Old Laptop with i5 gen 3 still rocks

Recently, while making time to study virtual assistant courses online, I realized I needed a basic laptop for my studies. So, I dug through my closet, cabinets, and other storage spots, and came across my old Fujitsu Lifebook A572/E. I dusted it off and decided to give it a try.

This model was manufactured around the first half of 2012, and surprisingly, it’s still more than capable for basic office use. Encouraged by its performance, I went ahead and installed a few classic games too—Call of Duty 2, NBA Live 2005, Battle Realms, Red Alert 2, and a few others.

I’m quite pleased with how well this laptop is holding up even after all these years. It’s a nice reminder that sometimes, old tech still has plenty of life left in it

Free Rice (dot)com

The header tells it all, for every correct answer they donate 10 grains of rice to World Food Programme. Why don't you try it? Just select the right synonym of the words, answer as many as you can, and you're doing a work of charity without spending a any of your money. I tried it for 4 minutes and got 49 correct answers.

My Paranasal Sinus

I always have a cold and flu. Every month or two I have to visit different hospitals for checkup. The usual routine was to take CBC and urine test. Urine test OK, CBC white blood cell count, not good. In the end, I always take antibiotic for about week which doesn't work (btw, I always take megadose of sodium ascorbate (Vit.C)). Because this is ongoing for about five years, and even taking around 5-7g of vit.C sometimes doesn't work, we decided to consult a specialist. I was advised to have a CT scan because of a 3cm cyst in my sinus. We went to STI De Los Santos Medical Center here in Quezon City for a paranasal sinus scan (plain scan is 5,000 pesos).

 

where's the nurse?

she's at the back...

people are lining up for...

the FEARSOME double door with radiation sign, the red light will lit up if someone is being contaminated... scary

Ferdinand Marcos is better than any president

This entry is just a “what if?” questions and solely my own opinion.

I just had some questions in my mind regarding the celebration of the “People Power Revolution”. What if no one opposed Marcos? What if Marcos continued to be the president back then? What would happen to our country? Of course, many will say that Marcos is tyrant, unfair, unjust, and whatever bad things you call him. But when I had a conversation with my parents about him, all they said was good about him and nothing bad. What if Marcos continued to be the President? Surely, it will be a Marcos dynasty. Not even a single Filipino will be a millionaire or billionaire because hell be hogging their money. Surely, he is one of the most corrupt official. But who cares? At least we benefit from it There are those NPA’s, terrorist attacks, and it only shows how weak our armed forces and policemen’s are. Due to Marcos’ iron rule, he was able to impose order and reduce crime (remember the curfew hours?). Because of our international diplomacy, we are being aided by the US government and many infrastructures were built during his regime. After People Power, is it anything better? Did our economy improved? No. It even became worse, corruption is still evident. Maybe we can’t erase corruption, that’s given. But Marcos would have offered something better if we let him lead us (Philippines would have been a powerful and rich country just like the others).

I quote from wikipedia “The relative economic success that the Philippines enjoyed during the initial part of his presidency is hard to dispel. Many of Marcos's accomplishments were overlooked after the so-called "People Power Revolution", but the Marcos era definitely had accomplishments in its own right. 

People power is the main reason why this country is poor and history repeated itself with People Power II and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo being the president.

Read this link 

My Vacation - Last part

So we reached Socorro by van for about 2 hrs (should have been 1 hr if not because of the road construction). We rested for the whole day and had the chance to invite other relatives for some chit chat. The next day, we decided to visit one of our small purchased land nearby to take a look. 

Agriculture is the main source of income here.

You'll see rice fields along the way

Dogs, chickens, cows and goats are the most common animals outside the houses and backyards.

Since no one lives on the land we purchased, we decided to plant bananas and some citrus fruits. Some of the banana trees are ready to be harvested.

some of the fruits were eaten by birds

We earned about 1,200 pesos selling those bananas and bought food for dinner.

My Vacation - Part 1

Last 3 weeks, me and my dad decided to go to province to visit my grandma. We'll be staying at one of our relatives in Socorro, Oriental Mindoro. We arrived at Batangas city port around 5:30 am and bought our ticket scheduled for 6:00. We've chosen supercat as it only takes around 45 minutes of travel time if I'm not mistaken.

People are lining up for their seat numbers

But around 5:45, the trip was cancelled due to some technical problems and will resume at 8:30. We refunded the ticket and went to RORO (roll-on/roll-off) port for the 6:30 trip (it takes approx. 2-3 hrs). Vessels here are bigger since its designed to carry wheeled cargo like trucks, automobiles, buses, etc.

 

we traveled thru one of besta's ship

 We reached Calapan city at exactly 10am and headed to Socorro (thru van) for another 2 hrs.

Greg Iles - Mortal Fear

I just want to share a book that I’ve read a year ago. This book is about a serial killer that targets females from an erotic online dating service called EROS. Its mostly about sex and murder. The killer uses many usernames, he toys with women, kills them, and can always find a way of escaping thru his vast knowledge of computers. Since the protagonist is the system operator of EROS, he became one of the prime suspect along with his colleague. This is where the cat-and-mouse game hunt begins. You can search it online for a better synopsis since I’m not good with it.

The book itself is a fairly long read. But, it never really bogs down. Greg Iles has put a great deal of detail into this novel. It also has plenty of action and it deals with family problems that ties in the end. The computer aspect of the story is also interesting since the killer is anonymous thru the Internet. The tension is great and I love the conversations as it really builds up the story. In the end, this is a book that I’ll recommend to everyone who wants an excellent suspense and psychological thriller.

Peanuts anyone??

One of my cousin came over my place yesterday to cook his favorite snack (he lives in a dormitory). And as usual for the last 4 months, he’s been eating peanuts (as the title says). I asked him, why do you like peanuts? He said, “I just like them, I do, but at least I’m eating something good instead of just chips”. Well, for me, peanuts gives you pimples, so I avoided eating to much of it. I would rather become fat eating chips than having pimples all over my face. But you can overlook those things because of its benefits, and not to mention its cholesterol-free (ow, really??). Peanuts are one of the "food for the brain", so nutritious that it affects your blood pressure (so old ones be aware, remember the tv ad, bawal ang pork, ang beans....).

By the way, he cooked 2 kgs and added honey to it (no garlic and salt added). After that he packed it on empty plastic containers.

So why don’t you try one now, or just buy from the supermarket. I would advise you to eat it a day before your exam or while you study (trust me it really helps a lot). Any kind of nuts will do except coconuts.

First Post - Hello World

This is my first post in this blog and I'm really excited about it. Most blogs starts with their first post with "Hello World" as the subject (I assume thats the default title or lets say they cant think of anything else to put in), but its actually one of the most common word in the programming language. (Read below)

From wikipedia:
A "Hello World" program is a computer program which prints out "Hello World" on a display device. It is used in many introductory tutorials for teaching a programming language. Such a program is typically one of the simplest programs possible in most computer languages. It is often considered to be tradition among programmers for people attempting to learn a new programming language to write a "Hello World!" program as one of the first steps of learning that particular language. Read More..

Well this blog is about everything or anything in particular. You can post your comments for any suggestions to include in this blog. Tnx guys!