3C’s is on me…

Almost two weeks that I am thinking to have a new blog that share my experiences, What I learned, I saw and what I have in hand all about 3C’s. You might think what the heck is 3 C’s… to shorten this, I would like to introduce to you my new blog site about the 3C’s which is Computers, Communications and Consumer electronics. That’s it! I’ve done it!

This is just to have a focus in every blogs content, one for my outdoor adventure and the other re on title. Here’s the link : http://3cpedroiho.wordpress.com

Feel free to leave comments or suggestions.

Thanks to All!

 

Largest wifi hotspot

Today, I discovered Davao’s largest hot spot; the SSID is ‘linksys.’”

But as time went on however, I came to appreciate the subtle implications of this tagline—specifically, that most people do not take sufficient precautions to secure their wireless networks - All are in default mode.

Wireless networking is one of the most popular and fastest growing technologies on the market today. From home networks to enterprise-level wireless networks, people are eager to take advantage of the freedom and convenience that wireless networking promises.

However, while wireless networking is convenient, it is not always deployed securely.

Insecure wireless networks are found in people’s homes and in large corporations.

Because of these insecure deployments, war driving within the city became one of pastime I am able to determine what the security posture of an organization’s wireless network is, or to verify that a company has deployed its wireless network in a secure fashion.

Computers are a staple of everyday life.Technology that makes using computers easier and more fun needs to be available to everyone. Companies such as Linksys and D-Link have been very successful at making these new technologies easy for end users to set up and use.To do otherwise would alienate a large part of their target market.

Modify your AP’s/wifi routers settings.   

 

 

How much of the Philippines have you visited?

I found this cool site and I decided to post this.

My adventures and travels are mostly within Mindanao area. I am amazed by the people places especially those whom I met uplands… the natives…

My Lakbayan grade is C+!

How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out at Lakbayan!

Created by Eugene Villar.

 

3G Internet Connection

It has been 5 months since I am browsing the internet using PLDT We Roam.

I have no problem on its service the way it caters my need like a vpn connection, but it seems I am having hard time finding a stable place where I could browse using EDGE connectivity… It is more often on UMTS… and can hardly open web pages….

Anyway, I think that’s the way it is… Must have a strong signal location to fully browse on a 3G speed .

 

Bonsai forest-Mount Hamiguitan

They say ” The climb can truly be hard, and the ravine can be the greatest scare of your life,but once on top, you’re on for an experience of a lifetime, and experience a world of paradise.“

Lantawan1 - two lantawan points - 1 and 2

Last October 31, 2007 we travelled to San Isidro, Davao Oriental. We hired a passenger van and paid 180 pesos per head on our way to Barangay Bato-Bato where we would meet some other climbers summiting Mount Hamiguitan.

We depart from Ecoland terminal at around 12:00 midnight and arrived at Barangay Bato-Bato, San Isidro, Davao Oriental 2:00 in the morning of November 1. We meet with some other groups that are scheduled to climb Mount Hamiguitan - ADMCI or Adventist Mountaineering Club Incorporated. which comprises about 100 ++ participants. We Hitched a ride by their truck for 20 minutes on our way to Tumali-ti, La Union, San Isidro and paid 30 pesos per head. We arrived at the jump off area at around 9:00am and do some registration from local tourism officers who assist us on our needs like porters and guides. We paid 100 pesos for registration fee.

On our way…

We started trekking at 10:00am and the the area is more abundant with Bamboo trees, Coconut trees and some river crossing just below the knee…

November 1, start trekking at 10:00 and reached camp 4 ( the first camp) at around 5p.m. We pitched our tent earlier and decided not to continue to camp3 because some members of the group are still far behind from us and accompanied by the sweeper (last man) . We were heavily rained for about 30 minutes just right after we eat our meal at around 7:30 in the evening…

Camp 4…

We ascend November 2 at 7:00 am after we packed our gears and had eaten our breakfast meal and reached bonsai forest at around 10:30 in the morning… before reaching this bonsai forest, we stop and take a glance at Lantawan- a magnificent view of the pacific and the landscape of the mountains can be seen and be amazed to see from a distance the blue waters of Pujada Bay and the Pacific Ocean…. refreshing!

Lantawan2….

30 minutes trek from lantawan and you will reached Camp2 ( Bonsai Forest) - at last!

” At 1,650 feet above sea level, one can found more than a thousand hectares of 2-3 ft. tall century-old trees that are very sturdy that one can literally stand over it without falling.” It is like a huge vegetable garden in the middle of the jungle.

How vast the bonsai forest is…

Located near the Bonsai Forest is the mysterious “Tinagong Dagat“. The area is uninhabited and is considered as one of the most puzzling phenomena of nature. The water, reportedly, has its high tide and low tide schedule.

