Archive for November, 2007

14
Nov

messages NOT

By decrechoice 0 Comments
Categories: didyouknow

as my colleagues insisted that i did send them a zip file, i checked my message history and voila:

the messages i apparently sent without my knowledge, er, courtesy of the virus. but in hindsight, they’re very funny…

NOTE: after each message; a zip file called image34.zip will be sent to the contact. DISREGARD it.

DJ
hey did i ever show you this picture of me?
haha, this guy up my street just slammed his $90k car into a telephone pole! I got a pic of it with my cellphone [ah, why would i think in dollars?]

MS Debi
my crazy sister wants ut to see these pics for some reason…take a look.
i can’t believe they wanted me to upload this picture to facebook lol. It’s terrible. Like my outfit tho?
[haha, i don't even know what's a facebook]

DENNIS
Can i put this pic of you into my new myspace album? –[okay, why would i want dennis' picture in my album? haidee will kill me, hehehe... besides, i couldn't even remember my myspace password]

DANA
do i look dumb in this picture? i want to put it on myspace.

DON
do you see anything strange in this picture about me?

PIKOY
hey did i ever show you this picture of me?

CDUR
[not in my message history, but he too insists that he got a message from me]

JULIET
[she's offline. good for her.]

CEL
OMG, i found ur pic on cuteornot.com! check it out!

CHIN
is this pic tooo sexy for photobucket??
[ah, clearly NOT my line... me? sexy??? bwahahah!]

GLENN
hey did i ever show you this picture of me?

JOHN
haha, this guy up my street just slammed his $90k car into a telephone pole! I got a pic of it with my cellphone [ah, my usual line is helu,helu - samok ko; but that's only when i couldn't find my own solutions]

TOTO
hey did i ever show you this picture of me?

LEY
OMFG!!!!!! :D

LINE
my crazy sister wants u to see these pics for some reason… take a look

RAUL
I think this picture is terrible. but my friends on myspace want to see it. please dont show noone. [i don't think i've chatted with master rah ever, except during net conference]

RHEA
[not in my message history, but she too insists that she got a message from me]

STEVE
wanna see this pic of my Boobs?
OMG just accept please its only some pics!!!
[NOW, this is truly HILARIOUS!!!! of all people -- jeez]

YAM
can i up some of these pics of ya to my myspace profile?

KRAM
Dude, i found your picture on hotornot.com! Take a look!

GRETEL
[not in my message history; although she too claims that i sent her a message]

MAGGIE
you care if i put this picture of you in my new album?

MICHAEL
take a look at the new pics already! :P

JESSIE
OMG, i found ur pic on cuteornot.com! Check it out!!
[i got the original message from her. but the message above was the second one. curiously, her original message wasn't reflected in my log.]

JASMINE
Hey accept my pictures, i got a bunch from when i was like a toddler :X
Have you seen me Naked Yet :D [i'm sinfully single yes.. but i'm very clear that i'm heterosexual. haven't doubted my sexuality ever since. want an XY]

BRIAN
Can you believe somone actually wears this size bra? I could use it for a Tent. [like why would i say this to my boss?]

14
Nov

virus scare

By decrechoice 0 Comments
Categories: didyouknow

i was quietly tapping the keys of the laptop when my windows live messenger window popped up. there was a message from my contact abroad. she sent a zip file called image34.photobucket.com. since i maintain communication with her, i didn’t find that there was something amiss with her sending me a file. incidentally, just yesterday - i was talking with a colleague from manila about zipping files. the file sent to me was of the same format as the zip file that i discussed yesterday. finding nothing unusual to the zip file sent to me, i unzipped it. it was then that the laptop acted weird for like a minute. i couldn’t control the mouse pointer as if it was stuck and the chat window kept on flashing - for like several times a second. as usual, not wanting to call on owner-of-the-room-i-envy and complain over something i have no clue whatsoever - i just let the episode go and waited for the mouse pointer to move. two or so minutes after, i was invited to a net conference with just the question "what happen?" the clueless me, asked "what’s wrong? is there a problem?". i was told that i sent a zip file. surprised, i informed my two colleagues that i did no such thing. in the middle of my denial via windows live messenger, my colleagues here all started coming to the kitchen to ask about a file that i apparently sent.

continuous denial.

