The Oz Open, losing that Work From Home privilege, and the sides of luck

The Australian Open starts tomorrow! Woohoo!

Star Sports will be broadcasting the 2-week grand slam tournament, and as luck would have it, my schedule allows me to stay at home during the day and watch the tennis matches on my tv.

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Not so lucky is my laptop, which is still under disrepair. The last update I got was that they need to replace the hard drive, and they have yet to recover my files (and the may never will). Not only do I have to reinstall all my applications, I will also have to re-do/research/find copies of all my work-related files (No, I do not regularly back up of my important files. Yes, that is stupid.) And since I don't have a laptop, I also can't work from my home (a perk that my officemates enjoy once a week.)

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Last night I was at the SM Mall of Asia to watch the final night of the 2nd World Pyro Olympics. China and the Philippines were the two countries presenting that night, and the show was AWESOME! We had a great view of the fireworks (and the accompanying smoke. I was trying to enjoy the moment so I pretended that smoke does not in any way contribute to air pollution.)

Click here for the pictures. What? You can't click it? Oh... right... We forgot to bring our camera.

The Greatest Show in the World (not involving Annoying Celebrities, Maltreated Animals, and Grubby Politicians!)

The World Pyro Olympics

This show will kick major ass for sure, so haul your family and friends over to The Esplanade(located right in front the SM Mall of Asia, inside the Bay City Central Business Park, in the City of Pasay)!!!

If you haven't figured it out yet, it's a fireworks competition between 9 countries (not including the host country Philippines), and it'll go on for five nights from Dec 26 to Dec 30. So grab some popcorn, sit back and watch the sky over Manila Bay go boom.

Click on the link above (or here) for more details =)