Stranded.. Food Trip.. Etc..

Yesterday my daughter and I were stranded in Jolibee due to a heavy downpour. We had the usual chat over some fries and sundae. And because were were getting bored, we took pictures even when we were inside the restroom. LOL.

Yup! That's us inside the restroom!!

More pictures below:

more pictures in her favorite place.. not not the restroom... the fast food!

HOW HEATHER CELEBRATED HER DADA'S BIRTHDAY

SKYPE!!! Why oh Why?

I used to have minimal, tolerable, technical problems using Skype. But lately, Skype has crashed twice. I wasn't affected when it crashed last month. Thank God for the old 3.8 version, I was online the whole time while most of my co-teachers had to cancel classes and re-schedule so many classes for a make-up class. And just tonight another Skype technical failure occurred. Weird how I went on having a 35-minute voice class while I was actually offline and my status icon was connecting. I was not able to send any messages that time, but classes went on. Then I went offline totally for half an hour. It was disturbing how I went in and out of Skype for an hour! However, after an hour, everything went okay with my own account. But I couldn't see my co-teachers online. They too went in and out of Skype from time to time. The bummest part was when you have come to class very prepared and not a single student showed up online, all because of Skype technical problems, AGAIN!!!

I noticed that since Microsoft acquired Skype last month, the technical problems became worse. There were countless dropped calls even when your internet speed was very good. You are shown offline when you didn't reset your status to turn automatically idle or offline for a period of time. While call is already in progress, you can still hear the other line ringing while the person on the other line is already talking. Or when you try to call you actually think the other party is not taking your call because it just keeps ringing but to your horror, it was not even ringing on the other end and sometimes you even appear offline!! Sooooo many technical problems in Skype drive me insane these days!

And because online teaching is my bread & butter, I got totally disappointed with how things are going on now. I hope these problems are resolved in the soonest possible time. Otherwise, there'd be more and more people going crazy over Skype.

Or is this a sign that we should switch to Google Talk instead?

...was busy.. still is busy..

Wow! I can't believe I have actually rested myself from blogging for A MONTH!!! How I miss my page! A lot has changed since I had to tend to my online store. @_@ I just got too busy with online classes, online selling and of course "facebooking" LOL. I have soooo much to write yet soooo little time.

What has bugged me lately? Watch out for my next blog. ;-)

Another weekend

This is what happens after eating a plateful of sumptuous food. I was smiling in this picture but I could hardly stand up, my stomach felt like bursting. LOL. Too bad, I never thought about taking pictures of all the food on the buffet table. I guess I was too busy eating and talking to my friend at the same time. We both got so pre-occupied with updating each other about our lives. Girls "talkathon" + delicious food = great time.

After a long time of eating and talking, my friend and I headed to my favorite internet cafe - NEVERLAND (taken from the name of Peter Pan's home). This is where I usually run to whenever my DSL connection gets busted in the middle of my online classes. This is also where I have my documents scanned and printed. The attendants here are very warm, friendly and efficient. I love it here except for peak working days/hours (Friday nights). When this picture was taken, I was signing my contract which was printed by one of their attendants. She was a little busy but it didn't take her much time to finish her printing job for me. Talk about being efficient, huh. =)

That's me again, this time with my friend: Emm. She's also a blogger & an online tutor like me. We have so many other things in common apart from blogging & online teaching like; eating out, malling/shopping, listening to music, watching movies and other fun stuff. Even if we don't get to see each other as often as we used to. The friendship will never cease. Thank God for technology, we can also have each other as virtual friends, as how she calls it. There isn't a dull moment with her. She may be a chatterbox, but she's also much capable of lending an ear whenever I needed someone to talk to. Well, I look forward to another bonding time with this gurl.

GLEE - Born This Way - Full Performance

Dholna - Music Video - Pyar Ke Geet - Arbaaz Khan & Malaika Arora

This is one of my favorite Indian songs (Dholna)

Being partly Indian has driven me to know more about my roots, my bloodline and history. It was actually no joke growing up and everyone calling you names like sibuyas (onion) bombay or tatoo girl or the mole (referring to the bindi I had worn on my forehead for 18 long grueling years (it seemed like forever). Being "partly-alien" in this country was no joke. People not only call you names but even make you the star dummy in their sensational gossips. It was some how a bad experience, but not until I turned from a piglet to a pig and then transformed into a swan (that was on for a few years though, haha.). Yes, you get praised for looking good but that doesn't stop people from making fun of your roots! Thank God for more "transformations" brought out as we age, I now look less of an Indian like I used to. Nonetheless, that doesn't stop me from embracing the fact that I AM PARTLY ALIEN... ;-)