Never
occurred to me that my sister would catch up and get me a new star bucks
planner . In fact I thought that getting that darn planner would never
materialize at all, hopefully my sister proved me wrong and on the morning of
January 03 my sister came to my study tablet and gave me this small star bucks
paper bag and inside it was the long waited (and highly desired) collectible
star bucks planner 2016. My eyes lit up like wild fire the minute I saw what's
inside the paper bag and got my hands on it. Of course I immediately posted on
all my social media accounts that I got a new 2016 star bucks planner .
Facebook , Twitter and even Instagram. This seems childish but it always brings
me a smile on each year to get this
notebook, no matter how shitty or crappy year I had.
So
what's the difference of the new 2016 SB planner than last year, first off the
new planner they issue is a bit of a setback compared to last year , with a
much smaller space and a lot less paper inside it. So basically star buck fans
were not very happy to see their beloved planner to be downsized after that
much trouble in collecting the stickers first , and as a matter of fact - up to
now the new 2016 planner is still being distributed, (compared to last year
that it sold of early). Regardless of the disappointment of fans, I'm thankful
that my sister gave me one and she went on that trouble just to get one, - it's
kind of a tradition that started way back in 2011 that my sister yearly gave me
this. Given that I myself is a prolific write I enjoy every bit of material
that is given to me that I can write on during my spare time, given that my
situation being frequently trapped on a floating gas station
Aside
from that …
Thru
tremendous searching on the net , I stumbled upon a blogsite titled
"investor Juan" which teaches some terminology and basics about
investing and how to make your money roll, now of course it's not exactly a
certified rule book but it gives idea's on what to do about the money. (just type and search it on google)
Another
thing I will write about is the recent discovery I made on how to hide pirated
installer DVD / CD's from airport security. And yes I computer science this
shit up for the convenience of the whole OFW out there.
As
we all know in airport security basic's, this is one of the prohibited item's
that should not be brought along on the trip (at least on the airport) and
anyone caught possessing such item carries a penalty of a few thousand dollars
to a few years of jail time depending on which country you got caught. Now for
my perspective since having a pirated DVD / CD's are the lesser evil on the
long list of prohibited items on airport security , I decided to share my
discovery on how to get past airport security, and in general carrying pirated
Cd's without actually carrying a physical pirated DVD / CD's inside my luggage.
Remember
that the data inside the CD's are more important that the physical CD's
themselves. Of course I have to apologize on this part because this requires
and average to advance skill in computer to pull this off , which as far as I
know mostly Filipino OFW's have poor or below average on computer skills which
includes also Filipino Sailors, so basically this will be difficult to be
understood for a common OFW.
Anyway
here's the thing , all you need is this.
LAPTOP
/ COMPUTER that has a DVD / CD Drive
External
DVD reader / writer (in case you're computer doesn’t have a CD drive)
Pirated
DVD's or CD's (Stuff that you will copy data from)
Any
CD copying software (in my personal choice is daemon tools pro advance)
A
little brain power (seriously)
Steps
1
install any Daemon tools pro advance virtual disk drive on your pc . Compatible
with windows 7 , 8 , 8.1 and 10, this creates a virtual disk drive on the
computer's hard drive which in turn will be needed later on to read the copied
data.
2
put the pirated CD / DVD on the CD tray of the computer or external drive.
3
Run the Daemon tools and choose the option "make disc image" , or
anything similar that copies the disc.
4
Store in your computer or any external storage device like , hard drives,
memory cards etc.
Presto
now you have a disc data that doesn't have a physical CD. Just remember that in
order for the data to be played you have to "mount" the data first to
the virtual data drive , then play it there via any media player or any other
programs that plays the disk.
Overall
by virtualizing or whatever you call the process in copying an image disc , it
greatly reduces the possibility of an OFW being searched or detected in their
luggage some pirated DVD's or CD on the airport , because there's no CD's
inside in the first place - well at
least physical CD's, it's now just only
disc files inside a compact hard drive. This is the practical application of my
discovery to a common OFW's perspective.
In
other news …
January
came and I was figuring out what the hell has happened on Career and why
haven't they called me yet, more thing that adds to my puzzle was the recent
call made by Mr. Nidoy. So I decided to drop by a week after new year and see
what the hell was going on, When I came
to visit - I immediately checked the IVRS system and see if the
"line-up" for me on Cape Texel was still active . Unfortunately it
isn't and I went next to the processing counter to confirm if I was removed ,
it checked out. The last objective of my visit is to know why and had to see
Mr. Nidoy on the explanation, He told me that the reason why Cape Texel was
scrubbed was on the fact that Filipino crewmen there got laid off and replaced
by Chinese crew and there are still figuring me out on what ship will I be
reassigned. The main bottom line is that I'm in a "floating" status,
no line up's awaiting and definitely extended on vacation.
