my back is KILLING ME right now. trying to stand up straight is a painful process. what’s worse is that it is a slow process because it hurts so much to stand up. this only prolongs to pain. ugh. i don’t know why it is hurting so bad, either. [...]
ebay does have all sorts of good deals on things that you cannot get cheaper elsewhere, but i’ve always been a little nervous about buying things on ebay. i use it as a last resort. i guess i have a general mistrust of people on the internet, you never know what you’re going [...]
went to a wedding over the weekend where margaret and ritchie tied the knot. it was the first filipino catholic wedding i’ve been to and it was long. =P lots of prayers, standing, kneeling, sitting, and the like. there were primary sponsors, secondary sponsors, a unity candle lighting, blessing of cords, [...]
ever since i’ve upgraded my ps3 to the 2.50 firmware, video playback via the DNS-323 DLNA server will have occasional pauses. the ps3 will report that a network error has occurred but will eventually recover. i really hope that this will be addressed soon, but i’m really disappointed that such an issue could [...]
i was just surfing on the web and i think that i’ve found the new gadget that is missing from my arsenal of gadgets. i don’t really have a PMP. the one that i have my eye on is the archos 5. it looks like a pretty impressive little package with wide [...]
not my homework, my power cord. last night after we got back from volleyball, we found that the dog had finally learned how to escape his pen. this, in itself, was not horrific. it was only mildly alarming. what started the horrification of my night, yes, that’s right HORRIFICATION was that [...]
we arrived in rome via munich via philadelphia via SFO. let me tell you, that’s a lot of travel before you finally reach your destination. our first task was to get from the airport to our hotel. i wasn’t quite sure on the details of that, but the hotel offered a shuttle [...]
i went to eric and ivy’s place last night to check out their newly remodeled home. it’s been a couple of years since i’ve been to their place and though it feels like it’s been about that long for their remodel, the house is completely unrecognizable! it’s amazing how much it has changed [...]
ask me a year ago if i had thought that the bank rates of around 6% interest on a 30 year fixed mortgage loan was high and i’d say that it seems like it was high compared to what my friends were getting. ask me if i thought that the rates would go down [...]
in italy, restrooms are called WCs…short for water closets. what’s cool about these are that when you flush, there are usually two buttons that you can choose from: a bigger one or a smaller one. the smaller one flushes a smaller amount of water so that you can conserve better.
my parents just remodeled [...]