[dragonbird]

.Volsung. said:

@Dragonbird,
Good that moving was relatively easy. I'll probably have to move to a different country sometime within the next couple of years (for personal/academic reasons) and I'm dreading it. Especially if we can't take our dog with us
Just wondering, what kind of Internet connections do you guys have in the Philippines? As in bandwidth and the relative cost of, say, MB per currency unit? ›››

Well, investigate taking the dog - it's easier now than it used to be.

Internet? The combination of "emerging economy" and "lots of islands" means that the cell infrastructure is a lot better than the alternatives, so you get all of the bandwidth, cap, cost drawbacks of cell for internet. There's also a lot of difference between Manila and the provinces (I'm in the largest provincial city). Manila's starting to get LTE now, but it'll be a while before we get it here. There's also a cable option, but they have some crazy data cap so I didn't really check it out.

Cost? Typically around US$15 a month for a 1Mb/s connection, either cell or, where available, DSL. The good part is that you do actually GET 1Mb/s, even on overseas sites. The fastest available in my city is an 8Mb/s connection with DSL at around US$60 a month, but you won't get those bandwidths with overseas sites - that was the connection I had before I moved, and it rarely went over around 1.5Mb/s. (It was the same in Singapore - the quoted bandwidths were high, but you never got them overseas). The DSL and one of the cell providers are uncapped, the other suppliers have data caps.

And if you need hints and tips on "moving to a different country", feel free to PM me. I've done it twice now, once from the UK to Singapore, and then from Singapore here. It is very daunting, and it's easy to be overwhelmed, but it's manageable. The one thing I've never had to worry about is language though, I suspect that makes things a lot harder.

[.Volsung.]

Thanks Dragonbird, that was very interesting. It really does not make sense to pay big bucks for a large bandwidth that is actually not large for most online content!
Whenever the time to move comes I'll let you know, I'm sure we'll need a tip or two.

[Dragon'sDream]

Got back into my workout routine today, now that I finally have the time for it. At the end of the routine, I drank my protein shake, which was made completely out of soy products. It wasn't supposed to contain soy products, but there was a mix up in my order and I got this one by accident without my knowledge. Unfortunately, I am severely allergic to soy....things got bad. I spent 4 hours in the emergency room, filling up on antihistamine tablets and adrenaline shots. Not the best start to my holiday...

Well, now you know why I keep chicken in my diet. Got to get that protein from somewhere.

[guipit]

Dragon said:

Got back into my workout routine today, now that I finally have the time for it. At the end of the routine, I drank my protein shake, which was made completely out of soy products. It wasn't supposed to contain soy products, but there was a mix up in my order and I got this one by accident without my knowledge. Unfortunately, I am severely allergic to soy....things got bad. I spent 4 hours in the emergency room, filling up on antihistamine tablets and adrenaline shots. Not the best start to my holiday...

Well, now you know why I keep chicken in my diet. Got to get that protein from somewhere. ›››

You should sue!

or atleast ask for money to buy a new video card and pay for those hospital bills.

[dragonbird]

Terrible start to a holiday - are you recovered now? I don't know how long the cure takes with these types of allergy responses.

[Dragon'sDream]

guipit said:

or atleast ask for money to buy a new video card and pay for those hospital bills.

Hospital bills? What is that?

Emergencies are fully payed for by the government. They even gave me medication to take in the fallowing days free of charge.

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Terrible start to a holiday - are you recovered now? I don't know how long the cure takes with these types of allergy responses.

Back on my feet now.

[dragonbird]

Dragon said:

Back on my feet now. ›››

Well, get OFF your feet and sit down on this convenient bar stool. The drinks in the Hairy Bear are guaranteed non-allergenic, and they don't even give you a hangover.

[Pham]

You know whats the worst thing about parties? The thing that comes afterwards - hangover.

