That time of the month

It's that time of the month again ... reporting time, I mean.

Yay! Reports, reports, and more reports!Blechhh!

Ordinarily, I don't mind doing reports and I'm actually very punctual with my reporting. But this month, it's a little harder to do any reporting since my POJ (Piece-of-Junk) computer keeps hanging, restarting and simply turning itself off every few minutes.

Non-techies won't understand what this means.

So, I slowly took my POJ computer apart, carefully removing each part and remembering where it came from and how to put it back.

Don't try this at home kids!

And voilà! Narrowed the problem down to a bad RAM. So after chucking that bad boy away, I re-assembled my computer and amazingly, it turns on and stays on! Hurray!!!

Hmmm ... but now I seem to have a bunch of screws left-over. Oh well, optional screws I guess.

Ok, so now with my computer fixed, let's get back to doing reports ...

... or maybe not. First things first, right?

Time to get a new computer

My desktop computer has started working again after 3 days of major formatting and reinstalling software. For some sick reason, this POJ (piece of junk) keeps turning itself off due to heat problems. The problem is, when the POJ restarts, a lot of software stop working. When my Windows stopped booting up, I knew it was time to re-format.

Thankfully, I could still surf the web with my trusty laptop from Starbucks, albeit shamelessly. But I can't get into Facebook for some reason. So, I could only surf, blog, whine, check mail, surf and whine some more while at Starbucks.

Thanks for the free Internet, but no thanks for the ultra-expensive latte.

Starting today, I needn't visit Starbucks anymore to satisfy my daily web addiction. Hurray! Finally, the last piece of software has been installed, and even better, Streamyx is still working! Double hurray!

So obviously, the first website that I visited was Facebook, since that was the only site I could not surf to during my 3 days of Net blackout.

Hoo-boy ... was that a mistake!

Immediately after reading some comments, I immediately wished I had not fixed my computer. In fact, I felt like putting an axe right through my computer screen.

It suddenly reminded me of the many Facebook-related dismissal cases I've read on the web. Furthermore, images of "Mutiny on the Bounty" flashed through my mind.

It has made me realize that I've made some rather foolish choices.

FInally, it died

Yep, it died at last. Who? What? My desktop computer.

Now blogging from Starbucks with my laptop. Anyone wanna sponsor me a new high-end, dual core desktop computer?

PC Fair day 3

The third and final day of the PC Fair at PISA. Thank you very much.

The traffic at PISA becomes worse with each day of the PC Fair. Fortunately, the location of my usual parking spot is still unknown to the public ... muahahahah!

Today was the last of the heavy sprint / speed workouts. Tomorrow starts with the transition from GPP to SPP. I'd also need to take into consideration that it's exam time for most of the kids this week. So that means I need to reduce the intensity and stress during workouts. It's not easy to put everything together in one neat package. I wonder if the kids appreciate the effort that's been given to them.

Zeke was a no-show again today. That's worrying because his attendance has been real crappy this whole month and last month he didn't make the 20-session requirement. I hope he gets well soon and re-joins the workouts.

PC Fair day 2

Parking during the second day of PC Fair was still manageable. My usual spot was still available.

The training session for Saturday was quite disappointing for me. My top swimmers failed to do their best times during the sprint sets.

On Saturday also, we welcomed back a foreign swimmer whom I thought was not gonna train with us again for the year. Having her back in the team again was truly a welcome relief. What's more, the good news her mother gave me made me feel like my burdens had been lifted off me.

In another note, my piano still sounds a wee bit off tune despite the two tunings its gone through. I'm quite disappointed because I was hoping to have a fully functioning piano this weekend. What's more, the total costs for the full repairs is still gonna be somewhere around RM600.

Anyway, have a good weekend everyone.

PC Fair day 1

Today was the first day of PC Fair (or Pikom Fair, whichever works for you). I was thinking that the parking today at PISA won't be that bad. Boy, was I ever wrong!

Even on the first day, parking was like crazy! People were parking cars outside PISA already -- a common sight you'd see on the 2nd and last days. But this was just the first day!

But anyway, I bought some printer ink catridges, took part in a lucky draw, and walked away with a free Epson travelling bag. Whee! :P

Training went smoothly. The new "Intermediates" had trouble keeping up though, despite the fact that it was still a taper workout. But nevermind. They're adjusting ... I hope.