I rarely get sick. Wait, let me rephrase that. I rarely get sick and miss work. With the threat of A(H1N1) looming, our office building has tightened its measures by deploying nurses with thermometers and thermal scanners (seriously). Although I’m feeling much better now compared to yesterday, I decided to sit out the rest of the week just to be sure.
With thermometers sold out in most stores, all I can trust is my gut feel. So far, I feel okay now. Yesterday, I experienced some chills and body aches. No coughs and colds, just body weakness. I guess I got fatigued, lately I haven’t had enough sleep, and the weird climate here in Manila didn’t help either.
It’s hard missing work. I get calls all the time (just got one while writing this) and it pains me that I can’t attend to most of them. And even with amenities present, sometimes boredom just strikes. Worse is today is our 20th month as a couple, but I’m so thankful that Roxanne is so caring and understanding.
Asides from that, I’m also thankful because finally I got to have all the sleep I needed, and watch a lot of shows from my collection. But nothing beats having a healthy body, so I hope I get well soon.
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I’ve been using Globe’s 3G connection as my ISP today, and I think it’s okay, but they could still do better. It’s fast, but I often get timeouts, especially when someone is calling.
I use my Nokia E51 as my modem, with Windows machines you need Nokia PC Suite to do this, while on Macs all you need is a Bluetooth connection.
It’s best to inquire first at Globe’s customer service before trying this. By default, they charge per kilobyte, which is costly. If I’m not mistaken, you text time to 1111 to switch from per kilobyte to per minute charges (which usually amounts to PHP5.00 for every fifteen minutes). Also, set your access point to internet.globe.com.ph if you’re a postpaid subscriber or else you won’t be able to connect. It’s weird because it seems prepaid subscribers don’t have to use this access point, just connect and surf.
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As much as I’m loving my MacBook, I have to admit I still have dependence on PCs due to work. I still need Visual Basic for our projects, and I’m not sure if most of my Excel and Word files would open properly in NeoOffice (I’m still saving up for either iWork or MS Office for Mac).
Plus I also realized that there are issues with flash based memory (e.g. USB thumb drives) greater than 4GB when used with both systems. I had to reformat my 8GB PQI flash disk twice just to get it seamlessly working with both operating systems.
Thankfully, there are ways to run Windows on a Mac, but not the other way around. Now I’m just waiting for the release of Windows 7 (as well as save up for it) and try it out on my MacBook.
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Tomorrow is La Salle's first game, against the University of the East. Good luck to the Green Archers. Animo!
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And to Roxanne, thank you for the twenty months (and counting) that we have been together. I love you so much honey.
With thermometers sold out in most stores, all I can trust is my gut feel. So far, I feel okay now. Yesterday, I experienced some chills and body aches. No coughs and colds, just body weakness. I guess I got fatigued, lately I haven’t had enough sleep, and the weird climate here in Manila didn’t help either.
It’s hard missing work. I get calls all the time (just got one while writing this) and it pains me that I can’t attend to most of them. And even with amenities present, sometimes boredom just strikes. Worse is today is our 20th month as a couple, but I’m so thankful that Roxanne is so caring and understanding.
Asides from that, I’m also thankful because finally I got to have all the sleep I needed, and watch a lot of shows from my collection. But nothing beats having a healthy body, so I hope I get well soon.
---
I’ve been using Globe’s 3G connection as my ISP today, and I think it’s okay, but they could still do better. It’s fast, but I often get timeouts, especially when someone is calling.
I use my Nokia E51 as my modem, with Windows machines you need Nokia PC Suite to do this, while on Macs all you need is a Bluetooth connection.
It’s best to inquire first at Globe’s customer service before trying this. By default, they charge per kilobyte, which is costly. If I’m not mistaken, you text time to 1111 to switch from per kilobyte to per minute charges (which usually amounts to PHP5.00 for every fifteen minutes). Also, set your access point to internet.globe.com.ph if you’re a postpaid subscriber or else you won’t be able to connect. It’s weird because it seems prepaid subscribers don’t have to use this access point, just connect and surf.
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As much as I’m loving my MacBook, I have to admit I still have dependence on PCs due to work. I still need Visual Basic for our projects, and I’m not sure if most of my Excel and Word files would open properly in NeoOffice (I’m still saving up for either iWork or MS Office for Mac).
Plus I also realized that there are issues with flash based memory (e.g. USB thumb drives) greater than 4GB when used with both systems. I had to reformat my 8GB PQI flash disk twice just to get it seamlessly working with both operating systems.
Thankfully, there are ways to run Windows on a Mac, but not the other way around. Now I’m just waiting for the release of Windows 7 (as well as save up for it) and try it out on my MacBook.
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Tomorrow is La Salle's first game, against the University of the East. Good luck to the Green Archers. Animo!
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And to Roxanne, thank you for the twenty months (and counting) that we have been together. I love you so much honey.
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