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re: Morocco get ready for me!

hahahah, this is a follow up to the "toilet" entry. Guess someone had the same concern about how Moroccan toilets would look like and shared the love... or loo. hahhaa. 

http://www.bikeabout.org/gallery/misc/ngplod10.jpg 

there wasn't much of a description as to where or what year this was taken, but should I be expecting something like this? oh gosh :-\ guess I should start my squats and balancing act ASAP. 

Moroccan toilet

original post : http://vixtoria.vox.com/library/post/morocco-get-ready-for-me.html

re: Morocco get ready for me!

hahahah, this is a follow up to the "toilet" entry. Guess someone had the same concern about how Moroccan toilets would look like and shared the love... or loo. hahhaa. 

http://www.bikeabout.org/gallery/misc/ngplod10.jpg 

there wasn't much of a description as to where or what year this was taken, but should I be expecting something like this? oh gosh :-\ guess I should start my squats and balancing act ASAP. 

Moroccan toilet

original post : http://vixtoria.vox.com/library/post/morocco-get-ready-for-me.html

sweeettt!

oh sweet! I just got emailed to write up 1-3 lines on my art work for this gallery 2010. Nice, but I totally forgot what I submitted LOL it was back in Oct/Nov 2009, but it was probably my China photos. yay! I'll be in print again. My 2nd time in an art magazine, last time I was published was 2004 or 2005. long agoooo. #china #hobby #photography #art #publication

sweeettt!

oh sweet! I just got emailed to write up 1-3 lines on my art work for this gallery 2010. Nice, but I totally forgot what I submitted LOL it was back in Oct/Nov 2009, but it was probably my China photos. yay! I'll be in print again. My 2nd time in an art magazine, last time I was published was 2004 or 2005. long agoooo. #china #hobby #photography #art #publication

I'm a Mac...

.....and I'm frustrated as %@&#

I made the switch around 2 months ago when my cute lil PC tablet decided to go all blue screen of death of me and I spent hours in safe-mode trying to recover an entire harddrive, my first attempt was all #epicfail because it was in READ ONLY. There I went again pounding at away at my delicate lil keyboard. 

It wasn't pretty :-\, so BACK UP YOUR JUNK! Luckily for me, my Mac has time machine and I bought a 1tb external harddrive for $94... yeah I know the regular price is $180 and yeah I know ONE freakin TeraBtye hahahah. 

Anyhow, the switch has proven difficult without someone to hold my hand and guide me in person through it all. Even though I appreciate the help I'm getting from my twiggas, I need to learn the shortcuts, etc ASAP because I'm spending more time figuring out where my file is saved, rather than actually doing my homework assignments. Yesterday I spent around 30 minutes looking for the Microsoft Visual Studio I wanted to simply download into a folder and I dunno where it was, so I downloaded the entire thing again :( #fail 

Time is money beeyaches and while I have no real money, I need more time to watch my episodes on www.hulu.com, by the way sucks for charging $10 a month now. Sooooooo.... I'm thinking about getting these 3 books. 2 related to mac OS x and then I really need a photo editing prog, a girl needs to hide her blemishes from the world LOL This Photoshop 8 even whitens your teeth! wow :-D

If you have used these books, please message me. I'd love to hear your feedback, good or bad. 

1. Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Snow Leopard Edition

2. Mac OS X Snow Leopard: The Missing Manual

3. Adobe Photoshop Elements 8

4. and the companion book for dummies ;) LOL Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac: The Missing Manual

I scream by threadless

hahah this is how I feel with my Mac. 

That illustration is from www.threadless.com and that is currently my wallpaper. ya, how did I ever figure out how to do the wallpaper thing? for 2 days I had that gross concrete toilet from China as my wallpaper until I stumbled across on how to change it. So this is the lucky fella. GOSH IT MAKES ME LAUGH SO HARD!!!! :)) 

I'm a Mac...

.....and I'm frustrated as %@&#

I made the switch around 2 months ago when my cute lil PC tablet decided to go all blue screen of death of me and I spent hours in safe-mode trying to recover an entire harddrive, my first attempt was all #epicfail because it was in READ ONLY. There I went again pounding at away at my delicate lil keyboard. 

It wasn't pretty :-\, so BACK UP YOUR JUNK! Luckily for me, my Mac has time machine and I bought a 1tb external harddrive for $94... yeah I know the regular price is $180 and yeah I know ONE freakin TeraBtye hahahah. 

Anyhow, the switch has proven difficult without someone to hold my hand and guide me in person through it all. Even though I appreciate the help I'm getting from my twiggas, I need to learn the shortcuts, etc ASAP because I'm spending more time figuring out where my file is saved, rather than actually doing my homework assignments. Yesterday I spent around 30 minutes looking for the Microsoft Visual Studio I wanted to simply download into a folder and I dunno where it was, so I downloaded the entire thing again :( #fail 

Time is money beeyaches and while I have no real money, I need more time to watch my episodes on www.hulu.com, by the way sucks for charging $10 a month now. Sooooooo.... I'm thinking about getting these 3 books. 2 related to mac OS x and then I really need a photo editing prog, a girl needs to hide her blemishes from the world LOL This Photoshop 8 even whitens your teeth! wow :-D

If you have used these books, please message me. I'd love to hear your feedback, good or bad. 

1. Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Snow Leopard Edition

2. Mac OS X Snow Leopard: The Missing Manual

3. Adobe Photoshop Elements 8

4. and the companion book for dummies ;) LOL Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac: The Missing Manual

I scream by threadless

hahah this is how I feel with my Mac. 

