John Ibanez

I never thought I’d join Earth-Hour. But after watching “An inconvenient Truth” (by Al Gore), my perspective on Global Warming turned around. So I thought I’d find a way to be part of the millions who helps save the earth (or humankind) from Global Warming and Earth Hour was my 1st choice and first move.

Exactly 8:30PM (GMT +8:00.00 Philippine Time) I switched off my lights, TV and all the appliances at our Condo. And not only that, I also switched my blog to “Earth Hour Mode”. It is not intended to conserve energy or something because basically, it’s still online. However, its the perfect way to spread the word and remind my countrymen and all the people around the world to participate in Earth Hour. Here’s a snapshot of My Blog in Action:

Although I did not finish the 1 hour ( I was 7 minutes Shy of the 1 hour target because my Analog Clock was set to 7 minutes advanced of the exact time), I’m still proud of myself for taking part of Earth Hour 2009.

As we Filipinos know, Social Security System (SSS) have provided excellent service to the Nation for a long period of time. In my own opinion however, SSS has Proved its incompetency and negligence to its contributors. Let me tell you why…

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I was asked by my parents to get an official copy of their latest contributions to SSS for our indefinite future plans. I, having no choice but to do it called our friendly “helper” to know how to get hold of it. They told me that it is possible to get that through their website, I would just need some of my parents details and I could get it quickly.

Scene 2

Hearing of that I quickly ran and sat in front of the computer and Visited the SSS Website. But to my surprise the SSS website was not available. SAD. And It says that it would be available within the next couple of hours. That was Yesterday. Heres a Snapshot:

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Since I dicovered that the website (SSS) was not available, I tried to call the SSS hotline (And believe me, for chrissakes it took me 55 Minutes to get through the line, which made me believe that It was’nt just me who was having trouble getting what I need). So I talked to a surprisingly very rude lady:

It was really rude of her to hung up on me. But I just thinked that It would be best not to call them back because the 1st call really means that they do not want to talk about it. So just to respect them (Even though they have no respect for us), I did not call back.

Scene 4

Ok, So I waited for 7 hours for the site to come back (I played Warrock while waiting). But unfortunately, It did’nt come back. So I figured, Hey why not check it tomorrow, It should be back by then. Here comes Morning, I checked the SSS website. And I was surprised that It changed. Now it had me wait for “days”. I was like “WTFSHH, WE NEED THOSE F’ing DOCUMENTS AND THEY CANT PROVIDE IT.” . Now I called SSS and they told me the same thing over and over again. Heres a snapshot of the changed webpage:

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 This just goes to show that even in small aspects. Big Agencies are very incompetent ang very negligent. As for me, It just eats my heart out. Disappointing. Very very disappointing.