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Kumho Ecsta SPT

By Jay Lagare on Saturday, May 7, 2011

The Sentra’s Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 tires are rather old at over 5 years old. Almost all the tires have been cold-patched at least once for punctures, there are some cracks, and the tread is already at the minimum depth. It’s high time for a new set of shoes!

My first choice is of course the Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 as they performed pretty well for day-to-day drive and wore out quite long for performance tires. But they’ve become rather expensive and they’re not even in stock for the size I need (205/50/R16).

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Tech Support Blues

By Jay Lagare on Thursday, May 5, 2011

I got to my desk this morning finding out the laptop has suffered a black screen of death. I rebooted and had to enter my SafeBoot password. Unfortunately, I couldn’t seem to correctly remember what it was and after several tries I got locked out. No worries, I thought. I simply called Tech Support and after giving out the details of my situation, I was told my problem will be escalated to Tier 1. An hour later, I got a call from Tier 1. The only problem is that he turned out to be at a different location. He said he will forward me to Tier 1 at my location. And I waited again, followed up, and waited some more. Getting impatient, I followed up again. This time, I was told that they had emailed me to go bring the laptop to them! How the heck could I have read that email? Doink!

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Why I Hate Windows No. 35707

By Jay Lagare on Wednesday, May 4, 2011

My Windows password (on my work laptop, I no longer have a personal Windows computer) expired and I had to change my password otherwise I wouldn’t be able to login or even send out my daily status reports. Unfortunately, it turns out that the task is more difficult than I imagined. Every time I try to change my password, I get the message: Your password must be at least 8 characters, cannot repeat any of your previous 13 passwords and must be at least 7 days old. My new password satisfied the first two requirements but I couldn’t figure out how a new password must be at least 7 days old. And my old password is definitely more than 7 days old. A frustrated call the the help desk didn’t answer the puzzle. Instead they just gave me a pattern for the password: 8 characters and a numeric character must be in the middle. Totally unrelated to the error message.

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2011 April 30 to May 1 Putipot, Zambales

By Jay Lagare on Monday, May 2, 2011

Since 2007, I’ve been going to Putipot, a small scenic island off Zambales. I missed last year due to Jeanne being relatively small. So when Val said Gilbert is coming home from Japan and that Mines is organizing a road trip/outing, I suggested Putipot as one of the choices and eventually it was chosen. Since Jeanne is around and not everyone have the camping gear, we decided to stay at a resort. Glenn was able to make reservations at Puerto Del Mar.

Early Saturday morning, we linked up at NLEX where we learned Mines wouldn’t be joining us. It was just Glenn, Gilbert, Val, Jeanne, Michelle, and I. The drivers, Glenn and I, had a quick huddle to work out the route (Jay: Let’s just follow the road) and convoy order (Glenn : I’ll follow you) and then we’re off along NLEX, SCTEX all the way to Subic, then through the various towns of Zambales. We made a quick stop at San Antonio for a visit to the pamilihang bayan or town market where we bought a fish to cook on the island. More on this later.

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Vertigo

By Jay Lagare on Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Michelle texted this afternoon that her mom, who is at home babysitting Jeanne, was feeling dizzy. Unfortunately, she couldn’t leave work plus I was nearer so I ran out from work, almost literally, and drove home. When I got there, I saw Michelle’s mom looked pale and sick. Good thing a neighbor was there and kept her company.

We quickly proceeded to the nearest hospital. When we got there, the staff wheeled her into the emergency room, lay her on a bed, checked her vital signs, and gave her some medicine. She’s under observation for a bit so Steph, Jeanne, and I had some pizza. Actually just Steph and I. Jeanne wouldn’t eat her slice so I got her some juice and corned beef pan de sal instead.

After an hour or so, we checked on Michelle’s mom again and she seemed better. The doctor prescribed some anti-vertigo medicine and discharged her. After paying, we went back home. Michelle arrived soon after and we went out again to buy the medicine.

Quite an interesting day.