TinierMe Closing

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Unfortunately I received an email today that TinierMe is closing on December 10, 2012. They already stopped accepting new user registration last November 9, 2012.. It's sad thinking about all the kids playing this game who exerted too much effort and probably even money just to enjoy playing this game. ;p

I signed up to TinierMe last March 30, 2011 but stopped playing a couple of months after which I think is somewhere in September or October 2011.

Frankly, I got addicted to playing this game up to the point that I even purchased G-Coins just to get items I wanted which I think accummulated to atleast 30 US Dollars. Played every day but got tired after a couple of months plus my PC at work got problems in loading flash.. Hmm.. Maybe I'm just too old for that game? ;p Seeing the kids chatting and playing and then became showing off their too expensive items and ranting online, I got tired of it. Turned me off.. But it's sad really seeing those kids addicted to living online and for what? Now TinierMe is shutting down and what would happen now to the lives they've built on it? Nothing.

Anyways, it's been fun playing TinierMe. It's really fun dressing-up my avatar. I'll give you a quick tour on my account. :)

Here is my Profile page:

My Room 1st Room:

My Room now:

My Avatar when I just started playing (Chibicoins only):

My Avatar when I started buying G-coins:

What I will miss the most.. Are my chibipets.. Awww :'(









*I'll add pictures later* ;D

Movie Review: James Bond Skyfall 007

Watched "Skyfall" the 23rd James Bond movie featuring Daniel Craig as James Bond and Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva (the villain). Watched it last night together with some friends at Cine Royal, Khalidiya Mall, Abu Dhabi, UAE. It's been a while since I last watched a movie at Khalidiya Mall and it's my first time to watch a James Bond movie starring Daniel Craig. What can I say?

About Cine Royal, Khalidiya Mall: The ambiance is nice and comfty, I really like it compared to other cinemas I went in to here at Abu Dhabi, UAE. Though, I'm surprised that there were too much commercials and trailers as expected and the movie did not start on time. My popcorn is almost 1/4 when the movie actually started. The movie is PG15 and kids are not allowed so we need to send Chloei home first, thankfully we had enough time before the movie actually started.

About Skyfall: The trade mark of James Bond movies, great opening clip showing the usual credits and Adele singing the OST is just awesome, I really like Adele songs. This James Bond movie is not what I expected though.. Not much extravagance, in my terms I will say it seems like a normal movie.. Not James Bond at all.. Maybe I say this because not much of fight scenes and the intrigue which usually flows with the Bond girl is not that much.. Plus there where no new gadgets.. The car is not that flashy also, LOL.. ;p I feel it's just bits and pieces of a real James Bond movie.. I'm guessing this movie is just a prelude for a make-over of the James Bond series for the future. You know.. Changing many things in it, including character portrayals. I don't like spoilers so better not mention any. ;p

Overall, for me, it's not that bad but not that good either.. It's quite different from the usual Bond movie but learned lot of things in it though like James Bond's background. Is it worth watching? Some say not. But yes it is still worth watching, for the experience of it since James Bond is now in it’s 50^th year. ;)

Movie Review: The Mistress

Watched "The Mistress" a Filipino movie starring Bea Alonzo and John Lloyd Cruz and directed by Olivia Lamasan. Watched it last night together with some friends at Al Mariah Cinema, Abu Dhabi, UAE. It's the first time I watched a tagalog movie here in UAE. What can I say?

About Al Mariah Cinema: First of all, the show timings posted in the internet is unreliable. It's better if that information was not posted at all if it's incorrect.. According to the "show timings" in Gulf News and Time-Out Abu Dhabi, there is a 9:40pm showing for "The Mistress" so we did not hurry going to the cinema and went out almost 8:30pm. Turned out, the showing is 8:40pm not 9:40pm.. We arrived in the cinema and was able to watch the movie but probably, 10-15mins of the movie already started. Because of this many of our friends did not came anymore to watch.. About they're facility, Cinema 7 is quite small, imagine we are sitting in the 4th row in the front side and my eyes didn't hurt at all. LOL. It's nice watching a movie in UAE with kabayans, it's like watching at home, noisy bunch. ;p Hmm.. What else? No applause after the movie finished unlike other movies I watched with Arab peepz. Golly, they clap their hands at the ending as if we are watching a live play.. Only in UAE? ;p After the movie when the lights was turned-on I saw that the seats were old and have many cigarette burns..

