Ever since I’ve gotten my very own computers, I’ve used three drives from Maxtor which worked perfectly fine except one which I attributed the failure to my faulty motherboard. About a year ago, I decided to get a second drive into my system and bought Seagate. At the point of purchase, I was told using different brands together would not affect anything, and that all the brands are equally good and reliable, which leaves a matter of personal preference. Since Maxtor was absorbed into Seagate and on the price list, Seagate was the cheapest at that time, I bought my very first Seagate hard drive for my desktop. How happy I was, to hold my first 500GB hard drive. The old one was overloaded and hardly had any space left. cough12MBcough

I transferred almost all the data over to this second hard disk, using the first to hold system files and program installations. It ran fine for approximately 6 months and failed for no apparent reason. All other hardware was working fine and intact. My other Maxtor drive still ran smoothly so I disregarded motherboard or power supply problems. I had troubles getting a replacement not because Seagate replacement system sucks but the retailer I bought it from (Bell Computers at Sim Lim Square) made it such a pain to get it replaced. Being apprehensive about getting Seagate again, I thought to try Western Digital but google searches surprisingly found that Seagate’s hard drives recently are supposedly the most reliable ones around and Western Digital is sort of unstable.

In the end, I bought home another Seagate and added it to my desktop, only to have it fail. Again! This time not even lasting 6 months! -__-” Am I’m just darn lucky? To have two Seagate drives failing one after another? Even worse, both lasting a mere 6 months and below?

Because, and ONLY because, Seagate’s 3 year warranty is still in effect, I went to get a replacement, making this my third Seagate drive. The other retailer didn’t make it so hard to do the replacement. I pray it doesn’t fail again but frankly speaking, I don’t have much faith.

If there’s anything positive I got out of this wonderful Seagate experience, the first failure taught me a lesson. Never keep data you don’t want to lose on a HDD. Thanks to that, the data was all saved before the second failure occurred although the first failure costed me more. Irrecoverable photos… Old projects I’ved worked on in past schools… My ten years of pirated music… All gone… Hello piratebay~

Source: Cyanide and Happiness

Not really a funny comic but i find it cute. Anyways, halloween is here again! It’s never been anything fun for me. Year after year, spent like any other normal day. Never really spotted anyone dressed up either, or at least not that I could remember. This year some friends of mine and I will be heading to some costume rental shops and see if we can find anything we like. Pretty late… Halloween is 2 days away. Have fun everyone

For the record, I’m not a hardcore Subway hater. I can eat the food there but I would really really REALLY prefer not to. Since polytechnic years till today, there would always be at least one avid Subway fan to hang out with. Which wasn’t anything bad except when it came down to the headache provoking question of “Where shall we eat?” And if there was a Subway nearby, my enthusiasm towards food usually evaporates.

It’s not that Subway’s food is bad… I know I don’t hate burgers, sandwiches and others in the bakery family. In fact, I like such things, especially sandwiches. Subway’s version is just so unappealing. I never liked their bread, all 5 types. It’s just food I put into my mouth because I am hungry. Nothing more. Their ingredients are… alright. It’s fresh, yes, but nothing great about the taste. Their only selling point for non-fans like me to eat is that it’s healthy! They had this Subway Diet advertising campaign long ago about a guy named Jared that stopped his junk food intake and ate only Subway, eventually losing weight and of course became a much healthier person. The diet subsequently worked for some, not for others. I heard that some people even gained weight due to increased food intake.

Luckily most of Subway outlets are in the city (it used to be!). I don’t get forced to eat their sandwiches often. Unluckily for me, however, Subway businesses seem to be proliferating and expanding very smoothly. Too smoothly… Subway outlets have been springing up virtually everywhere! It’s getting nearer and nearer to the residential sectors, overtaking the heartlands one by one. And today, I finally saw their newest outlet at my neighborhood’s shopping center. Oh Noooo! The current number 1 Subway friend visits at least twice a week! I know for sure I’ll be dragged there often. I just know it…

-sigh- No matter how healthy Subway gets, the dry, monotonous taste that is Subway will always effectively erase my appetite. That is how the Subway Diet works for me.

It’s not that I mind watching romance comedy genre but I just don’t often head down specially to watch them. Most of the time I spend my money on heavy effects film. Since my sister said it was nice and the trailers looked interesting, I decided to watch this and it’s a good thing I did. It’s one of the few romance comedy that I really really enjoyed.

The plot is typical and very predictable. Even if I were to type the story out, I don’t think it’d be that big a spoiler Most people should already have guessed the storyline just by watching the trailers alone. What made this movie really stand out however wasn’t the story, partly it’s the romance but mostly it was the comedy. Sexist jokes are not new but the way it’s presented here made it enjoyable. The beginning is a little slow but once Gerard Butler appeared, the pace picked up and my friends and I couldn’t stop laughing through the show.

I’d especially recommend this film to friends that have the tendency to control their partners. Hello, you know who you are. Stop smiling. Just go watch it. Let’s see if you can handle the truth.