Chibilicious - Having my own small, cute world is great

It’s tiring to continously have your mind change its course to a specific decision.

soon, I will be gone from the agency I’m currently in. Due to circumstances, I have voluntarily told my superiors that I will be leaving the premises soon due to various reasons. No, I don’t hold any grudge to anyone in the agency, I just had to. Financially, I have to. Career wise, I have to. My responsibilities at the house require it too.

Honestly, I am not ready to leave. By November of this year, it will be my third year in the agency. Ironic. In an industry, staying in a company for three years or more means you have a stable standing in it. Lucky, that my third year would entail me to do this. *sigh* I guess fate has some plans for me.

I have to admit, that leaving is giving me some sense of fear and a lot of hesitancy. I came to see the agency as a second family. I love the people in it (even, the two-faced ones. I had my moments with them). I know I will miss the people in it, especially those that had been close to me. I’m getting the feeling of nostalgia even when I’m still here. I’m remembering the first time I was here, so young and timid, never speaking much and cooped up in my cubicle. Looking back, I do see myself as a newbie, shying away from the world while trying to get the hang of the advertising industry. Now, I get to mingle with the people, talk more (sometimes excessively). and even have the knack to having serious discussions about life (which I never thought I would have the skill of XD). The thought of leaving sometimes gives me headaches at night. Various scenarious play in my mind before I go to sleep. When I resign, I wouldn’t be able to fix my cup of coffee at the pantry when I arrive at the office. I wouldn’t be able to salute and say ‘good morning’ to our messengers. I wouldn’t be able to hear the latest gossip from the women at the lobby. I wouldn’t be able to hear the laughs of the staff whenever a joke is heard. I’m going to miss all that. T____T

It’s really amazing, looking back at the way things were way back, and you see your growth through the years and mentally list how many people had come and go in your life. It’s amazing how you then remember the smallest things, the minute details of how your life goes day-in, day-out, with the same people everyday.

This is what they call life, as what a former officemate told me (who resigned around 2 weeks ago). He said it can’t be helped and people will have to leave you because of circumstances. It’s sad and depressing, but that is just how it is. He wished me all the best, especially to a certain someone, who is showing a bit of interest to me. XDDD A message to him: “You lout! I think you taught him too much!” LOL

I’m currently working on some home-based jobs to fill my time when I resign. I’m still in the process of deliberating if I am to find another job or take on the home-based life of a professional. Currently, with the full capabilities of paypal offered locally, it opened a lot of possibilities for me. I don’t know if I will be able to hack doing a home-based job based on internet programs, but its worth a try. I want to try, while I still can. While I am able to until too much responsibilities may one day heap on my shoulders.

I hope I can hack this.

Oh well… my head is hurting again from thinking.

On a lighter note, I’m glad Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao won the match yesterday against Marco Antonio Barrerra, held in Las Vegas. Ironic thing is, I slept through some of their rounds. @_@ I was that BORED for some reason. And their match was so long (especially with all those commercials placed between rounds), that I had to give up and leave my dad and sister watch it till the end. By Round 6, I just went to the PC and scanned some mangas for Aerandria. Funny thing, when I asked some people in the office earlier of the match, it seemed that not all was hyped about it, in contrast to Pacman’s previous matches. Hmmm… could it be a lot of people are now tired of Pacman’s continous winnings?

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For everybody who uses computers nowadays, an important factor considered is its speed to keep abreast to the pace we want to work in. No matter how fast our fingers fly over the keyboard, the computer must not freeze or else, stress begins.

Below are some tips to make our units fast and efficient to our satisfaction. I guess it just pays to have IT friends share knowledge and downloadable articles on the subject at hand. ^_^

1. First, run a scandisk or checkdisk. Let Windows fix any errors.
2. Run a disk cleanup utility…this will flush your temporary internet folder, trash can, temp system files, etc.
3. Delete any garbage files or data…if possible, run a Duplicate File Finder program.
4. Run Defrag on all partitions (NOTE: run this after you have deleted all trash and excess files!)
5. Run a registry cleaner utility and delete or get rid of any orphaned entries in that registry.
6. Check your existing swap file for it’s size and location . If you have alot of ram (i.e. 1 gig and over) set this swap file to something small, like 250 mb. The reason is that this will force Windows to load more into memory, resulting in faster performance (note: some games and applications actually require a certain sized swap file so check your applications performance after making a size adjustment for any error messages.)
7. Under XP, you can tell Windows to use Classic Style on your desktop, - this will remove the neat single click and internet-style desktop but for lower end systems this will improve performance in other areas, such as gaming and multi-tasking.
8. Run msconfig and under startup and only keep the programs that are essential to load in the tray icon (and hence stay resident in memory). Uncheck anything else non-essential, like an ATI or Nvidia control panel, Quicktime utility, Real Audio, etc.
9. Upgrade drivers! Check for the latest BIOS, video, motherboard, sound, etc drivers from the manufacturers. A lot of my friends had chipsets on their motherboard that had advanced disk management capabilities or AGP port settings but the drivers weren’t loaded for them so they were never being used. A simple upgrade realized a noticeable difference. For instance, they didn’t have the latest driver for their AGP port so it was set to 1x, instead of being used at 4x!
10. (OK, so this won’t speed up your PC but it could save you alot of time and trouble later on!) After making all these improvements, make a working backup! I use Ghost, but for XP users you can also use System Restore…

