They ask verification questions guaranteed to fail.
Their agents are heartless and rude.
They are above the Law of the land.
They don't care about their customers.
Here are the verification questions I was given:
> 1. Can you provide the exact date when your SIM was activated? Ex. March 2023.
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> 2. What’s the last promo that you purchased before your phone was lost? When did you register it?
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> 3. What was your remaining load balance before your phone was lost?
All three verification questions are guaranteed to fail.
#1: Can you honestly remember the exact date when your SIM was activated, especially if it has been with you for at least a decade?
#2: Can you honestly remember the last promo you purchased when you did not purchase any promo for the last 5 years?
For the third question, I provided the CORRECT answer, and I even submitted a screenshot taken on April 12th, very recent.
And yet, Globe Telecom Inc.'s agent replied with the following:
> We have to follow the process before we proceed with the deactivation.
> Unfortunately the details you have provided, do not match our record.
> Yes, the details you have provided do not match our records.
> We can only block the number if you were able to provide the correct details we need.
After this, their agent copy-pasted their spiel in a rush to close the chat conversation.
I've worked in the customer service field for 20 years, and I can tell you this is the worst agent and the worst process I've seen and experienced.
Verification questions guaranteed to fail.
Not exploring other avenues of verifications, that actually are logical to ask.
Totally heartless and rude.
A company process. In other words, this is how they were trained.
End the chat conversation as fast as you can.
To the agent, “I deeply apologise for disturbing your sleep and giving you some work to do.”
To Globe Telecom Inc., “Shame on you for having such a process, and yet you continue to claim awards for having the best service.”
Huh, so what other #ASEAN#gamers have mentioned, South-East Asia now have a better ping to European gaming servers than US West Coast (or any US-based gaming servers).
This is interesting. I'm going to expand my test in the future. But for now, the results are the same with or without VPN. I guess ASEAN now have a direct connection to the EU IX and uses the latest technology?
I wonder where our connection passes through to get to the EU.
Here in the Philippines, our connection goes through:
Taiwan or Hong Kong
From there it travels the Pacific Ocean to US West Coast.
From US West Coast, it travels to Central.
From Central to East Coast.
From East Coast to Europe.
If we now have a connection direct to EU IX, then it means we're no longer passing through the US?
Never leave the Philippines without eating these fruits, and taking a bunch with you when you fly home.
Mangosteen
While popular in Southeast Asia, the Mangosteen in the Philippines is the best variant in the world. Mangosteen is plenty and cheap in the country. You can find it anywhere, from wet markets to supermarkets to street stalls.
There are also many other products made from Mangosteen, from coffee to juice to daily supplements, even a candy and cookies!
Banana (local: saging)
Like Mangosteen, Philippine bananas are the best in the world. There was even a joke how a Philippine banana was exported in the West, and a local restaurant bought banana supplies from those countries and used it, hence, their very simple banana dish (that is ₱20 elsewhere) is worth a Big Mac (₱200). Without them realising the banana they imported originated from their neighbour.
Of course it's a joke. Or maybe not. (We did have an incident like this decades ago, for shoes. Marikina-made shoes were exported. Branded. And then that brand sold it here. 🤣)
Trivia: An endemic banana, "abaca", is also used to produce "Manila Hemp", which is expensive.
Mangoes (local: mangga)
Yes, the best in the world too! Some of our Asian neighbours visit the Philippines just to eat Philippine mangoes, because it's very expensive in their country.
Pineapple (local: pinya)
The best? Well, some of those popular foreign pineapple brands actually have farms here in the Philippines because they found that Philippine-produced pineapples are better.
Trivia: Pineapple was brought here during the colonial era. It's not endemic.
Trivia: Pineapple fibres are used to make clothes, and are usually expensive. It's the most common Philippine linen. Filipinos were the first to create clothes from Pineapple fibres. In fact, like the Coconut, Filipinos found use to everything Pineapple, generally, nothing goes to waste.
Here's another thing most are not aware of: Mainland Chinese were an important factor, if not crucial, in the #Philippines fight against colonial invaders.
Andres Bonifacio, the father of Philippine revolution, and one of the founders of the #KKK , is often depicted as a poor farmer. This is very far from the truth.
Andres Bonifacio came from a rich, if not wealthy, family with a lot of connections. If I remember correctly, he hailed from a "Royal Class" clan, and his family was one of those who kept communication lines intact before and after they started the revolution.
