I figured that I really needed to clean my room and my computer. I don’t think I cleaned either of those for over a year now, so it’s about time I did that.
Over the months, so much stuff has accumulated in my room that I felt like I was living in a junk yard. I HAD to get rid of things that I don’t need or things which I don’t intend to use but I have kept them just for the sake of keeping them. I threw away a lot of cricket memorabilia, old CDs, cassettes, clothes etc.
I got my previous semester results a few days ago, and I cleared all my exams! So that meant, I could toss all the notebooks, study material and other miscellaneous print outs which I had saved just in case I flunked. All those were sold for a price of 3 rupees a kilogram. I found myself richer by 9 rupees - 22 cents. However, money isn’t the point…my room is tidy and I made enough money to buy a bottle of Pepsi.
I also removed some furniture from my room. Right now, I have only the bare essentials - a computer table, swivel chair, my bed and a foldable chair. I removed the study table and a couple of wooden shelves. My room is really spacious now, and I feel a lot better about it. I can’t imagine how I lived in this place earlier. It was a MESS!
I also physically cleaned the computer. I dismantled everything and used a dry paint brush to remove all the dust; it’s unbelievable how much has gathered in the CPU fan. I am surprised it even worked in such a condition.
And then I had to reinstall Windows because I hadn’t done that either for a long time, and my computer has become very sluggish for some reason - maybe the registry is too big, or maybe too many unwanted DLL files…not too sure. Bottom-line is, it had to be reinstalled, so I took a backup of all the save games, and reinstalled Windows again.
All this took over a week, and so I wasn’t able to get online as often.
The summer heat is intense, and my room is like an oven. Yesterday the temperature was over 40C here, and it touched 49.8C in one part of the state. It’s getting really crazy here…but the heat should subside over the next couple of weeks, because I am told that the peak summer is over. I can only hope.
I had to remove one side of the cabinet because it gets really hot inside in this weather. I am also planning to buy a pedestal fan, I am not rich enough to own an air conditioner…well, actually I am rich enough to own one, but not rich enough to pay the power bills, so I’ll have to settle for a good fan instead.
Moving on to games - I think I have finished Need For Speed Underground 2. I mean, I don’t find any races on the map anymore…but the status says I have finished on 68%…so I don’t know. I have finished all the 4 stages and there are no more races left. If someone knows what to do next, let me know.
I am thinking of playing Doom 3 now. I haven’t finished this game, so I want to get back to it…but the spiders…ah well, I’ll learn to get over my phobia.
That’s all for now folks. Now I am off to check all your blogs and see what you all have been up to.
Have a nice day!
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