The long wait is over I think. People are feeling more secure to ride public transportation. I see people entering restaurants. The Philippines is vaccinating 12 years and older (with parental permission). Slowly we are going back to our jobs because we are needed. I found Robert bringing his grand daughter’s dog to the vet. We were still wearing our masks, but the thing is, we are worrying about our pets’ health now.
My computer gave me a scare when it notified me about a failing hard drive in my zfs pool. I checked my Disk application to verify and the OS is not detecting one particular hard drive. I don’t believe that the drive is failing. So I opened the box and checked the SATA cables. I have a few spares and I replaced the cables instead. I reboot the desktop and opened the disk application. This time the hard drive is detected. I gave the “zpool scrub” command to clean detected errors. I reboot once again. I really don’t have any problems except loose cables.
I am excited about the Apple tv series “Foundation”. It’s now on Episode 7 and I can’t wait to talk about it in a separate blog post. Also Dune 2021 is out playing in theaters. Or should I say Dune Part 1 as its director want us to call it, to remind us there’s definitely a second film on the way. Yes I have read both books. I do have some expectations because I am a fan of these books. But I do understand there are differences in the media and in the way films are made, the reasons for them and that sort. I’ll make a blog post later any way.
The pandemic changed how Undas is celebrated. Undas is Halloween to the Americans and to the Western culture I guess. Mom lit four candles outside the door. One each for the souls of people close to us. They are Dad, Imee, her parents. It shows that we remember them and that we pray for their peace. We have to settle for these new habits. People used to spend this day in cementeries, cleaning their departed loved one’s tombs. Imagine the entire population of the living pouring into these places to mingle in the season of a health crisis like Covid.
One other matter that the pandemic affected is the way we pay bills and send money for whatever purpose. Perhaps the technology is already there but filipinos still use their paper bills and coins to do business. In this last months, filipinos with digital devices and Internet savvy become acute users of e-wallets and electronic payment facilities. Banks pushed their own apps for presenting banking services closer. I can just open my bank’s app to transfer funds to billers and creditors. This generation of filipinos are more accustomed to this way of financial transacting than any other.
Cignal tv replaced one of their boxes. I swapped my two boxes to test if it is one of the boxes that’s really broken. I called Cignal tv and requested a replacement unit. They sent one of their tech people the next day and he brought a brand new one.
Dra. Tarriela and Jonathan Abano terminated their rentals this month. Farewell and good luck.
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