god bless youtube.com
Friday, July 28, 2006
i've said it quite a number of times already. i'm not a tv fan. actually, i can see myself living in a house with cable internet or even your regulation tv stations as long as i have dvd where i could watch movies. but then again, i can always do that on my laptop, no? so that almost eliminate the reasons for having tv at all.i'm almost always online. come to think of it, i cant remember the last time i let the day pass without connecting to the net. hence i decided to blog. i read online news which is more than informative that the usual tv and radio broadcasts. i tell you, there will come a time when tv and radio will become nothing but taboos. for me, its starting to become one.
everything is conveniently available on the net. i listen to yahoo! music, windows media player and itunes radios for music. mtvs can be seen at yahoo! launchcast. and now i found out about YOUTUBE.COM.
youtube is a repository of videos uploaded by users and guess what, i found everything i need. well, at least for now, i'm being entertained. recently, i've finished "my girl", a korean series currently being shown here in the philippines. funny love story. the last time u know what i hate about watching series is the fact that they have commercials and you have to wait for another day to know what's going to happen next. i cant imagine watching the action-suspense CTO series "24" on tv. i'd rather watch it on dvd in one seating. you got it right! im not very patient, and i tend have sleepless nights thinking what the hell happened to Jack Bauer... and it can drive me nuts. i even remember having a row with my boyfriend because he wont let me finish the whole season in one day. hahaha.
so about youtube.com, yes i've finished the korean series "my girl" last weekend; armed with french fries and coke float. you guys can even watch "jewel in the palace", another korean teleseries which my friend abi was very fond of. i've also seen australia's next top model... australia's version of tyra bank's america's next top model. and of course you can find ANTM's series as well.
and for those anime freaks out there, you can watch naruto online. yes! all chapters available in youtube if you know how to find them. lately, i've been bored to death with all those filler episodes... broke my patience and i started reading the manga chapters. and my fellow naruto fan suf hates me everytime i slipped his YM with naruto spoilers. hahaha. but for you my readers, i'll spare you the details. coz right now, i'm into bleach, the anime! and i'm getting the feed from youtube. at least now, i can download and watch the episodes at the same time. i'm sorry but even waiting for the download to finish makes me impatient. hehehe.
**kneels** hail youtube!!! hahaha! anyways, just wanted to share whats keeping me these days. ciao!
by h2Omelon GurL @ 8:48 PM with 0 comments
2006: miss universe and sona
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
last monday, miss puerto rico won the miss universe 2006 title held at us of a. as i've suspected, another latina won. i dont know, there's something about them, their skin, their eyes and their drop-dead figures. the only thing i dont like about them is when they do their q&a portion where they would always ask for translators. so i'm not really sure if they fumbled or something. the crowd would always end up cheering but in my mind i go like "wow! the interpreter is really good". i wish one day, a filipina delegate would ask for an interpreter and no one (especially filipinos) would think that she's dumb or something.
it would have been nice to see ms. lebanon be on the final roll. she's gorgeous! and with the event being held at the states (with bush's support to israel moves), i wonder how her reigned would be like. i still wish she won though.
i was also rooting for ms. japan; she made it to the finals (top 5) pick. i'm glad she won the best national costume. it was a no brainer. like for me, the national costume is something that would stand out but still represent the country where one came from. and ms. japan is like a character out of disney's mulan... or should i say, its like mulan herself came out and joined the pagent. she was awesome with the samurai and all geared up for a battle. the dream girl of all anime freaks out there!
as for ms. philippines, hers was the worst i've ever seen. all those ruffles was really a pain to look at. im suprised she even had the nerve to wear it. what was she thinking!!! and the only reason she won the miss photogenic award is because they've put it online. any online voting that concerns pinoys (slang for filipinos), expect the result to be favorable to us. hahaha. yes, i did vote for her, and ms. bolivia (who look perfect in all her shots)and miss lebanon.
she should have borrowed the president's terno instead. or maybe someone switched their gowns! truth is, i'd rather see the president in a ruffled drag than a pageant contender. i couldnt care less what the president wore on her sona... it wouldnt hurt if she picked a non-designer gown. i mean, the semi-terno was superb but what's with THAT train. and with her height, nonetheless!!! what a shame!
by h2Omelon GurL @ 11:01 PM with 0 comments
Peeping Tom Setup (Qmail, Vpopmail)
This will send copies of all incoming and outgoing mails on the mail server (qmail) to a vpopmail user (that is one wants to read the mail via vpopmail).Pre-requisites:
Install everything you need: Qmailrocks.org has an excellent, even-noobs-can-do-this instructions.
