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I Hate Ants

Besides hating mosquitoes, I also hate ants, especially during the summer. Ants are everywhere! They multiply like there’s no tomorrow, just like flies do. I left my bagel with cream cheese on top of our dining table while I went out to buy soft drinks at the store, thinking it would be safe there, but was I wrong! After going out and getting back, I found my bagel with cream cheese surrounded! It was surrounded by those fast and black ants. Oh my snack! It’s been severely attacked. I am exaggerating. No I am not! Seriously.

So I went to the sink and I stared on the plate, my bagel with cream cheese, and those wild ants mocking me. I didn’t let the ants win, of course. I had to do something about this. My first thought was drown any ants with continuous running water, not just on my bagel with cream cheese, but on their ant hill. I tried to develop a sinister plan and began looking for their ant hill. I went outside and into our garden, I didn’t find them there. I went to our backyard and there they were. I asked my dad if ants could die in water, and said, they could but they can easily float and survive it. He recommended getting a bug spray.

I looked for our bug spray and found it. I started to shoot at them and sprayed them all to their extinction. I wish! While at it, I noticed another kind of ant, or were they ants? They are red and they have wings! I yelled for my dad and when he saw them, he realized those were termites! He asked for me to get Terminix, you know, the guaranteed termite assassinator! When I got back to him, he was ready to battle. He had on his head gear, a mask; gloves, so he won’t leave any fingerprints. After 15 minutes of treating the area, all we had to do was wait, wait for the queen.

Now, it was a success. I would’ve posted the picture of the termite queen, but, it was really disgusting. My dad had to squash it. I am so glad my bagel with cream cheese was attacked by those black ants, if not, we wouldn’t have discovered those termites. Summer does bring in a lot of unwanted insects!

Computer Problems?

Ever had computer problems? Let’s say, you can’t connect to the internet. What do you do? Well, besides calling technical support… So? What I usually do is run the command prompt and do a little bit of checking. I type in ipconfig and do some of my magic.

I’ve been posting in different discussions in myLot.com and I came across this guy who kept on posting lots of computer questions. I began answering his posts, but he never acknowledges if he’s been helped or not. He actually continues to post different computer questions, mostly pertaining to a hard drive.

There are lots of issues pertaining to a hard drive, but the tell tale sign when it’s time to replace it, is when you hear that clanking noise. If it can’t be resolved by defragmenting the hard drive, then out in the window it goes. Having this kind of knowledge in computers saves me a lot of money for repairs. I have had different computer problems in the past and I used to call my friend to come to my rescue, but now, I can figure things out on my own.

How Do I Love Thee?

We all know what today is. It is that one day of the year that flowers, chocolates and teddy bears are overpriced. Well, I am sort of exaggerating… NOT! I am not a big fan of this day, but I am welcome to the idea that it could be a special day. My boyfriend and I agreed not to make a big fuzz about this day. We don’t like the idea that the best kind of love should be expressed and squeezed on one “special” and commercialized occasion.

Before I met Ryan, I became skeptical and cynical about love. I thought that being in love is corny, but deep down, I know that I am just being cynic and fooling myself. I was deeply hurt a few years back, and it took some time for me to get over the fact that I was kicked in the head over and over by the same guy.

After a few months, I was back in the game. The game of life. I embraced being single and enjoyed life with my friends and family. I dated a few guys, one each year that I was single, but on the last year, I was able to date three. Not at the same time, though… *winks*

Moving on…

I am not going to say that there is a big difference about how I live my life since becoming attached to someone. Being single for four consecutive years helped me become independent and I learned to love myself more. I know I can do things on my own. Until now, when I am valentine's daydoing something quite hard, Ryan would offer his help, and unknowingly, I would reject it. I don’t really have to show that I don’t need a man to prove my worth, but, I just got used to it. Now, I am more aware of this, and sometimes, I let him do things for me when he offers. I know he means well.

Today, whether you’re single or attached; remember, Valentine’s Day is just one day out of the 365 days that you can be in love with someone, or be loved by someone. Don’t let this day stress you out. Make everyday a time for you to reflect on your life and find love in the strangest of places.

Family-love, friend-love, or self-love is still love in itself.

