Been doing quite a lot these few days.
3 March:
I went to Bhinneka @ Mangga Dua to buy my hard drive. (Mangga Dua is like Jakarta's Sim Lim Square.)
Initially, I wanted a 320GB 2.5" SATA Seagate HDD. But, when I asked them if they had a 500GB internal drive, they said they had a Hitachi drive. So, I asked them to show it to me. I didn't bring my Mac along. They took it out of the anti-electrostatic bag, and I held it, and I realised that it's very close to the thickness of my Mac's chassis. So, they told me that I could come back the next day and try to install it at the shop.
4 March:
The "next day" came.
I had to go to the hospital for a medical check-up for my UK studies. Had a blood and urine test. I must say, it's a bit tingly to have a needle pricked in your right arm, and have reddish-black liquid flowing out of a needle and into a bottle. Eww. And if you're asking why reddish-black, I have a very high haemoglobin and RBC count. in the normal range, but towards the higher end of "normal". So, I'm "acclimatized". To what? I don't know.
Anyway, back to the HDD thing. I tried unscrewing my Mac apart [my 2nd bro has a torx T6 screwdriver (which I couldn't find in Singapore), but not a Size 0 Philip-head. So, you can imagine me being very happy when unscrewing the Torx, but not the many Philip screws.], and swapped the 160GB for the 500GB. Verdict: it's thicker. So thick, I cannot close the chassis back because the Bluetooth antenna was bulging above the HDD, and if I press too hard, it will compress the HDD and damage it. Not good. Solution? simple. I moved the antenna to the side of the HDD where there's a slit, rather than above the HDD in the default arrangement. Closed the case, screwed everything back. Other than a minor gap in the front, My Mac is fine.
Oh, can I rant about the MBP pre-Unibody? I hate the fact that MacBook Pros have so many screws on them. To make things worse, they're microscopic. I had a frustrating time getting the screws in place. So glad the Unibody doesn't have the same problem.
Also, I booked my ticket for my flight to the UK. On 9 April, evening, I'll be flying from Jakarta to Singapore. Probably staying in my guardian's house. Then, 11 April afternoon, I'm flying off to London-Heathrow. This is tentative and subject to changes, since the ticket hasn't been paid for.
Ok, carrying on...
5 March:
I went to get the lab results from my check-up on 4 March. I also went to the dermatologist for my alopecia problem. The hair has grown, but because it'll take 6 months to grow, the doctor prescribed my medicine for the next few months. You won't believe what he prescribed. 2 bottles of some topical spray for the bald patch (I barely used a quarter of the one he prescribed to me in January), and get this: 128 tablets of Isprinol - 8 tablets a week. My eyes were so wide when I heard at the pharmacy in the hospital - "Sorry, we don't have 128, we only have 71. Is that ok with you?" Well, duh! You think I'll eat 128 tablets in such a short period of time? I'm getting worried that this tablet could be carcinogenic at such high dosages...
Oh, one more thing. My dad got an iMac from his friend. He gave it to me, but I'll probably leave it in Indonesia and let my Dad have it when he wants to start using a computer. (He hinted to me over dinner that he may need to use a computer soon for his work. Getting busy at the factory.).
It's the same iMac config as the one that was in Ms Chua's art room. ATi Radeon X2400 HD, 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, 1GB Ram, 250GB HDD (Only half of my laptop's HDD space, I might point out.). Pretty decent system.
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So, since I got the new HDD and iMac, I've been busy installing and updating lots of things.
Done:
-Installed OS X onto the blank 500GB HDD.
-Recovered my MacBook Pro using the Time Machine Backup and the OS X install CD.
-Installed iLife '09 and Adobe CS4 onto my MacBook Pro.
-Removed CS3 from the Mac
-Set up the iMac
-Install Adobe CS4, Aperture 2, Guitar Hero 3 onto the iMac
-Install Vista on my MacBook Pro
-Install drivers on my MacBook Pro
-Transferred my iTunes Library to the iMac
-Backed Up MacBook Pro with Time Machine.
Left to do:
-Download OS X 10.5.6 for the iMac
-Install iLife '09 and Safari 4 beta on iMac.
-Install updates to CS4, iLife, and the system on both iMac and MacBook Pro.
-Install Office '07 on MacBook Pro Vista
-Buy and install 2x2GB DDR2 RAM for iMac upgrade.
-Recover podcasts from my old 160GB laptop drive. I didn't back up my podcasts in Time Machine, so when I recovered my MacBook Pro, my podcasts were gone.
-Download Basic Guitar lessons for Garageband '09
-Get a guitar. for real.
-Finish Guitar Hero 3 on Medium. Can't believe how hard my favourite GH3 song (Knights of Cydonia by Muse) is on Medium.
-Pack for my flight to UK
-Finish reading Raymond's POA notes. Have to return them soon...
By the way, if anyone comes to Jakarta, I highly recommend you try the Frozen Yogurt at Sour Sally. Available at most major malls in central Jakarta.
Wow, this post sure is long...
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