Heathers: MUSICAL

Heathers: MUSICAL 

It was once my dream to perform in a theater because performing on stage gives me the excitement and thrills. The last musical that I'd watched before was Habi-tabi. I remembered that because of my sister who had a crush on the theater actor whose role was Habi-tabi (And I still tease her about this even today. Hehe!)

I have huge respect for theater actors and actresses especially those who had been doing theater performances for a very long time. They certainly have this in depth of emotions and spectacular acting skills. Performing on stage is not an easy task and is definitely not one of the crafts to easily master. You have to possess a large voice that can be heard in the last chair of the venue without shouting. On top of that, it requires synchronizing of singing, dancing and acting at the same time.

I happened to watch Beautiful - Heathers Animatic by ELEMENTAL FA on YouTube because of the animation drawing which reminds me of WITCH, a teenage comic book, because they almost have the same style. I enjoyed the short clip and hope you can too:

ABBA's Dancing Queen

ABBA's Dancing Queen

If you are born before Generation Y, you might be quite familiar with songs like The Winner Takes it All, Chiquitita, Mamma Mia and one of the most popular is the Dancing Queen that was sung by the pop group ABBA. 

To be honest, I didn't know that they were a Swedish pop group until I've read it in "The Swedish Prince" by Karina Halle. What's more is that upon research, I've learned a fun fact that they have performed Dancing Queen first in the pre-wedding gala of King Carl XVI Gustav and Queen Silvia of Sweden in 1976! I wasn't even born at that time yet. But thank God for YouTube I got to watch their performance. 

(:-D)

If you also want to watch the video, scroll down below:

Happy Independence Day? K-folk songs on the WAVE!

Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day Yo Folks! In celebrating the Philippines' Independence, does this mean that I should also talk about the Philippines?

Nah. I'll talk about something else today.

The hot scorching summer is out and we're here again experiencing rainy seasons. Rainy days are good when you are inside your home. I personally do not like rainy days especially when I'm about to go to work or go to somewhere else. The roads are muddy and rain with strong winds proved to be hassle for me. But I have no complaints if I'm at home because it makes my bed more appealing to sleep on. I can snooze on and take longer hours of sleep which I did.

Perfect for this kind of weather is reading a book while sipping a cup of coffee while listening to another Korean wave addiction which is Korean folk songs.

I'll let you hear some on which I'm currently listening to:

Fall in love - 차소연 feat. Yejun Kang & Wall.T

On a Day Like This - Drain

위수(WISUE) - 흐르는 시간 속에 우리는 아름다워

Life is fleeting.

Life is fleeting. Snap in an instant. Poof and it's gone. :-(

I just heard last week that a patient that usually visits us had passed away and I found it through an article shown to me by a co-worker. She's way too young to die.

But I guess, death do not choose whether what or who you are. It makes me realize that in this life, we must make the most of it because the truth is that it is short-lived.

Nobody knows were we might end up. Nobody knows.

For BPI Direct clients: Shifting magnetic stripe to EMV card

For BPI Direct clients: Shifting magnetic stripe to EMV card

For us millenials, we have witnessed how the world was changed by technology. It made our life easier, faster and more efficient. Gone are the days that people prefer to put their money in the piggy banks. Instead they put it in the banks so that it could earn an interest.

With times getting tough especially for a country labeled as a third-world, security is a very much topic of concern when it comes to anyone. It is and will always be a first priority, be it with regards to physical safety of oneself or for that hard-earned cash. 

When news broke about rampant cases of fraud and theft, I was worried. Call it being paranoid but who can't help it? Magnetic stripe cards can be cloned into another card which can be used so that criminals can withdraw your money directly from the ATM and take your money.

Way back in 2016-2017, I first learned in an article by CNN that all over the Philippines, banks are mandated by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to shift their magnetic stripe cards into a EMV card. An EMV card has more security and makes it hard for criminals to copy your information. And so I emailed mine as I was eager to replace mine. They replied that they would informed me as to where and how to claim the new card.

Fast forward May 2018, I was browsing the bank's website when I found that they have EMV updates and I have yet to receive an email. I browse on their site on how to claim the EMV card, but the problem was: I am BPI Direct client. I later found out upon further research that BPI Direct has no branch. So what could I do? 

I read again the reply to my email and might have overlooked the advice to update my mobile number. The only way to change it is through visiting any branch of the bank you're with. And so I did and found out that I haven't updated my mobile phone number for more than a decade which I found weird because I remember complying 2 years ago when they have an announcement that their clients must update their information. So what was that then?

Anyhow, after updating mine at a branch I took the liberty to asked the officer about my dilemma. He said that they first prioritize the BPI clients and then next will be the BPI Family Savings and the BPI Direct clients. Hopefully, they will send me an e-mail as I know that the BSP had set a deadline for the banks to comply till end of June 2018.