The Dead Laptop & The Life Vest
My four-month old laptop just suddenly died two weekends ago. I was downloading some songs via Limewire and trying to add them up to my Itunes when all of a sudden the laptop restarted and would not come back to the Windows log-in page. It was stuck on the options for starting Windows and I began to be worried. I hate it when such happens, and the ironic thing is even if I am a computer engineering graduate I feel like I am a dumb when presented with a computer problem. Instinctively, I tried to run the OS installer in my attempt to reformat the laptop but to no luck. Since the unit is still under warranty, I gave up on fixing it myself, texted my dear cousin Sheena to accompany me to a laptop doctor (a.k.a. the technicians where I bought the laptop) to resolve the issue the next day.
It was a good one-on-one bonding moment with Sheena, we had the chance to catch up on each other’s lives. Then the diagnosis for my broken laptop came, it was not a Trojan infection as I initially thought it was rather a hard disk crash so it needed a part replacement. It broke my heart to know that I had to wait for a week for it to be returned and the very fact that there’s no way to recover all the files in it.
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I could swim but I couldn’t trust my aquatic skills especially when the bottom of the water gets beyond the reach of my toes. So when an opportunity to go snorkeling happened last March 29 in the summer outing of our project in Zambales, I was quite anxious. It was my first time to go snorkeling so when we reached the site, I had hesitations dipping into the water because it’s deep and I am distrustful if the life jacket could make me float me and save me should the worst happen. A couple of my officemates were already enjoying the coral site underwater so I knew I just had to jump in as well and worry about life saving later.
The water was cold and salty, and when I attempted to view what’s underwater with the mask they provided, it was almost surreal seeing the moss green colored coral formations below sans fish. My face couldn’t stay submerged in the water for a long time because the mask (covering both eyes and nose) was kind of uncomfortable to wear. My snorkeling experience lasted for about 10-15 minutes only because I had to give up my gears for other member of the groups to try the snorkeling.
This was the best part of the stay we had in the Bakasyunan sa Baybay Dagat resort (snorkeling courtesy of Ritzie). I just wish there was more time to do it because the experience was rather short-lived and I wish I was a more confident swimmer so I wouldn’t have to wear a life vest. I can’t wait to try it all over again. Puerto Galera, anyone?
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