Bubblegum or Tea

I hate my HP Laptop, but should I get a MAC?

thatissophat — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 03:09:17 +0000

This is the exact one I own.

At the beginning of college I bought a HP laptop for around 1400 with only a year of warranty. A year and a month passed and my laptop started showing me 6 split windows with 6 cursors. I waited for about four months to get my laptop back in perfect condition. I was told that I shouldn’t use my laptop for more than two hours because it will overheat. I find this unrealistic. Maybe in the year 2003 I would have been okay with only two hours of computer use but in these days, there’s no way. But the laptop does turn itself off after overheating, so I wait an hour before turning it back on. After this I got four Trojan Viruses, the last one wouldn’t allow me to turn on my laptop. I got Windows 7 reinstalled and ran virus scans and it was gone. A few months more later my HP laptop will not even start properly. It’ll show me 6 split screens again with gibberish written all over it, and then a black screen.

It’s time I got a new computer. But the whole time I got the viruses I thought, I should get a MAC. This time I’d like the desktop version; iMAC. I also really love the programs available for MACs.

Am I making the right decision? I really hope I am. All I know is that I’m never purchasing HP again.

Bathroom Rules

thatissophat — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:45:18 +0000

Hey you! Yes you! Okay, maybe not you but I gotta tell this to somebody because it could be anybody. Sometimes I am just shocked at the way people don’t act when they’re using the bathroom. It’s not like there’s actual signs because these etiquettes are so obvious.

Number 1, flush the toilet. Looking at your own waste is not the same as looking at somebody else’s, so watch if all your crap is gone. If it’s still there, don’t you dare leave the cubicle until it’s flushed away.

Number 2, turn off the taps. You see what I mean? I shouldn’t even have to say this and yet I walk inside and the taps are running full blast. Are you kidding me? I guess some girls just wash their hands, get hypnotized by their own beauty in the mirror and walk out staring at their own reflection, forgetting that they had the taps running. It’s simple steps, really. Turn on taps. Wet hands. Take soap and rub into hands. Rinse off with water. TURN OFF TAPS.

Number 3, refill the toilet paper. Some public toilets have toilet rolls behind you so that you can refill it yourself. If you finish the roll isn’t it common courtesy to refill it for the next person? Just do it.

Exhale.

Last train image

thatissophat — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:56:17 +0000

Journey to Success

Attention Everyone! Please Vote!

thatissophat — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:19:58 +0000

Round 1:

Which photo is the most amazing in this list and has the best accompaning title about School? I’m going to enter the more popular one in a competition.

Growth in Wisdom

Door to New Beginnings

Striving for Excellence

Journey to Success

A Climb to Success

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Where did these birds come from?

thatissophat — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:03:02 +0000

These birds were flying around our house and wouldn’t stop squaking. They didn’t let me sleep past 8 o’clock that I was very eager to throw rocks at them. I went outside and thought I should take advantage of this situation. Turn it into a animal photoshoot. I live next to a pigeon farm and the man releases his birds a few times for them to fly around. They look so scared and not flying while those other ones take over.

Saving Your Cash (Part 1)

thatissophat — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 05:56:54 +0000

This is part of my Controlling Your Shopping series. If you haven’t read the previous ones, click ‘superficial’ in the categories section. A great way to save money that I have tried is spending half of your weekly paycheck a week. The other half MUST stay in your savings account and can never be touched. My friendly told me that people should only have to put $50 into their savings account a week. Why $50 when you can put 50%. I know it won’t be the same circumstance for everybody which is why there will be a part 2. If you are a college student (which is what this piece is aiming towards but I’m sure other people can take something out of this too) and you don’t have to pay rent, you might make around $210 a week. That means every week you can only spend $105. If you made $400 that week because you worked more hours or it was a public holiday, you can only spend $200. No more, no less. Use a notebook to record your spending. Take it with you everywhere. Record everything that you ate, drank, and bought. My good shopaholic friend has a tiny notebook where she writes all her expenses and her shopping lists and she’s doing a lot better.

After a month you’ll receive your bank statement and you’ll smile with glee with how much you DID NOT SPEND. Look how much money you’ve gained into your savings account. After your first reaction, your next goal is to keep watching it increase instead of decrease. You will be more reluctant to spend. You will take the time to think about the things that you really need.

There’s something about Bendigo

thatissophat — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 09:28:12 +0000

On the 5th of January, my friends and I took a vline train to Bendigo just for a nice day out. The weather was beautiful. We went to eat some Italian Food before walking through Bendigo’s botanical gardens. The lamb pasta was delicious but how tastey does the pizza look now?