sacha chua living an awesome life

Xdrive looks like a promising way to
transfer files between clients. It’s an additional USD 9.95 a month
for 5 GB. If I can find a cheaper mail/web host that still lets me do
PHP hacking, then we can move off ipowerweb next year.

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http://www.indexstock.com is an online stock photography service.
Check out
the guidelines. I think this is a good service for us to look into.
Besides, we need to tag photos and cross-reference them with model
releases anyway.

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Confirmed Globe DSL SMTP server

• Found webmail.glinesnx.com.ph written on DSL box.
• Sent and received test e-mail.
• Confirmed with DSL tech support and Ben.
• Next action: None

Updated studio list on website

• Cut, cropped, and recolored photos from AdphotoProfile1.pdf.
• Placed the pictures on Adphoto: Studio » Facilities.
• Next action: Get better information on studios (dimensions, facilities)

Submitted site to web directories

• Open Directory Project, http://www.photo.net.ph, Tanikalang Ginto, photographers.com (specializations: Advertising, special effects, digital, stock, product/studio still life)
• Expect two weeks or more before listings show up.
• Blurb used: Advertising photography and digital imaging from award-winning pioneers John Chua, G-nie Arambulo, Mac Antonio, Kathy Chua. 30+ years of experience of working with both local and international clients.
• Next action: None

Worked on Haribon sponsorship letter

• Rewrote proposal to be more attractive to potential sponsors.
• Next action: Follow up with Dad

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Supplier’s Directory: Studio / Gear Rentals
lists Adphoto, Inc. =) Nice write-up.

In brief: A well-established firm that rents out studios—from modest
40 sq. meter units to a columnless 240 sq. meter studio for cars and
huge setups. They’ve got studios with kitchen facilities for food
photography, and studios with adjoining dressing / make-up rooms for
talent / fashion shoots. They also rent out a full-range of digital
equipment (think Hasselblads, Sinars, Fuji, and PhaseOne digital
systems) and can build sets and source props.

They also provide photography services through their pool of in-house
photography pros—John K. Chua, G-nie Arambulo, Mac Antonio, Kathy
Chua, and Ben Chan.

Note: A full-service studio that has near everything you can dream of
needing. They’ve also been operating for years and years. For more
info, you should look for Ms. Harvey V. Chua (that’s not a typo, SHE
should be able to help you out).

Page maintained by Taj Deluria.

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UToronto is offering me admission.
An interesting startup is recruiting me.
Choices are always difficult.

I would like to defer my U of T admission a few months—a sem at
most—and try out the startup. Having my cake and eating it too. I’m
excited about the opportunities. I want to learn about the business
side of things. I want to see a startup try to get all the way to
shipping a product. I’m looking forward to picking their brains.
Lawrence and Luis have worked on other startups before, and they’ve
been quite successful. I want to learn why. I also want to put
together a little investment kitty I can use for myself in the future.
I think the business experience will enrich my research work and make
me even more valuable to the department.

I was going to post a long entry thinking through some other factors,
but posting it as I had originally written it would be doing a grave
disservice to my mother. Initially I was frustrated by her lack of
enthusiasm and her skepticism (although not straight disapproval).
Silly me, of course! Not only is my mom a very savvy business person
who’s just reminding me to do due diligence (and indeed I will e-mail
the former companies of the guys heading the startup), but she’s also
my mom, and although she’s not entirely keen on the idea of my being
away, she knows it’s a selfish feeling and won’t let that stop me from
going.

Conclusion: I have an ubercool mom who is handling all of these things
far, far better than other moms can be expected to.

I really, really love her.

So I’ll check this thing out. If the guys pass whatever tests I can
think of _and_ the UToronto people say OK, then I’ll sign up with them
for a stint. If not, I’ll head over to Canada so that I can get
started right away and come home soon.

I lurv my mom.

１匹の猫を別とすれば家は空っぽだった。 The house was empty except for a cat.

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The network tester I bought yesterday was very useful. Celine and Yaya
suddenly lost network connection, and the tester quickly showed me
that both cables going to the first floor had been significantly
damaged. I showed Jun how the network tester tests individual wires.
We think rats might have chewed on the wires. Jun will rewire the
connection going downstairs. I gave him the wall mounts, networking
jacks, cable reel, and network tester: he’s all set to do some major
networking stuff.

Celine didn’t receive some mail Mom sent her, so I confirmed that the
server had plenty of free space and I sent another test message.
However, my mom’s default settings with Globelines didn’t work.

To prevent its mail servers from being used for spam, Globelines
requires users to check their Globelines account before allowing them
to send mail through its servers (POP before SMTP). I didn’t want to
save my mom’s Globelines password on all the computers that needed to
send mail. On 2005.03.03, I installed another network card in our
IntranetServer and configured it to check my mom’s Globelines account
regularly. This worked without a hitch because I had assigned
addresses to keep the two networks separate.

When they plugged the wireless router in, though, the factory defaults
conflicted with my addressing scheme. I suppose she had luckily
managed to avoid those problems for a while. Still, fixing it was
just a matter of sitting down and configuring the router properly. I
set the router password and the wireless security settings as well.

We’re still not done arranging for Mom’s flight to Canada. Argh.
The printer’s annoying, the website’s somewhat frustrating… Mrph.

彼らは熱烈にいがみ合っている。 They fight like cat and dog.

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