Yesterday, our class had a celebratory ball/party as the last fun event that happens until we graduate. And since almost everyone brought their own alcohol, mixing happened (not recommended btw). And now, after 5 hours of sleep, my neck hurts from headbanging, my head hurts from alcohol, my feet hurt from dancing and I am constantly thirsty. All worth it though.

And how was your day, guys and girls?

[Pangaea]

A plus to you sir for the headbanging

I know all about how that feels. Sometimes it has felt like my head was about to drop off my shoulders, and it was hard to hold it up. It can get a bit wild.

[Dragon'sDream]

Same as you. I am recovering from an all-nighter in town that ended 6:30am. Hundreds of dollars worth of alcohol really bites hard the next day...or later on in the day in my case.

[Pham]

Pangaea said:

A plus to you sir for the headbanging ›››

Only sad thing was that the DJ played mostly disco stuff - understandable, given the situation. There were some rocks songs mixed in though, and me and my friend tried to get Panic Station (Muse) or Ain't no Rest for the Wicked on, but he only had Undisclosed Desires (also Muse) so we went with that. Muse is a fantastic band and very well suited for parties actually, even the rap crowd liked the song. Too bad he did not have Panic Station though, that song is beast!

Dragon said:

Same as you. I am recovering from an all-nighter in town that ended 6:30am. Hundreds of dollars worth of alcohol really bites hard the next day...or later on in the day in my case. ›››

Is alcohol really that expensive there? I spent about 10 euros on half a bottle of Havana rum and 2 beers, and I got a bit of Whiskey, Gin, Metaxa and Bourbon from friends for free.

[Dragon'sDream]

Pham said:

Is alcohol really that expensive there? I spent about 10 euros on half a bottle of Havana rum and 2 beers, and I got a bit of Whiskey, Gin, Metaxa and Bourbon from friends for free. ›››

LOL, not expensive no, there was just a lot of it. I had what you had over dinner alone. Once we hit the club scene...forget it. It was spaced out across the entire night though, so I never lost control.

Part of the problem is that I have been doing it quite a bit since my graduation. Becoming tolerant to alcohol.

[Pham]

Dragon said:

LOL, not expensive no, there was just a lot of it. I had what you had over dinner alone. Once we hit the club scene...forget it. It was spaced out across the entire night though, so I never lost control.

Part of the problem is that I have been doing it quite a bit since my graduation. Becoming tolerant to alcohol. ›››

I wanted to remember the night so I stopped myself from drinking too much - we all did. If we wanted to get really drunk, we would have opened the gift bottle of Russian Standard Vodka and me and my friend would have bought one bottle each instead of buying the rum together. Also there were no girls to drink with since it was all my school class.

Another thing, we started at about midnight - after the teachers and parents went home. So that was only 4 hours of drinking. Of course we had some before, but that was negligible.

[Elias_R]

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[Corylea]

My husband was talking with one of his students today, and the student said, "Have you ever heard of a computer game called The Witcher?

My husband laughed until he choked.


I hate it, though, that in my country, people say, "Have you ever heard of a computer game called The Witcher? If they want to talk about Half Life or Grand Theft Auto or something, they just talk about it, secure in the knowledge that everybody's heard of those. But it's still "Have you ever heard of a computer game called The Witcher? Damn it, damn it, damn it.

Still, it was pretty funny. My husband heard a lot about The Witcher the first time I played it, partly because I loved it so much, and partly because it was a birthday gift from him, so I wanted to let him know how much I was enjoying his present. Then he heard all about "Medical Problems 1" during the 10 months it took me to make it, then all about "Medical Problems 2" during the year it took me to make THAT. In between he heard about all of the little mods I made and about how The Witcher was superior to whatever other game I was currently playing. This past August, he finally played MP1. He's heard me mention Secondchildren, Petra Silie, Seeker, Tommy, Dragonbird, Dona, Guy N'wah, Dragon's Dream, Pangaea, Volsung, Kindo, Delightful McCoy, Cassandra, Fantasta, Unkreativ, E-Ahmet, Asheral, 227, Costin, Knight of Phoenix, Flash, Szypek, and lots of other denizens of the forum.

