Written by crizlai on Apr 16th, 2008 | Filed under:
computer,
rant,
technology
What would you buy in this fast changing technological world of today to replace your current computer which has turned into a white elephant within just a few months? Should you get a laptop or a desktop computer? There is no right or wrong in getting either one as it all depends on your lifestyle and what applications you are going to use on it.
The main benefit of having laptop computers is the portability. You can practically take it anywhere, whether to the office or to your client’s place for some live presentations. With the easy access to the wifi connections in most of the hangout places nowadays, more and more people have opted for the laptop computer. Not only can they online to check their emails, they can even seal some deals outside of the office vicinity. This will indeed boost up sales for any companies.
As someone from the designing field, the only drawback I can think of having a laptop computer is the ability to process big graphical files. It tends to take up three to four times more to get a complicated graphic processed. Unless I get something which is far more technologically advance than a normal laptop configuration, it is just not up to my expectation. Moreover, the cost would be too high for me to justify the added cost.
On top of the disadvantages it posed to the designing field, I still got hold of a basic laptop computer. It is for the convenience sake of presenting to my client any files which they might not have the software to access. I still do all the complicated designing using my desktop whereas the end product would be transferred to the laptop for presentation purposes. All I can say is that laptops should be viewed as a purchase that should only be made when necessary.
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Written by crizlai on Apr 15th, 2008 | Filed under:
diet,
health,
life,
rant
I have been trying to trim down that fatty waist line of mine for ages but each time I have the urging nagging from the inner self to do so, I ended up giving excuses to start exercising the next day. Those yummy food projects that I am having now have always stopped me from exercising but will it save me from getting into more health related issues later?
I always asked myself, “Why do I lack the enthusiasm?” Is it really that difficult for me to start doing some exercise? Although I am a workaholic, that should not be the main excuse. Isn’t this the same scenario in all of us here? There is always some sort of excuses for everything that is related to exercising. Is it the companionship? Is it the dread of getting sweaty and smelly all over the body? Is it the fear of tiring every muscle in the body and turning into a whimpering and exhausted weakling towards the end of the day and not able to continue with the never ending piles of workload?
Later, I had the typical idea of slimming down through one of the best diet pill companies that my friend had recommended. Initially, everything went on smoothly until the temptation of all the delicious food crept their way unconsciously into my dreams. Temptation overruled the determination to get a slim and fit body. Days after days of postponing the diet programs ended up to years of ignorance. In the end, all turned into laziness, laziness and more laziness. Workouts were replaced with endless eat-outs. There is still tomorrow as I would always tell myself but it will never be a reality as tomorrow will never come as it will always be replaced by today.
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Written by crizlai on Apr 14th, 2008 | Filed under:
home,
microfiber,
mops,
rant
I was just out for few days and I could hardly recognize my house when I came back. The amount of dust had accumulated so thick that I could have made a one pound cake out of it. What has been going on in this house during my absence? Does the word responsibility ever exist in the vocabulary of the rest of the family members? I guess not as no one seemed to have the time to clean up the place anymore. No matter what, I would surely not forsake my responsibility to clean up this household. It would be beyond my imagination if this house ended up as a pig sty.
If not for my recent purchase of the microfiber set of cleaning equipments, I would be screaming like a mad dog now. Cleaning up has not been so easy. I just wonder how they could have ignored their duties. Is it due to plain laziness or just excuses for not having the time? With the help of the microfiber mops for dusting and wet cleaning, I cleaned up the whole house in just a few minutes. Don’t you think that it was just excuses for not sparing that few minutes on doing some house chores?
Responsibility is something that is critical in a person’s life. If a person ignored his responsibility in his home, how could he be relied on or respected when he is out there in a working environment? A person is by his actions and not by the words that come out of his mouth. That is the reason why there is the saying of “Actions speaks louder than words” and it all begin from within the home itself.
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Written by crizlai on Apr 13th, 2008 | Filed under:
business,
rant
How well is your business doing in the ever challenging and competitive business world? Is the business doing just above the average, stagnant, expanding or you have plans to sell or franchise it in the near future? Whatever stage your business is in, having to know the fair market value of your business is not only critical to the future of your business, but it will also ascertain the acceptable growing rate of the business.
How do you go about checking your fair market value amongst the many thousands of businesses in the market place? It would be absurd if you just do a surface valuation without studying deeply into all the hidden assets and liabilities of the business. It would be even worst if you undersell your business worth in the market place by failing to undergo professionally handled business valuation of your company.
There are many such bodies out there which can provide you with much assistance. Some of them will even arrange for no obligation meet-ups just to let you know a brief on how the business is faring. Why spend all your valuable time in estimating your business’s fair market value while you could concentrate more in generating profit into your business? Let the experts do that on your behalf.
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Written by crizlai on Apr 12th, 2008 | Filed under:
health,
life,
migraine,
rant
The more I think about life, the worst my migraine gets. It is so bad that I have to wear sunglasses to stare at the bright screen of my computer or I would feel nausea. How many of you have encountered this experience of acute brain ramming headache when you sit down and decide on what you have to do with your life? After all, this is the normal progression of the human life cycle where you would start with birth, education, career, marriage, purchasing a home, having children, career development, child’s education plans, entrepreneurship, retirement and finally coaching the next generation to take up your businesses.
On top of that, you may even have the daily, weekly, monthly or yearly worries of footing all sort of bills of which medical bills ranked the first position as age catches up. Life can be so challenging. It is always filled with many surprises, options, choices and twists. No matter how organize we are in planning our life, our needs changed drastically due to certain circumstances and situations. One moment things will be moving so smoothly without any hiccups. The next moment you might be in a traumatic stage that you would not want to be alive.
Being given the opportunity to live on is God given but yet we are still not spared from the grasp of the Angel of Death. The word might sound taboo to many but we have to face the fact that every being that are brought into the world would someday leave the world. Nothing stays permanent. Looking deeply into the unknown with the wildest imagination can sometimes be a headache. Worst still if you have not even start planning your life at all.
“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail!” This is what made me having my migraine now because I have wasted many precious years not having any plan and now I am struggling to plan my life all together. No wonder my doctor put me on Botox for migraines as it surely gave me lots of mental relief. So, start planning your life now as you would not want to end up just like me.
I'm thirsty for a drink now. Would you be kind enough to treat me?
