Our package has arrived from Prague. The computer tower that we’ve been expecting for days is finally here. Yeehah! My bro-in-law mailed it last 26th and yesterday, 29th, I got a notice from post office that I have to claim a package from Prague. Quite fast huh. It was about 13KG. We were so excited last night unpacking the box we received. At long last I will have a better machine to match our 20″ LCD monitor.
Why the tower? you know I have been experiencing some technical issues with this laptop lately. It suddenly shuts down, without permission. It actually affected my EC dropping. I guess its too much heat (from blogging? ha?). But it’s already sitting on a laptop fan. So one time as I was chatting with my cutie sis a couple of months ago she mentioned about her hubby assembling a computer. I jokingly asked if she can bring it to Finland when she comes here for vacation. She told her hubby and he willingly gave it but I have to buy a new case coz the case was decades old plus I need a DVD writer with it. Great yah? However, my cutie sis didn’t carry it with her during her vacation to Finland coz the computer tower was not yet prepared as her hubby was on a business trip. Besides she’s traveling with her baby and although my other young sis and parents were accompanying her, it would be a hassle in their journey. We then agreed that it will just be shipped. So that’s the story of this package.
On the other hand, my big boy is pretty excited to declare ownership of the laptop. He’s having IT lessons now so he can’t wait to have his own machine and test what he learned in school.
We thought of buying the keyboard and mouse today but as we opened the box last night, everything we need was inside. The challenging part was to make the computer work. After connecting the tower with the monitor, keyboard and mouse, we got this reboot problem error. We opened the tower again and found out that one cable got unplugged. Maybe coz of the goodies inside (Prague cap, shirt, Austria golf ball and Berlin bag) plus the handling. After plugging the cable, yes! everything went fine. We saw the Win XP on screen and phew the monitor suddenly displayed weird graphics. Gosh, what happened! We tinkered with the LCD monitor settings, it was in German language at first, then after pressing the buttons (trial and error, how could we know it was in German) we were finally able to change it to English language but that didn’t help with our display problem. The solution to the weird on screen display was not in the LCD monitor menu. So I had a chat with my bro-in-law until past 11PM. Customer service..hehe.. After following what he asked us to do, it’s still the same problem, so our excitement is now diminishing. Haha. Bro-in-law thinks it was a graphic card problem so he assured us that he’s going to send us another graphic card. Another free stuff, weee. By the way, I’m thinking is the graphic card incompatible with our 20″LCD monitor???
In the meantime I’m going to scout for a replacement here in our lovely city. So I’ll sign off now and see what I can do.
Before doing so, my great thanks to these three: Daisy, Mart, Carey for making it possible for this almost 13KG package with all the goodies and love packed in it to reach Finland. And to baby Caity! Did you know that she was the first one to touch the new keyboard and played with it before it was shipped here? That’s happy Caity over there.
I stumbled upon this contest the other day. I really wanted to win a Nintendo Wii. My friends in the US have been buzzing about it lately. So now I’m given a chance to win. I wish I could. This contest is also open to non-US residents so I’m in.
Market Leverage/ DatMoney is sponsoring a contest for a chance to win a Nintendo Wii. It’s a “Getting Approved” Contest so you need to sign up for something of your choice from the list below and get approved for it.
Ways to join the contest:
-Subscribe to RSS Feeds by e-mail (3 entries)
-Blog about the contest (5 entries) - with a backlink to the contest post, DatMoney.com and iBlogtoBlog.com
-Sign up for Market Leverage through his Affiliate Link (10 entries)
-Sign up for Payperpost through his Affiliate Link (5 entries)
-Sign up and play online poker (15 entries)
-Sign up for SwatCash (10 entries)
The subscription by e-mail was increased from 1 to 3 entries and blogging about the contest from 2 to 5 entries last 22 August.
So if you want to win a Nintendo Wii and haven’t joined the contest yet, click here and join now. Deadline is on 29 August 2008 midnight EST. So better hurry! Don’t miss this chance to win a Nintendo Wii.
I don’t know with some bloggers’ experience but for me blogging can be quite addicting just like Entrecard dropping. So here I am sitting in front of my laptop, blogging, learning new things, tweaking here and there. Sometimes I think it’s not really easy to be a first time blogger. Do we have to start this way? You need to learn many things and learn new things.
Recently, I have been busy with my blog make-over. Now, I’m quite happy with my theme and color. Next was I wanted to add Top EC Droppers widget which I already did but I’m not satisfied with the result coz the names are not clearly shown. Then I wanted to put Top Commenters also but my brain is now getting rusty.
So now I miss my sit-ups, walking and joggings. Then it will be autumn and winter soon, no more walking or jogging. Haha… Not to mention my pile of work in the house which is also a priority? How should I lose weight? Read the rest of this entry »
Sunday, so much blessings to thank for. I should have been in church today. Maybe next weekend I’ll take a bus to Tampere, about 2 hours trip. Sundays in AIT (Thailand), where we used to live is not like this. There’s always a Mass inside the campus so it’s within walking distance and church nearby.
For our great blessings this August:
-Hubby working, me SAHM, three kids - we survived our first year in Finland.
-Little boy’s birthday, he turned 5 years old last week.
-We got our permanent residence last Thursday.
I’ll try to post in detail in my life stories and muses.
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Beware of some loose covers sold in the market coz some fabrics used by suppliers do slip. This kind of loose covers are not the best covers for leather furniture.
