... in which the Fool spends some time browsing the net

All to find sites to download mp3's from. I always try to download the anime mp3's that I like, in this case, I went looking all over the place for Gundam Seed Destiny, Bleach, Trinity Blood, and Tenjou Tenge. Its a nightmare whenever I use google to try to look for sites to download Gundam songs. Due to its popularity, I get a lot of these weirdo google results that have "Gundam Seed Destiny" for no particular reason other than to have fool people into their sites. Nowhere would you see a clickable icon for downloading any of said songs though.

At least the other more obscure animes are a lot easier to find, since you wouldn't get the same google results. Given five minutes, you're almost guaranteed to find a site for these anime. I spent close to an hour just trying to find everything else from Gundams... Dammit.

I remember when I was still in CTC 208, I'd find all these songs almost without effort, what with my CPU in that place, I could just use my own unit to keep searching all over google and download what I need without worrying that I got the wrong file. The connection there was mind-numbingly fast, it took longer to find sites to download the songs from than the actual download itself.

Speaking of downloading, when I get to work, I really wish that the place I'd work in has round-the-clock internet connection. A desk that I could call my own, even a CD burner as bonus, though I'd probably just bring a flash drive to get the stuff I downloaded. And no, I don't to use the net connection to browse porn, I'd need the net connection to, again, download songs off the net, and to catch up on reading while I relax after work.

Sheesh, 1 hour just to find sites? Not even counting the download time yet? Sigh... I haven't even finished browsing through my usual sites yet...

I'm just glad that I managed to finish my homework during the class. That means that I can relax tomorrow as I think of a deck to build, and help out in Waltermart for... some RPG group anniversary event or another. I'll probably just be playing but what the hey... Unfortunately, I'll have to take a weekly exam on Sunday evening. Yes, I know, its crappy and unreasonable, but I have no choice, as there are no other schedules available. Plus, my surname inevitably brought me to that grouping. My exam is at 1730 until 1930. At least the topics are...easy. I shudder to think how I'd fare when Trigonometry and Geometry look me in the eye probably next week or the week after that... Brr...

The topics are algebra, dc circuits, semiconductor theorem, diodes, and a lot of stuff about communication. Obviously, I'll probably perform real bad with communications, since I've had minimal traning in that discipline, plus we've yet to tackle any communications topics during the lecture.

I've finished all the anime at home... That means I only have CSI to pass the time with at home... I'll need to get Namco X Capcom from Dennis soon, so that I'd have something to do. But first, there's still Yuusha Senki to finish... Good. I'm not going to get bored yet..

Hello Jenny, I know you'll be reading this. Hehe.

Anyway, going back, I'd really want to have my own desk to clutter when I get to work. And then everyone in the office would look at my desk and wonder why mine never gets anything on it. It'd be the most barren desk in the office despite the fact that its used. Mostly because I'll be hiding everything that I will not need somewhere else, so they wouldn't bother me. Furthermore, I intend to finish everything as soon as I can. However, I really don't know what papers I'll be shuffling when I get my own desk. I mean, I always think of employees as people who are always swamped with folders, files, and all these other paper on top of their desks. Its probably a problem when an employee can't find a specific item after everything has been sorted into neat folders... I mean, someone must have done an incredibly lousy task of sorting... That someone is probably the manager...

My ears are ringing from the music being played in the background. I don't even know what in the world is being played, I just think that it sucks because... it does.

Which means I'll have to leave pretty soon. I've spent a lot of time in here already, half of it unproductive... I'll be back on Monday and talk about... um, movies I guess. Or anime. Or electronics. Or... er...

I'll think of something.

Hopefully.

Otherwise, I'll be putting in a lot of randomn stuff again. Sorry.

... in which the Fool lounges about in net cafe's to pass the time

Wow, just as I was about to start posting, something strange comes up in this cafe: the net connection broke down.

Don't ask me, I don't know how in the world that happened (for someone who's supposed to be technically apt), I was just minding my own business when suddenly, BAM! voila! no net connection. Now the personnel are going to be busy trying to repair what's wrong. I hear that they're going to either refund the time or...

Never mind. That took less than five minutes. Everything's back to normal now.

As I speak, System of a Down's album is playing in the air, the constant rumbling in my ear probably suggests that I might turn deaf anytime soon, but then, that could be just the echoing of the drums from their songs. I kinda like the slow, fast, slow, fast-fast beats that they play out in their songs. Too bad not many people like my tastes in music.

I went out to watch Shutter yesterday with Jenny. It was more of the usual Asian ghost movies they're showing these days, with plenty of Sadako scenes (or scenes that resemble "The Ring" a bit). I'm just glad that it was much, much better than the American version of "The Ring", as the latter has absolutely no terror factor for me. I was just watching it and wasn't even spooked, surprised or anything for one bit. Shutter, well, I almost jumped out of my seat twice over the course of the movie.

The main character of the movie, Tun, is a photographer. As he gets his photos from the printer, he notices that the prints from his camera are strange: there are white wisp like things obscuring a substantial part of his photos. Eventually, he comes to the conclusion that he's being haunted through his camera, and the movie takes us into his maddening journey of uncovering the truth behind his haunting. I wouldn't want to spoil the story as it pretty much explains itself. I just thought maybe it would be better with a few more fright scenes.

As a ghost story, you know for sure that the ghost is haunting Tun for a reason, and as more people get involved, the movie tries to prepare you for one thing: Past deeds may come back to haunt you. In ways you might not be able to imagine.