My tips on how To Survive Valentine’s Day.

Why I Hate Facebook

When I first joined Facebook, I thought, “Wow, this is way better than Friendster or MySpace.” Well, I initially said that because you can add some cool applications. These applications keep anyone occupied while online. For the first week I’ve had an account, I was hooked. I’ve become an “Add App” addict, trying out all the applications I can find. I’ve even invited almost everyone from Gmail account, oh yes, Facebook gives you an option to invite everyone from your contact list.

Anyway, there were times when I wasn’t able to login to my account. For some reason, a lot of people have started to add me, even if they are outside my Facebook network. I like the face that you can opt for people to just see your “limited profile”, where you can choose what your other friends can and cannot access on your account. I have about more than 10 people who are under this condition.

So, I decided not to check any of my online accounts for like 3 days. I believe I was doing important things at that time. Then I decided to check my account again. Whoa! I was poked so many times, so I poked back. What the… a gazillion of applications invite? Click, click, click. Accept. Ignore. Accept. Ignore. Ignore. Ignore. Ignore. Ignore. Ignore. Until I just quit clicking and clicked on “Ignore All”.
I’ve summed up the reasons why I hate Facebook, and here they are:

  1. I can’t delete my own account.
  2. For some reason, Facebook doesn’t allow its users to delete their own accounts. You can only deactivate it, which is pointless, since you can still use it.

  3. You cannot not add your surname.
  4. Well, I don’t like adding my complete name to any social networks, because, I don’t really like to be found by stalkers. Yes, I’ve had a share of a few…

  5. It disconnects you from the world
  6. Like I said, with all the clicking that you have to do, you’re bound to be hooked on your computer screen and mouse by accepting or ignoring some useless application invites.

  7. You are OWNED.
  8. If you take a look at their terms of use,

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Congratulations!

And the winner is…

After taking a lot of consideration and a secret balloting from a few chosen blogger friends, I’ve come to announce the winner of my first ever blog contest, free domain and blog hosting.

Before that, I would like to thank everyone who participated. All the entries was quite good and had my special judges have a hard time making their best choice. The points that we took into consideration is the blog entry itself, the content of the website, and then some considered the overall design and organization of the owner’s blog.

It was actually a close fight because the winner won by just 1 point. I do think the winner deserves the prize.

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Dropped It Like It’s Hot Not

Since the birth of Entrecard, a lot of people has been dropping in and out of my life blog. I thought that being a member gives me an opportunity to earn more readership among fellow bloggers all over the world, but, the truth is, most people just visit a website just to find that widget. Oh yeah, it created a big buzz and stirred out some lazy clickers to click and click until the left mouse button bore a hole on it!

According to my Drop rank I was a “Consistent, regular dropper”, when I started out as “Casual and relaxed”. Someone even invented a sitehopping website where each blog that loads has an entrecard widget on it…people can be very inventive. There were, of course, some advantages of having that widget or being a member of that network. I was able to have people link me to their sidebar via “entrecard credits”. The disadvantage that I saw is, a lot of people do not even read the contents of your blog. As soon as they’ve clicked “Drop Yours”, they continue on their way to dropping theirs on others.

So today, I am dropping it. I will no longer drop my card on theirs, neither can they drop theirs on mine. Goodbye Entrecard! The promise of real traffic did not come true for me.

Butterfingers Etc

butterfingersOkay, so I’ve been absent for a few days. Well, I replaced my hard drive. I have two, but the old one is already giving me problems. My computer has been freezing up and I hear this sort of clanking noise from the tower. I did a quick inspection and listened carefully so I would know which part is making the noise. My sister offered to buy the new hard drive, an 80GB Seagate Ultra ATA. I don’t know if the old one would still work if I try to defrag it, but I don’t have time right now.

Anyway, I was able to buy Butterfingers for me-self, courtesy of those beloved butterfinger donors Thank you, thank you! For those who wants to share a Butterfinger blessing, I would so much appreciate it!

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Contest Ends Soon

My free domain and blog hosting contest is ending soon. I am extending the date for submissions until Friday, February 1, 2008. If you know anyone who needs their own web niche, please encourage them to join. I have 4 entries so far, and I will be inviting other bloggers to judge with me and choose the deserving winner. I will run this same contest again, probably after 4-6 months. Giving away something free is pretty cool, huh?

