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I have a question regarding Globe.  I will  visiting Bohol from Hawaii in 7/12, and was planning to bring  my Wifi only Galaxy tablet rather than my bulky laptop.  ( I need a device larger than my smart phone in order to do some work with spreadsheets and documents while I am there).

My  thought was  to purchase a Wifi hot-spot device from either Smart or Globe once I arrived in the P.I., however, I have no USB port on my tablet so I cannot use the Globe flash device.  Online I could only find a device by Globe called "Myfi", but no details on how it works.  Can anyone tell me if this is a rechargeable battery operated portable wifi hotspot that I could connect to with my Galaxy Tab?

I see that Smart has a portable Wifi hotspot, however after reading this article I am not sure Smart would be the best choice.  If it makes any difference I will be spending most my time at Alona Beach, and in Tagbilaran.

Thanks for any advice you can offer

Aloha

Please understand that my remarks were only my personal view, coming from someone that loves Bohol, has visited annually for the past 7 years, and hopes to relocate there in a few years.  I know my experience in Hawaii may not translate directly to the situation at hand, however my intent was to encourage those involved to learn and improve, and not give up due to negative feedback.

This is a relatively new field opening up for Bohol and Bohol should not be blamed for the attendee's dis-satisfaction, however  I encourage the organizers to listen to the comments and learn.

Ok I'm off my soap box, and with your permission will go back to lurking in this site

Aloha
Dale (Lavahnl)

I understand the concern of those contributing to this topic, and the people of Bohol must always strive for perfection if they wish to become known as a leading destination for meetings and conventions, however you should not  beat yourselves up because of a few disgruntled attendees.

As someone that has worked in the Convention  industry in Honolulu Hawaii for more that 25 years I have run across many many people that attend conferences because they see it has a paid vacation.  Often their meals and accommodations are paid for by their companies, or by the association with whom they are affiliated and if this were not the case they would not attend.  It has been my experience that these are the attendee's most likely to complain about their accommodations, the food etc etc. and I question why they bothered to attend, was it for the learning experience or the "menu".

In this instance it is said that many attendees left after the first day...  am I to believe that they were so "enlightened " and learned so much the first day that they did not need the second day?   Sorry to sound cynical, but I question their motivation in attending this conference.

I obviously don't know all the details and don't presume to have the answers, but I think Bohol can use this as an opportunity to learn and improve.

I am curious, I try to keep up with news of Bohol through the on line newspapers, and blogs however often a story is reported but there is no follow-up news. 

As an annual visitor to Bohol, and especially Alona Beach I was surprised on my last visit to see how property owners had set up barriers to pedestrians trying to walk along the beach and was wondering if any action has been taken to clear the obstructions as indicated by this article.

I have been to Alona several times on vacation and have been to many of the establishments there.  I am curious, does anyone have any information which bar this German owns?

People of Bohol are truly blessed

Quote from: Bambi on May 21, 2008, 06:07:35 AM
Thanks for sharing this link Mikey....very beautiful and refreshing.  Hope to visit Mag-aso next time.  Home vacation 2004, we already contacted Lugod taxi services for Chocolate hills, and some other nice tourist spot, we were interested to be in Mag-aso falls but the Taxi service  disadvised us to go there...reasons: dangerous for foreigner daw. Sayang!

Aloha Bambi, I just returned from a visit to Bohol, (my fifth in 5 years) and went to Mag-aso Falls. I'm so sorry that the taxi company advised you not to go, I think you would have loved it.    I am an obvious foreigner (pale skinned, blond hair & overweight  LOL) and the people in Antequera town and at the falls were all very friendly and made me feel very welcome.  Both the local people and the falls were beautiful, and well worth the ride into the country.  Hopefully you will have an opportunity to see them on your next visit. 

Yes the ceremony was at the UB Quadrangle.  It was beautiful to watch as the sun set the students sat in front of the stage, and the whole area began to glow with the light from the student's "Florence Nightengale" lamps.

It was also exciting to see all the new nursing students in the Quadrangle facing the stage and behind them was the beginning of construction for the new teaching facility.  It's too bad that this group of students will not have the opportunity to use the new building, as it is not scheduled to be finished until 2010, which is the year this class will graduate.

Breckinridgeians 2010



I recently had the honor to attend my nephew's badging at UB.  I have a couple more pictures of the ceremony at the link below:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lavahnl/31CappingBadgeInvestitureCeremony?authkey=Jc67SoDYqjM