No Thanks

I got my laptop back yesterday so my printer is working now. I called HP's technical support few days ago and talked to 3 representatives but none of them was able to really help me. They couldn't figure out what was wrong until the last rep gave me an idea that it's a possible issue with my computer's operating system, I have Windows OS. I work in technical support so I know if I'm able to fix the problem or not at the onset so I'm quite surprised with HP's reps I suppose they've gone through extensive training. I don't really care if their accent is hard to understand as long as they can help me at least figure out the problem without putting me on hold just to research a certain error that for sure is not so new to them. As far as I know I gave all the necessary information. I think the first rep is the worst I think he's lost in translation or something he just instructed me to go to HP's website and download something which I already tried prior to calling so I know that it will not fix the problem. I don't know if it's a language barrier kinda thing and I'm not mean but I don't think you can rely on HP's tech support good thing I have friends who are more knowledgable. 

Happy First

Today is Jack's birthday. Our boy turned a year older today so we'll have a little something in store for him later. Jack is my elder sister's dog and he brings a lot of joy to us even if he's a little temperamental. It may sound weird that we're celebrating our dog's birthday because most people don't really care about their dogs but he's family to us. Jack's sister Jill is celebrating her birthday too of course but she's not here with us she lives in our other house.

Have a Happy Birthday Jack and Jill!

OC Me

Kaspersky crashed my computer's OS (operating system) I lost all my files so I'm back to zero. I'm partly to blame actually I just became so OC (obsessive-compulsive) wanting to uninstall a game but I couldn't do it until I end up messing everything up. What the hell is wrong with me? I'm just lucky to have "techie" friends that I can run for help in times like this. To cut  it short I had my hard drive reformatted for free. 

Lesson learned, don't complicate things especially if you're not an expert. 

Dressed Down

Oh God I'm so bored at work good thing we have access to Yahoo's web Messenger. 

So, my network log in is finally working after 50 years! I tried it on my work pc before going home I'm happy about it of course. I can finally save files on my own personal drive, yay!

It's our company's anniversary tonight so we have a street party that's why they gave out colorful wristbands, I got a neon green I'll keep it as souvenir and it's dress down tonight so I can wear jeans, yasss!

Halloween Thingy

I'm home early and a bit starved. I wanted something light for lunch so I just ate sandwich. Earlier, I had cheese hotdog, 2 slices of buttered toast, a chocolate cookie and coffee for breakfast. I'm still tired and sleepy but I have to bring my laptop to the store where I brought it for memory upgrade, it's getting sluggish I'm becoming really upset about it. 

My phone is finally up and running again after the speaker issue but now, the network signal keeps fluctuating I think it's getting worst so I brought it back to Nokia's service center and was told that they need to replace the chipset, it's busted. I hope this will be the last time I'm taking it for repair or else I might give it up for a new phone. 

There's a Halloween thingy in the office that's been going on for 3 days now. I got freebies and candies thank God I don't have shift tonight. Awesome.

Bomb Scare

My sister and I went to the supermarket yesterday and we're still both kinda paranoid  of the bomb explosion that happened in Glorietta last week. I'm a bit scared to go out these days you'll never know what's gonna happen anytime. There's no safe place really. 

I have shift tonight but we're not dressed down. The only consolation I get is that I'm back to the normal schedule. I was on 4 by 11 (4 days a week, 11 hours a day) previously. My elder sister and her pet "Jack" left for Baguio on Sunday to spend sembreak there how I wish I can come but I'm saving my leave credits for the holidays. 

I guess I won't be able to visit our dead relatives this All Soul's Day unlike when we were kids. I have shift as usual but they are always on my prayers.

Normalcy

I finally had Norton Anti-Virus uninstalled by running the Norton removal tool. I tried uninstalling the software but I always get the message that I need to update Windows' installer. I decided to "Google it," read some forums and that's where I found the answer. Some suggested to download the Norton removal tool. To cut it short, Norton removal tool solved the problem. 

I read good reviews about another AV software called Kaspersky Internet Security so I decided to download it immediately sine I no longer have Norton to keep my computer system protected. I'm getting a little upset lately because my laptop is becoming slow I though maybe it's really about time for some memory upgrade. 

My sister accompanied me to Kalentong earlier to check out some ukay ukay. I bought 2 blouses and a pink polo shirt for Php80 each.  They don't give discounts there even if those are not new arrivals but I just let it go, what I got aren't so bad anyway. My 4 by 11 (4 days a week, 11 hours a day) shift is about to end I'm happy about it somehow because I get to go back to my normal life again. Seriously, it's such a pain having to stay in the office for 11 hours! Come next week I'm back on the 5 by 8 (5 days a week, 8 hours a day) schedule, yay!

Problem Solved

My CD-R USB (universal serial bus) Bluetooth dongle is finally working. 

