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Monday, August 09, 2010

PINOY, NAHOLDAP SA AL-KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia


At dahil may pagkasensitibo ang post na ito, we'll blog about this in Tagalog. If you're an English speaking/reading visitor, please, our apologies, make use of the Google Translate option, then.

I saw this tag in Facebook with most of our friends in Khobar posting this in their walls. I also receive an email from my friend in Riyadh with this attachment. So for the good of the public, we would like to post it here.

Ito ang most common, or latest modus-operandi ng mga katutubong nog-nog dito.

Read on:


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Here is the complete quote in case you can't read the page above.

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"BABALA SA ATING MGA KABABAYAN!!!

Isa po sa aming kasamahan ay na hold‐up kahapon , Friday, Aug. 6, 2010 mga bandang 6:00pm, sa Al‐Khobar area (near fish market) Ito po ang kanyang salaysay:

Naglalakad po sya along 6th St. galing sa fish market pa‐uwi sa kanilang bahay na nasa Prince Bader St. between 6th & 7th St. ng lapitan sya ng isang maitim at malaking arabo (bado) at pagbintangan ang aming kasamahan na sya daw ang nakapulot nung nalaglag na pera ng arabo (bado).

Sa kanilang pag‐uusap, pinagbintangan po ng arabo (bado) ang aming kasahan na sya ang nakapulot ng
nalaglag na pera at inilagay pa daw ng aming kasamahan sa kanyang bulsa. Hanggang sa na‐uwi na po sa pagtatalo ang usapan.

Kasunod po noon ay may isang sasakyan na humarang at huminto sa kanilang harapan at nagpakilalang pulis, agad na bumaba nagpakilalang pulis at nagpatunay sa arabo (bado) na ang aming kasamahan nga ang naka pulot ng pera at inilagay sa kanyang wallet (ito po siguro ang paraan ng mga arabo upang sya ay takutin at upang maipakita nya ang laman ng kanyang wallet).

Sa puntong ito ang kinabahan na ang aming kasamahan at wala na syang magawa kundi ipakita na ang kanyang wallet upang patunayan na wala ang perang hinahanap ng mga arabo (ang hinahanap pong pera ng mga arabo ay nagkakahalaga ng SR10,000.00, ngunit ang laman po ng kanyang wallet ay SR700.00 lang).

Nang ipinakita po ng aming kasamahan ang kanyang wallet upang patunayan na wala sa kanya ang hinahanap na pera ay agad itong inagaw sa kanya ng arabo (bado), kasabay noon ay sapilitang ipinalabas ng nagpakilalang pulis ang kanyang cellfone at idinahilan ng pulis na tatawagan nya ang aming kumpanya upang ipaalam na hindi sya makakapasok kinabukasan (Saturday) dahil isasaama nila sa Police Station upang ikulong.

At dala na po siguro ng takot, napilitan na din po ang aming kasamahan na ibigay ang kanyang cellfone, sa puntong ito po ay sabay ng pumasok ang mga aarabo sa kanilang sasakyan dala ang kanyang wallet at cellfone, wala na pong nagawa ang aming kasamahan hanggang sa umalis na ang mga arabo.

Makalipas ang ilang segundo at mga ilang metro pa lang ang natatakbo ng naturang sasakyan; napansin po ng aming kasamahan na ibinato po sa labas ng bintana and kanyang wallet, at ng ito po ay kanyang suriin, napag‐ alaman nya na nakuha na ng mga arabo ang kanyang pera (SR700), blackberry na cellfone at ang kanyang SHB
Credit Card nya. Sa kabutihang palad po ay nakuha pa nya ang kanyang Iqama, Saudi Aramco ID at ibang mahahalagang laman ng kanyang wallet.
Sa madaling salita po, isang modus din ng mga arabo yan s al khobar area sa mga panahong ito.


PALALA PONG MULI; MAGING MAINGAT PO SANA TAYO SA PAGLALAKAD SA AL KHOBAR AREA, MARAMI NA PONG MASASAMANG ELEMENTO ANG NAGLIPANA SA MGA PANAHONG ITO. IPAKALAT PO NATIN ITO SA LAHAT NG MGA KABABAYANG PILIPINO DITO SA AL‐KHOBAR AT SA IBANG LUGAR NG SAUDI ARABIA.

MARAMING SALAMAT PO"

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Ingat po mga Kabayan!


©2010 THOUGHTSKOTO

Sunday, August 08, 2010

Top 5 Free and Cheap Communication Ideas to the Philippines (2)


VOIP - that's what we need to remember.


There are lots and lots of companies and sites in the web that talks about this thing. This post is applicable whether you're based in the US, Canada, Singapore, Africa, Middle East, East Asia, Australia, or the Pacific.

First, since most OFW's have mobile phones, let's make use of it.

We use it for calling, we use it for texting. We pay a lot of money just to connect, just to hear the voices of our love ones, our friends, and classmates.


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Okay, now back to VOIP.


We need a mobile phone. I would love a WIFI phone. An Iphone is the best. Most NOKIA N and E Series are WIFI ready phone. They are affordable, and if you want to spend some savings, buy some type of phone that are wifi ready.


Now if your phone doesn't have a WIFI feature, at least it is 3G or capable of GPRS. If this confuses you, email me at thoughtskoto-at-gmail dot com for additional settings for Saudi based OFW's.

You've got the phone? WIFI and/or GPRS ready? Great!

1. Install a Dialer or an application like any of this in your mobile phone

FRING

NIMBUZZ

TALKONAUT

SKYPE

Once you installed that application, it will be ready to navigate.

Now, this is what I usually do.

I buy a credit worth 40 Saudi Riyal. It's easy because I just give my email address or username to the seller. They will load my account with 40SR, equivalent to 100 minutes of call to the Philippines! About 0.45 halalas per minute! In other countries, you can have 500 minutes worth of call with the same amount!

Okay, let's get back to the step by step guide.

2. Install this Nokia N and E Series Mobile Dialer here

BRAND PIN: 2755

SETTINGS OF CONNECTING YOUR WIFI PHONE

Nokia setting  access  points


Nokia sip setting access pointes

Nokia sip setting access pointes

Nokia sip setting access pointes


Nokia sip setting access pointes


Nokia sip setting access pointes

Nokia sip setting access pointes


OPEN TO TEST YOUR CONNECTION

Open a website to test your access point

3. SET UP OF A SIP ACCOUNT

Nokia setting  SIP setting

Nokia sip setting

Nokia sip setting

Nokia sip setting

Nokia sip setting

THIS WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE VOIP PROVIDER THAT YOU CAN SUBSRIBE

Nokia sip setting

Nokia sip setting


Nokia sip setting

Nokia sip setting

Nokia sip setting


Nokia sip setting


CHANGE THE DEFAULT CALL TYPE TO "Internet"


Nokia sip setting

Nokia sip setting


Nokia sip setting

Nokia sip setting


4. SET UP FOR NAT INCOMING CALL


Nokia sip setting


Nokia sip setting


Nokia sip setting


Nokia sip setting


Nokia sip setting

Nokia sip setting


I WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN SIMPLER LATER HOW WE CAN SET-UP YOUR MOBILE and START CALLING. THIS IS 2nd in a 5-part series.

Read the previous entry HERE.


©2010 THOUGHTSKOTO