso, Alabel, Sarangani Province.

The protection of the Calminda Watershed is one of the top priorities of the Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) of Alabel. In cooperation with the DENR Provincial Office of Sarangani and the Local Government of Alabel, the office designated portions of the watershed for the different schools in the municipality, the different departments of the LGU, and other organizations to rehabilitate and maintain.

I RECEIVED a check from NDMU Alumni Association as mortuary aid because, as you know, my father just passed away. But until now, about a week after my father’s burial, I still haven’t cashed it out.

The problem was that it’s a regional check so I can’t use it in stores here in Alabel or in GenSan. According my aunt, I can deposit it into my account but the Land Bank (LBP) branch here in Alabel cannot process the said check because they do not accept regional checks for inter-branch deposit transactions since my savings account is at LBP Marbel.

HI, GUYS, I’ve moved the index.php of this blog to the root directory of ariellalisan.org, which means, the url http://ariellalisan.org/ will be automatically directed to this blog, without having to setup redirection in my cpanel. My main url now, is no longer http://ariellalisan.org/wp.

I would like to apologize to those who have previously linked my blog using ariellalisan.org/wp.  Please, if you have time, kindly change it to http://ariellalisan.org/.

As a consequence of this, I had to change the links in the blog directories I had this blog listed. I also had to change my link at Technorati, Feedburner, among others. Doing this requires some effort from me but this move is hoped to be of benefit to my blog in the future.

I HAVE only watched the news program last night after more than a week of no-TV. And last night, I have heard so much blabbery on the “system loss charge” that Meralco passes on to its consumers. There was this activist who pushes on the complete removal of “system loss charge” from the Meralco bill, which he thinks will significantly reduce power rates nationwide.

So, the problem is the high cost of electricity that is blamed on the other charges collected by Meralco and other distributors. I believe that it is legal to collect such a charge becasue according my readings, there is a law that allows distribution utilities to pass on  to their consumers up to 9.5% of power purchased. But I don’t know how much Meralco charges its consumers for its system loss.

But what exactly is this thing called system loss? The discussion on TV focuses on pilferage or theft of electricity. That is what some groups of activist know that is why they are clamoring for the removal of which in our bill. They are thinking that Meralco charges everyone the cost of electricity stolen by other people.

System loss isn’t just that. It is an inevitable drawback of electric transmission.

ALTHOUGH IT took me seven months to write 100 posts, I’m stil glad because at least, however busy I am, I still was able to update this blog and to do some bloghopping around the blogosphere.

In this post, I will be thanking those who have been part of my first seven months with WordPress.

(I’m afraid doing this part because I might miss those people some people.)

First, I am thanking Shari for giving me this domain and hosting package as a prize in the Wika2007 of Pinoy blogosphere. I’d also like to thank Jehz, who helped me get acquainted with the WP blogscape and the world of reviews (Sorry if I’ve been such a bother to you. ü) and for helping me cash out my first income from blogging. I’m also thanking Aethen for the lots of links and for being my blogging partner while I was in Marbel. Thanks and more power to my fellow SoCCSKSarGen bloggers, who are cooking up something great for the region, Sir Avel, Sir Hecky, Kuya Dens, BrVince, Mikko, and Richard. Thanks, too, to The Usual Suspects I’ve met, Ate Ria, Kuya Blogie, and Winston.