The nursing home adopted Oscar, a medium-haired cat with a gray-and-brown back and white belly, in 2005 because its staff thinks pets make the Steere House a home. They play with visiting children and prove a welcome distraction for patients and doctors alike.

After a year, the staff noticed that Oscar would spend his days pacing from room to room. He sniffed and looked at the patients but rarely spent much time with anyone — except when they had just hours to live. He’s accurate enough that the staff  know it’s time to call family members when Oscar stretches beside their patients, who are generally too ill to notice his presence. If kept outside the room of a dying patient, he’ll scratch at doors and walls, trying to get in.

Dosa does not explain Oscar scientifically in his book, although he theorizes the cat imitates the nurses who raised him or smells odors given off by dying cells, perhaps like some dogs who scientists say can detect cancer using their sense of scent.

To use a keyboard shortcut, or key combination, you press a modifier key with a character key. For example, pressing the Command key (the key with a symbol) and the “c” key at the same time copies whatever is currently selected (text, graphics, and so forth) into the Clipboard. This is also known as the Command-C key combination (or keyboard shortcut).

A modifier key is a part of many key combinations. A modifier key alters the way other keystrokes or mouse clicks are interpreted by Mac OS X. Modifier keys include: Command, Control, Option, Shift, Caps Lock, and (on portable Macs) the fn key.

Press the key or key combination until the expected function occurs/appears (for example, hold Option during startup until Startup Manager appears, or Shift until “Safe Boot” appears). Tip: If a startup function doesn’t work and you use a third-party keyboard, connect an Apple keyboard and try again.

Startup

“Press X during startup” = Force Mac OS X startup

“Press Option-Command-Shift-Delete during startup” = Bypass primary startup volume and seek a different startup volume (such as a CD or external disk)

“Press C during startup” = Start up from a CD that has a system folder

“Press N during startup” = Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot)

“Press T during startup” = Start up in FireWire Target Disk mode

“Press Shift during startup” = start up in Safe Boot mode and temporarily disable login items and non-essential kernel extension files (Mac OS X 10.2 and later)

“Press Command-V during startup” = Start up in Verbose mode

“Press Command-S during startup” = Start up in Single-User mode

Finder window

“Command-W” = Close Window

“Option-Command-W” = Close all Windows

“Command-Right Arrow” = Expand folder (list view)

“Option-Command-Right Arrow” = Expand folder and nested subfolders (list view)

“Command-Left Arrow” = Collapse Folder (list view)

“Option-Command-Up Arrow” = Open parent folder and close current window

Menu Commands

“Shift-Command-Q” = Apple Menu Log out

“Shift-Option-Command-Q” = Apple Menu Log out immediately

“Shift-Command-Delete” = Finder Menu Empty Trash

“Option-Shift-Command-Delete” = Finder Menu Empty Trash without dialog

“Command-H” = Finder Menu Hide Finder

“Option-Command-H” = Finder Menu Hide Others

“Command-N” = File Menu New Finder window

“Shift-Command-N” = File Menu New Folder

“Command-O” = File Menu Open

“Command-S” = File Menu Save

“Shift-Command-S” = File Menu Save as

“Command-P” = File Menu Print

“Command-W” = File Menu Close Window

“Option-Command-W” = File Menu Close all Windows

“Command-I” = File Menu Get Info

“Option-Command-I” = File Menu Show Attributes Inspector

“Command-D” = File Menu Duplicate

“Command-L” = File Menu Make Alias

“Command-R” = File Menu Show original

“Command-T” = File Menu Add to Favorites

“Command-Delete” = File Menu Move to Trash

“Command-E” = File Menu Eject

“Command-F” = File Menu Find

“Command-Z” = Edit Menu Undo

“Command-X” = Edit Menu Cut

“Command-C” = Edit Menu Copy

“Command-V” = Edit Menu Paste

“Command-A” = Edit Menu Select All

“Command-1″ = View Menu View as Icons

“Command-2″ = View Menu View as List

“Command-3″ = View Menu View as Columns

“Command-B” = View Menu Hide Toolbar

“Command-J” = View Menu Show View Options

“Command – [" = Go Menu Back

"Command - ]” = Go Menu Forward

“Shift-Command-C” = Go Menu Computer

“Shift-Command-H” = Go Menu Home

“Shift-Command-I” = Go Menu iDisk

“Shift-Command-A” = Go Menu Applications

“Shift-Command-F” = Go Menu Favorites

“Shift-Command-G” = Go Menu Goto Folder

“Command-K” = Go Menu Connect to Server

“Command-M” = Window Menu Minimize Window

“Command-?” = Help Menu Open Mac Help

“Command-Space” = Open Spotlight (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

“Command-Alt-Space” = Open Spotlight Guide (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

“F12″ = Opens Dashboard (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

Universal Access and VoiceOver

“Option-Command-* (asterisk)” = Turn on Zoom

“Option-Command-+ (plus)” = Zoom in

“Option-Command– (minus)” = Zoom out

“Control-Option-Command-* (asterisk)” = Switch to White on Black

“Control-F1″ = Turn on Full Keyboard Access When Full Keyboard Access is turned on, you can use the key combinations listed in the table below from the Finder.

