Oh I love this question! I enjoy watching house tours on Youtube, particularly 3D ones developed by architects where they share the floor plan at the end.
I’ve been building my preference when it comes to my dream home haha… so here’s how my checklist would look like:
I want a small bungalow sitting in a big lot
Big covered garage that can fit at least 2 cars
Big yard with a low maintenance turf
And an outdoor area where we can grill and dine and hang clothes to dry.
Also an outdoor sink where we can wash our dog
2-3 bedrooms; a master, an office, a guest room, a corner for the washing machine.
1 bathroom is fine, I don’t want a lot of area to clean
I’m actually okay with our current setup. We live in a 2BR with balcony which is just the right size for us two and a dog. If we can just pluck this out and plant it in a big lot haha then extend a garage space, that would be perfect.
My husband is very particular with losing electricity so we also need space for a generator setup. I don’t now how much space it needs though.
Do you use your phone a lot when you are on the go? Maybe you like to blog or watch videos online but find that at times, your phone just can’t live up to the task. Either way, it is more than possible for you to make a change. All you have to do is follow the below tips and you’ll see an improvement in no time.
Clear your Home Screen
One of the first things you need to do is clear up your home screen. Take a look at your home screen and look at whether or not you’re running a lot of widgets. If you have the news, a calendar, email, and reminders then this could be slowing your phone down more than you realize. Every time you go to the home screen or when you wake up your phone, it has to load all of this information up. If you want to help yourself here then reduce the number of widgets and you’ll soon find that your phone loads up much faster. If you want to remove a widget then the best way for you to do this would be for you to long-press it and then drag it to remove. You may also want to take the time to remove any cookies too. You can remove cookies from iphone in just a few simple steps and when you do, you will soon find that it is easier for you to speed up your device.
Another thing you need to do is uninstall apps. Some devices come with huge amounts of software installed by the manufacturer. Often it’s not useful, but it will take up a huge amount of memory. This is the last thing you need. Some manufacturers will stop you from uninstalling any of it, which is the last thing you need. If you want to help yourself here then make sure that you delete any apps that may be resource-greedy. You also need to make sure that you take the time to use lightweight versions of apps if you can. By doing this, you will soon find that it is easier for you to get the result you need.
Background Processes
You have to remember that having no background processes will give you the best experience. This stops apps from running in the background unless you are using them. This means that the phone can concentrate on the apps you happen to be running. The Window Animation Scale should also be limited. Disabling animations in general will help your phone to load up apps faster and it will also mean that it uses less memory too. Go to the Windows Animation Scale and turn off all the settings. If you can do this then you should see an improvement.
GPU Rendering
Force GPU rendering where you can. This uses your phone’s GPU rather than using software rendering when it comes to your apps. This could reduce your battery life but only by around 10%. It will use more power than the alternative. If you want to help yourself then you may also think that updating to the latest version will help but it won’t at all. You may even find that it overloads your system. If you have a very new phone then updating is probably the right thing to do, as you may be able to take advantage of small nuances that will boost your operating system. If you have an older phone however then avoid it, as a general rule.
Remove Malware
At the end of the day, malware is a huge issue and it’s one you should be trying to take note of. A big reason why Android phones run slow is because they have malware on them. You may experience things like YouTube crashing or even your data use increasing. Your battery may also drain too. If you want to stop this from happening then you need to use a good phone protection system. You can find some top brands of anti-malware out there and all of them are available for Android devices too, so you should have no issue protecting your phone or device as time goes on. If you don’t know how to protect your phone from internet attacks then one thing you can do is try and use a VPN. This will stop hackers from being able to access your device which is always a good thing if you tend to travel a lot. You may also find that it protects you when using public WiFi, so try and keep that in consideration.
Grab rider won’t walk to the lobby to deliver my food. I already noted to meet in the lobby but he wouldn’t, even asking me if “hindi po ba kayo makakalabas?”. No kuya I don’t want to, that’s the fucking point. My entitlement gave him 1 star for his attitude. This never happens when it’s my husband who picks up our food. I hate men.
✱ Currently in the office on a Wednesday because Monday was a Holiday. It’s pretty gloomy and we’re on orange alert the past few days. I thought parking would be easy in the office as no one would want to come in but I still ran out of slots. Good thing there’s one pay parking slot available in the building so at least I don’t have to go outside. Now I’m thinking if I’ll just pay the whole 150 and leave by 11pm, or move my car to our free parking zone when slots become available, that way I only need to pay 50. Thing is, I’m already in the building and I’m parked nose out so I kinda don’t want to trouble myself anymore haha. Fine I’ll just withdraw 150 lol.
✱ I don’t know if I want to walk out and explore today because it’s been raining the whole afternoon. I kinda want to get a couple thousand steps to compensate for being too lazy to swim earlier.
