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Mini-Reunion in Sydney
09-May-2009: Mixed feelings of anxiety but mainly of excitement were in the air with the impending mini reunion of five 1979 Holy Family Academy high school batchmates. Menchie (Maicle- Castro), Cynthia (Baron-Cunanan), Wilma (Bravo-Palor), Michelle (Micu-Velasquez) and I had a mini-reunion in Sydney, Australia.
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The Wall»
We are into week 5 of our house painting, a job where we devoted our spare time and weekends. So far we have consumed over 30 Litres of Spanish Cream Paint, 25 Litres of Ceiling Paint, 4 Litres of Red Box Paint and several partially used cans of 4 litre paints of varying colours.
Patience is [...]
The Rumpus Room»
I am not exactly sure why houses have a rumpus. In some homes, it is used as a game room, exercise room or a video room. For us, the rumpus is the place where old furniture go. At some stage, there were so much pre-loved desks and tables in this room, we nicknamed it the [...]
The Dining Room»
This is our dining room. Like most Australian household, this is perhaps the least used room. If not for the repairs needed, this room is being repainted only to match the colour of the rest of the house. However, the curtains have been a heavy burden to the ceiling where the curtain rails are anchored. [...]
From The Past
World Trip Highlights»
As I learn more of the intricacies of video blogs or blogs in general, it is now enjoyable to go through some of my earlier works in multimedia and publish it as an ante-dated blogs and preserve them for posterity. Here are some 3-minute videos originally published in DVD from our World Trip.
Celine's Corner
Tuptim Highlights – King and I (2007)»
On September 2007, Celine played Tuptim in a production by The Holroyd Musical and Dramatic Society. It caused a pleasant stir in the family circle, with some just realising how involved Celine is into performing arts. Celine continues her learning with a private tutor at the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts School and has taken workshops at NIDA. She is also a full-time student at the Sydney University, pursuing a degree in Speech Pathology.
Media
The Colours of Easter»
Two years in a row! The Sydney Royal Easter Show is a yearly event that dates back to 1823. It is an event we don’t always get a chance to see, and to witness this two-years in a row is quite a treat. Last year, we played host to a visiting guest from overseas. (See [...]
Cycling
Spring 2008»
Canberra’s Floriade, Sydney Spring Cycle and the Seven Bridges Walk – all part of this years spring for Rommel and Jeanne.
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Photos taken at the church for Ryan and Jiesel’s Wedding.
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On the 25th of June 2009, Jeanne and I played host to Uncle Dave, Auntie Beth and their friend Nora. We took them for some wine tasting and lots of photos in Pokolbin, NSW – the very heart of the Hunter Valley region. We spent the afternoon at the famous rose gardens.
Panoramic shot of the Main Garden
Panoramic shot of the Oriental Garden
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Its been over a month now that I have the HDX-1000. These are my thoughts about it:
First let me say about the things that I dislike and get that out of my system. As a Music and Photo viewer, it leaves a lot to be desired. Often, I would just want to play music and have some random pictures from my collection. It’s quite an effort to achieve this and more often it hangs if you try to randomise a good number of photos or music. In short if photos and music is your thing stop reading now as I could not provide any more insight. This means that our moded XBOX will not be retired yet as it does this function so well, even better than an iPod.
As a Video player, it is one of the best in its price range. Any better and you need an HTPC geared with acoustic reduction and a degree in computer science.
If you simply want to use it as a Video Player, then add a hard disk, upload all your videos it would play just about any video format you can throw at it.
For advance users, it is quite an interesting toy:
- Install a hard disk and install the NMT server
- Install and configure YAMJ in one of your PC and select a good skin, I’m currently using PPP2, but you can choose from a number here.
- Install the Community Software Installer in one of your PC to simplify the installation of NMT applications
- Installed telnet and tested aMule. Telnet is a main stay. If I didn’t have a dedicated aMule client, the NMT version works quite well.
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