Nowadays, you don’t have to throw way your old leather furniture and buy a new set. Visit covermyfurniture.com coz they just launched a new product that gives old leather furniture a different kind of fresh make-over. Read the rest of this entry »
And so the internet spat started and I slowly felt it.
A couple of days passed and I still could not open my website. On the 4th day, I started to get worried. Really worried coz I thought I was blocked or banned. Later I learned that I was only one out of the thousands affected. Anyway I contacted Telia’s LiveAssist Support again on 18th March.
I wanted to know why I could open some websites BUT could not open my website (and few others), and this included Entrecard’s. I was not a user of Entrecard yet and it was at that time I decided to give it a try. But it was not my lucky time. It was driving me crazy and my patience is running out.
Here’s what Telia’s systems analyst told me.
The problem occurred because an American operator, Cogent Communications, suddenly decided to cut the internet traffic between the Cogent network and TeliaSonera network. The Telia guy was not entirely sure about their (Cogent) official standpoint when I asked him why the internet traffic was cut.
I asked him what is being done to solve this problem. The Telia guy was unsure whether TeliaSonera is trying to renegotiate some sort of a deal with Cogent or whether they’re going to change the routes somehow. The uncertainty of his reply was of little help. Ugh. This is beyond control so I just hoped for the best.
Related link: Recalling the Cogent-Telia Internet Feud (part 1)
I contacted our ISP Telia’s LiveAssist Support when I started having problem accessing my ‘bytesofcookie.com’ for the whole day. I kept on refreshing my page but to no avail. It was a feeling of frustration, anxiety, worry… When was that? 14th March 2008 for the record.
I was informed by the analyst or support guy of TeliaSonera (our internet service provider) that he can open a trouble ticket for me, so I would get SMS message when the problem is fixed which usually can be solved in a day or so. A couple of days is not bad. So I waited for a few days.
While I contacted my ISP’s support team, my techie bro submitted a report to my web hosting provider. Their technical support was trying their best to help find the cause and solve the problem. For me, I’m happy that we can get constant help from technical support team when we encounter issues like this. At least in the midst of your anxiety you know some guys out there are addressing the problem. Read the rest of this entry »
Over the weekend I was finally able to tinker with my bytesofcookie Entrecard logo. It was a long overdue project. So if you look on the right side, that’s the new logo with Cookie: traveling, cleaning the house, blogging and browsing the internet, taking care of kids, etc… 125×125 is a small space to put everything.
For the photo editing software, I used the bundled software that came with our Canon digital camera. The software is Photostudio. I haven’t really unleashed the power of Photostudio so I don’t know what else it can do. Currently, I use it for resizing and simple editing like cropping and adding text. The features are more or less similar to Photoshop. So if you have used Photoshop for a while, using Photostudio won’t be a problem.
For the graphics, I searched for clip arts from Microsoft Office Online’s clip art collections. I don’t have time to search the whole web for free clip arts so Microsoft was a nice stop for me. If you have a recommended site for free clip arts, I would love to hear from you and browse thru their collections. Thanks in advance.
I enrolled my daughter in an after school activity program called ILTIS last year with the thought that this would be a good way for her to meet new friends especially when she is a newcomer in this school. She was not quite comfortable with the group coz of language problem, majority speaks Finnish.
Anyway, just before Halloween, ILTIS organized a party for the kids. It was a Pirate costume party. Having just moved in to Finland, I don’t know where to buy a Pirate costume for my daughter, so we both searched online for pirate costumes. She was hesitant to attend the party. I guess it was the language problem again. At the last moment she didn’t attend the party. Anyway my daughter picked this beautiful Pirate Punk Pink costume (shown on the right) from the kid’s Halloween costumes pirate collection. She likes it coz it’s PINK.
After that pre Halloween party, she had a real Halloween party in their class. This time any Halloween costume will do. And she didn’t miss it coz it was her class party, they were her classmates and so she was quite comfortable with them. However, she could not decide whether she would want to dress up like a fairy or a witch. Then, she was worried that she will be the only person wearing a Halloween costume in class, so she told me she’ll just wear normal clothes. To make things simple, I bought her a black witch hat just in case her classmates dressed up for the Halloween party. When she entered her room, she was the only one not wearing a costume. The witch hat was a saver. Shown in the picture on the left side is another kid’s category my daughter picked. It is the Drama Queen Ex Spelled costume from the Witch & Wizard collection. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s been raining here in Pori for days. And as I went to Thai Market this morning I saw that the temperature was 17 deg C. Ugh my summer has been quick. Hope not. Give us a sunny day please.
I haven’t listed out yet the persons whom I should tag. This is a really difficult task for me but I wanted to fill the list. After picking out from my EC droppers and advertisers, here are the seven persons I am tagging:
1. Seasons for All – one of my advertisers who was quick enough to respond to my post “I need to tag seven persons”
2. The Lighter Side – hi mom811 still out of town?
3. Confessions of a Diet Coke Addict - she was feeling ‘zombified’ when I visited her blog but despite that she still dropped me an EC, hope this link will help un-zombify her day…
4. Digital View Finder - she tagged me earlier this year when I was still new to blogging
5. AlyCat’s Claws - one of my advertisers
6. A Bit of This and That - one of my Entrecard droppers
7. Simply Mayang - one of my Entrecard droppers
For the rules of the game, please click here. Give any title you want as long as they are seven things about yourself (and the odder the better). Okay now I’ll wait for the scream….
