chuck the mac and other ramblings

I've finally crossed over to the Macbook era.

Since I want to keep mine for the next couple of years, I decided to go for the Macbook 2.4 Ghz, though the most expensive of the Macbook line, I think the specs will keep this baby steady when the next wave of updates roll in (including, possibly, the netbook).

Meet Chuck, my newest baby. :D

(Malapit nang pagselosan ni Jat kasi I am totally into discovering how it works. It's my first time to buy my own laptop - of course with Mom's wonderful credit limit, but nonetheless, I'm ready to test my discipline and financial management skills - if any. Haha)

Hehehe. Some belt-tightening for the next couple of months, but so worth it, I got a good deal thanks to Charlie Paw of Digital Walker. The touchpad takes some getting used to, but it's really nice, manipulating images, webpages, etc. with just two fingers and a tap. As for the other specs, very happy with the memory, speed and the backlit keyboard. It's definitely a laptop for keeps.

I feel productive and good to go for whatever tasks I need to do. I really loved George (my ibook), but it's been more than a year since I've been having difficulties with the speed and memory capacity. Still, we had a good run together, and gone places together (with Joe Schmo my missing black nano, too). Farewell, George, Mom will take care of ya now. :)

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Doing some freelance writing for my good friend Rench, and my sister. The best one was to imagine myself watching the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring (1913). I did my best to recreate the magic and chaos of that opening night, thanks to the riot that broke out because of the unconventional music and ballet. I not only watched a recreation by the Joffer ballet on Youtube, I also reconnected with the dinosaur sequence in Fantasia (1940) making use of the same musical piece, plus found other noteworthy musicals because of the scandal they caused.

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Work is good, possibly a political consultancy in the works.

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Finally managed to meet the creative writing deadline this time. Took the exam last Monday, hopefully will get in.

Had a long chat with a FSO friend TJ, and he mentioned the new exam rules in the website. 5!!!! Here's to hoping I pass this year, so I won't have to go through 5 next time! :O

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If things fall into place this summer, I can imagine it's going to be an interesting one. :)