Anyway, I’ve been ordering some stuff through ebay. I bought “Into the Wild” by Jon Krakauer and “The Hobbit” by JRR Tolkien. Both books are used, but still looks new. I also bought Smallville Season 6 DVD. I’ve actually seen the whole season on TV, but I want to have the original copies.

Kyle XY’s second half have started 3 weeks ago. I’ve downloaded the first 2 episodes and I haven’t started watching them because I want to burn them on DVDs because I don’t like watching on my PC. Lately, I’ve been watching House. We have seasons 1 through 3, and I’m still on season 1. I really like this series because it’s witty and humorous.

Finally, for anyone who didn’t get to read my previous entry, please do, please spread some technorati love :)

Jaypee just informed me that my blog is featured at We love WP :D

Blego, What?

Pao, tagged me to do this meme. Anyway, the person tagged must copy the word and paste the definitions of the word contributed previously by the people who did the meme. Link backs would be nice, but not necessary.

The person tagged must then add her own definition in this format:

  • ‘yourname.com’s definition’ and place your link.
  • Being creative with the acronym is encouraged.
  • Answer the following questions.
  • tag 5 other people to do the meme.

Blego (evilwoobie.com’s definition) – n. an acronym of “blog ego”, which pertains to a blogger’s sense of self in the blogosphere.
Blego (ebooktechie.com’s definition) – n. bloggers’ blogging ego
Blego (nonstandardized.com’s definition) – n. a huge piece of lego. Haha.
Blego (dre.onewickedsoul.com’s definition) – n. an ego post of a big-headed-blogger *lol*

The Questions:

  1. Do you know what your blog is really about, and can you write a one-sentence promotional material for it in a flash?
    • Hmm… my blog is about my wicked life. Yep, I can make a one-sentence promotional material, Wicked, is not just a description.
  2. Do you join social networks to promote your blog? If yes, do you hope to find friends in these social networks and in the process get regular readers of your blog?
    • No. I seldom plug my blog, because I don’t really like offline friends reading about my life.
  3. Do you or do you plan to join ranking sites that put your blog in competition with others for popularity? If yes, do you or do you plan to monitor your stats regularly?
    • I have joined ranking sites but never really monitor my stats. I don’t want to take away the fun in blogging.
  4. Do you tweak your blog often in accordance with the tips you get from blogging guides and gurus? If yes, list the bloggers you visit often to obtain these tips.
    • No.
  5. Do you think of your next post even if you have just written a new one? If yes, list your inspirations for posting, and/or some routines that you go through before posting.
    • Not really, because when I think of something else to blog about, I type it up onto the same entry and just add another title.

I am tagging Sarah, Scarty, Laarni, Honney, Rose

It’s A Sock

Last Monday, Ryan and I watched National Treasure: Book of Secrets, after that, we went to the department store and bought myself 3 pairs of socks. I don’t really need new socks, but the socks that I’ve been wearing with my chucks makes my feet uncomfortable, leaving the smallest toe hurting. You know that part of the socks where the stitching is? That’s where it hurts. So anyway, while at the departments store, it took me about 20 minutes to choose which brand of socks to buy. Mind you, there were a lot. Unfortunately, there weren’t any sock available that doesn’t have the stitching near the toes. The saleslady suggested Puma socks, and it’s actually much cheaper than the other brands. Some socks are $4 a pair, I got 3 pairs for the same price from Puma. I wasn’t really sure that these pairs would really be comfortable with my chucks, so I wore one pair the next day. I was really happy that it’s the best pair of socks to go with my chucks! Okay, so I am not really going to talk about “just my socks” for this entry.

Entrecard

Anyway, my blog is currently featured at NSpeaks, well only for a day. Like I said before, Entrecard works for me. It let’s you link to other websites without the slight hassle of emailing the web owner. Anyway, I got the featured spot at NSpeaks because I paid him 25ec. Hey, it gets me free traffic, so why not? I’ve also joined some social bookmarking websites. I’ve actually stumbled upon a lot of good links at Furl and Blink.

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