Posts

Food: August 2017

Image
• chips and salsa @ taqueria 101 • mega sardines with onion, omelette with tomato, rice • cooking pork menudo • itlog na maalat and tomato slices

Silog na Sinaing ang Si

Image
Tapsilog from Calle Tapsilog sa Dona Soledad. Ang "si" daw nila ay sinaing, not sinangag. #pixlr

Lte pocket wifi

Image
It's not my house. It's not my pldt wifi, they don't have to share it if they don't want to.  I'm trying to cope, find my own way. Mobile data is fine but I can only do so much on a phone. To work productively on the laptop, I need a faster and stable connection. I can't get my own pldt dsl yet cuz I don't want to be locked in a contract before I move out. I hope this lte pocket wifi will work when i need it.

Unionbankph login taking too long to respond

Image
Problem: Unionbankph login page taking too long to respond error Tried clearing your cache and cookies? Yes. Tried different browsers? Yes. Is your provider PLDT? Tried changing DNS servers? Oohhhh... Fix: PLDT DNS still sucks. Go to internet connectivity properties and manually set your IPv4 settings to either Google's or OpenDNS. This fixed my problem. Google's preferred and alternate dns: 8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4 OpenDNS: 208.67.222.222 / 208.67.220.220

Celeteque Travel Size

Image
Celeteque Traveler's Basics P149 at Watson's via LazadaPH Online I like travel-sized things. Last time I was at Walmart (or another supermarket, I forget) in FL, I spent most of my time in front of a wall with bins of travel size toiletries - baby wipes, toothpaste, soap, deodorant, etc - that cost ~$1 each. Too bad I could not see the top bins from my powerchair. I remember that moment, I rolled back and forth in front of that wall taking forever to decide what not to buy.

Hongkong Chef in Pasay

Image
June 2, 2017, Friday. Lunch after my appointment at DFA Aseana was at Hongkong Chef in Pasay City. Clockwise: watercrest with century egg (suggested, off-menu), beef brisket, pancit canton. Plus rice and cokes, and net of senior citizens & pwd discounts: P959.00. 

Win 10 1607 update

Image
They call it the "anniversary update." It was forced on me yesterday. It lasted 3 hours. I thought today is Friday. It's Saturday. I feel I lost a day. Now my sticky notes look bad. I'm not updating Windows again. My wifi is now set to "metered."

melted rubber

Image
It is so hot. The rubber band that I left wrapped around this mini screwdriver... melted onto the metal.

HP laptop hard disk short DST failed

Image
The fudge! Less than 2 years into buying my HP Pavilion 11" laptop, its hard disk fails! It happened yesterday: It froze around 2 minutes in. I thought the HDMI cable to the monitor was loose. I shut off the laptop and put it on my lap to reach behind the monitor... The base of the laptop was HOT! I tried to boot it a few more times but it would freeze before it can load Windows. F2 during start-up -> Quick System check. All passed except Hard Drive Short DST Check: Failed (screenshot's at the bottom of this post). This HP laptop was pretty expensive for me, too. Sigh. Says I should call HP to know what the failure id/code in red means but, I don't have the energy for this anymore. I need to work. I ordered a new laptop online last night, a different brand at a fraction of what I spent on this HP at the mall less than 2 years ago. I can't get over it - it's not even 2 years yet, I could've bought 2 more new laptops back then; a spare and a spare of the

Bpi direct td payout is late

Payout of my time deposit from bpi direct is still not in my account. I am getting worried. I don't like that feeling. My time deposit matured on April 28, 2017, Friday. Yesterday was a bank holiday (May 1, 2017, Monday, Labor Day). I checked my account today around 11 AM (Tuesday, regular working day), it's still not there. Of course I emailed them. If it's still not in my account tonight, I'll call. I'm trying to remember if this happened before, if it has been late because payout fell between a weekend and a holiday. Trying to convince myself that this is normal. *UPDATE May 2, 2017, Tuesday, 6:59 PM: Checked my account, it's there na. Yay.

35.2

Image
We're melting. 35.2°C in Manila this afternoon. Konti nalang para ka nang may sinat.