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nung pasko

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Fell on my a** today. I think my left knee gave way. {myositis} I will feel the brunt of this tomorrow. On to nicer things then. From our Christmas eve dinner... that's pininyahang manok up top ...to a pretty Christmas tree. green, white, silver and lights And my Christmas lunch. Christmas lunch Fresh lumpia, menudo, lengua estofado, embutido and bakareta. They cooked the bakareta on a low fire for three hours! It was melt-in-your-mouth tender.

12/12/14

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Christmas shopping is done. Last week pa . My phone's screen is giving me problems. I'd buy a new one but... I might get a hand-me-down something, something. I don't know. Lessseat!

beat

Arms and upper back are tired. Went through an old box of stuff from college. Mostly folders, columnar worksheets and journals. The number of worksheets we went through back then was...! And boy, did they drill us, 20 years ago, 10 years ago, the kids now are probably doing the same thing (or they better be!). Feels refreshing to throw these away. Not finished yet but I'm getting there. Somehow I need to do it piece by piece, take out the papers and cut the folders. Cutting cardboard is not easy.

lays stax vs. pringles

Lay's Stax > Pringles. Just sayin'. Pringles hurt the ngala-ngala , Lay's Stax don't. Lay's Stax are thicker, more flavorful. It's hard to keep from snacking on just one handful. I... want... more. A handful and a half is just right. If I have any more I'd be thirsty. If I drink, I'd want more, then I'd get thirsty again, then... Chocolate in the house. Going through a box of Lindt (pasalubong!). Each person just picks one after dinner.

new fridge fund

I have a cold. Achoo! Our old fridge used to shut off by itself at random times. A couple of days ago, it just wouldn't come on. Now, they're cramming things in their smaller, personal fridge but it's getting too full, nothing's getting cold. The "new fridge fund" should be ready before the week ends. It was started around the start of the year after someone was especially PO-ed after finding out the fridge was off the whole night. The time has come to use it. Hopefully, it's enough to cover the cost of whatever they find at the store that they like.

pasalubong

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Snacks from South Korea. Salamat sa pasalubong!

salad and playing piano

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10/10/14 Friday chicken + salad dinner 10/11/14 Saturday We took a video of me playing the piano. It looked like I was giving the finger when I played keys on three scales for a measure. Embarrassing. I deleted it. {myositis}

morning call

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10/9/2014 I hear the bells down in the... (ringtone)! *Yawn* Hmmm...hello? Zalora delivery, ma'am, may I know the nearest street...? Good morning! Received after two days. Thanks, Zalora PH. Dinner. Pancit from a neighbor and a strip of fried chicken.

hot no?

10/1/14 It's really hot here, isn't it? Especially at noon and midnight (yes, midnight). Ayayay! I felt sick on Sept. 28, around 2.30 a.m. Sudden nausea. I stopped working and went to bed with a barf bag. I did not vomit. Today, my stomach acted up. It woke me up. Rumble... nothing. Rumble... nothing. I thought that was it, I was fine. Then, rumble! Toilet! What's happening?! Nausea, diarrhea. Could be stress... or the fish oil supplement I started on Sept. 27? I don't know.

hot and cold

So far, within a day, it's been hot one moment and cold the next. It's a cycle. It has been raining most afternoons too. The hot/cold cycle is a pain at night. I'd keep under the covers for a few minutes, then I'd need to push it off me. I'd do this over and over, several times a night before I could sleep.

mackerel and rack's

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De-latang mackerel na ginisa (two months ago) Lunch at Rack's (last month) Lunch at Rack's (last month at Festival Mall, Alabang)

win7 disable hibernate for more space

I have a partitioned HDD, partitioned while we still used XP. The man allocated 20 GB for the system. Did maintenance work regularly and kept that baby running smoothly. Fast-forward X years, I updated to Win7. Problem is most of the system partition is used even with the bare minimum of programs installed (only what i need, the biggest hog is adobe reader), free space was only 3.+ GB. Boot up was fast enough but still, it may suffer if it gets any lower. So, I still go through regular disk cleanup for a few megabytes of space (and peace of mind). Then Glenda happened. After the power flickered, it created a system restore point which ate up memory. After a normal start-up and restart, it deleted itself. But memory was down to 2.4 GB -- not OK. I didn't want to start over (format, etc.) for more space which typically takes a very long time. After defrag+cleanup it was still a low 2.6 GB. I could try extending the partition but no, too chicken. So, what else could I do for n

#GlendaPH 2014

7/15 Tue Typhoon Glenda came here early evening. Strong winds followed. Howling winds. 7/16 Wed 2am Power flickered twice. Restarted desktop to properly shut it down, fingers crossed power keeps steady till it finishes. Gone to bed. Howling wind. Power went out around 4am. Weather was OK by mid-morning. No running water. Power restored 8 pm. 7/17 Thu Power gone a couple of hours before dawn. Gone again before noon until 4 pm. Still no water. Started raining early afternoon. Little to no water by early evening. 7/18 Fri No scheduled power outage today - thank goodness (Meralco started rotating power shutdown yesterday due to low generation daw ). Trickles to no running water. Globe cell reception still iffy since Glenda hit. Electricity situation desperate in areas where strong winds took down poles and damaged power lines. Overheard: some people out there taking advantage, offering to charge devices for a fee. Sad.

