For quite sometimes in the past, I had been a victim of the scoundrels in the Philippine Postal Service. I don’t know if these people are still existing up to now or not, but I stopped doing transactions with them because of those terrible …

Of all the Home Affairs Departmental offices I have been to, Centurion appears to be the most organized and least busy one of them all.
I arrived outside the offices at around twelve in the morning, with nothing but the worst expectations of the experience I was about to have. …

I bought this card to support our local athletic program. These cards were being sold for $20, and it advertised a lot of great savings. However, after blowing off my money, hoping for a somewhat decent payoff, I realized why I stopped buying this “great deals” from school fundraisers …

BSNL is the main telecommunications service provider in India but being a government enterprise it isn’t very efficient , the line is congested and has problem of cross connection along with many other problems so we disconnected our BSNL landline service and opted for Tata Indicom wireless walky post …

I arrived here in Michigan under a fiance(e) K1 visa. A K1 visa holder can stay for three months in a state of the fiance(e)’s residence. My fiance (now husband) and I applied for our marriage certificate at Eaton County Clerk’s Office. It was more than 30 …

With the opening of the school year in the last 2 weeks, it was a frenzy of endless shopping for books, stationery, clothes and shoes for my kids. Most of the time, I did not know where to go as I do not know Brussels that well despite …

I recently celebrated my 35th birthday. And, as part of that, I realized my driver’s license was set to expire and I had to go to our local Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles to renew it.
I received the renewal notice in late August. But, even though they gave me …

The Vancouver Public Library is more than a library. Although it is considered the third biggest library in Canada, it is also an architectural marvel, designed to mirror the modern grandeur of the Roman Coliseum.
The architect was no less than the legendary Moshe Safdie. The Vancouver Public Library …

The year 2009 is a blessing for Filipinos who are about to or currently dealing with Philippine Passport relevant task: application or renewal. The Department of Foreign Affairs has finally joined the bandwagon of utilizing the Internet in their operation, when they launched the online appointment system, a …

Whenever I travel I always try to avoid taking the bus because of my horrible experiences in the past. I got ripped off by porters and even vendors in the crowded terminal, and at one time I lost my cellphone to a pickpocket (I presumed). I always hate the …

When I found myself in need of a taxi from Port Jefferson, NY to Holbrook, NY, I called two taxi companies. The first company I called was Lindy’s. When I was dismayed by the outrageous price they were requesting for the short trip, I called Islandwide. The price offered …

This past Saturday, I got a knock at my door. It was a salesperson from Charter Communications. He said Charter was now offering digital phone service in my area and he wanted to tell me more about it. It was all I could do to be polite and tell …

For the past four or five years, my family had our phone service through Comcast Cable Company. Even though the fact that our home phone and cable services were bundled together in one package was convenient at the time that we signed up for services, after a period …

Every year the Bass Pro Drive in Garland creates Santa’s Wonderland down in the hunting and boating section downstairs. Kids get to take a picture with Santa and they have different crafts and games on different days.
I took my three kids there tonight. I decided to do it tonight …

Most disabled people in Canada live on a disability pension and can often not afford needed medical equipment; this is where the Opportunities for the Disabled Charitable Foundation steps in. Relying solely on financial and medical equipment donations from the public of Canada, this Charitable Foundation seeks to help …

In my desire to minimize our telephone expenses at home I subscribed initially to PLDT Teletipid. Eventually PLDT abolished Teletipid and replaced it with PLDT Telesulit so I had no choice but go with the changes. Then again another change occurred, PLTD junked the PLDT Telesulit again and implemented …

I was so happy when I heard the Rockwall Pediatrics was opening up the Urgent Kids center for after hours care. I work full-time and it was difficult getting my kids in to see the doctor without missing much work.
The Urgent Kids office is located in front of …

KSRTC - Kerala State Road Transport Cooperation, that is what it is called. The KSRTC has many vehicles it owns but mainly it is the KSRTC Buses which draw attention. At present there are mainly 5 types of buses which the KSRTC owns. They are mainly listed as:-
* Grauda …

My hats off to the very helpful people at the Rustan’s Bridal Registry Service.
They helped make this part of my wedding planning problem-free. Here’s what I love about them:
1. The department store set up a very classy room for the service. This room …

There are many libraries in Morris County that are good, and I have been to all of them. However, my favorite is the Morris County Library in Cedar Knolls. This library is the second-largest in the area. Actually, it is the largest in that it has the most square …

I have made several trips using the Greyhound Bus service and each time I have seem to not like my experience. I have to say, yeah its convenient when you need a way out of town but the whole process and time traveling takes a tole on you. This …

I have two children that are bussed to school and our school district uses the services of First Student. I am really not happy with these services at all and have written several complaints to my school district about the poor service received from this company.
I have one …

Since I’ve moved to Vancouver from Montreal, I have been making an enormous number of long-distance calls and due to the time difference, my cell phone plan doesn’t really cover the time frame where I could have free calls to the people I have on my list. Therefore, I …

A Cher transport service is one of the local buses companies that services metro manila commuters. They, I believe are the first to have this big buses in the city; more people actually ride in this bus and would even wait patiently just to be able to ride in …

