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Wouldn’t you want to know more about the typhoon that’s sweeping across 75% of the Philippines right now? This site is a very useful tool, as shown below:

Not only does it show a graphical representation of how the storm progresses, but the site also posts news articles about what’s going on.

Visit it at: http://maybagyo.com

June 12, 2008 was my MacBook’s last day for free technical support. The following day would be its first year. Only then did I realize that I have to make a crucial choice: to get an extended warranty for it through AppleCare Protection Plan (ACPP), or just leave it without support and warranty for the rest of its life. This thing didn’t came to my mind since the past few weeks I was busy with more important things, but then I had to act fast if I decide to get ACPP.

As the image in the Apple Support site illustrates:

ACPP will extend the service and telephone support rendered for some Apple products.

After asking some co-employees who are Mac users, as well as those from PhilMUG, I decided on getting it. As to the reason why: I don’t think I would be able to spend as much money for gadgets in the following years as compared to now (my son would be going to school next year), so I better get ACPP to make sure that I won’t be paying later if something breaks down. So after work I immediately went to iStudio in Gateway Mall, Cubao and took the ACPP plunge.

People in iStudio were quite friendly. When they knew that the last day of my MacBook’s year-long support is on the same day that I would be applying for ACPP, they immediately called some Apple-certified techs to make sure that I could still use what I would be buying from them. All the while, my MacBook got cleaned, and its registration online was confirmed.

After making sure that everything would be okay, we went ahead and registered ACPP. In 5 minutes of less I could already see the confirmation message. That was it! My MacBook is protected for 2 more years!

Upon reaching home I checked the contents of the ACPP box. It has two booklets that contain the registration number and the ACPP Warranty information. It also came with a CD of TechTool Deluxe. Unfortunately the version included was outdated, so I just downloaded the latest from the Apple Support site.

It may indeed be expensive (at Php10,500) but it would be well worth it considering the peace of mind I get when I think about the service I will get in the following years.

No, I’m not going to talk about an experience I had. This one is actually about a Post-Birthday/Pre Fathers’ Day gift I got.

It’s a bag!

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The last time I checked, my last post was about mid-May. So what happened?

A lot, actually.

Over the course of the next few days after my last post, I got busy with things at work. Since the distribution of mid-year bonuses to company employees is approaching soon, as a Supervisor I had to complete some performance appraisal documents for my team members. Of course I had to discuss details of the appraisal to each one of them. We also had to prepare for crucial work items that I had barely time to create new posts by the time I get home.

Then came the unexpected. On the last week of May my wife had difficulty breathing, and she was at work during that time. Luckily the place where she works is just a few buildings away from mine so I was there in less than 15 minutes. I had to rush her to a nearby hospital and we found out that she had Potassium deficiency that caused her breathing muscles to not function properly. I took the next day off just to take care of her. She got better by afternoon, and I told myself everything’s okay now. I can go back to work tomorrow. Or so I thought.

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