Monday, April 17, 2006
Friday, April 14, 2006
the penguin returns
It's been a long time since my last post because I don't want my posts to overlap and I still don't know how I will write my adventure or rather misadventure in my trip going back home from tucson. Well I guess I need to start somewhere, so here goes...
the reason
I was notified that I need to go back home immediately because my I-94 card expired, it's the one where the immigration puts up to when you could stay in their country. At first I didn't know what to think because I had lots of plans in my mind (especially the one where I start doing exercises again to lose weight... darn chocolates... darn snickers...) to do this April but after contemplating and then some more contemplating I realized that it would be better to leave than to stay and risk myself being blocklisted in the states. So after two days I was as good as gone.
I've been to Las Vegas!!!
Airport nga lang
the flight from Tucson to Vegas was pretty much uneventfully I just read a book till we landed to Vegas. Because my next connecting flight to San Francisco would be more than five hours I was required to check-in again my luggages. So After getting my luggages from the whatchamacallit luggage drop-off point I was struck dumb on where to check out my luggages, btw they are both around 45-50lbs each plus 17-19lbs of hand carry bags, and lessen my load. So I was standing for around 20mins til I decided that I really should get going. I asked the info boot h on where the check-in counters are and then needed to lug around my luggage across a street and I really could feel that I was way out of shape.
After waiting in a long line I was informed that I can't check-in my bags for another 1hour, so I just sat on some corner near the counter so I could easily go back there. I tried reading but wasn't able to concentrate that much because I heard some grumbling sound in my midsection which went on till I was able to check-in my luggages.. wheeew...
rerealization
is there such a word?
I was off to tour myself inside the Vegas airport and buy some snacks in the process. I bought a 1L bottle of water instead of the 500mL one because I know I would be needing a lot of fluids while strolling around and a chicken bacon wrap and also Allan's Dr. Pepper request. After eating and looking around for possible pasalubongs and found none or rather realized I really am kuripot so I just decided to go to the waiting lounge of the gate I was assigned to.
Kapkapan blues and the case of the missing Dr.
Before I could enter the lounge area I was entitled a free body inspection because I don't look american enough... este.. I don't look american, period. So after the routinary body inspection one of them asked why I had two laptops in which I promptly replied that the first one is for business and the other one for pleasure.
Moving on to find the right seat where I could waste around 4hours I realized that I was missing a plastic bag with Allan's request of Dr. Pepper and my 1Liter bottled water. So I concentrated and a series of forced flashbacks went into my head. I left the plastic bag inside the CR just before entering the gate for inspection. So I guess I need to say goodbye to my boomerang pasalubong from Allan.. huhuhuhuhu... T_T
to Sunny Californyaaay kapagod
So after some reading and a little shut eye and some reading still I was now in a plane to California airport. Thank God I don't need to carry my luggages anymore because it would go straight to my plane to Manila. All I need to do now is to carry my 2 hand carry (some pun intended) and myself to the ticketing counter for some verification stuffs. Let's just say that my supposed short walk to the counter went into a full tour around the airport which I could say was roughly more than an hour because I was like carrying heavy loads around 17-19lbs each. All of this happened because I went into a long turn. What was supposed to be a simple left-right turn from the entry gate became a series of left-left-right-right-up-down-up-down-and-i-don't-really-remember-turns.
because of that series of unfortunate turns I had little energy left to roam around the airport so instead I tried to wardrive myself for a wifi hotspot which wasn't successful because no free wifi could be found. I was planning to chat my way through the hours but again my plans went fruitless.
mga kababayan ko at ang paguwi sa bayan ko
as i was one of the early birds for the Philippine bound flight I saw little by little that almost all of my travelmates, or whatever you call them, are Filipinos. I also saw a child version of her and the semblance was so uncanny... naaliw lang ako... I would have took her picture to post it here but I don't want to risk them thinking that I'm a perv or pido or something... hehehehhee...
inside the plane I again unfortunately was seated in a chair with problematic A/V system. Last time on my flight to Tucson I had a defective LCD and this time around ,so destiny could balance things up, I had a defective control panel leading to no sound in my headphones. Arrrgh!!
So I just finished reading all the remaining stories in the book and then had small chats with a nun that had 2 divorces and another balikbayan who starts his sentence with 'hey men' or 'ye men' or 'men'.
