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‎ Monday, ‎December ‎28, ‎2015 2:25:31 AM While waiting for our PLDT DSL to connect, I folded these small origami boxes after I finished what work I could do offline. Our connection is intermittent. It connected approximately 3x, only for a few minutes each time within the last 6 hours that I have been sitting here. I am tired of staring at pldt's baudtec modem. The sequence is the same: The DSL light blinks as it tries to connect, and when the INTERNET light is supposed to turn on, it doesn't. The cycle repeats. 2:35:30 AM It's back. 2:38:45 AM And it's gone again. Like I said -  it lasts just a few minutes. So, this has happened recently too. I don't remember exactly when, maybe it was less than 2 weeks ago. That night, I remember folding origami envelopes while I waited. I also remember that I went to bed without it connecting, hoping that it returns to normal soon. Looks like I'll do that again. GOOD NIGHT. ‎ Monday, ‎December ‎28, ‎2015

So, I applied and received my PWD national ID early this month from the mayor's office. It's supposed to grant 20% off on prescription meds and basic commodities like rice. But I have to present the ID card with the corresponding booklet (there are two). Three years ago, I bought a slightly pricey black nail polish (pricey for just a simple nail polish). 'Twas bought on impulse which I surprisingly don't regret now. I expected it to be dried out but it wasn't. Cool. I don't have acetone so I only painted one nail.

Someone's lunchbox for tomorrow. I enjoy making these. Lunchboxes, I mean. Someone tries to stop me from adding more rice most of time. I tell them I add more to make it look neat and compact, and they don't have to eat all of it if they don't want to... but they always do! So, please stop telling me how to make your baon! LOL. A co-worker of theirs saw one of these once and said it was cute.

turon merienda I'm mastering a couple of my favorite songs on the acoustic guitar and I'm liking what I'm hearing so far. Truth is, I would've stopped if I didn't and I would've been sad. I do accept that my playing is not very good 'cause I can't press the strings well enough but with what strength I have... I'm happy. And I'm playing for me. Picked up the guitar again after almost 20 years. I wanted an electric guitar so I can produce a cleaner sound (easier to press) but the new, good ones were out of my budget. So, I settled for a smaller acoustic guitar that the salesman called the "classic." It's smaller than a full-size acoustic guitar. It has nylon strings (easier to press). When he showed me the "classic," he said, " Pero di ka makaka-rock dito. " I don't know why he mentioned that to me, like he knew what I wanted. Imagine a small-ish woman in a wheelchair with a nice blue dress and white cotto

This is someone's lunchbox for tomorrow. My tummy rumbled this morning. It woke me up. After going to the toilet, I went back to bed. It rumbled again this afternoon. By dinnertime, I felt OK. I feel OK as I'm writing this. Something lingers though: a taste in my mouth or a hollow feeling in my belly. I ate well tonight so I know it's not hunger. We toasted bread that I munched on too, if just to "absorb" anything oily in there, if there's any.

Dessert earlier was a Graham crackers float filled with cream, condensed milk and peaches and topped with powdered dark chocolate. Guests left a big box of Graham honey crackers that we can't seem to finish off quick enough. We just keep making Graham floats now. I started playing the guitar again.

I knew this was going to happen . Last weekend, I turned the desktop pc on. After several long beeps, it did not boot and the fan was on so, I powered it down. When I turned it on again after an hour, the fan ran but no post and no boot. I gave up. Good thing that I already bought a laptop and my files are backed up. I opened the tower today to remove the hard drive. I already unplugged the data and power cables from the hdd in this picture. I'm going to sell the rest so I can at least get something out of it now. I already spent so much money fixing it these last 3 years. One thing that I'm thinking about is my Win 8.1 license - what if I want to use it on a new machine? A solution from the MS forums so far was that if you were to get the "not genuine" prompt after installing it on the new machine, you then call Support (call from the new computer, I believe), try to get a human being on the other line, convince them that the old machine is dead, that it

Ate lunch at Classic Savory in Festival Mall Alabang a few weeks ago.

Oct. 13, 2015, Tuesday What now? Did i press the power button the wrong way? My Win 8.1 desktop was on a "repairing," bsod ("...a problem...), restart loop tonight with "bios update... creating bios image..." and error descriptions on the bsod occasionally showing up. Must say though, the bsod on 8.1 is not so scary. *bsod (blue screen of death) Of course, I tried to boot from my usb media but it wouldn't go through from 1-time boot, not even when I put it first on bios. Is my mobo faulty? Dunno but something is. Just waited for it to hang a 3rd time so I can power down for a fresh try in an hour or so. 4th Round. Somehow, it managed to repair itself and I was able to work until a bsod/restart came on. Twice, I had a 15-minute window to work. But before another bsod could come on again, I shut it down properly. Will see if it will be better (or worse) tomorrow. When it rains, it pours. Been having one tech problem after another. It's wo

the replacement pldt baudtec October 7, 2015, Wednesday I was asleep. They said we lost our Internet connection. They power-cycled. The modem did not turn on. The modem is dead. I called PLDT 172 this afternoon. They will send a technician to check and replace the modem. The price for the new modem will be added to our bill. I also told them that our DSL connection has not be steady. They said they'll check that. The rep said he's hearing some static in the background while we're talking. They will check that too. October 8, 2015, Thursday The pldt tech arrived this morning before 10 a.m. He replaced the dead red-orange zyxel with this white BaudTec modem/router. He made sure it connected and then he left. I do not know if he checked our line. I gave up on setting it up with our linksys router. It would not give an IP to the wireless devices. I figured the linksys would have to be reset but I was tired and couldn't be bothered to make it work anymore. The lin

when there are issues on your website... and it's the vendor's fault... and all you can do is wait till they get it back to normal

100 days of nice. 100 days care-free. Then Aunt Flo came back for a visit. My face hurts. My pores are huge.