Secondly. Starting a revolution requires a continuous flow of funds. Farmers cannot support a revolution. In addition, farmers will not even think of a revolution by themselves, family comes first. However, a rich or wealthy person is capable of thinking about it and starting it.
So, Andres Bonifacio a "farmer"? Not at all.
Third. What schoolbooks don't tell us (they refuse to update it too) is that mainland Chinese (meaning, pure Chinese from mainland China) were also involved. They mainly provided funds and armaments. The Chinese in the Philippines and Chinese from China, were in constant communication. They send funds and arms. Which then are channeled to support the KKK.
Yet during the 80s and 90s, Chinese-Filipinos, or #Tsinoy , were targeted for kidnappings and hate. To this day, discrimination still happens just because they're Chinese, even though they have nothing whatsoever to do with Communist China.
PH E-wallet Maya to start charging P5 for cash-ins of linked bank accounts on Feb. 26.
"Meanwhile, BPI recently announced that they will charge a Php10 fee for e-wallet reloading to GCash starting March 1, 2024. This rule will only apply to GCash, which means that this method can be an alternative to Maya users who want to transfer funds from their BPI for free."
Great news. Last year's release of the IRR related to #Copyright stated that a registry will be created for Filipino works, and works produced in the Philippines, in the #PublicDomain.
In addition to the above, the IRR also finalised that any Philippine government works, unless otherwise specified, are now automatically in the Public Domain.
I wonder who will win in a drinking competition between a #Filipino and a #Korean?
Koreans:
They're taught how to drink at age 19 (international) / 20 (old system Korean age).
Drinking is part of Korea's culture.
Alcohol level of common drinks in Korea are 20 to 40. (At least based on information I was able to find.)
Filipinos:
Anyone can choose when they learn how to drink. (Grade 7, Grade 8? Sure! Just make sure no adult will catch you.)
Alcohol level of the popular drinks in the Philippines are generally 5 and below. Some between 5 and 10. It's rare to see 30 to 40.
Drinking is not part of the Filipino culture. It actually has a negative view about it here. (Let's not get to that.)
It would seem that Koreans will win based on the above. But you see, Filipinos who decided to make drinking a part of their lives, can drink as much as Koreans do.
So, I wonder, who will win in a drinking match?
I mean, sure, Filipinos won't win if the match is about:
Number of drinkers.
Who can hold their alcohol better.
But in a limited, say 1-on-1 or group-vs-group match, I think it'll be a fair competition.
We were talking about the #Filipinoo and #Tagalog languages a few days ago…
“The Japanese interest in PH indigenous languages”
“WITH close to 200 languages spoken all over the country (based on many different counts), the Philippines has such a large number of languages that the number of Filipino linguists documenting these languages might never be enough. Most linguistic studies done in the Philippines are in the realm of applied linguistics, but this is not surprising because there are many real-world language problems in developing countries like the Philippines. Actually, studies on (Philippine) English are more common among Filipino linguists than those on Philippine indigenous languages.”
Hello, I am looking for some cool Filipino accounts on Mastodon that you guys can recommend. Can be food, travel, news, as long as it’s an active account / group. :) thank you in advance, much love ❤️🇵🇭
You can follow any of these from your own server as long as they are not blocking each other. You don't need to create an account on the other servers if all you want is to interact or follow.
This is not a comprehensive list. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of Filipinos on the fediverse network.
Hyphenised to avoid mass tagging. Just remove the hyphen or convert to URL format.
Oldest, active, and largest groups/communities (in no particular order):
@-pinoy@chirp.social
@-philippines@a.gup.pe
@-pilipinas@lemmy.ml
Other groups (thematic, etc.)
@-baybayin@a.gup.pe
There is a cycling group, but I seem to have forgotten to add it on my private list.
Filipino accounts in the Fediverse (in no particular order):
To all Filipinos, and foreigners planning to live in the Philippines for quite some time, a fair warning: avoid getting a Globe SIM.
Here's why: if ever you lost your phone (theft, etc.) Globe Telecom Inc. will not immediately block your old SIM for the following reasons:
The SIM is STILL RINGING.
You cannot PERFECTLY answer ALL THREE verification questions, which were designed to ensure you'll fail it.
I just went to a Globe store to go through the process because their online agents were heartless and very rude. While the agent in the Globe store was very helpful, and exhausted all possible options, it still was not enough to trigger the “immediate old SIM block” step.
This is after providing the following:
Affidavit of Loss.