Home at last
So after 30hours of travel I finally made it home around 4:30 in the morning. I really could feel that I'm already in the Philippines because I was sweating like a pig the moment the plane entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility. bwehehehhe
Anways, everything went well in the end and then I had a very wonderful evening...
the reason
I was notified that I need to go back home immediately because my I-94 card expired, it's the one where the immigration puts up to when you could stay in their country. At first I didn't know what to think because I had lots of plans in my mind (especially the one where I start doing exercises again to lose weight... darn chocolates... darn snickers...) to do this April but after contemplating and then some more contemplating I realized that it would be better to leave than to stay and risk myself being blocklisted in the states. So after two days I was as good as gone.
I've been to Las Vegas!!!
Airport nga lang
the flight from Tucson to Vegas was pretty much uneventfully I just read a book till we landed to Vegas. Because my next connecting flight to San Francisco would be more than five hours I was required to check-in again my luggages. So After getting my luggages from the whatchamacallit luggage drop-off point I was struck dumb on where to check out my luggages, btw they are both around 45-50lbs each plus 17-19lbs of hand carry bags, and lessen my load. So I was standing for around 20mins til I decided that I really should get going. I asked the info boot h on where the check-in counters are and then needed to lug around my luggage across a street and I really could feel that I was way out of shape.
After waiting in a long line I was informed that I can't check-in my bags for another 1hour, so I just sat on some corner near the counter so I could easily go back there. I tried reading but wasn't able to concentrate that much because I heard some grumbling sound in my midsection which went on till I was able to check-in my luggages.. wheeew...
rerealization
is there such a word?
I was off to tour myself inside the Vegas airport and buy some snacks in the process. I bought a 1L bottle of water instead of the 500mL one because I know I would be needing a lot of fluids while strolling around and a chicken bacon wrap and also Allan's Dr. Pepper request. After eating and looking around for possible pasalubongs and found none or rather realized I really am kuripot so I just decided to go to the waiting lounge of the gate I was assigned to.
Kapkapan blues and the case of the missing Dr.
Before I could enter the lounge area I was entitled a free body inspection because I don't look american enough... este.. I don't look american, period. So after the routinary body inspection one of them asked why I had two laptops in which I promptly replied that the first one is for business and the other one for pleasure.
Moving on to find the right seat where I could waste around 4hours I realized that I was missing a plastic bag with Allan's request of Dr. Pepper and my 1Liter bottled water. So I concentrated and a series of forced flashbacks went into my head. I left the plastic bag inside the CR just before entering the gate for inspection. So I guess I need to say goodbye to my boomerang pasalubong from Allan.. huhuhuhuhu... T_T
to Sunny Californyaaay kapagod
So after some reading and a little shut eye and some reading still I was now in a plane to California airport. Thank God I don't need to carry my luggages anymore because it would go straight to my plane to Manila. All I need to do now is to carry my 2 hand carry (some pun intended) and myself to the ticketing counter for some verification stuffs. Let's just say that my supposed short walk to the counter went into a full tour around the airport which I could say was roughly more than an hour because I was like carrying heavy loads around 17-19lbs each. All of this happened because I went into a long turn. What was supposed to be a simple left-right turn from the entry gate became a series of left-left-right-right-up-down-up-down-and-i-don't-really-remember-turns.
because of that series of unfortunate turns I had little energy left to roam around the airport so instead I tried to wardrive myself for a wifi hotspot which wasn't successful because no free wifi could be found. I was planning to chat my way through the hours but again my plans went fruitless.
mga kababayan ko at ang paguwi sa bayan ko
as i was one of the early birds for the Philippine bound flight I saw little by little that almost all of my travelmates, or whatever you call them, are Filipinos. I also saw a child version of her and the semblance was so uncanny... naaliw lang ako... I would have took her picture to post it here but I don't want to risk them thinking that I'm a perv or pido or something... hehehehhee...
inside the plane I again unfortunately was seated in a chair with problematic A/V system. Last time on my flight to Tucson I had a defective LCD and this time around ,so destiny could balance things up, I had a defective control panel leading to no sound in my headphones. Arrrgh!!
So I just finished reading all the remaining stories in the book and then had small chats with a nun that had 2 divorces and another balikbayan who starts his sentence with 'hey men' or 'ye men' or 'men'.
Home at last
So after 30hours of travel I finally made it home around 4:30 in the morning. I really could feel that I'm already in the Philippines because I was sweating like a pig the moment the plane entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility. bwehehehhe
Anways, everything went well in the end and then I had a very wonderful evening...
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
homeward bound
a post of gratitude to our dear Lord who has given me this wonderful opportunity to go out of the country. Truly I thank God for all the things He has done for me this past few months. A lot of my long term goals became short term goals in just the span of three months. (San ka pa!)
