Year: 2006

My Favorite Visitors

To acknowledge my avid visitors and convey credits to my top commentators, I’ve installed a plugin called “Show Top Commentators” by Jeffrey Strain. You can see the top eight (8) commentators at the sidebar, just above the “Recent Comments” section.

So, keep those comments coming. Comments are always welcome. You will always get to read more interesting articles here in this website that you can comment to in the future.

Moreover, an advice to my regular commentators, please keep the same name (including capital and small letters) and email address as you comment through this website in order for the plugin to accurately show the statistics. Thank you for your comments. You help keep this site more interesting.

To Edwin, Jogar, Rodney, Doms, Gil Martin, Wilson, Barn, and Humberjet, thank you very much!

Further Relief From Section 404

Published in http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2006/2006-136.htm:

SEC Offers Further Relief From Section 404 Compliance for Smaller Public Companies and Many Foreign Private Issuers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2006-136

Washington D.C., Aug. 9, 2006 – The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued two releases to grant smaller public companies and many foreign private issuers further relief from compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The relief is in furtherance of the “next steps for Sarbanes-Oxley implementation” (SEC Press Release 2006-75) announced on May 17, 2006, and includes some new initiatives not previously announced.

Today’s releases follow the July 11, 2006, publication of a Concept Release soliciting public comment on guidance for management the SEC plans to issue to assist companies in assessing their internal controls over financial reporting.

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Old Business is Back!

Old BusinessThe old business is back.

All kinds of loads (Smart Eload, Globe Autoload, and Sun Xpressload) as well as prepaid cards are available here. But wait, you have to pay first before I’ll send out any load. No credit line, I’m sorry. All major and minor credit cards cannot be accepted.

That’s business, you know. You need to have a working capital or revolving fund to hold out your business against the harsh economy.

In the News

Last Friday, I received an email inviting all Deloitte professionals to join a photo contest:

Deloitte is looking for photos that capture the essence of the brand taking the journey on various modes of transportation. This is in connection with the Annual Review that will focus on Becoming the Standard of Excellence and the journey that we are taking together. This will tell the story about the journey through client stories, internal stories, and third-party commentary.

The photos should be journalistic style. Subjects should not look into the camera. It is not necessary to show the face of the subject.  Photos of just the journey without people may be acceptable. Think, the open road’s desert with footprints.

The prize…a video iPod and a trip to New York.

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The Latest from deuts.net

Lately, you might have already seen a lot of difference in the deuts.net interface. Hopefully, this will end my quest for the best theme that will suit this site’s programme. I can now rest from more tweaking with the dirty html/php codes to customize the feel of this website, and focus more on the content instead.

First off, a question to everyone. Did you notice something familiar with the looks of this website? Guess, guess guess….

Did you miss something in here? It must be some kind of a picture…or maybe a logo… Ever notice the font? “Verdana”, that is. What about the color? From the blue with a hexa code of #030367, and the green (also try hovering over any link) of #99cc33… now, are you missing something?

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All Good Things Come to an End

Indeed!

Been stacking this away for almost two years now. Then it came about at long last. All good things come to an end, indeed.

I’ve been here for exactly four years and eight months now. I’ve met a lot of people from within the office and beyond. And that’s what makes it magical in a sense.

Plus, I’m doing this for the first time. A history in the making. A major event of my life, it should be. A major step. A whole step towards a new life, towards an interesting future. Magical, indeed.

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Please Observe 5S

The first time I encountered the term “5S” was during the first week of my working life.

The instruction was clearly delivered:

Always observe 5S while inside the client office.

“What is 5S”, I asked.

He answered, “Well, just ask your engagement teammate, he knows!”

Far later did I realize he may not even have known the exact meaning of 5S, or what do 5S actually stand for.

Nevertheless, here’s how 5S is defined in wikipedia:
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Bancnet and Expressnet Link-up

pic26431It was once featured in Deuts Top Stories the link-up between the two ATM networks, namely; Bancnet and Expressnet.

universal_accessThe interconnection between the two networks has been in the news (broken link, thanks to inconsistent Manila Times online) since June 21, 2006, yet I didn’t have the opportunity to try to withdraw in any expressnet affiliated banks (e.g., BPI, BDO, HSBC, Landbank) until yesterday.

Since 1993, there has been an alliance between Bancnet and Megalink, while Megalink made an alliance with Expressnet in 1997. Transactions made between these interconnected netwoks are charged with service fees that vary between PhP2.50 to PhP12.00 (depending on the bank) against the ATM cardholders. Transactions, however, between Bancnet and Expressnet were used to be charged US$3.50 service fee per transaction. Metrobank E.T. cardholders, especially, were explicitly warned about these charges. You’ll find these warnings posted in Metrobank ATM booths.

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