The mac
Histrionics and HissyFits over, I'm now rebuilding the mac .. The next 2 days are bandhs (again) , so it sort of works .. After applying the latest update on Saturday, the machine just started crawling and locking up. It was playing up on reboot and would only come up every other time until it just didnt come up at all. The b-tree ( sort of the index to all the directories and files) got totally screwed and the only solution is to erase the hard drive and start again. Luckily I didn't fit in those...
Well .. after all that upbeat stuff, this weekend totally sucked ... I managed to get myself into a total blue funk and just to top it off, the mac has decided to die. Looks like the hard drive, and of course I didnt f... well do a backup this Friday, do we ever learn. Soooo, will be offline for a while (except for when I can be bothered to use these net cafe things) and looks like my little jaunt to India (closest mac support centre)might be brought forward. At least thats one positive out of this...
What have I been up to over the last few days ? Well, besides listening to Missy's new album (which I love), its been a bit of everything. On Friday we had the annual AGM at work, so I got to meet most of the board and directors and sat through a 2 hour meeting all in Nepali .. interesting to say the least, but slowly the langauge is starting to sound 'normal' and if I'm lucky I might start picking up a few words soon. Amazingly I managed to get the gist of a lot of it just by the tone and body language....
Woohoo, Skype, which is an MSN type application which also allows phone calls to mobiles and landlines over the internet at super cheap rates was released for mac today. To phone an Australian mobile is going to cost me about 28 cents a minute and 2 cents a minute for a landline, no matter where in the world is Carmen Santiago .. lol, got carried away there, no matter where in the world I am. Currently from Nepal its costing me about $2.00 a minute. Big difference, see how much longer I will be able...
Saturday Lesson #3 A nice dinner and wine do not go with an already stressed stomach. I know this and I should know better, but oh well, thats life. Managed to get up and have a shower and pop in to the shop (luckily its next door) and stock up on water. I couldn't find any lemonade, but suprise suprise, I got some Golden Circle Raspberry Cordial which seems to be helping. ( Its a very well known Australian brand for the non aussies ) Today is declared a day of rest and recupuration ... Sunday Woke...
Woke up early after a pretty good nights sleep and decided to head off to Thamel. This is meant to be the most popular area for trekkers and backpackers to stay. Its in the taxi for some more obstacle course work, it should be scary, but I think because the speed is relatively slow, 20 – 40 k's it's a blast. Just lean on that horn and push your way through. I think everyone here is in a permanent state of carbon monoxide poisoning, you just wouldn't believe the smog. Lots of people walk around...