On Maintenance

One of the things I used to hate was the unwritten duty that came with having something of value. We have to take care of it. Simply put - Maintenance.

There are many forms of maintenance. A few come to mind..

Technology Maintenance

I'm kinda lucky that my family isn't rich. From being raised by a spendthrift family, I treasure the habit ingrained of having to be really mindful of equipment's wear and tear - being a tech buff. I'm talking about my PC. Can you believe that to this day my PC is still a single core CPU? And its still kicking ass. Maybe until Starcraft 2 comes out and I won't be able to play it will I upgrade. But until then, yeah I'm going to keep on maintaining this unit until it breaks down.

I was thinking.. it's weird.. why do I end up having fun doing this technology maintenance shit?

People Maintenance

Of course it goes without saying, you have to balance out your life - it's not just doing what you want - you have to share yourself with the people who value you (or do the same thing as you), and so it's time to hang out with the friends. I think I've started this year poorly since I ended up not being able to hangout with my best friends since December. Good thing, January seems to be always a lazy month, so I'm just going with the flow.

High Maintenance / Low Maintenance

Just an extra, funny thing of note - is there really such thing as a low-maintenance girl(friend)? *snicker snicker* I dunno, it seems God made them short in supply. I guess that's the secret to snagging a guy - "make yourself the low-maintenance type, just get it back during the upkeep season =D". In this day and age, when a 3rd world economy is feeling the strain even more, IT WILL MATTER to be low maintenance.

Body Maintenance

Ah yes, the Filipino people has the highest standard of personal hygiene in the world (for normal folk). See, maintenance is really everywhere.

Web Maintenance

Oh yeah, this blog is also a matter of maintenance. Luckily I still find the time to post at least once a month.. I hope that I can keep on writing as I feel that a new set of activities this year will eat up most of my time.