An End to Holy Week
It's finally over. People have come back from the far-flung reaches of the world to civilization, or at least the semblance of it in Metro Manila.
I don't know but the past four days seems to have lasted longer. Perhaps it's because I'm trapped in my room without much to do (not much TV on Holy Week, I don't listen to the radio, Gio and Elbert haven't given me reading material, etc.). But in any case, the hectic tradition that is summer enrollment begins tomorrow, which will put an end to my early morning sleeping habits.
No More Internet
Well, basically I enjoyed the privilege of using the Internet for the past few days without worry someone's going to use the phone, since my brother went on a vacation himself. I wish it could have lasted though but he came back yesterday, which brought a halt to my hours of engrossing in online Flash tutorials.
Speaking of Flash
Since I presumed my work was done, I started breaking down Flash code and downloading tutorials. I did experiment and made Elbert a Flash menu for his various sites but I don't think he's going to use it (to those who want to see what I've done, email me... it's only 50 kb). The comment? I was using too much space.
Maybe I'm suffering from the Filipino aesthetic sensibility, which is to fill up white spaces.
11th Hour Revisions
In line with white spaces, well, my employers follow that sensibility and I was asked to make revisions on program because it had too much blank spaces (one reason is because Elbert designed it, and the other is that it originally had a menu which cramped up picture space but since they opted for a drop down menu, there's suddenly lots of free space).
Guilty Pleasures
Not exactly grade-A shows but they have their own charm. Zoids: New Century and Digimon Tamers finally started airing last Friday on Cartoon Network, and Crush Gear Turbo still has its appeal. Too bad I missed the return of Harvey Birdman on Cartoon Network last Friday...
Virra Mall
Did drop by the place this afternoon to supposedly meet up with MechaPinoy since it's a been a long time since I last attended their meetings but they weren't at the meeting place.
On the way, I did see lots of pirated PS2 games, and on the third floor, people were chiding me to buy DVDs and porn. How some things remain the same...
Also did buy some CD-RWs but unfortunately, the shop that I usually buy my diskettes was closed (I finally remembered it's closed on Sundays). And then it was a bit difficult finding shops that sell diskettes. CDs, DVDs, and even Zip drives are probably more common nowadays.
It's finally over. People have come back from the far-flung reaches of the world to civilization, or at least the semblance of it in Metro Manila.
I don't know but the past four days seems to have lasted longer. Perhaps it's because I'm trapped in my room without much to do (not much TV on Holy Week, I don't listen to the radio, Gio and Elbert haven't given me reading material, etc.). But in any case, the hectic tradition that is summer enrollment begins tomorrow, which will put an end to my early morning sleeping habits.
No More Internet
Well, basically I enjoyed the privilege of using the Internet for the past few days without worry someone's going to use the phone, since my brother went on a vacation himself. I wish it could have lasted though but he came back yesterday, which brought a halt to my hours of engrossing in online Flash tutorials.
Speaking of Flash
Since I presumed my work was done, I started breaking down Flash code and downloading tutorials. I did experiment and made Elbert a Flash menu for his various sites but I don't think he's going to use it (to those who want to see what I've done, email me... it's only 50 kb). The comment? I was using too much space.
Maybe I'm suffering from the Filipino aesthetic sensibility, which is to fill up white spaces.
11th Hour Revisions
In line with white spaces, well, my employers follow that sensibility and I was asked to make revisions on program because it had too much blank spaces (one reason is because Elbert designed it, and the other is that it originally had a menu which cramped up picture space but since they opted for a drop down menu, there's suddenly lots of free space).
Guilty Pleasures
Not exactly grade-A shows but they have their own charm. Zoids: New Century and Digimon Tamers finally started airing last Friday on Cartoon Network, and Crush Gear Turbo still has its appeal. Too bad I missed the return of Harvey Birdman on Cartoon Network last Friday...
Virra Mall
Did drop by the place this afternoon to supposedly meet up with MechaPinoy since it's a been a long time since I last attended their meetings but they weren't at the meeting place.
On the way, I did see lots of pirated PS2 games, and on the third floor, people were chiding me to buy DVDs and porn. How some things remain the same...
Also did buy some CD-RWs but unfortunately, the shop that I usually buy my diskettes was closed (I finally remembered it's closed on Sundays). And then it was a bit difficult finding shops that sell diskettes. CDs, DVDs, and even Zip drives are probably more common nowadays.
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