PES D

i'm a temporary 1-month PES D, while they wait for me to see the liver specialist and the doctors decide what they want to do for me. so one more month of slacking. anyone know of anyone who wants short-term (1-month) physics/maths tuition? very cheap one, maybe $20 an hour.

got a new bookshelf at ikea. it was an "as-is" item, meaning it's defective or whatever and they display it and you inspect it and buy it if you want. rather cheap at $55. usual price is also quite cheap already, $89. interestingly enough, they sell the same thing but with a wood-like finish for much more... $75 "as-is" and usual price $129. apart from how it looks, everything seems the same. the one i got is white with a black back-board. managed to set it up already, together with my dad, and my room's looking much neater already. got most of my books into the shelf. and it isn't too big, so it could actually fit in the corner without me moving anything out of my room.

oh, and it's been some time since i wanted to say that there was a lunch my maid cooked one day and it was really yummy! spiral pasta with mushrooms and fake char siew and probably some other stuff but there wasn't any spaghetti sauce or anything, and it was yummy! sorta peppery-spicy too.

plus, i've killed 2 big cockroaches since i came back. now, you might be thinking... cockroaches... don't they have feelings and feel pain, too? don't they deserve to live? well, last night when i whacked the cockroach it still seemed to be alive so i whacked it several times more to put it out of its misery. i guess when something's a pest i have no qualms killing it. that's terrible, isn't it? what about rat poison then? what about the dog that crosses your path? what about the person who pisses you off? where does the rationalization end? i'm thankful i don't have to deal with rats, but what if i did? cockroaches are insects so i'm still quite ok with that, but rats are mammals... that's quite tough...

my D-link router is working, did i mention that already? anyway, the first time i set it up, the reason why it took me some time to figure out how to make it work was because after it prompted me to restart the router, i restarted it, but had to wait several minutes before the router actually negotiated a connection to the internet. and if perchance the modem or router is switched off, what needs to be done is go to "status" in the web-configuration menu and choose the "connect" button. not that anyone's going to have problems with their router and find this post helpful.

went rollerblading the other day at east coast park, which was fun. it's been a long time since i've rollerbladed. maybe next time can bring my skateboard and try it out. though i've never had much luck with the skateboard. now, i wonder where it is...

alright, found it in the store room. i'm really happy about the bookshelf, actually. it's sweet. oh yes, today at the army medical checkup, they did an ECG and a chest x-ray, as well as a mouth x-ray. i'll need to see my dentist soon. i hope my teeth are ok, because the "dentist" doing the checkup mentioned something about caries...

and i bought a pen today. a pierre cardin pen, but it's not as expensive as it sounds. about $14. i like it, except for the fact that it's a roller ball (the inky kind) -- i'd rather get a ballpoint. but i've got the pen now, as well as a pink notepad (so i can write stuff in NS). and i went to the sunglasses shop and got the guy to do something about the lens that didn't fit properly, and it's actually quite simple, because the frame is plastic, so just a little bending did the trick. i thought need to get new lenses or something. now the glasses fit better too.

i think i'll be a lot more productive once my room is in order. and it's close, i can almost see it now. the floor.