A Day of OFF!

Posted by jepoyzter under Random Post

This post is quite written randomly. So sorry if its quite a mess. Thanks for reading.

Today, I took a day off from work. Quite feeling lazy and dizzy when I woke up. So I took a few more hours of sleep and get up around 9 o’clock in the morning. I can still make it to office even I wake up that time. So took me 30 minutes before I come to a decision that I’ll take a day off.
So my morning is not that quite good. Felt dizziness, and my eyes are quite dry and its irritating. So I send an email to my manager that I’ll not be able to come. I need to relax.

Eversince the release of the new apps for iPod Touch, I just cant help it that I can’t upgrade mine. I talked to Bro. Larry and Allan, if they can find a way for me upgrade my iPod since iTunes Music Store is not available in most Asian countries. Grrrrr… So looked and looked for ways to get rid of my excitement. So I came up with an idea, why not use a iTunes Gift card to upgrade? Hmmmm… I’m quite clever. Now the problem is how can I buy one? I can’t buy online using my credit card, because you must have a US issued card before you can purchase anything from Apple store or iTunes music store. So thatsmy problem… Now, I turn my hope on eBay. Maybe someone is selling gift card. At last, I found someone selling $25 worth of iTunes Gift card. But it is my first time to try buying stuff on ebay, and I am quite nervous to do some transactions online. Even purchasing item from well known OS commerce sites like Amazon or Yahoo. So, I said what the hell. I bid and send the money online. But I didn’t use any credit card. I use my ATM. Here in Taiwan you can use your computer as ATM machine. You just buy a card reader from a bank, or sometimes banks make it as give-away items. So I send the money through Online Banking. Isn’t that cool? Hehehee

I was quite excited about my iTunes card. I thought I’ll be able upgrade last night. But the seller says that she doesn’t have any cards right now and I should wait till morning to receive it. I kinda get furious and I text her back and ask if she has anything with her right now. I mean I would buy $50 if she has one that time. But she didn’t reply. GRRRRR…

The next day, YESTERDAY MORNING. I got an email and she send me the code. Now I have to upgrade my iPod NOW! NOW! NOW! Then seems like iTunes all of a sudden having this connection time-out problem. I am afraid that I already enter the code then says connection time out. So is it just a waste of $25? So I tried for so many times, and then at last. But wait, I have to review my .Mac account. Crap, I don’t have any US address. I can’t use my friend’s address in California and I can’t find my aunt’s home address in Florida. Now I am panicking. Last resort, I have call my grandma and ask my aunt’s address. Too 10 minutes long distance call to Manila before I got the address. So much work…. hassle….

My dilemma didn’t stop there. Now I already top-up my card to iTunes music store and bought the January upgrade for iPod Touch. But I didnt see the new apps on my iPod. Where is it? Where is it? Told myself, I didnt just waste money and time for this. Where the hell is it? I am really furious. So I look for way to sort the problem out. In the end, after 2 and half freaking hours. I had my iPod updated. GRRRRR…

Oh well the only thing that not working with the January Update for iPod Touch is the map. SIGH… everything else is working perfectly.

The next thing I did. Worked on some of my freelance projects. Which took me so long because of my busy sched, and I promised that I’ll deliver it on Monday. SO MONDAY it is.

Yesterday, I also forgot to have lunch. I didn’t even felt hungry till 5:00 PM, when I accompanied Jernie to change his Windows recovery disc from chinese to english at ASUS service center.

Went around Taipei Main Station to look for bluetooth headsets and my next phone.

Since I am already in Taipei and Jernie already wet back to his dorm. I called Francis to watch “Sweenie Todd” hehehehe… Actually the movie is so so… I just loved the music… story is not that bad.

Heres another OFF I wanna share. Francis told me that GIGABYTE lay-offed some employees yesterday. He’s quite shocked about it, and asked me lots of question. SIGH, I think I should really get out of here. Here, I mean Taiwan. GOOD LUCK!