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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."

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

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

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.

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

Temp is now 34.6°C and I feel prickly heat coming on... And I just finished taking a bath. Waah.

Ang init. Ang lagkit. 33.6°C ngayon dito sa loob ng kwarto. Lumang istorya kasi summer na sa Pinas. Pero ngayon lang ako nagkaroon nitong lamp na may digital thermometer. Aliw.

10 pesos na ang taho ngayon. Ang cute.

Mainit na... Lagkit na, Pilipinas.

Been packing clothes vertically ever since I found it's better than rolling them. So efficient this way. You see everything. No rummaging, ever. Hmm. Not too bad for someone who can't raise her arms up very well. As long as I can rest my elbows on something, I can do it.

How long before the SSS posts contributions online when paid through accredited banks? In our case - household employer and paid at our local BDO branch - 4 weeks and 1 day. Short story: We paid our R5 for the month of January over the counter at our local BDO on January 27, 2017, Friday. It was posted on our SSS online account on February 25, 2017, Saturday. Long story: I was looking for an answer to this and all I saw was "too long" or "sobrang matagal mapost pag sa banko magbayad." But I wanted a timeframe because I had to create the R3 online and I was getting annoyed having to check every day, madalas pa na mabagal bumukas ang SSS website . When it was still not posted under "cash collection payments" on February 22, I called the BDO we paid from. BDO said their SSS transmissions are scheduled on the 15th and end-of-the-month so "nasend na po namin dapat." Okay. Naisip ko na if wala pa by the 27th, Monday, I'll email SSS. But when

Success Buying groceries online from Walter Mart's grocery delivery website works. grocerydelivery.com.ph I ordered and paid on Wednesday, Feb. 15. The soonest time slots open for delivery were on Saturday, Feb. 18. Wow, it fills up quickly. I chose the 1-3 pm slot on the 18th. The minimum cart total is 2000 pesos to go through. Delivery was supposed to be free for first-time customers but when I got to the ipay88 payments page, 300 pesos for delivery was added. Hmm. *UPDATE Feb.22: They returned 300 pesos to my credit card so, delivery was free! Everything was through email: 1. Received my order confirmation with the itemized grocery list and the ipay88 payment info within minutes of completing checkout on the 15th (Wednesday afternoon). 2. On the 16th (Thursday morning), received an email that my order has been scheduled for delivery. That's it. Today, the 18th, my order was delivered at 12:15 pm. Happy. Everything was well packed. My receipt was good and everything was acco

 fail I wanted this to work. Sayang. Puregold online grocery store They're only taking COD (cash on delivery) as of now. I don't think they're implementing this well cuz at the checkout page, there was no message box to enter instructions like how much change they should prepare. So I assume someone will just get in touch but I don't like that cuz that means we'll be texting back and forth and I hate waiting for replies. I ordered in the morning. It's next-day delivery so I had to wait (delivery fee is 80 pesos if the cart total is below 3000 pesos). I downloaded the pdf of my shopping list from the transactions page, a nice feature, actually (for a moment I thought my list was gone forever). The pdf included the auto-assigned branch too. At 4pm the next day, I received a text from Puregold Southpark (my auto-assigned branch) asking which area I'm in. I answered. They texted back to say they'll refer my order to a closer branch which is Puregold JR. Oka

When you open the door and smell piss. Image from unsplash.com

Muji moisturizing milk (light) 50 ml travel-size bottle I really like this. My face feels so soft after it dries. Application is tricky though. I have to be quick about it. I squeeze a thick 1-inch line out on my finger and use a finger on the other hand to take a glob and swirl it (cuz it slips down if left as is) on my forehead, and take separate globs to swirl on the apple of my cheeks, hollow of my cheeks, bridge of nose, tip of nose and chin, and then gently rub it in and spread it around. When it starts to feel sticky, I gently make sure it's even and just leave it to be absorbed. It takes some minutes to dry and when it does... Ohhh, baby soft and supple! I got this at the Muji to Go store at JFK international airport (Terminal 5) for $4.50 + tax. We were on our way to Terminal 4 and there it was! Wee! Anyway, I was excited and had to buy something from Muji. I would've rolled around and bought more if it weren't so cramped in there. But... Happy!

FAIL. This Palawan branch on Russia Street does not receive from BDO's Send Money online. Sayang. Someone has to learn how to use the ATM, then.