After shock steps:
1. Go to qmail source directory. Set QUEUE_EXTRA as "T\0". (Not don't act too noobish! Replace as a valid linux user.) Then set QUEUE_EXTRALEN as the length of (in characters) plus "2". ('T' and '\0' count as one each)
[root@mail qmail-1.03]# cat extra.h
#ifndef EXTRA_H
#define EXTRA_H
#define QUEUE_EXTRA "Tpeeping.tom\0"
#define QUEUE_EXTRALEN 13
#endif
2. Create a linux user with the same name as your recipient.
[root@mail qmail-1.03]# useradd peeping.tom
3. Create a Maildir directory for your recipient. This is where mails will be delivered to.
[root@mail qmail-1.03]# su - peeping.tom
[peeping.tom@mail ~]# maildirmake Maildir
4. Create a .qmail-peeping.tom file under /var/qmail/alias/.
[root@mail ~]# cat /var/qmail/alias/.qmail-peeping.tom
~/Maildir/
5. Recompile qmail. Stop qmail before recompiling.
[root@mail qmail-1.03] qmailctl stop
[root@mail qmail-1.03] make server setup
[root@mail qmail-1.03] qmailctl start
By this time, you can see files under the Maildir/new directory of the recipients. To forward it to a vpopmail user, just copy these files to the Maildir/new directory of the vpopmail user. Change make sure to change the ownership of those files after transfer to allow access to the vpopmail service.
[root@mail new] chown vpopmail.vchkpw
/home/vpopmail/domains/mydomain.com/peeping.tom/Maildir/new/*
[root@mail new] chown vpopmail.vchkpw
/home/vpopmail/domains/mydomain.com/peeping.tom/Maildir/cur/*
Tips:
- You can now use Horde+Imp to access these emails via IMAP server.
- You can use crontab to automate the transfer of files/emails to the vpopmail user.
by h2Omelon GurL @ 11:31 AM with 0 comments
the quest
Saturday, July 22, 2006
i have a mission.for weeks i've been begging my man to go see a dermatologist and/or have a facial. no, i'm not planning to convert him into a metrosexual but i just feel that he needs to give it a try... just this once. i know it'll do him good (even his sisters say so).
some of you might think, what in the world am i doing to him! i dont know how to explain... but i have a valid reason. here let me try... we've been together for like years now and heaven knows i've been his annual source of nuisance, with all the headaches, pressures and mess i've been into all these years. now, its showing and i feel so guilty about it. yes, i'm the black sheep in this relationship. and i'm just trying to erase those problems off his face. of course, i love him as he is. but (would you believe) i was able to convince him and he agreed to go to a derm session! he promised that he'll try it. and a promise's a promise, RIGHT EVERYONE??? hahaha... got yah, hun!!!
but that was like a month ago. up until now, he hasn't gone. he got like a million reasons (i bet he created this list of excuses the same time he made his promise) to delay it, and if all fails, he would pretend his angry... like extremely mad and demand to go home. it was funny coz i knew its his style. hahaha. last week, we came as close as 5 steps away (literally) from the dermatologist and threw a major tantrum then he called it off. today, we were supposed to go (for the nth time), but then i arrived late (an hour late... yeah, i'm blaming myself on this one) and he said (smiling... i wonder why!) its my fault that we need to reschedule again. very clever, very smooth! i dont mind if he's going to delay it forever, i know i'll get him one day.
monday's his dayoff, so we're going to get his facials the day after tomorrow. wish me luck. gambate!!!
by h2Omelon GurL @ 11:35 PM with 0 comments
never to wait in skirt
Friday, July 21, 2006
guys should never ever let a lady who's wearing a skirt/dress wait alone, unarmed with a good reading material or an ipod, and expect her kill the time doing nada while you make your grand entrance. thats a total NO-NO!it would be so much better to meet up at a coffee shop. and make sure you'll be at most 5 minutes late... 15mins max if an emergency occurs but make sure you'll call, ok? never let her be the one to ask where in the world are you. if you knew you're going to be late, call her or at least send her an sms 5 minutes before the time of meet-up.