Malunggay pandesal and pansit. Scary, loud thunder. It happened twice within the last few days. Too close. No warning. The first one was the loudest. One big boom. If it wasn't for the rain that immediately followed, we would've assumed something exploded.

I can't make my blog look the way I want it to. Maybe I change my mind too often. Dinner was ginisang ampalaya (with onion and egg). We paired it with fried fish. I ate it with our home-made pickled ampalaya . I liked it all. It gets hot here at noon and it wakes me up. But it is nice in the evenings so I work comfortably. I'm surprised that I am not bald yet. The amount of hair that fall off in the shower is ridiculous. They fall with the roots too.

Sudden blackouts -- Another reason to use a laptop instead of a desktop pc - and I am considering it. While working last night, I heard a loud boom(!) from the street and the power went out! Waah, the machine! Electricity returned 5 minutes later, maybe less. I was too scared to turn the computer on again right away (and frying something inside ) so I turned the AVR off and waited 15 minutes. It booted up OK, no errors or anything. I did not want to keep it on any longer in fear of another blackout so I just shut it down properly and went away. I did what work I could do on my phone (which was not a lot - last night was not a productive night). What was that noise? It sounded like something blew up.

I prep'd for it so I'm going to do it, dammit! I prepared on and off for a week: researched, went through the steps and what to expect in my head, learned possible snags and their fixes (from other people's first-hand accounts), prep'd what I needed to use, backed up drivers and my files, wrote down my key and printed out my step-by-step notes. It took a while but I was ready (and pumped). August 5, 2015: Clean install of Win 8.1 via bootable USB. Success! There were only 2 things that my notes didn't cover: There were multiple one-time boot options on my mobo (press F12 to get to this boot menu on GA-A75M-UD2H). There were 4 choices for USB. Obviously, USB-Zip and USB-CDROM were out. I thought, "Oh, USB-HDD but what is this USB-FDD?" [Six minutes later...] Ok, not FDD. Should've went with my gut and picked HDD the first time but no harm done and lesson learned. Uhm, yeah, pick USB-HDD. NOTE: The bootable USB was easily created with Window

Mango online sale at Zalora PH. Bought a nice Mango dress at 60% off. Purchased Saturday night and delivered Monday morning. Awesome.

7/6/15, Monday A desktop PC user with Win 8.1 will eventually come across an issue when shutting down the machine. That issue is the hybrid shutdown. Apparently, this default setting keeps the power on long enough as it preps for a "fast startup." I only discovered this last night. Two weeks into upgrading the system, I already noticed that when I shut down, the monitor powers off first but the tower will run for more than 10 secs before it then completely powers off. I was OK with that, I could wait. But at last night's shutdown, 5 minutes after the monitor went blank, the power led light and fan were still on. The processing indicator light already stopped blinking and was off. Hesitantly, I had to hold the power button down so it will turn off completely. Now, given my recent computer problem , that was done with a sense of pending anxiety. I looked it up and saw that "shutdown but power still on" was an old issue for desktop PC users with Win 8 (an

Someone took a baking class at the Heny Sison school and came back with these pastries that they (their teacher, actually) made. Thanks and Yum! I liked the biscotti with one end dipped in white and the other in dark chocolate. The lady fingers in the tiramisu were made from scratch and were too sweet. I was not able to taste the madeleines and the pastry on the upper left (I forget what it is called).

June 19, 2015, Friday Short story: Hard shutdown. Overclocking error. Messed up display. Restarts by itself. Bluescreens. Then, PC fan turns on but no beep and no post. No joy. Long story: It was on. I just turned the monitor off and forgot about it. I pressed the power button (quick press) thinking I was turning it on which actually shut it down. I realized my mistake. The power light on the tower was still on so I had to do a hard shutdown/shut-off (hold down the power button) so I can start again. On bootup, It showed the "boot failure because of overclocking" screen. I continued as normal. Related: The only other time I had this "overclocking" screen was last month. I remember that the machine took longer than normal to boot. I did a hard shutdown, powered on, saw the overclocking screen which I took a picture of (see image above), continued as normal and was able to work without a glitch. Back to the long story... PART 1: While working, the displ

I have a new accent pillow. It is a gift. It matches my sheets. I believe it is hand-made. It is so pretty.

I like the coffee with condensed milk at Ya Kun Kaya Toast (NAIA terminal 2, departure area). They did not collect a passenger terminal fee at NAIA Terminal 2, finally! The wheelchairs at the airport are still old with breaks that do not work though. We had to put a bag behind the rear wheels of the wheelchair they gave me so it would not roll away. We went on a mini-vacation last week. We visited Bacolod City. We stayed at a Go Hotel . It was a breezy, scenic 30-minute drive to the hotel from the Bacolod-Silay airport via the airport access road. We stopped at Talisay from the airport to visit family too. I tried to buy a Go Hotel toiletry kit but they were out. The lady at the desk was quick to explain that their current stock was past expiration date and they were waiting for new stock but they do not know when it will be delivered. There used to be a Cafe 21 at the lobby up until last year ( sayang ). There is still a "corner shop" where you can buy coffee --