restore factory settings

Haaaaay... And I thought this option is found only in cellphones...

So this is what's keeping me preoccupied this holy week (aside from spending Holy Thursday @ Portofino with my family). Backup files, reformat HD, partition, reinstall OS... Until I found out that it was way convenient to use the Product Recovery disk (that came along with my laptop).

So there... Got to restore the factory settings of my lappy. I was just so happy that there is no need to me to download the needed drivers and utilities. (Happeeeeeeee meeeeeeeeee... )

And why undergo the hassle? The busy teacher just got so sloppy that she used her own laptop in checking student projects (from CDs and flash disks). The CDs are okay, I think. It was the flash drives that were mounted on my system that led to the attack of monstrous malware (viruses, worms, trojans, ug uban pang lang mananap). These monsters work like cons... They were able to pass through the nose of my antivirus because they altered the system date (changed it to 2002... tsk tsk). The result? My antivirus just kept asking for a new license key! When I adjusted the system date, my antivirus screamed (as in literally screamed) detecting hundreds (ok, just exaggerating) of malware but couldn't disinfect and/or delete these monsters (just kept on displaying "access denied" or something). Well anyway, it became so annoying because every time I closed the message box, another one will pop up! And it goes on and on, unless these monsters are defeated.

Oh well...

So here I am, blogging (more of like documenting what happened hehehe). The monsters got defeated (finally!) by reformatting the HD (works everytime).

Lesson learned? Never to give projects to students again!!!! LOL

03.13.08

Ok, it's been a hell of a week at school. Last minute preparations, changes, addition to the plans... Arrrggghhhh!
Anyway, I hope to see this event successful.

To the staff from the CompE Department, keep up the good work guys! Let's not get the pressure and stress affect our everyday crazy lives!

After this... grades napud! Waaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!

missing you

been very busy lately
you in your work
me in mine
little chance of seeing each other
let alone to enjoy each other's company
thought t'was alright
til this idle night
cold
alone
...
then i realized

i miss you
...

03.10.08

Very tiring day? Week, should I say. Finals week and it's getting closer to freedom. Vacation! White sand beaches! Long sleepless nights get compensated at last.

But back to reality first.

Papers, left and right, are waiting to be checked. Class records, waiting to be updated. Final exams, grades, projects, defense... Ahhhh... THE LIFE of a teacher. Been wanting to escape... even for a day.

Not to mention MY own assignments. This I've endured to do, but barely. THE LIFE of a student.

I definitely, need a break.