just got myself a new old toy - the vaio c1x, yeah it was state of the art 10 years ago, but who cares, i just want something to play with and to take along with me on my travels. in the meantime, i need to buy a new battery for it to be more useful.

this should be my last tech buy of the year, although i did want to try the asus eee pc too. aarrgghhh! i really need theraphy. why do i need to be surrounded by things that light up and beep? it's not like they'll talk to me and keep me warm this coming winter.

tomorrow, i promise, i won't look at another gadget again and i'll be contented with what i already have. oh well, i can always say this is my post birthday gift since i didnt receive any from anyone else hehe. gotta turn the saving mode on..

sunday is rest day, so says the bible at least. but not for people with scheduled production releases, that's what it failed to write in the disclaimer. i got called by work at past 6 this morning, that would be like 7am since we just adjusted the clock an hour early in time for fall back. apparently, messages are getting stuck somewhere up there where dreams get disrupted. i don't know where they go really, it's part of the myteries of life. we ended up resending the orders in manually since the automatic way turned out to be not that automatic after all.

our poor architect probably slept through most of the day and missed his daughter's 2nd birthday party. he should have been a doctor instead if he had to work crazy hours like this - he's been up since saturday night. maybe it would have been easier to save lives than to save the world from bugs =p

jo texted me at 11 in the morning asking if i wanted to join him and pam for hot pot at crystal mall. i slept at around 3am so i wasn't really in the mood to get out of bed, more so when the weather is just pouring and it's so cold to go outside. but then i didn't want to miss the opportunity of trying out something new so i relucantly pulled my pillows away from me and took a quick shower.

we got lost looking for the restaurant, found it conveniently located near the bubble tea house. the food was ok, though everything tasted the same. it was the perfect meal for the cold weather. got home at around 4 - talk about a long lunch.

last night my colleagues and i also passed by this mall on the way to dinner at boston pizza, we found bargain iphone and nano video cases, i got a black nano jacket and screen protector for C$8.50, great deal compared to the almost 40 bucks offered at the gadget store in metrotown. at last, my red thing won't get cold this winter hehe

everything you've always wanted your first life to be - nice tagline. i just had to download the game especially after i watched it on csi ny. it's like the sims meet ragnarok or something. anyways, i hope i'll have time to play it on weekends.

found time to assemble the box that pheng bought for me to send back home, though i'm still not sure what to put on it yet. filled up my luggage with clothes which i think i won't be using anymore and placed the shoes back in their boxes. it feels like i'm moving out though i really don't know where i'm headed next. should i sign that piece of crap they call a contract and stay here? or do i go back and find some other place to call my home? hmmm, i still have time to decide on that. i hope i make the right choice.

heard of this naboplomo challenge from zet and i knew i had to jump in and swim in it, just to deviate from all the validation errors and plist.xml files that have been haunting me for the past few weeks.

yesterday was jake's birthday, we had group dinner at tgif and spent the rest of the night looking for cases for my red thing. future shop didnt have anything affordable in stock so i just went home with a 97 cent case for my older nano instead.

last night was also my first halloween night in this city. i had fun looking at all the kids in their costumes running around our street carrying goodie bags. we had a basketful of miniature chocolates at home ready to be given out to anyone who would go knocking on our door. they were so cute with their awe stricken faces when my cousin would open the door and interrogate them. ^_^ hehe must have been a traumatic experience.

tonight we had to walk for our free dinner. i was about to faint three fourths up the hill but then i heard cars and i knew paved road is just around the corner. it was an adventure to follow trails where no high heels have ever stepped on, and the magnificent view at the end is more than enough to compensate for the blisters on my feet.

this morning was a day of transitions and trepidations, closing down and moving on to something new, it was filled with mixed emotions. going home, i stopped by pheng's place to get the box where i'll be putting the rest of my stuff in. i'll be shipping them home so i would be travelling light when i return. i'm still deciding if i want to come back, is it worth it? i don't really know.

a package greeted me when i slumped on the sofa, utterly full and exhausted at the same time. it's bright red and shiny, a gift from a friend. now i can sleep and cast my worries aside, i have a new toy to keep me occupied =)

okay now an easier way to jaibreak / activate / unlock otb 1.1.1 iphones. yeah it's not good that there's a big security hole in mobilesafari. so this should be fixed soon by apple. enjoy it while it lasts and be careful where you browse.

credits are due to all hackers who worked on this including but not limited to the following: hdm/metasploit, rezn, dinopio, drudge, kroo, pumpkin, davidc, dunham, and NerveGas

here's the short guide:
requirements:
1. otb 1.1.1
2. strong wifi connection

steps:
1. Dial *#307# and press call
2. Erase the numbers previously typed then Dial '0' and press call
3. iPhone will ring, pick up and put on hold.
4. iPhone will ring again, decline the call.
5. Go to contacts, create a new contact and add the following url:
5.1 prefs://1F
5.2 http://jailbreakme.com
6. Selecting the first url will allow you to go to Preference screen to select a wifi network to connect to. Select General > Autolock > Never while on the Settings page.
7. Selecting the second url will bring you to the jailbreak page in mobilesafari, install appsnap and wait till it restarts the iphone.
8. upgrade installer.app, install community sources, add http://rep.frenchiphone.com
9. refresh sources, install bsd subsystem and anysim 1.1
10. remove at&t simcard, insert sim of choice.
11. run anysim 1.1
12. done!

look! no computer and no cables ^_^