✱ We just terminated our Anytime Fitness membership so our last month will be this September. We’ll be saving 4,500 a month which means a lot, but I’m also slightly regretting losing gym access. Well, truth be told we haven’t been to the gym in months so that’s a big waste of money, and we never really go in the off hours so AF being 24hrs open never really benefitted us in the whole 18 months of our membership.
✱ If I really wanted to work out I can just go down to our condo gym. Anyway I only need a bike and a treadmill. Or maybe we’ll look for a personal coach within the condo.
✱ There’s a scheduled power outage tomorrow starting at 8am that would last for 5-6 hours and we’re not sure how to prepare for it. I know this happens yearly but I always forget. I guess we were never really bothered because it’s usually raining when this happens so it’s cold enough to sit through? I also don’t think our fridge would defrost too much. Oh well.
✱ It’s 8:37PM and I just got back from moving my car and having dinner.
✱ I was gonna eat at Kaya Korean Restaurant but saw that it’s already gone at Stopover and is replaced by this new Korean-Chinese restaurant that doesn’t even have Samgyup. I was devastated. It’s bad enough that Dragon T is already gone and Potato Corner doesn’t have wasabi anymore, but damn, BGC Stopover is becoming lame with all my favorite stores closing down! 🙁
✱ Anyway, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise because I finally got to try Soban K-Town grill which I have been curious about for a while now but didn’t have the courage to ask if they allowed only 1 diner per table. Turns out they do! And they have better side dishes than Kaya! I love it. I ordered marinated Woosamgyup and feasted on the sides. Here’s the aftermath of my Korean side dish degustation which left me really bloated. Remind me not to eat rice next time? By the time I got up I knew I ate too much of something because my left foot hurts! Like there’s a painful sting when walking. Not the first time it happened. I blame the kimchi, but also won’t stop eating it.
✱ I walked back and passed by Dot coffee to get hot cafe latte. I also bought this kalamansi protein bar thingy which is really just a lemon bar in my opinion. I don’t know why they had to make it sound healthy lol it’s not like their brand screams healthy. Imo they’re pretty much just like Pickup Coffee, with their burnt beans and good whole milk haha.
I was searching for why I could not connect to a certain azure database. I’ve been doing some trial and error with the userID and password but still couldn’t get it to connect via UiPath. I do, however, can connect to the database straight from SSMS so I know I just need to find where it doesn’t click. Could be the user ID format, or the password, I don’t know.
I just recently updated my computer to Windows 11 and the update was pretty quick. What I don’t like though is how you can’t adjust the taskbar height as I want it shorter. And also I can’t adjust the width of the Start menu. Not that I use it a lot. Other that that I have no major complaints yet. I did notice the preference for rounded corners in this version. All app windows now have rounded corners lol. Idk isn’t that just a fad?
I’m on a personal time off today because I have so many chores and errands to do in preparation for the upcoming long weekend. Somehow my extrovert of a husband managed to fill all our free days with visitors and an out of town with his friends so here I am scrambling to prepare food for both ocassions. Don’t get me wrong, I love being part of happenings like this, as someone who doesn’t have a lot going on in her life lol. Today was just rather exhausting because I was standing a lot in the kitchen.
I went to my PT session this noon…
Then to Shang to buy some stuff at Mercury…
When I got home I did some general cleaning (vacuumed and mopped)…
And then i prepared a lot of food:
Our dinner, buffalo chicken thigh wraps
Tomorrow’s dinner: Italian meatballs. I prepared the mixture in advance so I just have to airfry them tomorrow
And our weekend food: liempo sauce and marinade
Tomorrow is another day. Our guests are arriving before dinner and I need to cook so much! Waaah!
We also need to head out to the grocery to buy more stuff for the weekend
I miss my parents. I haven’t been able to hang out with them in two weeks huhu
Right now I’m just sitting on the computer, typing this, in a while I’ll get to work because guess what I also have a lot of work to catch up on! It’s almost September and my deadlines are looming!
Oh I know it came from the Ariane product line by Avon and my mom just added a second name for some reason; I never asked hehe. If I remember correctly one of my aunts suggested it after my mom gave birth cos she was selling Avon stuff haha. And my mom bought it. I don’t think my parents really thought much of my name though. Whereas my sister got hers from the formulaic mommy + daddy’s names hehe.
Kinda nostalgic looking at the product. I remember looking it up waaaay back and I loved it, the simple script, the color, the name of course haha. I also remember being gifted the perfume powder and I hated the smell cos it was too strong. And I was also too young and thought it didn’t suit me. I just don’t like perfumy stuff that’s all haha.
How about you, do you know what you were named after?
