Apple and Globe Telecom has recently announced their deal in bringing iPhone 3G to the Philippines later this year. We have seen how the iPhone is like in the photos and read about countless reviews but remain clueless on how it really works once it landed on our palms. But not anymore.
You are going to love Globe Telecom even more and might even consider abandoning your faith in Smart. The amazing part of the Apple-Globe deal package is the $299 price tag(!) Yes, you read it right. One can always find a best buy in www.buy.com, but this particular offer would might just send people to Globe business offices in droves. We’re talking of an iPhone 3G at around P13,000 in today’s peso-dollar exchange rate compared to its introductory price. But if you are going to pray harder for the peso to gain strength, you might just have it close to P10,000. iPhone 3G will be offered to Globe prepaid and postpaid subscribers.
It is going to be Father’s Day a few hours from now.
I no longer have a father, but I do still feel and share the joy others have whenever the occasion comes. It warms the heart to know that once upon a time I had a father who made me feel safe from a hostile world. Dad wasn’t perfect. But today, I realized there a lot of things I should really be thanking him for. He taught us to live and stand on our own two feet. We’re better persons now than we were before. I know he is out there smiling down on us.
This Father’s Day, show dad your love. Take him to his favorite restaurant. Send him a card. Buy him one of those Festina watches. But then, living your dreams is the best gift you can give your dad. Go make him proud.
To Kleng-Kleng: I know you’re reading. Happy FATHER’S day. Pun intended. *winks* Hehe.
Last night, we took an FX ride to Megamall and Van paid P20. The driver asked for P4 more. So we’re like “okay…” I think we’re just out of the news loop these days.
The FX taxi drivers in Megamall area have increased their minimum fare from P10 to P12. I don’t know if the entire of Metro Manila has followed suit. After all, who can blame them when gasoline prices kept on rising on a weekly basis? The latest I heard it’s already P54 a liter. My brother, who never complained about his gas expenses, started to feel the bite of the almost uncontrollable oil price hikes. Last weekend, he took the LRT and MRT to work.
The Philippines does not have a monopoly on the oil price crisis. Everyone in the world is complaining about the rising oil prices. No one is exempted whether you’re sipping champagne in one of those Las Vegas hotels or fishing in one of those swamps in a terrorist haven situated in the Far East. It would be also unfair that taxi drivers in Manila blame it on an entity like Bush. Why not Gloria?
