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Tucking in to this dry cake was not very pleasant. It looked fine but it was dry. The chocolate layer was tough. Not a good dessert, unfortunately. The cake wasn't from any store (or so I've been told) so I have no one to name guilty for this dry, dense course. A can of Coke helped it go down easy, though. Putting my mturk earnings into fine use last week, I placed orders for another book and a CD on Amazon. Apparently, the production of this particular CD has been discontinued so I was more than eager to place an order with a merchant who had it at a very good price. I can't wait to get these things which, I think, will be by the end of August when someone comes home from their holiday in America. My nieces' birthdays are coming up too. I find it difficult to shop for children. I've only NEVER given presents to other kids. If I did, it was just shelling out my share for a big present with my friends - I didn't take part in deciding what to buy with it. I guess ...

A weatherman said that the weather we're having is not at all normal. After complaining about the scorching heat a week ago (I think), we immediately started to get these insanely strong showers and cool temp. Like last night, I heard thunders that were too close to one another. It was a curious and scary thing to hear... Well, more curious than scary really. News reported that we were not having any storms or typhoons. They said that what we're experiencing is an odd low-pressure thing - probably due to climate change. Yes, it is quite strange...

Yes, I'm angry. Last night, our Internet connection (PLDT DSL) went out for over 30 minutes. Today, it happened again! Dammit! I should have seen this coming. Last month, it happened for the first time. There are three indicator lights on the modem and the middle, red light normally blinks quickly to mean that there's a good connection. Last month, that red light did not blink at all. Of course, I assumed that it was just us so I tried repairing the connection, checked the filter on our extension, took the cable out of the router and directly plugged it in to the PC, restarted everything -- nothing worked. The red light did not blink at all. I was so upset because I had something important due that I just shut if off and asked everyone I knew who use PLDT DSL if they had Internet connection. Unfortunately, no one was home to check theirs out. After an hour or so, it came back. FYI, I did call PLDT and waited to talk to a human being but the connection came back up before someon...

The PS2 optical mouse I ordered last Friday (and paid for this Monday) arrived today. Now, I don't have to worry about the old mouse breaking down on me. The old mouse still works but once in a while it acts up. It is now safely tucked away - a back-up, if you may. OK, the online computer shop that I ordered from is OpenPinoy . And they used the courier, LBC and not JRS like I said before. This Cruiser mouse was very cheap (and it was on sale). It's a bit uneven, wobbles on the table but it's manageable. May take a bit of getting used to but it's fine. What's great is that there is a 12-month warranty on this so I've nothing to be bothered about. So, hurrah! It rained again earlier. It is quite nice and cool now. The weather's been tricky lately. Is it rainy season na ?

Woke up to a fire truck's siren this morning. Turned out, there was a fire four houses down the street from us. It wasn't a big fire (thank goodness). They said some old, stacked wood at the back of the house caught fire. Inhaled a bit of smoke, though, but it wasn't overpowering - just tickled the back of my throat, that's all. And just like that, it rained a couple of hours later. It was a welcome shower (with a bit of thunder too) and it is quite cool right now. I am savoring this weather - ahhh... On a bad note, there's no water. I guess they shut it off just before noon, probably to do some cleaning. Hope it comes back up soon. Phoned the online computer store Saturday. When I ordered last Friday (see previous post), I expected a call about the shipping cost and if my order was in stock (as said on their step-by-step ordering guide). When I didn't get one by five o'clock, Saturday, I called them up. Apparently, they were out of what I originally ordered...

Our desktop's wired optical mouse is acting up. I am mouse-less right now and it's been interesting. A lot of tab-pressing and shift-tabs going on. Just have to keep my eyes on where I'm tabbing to though. It is workable but of course, I can't work as fast. We did get a lot out of that mouse but I guess its time has come (or is very near). I think we've had that for what, maybe four years now? It was free too so we did get A WHOLE LOT out of it. Back when this ISP provider was advertising and getting people to sign up for their wireless service, they gave optical mice away. They were basic wired Microsoft P2 mice and they've customized it, painted over the body with their brand name. I just sent someone off to the store to get a new optical mouse and I'm waiting for them to send me a text message on what they find. I also had them bring the (nearly) busted mouse too. So I am just waiting and am a mouse less. :) Update: 9pm Turns out, computer accessories are...

