Scribesmeister v4 (In Zero Gravity)

Strangers,
That is what we become.
Discontentment and unresponsiveness
wall in our teeming vitality
to celebrate or lament completeness

You and me,
The product of rebellious constraint
of fate and unpredictability.
The forgotten bliss of comfort,
belongingness, innocence and liberty

A word,
holds diversified yet definite meanings
it’s there when it needs to be spoken,
when nothing is left to be said, it is lost
then you search for it again to fix the broken

Us,
A word which used to mean something
between gray areas, over every sunset
now the word proclaims only nihility,
stresses finality and ends up in death.

Strictly not for those who cannot understand Bicol dialect, this might just strain your eyes. If you are one of the lucky ones, feel free to comment using ONLY bicol. :)   Ready?
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In search for hotspots in the Philippines, I ended up compiling everything I have gathered from the net (thank you, my sources!), adding up some personal favorites and asking some geeky friends for suggestions and here’s my list (sorry, it’s not that organized. I’ve been having this terrible headache since last night):

Hotspots in the Metro
Tip #1 Learn to protect yourself from snooping hackers - here.

Tip #2 Download Torpak here. (free anonymous web browser that works like Firefox, as I’ve read. Cool eh?)

• Arnelli’s Pizza, E. Rodriguez Sr. Ave. near St. Luke’s Hospital
• 5 Cows Resto and Bar, TriNoMa (free for the 1st hour)
• 7-11, Pearlbank Centre, Makati
• Alexa’s Deli - h.v. dela costa street, salcedo village, makati
• Aling Lucing’s Sisig at Pasong Tamo
• Amorsolo cor. V.A Rufino (formerly Herrera), Makati
• Baang Coffee Shop, Timog Avenue, QC
• Bawalan’s Apartment, J.P. Rizal St., Tubuan II, Silang.
• Baywalk - in front of Max’s Resto (EG 6 )
• Big Bert’s Professional Auto Detailers offers wi-fi access to its customers (so even if you’re having your car pimped up, you can still stay connected!)
• Bluewave Mall, Macapagal Highway, Pasay City (linksys)
• Bo’s Coffee, Serendra
• Bo’s Coffee, Katipunan
• Burger King, Welcome Rotonda
• Burger King in Alabang Town Center
• Burger King Marcos-hiway near Stalucia East and LTO, Marikina branch
• Burger King SM North Edsa 2nd Flr. Main Bldg
• Burger King, Glorietta
• Cafea - Bohol Ave., Q.C. - near the ABS-CBN complex, besides Singles
• Cajun Burger - N.S. Amoranto Ave (Retiro), QC
• Captain’s Bar, Mandarin Oriental, Makati
• Casa Xocolat in Katipunan area
• CCW Cafe - Guijo street, san antonio village, makati (near cafe saguijo)
• CCW restaurant, Dao St. cor. Guijo St. Makati
• Cello’s Katipunan Avenue
• Chef & Brewer in Emerald Avenue, Ortigas
• Chilli’s - Greenbelt / Greenhills
• Coco Cabana Grill - Kalayaan Ave, near Grilla (they have good lechon kawali too)
• Coffe Bean and Tea Leaf Serendra, The Fort
• Cooltoyz Shop, Ash Creek Center, Ortigas Avenue cor. Madison St., Green Hills
• Country Style - Rufino, Makati (just overheard from somewhere)
• Cravings, Katipunan Ave.
• CRC (ACB)
• Cyberzone, SM Megamall Building B (Philcom)
• DavidSpot! HotZone (within the vicinity of DLSU-CSU, St. Benilde)
• Dingo systems-eastwood citibank 100% free
• DLSU
• Embassy Cafe - the Fort in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig
• Entertainment Arts Center, Jupiter St., Makati Avenue
• Ferguson Plaza Ermita, Manila
• FEU Morayta campus (please confirm)
• Fish & Co. - Shangrila Plaza mall (Edsa cor Shaw Blvd)
• Fish & Co. - SM MOA
• Five Cows - Trinoma
• Free Public Wifi (ad hoc) at Paseo de Roxas near Mandarin Oriental, Makati
• Friday’s - Serendra / Glorietta / Sta. Lucia / Tomas Morato
• Fully Booked, Power Plant
• Gloria Jeans - Fort Bonifacio
• Gloria Jeans - Megamall
• Gonuts Donuts - SM Megamall
• Holiday Inn Galleria Manila (Galleria Suites), Ortigas Center
• Hotel Intercontenental, Ayala Avenue, Makati
