Living in Cebu

In early 2006 I will be moving to Cebu, Philippines with the entire family.

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Computer Problems and Pirated Software

There have been lots of things to write about but it would seem circumstances here have conspired to stop me.

First my PLDT connection died and being used to it going up and down I foolishly waited almost two days to report it. I was busy anyway and when I finally did report it on a Friday nothing happened that weekend. I did get about an hour of internet on the Monday but it was not until Tuesday when I complained again that it was finally fixed. The ease at which it was fixed after that last complaint suggests that it was all along just waiting for the attention of someone that knew what they were doing.

Next my Computer started to crash every minute or so and I could not do anything. I have been running Windows 2000 on it. It was my attention to re-install it but my son has misplaced the disk. I decided to purchase a Windows XP “installer” disk from the market for 80 pesos. When I tried to install on a brand new hard disk I had purchased it failed and I eventually took the computer to my computer repair shop. It turned out that both the XP installer disk and my new hard disk were faulty. They replaced the hard disk and installed XP using their own disk.

At the same time I got them to fix the hinge on my lap top screen which was broken. Some 3 hours later that had finished both tasks and the total bill came to 450 pesos which is just on $9. Can’t complain about that!

So for the best part of two weeks I have been off the internet and for past couple of days I have been re-installing and configuring the system to the way I want it. There has also been a heap to catch up on.

I attempted to configure my desktop for automatic updates but Microsoft rejected it because it is not a legitimate copy of XP. Our house hold currently owns 3 legitimate copies (2 notebooks and Pro on a desktop) and it looks like it will soon be 4 because I want my system to be secure with all the latest patches.

Pity about not being able to locate my Windows 2000 which is also legitimate. Once I install the latest service pack and the 40 plus urgent security updates it fine.

A friend of mine recently showed me Word Press Blog software and I have decided to switch to using this instead. The ability to easily insert pics and links plus allow user comments will be great. This current blog software is very manual and adding a picture requires inserting raw html into the entry files. Probably happen in a week or so. I will try to import all my old entires.

Posted: Saturday 4th November 2006, 12:30 AM

Learn To Speck Cebuano

If you are planning no living in Cebu then its a good idea to learn the language and I have found a great teacher here in Cebu. He can also assist you online and is available to translate any documents.

If you plan to live in Cebu then why not learn to speak the language and earn to Speak Cebuano - Translation service also available