The temp's at 35 degrees right now. It's a scorcher. It's muggy. It's hard to breathe, really. I want to turn off the power supply for the modem and router right now, actually. I don't want the hardware to overheat. I want to but I can't because someone's online on another machine, playing a game. Had a bottle of cold water beside me. Had to put it back in the fridge because it became lukewarm pretty quickly. When will this heat break?!? My sticky notes are starting to fall off. Maybe the glue's melting? Haha.

Cranberry juice with ice is a proper muggy, humid day drink. This was so good that I forgave the fact that it's sweetened. Notice the frost on the side of the glass? So refreshing. Last week, I anticipated the 10th (that was two days ago) because I had to send something by a certain time. I got ready for it - double-checked data, fixed the file's title. In my head, I told myself not to forget to send this file on the 10th before 7pm. So on the day , I was on the computer for about an hour and in my head, I reminded myself to send the file before 7pm. At that moment, I looked at the clock and saw that it was a quarter before 7pm! I did send the file on time but that was a close one. I was so sure that I wouldn't forget but I almost did. Short of having important schedules on my mobile and have it ring an alarm for each of them, I've always been schedule-aware (for the most part). I do prefer to put sticky notes up but the computer monitor can't hold any more notes. T...

Stepped out of the bath and was bitten by ants - twice. We have red ants running up and down a door pane in neat lines. Rested my elbow on it for a second (before I saw the ants) and yes, they got me. They're itchy bites too. Ugh. Had a glass of newly-bought cranberry juice. I was expecting the tart, sour, earthy taste but when I took a sip, it was sweet. Ugh. Turned out we bought the Splenda-sweetened cranberry juice. Ugh. It's fine - would've preferred it with ice (ice and cranberry juice are best buds) but our freezer is full so we can't make ice cubes. Suffering humidity once again. Snuck in an hour of A/C time at noon... so nice.

I've forgotten how tedious it was to open accounting books for the new fiscal year. I did some reversals, a bit of filling in of column titles, and a lot of ledger-writing. But those are done so, let the recording begin! Now, if only I can figure out where to stash the documents from last year... The space under my dresser is housing the 2006's, the shelf is home to the 2007's and the 2008's are stacked here on a chair. Decisions-decisions. Since I can't toss anything that's less than four (or five? I forget) years old, I'm blighted by the sight of paper. Oh, so where did I put the 2004-2005's? Oh no, I forget - wait, they're probably in the closet. I threw the old stuff (older than 2004) out because they were from the previous "entity". [sticks tongue out] I tried to make 3D glasses yesterday - who the heck knows where to buy them here naman kasi ?!? But nothing I made worked. I think that I had the wrong shade of blue - it's supposed ...

The weather's a bit dusky lately. We had some rain for the past couple of nights. I like this kind of duskiness. Don't get me wrong, it's not gloomy for me. I think of it as being quiet and relaxed. It's quite lovely, actually. The temperature's cooled down too and no humidity - hurrah! The downside is that the cable's acting up. It would go out and then come back up again. Missed seeing Oliver's Twist though (boo-hoo). Well, they've been showing reruns of it for quite a while now so... It's a pretty old show but it's still good. Haven't grown tired of it, surprisingly. Had a hearty lunch of lechon paksiw (I wonder how long we're going to have that) and just ate a banana. I'm off to work - just a few paces to the computer table... Oh, I'm right here. Nye! I'm actually going to start with some books now, starting the 2009 in-house accounting books and all. Then, it's off to online work. Just wanted to note the lovely, dusk...

... Huh? These post-its make me feel woozy. The colors are making me dizzy. I don't know why I still have them here. I've tried my hardest to use them up but I just can't stand looking at them. They're neon, I think. Yes, neon -- they are very bright, hurts my eyes. I'm going to throw these away now. Note to self: Do not get bright-colored post-its.

Since I haven't been posting pictures enough (I think), I suppose two shots of a bitten donut will make up for it. It is by Dunkin' Donut and obviously, has chocolate frosting and peanuts sprinkled on it. Since it just came out of the fridge, the frosting has set and that made it quite sweet. But that did not stop me from finishing it off. Haven't had one of these in a while. Well, I do remember eating some bavarians last month, maybe. But I don't keep a food diary anymore (I used to keep one many years ago - a nutritionist made me do it!) so I am not really sure. At dinner, someone asked me what I had for lunch. I was stumped - for a bit. It took a some concentration but I managed to remember that I had shrimps. I guess the shrimps weren't memorable.