Batch rename

Don’t you just hate it when you transfer your files from your digicam and they all have names like DCSCN001 or DSCN2075 or CIMG750? If you want to save time and group images by date/batch/event, here’s a nifty trick for you, which I only found out about tonight.

You can actually rename files in Windows in bulk! So you can use something descriptive for the images instead of some generic filename. Just highlight all the files that you want to rename in one group and press F2, type in the new name, then press enter. Alternately, just highlight, right click, rename, and voila, your files will be renamed with that name, followed by (1), (2) and so on..you get the picture. It’s a great way to keep files organized in a jiff, imo.

Via Download Squad who got it via Lifehackers

Dance dance evolution

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present…The Evolution of Dance.

It’s soooooo funny, promise! Now if only I could dance at least half as well as this guy does…

My feet hurt.

I have this cute pair of pink shoes that I really like, but they sure hurt my right little toe like anything! H likes seeing me wear them too, so that’s another reason why I wear them. I was trying to find nice shoes at Tang’s when we went out earlier, but nothing just appealed to me. I’d rather wait for shoes that I like than just buy so-so shoes for the heck of it.

I did get to buy some nice undies from Wacoal today, so the afternoon wasn’t a bust (oops, pardon the pun!). Funny, H was the only guy waiting in the lingerie section…he actually hates being in that area; it makes him feel uncomfortable. Anyhoo…I was cringing at the prices of brassieres…they’re so expensive! My mom used to buy them for me back home, but since I’m here and married, H is the one who buys them for me now. But of course, now I see how much they are, and it’s like, whoo. But then again, as Oprah said…you can’t expect to adequately support your boobs with a $5 bra, can you!

If this doesn’t freak you out, I don’t know what will.

You choose a random two digit number, then you’re supposed to add the two digits of that number then subtract the sum from your original number. When you get the answer, you then find its corresponding symbol, stare at it for ten seconds, and then that symbol will magically flash bigger on the screen.

How freaky is that??? You don’t even have to type anything or interact with the pc at all, and yet it always gets it right!

I tried to fool it by just staring at a random symbol, but it didn’t work. When I tried it with a real number again, it worked just fine. What did I say? Freeeaky!

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Meanwhile, here’s a great way to waste your time if you’re bored: Sushi Samurai. I’ve been playing this for two days now and it’s so addicting!

No wonder I felt like killing the puffer fish, radish, and shiitake mushroom when I ate at Wasabi Bistro for lunch today!

I don’t really watch the World Cup, but since the papers here cover it so much, there’s really no way of avoiding it. And can I just say, if there was ever any guy to lure me into watching a match, it would have to be this one: Luis Figo of Portugal. He is one fiiiiine dude. Hot, hot, hot. Yum, yum!

There really is something to be said about meeting high school friends. Last Saturday, while watching Munich on DVD, I was caught off-guard by a phone call from one of my best friend’s husband, Jo3l. Apparently, he is in town for some official business with the school where he is a department head, and he wanted to meet up.

We set up a lunch meeting yesterday for Wheelock, and since H had something else to do, I went alone. Meaning, I took a cab to the nearest MRT station, then took the train to town. Problem is, Jo3l went out somewhere else earlier and he was nowhere near where we were gonna meet, so I just backtracked and went back to Bugis. Problem no. 2: he doesn’t know the area and couldn’t really give me a definite place where he was, so I just gave him instructions as to where we’d meet. But that still wasn’t enough, so finally, he gave me the street names where he was standing, which was again SO far from where I was, but I just headed over there anyway despite the terrible heat. Not a problem.

So we finally got to meet up, and luckily, he had ran across another classmate of ours the night before (Jo3l, his wife, and I were all high school classmates) at the Ministry of Sound, so she got to join us for lunch as well. Whee!

After lunch, we headed over to Funan so he could check out IT gadgets..I didn’t have money to buy anything, heh. But it was really so much fun to share some laughs and giggles with people who knew you way back when. Man, I wish I could have more friends here, both old and new!

I happen to have an OC streak when it comes to organizing things, and yet ironically enough, I can be quite messy as well. Not enough of the OC in me, maybe? Always glad to be normal.

But anyhoo, just wanted to share this website that I happened to <a href=”http://www.stumbleupon.com/” target=”_blank” title=”StumbleUpon helps you discover great websites.
With a single click you can find and share cool sites matched to your interests.”>stumble upon just now: LifeOrganizers.com. It has great tips for organizing just about every aspect of your life, and it’s making me realize tips that I never even thought of! Time to start crackin’.

Speaking of which, if you’re a Firefox user like me, I’ve been having fun with Firefox extensions. Here’s a great site that lists the things that you would want a Firefox extension to do. Just for starters, I’ve already added a calendar and colorful tabs. It reaaally makes me want to look at my browser now. Heh.

How many times have you cringed after hearing someone who’s not so good at speaking the Queen’s language trying to use some phrases/sentences that are just so wrong it either hurts your ears or makes you want to burst out laughing right then and there?

Here are some of those gems that I received via email, aptly titled English Murdered by Pinoys. Enjoy!

