Chasing Daydreams

My brothers are out of town but that won’t stop us from playing DOTA :P This morning, we played against each other as if we were on the same network. Well, not really since there was a slight latency delay due to the generally poor quality (and expensive at that!) of Internet connection in this [...]

Foxit Reader is a leaner and meaner alternative to Acrobat Reader for reading Portable Document Format (PDF) files. I’ve been using it for some time but disliked the fact that PDF files opened outside of Firefox. Finally, while trying to view my credit card statement online and having it complain about needing to install Acrobat [...]

I’ve just gotten my car back from Fusion R for starter motor repairs when I smacked by another huge repair problem. Chei and I were just leaving Mall of Asia after some last minute shopping. We were crossing an intersection and I have already cleared the left incoming lane when a speeding taxi suddenly appeared [...]

Chei and I were at Tagaytay scouting potential spots yesterday. On our way home, we stopped by a shop to buy some pasalubong. When we were about to leave, I turned the key and there was just the sound of a relay clicking and nothing else. I tried to think of a possible reasons why [...]

Since I’ve been playing DOTA quite frequently, I decided to buy Warcraft III and Warcraft III: Frozen Throne. I checked out the prices at the local shops but I was turned off by the price. So I decided to check out Blizzard’s online store. Ordering was easy and soon I was downloading the installers via [...]

Diamonds are a woman’s best friend. I don’t know what the heck that really means but women definitely do love them and you would most probably find yourself one day looking for your particular one’s best friend.
And when you do, you always hear about the 4 Cs:
Cut – This is how well the diamond was [...]

The company decided to get started with an onsite project on Tuesday. It would have been fine, more or less, except the client is on a 10PM to 7AM work schedule. So we were in normal hour Monday and the next day it was suddenly the graveyard shift. Not benefit of even one weekend to [...]

I’ve implemented web access policies as well as been subject to them. But I have never encountered something as stupid as the web access policy enforcement at my current workplace. They’re using a commercial package called Websense. But it’s nonsense if you ask me. It is expensive and, to put it plainly, it sucks. It [...]

I arrived at work after the long weekend to find new seatmates. I SMSed Mark, who’s supposed to by my neighbor to the right to ask if he has been informed of a new desk assignment. He wasn’t and it was only when he arrived that we found out that a team from another room [...]

For the first time in months, I topped up with Shell V-Power. I just couldn’t help but indulge on their top-of-the-line fuel. At P37 or so per liter, it was way cheaper than the price till a few weeks ago of their least-expensive fuel: the alcohol-laced E10. Gas prices have been going down which is [...]