Laptop SOS!!

Yes, yes, today I have decided to blog about saving your laptop's life after a spill. Why would i want to blog about that? Well....hmm.....it was coz yesterday my herbal tea almost killed my dear Toshy(toshiba lah!!). So i have decided to provide some tips on how to save your laptop after a spill!!

Wanna know how? Wanna know how not?? Am not gonna tell you hahahaha.........kidding (I know, I know, not funny *sweat*)

Listen here guys, water, coffee, and soda are among your laptop's worst enemies. Just a little bit of such a liquid on your laptop keyboard can damage or destroy your machine or cause you to lose data.


Some laptops are more vulnerable to damage from a spill on the keyboard than others, and it doesn't always have anything to do with the price tag (yes, not all about fancy 5 figures). Some keyboards have a thin rubber membrane beneath the keys with electrical contacts molded right into little domes under each letter; that design may feel squishy and cheap to some users, but it stands up better to a splash or a flood than a more traditional design with springs and exposed contacts. How do you know which type of design you have? Take a look for yourself by prying off a keytop; if you're shopping, you may be able to get the information from the manufacturer or a dealer.




Here's the drill for an emergency recovery from a spill:

1. If you have your machine plugged into wall current, turn off the power at the circuit breaker in your home or office.You don't want to touch a wet wire carrying 110 volts or so.

If you're running the machine on battery power, it's still operating, and you don't see sparks, hear odd noises, or smell burnt electrical components, shut your laptop down through the normal Windows process.

If something is obviously wrong with the machine, turn it off immediately by depressing the Off switch or by removing the battery.

2. Ground yourself by touching the center screw on the faceplate of a dry electrical outlet or by touching some other metal object that reaches to ground.

3. If you haven't done so in emergency mode, remove the AC adapter and the battery, and set them aside.

4. Disconnect any external devices (such as a mouse) attached to the USB, FireWire, serial, or other ports.

5. If you find any liquid on the battery or AC adapter, wipe them carefully and set them aside.
If your spill has thoroughly soaked the AC adapter or the battery, you probably need to consider it a loss. You can get replacement AC adapters and batteries from various sources, including the original equipment manufacturer, laptop accessory companies, and the used market.

6. Remove any cards installed in the PC Card slot.

If they're wet, carefully dry them off. If any water has gotten into the narrow slot, dry out the area with a cotton swab, taking care not to leave any threads of cotton in the internal connector.

7. Wipe off any liquid on the display.

8. Remove the hard drive and the CD/DVD drives if you have them installed in plug-in bays.

9. Open the memory module container; remove and dry the memory modules.

10. Hand-dry the keyboard surface with a lint-free cloth.

11. Clean the exposed membrane or switch cover and the keys themselves.

12. Leaving the display open, place the computer on a sturdy surface supported by two books or small boxes.

13. Reassemble the pieces that you removed.

TADA!! There you go!!.........13 tips!! wow........haha.....didnt know it can be that cumbersome.....

The Story of 2!

Have you ever found yourself in a good love relationship, yet feeling like something is missing? Have you gone from relationship to relationship looking for a certain fit, a certain depth of feeling, but never finding it? You are not alone!!

I don't know why recently i feel incline to blog about emotions, love and all that. But it was a love story i stumbled across over the internet that made me think "So, what is love??"..........Can anyone tell me that? "How do you know if it's love?"......I have asked myself the same question alot of times and just like the story I am gonna tell you in a few seconds.........there are two types of love(in my opinion i mean, so don't shoot me!!)

The story of *Luke and *Sharon:

Luke and Sharon planned to be married once Luke finished college. Their plans were disrupted when Luke survived a serious auto accident. Luke felt he needed to find meaning and purpose in his life before he could marry Sharon. He broke their engagement and spent the next several years traveling. After studying philosophy in India and Japan and finding few answers, he drifted back to his hometown and lived with his parents. Luke wandered from one relationship to another, never finding a woman with whom he felt happy. One day he awoke to find that he was 40 years old and very much alone. What had gone wrong in his search for love and purpose in his life? He never got married and ended up living alone.

Reading the story above made me question myself. So what is love? and how many forms of love there are? To me right now, i think there are two forms of love. Spiritual love and romantic love. the couple mentioned in the story above are confused about love. Luke is confusing a spiritual form of love with romantic love. Expecting to find both in one relationship, he has been unable to find either.

So what is spiritual love? And what is romantic love?

While sexual attraction can be an important part of romantic love, it is not a defining characteristic. The basic idea is that our understanding of who we are comes from the many relationships we have: family, friends, community. The hallmark of romantic love is that we have a partner with whom we mutually discover and create a shared sense of self and identity. Our restless search for the purpose of love and its meaning pointed in the direction of a different but related love-spiritual love.

The primary focus of spiritual love is transformation of the self. Transformation into what?? That depends on the particular religious or philosophical tradition in to which you belong. Transformation of the self usually involves the learning and practice of a cluster of key values, such as compassion, mercy and kindness. The goal is to have all of our relationships tempered by these key values, including our romantic relationships. Only then will we find a sense of purpose, a feeling of being connected to the world in a positive way.

While transformation of the self and creation of a shared sense of self are closely related, they are different. No wonder we were getting confused! How has this affected our search for love? When we stop looking for all the wrong loves in all the wrong places a funny thing will happen. If we stop expecting romantic love to do double duty as spiritual love, our wandering ways would come to an end. I have not solved all of the struggles to be found in romantic love. But I think and strongly believe now that having the right expectations will help me avoid the search for that one true love I would never have found.

3 Things I Love Bout Blogging......

Why? Why? Why? How on earth did i succumb to blogging?? Why am i still sitting here in the middle of the night typing away?? I really don't know but i can't stop typing!! someone please help!!........i need rehabilitation!!........

Thanks to the encouragement of my beloved bf, i have finally decided maybe the best way to safe my insanity is to blog!! blog and BLOG!! And that's the only way i can avoid spending my much needed money on a rocking chair.

What i like bout blogging?

1) I can remain anonymous......well maybe not really since i put my pic on display and risk people running up to me on the streets and give me a good, hard slap in the face....but...but....i havent told you my name, have I? And you don't even know where i live , what's my address, my surname, my phone number, my...my...whatever!! So i shall remain anonymous!! Told you..

2) I can be an angel and a b**** at the same time!! Nobody cares......i can talk about nothing and everything and people will still read my crap(hmm...hopefully!!).

3) Call me money faced, blood sucking leech all you want. But if i do well enough, am not afraid to admit that i hope one day i will be able to be a slob at home, bloggin all day and munching on french fries all i want(and no thank you, my waistline isnt expanding) and earn some money for travelling.

And yes, though the first two are the main reasons for starting a blog, but i won't deny that maybe, oh just maybe......most bloggers do hope to earn some extra cash from blogging.......nothing wrong with that......if it's so wrong, why do i still see those bloody ads??