1 Year of Blogging

I never realized that I have already finished a whole year of blogging. It certainly passed me by so quickly. Some of my fondest memories of 2008 are now free to be enjoyed by people using the net (not that people are truly interested anyhow, just wanted to share).

A lot has changed since I first started this blog: my hairstyle, cut short after almost five years of maintaining the long layered cut I had during my college years; my lifestyle, which changed from workaholic to slumming and bumming around the house most of the time (are those even truly words from the dictionary); Boybands, namely Boyzone and New Kids On The Block, have recently announced their return from retirement (haha!) and subsequently released new albums; and the world: USA now has a new president-elect, Barack Obama, who is multi-cultural; Mumbai recently underwent a fierce attack (my thoughts and prayers go to them).

But, as much as I would like to have a complete overhaul of ME, I just can not let go of my changeable temperament, my kooky attitude, and weird sense of style. So I guess I am still somehow the old me, only improved and upgraded (like a car? ~ haha!). As a former professor of mine said, "I remain".

Desperately seeking Vivienne

Vivienne Westwood. Dame Vivienne. A very great fashion forward female who created the clothes for "Sex Pistols" and revolutionized punk and couture fashion. An icon in her own right.

I have been seeking the worldwide web for things that are Vivienne Westwood creations and so far have come up with a lot, but not much within my own country. In eBay.ph, there are a lot sold bearing the Vivienne Westwood orb logo but are way beyond my own means (sigh). Some are within my budget but are from international sellers. Through careful research (and stuff), I decided not to go through with purchasing these and having them delivered here in my house. There's too much risk of having the packages lost.

I could content myself, though, with Dame Vivienne's Melissa creations that are being sold in Mix at Greenbelt. Hopefully, they have the style that I like from her recent designs.

Links to Vivienne Westwood:
www.viviennewestwood.com
www.hervia.com - online store based in UK

Of early christmas shopping and prank callers

I went for an early Christmas shopping yesterday. I am a person who generally enjoys shopping, especially with good people around me who also enjoy going around malls looking for the ultimate gifts. Ultimate gifts for me (self-serving, as usual), and all the other people I know. Hahaha. Now, I am also a bargain shopper and when I see something kooky, I buy it immediately.

Anyhow, me and my sister went shopping yesterday to avoid all the drama and people during the Christmas rush. And I had a raring good time. I was flat out tired afterwards though. But my time was truly well spent.

I also finally found the place where I always bought cd's from. The shop used to be in another building in the big complex called Greenhills Shopping Center but recently transferred to another area. And I finally found it. The shop's name is COMIC SALE CENTRAL. The map and directions to go to the shop is on their website, which I will put up as a link to this site. Yipee! I blew a couple of hundreds on that (of course as a gift to myself).

Signature for Yahoo

I was toying around with my Yahoo!Mail account and tried to place my very own sig for emails. After countless trial-and-errors, I finally found a way to simplify the directions to create and place your personalized signature:

1. Select picture from internet
2. Copy web address
3. Open in a new tab or window
4. Right-click on the image
5. Select COPY
6. Go to Yahoo Mail
7. Select OPTIONS (beneath WEBSEARCH on far right)
8. Select MAIL OPTIONS
9. Go to SIGNATURE
10. Right-click on the area provided on the right and paste your selected pic.

Enjoy!

Dice Trouble?

Ever heard of romantic dice or naughty dice? Apparently, these are a pair of dice with words, sometimes pictures, depicted on them. Very cool, right? Specially for couples.

Anyway, me and my sister bought a pair of this for the very low price of PhP40 (roughly $1 more or less) from a local drugstore (it was on sale in Watsons). Ours was just with both the words and pictures. It was blue velveteen dice, very soft to touch, mind you. It was a very unusual find. Don't get me wrong though. We collect all things that could be categorized into unusual, unique, one-of-a-kind. And also within our budget. Haha.

Funny thing, though, is that we have yet to find a time to try this thing. Haha. And it seems as if I would not be using this any time in the near future. My sister, on the other hand, is another story altogether. Hehehehe.

Mobile Troubles...

I recently swapped my old Nokia 6600 for a Nokia 6680. Yes, the features were better in the 6680 with its camera and 3g network. No one, though, prepared me for the problems I would encounter with this mobile.

With the Nokia 6600, I virtually personalized the phone. I did not just stop at the protective casing, changing the colors as often as I could, but I also created my own themes, downloaded games, used its music and video playing capabilities to the hilt. With the Nokia 6680, I had a bit of a trouble with installing themes and games. Fortunately, a mobile forum I visited (note: I was not a member of this forum) had the answer to this dilemma. I am sharing it to all those who had the same problem as I did, just so that you do not have to search the world wide web for answers.

Installating themes/games in Nokia 6680

> if the mobile is rejecting installations and gives the message "could not verify..."

• Go to TOOLS
• Select MANAGER
• Click OPTIONS
• Place both SOFTWARE INSTALLATION and ONLINE CERTIFICATION CHECK to "ON"

Afterwards, you could try installing the theme or game inside the MMC or via a USB cable (PC connection)

Post Hiatus

The laptop was finally fixed by my father during Halloween ("YEY!). But I had to fix files, programs, and other stuff before I was able to once again place a post here in my blog. Anyway, during the time I was not able to put posts, I stored all of my ideas for new ones here in this big old watermelon of a head. HAHA. Apart from that minor abberation regarding the laptop, I was able to find a lot of things to talk about in other posts...

This year, me and my peers were not able to celebrate a yearly occassion for us: halloween. We, apparently, are part of the few adults who apparently enjoy celebrating this event. We dress ourselves up and have a small halloween bash here for the past five years. What happened, you may ask. A neighbor, a father of four, died a few days before the said event, throwing all preparations "in the trash" so to speak. I feel remorse for the family he left behind, he was the breadwinner and his kids are still fairly young. My thoughts and prayers go to them.

Me, my sister, and our dad did our usual "All Soul's Day" trip to visit our long-gone relatives in the cemetery. My sis drove going to the cemetery, my dad going back home. The trip itself was fine, in fact it was great since I got to eat a lot of things that were being sold inside the memorial park. Hehe. The cemetery was jam-packed with people, much like the roads during rush hour. Specially in the mid-afternoon when the sweltering heat got to people. We were all sweating profusely. Too bad lots of people apparently did not know to place enough deodorant. Good thing I had my trusty handkerchief. Haha. The walk to the graves was quite long. There was only one entrance and exit area, and with the graves situated on the other side of the park, we had to walk twice as long. That day ended with the three of us eating dinner at my uncle's house.