BEYOND REPAIR

Dont know what to do with these gadgets, The pocket PC in the picture is manufactured by HP its touch screen is not working,so i paid HP a visit.
HP Rep: How can i help you sir?
Me: My pocket pc is broken its screen is not responding to touch ( tap )
HP REP: You should visit HP
Me: Isnt this HP?
HP Rep: HP Philippines...
Me: UMHHH isnt this HP Philipines?
HP Rep: This is HP service center sir.
Me: Sorry my bad! i thought that HP Philippines and HP Service Center in the Philippines are one and the same.

This Service center is located in Trinoma QC Philippines, i wonder where HP Philippines is located.?

The phone next to the pocket PC is L7 manufactured by Motorola. I could dig through my stuff and look for other gadgets that needs servicing but visiting HP is traumatic enough......

Accounting

My college roommate is the only filipino in Nepal as of now ( were talking about filipinos who are staying legally) . We been exchanging msgs then i asked him if they need extra help perhaps he can hire me, this somehow surprised him because he's under the impression that im doing really well here. I told him that here i dont even qualify to be under the middle class categoty, not that im not getting my complete meal everyday but there are things that i really ,really want but i could'nt really really afford.

Lets put numbers into perspective. I checked my excel file which contains all the information about my finances, like how much i make each month,where the money came from and when i received the amount.

To my surprise i average 25 to to 45k a month, to some that is enough money to pack their things and work abroad.but ive been making that amount of money here so why leave right?

Last August i made around 60k, where and when the money left my pocket, i honestly dont know! Let me try breaking it down.

Apartment - 7000

Internet -800

tuition fee -2000

Meralco -2000

thats 12k on monthly bills alone........

Say that, i spend 5k on food a month and whenever i go to work that will give us a total of 17k....

But then again i drive my own transpo so lets say that i spend 3k on gas alone not including maintainance,registration, oils and other things you need to keep your car in tip top shape our total now is 20k...... hmmm no wonder there are times when i couldn't make both ends meet!But were not done yet ofcourse there are other things that needs to be paid using your mobile phone alone is not cheap so lets say that i spend 1k on my phone load thats 21k total, not only that, you need to make life easier by commuting at times its safe to say that another 2k goes to that bringing our total to 23k.

Please consider that you need to buy shampoo,soap laundry detergent deodorant and other whatnots so set aside 2k for those as well..... our total now is 25k.

Stay away from SM supermalls, trinoma, starbucks or at the very least stop drooling over lacoste,gap, new iphone, apple notebook because even if you earn 35k a month seriously you cant afford them.

Farm town

i talked about sharing internet on my last post ( How to share internet connection if your using a usb 3g modem). What i failed to mention is the reason why im so eager to share the connection.

3 weeks ago i know nothing about this little application called Farmtown but everybody's talking about it. Open your facebook account and all you'll see are updates about who's harvesting,who's leveling up, who bought this and that, so i decided to check the damn application out.

To my surprise theres really nothing special about the thing but its really addicting. there was this one time , when i couldn't stop playing farm town for 20 straight hours, that means forgetting about work, dinner dates, and tv series to watch.

The graphics are rather old school its not even 3d but everything's within reach you can assign lots for your friends so you can be neighbors, you can chat while plowing and of course use your imagination to make your Farm better. I even spent more than an hour building a waterfall and because its not 3d you really need to be patient that means googling for tips and tricks!

There are hundreds of application available but i cant really check all of them now. Why ?? ...... because i'll be harvesting in ten minutes.

Sun Cellular Internet SHARED

I spent my entire week trying to figure how i can share my internet service from one pc to my laptop and other gadgets. I combed 2 malls looking for any device that will allow me to do this.

My internet service is provided by sun cellular, the speed that they offer is better than smart or globe which is really great but the fact that my connection is via a usb modem made sharing almost impossible...... almost.

I browsed several forums and websites and because my service is rather unconventional, digging for the right tutorial took a lot of time. The following are the options that was offered.

1. Buy a 3g router- very pricey though around 8k for this type of set up plus if your pc doesnt have a built in wifi then you would have to dish out another 1k for the the dongle.

2. Wired connection where you will stick your usb modem to your pc, create a wired connection from your pc to a router which will then supply the internet to your laptop. Very technical not recommended for computer moron like me.

3. Create an ad-hoc connection between your pc and your laptop. If your Pc is wifi ready then you wouldnt have to spend a dime.

Clearly option number 3 is the best way to enjoy shared internet. I just finished setting up the network yesterday and the result is great, i only dished out 1k for the dongle but then again thats a very cheap price for sharing your internet to multiple devices.

My room is officially a wifi hotspot every single device that i own (PSP,HP pocketpc,Iphone, Laptop) is now online.

For tutorials on how to set up visit yugatech.com.