2 government issues IDs.
A selfie with me holding my government issued IDs.
Load amount prior to phone theft. (I even have a screenshot.)
Expiry date of the load prior to theft. (I even have a screenshot.)
That it is attached to a GCash account that is Tier-3 verified. (One GCash account per mobile number.)
I brought all the SIM beds I ever had for the same number. (I always kept the SIM bed whenever I get a new SIM issuance for the same number.)
Provided the numbers I often send SMS and the messages I sent to those numbers.
They also confirmed with me that whoever got my SIM, bought a Globe promo after it was stolen.
But, NO, absolutely nothing whatsoever can trigger the step: Block old SIM.
The only thing they did is escalate the case. However, it will take 3-5 business days to be processed.
They also informed me that it can be declined, too, even after proving my ownership of the SIM beyond any reasonable doubt.
So, yes, that's GLOBE TELECOM INC. for you.
AVOID THEM AT ALL COSTS!
Get a SMART or DITO SIM instead.
I don't even know what to do next if it gets declined. Probably go to NTC, which means, I have to go through a hundred processes again, spend money I don't have to get this and that, and still no guarantee.
All I can do right now is continue removing that number from my accounts. Banks are done, already filed requests.
I'm already very tired. Sorry, but I really have to say this: #GlobeSucks.
I found a way to write the #Filipino leading sound /ŋ/ (Ng̃) in #Hangeul by “reviving” an obsolete Jamo.
(NOTE: the samples below are using the Pilipino Hangeul [work-in-progress] adaption/rules.)
Ex:
ᅌᅡ욘 (nga·yon) = EN: today
ᅌᅵ삔 (ngi·pin) = EN: tooth
I also separated (R) and (L), like how they did in the #Ciacia language.
Same character: ᄙ
Ex:
빠다ᄙᅡᆺ닷 (pa·ta·las·tas) = EN: commercial
ᄙᅡ밧 (la·bas) = EN: outside; go out (depending on usage)
I was thinking of using another obsolete Jamo (ᅏ) for the /t͡s/ (Ts) sound, but ㅊ /t͡ɕʰ/ (Ch) can fulfill that role as well.
Ex:
차차 (cha·cha) = short form of “charter change”; or the dance chacha.
초꼬라데 (tso·ko·la·te) = EN: chocolate
차아 (tsa·a) = EN: tea
Ññ (enye) is, for now, transliterate.
For the Kr sound, like in “krus”, maybe we can use ㅋ since we don't have a /kʰ/ (Kh) sound in Filipino.
Vowels like Filipino “Ee” which can be either /ɛ/ (ae) or /e/ (e).
This one is tricky because the Filipino “Ee” sound can change depending on, for example, a person want to deliver a word with endearment, but the meaning never changes. So an /e/ sound can become an /ɛ/ sound, while retaining its meaning.
I actually had no idea about this “Ee” /e/ (e) vs /ɛ/ (ae). The way Filipino vowels are taught in school is simply, well, /e/ (e). But the more I read online resources, the more I learn that we do make an /ɛ/ (ae) sound for the same vowel! How crazy is that?!
The hashtag #BanTikTok has started to gain momentum in the #Philippines because of the recent muting/silencing of a renowned journalist's coverage of the West Philippine Sea issue. Which in turn also revealed that a music video / campaign of a local celebrity regarding WPS was also muted earlier.
Hopefully, this is the spark we are waiting for to get this Communist China-controlled service banned in the country.
Unfortunately, one user shared a photo of a news report on how the DICT (Department of Information and Communications Technology) said that we should be careful with banning apps as these are simply technologies, and small businesses are using it.
> ANC: The DICT asserts it needs to be careful in supporting a ban on social media apps, esp. since they benefit small businesses.
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> DICT: Let's not single out a particular app. This is just tech. There are evils in it, but there are also good things in it.
It was a poor attempt to deflect the question. Why? The topic was not about the technology, it was about banning [highly questionable] social media apps. There is a huge difference between technologies and services.
The public is not asking to ban the technologies behind “short form videos”. The people of the Philippines are demanding to ban a service.
Jopay - Mayonnaise, Japanese Version (Cover by Hachi Joseph Yoshida) (www.youtube.com)
Best Philippines Mastodon accounts
Hello, I am looking for some cool Filipino accounts on Mastodon that you guys can recommend. Can be food, travel, news, as long as it’s an active account / group. :) thank you in advance, much love ❤️🇵🇭