I just bought a car cassette adapter from CD-R King. The reason why I bought one is so that I’d be able to play my Creative Zen while on the car. For some reason my car’s CD player is not working. It’s been broken for quite awhile and I haven’t had the time or the money to have it fixed. I also feel that it’s not that important to have it fixed since it’s only the CD player that’s broken. I’m also planning to buy a new stereo and just replace the stock/old stereo that came with the car. But then again, I don’t have the money. Well, I do have the money but I just don’t want to spend on something I feel is not that important. I also have a lot of things I’d like to buy but I still need to weigh things and order them by my needs.

Here’s my list:

• New laptop – I still don’t know what I should get. But I have my standards, and the specs should have at least 2GB of memory. I’d like to have a laptop where I could use Photoshop without slowing down and also maybe be able to do my work/programming. The last part I doubt it will happen. I always say that I’d do my work at home but that never happens.
• DVD player or portable DVD player – just so I could play my DVDs and have my TV series marathon
• Gaming console – Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always been a gamer. I remember the time when we had a family computer. From the moment I wake up, I turn on the family computer to play Mario Bros. I’m still thinking if I’d get a PSP or a Nintendo Wii.

From my list, I doubt it that I’ll get all of them. But my target is the laptop, that’s what I really need. Since this laptop I’m using is on the verge of dying. First the battery is already dead, so it’s just as if I’m using a desktop. And the most annoying thing about this laptop I’m using is how it’s frequent freezing. It takes awhile as well to open some applications like Firefox or Internet Explorer. I’m hoping I get to buy one by my birthday which is May of the next year. I just need to save up; I hope I do save enough money by then.

Yup, I was at Makati for two days. I was there last Wednesday and yesterday for a training at DBWizards. The training was about Writing Queries Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005. I did not have any experience with SQL Server since from my first job we used Oracle Server. But there we’re still some similarities with some of the syntax. What really confused me the most was the interface of SQL Server. I kept on comparing SQL Server with TOAD (tool we use to access Oracle) just so I could get how SQL Server works.

Anyways, during our free time (lunch time). Since lunch usually starts at 11:30AM for us so we had a lot of free time… So during our free time, we went to Paseo Center. It was my first time to go to that place. And as soon as we entered Paseo Center, I saw shoes!!! They had running shoes and they even had shoes that may double as wedding shoes as well. No rain boots though, I mean with summer fast approaching here in our country who would need them, right? I was tempted to buy every single shoe that I saw *lol* But when we asked how much the shoes costs it was soo expensive! I believe they’re class A designer shoes. So we moved to another stall, the shoes we’re cute but not expensive this time. But I just couldn’t get myself to buy one since I just bought new shoes two weeks ago. Even though they had my shoe size, which I always have a hard time finding nice shoes that’s right for my size. I had to resist on buying them. So I left Paseo Center with a heavy heart and I still can’t imagine they have my shoe size I really just can’t get over the fact that we found that place. I swear when I go back to Makati, I’ll visit that place again and if they still carry a shoe for my size then I’ll buy from them.

I’m thinking of buying a dual sim phone. Since I own two sim cards, one is Globe (postpaid) and one is Sun (prepaid). It’s such a hassle bringing two cellphones. So far I only have four choices: Samsung D880, Samsung D780, Verzio Duplii or Verzio Twinn. I will be making a series of blog posts at L.I-R.ORG regarding the mentioned mobile phones. Since I tend to do a lot of research on gadgets before I decide on what to purchase.

Weird title ‘no? But that’s what happened today.

Frustration
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So my boyfriend and I planned to go to Asian Hospital at the Maxicare Representative clinic to have our respective check ups. We’ve been planning this since last December. I even called up the Maxicare hotline and even the Maxicare at Asian Hospital to confirm if they are open during weekends, Saturday to be specific. And both confirmed they’re open on Saturdays. Even the person I talked to at Asian Hospital told me that they’re open as early as 8:30AM and that we should arrive earlier because there’s a lot of people/patients during Saturdays. So when we got there it was already 9AM and guess what? At the front door it says that their office hours is at 10AM!!! But they we’re telling the truth when they said that there’s a lot of patients already waiting. So we waited until 9:30AM and the clinic was open but not by the Maxicare representative… it was for another clinic/doctor that has nothing to do with Maxicare. You see, Maxicare is just sharing a room with other doctors. The assistant of one of the doctors we’re calling and coordinating with Maxicare. And from what I heard the representative is on leave and Maxicare could not tell who will be reporting at Asian Hospital. A lot of patients we’re already waiting… I cannot breath because of the crowd in the clinic So my boyfriend and I just decided to leave. We will just try our luck at the Megamall branch next time

Shopping
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To vent out all of my frustrations, I went shopping. *lol* What an excuse huh? How I wish I could hit the jackpot at any internet casino website so I can just buy everything I see and like. So for my recent purchases, I bought a new black pants it was at 10% off. I also bought an orange t-shirt for 250Php, it’s very seldom that I get to buy a t-shirt for that cheap considering my size. And I also bought an office bag for just 290Php!! Original price was 899.75Php at Robinson’s Department store but apparently they’re on sale. I really couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the price because it was so cheap. I had to ask the saleslady if that’s the correct amount. *lol* And the finale of my purchase, is a new Creative ZEN. I was really looking forward to buy the 3rd generation iPod Nano. But all the stores we have checked out only carries the iPod Nanochromatic, so I ended up buying the Zen instead. What I like about it is that it has a card slot, so the memory is expandable I now need to search for a screen protector and a case for my new gadget.