Category Archives: Friends and Family

Cataracts + Portfolio

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Dang… Today seemed to be a long day…

I took a half day PTO from work and left around 1:30pm so I can take my Mom to a Optometry appointment at Kasier. After the Optometrist saw her, he called me in and explained that the blurriness was not caused by a change in her prescription, but because of Cataracts. To be honest, I’m not that familiar to what Cataracts is, so I have to do some research on that… The Optometrist said that it is fixed by an operation and if my Mom wanted to, he can call the Ophthalmology department and have them schedule an appointment to get more info.

I thought the mention of an operation would freak my Mom, but she was pretty calm and sounded like she wanted to do it. My Mom told me that my Grandma had a operation to correct her Cataracts, so this may explain her calmness. I guess we’ll wait for the Ophthalmologist’s call back.

After Kaiser, we do more errands, going to Recology Vallejo (formerly known as Vallejo Garbage) and 1st Pacific Credit Union.

I then had an appointment to set up a portfolio at Wells Fargo Bank. I’ve never done stocks, or bonds, or mutual fund, so this investing thing is kinda new to me. Last week, my Banker (who is kinda cute, by the way) suggested that I invest my money from my CD that recently matured to something that will make more money… so I hope my brand spanking new portfolio does well.

I just heard on the evening news that the stocks just dropped today… but my portfolio account doesn’t actually get the funds until tomorrow (Wednesday), so I think this news is actually good for me… I think it’s best when you buy low (or something like that)… see how inexperienced I am at this… I’ll see…

FourSquareAfter the bank… me and my Mom went shopping.I was racking up points on FourSquare, from all these check-ins, but their server then went down, so I couldn’t check-in at Costco and Seafood City. It was kinda frustrating, because I thought I was gonna be gipped points… but I was able to retro-check-in once I got home.

I just remembered something I was telling everyone at work:
Feliz Cuatro de Mayo!!!

Tweets + Nanay Exercises…

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12:15am I just unlocked the “Explorer” badge on @foursquare! 4sq.com/dlyAf5

Explorer

8:47am I just became the mayor of Park & Ride (Carpool Lot) on @foursquare! 4sq.com/bTO41u

10:18pm So sad to hear that a 59-year-old San Francisco man beaten by two 18-year-old Oakland men for no reason died :: j.mp/a0rZHr

10:22pm I don’t know why my Twitter feed no longer goes to Facebook… Even thought it’s set to…

11:15pm I taught my Mom how to play an exercise DVD on her own :: 1 Put DVD in. 2 Press [TV] then [POWER]. 3 [TV-INPUT]. 4 [DVD]. 5 [OK].

11:19pm My Mom’s exercising & I can hear her laughing along with the DVD :: I can’t tell you how precious it is to see her enjoying her exercise!!!

Pyramid…

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I just gave my brother a CD with 6+ remixes of Charice’s “Pyramid” (f. Iyaz)

Here’s the new official music video

DVD/Blu-ray Player Suggestions?…

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A couple days ago, my Mom expressed interest in playing her exercise videos in our living room TV since there is space there to move around (unlike our family room which is crowded). The problem is that her exercise videos are on VHS tape and we don’t have a VCR on that TV anymore.

BTW… I have been recording the TV program Sit and Be Fit for my Mom… Here she is exercising in the crowded family room. She was so adorable!

Exercising

I can reinstall the VCR in the living toom, but I’m thinking of getting a DVD (or Blu-ray) Player that will play DVDs. I also want it to be multifunctional… This is what I’m looking for:

– DVD or Blu-ray Player
– Can play DVD-R with burned H.264 video (.m4v)
– WiFi (built in, I don’t want to buy a separate USB WIFI receiver)
– Can play videos (mpeg1, mpeg2, mp4, m4v) on networked computers
– Can play videos on an attached USB drive
– Netflix Now Playing
– Old style composite video output (yellow)

Any one have any suggestions?

These are some that may qualify. I still need to research further:

LG BD570 ($250) >>
LG BD590 ($380) >>
Insignia NS-WBRDVD ($180) >>

Before and After…

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Giddy Up Unka Joel Mahliyah and Her Unka Joel

Kuya Rene on Citizen Pinoy + 3:00:00am…

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12:54am My Brother just saw himself on TV on the show Citizen Pinoy (taped last year at Yerba Buena Park, SF) #

3:04am One of the geekiest things I just did was to watch my laptop’s clock turn from 1:59:59 AM to 3:00:00 AM… #

Loud Music + Nice Face…

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3:22pm Woke up to neighbor’s music so loud I could Shazam* it in our house with the door and windows closed: Arboles De La Barranca by Carlos Y Jose #

10:22pm My Mom just told me that Manny Pacquiao has a nice face for a boxer. She says it’s because he doesn’t get hit… #

(*Shazam is an iPhone app that listens to a sample of music being heard and identifies the song and artist.)

Hello World… New Blog (Again)

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So I’m giving WordPress another try… but this time my friend Bill installed it to my joelignacio.com site, instead of using the wordpress.com site, which I abandoned some time ago. They were charging to upgrade to customize CSS styles and for no-ads.