Online forums are my favorite hang-outs.  Actually, I am a member of so many forums - whether about cars, sports, hobbies, techonology & gadgets, and about the things I am interested in or concerned with.  Forums are the places where you can mutually discuss your problems, get answers to your questions, share jokes, and talk anything under the sun.

In UK, there is the broadband providers forum – the UK Broadband.  It has two main forums - the broadband providers and the mobile broadband providers. And, they are further divided into sub-forums according to the providers. The former has 16 sub-forums, where you can also read read user reviews of the broadband providers. The latter forum has 5 sub-forums, where you can also get assistance for troubleshooting connectivity issues.

If your broadband or mobile providers are in the list, I recommend you sign up in the forum.

Broadband Providers

• AOL broadband
• BT Broadband
• Tiscali Broadband
• Pipex Broadband
• UK Online Broadband
• Tesco Broadband
• Demon Broadband
• Be Broadband
• Talk Talk Broadband
• Toucan Broadband
• Virgin Media Broadband
• Sky Broadband
• Orange Broadband
• Madasafish Broadband
• Vodafone Broadband
• O2 Broadband

Mobile Broadband Providers

• 3 Mobile Broadband
• T Mobile Broadband
• Vodafone Mobile Broadband
• Orange Mobile Broadband
• O2 Mobile Broadband

Currently, the forums have a total of  about 50 members, 200 threads, and 860 posts.

A jet drew a white line across the sky. The pilot's good for making it straight.

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I'm not a fan of customizing, styling, and adding accessories to my cars. But, I love watching cars that are customized, styled, and accessorized to the max. Whenever I have time, I go to car shows and drool watching these cars.

Last Thursday night, I went to Manila Auto Salon 2008 and drool. It's a good thing, I brought extra hanky.

Manila Auto Salon 2008 is being held at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia (MOA), Pasay City. It opened on November 20 and will last until November 23.

As an employee, I just depend on my salary for our everyday expenses including the payments for utilities – electric, water & telephone.  My salary is ample to pay for these expenses.  There are times, however, that my salary could hardly make the ends meet because of some unexpected expenses.  My measly savings at the bank would be my first resort.  And, if this is not yet enough, I resort to payday loans.

Applying for a payday loan online is easy and the approval is fast.  There are no credit checking and no documents to fax.  The basic qualifications are: you are employed or have a verifiable income, you have an active bank account, and you are 18 years or older. Once the payday loan is approved, you could get the cash the following day through your designated bank.

Our company provides insurance benefits to its employees, such as, life insurance, personal accident insurance, medical and hospitalization insurance.  The medical and hospitalization insurance extends to the employees legal dependents – spouses, children, and parents.

For out-patient consultation or confinement, we would just present our medical cards and the insurance would take care of every covered expenses.  More often than not, all the medical expenses were covered.

When my eldest kid reached the age limit of 21, he became ineligible for the medical and hospitalization benefits.  I had planned of taking a medical insurance for him.  Unfortunately, before I procured one, he got sick and needed to be hospitalized.  Since he had no insurance yet, I would personally pay for his medical expenses at $500.

Fortunately, my application for a cash advance was approved.  And, I was able to pay for his medical and hospitalization expenses.

I was still online at around 1:00 AM yesterday when the internet connection was cut. I tried to reconnect several times but to no avail. I slept and woke up at around 7:00 AM.  Still, the internet had been down.  I called up Bayan DSL to check and got through after numerous attempts.  There were some maintenance works being done; and, it'd be up by 11:00 AM.  There's nothing I could do online; so, I did some offline jobs, play offline computer games, and washed my car.

At around 10:00 AM, we went to the department store and supermarket to buy stuff for our out of town trip today and gone back home at around 2:00 PM.  Still, there's no connection until I slept at around 9:00 PM.

When I woke up at 3:00 AM today, the connection has been upped.

I'm just wishing that Bayan DSL could and would improve its services and avoid interruptions on weekends. This is the only time that I have lots of time to blog.