who you dada blog

Search the words - dada blog - on the big G and there I am, on page 1 (with the movement/philosophy, a music band, a dad blogger, doctor...). Then last month, I am still on the prime numero uno page but the bottom half, and sometimes on page 2... kicked off by a nice craft blogger. Where was she all this time? We started blogging about the same time but I did not notice her till she shot up to number 1 of page 1. I'm glad she caught up, she has a business and a niche -- hers is an income source. Mine is not even close, just a personal journal with one google ad running on a small box in case a visitor decides to click on it which sends a few cents my way. Why do I want my blog to be on page 1 for anyway? I want to find it quickly, I back-read. Have you heard about bookmarks? Pfft! Seeing myself on top of SERP is awesome! Who the heck searches for "dada blog" anyway? ME!

finally bought a better desktop monitor

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... because I had to. Someone said our custom-built desktop computer's hardware and parts have a useful life of four to six years, and then, you'll either have to upgrade or replace something. That was six years ago (2008). He was right. The motherboard died last year . Useful life: five years. We replaced it with Gigabyte A75M-UD2H and upgraded the memory and processor. Last week, on June 26, the bottom display of the AOC 16" widescreen monitor went bad. The bottom 1/3 of the display was covered with a white, not-totally opaque row where image changes rendered in slow motion. Did it look like that at startup? Yes. Take a screenshot (print screen button) and paste it on Paint, is it still there? No. Definitive test: We hooked it up to another machine and the white row did not disappear -- the monitor is shot. Useful life: 6 years. Go and buy a new one. The recommendation? HDMI for higher resolution (min. 1080p) AND buy an HDMI cable too because it doesn

Vintage Ray-Ban

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Score! Vintage Ray-Ban Aviator sunglasses from the 70s. Hand-me-down from the old man. One nose pad has broken off and it is really too wide for my face (bumblebee-zilla). But I don't care. I will get the nose pads replaced and wear... err... put them in my bag as backup if my current sunglasses break.

pldt modem dsl light

6/4/14 WED *Morning - Lost Internet connection, again!!! Power-cycled. DSL light on modem did not turn on. *Noon - Power-cycled. Same result. Called PLDT 172. Told Customer Rep what I wrote above. He tested their server. Can I hold? Sure. Dumdeedum... Yup, the server is not communicating with our modem daw. He wrote a job order (asked me to write down the ref number). He said someone will come down to check the service cabinet. I was told to keep the modem on so they can continue remote testing. *10 p.m. - Power-cycled. DSL light is now blinking. It should be steady so, no joy. 6/5/14 THU *11a.m. - Mister PLDT service man called. Same person as last time, from his voice. Mister Pldt: Let's replace the modem. Did they tell you it will be P1,200? Me: Um, we have an extra modem from when we changed subscriptions. Mister Pldt: Oh, OK. Can you attach that now? Can you do it yourself? Me: Oo naman. He said he will give me time to do that and he will call right back. I took

pldt blinking dsl light

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Twice, it happened this month, more than 48 hours each time: May 12 (early a.m.) - May 14 (afternoon), and May 24 (early evening) - May 26 (mid-morning). We called pldt 172. I have three reference numbers on file. We could not connect. Power cycled now and again within those periods of "limited or no connectivity." We couldn't get it back. The DSL light on the modem just kept blinking. During May 12-14, I was told a few different things after calling 172. First, there was no reported issue in my area and of course, they would file a report - I noted down my first reference number. Next, there was ongoing maintenance for accounts under our subscription plan, was told to keep the modem on for remote testing, and was given a new reference number. Next, they were going to assign a technician to come. The tech would call before coming. A technician neither called nor visited. I was told our connection was restored the afternoon of the 14th when I was out of town. May 24-

To Iloilo and Back

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My breakfast at Highway 21 Hotel. Room service was quick but food slightly cold. The staff were so nice. Asked for a rectangular tray so I can eat in bed and got it. Went to Iloilo last week. Stayed two nights at Highway 21 Hotel (in building/wing with elevator) on Gen. Luna St. beside Sarabia Manor. Highway 21's airport pick-up and drop-off were efficient. We paid P700 each way. The vacation was short but sweet. We met relatives, shopped and ate. We slept at Highway 21 and had dinners next door at Sarabia's restaurants. Aldente's was delicious but the Margherita pizzas they served us had green tomato slices. At Suehiro's, the server insisted on the buffet, ala carte would take too long daw because they were covering too many in-house orders. Sarap ng aircon. Had rain on our first night, earthquake on our second night, and rain, thunder, lightning and power outages at Iloilo airport on our last day. But our PAL flight was on time and we landed safely in Manila

sauna ulit

"Sauna" weather nanaman tayo dito sa Pinas, yung mainit at malagkit. Ang bilis mabasa ng damit. Pag-gising, basa ng pawis ang sheets. Pagtapos maligo, pagtapos magpunas, ayan may pawis na ulit.  Nakakasakit ng ulo, andaming nilalagnat, sinisipon at inuubo. Kung hindi mahal ang kuryente, nagbukas na kami ng aircon. Kahapon ba yun o nung isang araw, umulan dito. Saglit lang siya, malakas pero walang hangin.

deadma

Naghahanap ako ng mabibilhan ng bagong router online, pang-backup kung bumigay na yung luma (wrt54g). Anim na taon na siyang sumeserbisyo, baka malapit nang ma-dedo. Payo sakin kunin ko ay N para mas mabilis at dapat may external antenna. Meron na akong minamata (buffalo airstation n150) pero ang problema, deadma ang nagbebenta. Weemall, gising. Ok sana Weemall kasi nakabili nako dun dati , ay, 2011 pa pala yun. So, ano? Pinabayaan na weemall[dot]com? Mukha nga. Sige na nga, hanap nalang ng iba. Eto, si villman[dot]com at si asianic[dotcomdotph]. Naku, matagal ko na nakikita ang mga to. Sila talaga walang sagot kahit kelan. Wag na sana nilang lagyan ng online store ang website nila. Nakakaloko na, nakakasayang ng oras.