Tortoise

I am trying to watch a movie on my laptop. Trying.

Every five minutes, the movie transforms into a slide show. I want to throw my laptop out the window. I'm really thinking of buying the Windows 7 OS. If not for other planned expenses, I would have gotten one sooner.

I stopped watching already. It might ruin the experience for me. I'll just wait for Sarah to get home and then I'll hit the sack.

Malfunctioning

For about two months now, I've been having difficulties hearing from my left ear. I didn't pay much attention to it because I thought everything would go back to normal after a few days. Three weeks in, still the same. It's not that I can't hear from my left ear. It's just that at times, it's difficult to hear what a person is saying when there are other noises around. Sometimes, I'd just stick my finger to it and wiggle it a bit and it would go back to normal. But after a few minutes, the problem goes back.

Recently, I stumbled upon a blog post about the same ear problem. For the hearing to be normal again, a surgery was needed. I don't like the sound of surgery. I'm not afraid of undergoing surgery. I just find it so much of a hassle.

Anyway, I've decided to go to a doctor this week. Hopefully, it's nothing serious.

I.Am.Productive

One of my goals this year is to hit the gym regularly. See related post. Although I was a bit late in starting my training, I congratulate myself nevertheless. The hardest part for me was the first jump. I'm not used to train by myself. I really think it’s boring. Thirty minutes on the treadmill and all I see is the same Makati skyline getting darker and darker. Then another hour or so for other weight loss activities. In weight loss training program, I don’t get to use the big machines yet, maybe just a few. Boring. But I think I have adjusted to it now.

Lazy Cat

This week was unproductive. Since my boss was not in the office the whole week, the work load was light.

This was my work flow:
- Arrive at the office around 8am
- Surf the net for a while
- Check office e-mail
- Try to work, but data not yet ready
- Surf the net again
- Send out some unnecessary office e-mails
- Surf the net again
- Eat lunch while surfing the net
- Brush teeth
- Surf the net
- Check if data is ready, not yet
- Surf the net
- Send an e-mail to my boss summarizing the updates for the reports
- Leave the office at around 5pm

I didn’t include the frequent naps in between because the list would be much longer. I was close to staying at home this morning when I realized that I won’t be doing much in the office anyway. So I clocked in. Office today is like staying at home, only with pay. I know, surfing the net during office hours is prohibited, but I think I’ll go crazy doing nothing. Can you blame me?



I still have one more day to turn the week around. I have plans the entire day tomorrow so hopefully my week wouldn’t end the same way it started. I see weekends in a different light now. Before, I usually stay home and rest. Now, weekend is my opportunity to do the things I couldn’t do during weekdays.

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David Beckham tears Achilles' tendon

This is plain sad. David Beckham is one of my greatest idols. This is so unfortunate. He trained well to be able to play for the World Cup and now this. Goodbye to his dreams. Sad.