The peak of Mount Hamiguitan is another walk of 1 to 2 hours from the Bonsai field and is 5,345 feet above sea level and to date there are 16 tree species found in the area.

Since my climbing buddy Carl and I have to return to Davao by Saturday afternoon, we joined another group who are descending Mount Hamiguitan and Governor Generoso as their exit point. We are excited because we will be like traversing the slope. My group where we joined summiting were staying for another night at Camp3. Carl and I started descending with another group who we already knew - The Sandawa Pro-Ecology Great outdoor (SPEGO) headed by Lyndon Sumaoy at around 12 noon.

Twin falls …

We arrived at Camp 2 almost 4pm and arrived at Camp 1 at around 6pm. the trek is very tiring since most of the time we are descending, and I can’t count how many times we’ve crossed the same river… it was a great experience hearing the flow of the gushing water from the river. - Not having hard time finding water to take. =)

We reached Camp1 at 6:00pm also known as Balonggo, We lit our lights at an empty house - half cemented and half wood. It was believed that in the 1980’s this camp is a village composed of about 30 families but were massacred by the armies because they are supporters of reds. - No formal or concrete evidence.

Right after we cooked our evening meal and pitched our tents. We dipped into the river and relaxed … what a great experience again although, I’ve done that before but it was great!

In the morning of November 3, Saturday I woke up 5am I ran into the river and weeeh! great ! heheheh - I feel like I am living in a free world - coz I’m naked bathing at the river… ^_^ I walked around the place and I see remnants of old houses scattered on every part of the hillside and I see big rocks being aligned as if there were inhabitants before dwelling in this area… Its like on the NatGeo and old city were traces of old buildings can be seen… but this, just a pile of rocks just 2-3 feet serving as a boundary of each spaces…

We started trekking at around 10am and the path is almost the same as yesterday but with less uphill… all are flat and some river treks and river cross… as hours passed by, I already see some villagers at their small houses at Purok 8 Barangay Sergio Osmena, Gov. Generoso. As we were walking I see this young girl of about 7 to 8 years old following us for a while … and We asked “where are you heading and why you are following us..” she replied “Gisugo ko sa akong mama palit sardinas” (Do errand to buy canned sardines) and we asked again “Where is this store? how far is it? coz it seemed you’ve been tailing at us for about 10 minutes… “ she just replied by pouting her upper and lower lips pointing to a direction where the store is.

We continued trekking and still the young kid is still tailing at us she don’t want to move forward and head a walk from us… Imagine buying a can of sardines would take this young girl(all villagers) to walked for almost 2 kilometers…

I also see kids at young age all naked running on the side of the river and I sighed hope life is like this again… I see in them how people lived way before there are no sophisticated cellphones… no cars, electricity… no bills to pay.. hehe just simple living.

We arrived at Sitio Badiang, Purok 7, Barangay Sergio Osmena, Gov.Generoso at around 1pm. and continued walking to Purok 4 where we negotiated a ride going to Poblacion Tibanban. We Arrived at Davao City at 6pm.

Mt. Hamiguitan a protected area through the “Mt. Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary Act of 2001″. Mount Hamiguitan is a favorite camping site of many local and foreign tourists, mountaineering enthusiasts, biologists, orniterologists and plain adventure-seeking people.

A regular organized climb is being conducted by the Local Government every 2nd week of May.

My adventure is over now… when will I have another time bonding with mother nature…

Now get back to work!

Thanks to Carl my climbing buddy for providing this shots. Thanks tol!

 

Spelunking story

Have you tried crawling on sandy caves, smelled “guano” an excrement of bats? trekking underground river? wheew! tiring but the fun and thrill are always there giving me the motivation to move on - for 5 hours wandering underground!

Last September 2 this year, we were invited by the Municipality of Monkayo to explore its Cave - known to locals as Combilan at Barangay Casoon, Monkayo, Compostela Valley.

We travelled afternoon from Davao City to Monkayo on September 1 and was welcomed by Municipal Tourism Officer of Monkayo  waiting for us, we arrived at around 8 pm in the evening.

Going to Barangay Casoon is like a ride of you life! because you are riding with the famous habal habal (a motorcycle attached with a rack/seat on both sides and at the back) The driver will carry 6 to 9 persons and the ride is really really exiting - i mean risky and dangerous.