But beyond the material blessings He has given me the right experience and also the chance to prove to myself that I do have the capacity to work outside my mother country. Who knows where I would be next? God does.
Truly, God answer prayers.
But beyond the material blessings He has given me the right experience and also the chance to prove to myself that I do have the capacity to work outside my mother country. Who knows where I would be next? God does.
Truly, God answer prayers.
Monday, March 20, 2006
goosfraba
relax... calm down... no... i just can't! But I must!
Being level headed is the key to most successes. Well pressure is ok to keep your adrenaline level up but being level headed gives you more control of you and your surroundings more than you think. >>>
Well actually I'm just trying to rationalize myself because I'm about to explode if I couldn't still figure how the heck I would solve this... darn...
1...2...3... goosfraba....
*** added a song to my Penguin.Radio entitled "I feel pretty" from anger management. This song reminds me of a certain special someone .
Being level headed is the key to most successes. Well pressure is ok to keep your adrenaline level up but being level headed gives you more control of you and your surroundings more than you think. >>>
Well actually I'm just trying to rationalize myself because I'm about to explode if I couldn't still figure how the heck I would solve this... darn...
1...2...3... goosfraba....
*** added a song to my Penguin.Radio entitled "I feel pretty" from anger management. This song reminds me of a certain special someone .
Friday, March 17, 2006
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
mobile videocard benchmark
here's a site for those laptop gamers who want to know the performance of their laptop videocard against all other laptop videocards.
BENCHMARK
mine is the radeon X700 which, as of now, is a good mid-end card.
**but thanks to moore's law it will be a good low-end card in no time.... darn...
**but thanks to moore's law it will be a good low-end card in no time.... darn...
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
geek awakening
even in the early days a lot of my friends considered me as a computer expert. Able to troubleshoot anything a computer could throw at me. May it be a simple tweaking here and there or the dreaded BSOD, I would conquer.
But what a lot of them doesn't know is that I wouldn't have known even half of those things if I hadn't experienced or rather created them myself. Bwehehehehe...
My first computer assembly was initiated by my first computer disassembly. It all started with an itch to look at what's inside my computer. So even without any real prior knowledge to pc hardware assembly I went straight to disassembling the desktop pc my lola gave to us, her apos. With luck and shear determination I somehow reassembled it as it should have been and the only aftermath is a super dirty room that could have been thought of as a mine field of screws.
That first computer assembly experience magnified my craving for anything about computers. I was now thinking of upgrading my computer or rather an almost total system overhaul. But due to lack of financial means I tried different money making schemes (racket kung baga) which was fruitful to the extent that i was able to buy the necessary parts that I would need for the upgrade in less than a year.
---> I was supposed to disclose more info on this post but due to personal reasons i will end it with this dot (.)
But what a lot of them doesn't know is that I wouldn't have known even half of those things if I hadn't experienced or rather created them myself. Bwehehehehe...
My first computer assembly was initiated by my first computer disassembly. It all started with an itch to look at what's inside my computer. So even without any real prior knowledge to pc hardware assembly I went straight to disassembling the desktop pc my lola gave to us, her apos. With luck and shear determination I somehow reassembled it as it should have been and the only aftermath is a super dirty room that could have been thought of as a mine field of screws.
That first computer assembly experience magnified my craving for anything about computers. I was now thinking of upgrading my computer or rather an almost total system overhaul. But due to lack of financial means I tried different money making schemes (racket kung baga) which was fruitful to the extent that i was able to buy the necessary parts that I would need for the upgrade in less than a year.
---> I was supposed to disclose more info on this post but due to personal reasons i will end it with this dot (.)
Friday, March 10, 2006
muling isigaw
naiinis ako sa nanloloko sa shoutbox ko... di na nakakatuwa... so palit shoutbox para bili delete na lang...
**FYI no one's laughing.
**FYI no one's laughing.
Monday, March 06, 2006
ewan
tinatamad ako magpost kaya bigay na lang ako ng trivia.
yung mamang kalbo silhouette na yan ay isa sa world's most recognizable shapes.
yun lang...
updated na nga pala ng konti photo album ko...
yun lang ulit...
yung mamang kalbo silhouette na yan ay isa sa world's most recognizable shapes.
yun lang...
updated na nga pala ng konti photo album ko...
yun lang ulit...
Friday, March 03, 2006
penguin.Radio signing on
this is DJ gnepoT hosting live from Tucson and beside me, (sidebar) is a selection of my favorite music as of these past few months. Hope you like it.
Special request for songs? comment along and let me see what I can do.
Special request for songs? comment along and let me see what I can do.
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