Ramadan #5

“Nono Felipe”

“Canon EOS 20D”

Nono picked me up this morning to accompany him to an ocular inspection – the real reason however was our planned ramadan (Hidalgo trip) that day – wherein he had to get some blank DVD-Rs and MiniDV media.

I, on the other hand, was going to recieve my replacement 20D that same afternoon.

We ended up getting what we wanted… and as a bonus – treated ourselves to 500-peso PCMCIA CF adaptors for our respective laptops. Now we don’t have to rely on our ImageTanks all the time.

Anyhoo, the replacement unit was supposed to have come from a better/refined production batch (I expect no less from the wait I had to endure) and everything seemed to be in order. I’m happy for another ramadan.

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Meet Adam

“View product page”

I finally gave in to actually identifying my Powerbook.

Since everyone else was doing it… and I actually do have a name for my PC (Halimaw)

Since it was my first Apple, I was thinking in the lines of Adam and Eve… and since it’s soooo common to have a woman’s name for a computer, I decided to stick with the masculine naming preference – like what I did with Halimaw

Besides, despite the elegance, a “Powerbook” on a UNIX based core… this thing purely suggests something masculine.

So there we have it… meed Adam.

A few good men…

We spent lunch with our Dad today… and I realized something significant after discussing this “joke” text my dad sent me:

I pray for you to be blessed with the strength of Samson, the wisdom of Solomon, the patience of Job, the faith of Abraham, the courage of David, and the money of Gen. Garcia

Hehehehe

Anyways, it turns out that our Lolo (God bless his soul) had the exact same position during his days (a bunch of years ago).

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