The road going to the cave is not that smooth so prepare for the ride of your lifetime, as what the habal-habal driver said to us, especially for the first timers ” sabay sabay lang sa flow sa dagan sa motor… padala lang sa liko liko…isipin nyo nalang na you were riding on a bus… ayaw pangusog..pama-ulan lang mo ana ” and all first timers are shouting when roads are going uphill or downhill… mud holes…

We walked from jump off site at around 9am for about 10 minutes .. until we reached the mouth of the cave… there are two entrance… first we moved to the big cave and explore for about 3 hrs… the cave has a broad mouth entrance and becomes progressively narower inside. The first cave have a cathedral look inside with huge stalactites and stalagmites with different formations… calcium deposits that glows when hit by a light- spectacle view!. There is this part of the cave that let us crawl for up to a 18 inches of vertical clearance…. for about 150 meters! we exited on to another side of the mountain and walked back to jump off site to take our meal for lunch.

Looks familiar isn’t it? Well, that’s the way it is….

After lunch we returned to the site and started trekking… the second cave has a narrower entrance and we were trailing on a underground river… up to the other end… there are no huge cathedral like location inside second cave… we were just following the gushing flow of cold chilling water. At the end of the cave we decided to take a dip into this water hole since we are all muddy and drenched with water.

It’s 4pm when we are all dressed up and visit the Mayors office to recieved our certificates. Not all events were posted in this blog - mahaba pa kasi.. ehehe

Happy and fullfilled.

A person involved in spelunking has to have his own safety equipment, because a lot can go wrong while exploring a cave. There are caves that are narrow and then broaden at the interiors, and then there are caves that are broad at the mouth and get progressively narrower as you go in. A person spelunking has to be able to negotiate all these situations properly.

A standard safety gear must be used when spelunking and this include but no t limited to helmets(wala kami) , torch lights or even halogen lamps, proper apparel to suit the activity of exploration, besides the standard safety kits like first aid, adequate rations, etc.

It’s worth it!

Thanks to the Municipal tourism officer of Monkayo for the warm welcome….

More images at my flickr site.

 

Drop those out-of-date exercise routines

I found a new way of stretching after running - Static stretching.

The best place that static stretches will be at the end of my run as part of the cool-down, not at the beginning of a running session. Static exercises help bring our body back toward a state of rest and recovery and allow us to relax and lengthen the muscles that we have put under stress during my run.

Placing static stretches at the beginning of a training session, on the other hand, tends to interrupt the natural flow of an optimal warm-up and fails to prepare you fully for the dynamic movements that follow.

Dynamic Mobility exercises warm you up, stretch you out and keep you moving as you make the transition from resting to highenergy activity. You’ll feel a sense of warmth and relaxation in your muscles – and perspire lightly by the end of your five- to seven-minute warm-up period.

Dynamic Mobility exercises work on joints from your neck to your toes - and if you’re wondering why you should attempt to expand the mobility of your neck and shoulders when the ‘prime movers’ during your workout are probably your legs, wonder no more.

Since I do my run solo with no running body, it’s good to be aware of this new technique to prevent injury- this is called Sport Science.

I am very happy na hindi umulan kanina that is why I got this new running route early in the morning at started running at 4:00am. weeeeh!

 

Dual OS: WinXP SP2 and Ubuntu fiesty fawn

I’ve been a fan of linux since Red Hat ver 7. I used it on my previous work as a radius authentication server for  those good old dial-up ISP way back 2001.

A lot has changed from Linux, I am using Ubuntu - fiesty fawn edition since its release and don’t have a hard time installing it. As far as my experience is concerned, I have no problem on Video display, Audio, my HP printer, webcam, internet, usb flash disk  and all other pheriperals connected to my rig.

Startup screen of Ubuntu .

Good part is that there are so many support on softwares that are ready for download from editing video, editing audio, playing movies and mp3’s.

I already tried using wifi feature of Ubuntu  using  notebook and I have no problem connecting on hotspots area in the city.  One thing for sure on Linux  platform is that seldom no virus threatened this system - Almost none on my part - Great!

Almost all format of file extensions are applicable to ubuntu.. Even .exe file! Just use Windows emulator like Cedega or Wine.

Linux surely starts to evade desktop based computers and not just for servers anymore and it is more user friendly and is adapting windows based environment less blue screen of death! BSOD.

Ubuntu Desktop.

Aside from Ubuntu  as my primary OS I am still using Windows XP. Dual boot system.7

 

For bloggers…

Nice site for bloggers…

Check your site’s PageRank, backlinks, feed subscribers, xhtml/css validation and more!

http://xinu.techhive.net/

Thanks pinoyskull 

 

Majestic Davao city as seen atop

Haven’t you wondered what it is like viewing Davao city from the top of the Philippines? - Mt. Apo.

Aside from viewing Davao city from Jack’s Ridge, aboard airplane, high rise buildings like Marco polo, Pryce Tower or even from  www.wikimapia.org.

This impressive view of Davao city early in the morning @ 0450 hrs captivates me while waiting for the sunrise.

As you’ve  seen in the image, the first appearance of light in the sky as the Sun rises at the beginning of a new day  while darkness still covered Davao city.