Every Nation Mumbai

Written by admin on February 1, 2010 – 3:14 pm -

To be honest I’ve never really been actively looking for a church since I arrived here in Mumbai until a friend of mine dragged me to Mahim to attend the Sunday service at Every Nation. The group is pastored by Kevin Meneses and his wife Lynette. So if you’re looking for a bible based Christian church in Mumbai. Get in touch with Pastor Kevin. Click on this link for contact details.

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iPhone 3G finally lands in South Korea

Written by admin on November 28, 2009 – 3:17 pm -

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South Koreans finally get their grubby little hands on Apple’s iPhone, after months of waiting and speculating the iPhone has had a fairly successful launch in The ROK.

I wonder if the fanfare will last though, I suppose someone has to localize it heavily such as CyWorld apps (Korean version of facebook) and have some sort of device that could use the dock connector to allow DMB. DMB or Digital Mobile Broadcasting allows South Koreans to watch TV on their mobiles, GPS navigators and computers. Also curious as to what data plans KT has to offer for the iPhone.

Historically, the smartphone market has not taken off in Korea as in other countries, most of the so called advances in mobile technology as far as South Korea is concerned relates to camera resolution, video and mobile television.


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Visa trauma in the Philippines

Written by admin on October 10, 2009 – 9:00 am -

Yet again I have to go through the tedious process of acquiring a new visa evertime I change employers.

The most convenient way would have been to get one while I was still in Seoul. Unfortunately for some bizarre reason the Indian Embassy in Seoul only accepts employment visa applications for Korean nationals. This left me with no other option but to get one from the Philippines.

The Indian Embassy is located inside Dasmariñas Village in Makati. The last time I was there was in 2006 and encountered no real difficulties aside from the fact that it took close to three weeks to process everything.

This time was different altogether, most of the requirements for getting a visa are listed on their website but there was no mention that vehicles will not be allowed entry into Dasmariñas Village. One has to take a shuttle and pay PHP150 on top of that. The problem is that it is assumed that the Dasmariñas Village Association (DVA) does not take into account that people applying will be taking their vehicles and therefore they don’t have any parking area, you’re on your own here.

I’m no prima donna and I don’t have a problem paying fees or following rules that are in place as long as they are efficient. I have a problem when I learn that foreigners are exempted from all this crap, they don’t have to take the shuttle, don’t have to pay. Why is it like this? Why do foreigners get special treatment in my own country. I have yet to see this happen in foreign countries, most of the time, other countries give preferential treatment to their citizens over foreigners, most especially in South Korea from which I had just come from.

And that’s not the end of the story, the PHP150 fee I later learned is for every entry you make, which meant you had to pay when you pick up your passport again. Geez can you fleece your fellow countryman any more than this??? I guess the Dasmariñas Village Association believes that these people will soon be earning dollars anyway.

Whatever it the reasons are, getting visa for most countries in the Philippines will always be a traumatic experience for me.

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Annyong-hi kyeshipshio Seoul

Written by admin on September 16, 2009 – 6:00 pm -

Yet again my blog remains fairly quite. Truth is I was busy packing all my things in preparation for my departure from Seoul. I leave Korea with mixed feelings, just like any other place there are things that I will miss such as high speed internet, food, my friends, the four seasons and high speed internet, oh I did mention that earlier did I? There are also things that I won’t miss like the office being part of your extended family to the point that it suffocates you.

Anyway, time to move on to better things and what better way to celebrate it than getting an iPhone 3GS. That’s one thing I won’t have to be holding my breath for… enough to tinker with and keep me busy over the next few weeks.

Where the winds blow my sorry ass only one can guess but stay tuned.


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iPod Touch Google Maps app

Written by admin on September 1, 2009 – 1:34 pm -

The iPod touch has a default application or app called Maps. I’ve always considered this application a novelty for us who live outside North America, Europe or even Australia as no street level data or maps were provided with it. Google by the way is the company that provides the data for this app and since there is no data provided one could only use the satellite view which could not be used for navigation.

I posted an article some time ago about Google being aggressive in the Korean market by developing their maps in Korea. Well it seems like that seems to be bearing some fruit now, if you have an iPhone or iPod touch, try firing up the Maps app and you’ll be pleasantly surprised that one can now perform some rudimentary form of navigation.

I tried this by entering locating myself on the map, since the iPod touch does not have any sort of GPS as the iPhone, it locates itself via WiFi using Skyhoook. The results have been fairly accurate and Skyhook has pinpointed my location all the time. A neat surprise is that Google or some third party developer has integrated the Seoul Metropolitan Bus routes into the app and you can now see what bus numbers are available to get to particular place including time intervals and an estimate of how low it will take to get there. Pretty neat eh!

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