Inside My PC

Inspired by fashionista's "Inside My Bag", take a peek of what's "Inside My PC". That is, free softwares I personally use. Hope you'll find some of these tools useful too!

Google Chrome for browsing the web.

Google Drive for safekeeping some files. This is after I lost a year-worth of photos which included my first trip abroad :(

Evernote for note-taking. I like using MS OneNote, but it's not free.

Nokia PC Suite for back-up purpose too. I intentionally didn't insert a link here because we have different phones. Just google for your specific Nokia phone.

Picasa and Picasa Web for photo sharing/back up. But, I haven't used Picasa for photo editting.

Thunderbird for my emailing needs.

VLC Media Player for watching videos and listening to audiobooks.

Avast Anti-virus. Well, this works for us. Actually, it was my brother who installed it.

Foxit PDF Reader.

Skype for web calls.

TED Talks

I enjoy watching TED talks. Most of the times, I find it addicting, hehe. At least, it's way better than the  majority of our free TV shows. Nangatwiran pa, haha! XD

Well, without further ado, here's the lastest video I've seen. Actually,  I haven't visited their site for quite some time. This video is only 3 minutes long (or should I say, short). Watch it. I hope you'll like it too. More important, I hope it will also help you achieve whatever dream or goal you have. =)

Here it is. Enjoy!

Richard St. John's 8 secrets of success

P.S.
Did your mom pushed you too? Hehe. (I love you, Nanay!)

Who knows?

"We may not always understand the Lord's wisdom behind every event, but all things happen for a reason.

Who knows?

What we may consider as tragedy may turn out to be a blessing after all...

God is too wise to be mistaken."

Yesterday morning, I received that quote. I've been wanting to write a post similar to that message for quite some time already. But as you can see, it's only now that I got to share it here. I think Jubell's text message was God's gentle nudge.

In line with the quote's message is this story. I don't know who originally wrote this.

A farmer had one old horse that he used for tilling his fields. One day the horse escaped into the hills and when all the farmer’s neighbors heard about it, they sympathized with the old man over his bad luck. “Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows? Only God knows.” said the farmer.

A week later, the horse returned with a herd of wild horses from the hills and this time the neighbors congratulated the farmer on his good luck. “Good luck? Bad luck? Who knows? Only God knows” said the farmer.

Then, when the farmer’s son was attempting to tame one of the wild horses, he fell off its back and broke his leg. Everyone agreed that this was very bad luck. Not the farmer, who replied, “Bad Luck? Good luck? Who knows? Only God knows.”

Some weeks later, the army marched into the village and forced every able-bodied young man to go fight in a bloody war. When they saw that the farmer’s son had a broken leg, they let him stay. Everyone was very happy at the farmer’s good luck.

“Good luck? Bad luck? Who knows? Only God knows.”

These remind me that God is indeed awesome! He turns what was meant to hurt us into something beautiful. More popularly known as "blessings in disguise" ;)

smile! =)

They say that children smile 400 times a day while adults do with only 15. So, everyone, let's smile! =)

oil for your lamp

Once upon a time, I ran out of "oil for my own lamp". Since I haven't read (or heard) anything about it, I thought I was just a plain bum. Until I stumbled upon this movie.

(You can watch the movie here)

(or browse snippets of the book here)

It happens to be International Women's Month! I think the movie fits quite with the celebration, don't you think?

Note:

I am not a reseller or affiliate of Simple Truth. I just like their movies. That's why I share them. ;)

My first favorite from their movies is 212°:The Extra Degree

GoNegosyo

BABAE KAPUSO KA NG BAYAN

GO NEGOSYO’S WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT AND EXPO 2011

4-6 March 2011

World Trade Center, Pasay

ten in 2010

blessings last year, 2010!

(these are just some, of course, there's a whole lot more)

(not particularly in any order)

1. tatay and nanay's physical healing

2. life and biz lessons

3. roof above our heads, food on the table, daily provisions

4. learned about vegetarianism, including raw food (i haven't really practiced it yet, but i've tried)

5. tried brazilian ju jitsu for a night (sana maulit this year)

6. rekindled interest in muay thai (kahit as a spectator lang muna, hehe)

7. lost some excess fat (yipee! naka 6 pounds ako)

8. met new people

9. tweety and musang

10. of course, family and friends are always a blessing.

thank you Lord for the years that passed! =)

"the doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease"

thomas edison

Pantene Commercial

After posting Yiruma, I remembered a Pantene commercial. Hope you'd like this one too.

Yiruma

I first heard this from a friend's Facebook post. I've fallen in love with the music. ♥♥♥

Yiruma - River Flows in You