Crazy Pricey Lappie

It took me more than a month just to decide whether I’m going to buy a pre-owned laptop or a brand new one, and another whole month to choose between prepaid and postpaid internet plan. I have always been hesitant to invest hard earned money in such a very expensive equipment so I had to carefully consider price differences. I didn’t care about computer specs such as memory, optical drive, graphics and the like, I am honestly ignorant about those things anyway. All I wanted was something that would allow me to blog and visit my facebook account. Then someone advised me second-hand gadgets are usually nearly-damaged and unreliable. At least if I’m going to purchase a brand new laptop, I can be sure every single part is working properly. And so I chose this HP Compaq CQ40 635TU, not necessarily high-end like a MacBook yet powerful enough to support my internet addiction. I’m so loving it! I just regret that I chose a prepaid internet plan. I realized postpaid is less expensive

There is one thing this laptop brought out of me – my interest in technology which I thought was long forgotten. When I was in college I really really wanted to have my own PC. I was supporting my self back then and although I had no tuition fees to worry about I still couldn’t afford one. Years passed by and truth is, I think I’ve already lost my thirst for anything considered techie. But now that I have this lappie, I am more than excited to familiarize myself with installing programs and troubleshooting. I especially want Windows Office 2007 and Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.

A laptop that fits the bill

Because I don’t want to spend a lot of money in computer rentals, all of my posts are hand-written first in a piece of yellow paper or any other kind of paper – tissue, receipts, etc. In this way, I wouldn’t have to rent for a very long time in the internet cafe thinking about what I’m going to write. One hour is enough – 15 minutes for typing and editing, and then the remaining 45 minutes I use for blog hopping, commenting, and visiting my account in Friendster.

Sometimes, I use colorful ballpens to get me in the mood for writing. But I often use mongol pencil because it allows me to edit/erase without making the paper dirty. Also, my pencil should be newly sharpened and the paper should be super clean and without crumpled parts.

This has always been my blogging routine and laughingly, I’d been comfortable with this set up for more than a year. LIAR! Hehe. Of course, it’s such a hassle to go in the internet cafe just to update my blogs especially when it’s raining. That is why I am now planning to buy a pre-owned laptop. Specs: 512MB, 15″ LCD with built-in wifi. Budget is 10K. Target date is on or before March 2010.

We know you want a bolder paper person

Something about swimsuits

My best friend thinks I’m weird and funny (but she told me that it’s also the same reason why she chose me to be her best friend). One time, we went to a beach resort where women are required to wear proper swimming attire such as one-piece, tankinis or bikinis. The trouble with me is that I didn’t want to wear a bathing suit because I was too conscious of my body and I worried that people will only make fun of me. She told me that the other girls will not laugh because they are also wearing swimsuits and that they don’t even know us so they’d probably won’t notice our presence. I remember she was laughing really hard while explaining those things to me.

Honestly, I really like sexy string bikinis (but not the T-back type). I find them beautiful and very feminine especially when worn at white beaches during summer. I sometimes wish I had the body of Adriana Lima, the famous Brazilian model, so that maybe I’d feel comfortable wearing the black bikini which I’ve kept hidden for a very long time. My best friend is asking me “when are you going to wear that? when you turn 50? Haha!” I’m not really updated when it comes to summer fashion trends but of course I know that it’s so passé to wear shorts and t-shirt in the beach. I love swimsuits but I still need to gather more guts.

A Penchant for Video Games

It seems that my brother has already gotten tired of Counter Strike. Now all he wants to do with his PS2 is to play Madden 10. He’s so addicted to it, he knows the name of each character. Unlike Counter Strike, Madden 10 is not about shooting and killing people. It is a realistic video game based on the national football league of America. This game is not really violent so my mother no longer freaks out everytime Jason brings his friends to our house to play PS2.

For as long as I could remember, Jason’s strong liking for video games started when he was still a little child and he simply didn’t outgrow it and would probably never outgrow it. Playstation, X-Box, Nintendo, etc. Name it, he knows how to play it.  He even knows the requirements on how to install such games in his PC even if he’s not an IT graduate. One time, I asked him if all his salaries are just going to those webgames. He’d buy prepaid cards every week just so he can play, not just Madden 10 but a lot of other videogames as well. I was surprised to know that he is able to get free games from the web. He said, there are a lot of interesting games in Yahoo that come for free.