Entry 32 - New Laptop

I bought a new laptop yesterday, it's an Asus N43J.  The Asus N43J wasn't actually part of my list of choices.  I already did a lot of research about which laptop I should buy, and Asus N43J wasn't in that list.  I didn't even know that the Asus N43J existed until yesterday.  My original choices were either the Dell XPS 15 or the HP Envy 14. I chose these two models as they had good performance, and they were not noisy and not prone to overheating.  I already tried looking for these models but these two models are not available anywhere here in the Philippines.  I already looked everywhere and gave a lot of time researching as to where I could possibly buy these here in the Philippines but I just couldn't find it.  Because of this, I had to change my plan.  My plan yesterday was to look around at SM Megamall's Cyberzone, check out what laptops were available in the market.  The specs I was looking for is at least an Intel CORE i5 as well as at least an AMD Radeon 5670 or GeForce GT 325m.  As I was looking around, I mostly saw some low end specs, and I only saw a couple of models that was near the specs I wanted.  I went to a couple of stores, looked around, and at one of the stores, I was given an Asus brochiere.  Asus was actually having a new years promo, the brochiere had a couple of models they were selling with some additional freebies.  I saw the Asus N43J, the specs were within what I wanted, but was a little above my price range.  Freebies included a 500GB USB3 external harddrive as well as a Logitech wireless mouse.  I also kinda liked the look of the laptop, aesthetically it looked good.  I was intrigued so I tried reading about this model through the internet, but I couldn't find much information as this was a farely new model.  I wasn't sure if I was going to buy this model, so I still looked around.  I got to this Lenovo store, and saw the Lenovo Y460.  I actually had read a lot about the Lenovo Y460 already, and one thing I didn't like about it was that it heated up more than other laptops.  The specs were within what I wanted, price range was actually nearer to what I was aiming at.  Freebies were also available, including a wireless mouse and two laptop bags (the bags actually looked good).  So now I had two choices, buy the Asus N43J which I didn't know a lot about or buy the Lenovo Y460 which I had read a lot about but had some negatives to it like the heat issue.  Well, it took me a while but I finally decided to go for the Asus N43J.  What made me decide?  One factor was that it was newer than the Lenovo, it had a Blue-Ray drive, and a USB 3.0 port.  The Lenovo didn't have this.  I was thinking, since I was willing to shell-out a somewhat large amount to buy a laptop, why not buy something that was more future proof.  I also thought that I was already overthinking, taking into consideration too much of the research.  I was thinking that I wanted the perfect notebook, considering performance, noise level and heat issues.  I didn't know any of these things about the Asus N43J but I decided to buy it anyway.  I made a risk, and hopefully it pays off, that the laptop I bought would live up to what I want it to be.

Entry 31 - Wasn't Able to Sleep Well Yesterday

My sister kept coughing yesterday evening.  She coughed and coughed none-stop, I didn't sleep well because of this.  And it looks like she's still coughing tonight again, might be another sleepless night.

Entry 30 - Don't Worry Too Much

I've always been a happy go luck guy, not worrying about things too much.  Lately though, I find myself worrying about things that I don't usually worry about.  I don't know, maybe it's my age, maybe I'm realizing that I'm no longer young and I'm worrying about my future.  I think I'm doing much worrying about my future.  Maybe I'm planning too much and want my future to be perfect making me worry more that what I'm currently doing may not lead to that future.  I need to change this mindset as this worrying puts unnecessary stress on me.

Entry 29 - Thinking About Buying a New Laptop

I've been experimenting with Android development, and my current laptop is having a hard time handling the load. The processor is an Intel Celeron and memory is 2gigs. It seems this is not enough, especially when I launch the emulator. My laptop's performance really takes a hit. I have a plan with regards to my laptor upgrade, but I may have to move this earlier.

Entry 28 - Using N82 for this Entry

I almost forgot to write an entry today. I'm already lying in my bed and my laptop's already shut down. I was thinking of just writing an entry tomorrow morning, but that would defeat the purpose of my project 365 blog. So now I'm writing this using Opera Mobile for Nokia N82. It's a little difficult, with the small screen and small keypad. I'll only probably do this again if there is no other choice.

Entry 27 - The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good

"The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good."  I heard this quote from a TWiT episode 286.  The quote is from Voltaire, and I got really interested with it, relating it with my venture into creating my first Android application.  My progress has been slow in developing my first Android application, and hearing that quote made me realize some reasons as to why this is.  The first thing that came into my mind is that I'm trying to hard to start off perfectly with my Android development, when I really should have been concentrating on just being able to produce some results.  I'm taking too much effort into finding the right way when I could just try to produce what I want to produce.  I could always just go back next time once I learn that some of my codes could have been coded better.  At least this way, I have faster output, not necessarily the best, but it's better than having no output at all.  I have big plans for this venture, and I've already wasted a lot of time.  When I find myself wasting time again on too much perfectionism, I will remember this quote and hopefully it will put me on the right track once again.

Entry 26 - Maganda Ang Araw Ko

Naging maganda ang araw ko.

Unang-una, sa awa ng diyos, yung singaw ko na 3 weeks ko ng iniinda ay gumaling na din.  Salamat talaga, isa ito sa mga pinakamahirap na nangyari sa akin, sa tindi nung sakit, hindi ako makapagsalita.  Kinailangan ko pa na hindi magsalita ng ilang araw para lang gumaling yun, kasi tuwing magsasalita ako, natatamaan siya, sumasakit at sa pakiramdam ko, lalo siyang hindi gumagaling.  Mukhang tama naman ang hinala ko kasi pagkatapos ko na hindi mashadong magsalita ng ilang araw, gumaling din siya.  Salamat talaga!

Pangalawa, naging ok ang trabaho ko, madami akong nagawa at medyo hindi ako nakaramdam ng katamaran.  Hindi din ako inantok mashado, kaya nakapagtuloy tuloy ako sa trabaho at naggawa ko yung mga kinailangan kong gawin.  Sana umpisa na ito ng paggiging masipag ko.  Sana matuloy-tuloy ko yung paggiging masipag at paggiging maayos ng aking trabaho.  Nakapagsign-up din ako sa isang training na maari kong maggamit sa hinaharap.  Hindi pa sigurado yung training, isang linggo siya, at hindi pa din sigurado kung saan siya.  Maaring sa McKinley siya, pero ok lang, kasi maggagamit ko naman yung training na yun.  Yung training kasi ay para sa Spring, isang open-source framework na madalas gamitin sa mga iba't-ibang projects ng iba't-ibang mga kompanya.  Madalas ito hanapin sa mga posisyon na hinahanap nila.

Pangatlo, naayos yung aquarium pump ko.  Binuksan at nilinis lang ni Papa yung pump, kaya umandar na siya ng maayos.  Akala ko kakailanganin ko pang bumili ng bago, buti na lang naayos.  Medyo may kamahalan din kasi yun at ayaw ko munang gumastos kasi may mga pinag-iipunan din ako.

Ayun, masaya ang araw ko.  Sana umpisa na ito ng mga magagandang bagay.  Na maging masipag na ako, bumalik ang paggiging masayahin ko, at ang paggiging kuntento sa mga bagay na meron ko.