About The Mistress: Honestly, I'm not fond of watching tagalog movies but for someone like me this movie is just fine (I cannot rate it because I feel I'm not qualified, lol). When it comes to acting, they're all really good. Though I didn't like the story or what it potrays, I want to say kudos to the writer for giving us a unique story line. Who would have guessed what have happened? Well, at least some of it. ;) Common, you know filipino movies can get "a little" predictable but this movie kinda gave it a different twist. I thought I wont get teary but when the part came which involves family, I still shed some tears. I'm not giving any spoilers so better watch it while it's still in the cinemas. :)

Power Off, Power On

I think it's been two weeks since the power has been fluctuating here in the office, "power off power on". But this couple of days was the worst. Imagine doing work that you want to finish urgently and then boom! Power went off. Then after a couple of minutes it will be turned on and you will start over again because none of the files were saved by autorecover.. Then a couple of minutes while doing your work and boom! Power went off again. This is what happened to me last night which resulted to not finishing the work that I was suppose to, at the end of the shift I got a comment from my boss, "You? Did not finish it?" with a sound of disbelief.. Yes, I didn't finish the budget you asked me to do, still some data missing and the laptop is lowbat already.. Ok? LOL

Anyways, same story today, I was suppose to send an email a couple of hours ago but because the power fluctuate too many times I needed to do it all over too many times too.>.<

Right now, I want to do a some professional fee computations but it will be a pain if at the middle the power gets interrupted again.. So, I'm here writing this blogpost instead. Maybe later I can start working on this PC or maybe just use the laptop to be in the safe side. ;)

This power interruptions showed me how OC (obsessive-compulsive) I can be. For a second, I forgot what I need to do just after I sent the urgent email I was talking about. I mean, I used the laptop to send the email but once I finished the job I forgot what is the next job is that I need to open my PC and think. Funny. I guess I just need more focus on what I need to finish, write it down perhaps?

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Other stuff:

*I'm so thankful for receiving God's blessing. Thankful. Thankful. Thankful. :)

*I was issued an appointment letter today that I officially will be handling Accounting and Insurance work. Wow. New experience? ;)

*I set a target for myself to save enough fund to process my brother's visa so that he can fly over here to UAE by end of January or early February 2013 and get a job here. I told him to get the appropriate training certificates that can improve his application. Right now, I'm thinking to start processing his visa by end of November or December 2012. There was some news that visa processing will get difficult but hopefully everything turn out alright for my brother. :)

*In light with bringing my brother here, by this year no personal savings yet and most likely will not go for Christmas vacation this year (again) since 2009. But I will push my targets on savings for me and him. :)

Back to Normal

The last couple of weeks for me has been kinda anxious time. That's what I call "taranta inside" mode. Meaning, outside I show that I'm fine but inside I feel that everything is scrambled and messy. This is mainly because of the job I applied for that I really want to get but didn't.. So, today I sent another thank you letter to the CFO and thankfully he is very accommodating and replied promptly to my email saying, "Thank you for your e-mail.  You were a very strong candidate.  The decision was between yourself and another candidate. I will certainly be retaining your CV for future openings." I'm still disappointed by not getting the job, but now at least my heart can rest knowing that they did get somebody else for the position. And 100% that I should not wait for it anymore. Another charge to experience. :)

So now everything is back to normal. Gonna be staying still for a while fixing things here in the company. And it's weird, the manager talked to me earlier and he said we're going to have someone for interview by next week for the assistant accountant position so for now I will not bother opening the CV's that we've got. It's better if there is a candidate already who's  arabic speaking. Another first for me if ever it will be pursued.

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Other stuff:

*Yesterday, I opened my gmail account and found a notification that there are new comments of the youtube video I made for the song All I Need by Barbie's Cradle (click here to watch). It's a unfavorable comment but I'm still having thoughts of deleting it.. I think we have a different point of view after listening to the song which I made the video for that's why that person commented like that..