• Italiani’s - Connecticut Carpark, Ghills
• Italliani’s, Greenbelt 2
• Jayjay’s Inasal (Ortigas Home Depot compound along Julia Vargas Ave.) Open 24 Hours (with charging fee though)
• Jollibee - Trinoma (Ground Floor)
• Krispy Kreme, Bonifacio High Street, The Fort (ask for key for free access)
• Lia’s Cakes - Commonwealth Avenue (private but you may ask for key for free access)
• Mabini cor. Salas
• Makati City Hall (accessible from Guadalupe Bridge)
• Manila Pavilion Hotel lobby, United Nations Avenue, Manila
• Manila Peninsula - Makati
• Manila Peninsula, Lobby area
• Mario’s Kitchen, Metrowalk, Ortigas
• Masas, and Greenbelt 2 area
• MAX resto - SM Megamall
• Mcdonald’s, Philcoa
• Mcdonald’s, Trinoma
• Ministop, Makati
• Mobile 1 Park Square Makati
• Murphy’s, along Esteban Ave.
• Nitz Restaurant in Fairview in front of FEU
• Old Swiss Inn, The Atrium, Makati
• Om Spa, Guerrero St., Malate
• Palm Store Glorietta 4th Floor
• Petron Makati (look for a signal in every Petron branch in Makati.Haha)
• Pier One (all branches >recently updated)
• Pier One, Ortigas
• Pier One, Roxas
• Pier One, The Fort, Taguig City
• Pier One, Tomas Morato, Quezon City
• Placemat Pinoy Cafe in Tomas Morato cor. Sct. Castor, Quezon City
• RCHS, University of Santo Tomas, Espana St, Manila
• Read and Brew – Fairview (with small space, but so what? It gives you free access!)
• RnB Coffe - malapit sa FEU fairview
• Robinsons Galleria (Ortigas), at the East Wing. Strongest signal is at Bar One and Bo’s Cafe on the basement.
• Robinsons Pioneer (EDSA corner Pioneer). The cafes on the second floor offer free WiFi.
• Robinson’s Place Ermita, 2nd floor just above National Bookstore
• Robinson’s Place Manila - Taste Buds (absolutely free with dial-up speed)
• Robinsons Place, Manila (near food center)
• Rustan’s Department store in Alabang Town Center
• Rustans, Shangri-la, Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong City
• San Francisco Coffee House - El Pueblo, Ortigas
• Seattle’s Best, E. Rodriguez
• Seattle’s Best, Eastwood City
• Seattle’s Best, Powerplant Mall, Makati (linksys)
• Seattle’s Coffee, TriNoMa (free for the 1st hour)
• Shangri-La Hotel in Makati.(But according to my research, they are now charging P250 *consumable at the lobby cafe)
• Shangri-la Plaza, Ortigas
• Shell - Magallanes
• Shell Maya vicinity (corner Buendia & Ayala Ave., Makati)
• SM San Lazaro
• smart - ayala ave. makati
• Sotto cor. V.A Rufino, Makati
• Starbucks - Corinthians
• Starbucks - Fort Bonifacio (wandering signal detected)
• starbucks - infront of citibank tower makati ave.
• Starbucks Ash Creek Center, Ortigas Avenue (near Xavier School/Mary the Queen Church) - free WiFi provided by Cooltoyz laptop store.
• Starbucks below Cooltoyz (you can get his signal from there eh. hehe…)
• Starbucks c/o Chinabank, Villar St.
• Starbucks G4
• Starbucks WalMart, Pasong Tamo (weak signal, easily gets disconnected)
• Starbucks, Gateway
• Starbucks, Greenbelt 3 near the lagoon
• Starbucks, Metrowalk
• Starbucks, Pearl Dr. Ortigas(in front of CRC)
• Starbucks, Robinsons Galeria
• Starbucks-Bluewave, Macapagal Blvd
• STI-San Pablo-Lim Chock Bldg, San Pablo, Laguna.
• T.I.P.S. >the ideal place in suburb: infront of Fatima medicine bldg/Fatima hospital
• Teriyaki Boy in Buendia (Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue) cor. Jupiter Street
• The Podium at Ortigas Center. (Strongest signal is at the ground floor, near Cafe Breton and Starbucks)
• Timezone - Trinoma
• Total Gas Station - SLEX
• TOTAL Gas Station near SM Sucat
• Tower Inn, Lobby, Pasay Rd. at Makati Ave
• Valero st. near corporate 88
• Valle Verde Country Club – by the lanai and near the swimming pool (non-members are welcomed – just bring your laptop and order something, of course!)
• WalterMart along Pasong Tamo-Pasay Road
• WLAN PS - in front of Philam Life Tower, Makati
• Xocolat - Megamall
• Zupa, Cybermall in Eastwood City, Libis

