xmas 08

i will be celebrating holidays with my family in the province. amidst global crisis and personal turmoil i will enjoy this christmas together with my family and my old friends.  i will be seeing less of them this time since some of them will move to a different country and so am i (crossing my fingers). hopefully we won't forget each other wherever we are. i don't want to be sentimental. just preparing myself to what the future may bring. 

this year i must say is one heck of a roller coaster ride. i've been to lots of places locally and outside the country. i've got new friends and lost some. earned some money and spend most. moved on and now trying to move on again (whatever that means). i might not have completed my goals according to plan but hey there is another year to come. i am not losing hope yet. there's plenty of time to plan again for a new set of goals. hopefully this time, its for real.

to all of you out there happy holidays. 

all i want for christmas is..

my grown-up christmas list includes:    dyaraaaaan

and i learned all the details here. yes i know in times of crisis like this i need to save save and save. and then what? bring all the money i saved to my grave? just kidding. i don't know yet if i'm getting this one but one day (when i'm depressed and everything seems to be shitty) yes i'm gonna get this one without hesitation. but for now i will just lust about it.

but of course its just a thing. all i really want for christmas is.... YOU 

have a very merry christmas everyone :)

awakening

i was surfing the net just this moment when something struck me. for the last months i am trying to change my lifestyle and trying to be thrifty as possible so that i could save more money. i am planning on working abroad. i actually have no concrete plan (as usual) but hopefully this coming year i would be able to push it through (cross my fingers). as i was saying, i was trying to have some change in me but i have not set any definite goals. i have no priorities set yet. i just want to become like this or that. so right now while typing this entry i am checking as well other sites that have some good advices on setting your priorities and achieving your goals (without suffering hehehe). okay this should be a serious one really as i am not getting any younger.  i just hope that i could give more time to them instead to the temptations coming from all directions distracting me every now and then.

music: boyce avenue

tired of listening to your favorite artists? seldom i hear a new flavor of sound. okay i might not have the best ear for a good music but when i heard this group/band called boyce avenue , it was like, hey they are awesome. who are these guys? then i checked their vids in youtube. and you should as well and see for yourself what i'm talking about. i like their version of realize(colbie caillat) and 4 minutes(madonna). i have yet to listen to the whole album. 

i wish i could watch them perform live but 3rd world is far from the land of honey and  milk. maybe if they go on world tour and find a time to schedule a concert here in the phillies. and i wanna watch them for free. :) 

RAM upgrade Part 3

Okay so i am done inserting the module into its exact slot. i boot up the mac, sign the cross and cross my fingers.

well the boot up was fine but my time and date settings went back as far as 1969. that's easy to change. i tried my internet but no i have no connection. the wifi signal icon on the top panel was missing so definitely the airport card was not seated correctly. i opened again the mac and fitted the card until it snug perfectly. powered on and there it is. checking my current memory now shows 1.25 GB. thanks god. i am not that stupid as i thought. :)

well i have to test the loading time of each application and see if upgrading my RAM is the solution. will blog again soon. i have to go buy some foods now.

RAM upgrade Part 2

so here's the memory module i bought from softbox.  it was delivered to me although the delivery boy kind of got lost. i bought a set of screwdrivers as well. 

strontium brand ddr333 pc2700 RAM. this is a singaporean brand based on the manual

this is a 49.50Php screwdrivers set from Handyman store

i was inserting the module to the slot. according to the instruction it had to be 30 degrees slanted. well i tried any angles until i finally managed to get the module in.

RAM upgrade Part 1

i needed to upgrade my RAM. most of the time when i am running multiple applications everything seems to slow down and the waiting time is really frustrating. checking my current version, it shows 256MB. I am not that techie type but i can go around and check what i need. based on apple's site my ram is ddr333 pc2700 sodimm. ok whatever that means. checking the philmug site, some sellers' price for 1G is 3500Php. Holy cow! Anyway i tried to look in tipidpc and saw that pcgilmore store has one. so i went to the store in gilmore st only to find out that it was already out of stock. i was fooled. i called the day before just to be sure but what the heck.

i tried tipidpc again hoping i could find a seller. there was one but he seems not too eager to sell his merchandise for some reason. i let the day pass. last night before i went to sleep i checked again tipidpc and saw a new ad. i texted the contact but heared no reply this morning. i called them and they said the item is available and ready for delivery but they did not get my text last night. i closed the deal and now i have the module. yey... let's see if i can pull this off.

movie: Bolt

Toni and I watch Bolt last sunda in eastwood cinema. compared to madagascar 2 i like bolt better. maybe there was a bolt in me. i used to think that i am strong and everything will fall into place in a snap of my finger but the real world isn't like what i've thought. i need to integrate my make-believe world to the real world and find myself in the middle of these and see if i would meet "my person". 

there's a lot of  "mittens" out there who are hungry to eat you alive while showing your weakness but suddenly becomes meek when you show them your stronger and caught them off-guard. taking advantage of the situation for your own good is better than being taken advantage of leaving you a prey and a loser. but becoming friends with them and living in harmony is the best option. i guess. 

project: my picturebook

its been 9 months since i have planned on starting/creating my own picture book for my travels but for some reasons i have not started a single page of it yet. its the only reason i bought my mac and procrastination eaten me up since then that until now i have nothing except my mac (and some postings in multiply, on this blog and friendster). 

ok i lied. i actually created one but i am not satisfied since the creative part in me is/was missing. i could only show the cover of the album for the mean time which might be replaced in the future once i get myself back from the dark side.

ps

i need to buy a good printer and a glossy magazine type paper in the bookstore plus i need to upgrade my ram. don't ask why.