I Didn't Get the Job

Lot's of things happened today, thinking about it is kinda depressing. But not really. That's just how it is.

First, we went to meeting with an Insurance Company to finish reconciliation for the 1st half of 2011. Me and my colleagues stayed up to 11pm at the office just to prepare the documents. The meeting started at 11am and once the meeting is done most of our claims will not be paid. So much for our effort. At the end it just looked futile. Anyways, it's just work so better move on.

Second, I sent a follow-up email for my application in another company and got a reply that my "application is on hold for future consideration". In short I didn't get the job.. But even so I still keep a little bit of hope that the portion of the email where "we look forward to making contact with you in the near future" would be as near as next week. So, I asked a friend who actually have lots of experience and she said it's just formality. I did not get the job. And I'm too naive. I got really sad, saying to myself "who am I to get such a job at such a company?" now I'm the one feeling futile. I still get teary-eyed thinking about it but better move on.

Afterwards, I ate a very delicious angus burger at Hardees in Al Wahda with my colleagues and felt really good eating and chatting. Then went home took a nap and when I woke up I watched Hunter X Hunter 2011 episodes that I missed while eating lays and chocolates. It felt good. I just finished one batch of laundry which I think is worth two weeks already and now I'm writing this blog post. I know I would still feel sad every now and then once I remember that I didn't get the job but that's alright. I thank Him for the experience and I know there is a reason. I learned from it. And I trust in Him alone. :)

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Other stuff: I can't stop eating tonight. I'm just finished another pack of lays, almost finished my water supply. Then now I just mixed some juice and gonna drink it while eating pistachios and more lays while watching Iron Man (again). ;)

Exporting and Downloading My multiply.com Account

I just finished exporting and downloading all my files from multiply.com

1. Exporting to Blogger:

It's very easy, just go to your multiply page, for example: amelialistic.multiply.com then in the left side under your profile photo there is button for "Export to Blogger" just click it and select the entries you want to export. Once you click "OK" it will download a file in a form of XML. Then go to your blogger.com account, just click "Settings" then "Other" and the Blog tools will appear, click "Import blog" and then "Choose File" and select the XML file you have downloaded from multiply.com then click "Import Blog". Once you click this you can select an option if you want to automatically post or just retain what you imported as draft. :)

My comments: It's very fast and easy but since i selected "all" my entries from multiply.com it's kinda messy when I imported it in blogger.com so better select entry type one by one for easy sorting. Also, this option will be able to export all posts done in multiply.com including the "albums" but it will not show all the pictures from the album, just one photo and notes if any that's why you should perform the "Download Media" option. :)

2. Download Media:

There's only 2 option to do this, by using Chrome or Firefox browser. In my case, I always use Chrome so I didn't have any problem.

Same procedure, just go to your multiply page, for example: amelialistic.multiply.com then in the left side under your profile photo there is button for "Download Media" just click it and you will be redirected to "Multiply Media Download". The steps are already there and very easy to follow. Just obtain the "Download Master" plugin for your Chrome. The tricky part for noobs like me is after putting the "Download Master" plugin is: How to use it? I didn't find any steps or instructions what so ever. It took me some time to realize that the plugin is just staring in front of me. Just open Chrome and go the "Download Media" page of multiply and in the upper right of the Chrome browser you will see a button beside the settings just click it and select what you want to download. And yes! It's done.

My comments: The timeframe of downolading depends in the number of media (pictures) you're downloading, in my case I went to sleep and when I woke up it's still not finish because my laptop got some glitch. LOL. Anyways, it went well and all my pictures from multiply is now in my laptop's Downloads folder.

I just need to sort everything I have downloaded and hopefully I can import everything in this blog. As for the pictures, I'm still thinking if I should upload it in my facebook. Probably will do, once I get the time. :)

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Other Stuff: To my surprise I opened my multiply.com account here in the office and it opened. If I knew it will work here in my office PC I should have used this one instead of my laptop that way if I have free time I can sort the pictures easily and put it in folders..