“Guys, let’s call it tonight!”
“All of a suddenly…”
“C’mon! Let’s get it on with it!”
“When it rains, it’s four.”
“Thanks God!”
“The nerves!” or “The nerd!”
“The idea crossed at the back of my mind.”
“(name of person), eat your hat out!”
“This is our rooster of clients…”
“The more the many-er.”
“It’s a no-win-win situation.”
“Burn the bridge when you get there.”
“Anulled and void.”
“Mute and academic.”
“C’mon let’s join us!”
“If worse comes to shove.”
“Are you joking my leg?”
“It’s not my problem anymore, it’s your problem
anymore.”
“What are friends are for?”
“You can never can tell.”
“Well well well. Look do we have here!”
“Let’s give them a big hand of applause.”
“Been there, been that.”
“Forget it about it.”
“Give him the benefit of the daw.”
“It’s a blessing in the sky.”
“Right there and right then.”
“Where’d you came from?”
“Take things first at a time.”
“You’re barking at the wrong dog.”
“You want to have your cake and bake it too.”
“First and for all”
“Now and there.”
“I’m only human nature.”
“The sky’s the langit.”
“That’s what I’m talking about it.”
“One of these days is not like the other.”
“So far, so good, so far.”
“Time is of the elements.”
“In the wink of an eye.”
“The feeling is actual.”
“For all intense and purposes.”
“I ran into some errands.”
“Hi. I’m (state your name), what’s yours?”

“What is the world is coming to?”
“What is the next that is?”
“Get the most of both worlds.”
“Bahala na sila sa mga batman nila.”
“Whatever you say so.”
“Base-to-base casis.”
“My answers have been prayered.”
“Please me alone!”
“It’s as brand as new.”
“So… what’s a beautiful girl like you?….”
“I can’t take it anymore of this!”
“Are you sure ka na ba?”
“Can’t you just cut me some slacks?”
“I couldn’t care a damn!”
“what’s your next class before this?”
“nothing in this world is perfect except the word
change.”
“Can you repeat that for the second time around once
more from the
top?(ulitin natin hanggang mamatay tayo.)
“my dad brought home a lot of hand-me-downs!”
(translation:daming
pasalubong ng tatay ko)
“standard & chartered bank”
“I’m very iterated! (translation:galit sya!)
“I’m sorry, my boss just passed away.” (translation :
kakadaan lang
ng boss nya.)
“Hello, my boss is out of town, would you like to
wait?”
“What happened after the erection of mayon volcano?”
“Don’t touch me not!”
“Hello,.. for a while, please hang yourself…”
“It’s spilled milk under the bridge.”
“Don’t change anything! keep it at ease.”
“Hello mcdo, magiinquire lang ako kung magkano ang
kidney meal?”
“Out of fit ako these days e…”
“Bring down the house down!”

Ok, so call me mababaw, but I’m sooo loving my new shoe rack right now.

One of the things H forgot before I came over here was that women have shoes. Heh. Meaning, he didn’t realize that I would need a place to keep my shoes. He thought of practically everything I would need before I came over, but unfortunately, that wasn’t one of them.

So for a long time, my shoes have just been lying on the floor, and I hated seeing them there getting all messy and disheveled. I would try to line them up neatly on the floor but naturally, once I use my shoes and return them to the line, they would inevitably get messed up again.

Until we finally found time/remembered/planned to get my shoe rack today. We actually looked at Ikea yesterday since we were in the area, but I didn’t find anything that suited my needs. So today, we went to Parkway Parade to drop off some checks, and searched the directory for a place that would conceivably carry shoe racks.

And we found it! At the basement of the mall was my salvation: Howards Storage World. We asked a salesperson to direct us to the shoe rack section, and there it was: my shoe rack. It looks like this except that mine is a six tier one.

After dinner, we unpacked the box, found the 6 wooden tiers, the 2 posts, and 24 screws inside. While I sat there on the floor, I watched as H assembled the thing for me. And when it was all said and done, I arranged my shoes on the rack, placed it by the wall, and sighed.

Me: “Honey, you don’t know how happy you’ve just made me!”
H: “You’re right, I don’t.”

Hee.

I am sooo lovin’ it.

I am trying to learn how to use iTunes. I’ve never ever used this program before, because I’ve never had an iPod. Until today.

When I left Manila, unknown to me, my mom had inserted something in a book that she gave me right before I left for the airport. When I read it, it contained enough cash for an iPod Nano, because my mom said that she wanted me to get one, just like my sisters.

So yesterday, H and I went to Funan to get printer ink and speedballs for my new laptop (which my dad gave me as an advanced birthday gift while I was in Manila — but that’s another story. Ain’t my parents so generous?), so I decided to check out the AppleCentre there as well. I got a brochure of their Nano deals, but I wanted to check out the AppleCentre at Wheelock before buying one at either store.

So this afternoon, after lunch at Fish & Co, we checked out the Apple store, but the deal was just a lot better over at Funan, so off to Funan we went. And what a deal. The 4GB Nano at regular price, but with a free armband (around S$54), travel charger ($18), plus a $45 accessories voucher for which I got a skin, a Nano starter set, plus a screen protector film set. Not bad at all.

So now the iPod has fully charged, and I’m trying to learn how to use iTunes. I just connected the iPod to my laptop, and it says Do Not Disconnect, and now I don’t know what’s going on. Better go learn how then!