consider this day as a rare event as i decided to wear a skirt to the office with matching heels. sort of a historical moment to me, and those who are close to me... because i dislike wearing skirts and dresses. and would you believe that my guy friend let me wait for like 30 minutes outside our office building, letting me sit alone, overhearing a lady telling her problematic lovelife to her girlfriend (gawd, i miss these kind of girl talks)... and that i had to call him twice! you know who you are! HMPF!
please tell me chivalry isn't dead yet. males could you exert all effort to let out your gallantry at least to those skirt/dressing-wearing femmes. *sigh!*
by h2Omelon GurL @ 12:34 AM with 0 comments
forwarded sms and telenovelas
Thursday, July 20, 2006
recently, i friend sent me an sms. it says:no one falls in love by choice, its by chance.
no one stays in love by chance, its by effort.
no one falls out of love by effort, its by choice.
that hit the bulls eye. in the end, love will only matter if one will match it with commitment. without it, its nothing but a story out of a movie or a novel. there will always be a hint of reality... just a hint of it and yet no one would really know for sure if that can even be real. if people are not careful enough, they might end up waiting their entire lives... and in the process, let those fleeting opportunities pass them by without a mere hello or a nod of goodbye. hope will always be the best thing out of pandora's box. however one should always be sensible and conscious enough... to uncover what is "now", what is the "future" and what is a "dream"... to identify what's real and what's not.
my love life is like one of those telenovelas most of you watched after the news (or it is before the news, i really dont know coz i rarely watch tv). maybe thats why i hate watching those flicks. why watch those when im already in it, living it! hahaha. most of the time, i see myself as the antagonist in my own life story and i have made mistakes, a lot of them actually. some would say that i have done stupid acts but i wouldn't hear them out. i wouldnt even flinched at those thorny adjectives they threw at me (true that i may threw some punches back) but i did what i did. and it the end the past becomes me. this is the whole package, take it or leave it. you either accept me or shut up and get the hell out of my face.
and the best part of my life is having my leading man with me all thoughout. you rarely see or meet someone like him in this era. i'm so lucky to be with him (and he with me -- i really have to say that, else i might boost his ego up the roof.) i just have to make sure that he stays sanely (or insanely, whichever state his in right now) inlove with me. i remember asking my man to memorize the text message above. hahaha, i've decided to post it so he wouldn't forget.... and i wouldn't forget it, either.
by h2Omelon GurL @ 12:52 PM with 0 comments
the lost and the forgotten
Sunday, July 16, 2006
i dont know. its been days since i've been feeling sad... not really sad but low, i guess. and this mood swings really eat away my days. i've been trying to find out why i've been feeling this way, and the only thing that comes into my mind is that i miss my old set of friends... girlfriends in particular.in my school days, although i hang out with the boys, i do have a set of girlfriends to go out with for femme stuffs. you know, the essentials... shopping, girl talks over coffee and the likes. hanging with the guys is laid back... but nothing beats a woman companion, i bet everyone would agree to that.
back in highschool, i have this girl bestfriend who i'm with till college. she knew everything about me and i knew everything about her... well almost. after we got our degree... i mean, after i got my degree (she didn't finish hers coz she kept on changing her major), we still maintain contact until that one day when i found out that the police was looking for her. a huge estafa case was filed against her by a number of people. it seems that she's been having some money problems and kept on taking loans. the last time i heard from her was when she was asking if i have some cash that i can give her. i didn't have any that time... the day after that, she has gone into hiding.
yes, she did owe some money too but i didn't file a complaint against her. i couldn't. some my friends filed complaints and the amount reached some hundred thousands bucks. until now, i couldn't believed that it happened to her. i knew she's a good and smart girl, and there could have been a valid reason behind her actions. i wish i knew how she is right now. she had her birthday last week and i missed her so much... had she been with me, i could have been a better person. and if i had been with her... i don't know if i could have made a difference. i just wish i could do something for her when she had that problem. but no one knew. even her boyfriend didnt knew about it. and he was a good guy. they spent more than 5 (i think) good years together. i just wish one day i could meet my friend again. hope everything's alright for her.
my other girlfriends had gotten married. i dont know... i couldnt really get the drift of the conversation with married people. priorities are different and although they are educational chit-chat... i couldn't maintain long hours of listening and talking about babies, cooking, laundry, husband-coming-home. dont get me wrong, i love babies... i like cooking - although cooking doesn't seem to like me back. i'm hopeless with laundry but i'm interested to hear the howtos. maybe someday i can be more accommodating with them. i dont know, maybe after i get married... if i ever get married.
