I. BPI’s So Called “Express” Service
II. The First Philippine International Jazz & Arts Festival
III. Extreme Feminism

I. BPI’s So Called “Express” Service

Just got back from the airport, Dad and my sister’s on the way to Malaysia. I decided to rant more. Today’s target is BPI, Bank of the Philippine Islands.

Why did am I bashing BPI at this time of the day? Well, I forgot to include it last night and I forgot a couple of more stuff. I opened an account or just paid for an “Express” Cash Card which is basically a debit card. I only liked it because there’s no minimum balance required. One more thing that I really hate is going to the bank. Lining up and waiting for hours (exagerated) isn’t really my thing.

So I signed up for it and the lady at the accounts told me that my card will arrive in three banking days. Of course, there’s always the Filipino “time” that has to be changed. I went four banking days later and the card wasn’t there yet. I went back two days later and found out that it arrived the afternoon I went before that incident. Still slow for me and tell me to come back five banking days instead of three. You don’t need to lie to me to impress me, just don’t waste my time.

Here’s what really confuses me, I have to get the pin encoded in an “express” branch. Why can’t I do it in the branch itself? Why do they have to complicate things better? Wouldn’t simplicity equate to its “express” service? There goes another bad implementation.

I also found out that they have very few ATMs. I think I better switch back to RCBC or look for another. I even heard that wire and electronic transfer is the most expensive at BPI. I’ll just wait for the lock-in period and close it.

II. The First Philippine International Jazz & Arts Festival

Another event that I forgot to mention. Two stages, two days, tickets at two hundred Philippine Pesos and lots of good music. It’s on January 21-22, 2006 at the Harbour Sqaure, CCP Complex, Manila. I think there’s another one at Airport Casino Filipino, Parañaque where tickets are more expensive. The website is messed up so here’s what you’re probably looking for the schedule too, I had to dig it up.

January 21, 2006
Stage 1		Stage 2
Time	Artist/s	Time	Aritst/s
14.00	Sitti	14.15	Lester Demetillo & Susan Fernandez
14.30	Ledh	14.45	Sino Sikat
15.00	Passport	15.15	Rueben Laurente
15.30	B.Concept	15.45	Quail Quartet
16.00	Charmaine Clamor	16.15	Jerome & Euphoria
16.30		16.45	Pete & Jazz
17.00	UP Jazz Ensemble	17.15	H3O
17.30	Juan Isip	17.45	Jazz Visitors
18.00	Alvin Cornista	18.15	Jazzphil Ensemble
18.30	Jewelmer Jazz Band	18.45	Dave Berk
19.00	Isha & Look Band	19.15	Rica Arambulo
19.30	Ria V. Grp	19.45	Next Level
20.00	Lynn Sherman	20.15	Romy Jorolan
20.30	Anya Santos	20.45	Joey Valenciano
21.00	Aquarella	21.15	Skarlet/Joel Galang
9.30	Balooze	21.45	Garlic
22.00	Paolo & Power Train	22.15	Chakra
22.30	Wunjo	22.45	Noli Aurillo
23.00	Brass Munkeys	23.15	Norman Ferrer
23.30	Vernon Coleman Blues Band	23.45	Brownbeat
00.00	Nyko Maca Electrosamba
January 22, 2006
Stage 1		Stage 2
Time	Artist/s	Time	Aritst/s
13.00	Pinikpikan	13.15	Makopa
13.30	Subconcept	13.45	Jeannie Tiongco
14.00	Executives Band	14.15	Rene Herrera
14.30	Johnny Alegre Affinity	14.45	Lilac Cana
15.00	Wahijuara	15.15	Arthur Manuntag
15.30	Radioactive Sago Project	15.45	Akafellas
16.00	Pangkat Kalinangan	16.15	Cooky Chua
16.30	Sinika	16.45	Jacqui Magno/Toti Fuentes
17.00	Cynthia Alexander	17.15	Maritoni Falconi/Marcy Estrella
17.30	Guarana/Hairy Dawgs
18.00	Closing Ceremonies and Awarding

This is the schedule for the bands only taken from this page. If you haven’t noticed, Makopa’s playing. Drop me a line if you want to come with.

III. Extreme Feminism

I was browsing around, searching for stuff and bumped unto this blog. It’s about wymonism or whatever. I was curious as this term was new to me. Quoted from a Google query:

Womyn is a term used by many radical feminists in order to degender the word women. Other spellings meant to perform the same function include “wimmin” (plural), wom!n, and “womban”. A common singular form, to refer to one person, is womon. A similar usage is “femal” instead of “female”. All are pronounced the same as the conventional terms.
-Wikipedia

Something new I learned for today. I think this was mentioned at LITFORM class before.

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