That illustration is from www.threadless.com and that is currently my wallpaper. ya, how did I ever figure out how to do the wallpaper thing? for 2 days I had that gross concrete toilet from China as my wallpaper until I stumbled across on how to change it. So this is the lucky fella. GOSH IT MAKES ME LAUGH SO HARD!!!! :)) 

National Geographic

I purchased the

 

at Best Buy last month as was fascinated. I know, it's my geekery pleasure to have 120 years (issues since 1888) of awesomeness in a CD pack. After much tinkering with the installed software, I decided that it was a wise investment, but think the packaging "experts" could have come up with a better way of doing the whole "search for" and "insert disc 3"...too much fumbling around with the discs. In its efforts to have the mac appeal, it could have been just a little more user friendly to those with bad vision and not have the smallest text ever without a good preview of the article before inserting disc 3. 

However, I may be stepping on my own toes, because there might be an option to change the size of the text from small to normal big, but for now, I'm finding the magnifying glass option helpful. It magnifies a little portion of the article and not all of it, by the way. 

As for the good stuff; National Geographic never lets down on its exploratory adventure of photographic ingenious images. Wonderful, I tell you!!!!! I foresee my office being covered in all those images shortly and it will save me the hassle on selecting a colour for the office. A collage would be perfect for my adventurous spirit! 

National Geographic

I purchased the

 

at Best Buy last month as was fascinated. I know, it's my geekery pleasure to have 120 years (issues since 1888) of awesomeness in a CD pack. After much tinkering with the installed software, I decided that it was a wise investment, but think the packaging "experts" could have come up with a better way of doing the whole "search for" and "insert disc 3"...too much fumbling around with the discs. In its efforts to have the mac appeal, it could have been just a little more user friendly to those with bad vision and not have the smallest text ever without a good preview of the article before inserting disc 3. 

However, I may be stepping on my own toes, because there might be an option to change the size of the text from small to normal big, but for now, I'm finding the magnifying glass option helpful. It magnifies a little portion of the article and not all of it, by the way. 

As for the good stuff; National Geographic never lets down on its exploratory adventure of photographic ingenious images. Wonderful, I tell you!!!!! I foresee my office being covered in all those images shortly and it will save me the hassle on selecting a colour for the office. A collage would be perfect for my adventurous spirit! 

Morocco, get ready for me!

......would like to notify you that you have been accepted as a scholarship recipient of the 2010 Morocco Language and Culture Immersion Program. Congratulations!

I woke up to the best email ever, well the million of dollars from publishers clearning house would have been better, but at least this one wasn't a scam. I submitted all my stuff for the Morocco trip March 1st and prior to that I was fortunate to recieve a scholarship for airfare. Yes, it's kinda backwards on getting the airfare money before finding out if I was accepted to the program or not, but alhamdullilah, I was accepted :) It's a one month stay in the city of Rabat and I will be attending the university for summer classes on arabic, politics, culture, etc. 

There are so many sites on attire, but a majority of them reach the consensus on wearing a djellaba or a long skirt with a loose shirt to be comfortable in the heat, but also to avoid attention of Moroccan men and potential problems of being sexually harassed. I would say that's how it is in most countries, don't dress slutty and you won't be grabbed, pinched or poked by strangers, so just keep it proper and modest. No problem, I can do that even a headscarf if required is no problem...I'm just wondering what the restrooms look like. lol #gross but it's a necessity really to know... did I ever show you the "toilet" in China? ... OMG, let me go look for it...it's not the best representation of China's toilets, they do have porcelain and even Western ones, but hey I ran into this "toilet" and give people the restroom warning everywhere...

In my quest for knowledge, I just purchased 3 books based on their ratings and reviews.  

1. Culture Shock! Morocco: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette

2. Eat Smart in Morocco: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure 

3. Moroccan Arabic: Lonely Planet Phrasebook (I have a mini library of these and rough guides to in my personal library. 

the good, the bad and ugly of China's toilets.... traveller you have been warned. take supplies in your daybag. 

Morocco, get ready for me!

......would like to notify you that you have been accepted as a scholarship recipient of the 2010 Morocco Language and Culture Immersion Program. Congratulations!

I woke up to the best email ever, well the million of dollars from publishers clearning house would have been better, but at least this one wasn't a scam. I submitted all my stuff for the Morocco trip March 1st and prior to that I was fortunate to recieve a scholarship for airfare. Yes, it's kinda backwards on getting the airfare money before finding out if I was accepted to the program or not, but alhamdullilah, I was accepted :) It's a one month stay in the city of Rabat and I will be attending the university for summer classes on arabic, politics, culture, etc. 

There are so many sites on attire, but a majority of them reach the consensus on wearing a djellaba or a long skirt with a loose shirt to be comfortable in the heat, but also to avoid attention of Moroccan men and potential problems of being sexually harassed. I would say that's how it is in most countries, don't dress slutty and you won't be grabbed, pinched or poked by strangers, so just keep it proper and modest. No problem, I can do that even a headscarf if required is no problem...I'm just wondering what the restrooms look like. lol #gross but it's a necessity really to know... did I ever show you the "toilet" in China? ... OMG, let me go look for it...it's not the best representation of China's toilets, they do have porcelain and even Western ones, but hey I ran into this "toilet" and give people the restroom warning everywhere...

In my quest for knowledge, I just purchased 3 books based on their ratings and reviews.  

1. Culture Shock! Morocco: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette

2. Eat Smart in Morocco: How to Decipher the Menu, Know the Market Foods & Embark on a Tasting Adventure 

3. Moroccan Arabic: Lonely Planet Phrasebook (I have a mini library of these and rough guides to in my personal library. 

the good, the bad and ugly of China's toilets.... traveller you have been warned. take supplies in your daybag.