and the rest, tried to find their good future outside our native soil. i couldn't blame them, the opportunities abroad are incomparable to what this third-world country can offer them. sometimes i think i should go out, too. but i like it here and unless its mission-critical, i'd like to stay here.
friends come and go, so they say. i know i will find new girlfriends along the way. but i have made history with my old friends and i want to keep them with me. those memories that would always bind us together... i hope.
time can always change a person... i guess the only good thing about being left behind is the fact that instead of forgetting the past, time will always help you remember them.
by h2Omelon GurL @ 11:04 PM with 1 comments
forget about forgetting vanity
Friday, July 14, 2006
oh well... consider blog entry before this one, null and void. i just came home from a relaxing treat for me-myself-and-i. hahaha.i went down to spa utopia after wrapping up a week's workload. it was just walking distance from my office so i decided i could have a massage or a facial or even just a foot spa. i'm really feeling low today and although that cute, little fudgey-wudgey chocolate cake of cheesecake etc. courtesy of my better-half (and this time its not a ransom cake!) did lift my spirit up a bit, i knew i needed something more. i couldn't really pin-point what's wrong but i can feel the bad vibes around me.
so, i found myself in a spa center even after saying i'll refrain from any narcissistic activities. they had this promo where i could avail a facial and a diamond peel session for less than 1k. promos never fail to catch my attention... i decided to give it a try. and unlike the usual sessions from let's face it, this one is true to its name... its a calming, totally refreshing experience.
i did blog about having that glyco peel, right? we, together with my bf's siblings, had it at let's face it at park square. the experience wasn't very satisfying at all. usually, they will ask what skin regimen you're into before performing your treatment. i knew that they do this to know if your treatment will have any reaction to whatever you've used on your face. one of us asked why, but the attendant didn't answer at all. all our attendant were very busy rattling about pacquiao's recent win that they didn't even bother to aerate our face. it was irritating to hear them talk while we are trying to ignore the stinging feeling on our skin. i knew they had to let some air on our faces so it wouldn't sting much. but we discover that they were using their hands to generate the air. and they finally stopped after one of attendant accidentally rammed her hand on my friend's face. worst of all, they laughed and my friend didn't get an apology at all. it was horrible.
anyway... at spa utopia, you get your own room, so it more private. you'll have your facial lying down with a soothing instrumental music on the background. lights would be turned off during the facial steam and the mask session so you can actually relax. i enjoyed the mint mask very much. its my first time to have a diamond peel treatment. it like a sucking pumice device which hurt a bit... but very tolerable... unlike the gylo peel burning sensation which hurt alot especially if the attendant is too lazy to fan your face.
i really dont know what this diamond peel would do to my face. like i dont even know why i do these things. hahaha. maybe i just like being pampered. thank goodness, my boyfriend tolerates my vanity. now if i can just trick him into having his facials... that would make him the greatest! but then again, i couldn't even pull him inside the salon for a haircut. oh well, there are ways... women always find ways. :-)
by h2Omelon GurL @ 10:26 PM with 0 comments
another late night
Thursday, July 13, 2006
its 2:22am and i cant sleep. i'm just about to finish my dinner... a mcdonalds' delivery. my stomach's filled with twister fries, cheeseburger, spaghetti AND hot fudge sundae. you bet, im pigging out. i'm feeling kinda low and slow today. i dont know why and i dont want to know why either.ok... maybe because, although i got my half-month salary today, more than half of it will go to my previous month's credit card purchases and my insurance. too many bills!!! and my bank even increased my credit limit. spare me from any more temptations.
about my other half-month salary??? NO!!!! i dont even want to think about it, until maybe year 2007 or 2008. and i need to buy clothes for meetings and those super-uncomfortable shoes with heels to match. i guess i have to give up my vanity thingies. no more massages. waxing will be once a month (ouch!)... and my hair treatment can wait until i get a bonus. and my facials??? shesh! this diversion is costing me a lot of moolah!!!
forget it! after all, being posh isn't my style. i'll try to stick with my usuals facial cleaner, toner, and moisturizer regimen.
i desperately want a pug this year... i doubt i could get a decent female pup with my budget. so i got to drop a lot of my usual narcissistic expenditures, if i really want one. or do i really want one? i dunno. i can always steal chewy (are you reading this hun?)
i'll try to get some rest before i go to the office. great! its almost 3am. now i wouldnt be able to wake up in time for work....