Hm... I didn't notice, since when did the cafe change the soundtrack from System of a Down to Creed? Bah.. It doesn't matter.

Anyway, I've finished my chore with the NSO, and can now wait peacefully for the delivery of my birth certificate by Saturday, or next week. I'll just have to leave an authorization letter for whoever I think would be receiving my stuff while I'm out. That shouldn't take too long, maybe I'll do it tomorrow. Later, I'll probably be going to pore over Trigonometry. Before or after CSI.

I've borrowed the entire season 4 from Sweet, at least I would have something to do on days when I finish my review early. I'll probably finish late again tonight, since I'll have to calculate a lot of stuff for trigonometry (I thought I escaped this stuff when I finished high school and college... sigh). And for some strange reason, I can't seem to get trigonometry too much. Maybe it has something to do with my inability to visualize. Given a certain number of angles, and sides, it sometimes takes me more than a few minutes to visualize a specific shape without paper. That, well, it might spell doom for me afterwards, but for now, maybe I can still take it.

Sweet and co, went to watch a movie today, Mr. and Mrs. Smith I believe. I ran out of funds today, otherwise I think I would've gone with them today. Maybe I'll just watch it on Saturday or next week. When time allows. Its the first comedy I'll be seeing in a long, long time. I hope its well worth it. But then... If I watch next week, that would mean I might have no funds for Batman Begins when it opens on Wednesday... Hm... decisions, decisions...

I'll probably go with the Mr. and Mrs. Smith Saturday, then Batman Begins, sometime next week. That should free up enough resources for me to do any other stuff.

My neck is killing me today. I woke up with a stiff neck (then got back to sleep turning to the opposite direction to try to ease the stiffness, no dice) and cannot turn my neck to my left. It looks pretty funny, especailly when I want to see what's happening behind me because I have to turn half of my torso, and then its pretty obvious that my neck can't go further than you can see. Its pretty hilarious really, I'm cracking up right now just trying to imagine it (of course, that sends more pain to my neck, dammit) and I can just imagine how some people would react to me. I'm lucky I can turn my head to the right, otherwise, I'd be screwed. I hope this goes tomorrow. My body has this evil tendency to retain stiff necks to torment me for days on end.

Funny that I almost forgot I did have said affliction until I made an effort to look behind me. The things you forget when you get focused...

In this case, I've been reading up on a few tips of what to do regarding deck-building. Personally, I've always known that I make really bad decks. Maybe a habit I picked it up from my brother who also makes really bad decks (back when we played Magic). In fact, I quit playing because I couldn't make a deck without using a ton of rares, and even if I did, It'd still lose. Yeah, bite me, but I really sucked back then. Today, I still suck, but at least I know that I've gotten better.

Its been raining quite often these days. I'm pretty glad that it did, but since the rain has lousy timing, I'm often stuck carrying an umbrella that I won't use because its suddenly sunny, or it rains for only a few minutes. The one time that I did risk leaving my umbrella at home, I got drenched. I'm lucky I didn't get a cold.

I got surprised by the most recent WWE news, however. It appears that WWE champion, and Smackdown superstar has been drafted into RAW. Which makes for some interesting shows over the course of the month. That would mean that he'd have to abandon his title soon, and compete in Raw for the next few weeks (I say so because I feel like they're going to take him back after the draft lottery: there just is nobody who can fill the void he'll be leaving behind, even from the Raw roster). It would also boost sales and viewing for WWE for the next few weeks, as fans keep up to date with any other surprises. At least this time, they indeed showed that "NOBODY" is exempted from the draft.

Kinda like saying nobody's really dumb or smart. Just people who learn or not.

Which means I'll have to end this soon and catch up on a lot of reading.

... in which the Fool comes home after failed plan

I thought I could go to the nearby National Statistics Office and pick up an official form of my birth certificate. I even invited a few people to come with me since last week, so confident that it would be a simple trip there.

Little did I know that I was going to be disappointed, since the contents of the Manila office was apparently going to be moved to the Quezon City office. That means that there were no other forms that could be obtained aside from those in the Quezon City office. It would have been alright, if Neil and Cholo didn't ask us to go with them to Quezon City, stating that it would be easier there, and that it would be part of a long trip, including getting SSS numbers, TIN, and other stuff like that.

Now I have to find another means to get my birth certificate, probably through the phone, or by going to Quezon City on Friday with everybody else. That means the geek in me will finally miss one session of my online exam if I don't take it earlier... On the other hand, that also takes care of that trip to the NSO. Hm... Decisions, decisions...

On other news, I'm dissapointed to hear of Edge's quarterfinal loss in the recent $10k Championships. He did so well on the first day that I thought he'd at least get to top4 if not champion... I think someon may have found the way to defeat him, or maybe it was due to the 3 rounds they have to play for every round. Oh well, better luck next time then.

The review center released the results of our homeworks, and I was glad to find that I reached at least top 10 in one of them. I wasn't expecting it to be that low though, but at least the answers for the other homeworks were also given, that means when I find the time, I could actually review the others as well.

I've finished the homework for today... About Computer fundamentals. Its strange why they want to ask the minimum requirements for Windows95 to run, but not the higher versions... And stranger still that the minimum is 8mb, but the choices range only from 1-4mb. At least I'm done today. Which means I'm mostly free tomorrow to do what I want to do.

I'm still waiting for Elbert to send me some interview questions. Its a pretty interesting thing to do and to pass the time, in fact, if you have nothing to do, why don't you visit his blog, its the topmost link on my list, and its a lot better than mine.