-FOR ADVANCED USERS-

1. Take a look under the hood (for IDE owners). How are your IDE devices configured? If you have more than 1 hard drive, put the master hard drive on the primary IDE channel and the secondary hard drive on the secondary IDE channel (most motherboards have two IDE channels).
2. Place all CDROM drives, DVD readers etc. on the secondary IDE channel (or SCSI bus, etc). This will reduce I/O contention with your master hard drive which should have your OS and apps installed…
3. Remember when mentioned the location of the swap file? OK, if you have 2 hard drives and you have one on the primary IDE channel and the other on the secondary IDE channel, move the swap file to a partition ON THE SECOND hard drive (on the secondary IDE channel). This will greatly improve system performance as the PC can write to the swap file while loading and running OS and system commands without I/O contention on the primary IDE channel!
4. Take a look under the hood (for SCSI owners) What kind of SCSI do you have? If it’s the newer Ultra 160/320 etc cards then guess what? Any devices placed on the same bus will automatically default to the slowest drive on the chain…this means that if you have say, an Ultra 160 SCSI card, and it has an Ultra 160 drive (capable of transferring 160 mb/sec) on the same chain as a SCSI cdrom drive (capable of only 40 mb/sec) then the whole bus slows down to the 40 mb/sec speed…use different chains for the slower devices and maximize those hard drives!
5. Run a utility like WCPUID and check the settings…is your CPU/front speed bus/AGP port running as fast as they should be? If not, check your drivers and BIOS configuration options. Also, are all of your chipset features enabled? If not, then enable them! (usually done in your BIOS!)
6. Dig in to the BIOS…check settings like boot order, for example…is it checking the floppy first? Change this! Select your order to reflect the hard drive first, then CD, then floppy for a noticeable boot time improvement. Also disable any non-used on board peripherals…for instance, - does your motherboard come with an on-board NIC card? Guess what, if you don’t use that NIC card and it is enabled it will eat up valuable CPU cycles and can be detrimental to your systems’ performance. DISABLE THAT MUTHA! Also, see if you can play with memory timing and CPU clock frequencies (NOTE! This is for expert users only!) Set these timings to “Aggressive” and see what happens in your games and apps…Also, check to see what your video aperature is set to. If you have a video card with 128 megs of on-baord memory, your aperature should be set to this amount too. Read the BIOS owner manual for further non-general performance tricks or improvements! Do you have the latest BIOS firmware version?
7. Under hardware properties, check to see that everything is working properly, and fix any hardware contention issues. You’ll see the dreaded yellow exclamation point (!) beside any hardware componenet that is not working correctly.
8. Evaluate the potential for system/hardware upgrades…usually, the best bang for the buck is adding memory so buy all that you can afford (huwag sosobra sa 512 mb for Win 98 or ME hindi pwede). If you have a motherboard with an 8x - capable AGP port but you are using an older 4x video card, consider upgrading to an 8x card. You get the idea here…
9. Quit using software pigs like Norton system utilities, etc. These place files everywhere and can be a real system resource hog on lower end PCs.
10. Did I mention to make a good backup? Do it now! Also, while you’re at it, run a good virus program with the latest definitions.

There are more options to make your system faster, such as overclocking,(hindi ito pwede sa celeron type na cpu). but (just about) everything I’ve mentioned in this tech post will result in faster system performance! Good luck and if you have any questions on how to do anything mentioned here, ask a knowledgeable friend or consult a book, - don’t mess up something trying to do something you are not sure of!

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Your personal digital pal. This cute little cherub can offer up gentle advice or a self-esteem boost whenever you need it. Forget about turning to friends, family or expensive therapists. Warning: Some of the advice may be a bit harsh.

Download Application HERE (39KB FREE!)


I reinstalled an old Palm application titled “Little Angel.” If you feel like having a bit of cheering up after a stressful day, rather that go see a ’shrink’, you could have your own little bald ‘cherub’ friend to make you smile. Why waste money on a shrink when your palm friend could do the job for free?

All you have to do is tap on the little heart beside the cherub and hear him ‘chirp’ out the message that flashes on top of the screen. The messages could be cliche but you would still smile from the application’s cute cherub presentation.

But the cute little cherub has a ‘naughty’ side once in a while. He / she sometimes flashes his little butt to the screen or mocks you for the hell of it (did I say hell?).

Some of his/her messages are as follows (my own comments are after each italics):

Every cloud has a silver lining. Cliche. ^_^

Always keep your head up and smile. Ah yes, face the sun and smile. Smell the daffodils, blah blah blah. HAHAHA

A lift in love heart can lift up heart. Aishiteru minna! (Love you guys!)

Go away. What the… ?! Why are you sending me away little cherub? *sniff sniff*

Crack the screen. Release me to your defenseless world! Errrrr…

Don’t look at me. I’m just a piece of software. You’re supposed to give me advice!

Your pants look a little too tight. Why you little pervert! *thwacks*

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My order came in today! And I ordered this only yesterday! Talk about fast service!. XD

I got all of these for only 2,900 pesos! And it has 1GB of space! *faints*

I bought this at ecbuyph.com. Check it out! They have other cool stuff in there!

Functions

• Music Player - Supports MP3, WMA and WAV files.
• Video Playback - Plays MTVs.
• Text Reading - eBook function for memos, reviewers and notes. Save text files onto the disk and read notes, reviewers, definitions, lyrics, news wherever you are.
• Voice Recorder/Playback - Vice recording for seminars, language learning, lectures, interviews, etc.
• Photo Browser - It’s your pocket digital album. Load up some JPEG images and show-off to your fiends, co-workers and clients.
• FM Radio - When you just want to hear fresh radio music.
• FM Radio Recording - Create your own music files. Instantly make your music collection.
• Flash Drive function - Save, back-up and transfer files using this device

Check out features and specs by clicking the link below.

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