JUST GREAT! ARGHHH!
by h2Omelon GurL @ 3:01 AM with 0 comments
all in cab's ride
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
like i have many bad experiences with cabs. smelly taxis and cab drivers, choosy drivers, and yes, i even encountered pervert drivers who would reach out and make excuses to touch you.i know its weird for a girl, but i like sitting on the passenger's seat especially if the aircon is set to low. i know most of you have asked a thousand times for the driver to actually lower the temperature, but i bet you received gazillion excuses from your taxi driver that he cant. normally, im not in the mood to start a conversation at all besides telling him where i want him to take me... so to resolve the aircon issue, i choose to sit at the passenger seat and direct all aircon at me. i could always put my huge backpack in between us if he even tries to molest me. if i can't take it anymore... i could just open my door, leave money and take a hike.
but its the fare that always bother me. i dont like the idea of not being informed on how i should be charged when i choose to travel via cab. so if there's anyone out there who could explain this, big thanks.
how would you know if the taxi meter is bugged? i just dont get it! i know there's always a 30 pesos flag down rate as soon as you get in. after that, will you be charged 2.50 pesos per km. instantly? and besides the actual fare price, i can see two other numbers which i assumed to be time/duration and distance of travel... is that right? based on that info, can you tell if the meter is overcharging you in a way?
a driver once told me that he was driving faster than 80kmph so i got charged higher than if he was going at a slower pace with the same (covered) distance. is that a valid reason? let me know.
by h2Omelon GurL @ 1:08 AM with 0 comments
argh! where's my blog entry!
Sunday, July 02, 2006
i just finished my latest blog entry for the day and when i click on publish... it wasn't posted and my entry... gone! i hate it when that happens. i had to re-think what i wrote all over again and hope that i'll be patient enough to finish it. otherwise, i wont post anything at all. i mean, blogger.com should check if the connection to blogger is ok before sending the data. or at least put entries cache just in case! but like i could really blame them, this service is free right. so i dont think i want to rant on; else i'll find blog offline. moving on....i wrote about being jinxed. every darn team i supported this year got kicked out before the finals. and the team that i supported during the finals, lose. talk about bad luck. from nba to world cup. i mean, there was nets and then spurs... then dallas! what the hell happened to that team, anyway! then spain lost to crappy france, and last night the rest of my teams, england and brazil, lost too. i just cant believe it. from now on im going to support the teams i hate! that should disqualify them fast. but as far as im concerned, world cup is over.
everyone should have watched superman returns. i love the new guy. what can i say... femmes dig heroes in tights as you guys dig anything that walks on skimpy clothes. sort of our like prince charmings to the rescue. i remember when i was young, i use to watch our superman videos over and over... totally worshipped clark kent and despised that totally idiotic lois lane who cant even recognize her man when he wears glasses. and to think she pretends she's inlove with him! duh! i used to have a crush on a guy back in elementary with a twin and i could tell them apart.
anyways, this brandon routh is hot. where did they find him? he's perfect! and i fell inlove all over again. hahaha. i bet my boyfriend's going to keep me away from any brandon routh's movies for a couple of months just like what he did with vin diesel.
some, if there's any out there who even reads this blog, may have wondered why i havent had an entry for a week. nope, i havent been sick, actually im getting better. thing is, i have a new work sched, for like 3 days i wasn't leaving the house that my mom thought i was out of job. hahahaha. i work vancouver time and my friend scott helps me keep sane (big thanks!), if i was even capable of being such, during my shift. i honestly dont know how call center support people do it, but i havent gotten more than 6hr straight sleeptime. my first three days, i havent seen the sun outside... spent it indoors. until my boyfriend suggested going to the malls (all praises to my man!!!). and during the next succeeding days, i was out and about, trying on new clothes (hon, i said trying... just trying, ok?) and stuff from my vanity list (like massages, facials). but i did bought to a nice comfy back support with arm rest that looks good on top of my bed. and got my glyco peel service today AND purchased vmv skin care regimen. maybe i'll invest on a good study table and a nice comfy chair too if this sched goes on.
im still trying to fit in my new work sched, and i think im enjoying it. being in the malls during the day and enjoying the off-peak spa services daily. i just wish my hemoglobin can keep up with it.
for now, this is clark kent's future (yet-to-be-discovered) leading lady... signing out!
by h2Omelon GurL @ 9:39 PM with 0 comments
