Filipino Bloggers Worldwide: The 1st Grand Eyeball

Note: This is a Press Release from Filipino Bloggers Worldwide group in Facebook.

Finally! After over a year of inception, Filipino Bloggers Worldwide (FBW), in partnership with Ex-Links Events, presents Filipino Bloggers Worldwide: The 1st Grand Eyeball.

Get to meet your favorite Filipino bloggers and mingle with like-minded individuals this December 7, 2012 at SM Megamall’s Megatrade Hall 2 from 6pm to 10pm, and enjoy a night packed with fun learning, interactive games, meaningful conversations and special surprises!

Brand partners on the other hand, can expect not just additional exposure to blogger
attendees, but a long-term, fruitful relationship and support from Filipino Bloggers Worldwide.

About Filipino Bloggers Worldwide:

Filipino Bloggers Worldwide (FBW) started as a Facebook group on November 1, 2011. As the name implies, the group’s purpose is to unite all Filipino bloggers around the world. The group was easily recognized in the blogosphere in just less than a month. Since then, Filipino Bloggers Worldwide became the number one Facebook Filipino bloggers group. Furthermore, FBW was recently awarded as one of the Top Emerging Influential Blogs for 2012. The creators of FBW expressed that every blogger may have different reasons when it comes to blogging, but each and everyone in the community strives to make FBW an active and supportive group for Filipino
bloggers worldwide.

So come, join us in this momentous event, and be a proud Filipino blogger worldwide!

Filipino Bloggers Worldwide: The 1st Grand Eyeball is brought to you by Filipino Bloggers Worldwide, Ex-Link Events, Bo’s Coffee, ShareTea Philippines, B’s Cupcakes, Water For Less Purifying System, Breakfast Magazine, Azta Urban Salon, Ystilo Salon, Beauty by Ria, Bagellia Filipinas, Tough Brat Bags, VESTI, Always 10 List, Frank & Carol’s, Pinky Toes PH, Jana Kathryn, Kikay Konek, Astigirl by Tweet Sering, Blogger Manila, Gadget Gambit, Tower Camp Phils., Inc., Say It Nessie, Budget Biyahera, The Purple Doll, Shopping with Juan, and Smart Mommy Online.

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My Worst Job Interview Ever

I wrote about this experience a few years ago on my other blog/site and I have no idea how I lost it. In this post, I tried to recall what happened but I didn't mention the name of the company anymore because, the last time I mentioned it, a former officemate almost took a swing at me.

Are you wondering why he did that? Well, I found out that he was employed by this particular company and he didn't like what I wrote about them.

The clincher about this particular job interview was, I never applied for the position. I was at home, checking my e-mail when I got a message from someone in this company's Hongkong office asking me if I was interested in the position of Web/Graphics Designer. Of course I was interested.

A few days later, I received a phone call from the company's Philippine office and I was scheduled for an interview. Excited, I went to the company's office in Ortigas even though I only had transportation money with me.

At the office, I was handed an application form. I was somewhat surprised because I was not a walk-in applicant. I just assumed it was standard operating procedure.

In any case, I filled up the application form, sent it back and waited. If I remembered correctly, my interview was scheduled at noon but it happened late in the afternoon.

I was pointed to the interview room where I waited for the interviewer who was a man whose name I can no longer remember. He went through my resume and after a few minutes he started belittling me. He compared me against those who graduated from prestigious schools like La Salle, Ateneo, UP, UST, etc.

He went on and on about how underqualified I was and how I didn't even prepare samples for him to look at. When I mentioned that I brought CD's containing samples of my work. His response was, he had no time to look at them. Seriously!

I didn't want to come off rude and disrespectful so I just sat there and listened to what the man had to say. For someone who didn't even bother to look at my work because he had no time for it, he said nothing positive and just went on with his incessant rambling about these applicants from these so called prestigious schools.

I didn't applied for the position. I was asked if I was interested in it and yet I was humiliated and disrespected by this so called international company. Fortunately, I was able to stay calmed enough not to punch the man.

I went home that day pissed and out of money. I told my wife what happened and she was appalled. She told me to contact the person who e-mailed me and put me up for the interview but I decided not to. I just want to forget about it and move on.

A week later, the same company called me again for another interview. I asked the lady at the other end if what they're doing was a joke because if it was then it was not funny. I told her that I already went there for an interview and that I was humiliated, disrespected and, in some way, verbally abused by the interviewer.

She asked if I was still willing to undergo another interview but, after the humiliation that I got from their company, I said NO and hanged-up the phone.

That was my worst job interview ever and I'll never forget it as long as I live. As for the company, I don't know if it's still operating. I tried to search for it online but I could no longer find any updated news or information about it.

What about you? Have you experienced something that you can consider as your worst job interview ever?

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Free VPN, How To Connect With VPNBook.com

VPN stands for Virtual Private Network and, before I continue, I want everyone who'll read this that I'm not an expert in VPN but I do use it, often. I use VPN because it allows me to access websites that are not accessible from my location.

For example, some websites like HULU blocks access from countries outside the United States of America. Now, why do I want to access HULU? The answer is simple and that's to watch television shows for FREE. By connecting to a VPN server in the US, the website will think that I'm from the US as well thus giving me access to hundreds of television shows.

Obviously, VPN is not only for bypassing country restrictions. It can also help me protect my online privacy by hiding my real identity online as well as the privacy and identities of all those who use it.

As you can see, a VPN is a very handy thing to use and the great thing about it is, some of them are FREE. An example of a free VPN provider is VPNBook.com and below is how I setup a connection to it in Windows 7.

1. I clicked on the Start button and in the search field I searched for Set up a virtual private network (VPN) connection.
2. In the Create a VPN connection window I entered euro1.vpnbook.com in the Internet address form field, entered any Destination name and clicked on the Next button.
3. In the next window, I entered pptp as the User name, 9jHbfKiN as the Password and clicked on the Connect button to connect to the VPNBrook.com's server.

There is also a method for connecting to VPNBook.com's VPN server using the OpenVPN client but I didn't use it because I kinda prefer connecting using the PPTP (point to point tunneling) method. I find the PPTP method easier and faster to use but if you like to use the OpenVPN method then you can always do so. You'll find the instructions on how to connect to VPNBook.com's VPN server with OpenVPN in the official website.

So, if a website is blocking you from accessing it because of your location or country then try connecting to it through a VPN like VPNBook.com. Check it out today.

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