Toll free.

If you're doing business, it's wise to have a toll free number on top of your website and email. Why? Some people prefer to call instead of emailing, especially if it concerns defective merchandise, or tech support. And there are still people who order products/service via a call instead of on line.

When it comes to relationships, or in starting a relationship, a phone call is still the best way to ensure close and uninterrupted connection.

For long distance relationships, the phone or video chat is a guaranteed way to freshen up and energize love.

I never thought a phone call could be so terrifying to certain people. If one needs to locate a business or a person, the most intelligent thing to do is to call the company or the person.

I got into a bind because I was trying to locate a person here in Manila with no listed number and unknown address, only an email address. That address would have filters, I suppose and might have junked my attempted emails.

For balikbayans, locating friends and long lost relatives within a limited period of time becomes a double-time effort. You'd think the internet would help - all those social networking sites, all those search engines, etc. But no.

There are millions of people in Manila. How do you expect to accidentally meet the friend or relative you were looking for. Chance encounters that never took place.

Irony of ironies. A ruler who speaks boldly but dares not to take risks.

I've got an idea. I have a connection - 09267466979.

The film Caravaggio was compelling. Well acted, great cinematography, nice English translation, subtle sexual undertones. Michelangelo was immortally genius but mortally in love and troubled.

I smiled bitterly today. Is it forever gone?