I downloaded Bluesoleil, a software that allows you to transfer files or connect from any bluetooth enabled device. It's a package deal. It has all the necessary drivers for the dongle to work, it's absolutely hassle free. Good Lord, I've been working on this problem for days. I got the driver from CD-R's website but the dongle still refused to work. Call me OC but I reinstalled the driver over and over again until I finally gave up when I checked on Windows' Device Manager it still says there that it's "not configured properly." 

My gosh, I think CD-R's website is "extremely helpful" (with so much sarcasm). Imagine this, they sell products with drivers but won't tell you that you'll need a software like Bluesoleil to make it work so if you're the kind of person who just buy stuff and expect them to work right away, you're dead. It's best to do a little research first or you'll end up going back to their store without helpful answers. Of course it will work while in their store but wait till you get home. Sadly, most CD-R salesperson have a little knowledge of their products. Thank God I found "Bluesoleil" it got my dongle working perfectly. I already saw a link to Bluesoleil while I'm in the process of downloading the USB's driver but I didn't pay much attention to it, if only I did I wouldn't have wasted my time worrying too much. Good job to me at least I fixed the problem this thing will not be put to waste.

Ramblings

Two days in production but to me it's like I've been woking for a week. I've never been in a 4x11 schedule before I wouldn't want one given a choice. I mean seriously? 8 hours of work is enough to kill me so 11 hours of work in a day is definitely a suicide. The only consolation I get is the 3-days off but I'd still prefer a normal schedule I'm being paid just the same so why exhaust myself. 

Enough of my rantings I can't do anything anyway. So, I bought a cheap bluetooth dongle from CD-R King and downloaded the driver from their site but for some reason the error still says that it's "not configured properly." I tried reinstalling the driver many times but to no avail. I don't know what to do from here to be honest. I read online forums but I didn't find any useful information yet I guess I'll figure it out on my own. I bought this dongle so I can connect my laptop wirelessly everytime I come over to Antipolo because I have no Internet access there anymore after I cancelled our dial-up Internet service since the connection was so awful but my sister have DSL Internet there now too. My niece needs it for school, you know kids nowadays can't live without Internet access anymore. I don't want to buy a router because I know how those things work. It'll work perfectly fine then for some reason it'll quit. I don't want to screw up their Internet set-up so I'll leave everything as it is. 

I finished downloading Ghost Whisperer Season 2 it has 22 episodes and all of episodes are pretty good and worth watching. I kinda like the OBB (opening billboard) a lot it's like a dream where everything is so surreal. Believe it or not it took me 2 months to download the file in Utorrent but I don't blame my Internet provider alone I'm well aware that my laptop doesn't have enough RAM (memory) that's why I'm planning to upgrade soon. 

I still have shift tonight. Darn it.

Portable Closet

Not the actual one we bought

I bought a big portable closet, the old one won't zip up anymore. The zipper's broken, we can't close it. It took me three hours to assemble the new one. The instructions that came with it on that piece of paper is just so crappy. I'm not sure how durable this is hopefully it'll make it at least 6 months or longer. 

I did a check up on my old computer which now belongs to my niece because I noticed that it's running slow. I uninstalled AVG (Anti-Virus) and downloaded a 30-day trial version of NOD32. I also downloaded a registry cleaner and run it. It says 700+ errors were found on the system but it can't be repaired unless I register for a fee. I thought this was some crappy cleaner making me believe that there are are way too many errors on my pc just to make me buy their product. No way.

I had a long weekend thanks to our national holiday plus my interim off.  Our class will be going on production this week I'm just not sure if I'm gonna be happy with my schedule it's like 4 by 11. I never had that kind of schedule in my previous account. 

Going Ons

I finally passed AQS with a little help from our friend so I can relax a bit now and not worry about not being able to follow the script in verbatim. Sucks, I hate sounding like an automated system. I had 20 calls today I bet my AHT (average handling time) is low, at least there's improvement I enjoy "nesting" a lot I almost forgot that I'm not supposed to have high aht anymore I've no excuse since I've been doing this for the longest time. 

I had Tropical Hut's "Cornsilog" (corned beef, sinangag, itlog) for breakfast and as usual I shared it with Jack, our pet I guess he liked it so much he can't get enough of everything, even the styrofoam! Poor dog, he only gets to eat table food once a day in two or thrice a week. He's still lucky, we always tell him that there are millions of dogs out there who have nothing to eat and feed on leftover garbage. I guess he looks at me but no idea of what I'm talking about. 

I finally got my Swiss bag with the our company's logo of course. It's really with lots of inside pockets. This is just perfect for me since I'm so fond of bags with lots of pockets. I also like its color, maybe I'm just really lucky because brown is one of my favorite colors. My laptop is running out of space maybe it's really about time for me to buy a portable hard drive I thought I saw one at Villman.