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Laptop Upgrade
My wife has been working with a 3 year old Gateway Laptop. Although it has been solid and has not needed any repairs since we got it, it is already getting slow. We are thinking of either adding a laptop memory, or getting a new one altogether. I’ve just recently purchased a good desktop for myself so I know how convenient a better PC is. This will probably have to wait until next year though, so I’ll try to troubleshoot and do some software cleanup on the laptop for now. Much has changed since we first got the laptop, newer laptops are slicker and more powerful, but I can’t say the same about quality, so I’ll do my homework before I go and buy my wife a new one.
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PLDT MyDSL first impression
As if our recent car problems were not enough, we were also confronted with internet problems. We are currently using PLDT myDSL and I have to say – it is the SLOWEST internet ever, and to think we are currently at 1Mbps connection! Our SmartBro connection in Cainta was way better, and did not give me any problems at all! The internet connection is so slow I can’t even watch a decent Youtube video! The phone line is also bad, I can barely hear the person on the other line. So I called technical support and it took me 30 minutes of waiting before I got to reach a tech which did not know what to do. To add insult to injury, I went to a PLDT business office yesterday and guess what, I waited for almost 3 hours just to change the name of the account to mine. Paying for something that I don’t get really ticks me off, it’s like an electric fireplace insert in my head – heating me up! Still, I’m going to give PLDT a chance – since we just moved and this phone number has been with our family for decades. But I won’t hesitate to have this line cut if the problem will persist this month.
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Safe Parking
Like our previous apartment, the house we moved in doesn’t have it’s own parking area. Oh, we have a garage but we can’t park the car there unless we’re prepared to bring down the whole fence and construct a new one. That we’re not prepared to do at this point. Good thing our neighbor offered us a parking area for a minimal monthly fee. The area has it’s own gate so I can be rest assured that our car will be safe. I noticed some trucks with cool truck grills parking in the same area too and that makes me more confident that since other owners trust that the parking area is safe I can sleep soundly at night knowing something won’t happen to our car while we sleep. Just to be absolutely safe, I also put a steering wheel to lock the steering wheel in place. I know the amount we pay is going to be an added expense but it pays to be safe than sorry in the future.
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