Embarq is my local phone provider, and I also subscribe to DSL internet and Dish network satelite tv. I have a product bundle that costs me around ninety five US dollars per month for all three services. I think I am getting a fairly decent deal and I personally …

my son is 2.6 year old-total naughty brat!!i tried taking many photographys of him but with little success.they were good but none that i can frame!so i decided to take him to studio k.my son never even liked to enter it but with great difficulty i took him in …

My landline service at home is provided by the Botswana Telecommunications Corporation. The office of my husband usually keeps all the telephone lines in the houses of their staff to avoid the connection and disconnection issues which will arise when a house is vacated by staff members who are …

For the most part, I’ve never really had an opinion about our local post office. That was until very recently, when I realized just how untrained the people there are.
I had an item I needed to return because it was damaged when it arrived to my house. Since I …

I have been one of the individuals who has been fascinated by the ability of DNA to trace ancestry all the way back to all of humanity’s common African ancestor since reading about The DNA Ancestry Project, by Genebase, in the National Geographic some years ago. Finally, I decided …

This is how much I dislike AT&T: I now have only cell phone service in my home, so that I may avoid land line usage and thereby AT&T (same for QWEST, but I’ll get to that in another review). The land-line long distance service was more trouble …

I have an older Lexus luxury sedan that rarely has problems. However, a few months ago it started to make an odd noise and I got concerned. My hubby suggested we take it in to Sun Devil Auto because they were close and had been there before for an oil …

I was thrilled when we moved and found that AT&T offered television services in our new area. I despise everything about the Time Warner Cable service we used to use. It cost more in different areas, the On Demand and pay per view features never worked, the serviceman arrived …

The Target Portrait Studios are the good place to have portraits of your family.My family went and had a photograph session in one of target store.The people around are very much friendly and they are spending almost half an hour for taking photos of us in different postures.I …

Telecom Italia has got to be one of the worst service providers on this green Earth. Not only does it take MONTHS to have an ADSL line installed, but they provide the worlds worst customer service, they treat you as if you were retarded, they think they know your …

Today my husband and I went to Walmart in Shelby, NC to purchase a couple of items. We took them to the express lane for checkout. My husband puts the cat food and dish detergent on the belt. We noticed a crowd of people speaking spanish …

Naughty by Nature or NBYN (www.naughtybynature.com.sg ) is a photo studio that offers a lifetime package of ‘lifestyle photographs’. They claim that they have more than 6,000 clients and they even include professional photographers. They also promise that they are able to photograph a range of styles. However, after …

I have visited this hairdressers twice now and as I have been very happy with the results, I thought I would give it a rave review. This is a small, local hairdressers in the residential area of Meir Heath in Stoke-on-Trent, serving the local community. I am …

For some time, I’ve been a big proponent of utility budget plans, especially when it comes to keeping some sort of control over what you spend on your monthly heating bill.
But, after Alliant Energy managed to screw mine up, I am no longer a fan.
My wife and I bought …

Sun Cellular phone really pisses me off right now! They have been bugging me to the depths of my mind because every since my phone application was approved with them, I haven’t used my phone yet! And that is already 3 days, and counting. I just came from their …

When we were on our last day in Malaysia, we needed to booked a bus on our way to Singapore. As a tourist, this bus company is quite famous, that’s why we immediately booked our trip here. Booking is simple, you can go to the station and buy your …

MGE is a taxi services here around Metro Manila. Their main office is found in Caloocan City and they are, perhaps the best Taxi service provider to this time as per my experience. Having seen them line up in shopping malls, they never denied a passenger no matter how …

When I began going to college in New York City, I didn’t know where anything was. I always had to ask around to find out where I was supposed to go for something. When I decided to transfer to a different college, I had already placed my dorm deposit …

Some smart person took a main consumer gripe (waiting forever for tradespeople to arrive when one has taken time off work) and turned it into a saleable benefit. Ben Franklin Plumbing not only promises to arrive with the hour they specify, they will pay YOU $100 if they …

Buying Distilled or purified water in the country has been predominant ever since it got well known in some establishments. Most private houses now buy 5 gallon containers and drinks purified water because tap water has really not been clean even after you boil the water. Most of the …

What can I say about this place? It is where me and many of my friends received our licenses/permits. Being Montebello area, this place is one of the most crowded places in the city! No joke! You can never get in without a 30-minute wait simply because everyone in …

Every so often I get the urge to clean my closets and other rooms of the house, collecting items that I don’t want anymore but that are still in good shape. I pack them in boxes and bags, setting them aside. I know that the Purple Heart will call …

I had the misfortune to travel from Virginia to New Mexico on a series of Grey hound buses. They were without exception, crowded, loud and miserable. It was one of the worst travel experiences I’ve ever had and that includes extensive trips in 3rd world countries.
The employees …

I go to Trieste very often and among all the bus companies I must admit that I really like it the best when Saf drives. usually on the same lines on different days there are different companies and I never seem to remember when Saf is driving and when …

I recently visited Dukas Auto Repair due to a radio promotion on 1220 AM in Waukegan. I was the lucky caller who got a certificate for a free Oil Change.
I needed my oil changed and Dukas was close to where I …