precisely because I did not send the file. at least not consciously. i was informed that the file was a virus. it spread via Windows Live Messenger and infects the pc of the people in my Contacts List if they happen to click on the file, which they purported i sent them.

the kind of person that i am who doesn’t just sit waiting for information to come in; i immediately googled "msn virus" and "windows live messenger virus" and found these two links:

http://msn-errors.blogspot.com/2007/02/ratemynuts-virus-msn-worm.html
http://forums.techguy.org/malware-removal-hijackthis-logs/556829-windows-live-messenger-virus.html

i am assuming that the virus mentioned in those two articles was the same virus that gave us a scare. haha, but i could just be full of assumptions as prior to going home chairman told me that their triumvirate found the culprit. curious me asked and was told that it was an smtsvc.exe file. naturally, i googled it and found this:

http://www.cisrt.org/enblog/read.php?191&page=1

yeah, i think this it.

as always, i’m just full of assumptions. but hey, the first two links might just help somebody.

also, just to be sure that nobody has spoofed my IM, i followed my friend’s advice of changing my password.

02
Nov

united we stand

By decrechoice 0 Comments
Categories: thought release

long holidays are usually a welcome break. the long holidays allow me to do the things that i can’t normally do on usual days. however, the remembrance of our dead that afforded this long holiday isn’t much of a boon this year. primarily because my plans got screwed up by the little mishap the day before the holiday started. wednesday’s little mishap forced me to be homebound. with nothing much to preoccupy my mind, my imagination and memory went into overdrive.

flashback to last year and the years before, it was around this time that a group of ten was faced with problems. however big the problems were, the group was able to surpass them. although the group was besieged with problems here and there, the group remained solid because of one thing. TRUST. i like to believe that it was trust that allowed us to overcame the problems that came our way. believing in the common good also proved important.

with an idle mind, i can’t help think of hypothetical scenarios. what if one of us do something that will break that trust? what if one of us do something that will force the group to take sides? what if one of us has gotten tired of the responsibilities bestowed upon us and resort to actions that counter the group’s belief in protecting the common good?

what if, what if, what if?

how will the members react?

how are we going to overcome it if the very factor that we rely on comes into question?

grrrr…. i thought about the scenarios. darn, i don’t think i’d be able to live with it should we be faced with any of the situations my imagination webbed. thus, it’s my fervent wish that no one among us will do something that will break that trust and force us to take on different sides. perhaps, i’m just overly bored that i came up with these scenarios.

BUT PLEASE GOD let these remain in my imagination.

01
Nov

injured me

By decrechoice 1 Comment
Categories: Uncategorized

Case: Hit and Run Injured_2

Date: October 31

Time: between 6:45 - 7:00 P.M.

Location: in front of Fisherman’s Net Restaurant - Gorordo Avenue,

Lahug Cebu City

Suspect: a white 4-wheel vehicle

             plate number - unknown

Victim Account:

The side of the street immediately next to our office was clear of vehicles so i crossed the street. Paused in the middle of the street for like two or three minutes. I was waiting for the other side to clear up of incoming traffic when next thing i knew I heard a thud on my side and I fell on the ground. It wasn’t much of a fall as I merely twisted my right ankle similar to when you trip on something and landed wrongly on the ground. Fearful of being hit of incoming traffic, i immediately stood up and hopped to the other side of the street on my left foot. It was then that my new kid and recent board-passer from beloved cdo came up to me to make sure that i was okay. to prove that i was okay, i hopped on a jeepney to ayala as that was the reason i left the office early to pay for my globelines bill. hmmm, i wonder how the driver could have miscalculated and hit me when his/her side of the street was clear of any other vehicle saved for his/hers tsk, tsk, tsk…

I reached ayala OK but as soon as got past Timezone and reached Chris Sports, I couldn’t take the next steps. Every step I took with my right foot was a bit painful. Fearful that I might injure myself more if i kept on walking, i decided to call my sister to take me to the hospital to have my right foot checked. [bitaw, mahadlok ra ko mayawyawan sa ako mama if dili ko pa.check-up. at least by the time abot ko balay, i got everything covered na. doc, x-rays, and all]