The poor guy has heard WAY more than he ever expected to -- and probably more than he ever wanted to -- about The Witcher.

It turns out that the student was talking about The Witcher 2. He convinced her to play The Witcher 1 first.

[.Volsung.]

Corylea said:

My husband was talking with one of his students today, and the student said, "Have you ever heard of a computer game called The Witcher?

My husband laughed until he choked. />


I hate it, though, that in my country, people say, "Have you ever heard of a computer game called The Witcher? If they want to talk about Half Life or Grand Theft Auto or something, they just talk about it, secure in the knowledge that everybody's heard of those. But it's still "Have you ever heard of a computer game called The Witcher? Damn it, damn it, damn it.

Still, it was pretty funny. My husband heard a lot about The Witcher the first time I played it, partly because I loved it so much, and partly because it was a birthday gift from him, so I wanted to let him know how much I was enjoying his present. Then he heard all about "Medical Problems 1" during the 10 months it took me to make it, then all about "Medical Problems 2" during the year it took me to make THAT. In between he heard about all of the little mods I made and about how The Witcher was superior to whatever other game I was currently playing. This past August, he finally played MP1. He's heard me mention Secondchildren, Petra Silie, Seeker, Tommy, Dragonbird, Dona, Guy N'wah, Dragon's Dream, Pangaea, Volsung, Kindo, Delightful McCoy, Cassandra, Fantasta, Unkreativ, E-Ahmet, Asheral, 227, Costin, Knight of Phoenix, Flash, Szypek, and lots of other denizens of the forum.

The poor guy has heard WAY more than he ever expected to -- and probably more than he ever wanted to -- about The Witcher.

It turns out that the student was talking about The Witcher 2. He convinced her to play The Witcher 1 first. />/>/> ›››

Where had you been? Reading in between the lines I see that you have been doing OK

That's funny and awesome. I'll have to make it an assignment next semester for my students to play The Witcher or, given time constraints, Medical Problems.

And I'm flattered to be on that list!

[dragonbird]

Corylea said:

The poor guy has heard WAY more than he ever expected to -- and probably more than he ever wanted to -- about The Witcher.

It turns out that the student was talking about The Witcher 2. He convinced her to play The Witcher 1 first. /> ›››

LOL. At least he's played it. I've been nagging trying to persuade my husbad to play TW1 for over a year now, and he still hasn't got round to it. At least he did buy a copy though, which is a start.

[Costin Moroianu]

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This past August, he finally played MP1. He's heard me mention Secondchildren, Petra Silie, Seeker, Tommy, Dragonbird, Dona, Guy N'wah, Dragon's Dream, Pangaea, Volsung, Kindo, Delightful McCoy, Cassandra, Fantasta, Unkreativ, E-Ahmet, Asheral, 227, Costin, Knight of Phoenix, Flash, Szypek, and lots of other denizens of the forum.

Well that's a nice list. Guess I am honored to be on it.

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It turns out that the student was talking about The Witcher 2. He convinced her to play The Witcher 1 first.

I think it's sad there are people who will never play TW1 because they look at TW2 and see shinny. While I do think TW2 is a better game TW1 is still a great game.

So great in fact Bioware tried ripping it off for DA2. Hah.

[.Volsung.]

Costin Moroianu said:

So great in fact Bioware tried ripping it off for DA2. Hah. ›››

How? I played DA2 and to be honest, don't remember many details

[Pangaea]

Great to see a post by you Corylea Honoured to be in a list with so many respectable names too. How are you doing?

I'm probably the only one in this forum that hasn't played TW2 yet, but I loved TW1. What I saw of the TW2 GUI didn't please me at all, but that's not why I haven't bought it yet. My computer quite simply can't handle it.