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starshadow_rivaulx) wrote2011-08-02 01:22 pm
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Fwd: Sunday, 31-July-2011 :: Event/s of the Day & Twitter Log
Event of the Day: I took the plunge and finally got myself a new CPU!
Sunday being medicine and grocery day, we started with a quick trip to
Mercury Santuario to get vitamins for Ramon and Ma. The car felt
weird on the way out, so stopped by Petron Dasma and fell in line at
the air pump. We were behind this guy on his high-end mountain bike,
who took his sweeeeeet time moving forward. OK, so it's Sunday - but
there was a queue of four cars behind you, mister, I'm sure the gas
station would have liked to have had them move up a wee bit faster. I
know I did.
So having got the proper tire pressure, it was off to Cash and Carry,
as usual. Lunch at Teriyaki Boy was a bowl of ramen split with Ramon,
tonkatsu and a bowl of rice, also split with Ramon. That is our usual
thing; we look at an order and split it, so I'm now eating half
portions of things now. Also, it means that any eatery with portions
large enough to split, for the price, immediately is guaranteed our
patronage.
I found my CPU in a little shop just across the hall from the Cherry
Mobile store on the 2nd floor. I've been in and out of the place
several times, and found their prices to be fairly reasonable for the
packages that they have. The technician recommended a setup that has
a 1.8GHz processor speed; 2GB DDR3 RAM; a video card; a 500GB HDD
SATA; and a very pretty casing. All for only 7.8K pesos on my credit
card, so that is a nifty thing to have. I certainly don't need an
extra monitor, keyboard or mouse when I already have them, so why pay
for those?
So the nice low-key tech assembled the unit while I had my massage,
and to give him extra time, I tried out the little creperie stall in
the food court. Plain sugar and butter, I like my crepes on the basic
side. *smile* Will go back and try their other stuff next grocery day.
Then after picking up the new CPU, off to the groceries, which were
accomplished in a leisurely fashion. Home in the rain, via Andok's to
pick up dinner, seeing as how one of the maids was on her day off, and
I figured it was easier to have take-out rather than have the maid
fuss over what to cook for us.
Home, unloaded and put away groceries, enjoyed the take-out dinner,
and basically back to life as usual. Didn't install the new CPU yet -
there's still some prep work to be done, like backing up all the data,
and figuring out just how to rearrange everything on the workstation
space. I refuse to hurry this and risk deleting something that ought
not to be deleted.
On that note: does anyone really use DVDs any more? Or are portable
hard drives the new mode of digital storage? At some point in time,
all my photographs are going to need their own hard drive, that's for
sure.
10:59 Off to a good start. Got hubby and ma their vitamins; putting
air in the tires. Groceries next. #
11:58 Lunch at teriyaki boy. Captain America is showing at 12:30, next
screening at past 4pm. WHOA. #
12:00 I think Capt America will need a day by itself to watch. Heard
it's pretty good, so worth the cost. :) #
12:01 Hubby gets in free. :) #
13:08 So hubby and i have a movie date on wednesday. I think he'll
like the movie. #
13:11 Meantime, I found my new CPU. Specs and price suit the way i use
the! laptop now. Unit being assembled while i have my massage. #
13:13 The tech is nice, and not pushy with the sales talk. :) He gave
me time to think over my options. I like that. #
13:19 @dcpswann cash and carry. :) #
16:39 Missions accomplished! Heading home in the rain with a new CPU
and groceries. Quick stop at Andok's for take out chicken dinner. #
16:41 Tomorrow, stay home to make calls and get down with installation
process. Tonight, take note of needed software. #
21:37 @kenshinasuka yup, just the CPU. I have a p erfectly good
monitor, keyboard and mouse attached to the body of my old laptop... #
21:38 @kenshinasuka laptop screen died a few months ago, but all the
rest are working fine. Unit is 3yrs old, time for a change, I think.
:) #
21:38 @kenshinasuka besides, it's basically a desktop now, might as
well do it properly. :) #
21:54 My Two Bits: So I have me a new CPU bit.ly/qESB1D #
23:14 @momblogger "My country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept
right. ! When wrong, to be made right." #
23:17 hubby and i were talking about being local tourists - starting
with Subic and places north. #
23:19 in other news: will have to wear bed socks tonight. by christmas
said socks may be hand-knit, if I ever get back to my DPNS. #
23:20 RT @mitosmagsaysay: Report Card shd be watchd by all decision
makers especially now that the budget for 2012 is being presented to
Congress. #
23:26 @ssowy Ack! having only two books of a trilogy is awful. i once
had the first and 3rd books of a story - no middle, aggggh. #
23:34 oh for the lov e of it all - when is there ever going to be a
standard set of rules for the suspension of classes? pity the parents!
#
23:35 in my years in UP Manila, no matter what DepEd or Pagasa said:
if the water started entering the driveway, we all were GOING. #
23:36 bec srsly, no one wanted to be stuck at the corner of Taft and
Faura in the pouring rain with water rising. least of all students
with cars! #
23:36 those were good times. *grin* #
23:48 *yawn* guess it's time to sign off. back tomorrow! (or later, as
the case may be) #
Sunday being medicine and grocery day, we started with a quick trip to
Mercury Santuario to get vitamins for Ramon and Ma. The car felt
weird on the way out, so stopped by Petron Dasma and fell in line at
the air pump. We were behind this guy on his high-end mountain bike,
who took his sweeeeeet time moving forward. OK, so it's Sunday - but
there was a queue of four cars behind you, mister, I'm sure the gas
station would have liked to have had them move up a wee bit faster. I
know I did.