*Updates:

• UP Diliman Campus - major buildings like Asian Center (there’s a Php20 charging fee though and you have to borrow your maroon friend’s key pass to get free access. If you’re not a student in UP or you have no friends there, you are doomed)

Provincial Hotspots (merged)

• Almost all coffee shops and hotels in GenSan courtesy of Pacquiao (just kidding!)
• Amigo Terrace Hotel Islands Restaurant, Iloilo City
• Apo View Hotel lobby, Davao City
• Bamboo Bungalows, Boracay
• Basti’s Brew, Victoria Plaza, Davao City
• Bean Bag Cafe, Naga City (yes! I have tried this!)
• Blugre Cafe - Landco, JP Laurel, Davao City
• Boracay Terraces Hotel (dulo ng station 1, as in dulo before the path going to Nami, hehehe) - restaurant, rooms, and in between.
• Bo’s Coffee - Metro Lifestyle, F. Torres St., Davao City
• Cafe Bob’s, Lacson St. , Bacolod City
• Camsur Watersports Complex, Pili Cam Sur (whether you’re chilling by infinity pool or on the wakeboard platform, you’re free to exercise your geek right.)
• Casa Leticia Hotel - Camus St., Davao City
• Coffee Overdose, Pampanga
• Coffee Pod - F. Torres St., Davao City
• Coffee Works infront of Cafe Laguna, CDO
• Cucina de Oro Restaurant, CDO
• Cups and Lowercase Business Lounge, Torres St., Davao City
• Daddy Eds, Subic
• Dave’s Straw Hat Inn, near Station 3, Boracay (Open hotspot)
• DECO’s Batchoy, Iloilo City
• Fiesta Hotel, East Ridge Golf and Country Club, Binangonan, Rizal
• Friday’s - Boracay
• Figaro - Sales St. (Chimes Mall), Davao City
• Formula Pete’s - Autoshop, JP Laurel, Davao City
• Gaisano Mall First Floor - JP Laurel. Davao City
• Grand Dame Hotel, Iloilo City
• Grand Regal Hotel - JP Laurel., Davao City
• K1 -F. Torres St., Davao City
• Karl’s Koffee Korner - SM City, Quimpo Boulevard, Matina, Davao City
• Kasagingan Coffee Shop - F. Torres St., Davao City
• Lobo Municipal hall - Lobo, Batangas
• MacGregor’s Coffee Shop, along GenSan Drive, Koronadal City, South Cotobato
• Marco Polo Hotel - Cor. CM Recto and Roxas Sts., Davao City
• Matina Town Square - McArthur Highway, Matina, Davao City
• Mc Donalds/ Mc Cafe, Lacson St., Bacolod City
• Molino Grill, Naga City (beside Bean Bag)
• NCCC Mall - Food Court, McArthur Hwy., Matina, Davao City
• Partyplace, Pampanga
• Pizza da Baffo, Boracay (a spillover from Bamboo Bungalows)
• Regency café - villa abrille st., Davao City
• Regency Hotel (pool side & beach area)
• RENZO HOTEL - Laoag City, Ilocos Norte
• Robinsons, Starmills, Pampanga
• Royal Mandaya Hotel - Palma Gil St., Davao City
• Sarabia Manor Hotel Coffee Shop, Iloilo City
• Spencer’s, Pampanga
• Sugar Land Hotel, Bacolod City
• Sun Village Central (spillover from Bamboo Bungalows)
• Sychar Hotel Lobby - J.P. Laurel, Davao City
• Taza Cafe at The Site, CDO
• The Avenue Square, Magsaysay Ave., Naga City
• Toyota CDO Inc. Kauswagan, CDO
• Waterfront Hotel, Cebu
• Waterfront Hotel, Lanang, Davao City

There you go! Now I am going to get ready so I can try it out at TriNoMa! Woohoo! Enjoy surfing, free-loaders! Haha! Hope you find it useful. If you want to add or cut off something (for example, notifying me that a shop has closed down or no longer providing free access), please do drop me a line so we can update everybody! Thanks!