We first went to cebu doc, but apparently it’s hospital procedure to get hit-and-run victims admit themselves first before the people in the e.r. check you. I texted my friend about it and told me that the admission policy had something to do with a medicolegal and to have official record in case victims want to sue. but patient can still be checked and just sign a waiver on refusal to get admitted. After I received my friend’s reply, i had my sister talk to the e.r. people again about the waiver and insist on just having my foot checked as i have no intention of taking legal procedure for i failed to get the vehicle’s plate number. one nice e.r. personnel explained to us that they could check my foot but still i would end up spending the night for the reason that a consultant had to sign my release papers. according to her, it’s for the hospital’s protection. meanwhile, pinkdimples texted me that she just called chong hua hospital and assured me that the docs there could check on my foot without having myself admitted for the night. hesitant to be admitted but fearful of my mother’s ‘yawyaw’ should she learn that i didn’t get my foot checked - my sister and i headed to chong hua’s out-patient clinic.

filled out some papers - initial doctor interview - taken usual vitals weight/temperature/blood pressure - referred to resident/in-house orthopedic doctor - patient interview - poked at my foot/demo of accident - doctor called consultant - wheel chair ride to the x-ray room - waited for x-ray results - some more patient interview - x-ray results negative, just a case of sprain and some pulled tendons - bandaged my foot with the instruction to leave bandage for two days and apply cold compress once bandage is removed to prevent swelling - gave me celebrex for the pain and gave instructions to see a doctor san juan on monday -  billed out - a couple of thousands poorer.

Lesson Learned:

Never go home early. Darn. This was the only time I left the office early and didn’t render overtime. Owner-of-the-room-i-envy should have make true of his "plan" to set up my new computer. As he said earlier that day, "set up ni na ko dayon para dili ka kabakasyon." Mean but i could have been spared the trip to the hospital.

01
Nov

risen from the dead

By decrechoice 1 Comment
Categories: didyouknow

hmmm… i may have announced the travel blog thingy waayyyyyyyy too early. i haven’t done a thing with it.

too lazy i suppose?

well, not exactly.

i’ve been having intermittent mothers of headache the past few days. i even missed two days of work because of the nasty headaches. thus, i had the process of elimination going on to rid out possible causes. first off, went to see the doc. based on the symptoms i gave her, she told me it was because of rhinitis. she also informed me that i had to stop eating chocolates. those sweet treats are my treatment whenever i have a bad case of headache. apparently, it’s causing more pain than relieving it. since that visit i’ve been told to avoid chocolate, wine, and cheese. the doc prescribed citirizine, some anti-allergen/antihistamine medicine. took the meds only for two days because my officemates told me that i’m acting like i’m on some kind of uppers. bought another brand of med <still citirizine> and it sure cured the sneezing, the itchy nose, and other allergic reactions BUT it didn’t relieve the headache. so i stopped the med and went back to Norgesic, the tablet the doc gave for the pain. the tablet offered me temporary relief until its effect wore off and i had to pop another pill. after three days of incessant headaches, it was time to visit the optical shop and have my eyes checked. with an intense headache that transferred from my left temple to my right, i visited de los reyes optical. the attending doctor checked both eyes. she directed me to sit before a machine and examined my eyes. it was a weird machine as i would hear something pop immediately after she had an eye checked. then she  transferred me to another machine where i had to focus on an object while she adjusted something to create the illusion that the object’s distance changes. right after that, she took me to a room to read letters on the wall while she had me try different lenses. after determining the correct lenses, i chose a frame. this caused more headache as i had to shell out PhP3,500 for the glasses, which wasn’t part of my budget for the month. darn. i even got one of the cheapest frames. this had me wearing glasses the following day at work. wore it but the headache didn’t go away. on the other hand, my mother had resorted to going to quack doctors. she heard that there’s a lady in san fernando who can cure any sickness. off my mother went and returned with some oil. the oil is said to have healing powers. thus, my mother would rub oil on my temple <for the headaches/sinusitis> and on my belly <for my adenomyosis>. although i don’t believe much in it, i allowed my mother to have her way. to my mind, everything is worth a try. last october 24, i had my last headache. it was at that same time that my period which ran for almost 3 weeks ceased. so, probably my headaches were caused by much blood loss [i've a complicated beautiful uterus - let's just put it that way]. but who knows what really caused the headaches. i’m just happy that it’s been a week now that i’ve been headache and drug-free.

well, drug-free until october 31. explanation on the next post.