So having got the proper tire pressure, it was off to Cash and Carry,
as usual. Lunch at Teriyaki Boy was a bowl of ramen split with Ramon,
tonkatsu and a bowl of rice, also split with Ramon. That is our usual
thing; we look at an order and split it, so I'm now eating half
portions of things now. Also, it means that any eatery with portions
large enough to split, for the price, immediately is guaranteed our
patronage.
I found my CPU in a little shop just across the hall from the Cherry
Mobile store on the 2nd floor. I've been in and out of the place
several times, and found their prices to be fairly reasonable for the
packages that they have. The technician recommended a setup that has
a 1.8GHz processor speed; 2GB DDR3 RAM; a video card; a 500GB HDD
SATA; and a very pretty casing. All for only 7.8K pesos on my credit
card, so that is a nifty thing to have. I certainly don't need an
extra monitor, keyboard or mouse when I already have them, so why pay
for those?
So the nice low-key tech assembled the unit while I had my massage,
and to give him extra time, I tried out the little creperie stall in
the food court. Plain sugar and butter, I like my crepes on the basic
side. *smile* Will go back and try their other stuff next grocery day.
Then after picking up the new CPU, off to the groceries, which were
accomplished in a leisurely fashion. Home in the rain, via Andok's to
pick up dinner, seeing as how one of the maids was on her day off, and
I figured it was easier to have take-out rather than have the maid
fuss over what to cook for us.
Home, unloaded and put away groceries, enjoyed the take-out dinner,
and basically back to life as usual. Didn't install the new CPU yet -
there's still some prep work to be done, like backing up all the data,
and figuring out just how to rearrange everything on the workstation
space. I refuse to hurry this and risk deleting something that ought
not to be deleted.
On that note: does anyone really use DVDs any more? Or are portable
hard drives the new mode of digital storage? At some point in time,
all my photographs are going to need their own hard drive, that's for
sure.
10:59 Off to a good start. Got hubby and ma their vitamins; putting
air in the tires. Groceries next. #
11:58 Lunch at teriyaki boy. Captain America is showing at 12:30, next
screening at past 4pm. WHOA. #
12:00 I think Capt America will need a day by itself to watch. Heard
it's pretty good, so worth the cost. :) #
12:01 Hubby gets in free. :) #
13:08 So hubby and i have a movie date on wednesday. I think he'll
like the movie. #
13:11 Meantime, I found my new CPU. Specs and price suit the way i use
the! laptop now. Unit being assembled while i have my massage. #
13:13 The tech is nice, and not pushy with the sales talk. :) He gave
me time to think over my options. I like that. #
13:19 @dcpswann cash and carry. :) #
16:39 Missions accomplished! Heading home in the rain with a new CPU
and groceries. Quick stop at Andok's for take out chicken dinner. #
16:41 Tomorrow, stay home to make calls and get down with installation
process. Tonight, take note of needed software. #
21:37 @kenshinasuka yup, just the CPU. I have a p erfectly good
monitor, keyboard and mouse attached to the body of my old laptop... #
21:38 @kenshinasuka laptop screen died a few months ago, but all the
rest are working fine. Unit is 3yrs old, time for a change, I think.
:) #
21:38 @kenshinasuka besides, it's basically a desktop now, might as
well do it properly. :) #
21:54 My Two Bits: So I have me a new CPU bit.ly/qESB1D #
23:14 @momblogger "My country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept
right. ! When wrong, to be made right." #
23:17 hubby and i were talking about being local tourists - starting
with Subic and places north. #
23:19 in other news: will have to wear bed socks tonight. by christmas
said socks may be hand-knit, if I ever get back to my DPNS. #
23:20 RT @mitosmagsaysay: Report Card shd be watchd by all decision
makers especially now that the budget for 2012 is being presented to
Congress. #
23:26 @ssowy Ack! having only two books of a trilogy is awful. i once
had the first and 3rd books of a story - no middle, aggggh. #
23:34 oh for the lov e of it all - when is there ever going to be a
standard set of rules for the suspension of classes? pity the parents!
#
23:35 in my years in UP Manila, no matter what DepEd or Pagasa said:
if the water started entering the driveway, we all were GOING. #
23:36 bec srsly, no one wanted to be stuck at the corner of Taft and
Faura in the pouring rain with water rising. least of all students
with cars! #
23:36 those were good times. *grin* #
23:48 *yawn* guess it's time to sign off. back tomorrow! (or later, as
the case may be) #
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Re speed of dsl: *nods* Yup, DSL has come a long way. Lucky me, I have a 3MB broadband connection that is - and this is the most important part - a stable one. Enough to share with hubby and then some *hugs wireless router*. I got a tip from the SkyCable folks; that 5MB connection they're advertising has a download cap, so if you use it up before next billing cycle, you could lose the speed in the middle of something, just like *that*. 3MB may sound small, but it will always be there.
Re media player: Don't have one of those yet. Maybe someday? *ebil grin*
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Ah, Sky, never thought I'd miss it.