Back to Basics

I have forgotten how many years it has been for me since I've seen a code for a program before, but now I'm going to embark on a new journey that I've traveled thru before.  I'm going back to college!!  I guess I'll go take up basic coding again, then advanced programming languages along the way.  If the opportunity presents itself, I'll probably become a teacher too!  Imagine that, I never have thought of becoming a professor teaching a computer language.

With due time, everything will take place and I'll be restarting my career path as a programmer and not a professional bum... err blogger. :)

Home Reconstruction

After Bagyong Basyang came the construction workers.  Yes, construction workers.  Not to repair our house but to clear out, remove everything, and build a new house on its place.  It was somewhat a sudden decision my parents made when they arrived from abroad.  Not sure what really triggered it but probably because they saw large cracks on the walls, rain leaking from the ceiling, and the water pipes somewhat getting rusty and sprouting leaks where water would gush out like a newly formed fountain.

So in one day, we transferred everything to a rented house nearby.  Good thing we found the place from a friend and it was somewhat like a blessing to begin the reconstruction of our home.  So after that, I was dead tired and found out that there were no internet connection.  I was somewhat having withdrawal symptoms where I would be restless, walking here and there, looking outside the windows, and then rolling left to right and vice versa on my bed.  My dad then tried out Smart Bro.  We found a signal but couldn't connect to the internet using it.  So I then took it to the nearest Smart Center and asked them to configure Smart Bro on our laptop.  3 agents were trying to configure it, almost taking them 1 hour before saying that they couldn't configure it.  So I went home dismayed.  I checked on our house and the garage was filled with cement, sand, and hollow blocks.  I smiled when I saw them whacking the walls with a sledge hammer.  I don't know why I smiled but I was happy that the house would be rebuilt and would look good after.  I hope.

My dad went out the next day, and checked out Globe.  He didn't like the cost of a Globe Tattoo plan and the bond of the contract, but good thing he checked out Sun.  I was somewhat skeptical at first since Sun was reported to be slow and sometimes no signal.  But I guess they proved me wrong.  My dad bought a Sun sim with a Sun Dongle (not sure if that's how you spell it) and tried it out on the laptop.  It was connecting but no internet.  We both were dismayed and then decided to just leave it on while we went out with the rest of my family to eat at McDonalds.

When we got back that night, I tried out the internet and then BOOM!  The browser loaded the Google page.   I went directly to facebook and it loaded.  I logged in and it loaded.  I jumped with joy and my dad sat down and opened up his email.  So much for my happy jump, I got to use the laptop after 4 hours. :)

The next day, my dad said that the internet was fast and there was some disconnection but it was rare so he decided to buy a wireless router from Sun.  Yippee!!  While he was gone, I enjoyed playing games on facebook and browse thru the net.  But one thing bothered me, I couldn't stream video!  Noooooo!  I couldn't watch anime!  Youtube!  or even asian drama!!  Hmmm,  I guess I could try downloading the episodes and watch it after.  I was happy when I saw how fast the download speed was.  I was enjoying watching anime before my dad arrived with the router.

After setting up the router, we set up every single laptop and devices in the house so that whenever someone would be using it, they could have internet access.  Internet, what would I do without you? hehehe

Right now, I'm in my room in the rented house, probably our home would be finished in October or earlier than that I hope.  I can't wait for my new room since it would be bigger than my previous one and it would be somewhat an entertainment room.  :D

Til then.  Cheerios

Bagyong Basyang

It was almost 11pm when the news said that it would hit mainland Philippines.  We were ready for it but what can you do?  Expect the unexpected.

At 12 midnight, winds started to rattle the neighbor's roof.  We could hear the steel roofings clapping against each other.  Then the electricity went out.  I immediately turned on the emergency lights as well as get the radio out.  But alas, we couldn't use it since we didn't have any batteries for it.  Yes, we had alot of AA and AAA batteries in our emergency kits, but the radio required 4 DD batteries.  (I wondered if such batteries still exist).

I turned on my cellphone, plugged in the earphones, and tuned in to listen to the FM radio.  Funny DJ on the radio, cool music selections, dark environment, rattling roofs... what more can you ask for?  Well, you could add mosquitoes that appear out of nowhere but that was resolved through the use of Baygon.

Cool winds helped the weather since that morning, it was hot and humid.  We could sleep but none of us did since we were still on alert if our neighbor's roof would be torn to pieces by the loud screeching winds of Bagyong Basyang.

I fell asleep on the dining table and woke up at 8am.  The typhoon has started exiting the mainland and heading northwest.  We checked our roof and everything was still ok.  The neighbor's roof was still there but was dented outward so there's a small hole where rain could come in and do major damage to the electricity of their house.  They immediately had a carpenter fix their roof.

My parents went out to buy batteries for the radio so that in case of the next typhoon, they could be informed thru it from the news.  It was really a typical typhoon experience but what really bad about this one is that it disrupted major electricity supply throughout Luzon.  3 days was estimated for everything to be fixed.  I was somewhat dismayed by that news since there's no electricty, which means no internet, no computer, no PS2, no cellphone (batteries were running low so I had to turn it on when I needed to text someone).  Luckily, it just took 1 and a half days for the electricity to come back on but after that, I couldn't enjoy myself using the computer and internet since the house was scheduled for a total renovation.

Frontierville Diary

I've got lots of ideas to share but I've become to lazy to put it into writing, let alone spend more time on my blog to post about it.  So here goes my first idea.  Although many might have had this since they're started playing Frontierville, I've decided to share my stories of what happens when I play this game on a daily basis.  Not sure if I can cope up with this everyday but I'll try to do it once a week or even if I get the energy and dedication like my blogger days, I'd do it twice or thrice a week.  However, since this is a particular topic that I am going to write about, I've also made the choice of creating a new blog for that and I'm doing it right now as I am typing this post.

Here's the link for my Frontierville Diary:  http://tetshiofd.blogspot.com/