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My Wish List As A Geek This Christmas

25 December, 2008 | 2 comments | Published under Blog | 43 views

First of all, I want to tell you that I got nothing special this Christmas, materially-talking.

I wrote this post because I was compelled to after seeing the great video of my tech whiz friend from Melbourne, Australia named Chris Morris. As a member of a very large community worldwide that is composed of insanely knowledgeable people who just can’t get off their computers even for a day (a.k.a. Computer Geek), here is my wish list with what I want to have or get in order to comply with techno lusts:

  1. A Bed, A Life
  2. New Apple Laptop With Discrete Graphics Card
  3. A Tech Job Abroad
  4. More Geek Friends
  5. Netbook/Mobile Computer Phone

While year 2008 has brought many good things to me as a self-proclaimed geek, I’ve always wished to have the things I’ve enlisted above this December. You might be a little surprised as to why that is but I’ll have more relevant and substantial explanations by explaining why a geek like me need those things. And yes, these things are too much to ask.

A Bed and A Life And A Life In The Bed

Now don’t take that extremely literally. Well, I listed bed as the number one on my list because I’ve been sleeping on the floor for 21 years. I couldn’t express how happy I was when I got my own room this year after 21 years. Although I still sleep on the floor using a mat, I can’t stand anymore excessive self-pity and I finally realized that I don’t deserve to have my back aching against the concrete floor. It’s never fun. Until now, sleeping on my own bed is still an imagination. When I get my bed, I will work next on getting a life. Geeks and computer enthusiasts are prone to get strangled with the cyber world to a point that they sometimes forget that the real-world is great and full of adventure. Being said that, I want to have a life (a better life or to be precise a romantic life). Oh well, I already have a romantic life while I’m working on line — but hell, it’s not mutual. Being around and being able to express the person you love (emotionally and physically) how it feels to be with a romantic geek is a dream come true next to a successful hacking.

New Apple Laptop With Discrete Graphics Card

Two years ago I jumped to the roof when I acquired my first laptop ever: a shiny Neo-branded laptop that is unknown to the world, runs with Windows Vista Home Premium and with fair specs. After my several attempts to beef up its performance (e.g., increased the RAM to 3GB, acquired external HDD to increase disk space and take advantage of Vista’s Readyboost technology), the result has never been truly rewarding. The laptop has no discrete graphics card — a major drawback. While I’m happy that I was able to do most of the professional work I am indulged into, there are many things for myself that prevents me from exploring my capabilities or talents further just because my system doesn’t allow me so. That’s why I joined the HP Magic Giveaway contest this month in an effort to win but well, I wasn’t selected so getting a high-end or mid-range laptop will do justice. Basically, if I will be able to get a new one next year, I will pass my current laptop to my brother and allow him to boom in the Information Technology world.

A Tech Job Abroad

Believe me when I tell you that Philippines is one of the best destinations in the world to retire. Why so? Dollars will go beyond its worth here, the weather is good and tropical, there are many good places without spending too much, and you can live with people that are so warmhearted. My only problem here is that the country doesn’t perfectly fit with my personal views regarding the world which tends to more liberated, and secondly, the pay here is not good unless you are in a good position. Likewise, there is no other place like home so the best idea for me is to earn money outside the Philippines and invest or spend it inwards. For a hard-core technology enthusiast like me, that matters a lot. With dollar-based money, in the Philippines it means more gadgets, better computer specs, and all those kind of stuffs. A tech job abroad is the solution that I see to make my life more exciting and meeting people of different cultures sounds like fun.

More Geek Friends

This year I gained new friends that I would like to keep for life. In fact, most of them will receive Christmas cards from me in January (duh, snail mails). I never thought I could find good friends online as like-minded as me. I want to keep them because they add more meaning to my life and cyber life and probably an opportunity as well to do joint ventures in the future. Who knows? So, I’ll just keep them coming. If you are a geek and you want to be my friend, just contact me and I will welcome you to the jungle with open arms. Without malice.

Netbook/Mobile Computer Phone

The last wish item on my list this Christmas is to have a netbook (those little laptops you commonly see there at the computer shops) AND/OR an equivalent mobile computer phone. Why? I am planning to be more on the field one day without losing my ability to do work on the computer. I am a computer person and I need to get connected to the Internet all the time, anytime to be able to do my profession. I work as a web developer, Internet marketer, a business partner — and I wear different hats to all my Web-based professions — so imagine how life would suck if there’s a day when I can’t connect to cyber world. A netbook AND/OR a mobile computer phone (a high-end one) would do justice.

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Cool list. And I want new BMW car hehe :=) I mean i wish to have it =( If It´s a wish, better make cool wishes no? and In some cases unrealizables like mine :=))
Greetings from Spain!

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