“Control-F2″ = Full Keyboard Access Highlight Menu

“Control-F3″ = Full Keyboard Access Highlight Dock

“Control-F4″ = Full Keyboard Access Highlight Window (active) or next window behind it

“Control-F5″ = Full Keyboard Access Highlight Toolbar

“Control-F6″ = Full Keyboard Access Highlight Utility window (palette)

“Command-F5 or fn-Command-F5″ = Turn VoiceOver on or off (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

“Control-Option-F8 or fn-Control-Option-F8″ = Open VoiceOver Utility (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

“Control-Option-F7 or fn-Control-option-F7″ = Display VoiceOver menu (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

“Control-Option-; or fn-Control-option-” = Enable/disable VoiceOver Control-Option lock (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

Mouse Keys

“8″ = Move Up

“2″ = Move Down

“4″ = Move Left

“6″ = Move Right

“1, 3, 7, 9″ = Move Diagonally

“5″ = Press Mouse Button

“0″ = Hold Mouse Button

“. (period on keypad)” = Release Mouse Button (use after pressing 0)

Other Commands

“Option-Command-D” = Show/Hide Dock

“Command-Tab” = Switch application

“Command-Up Arrow” = Move up one directory

“Command-Down Arrow” = Move down one directory

“Page Up or Control-Up Arrow” = Move up one page

“Page Down or Control-Down Arrow” = Move down one page

“Option-Drag” = Copy to new location

“Option-Command-Drag” = Make alias in new location

“Command-Drag” = Move to new location without copying

“Command-C” = Show Colors palette in application

“Command-T” = Show Font palette in application

“Command-Shift-3″ = Take a picture of the screen

“Command-Shift-4″ = Take a picture of the selection

“Command-Shift-4, then press Control while selecting” = Take a picture of the screen, place in Clipboard

“Command-Shift-4, then Spacebar” = Take a picture of the selected window

“Option-Command-esc” = Force Quit

“Control-Eject” = Restart, Sleep, Shutdown dialog box

“Control-Command-Eject” = Quit all applications and restart

“Option-Command-Eject or Option-Command-Power” = Sleep

“Command-click window toolbar button (upper right corner)” = Cycle through available views for the window’s toolbar (dependant on the nature of the Finder or application window)

“Command-`” = Cycle through windows in application or Finder (if more than one window is open)

“Function-Delete (PowerBook, iBook only)” = Forward Delete (delete the character to the right of your cursor)

My timing is really messed up now. I’m awake when everyone’s asleep and recently, i don’t eat that much. Just a meal a day is sufficient enough for me. I mostly skip breakfast and skip to lunch or sometimes skip them both and just have dinner. Also, something weird for me. My BFF called me up which i find it kinda weird because she never ever called me before. She said she saw me on the train but she didn’t approach me haha.

Anyway, i’m outside now and my battery is halfway dead. So let’s just make this post a quickie and after this, i’ll be heading my way back home. Got to design a web template and i hope to get it done as soon as possible.

I’ve met many individuals each with their on unique personality. Some are good and some are bad. But then we’re only humans, no one is perfect. You’ll just have to learn to understand people better. See things through their point of view, not ours, only then we can communicate better. I was kinda pissed of with this old man on the train. He lost balance and wanted to fall so what he did was support his full weight on me as if i was some kind of pillar and he pushed me off. I gave him a cold hard stare and he apologized. I’m not the kind who gets pissed off easily over small little things, but this push was really too much. And he just can’t stop playing with his false teeth. He keeps on pushing it out and putting it back in again. It’s really unsightly. You might be wondering why i didn’t look away or just move away. Yeah i would if the train wasn’t that crowded. I really had no space to move and my view was only this old man. It was a complete torture.

Enough said about him. I also managed to do some fast shopping at Funan IT Mall. I bought a small mouse a keypad protector for my MacBook. I’ve been wanting to buy them for quite some time already but i just don’t have the time. I guess it’s a little bit too late as my MacBook has turned yellowish. That’s the thing with white coloured equipments. They get dirty easily and even if you take care of them, they will turn yellowish over time. Okay i think i really need some sleep now. I’m still having the flu especially at night.

All in all, it took me 3 days and here i am with the flu! What i really hate about catching a flu is the difficulty to breathe. With only one nostril to breathe, it’s really irritating. Not to mention having to lose your sense of taste. Everything that you eat or drink pretty much tastes the same. I’m also not the type who likes to eat medicine. I believe that my body has it’s own anti-virus and that it’s been working really good for me. All i need is rest and more sleep. Sleeping basically cures anything.

For now, what i need is, lots and lots of tissue paper. Only soft tissues please as toilet paper tissues are gonna hurt my nose. And it’s not only just me, this flu season has been spreading all over the island. Please take care of yourselves by taking more vitamin C!

- Windows key + D – shows the desktop
- Windows key + M – minimizes all open windows
- Windows key + Shift + M – maximizes all open windows
- Windows key + E – Runs Windows Explorer
- Windows key + R – shows the RUN dialog
- Windows key + F – shows Search window
- Windows key + Break – shows System Properties box
- Windows key + TAB – Go through taskbar applications
- Windows key + PAUSE Display the System Properties dialog box
- Windows key + U Open Utility Manager
- ALT + TAB – Cycle through opened applications
- Hold down CTRL while dragging an item to Copy it
- CTRL + ESC Display the Start menu
- ALT + ENTER View the properties for the selected item
- F4 key Display the Address bar list in My Computer or
- NUM LOCK + Asterisk (*) Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder

I now know that safety gears are very important and they are strictly enforced on anyone who enters a construction site. If you do not  follow these safety rules, the penalty is heavy. Not just your life is endangered, but your cash too. Anyway, i really learnt a lot by tagging along. I get to know what a switch does and what is VLAN. Configuring the switch i cannot learn in just one day but at least i get to see the picture of how things work. We spent almost 12 hours there and we only had one meal for the whole day. It is a very hectic and tiring day especially for my buddy who does most of the work. Went for supper which was actually our dinner and went home around 2am.

So to end it all up, here’s what i have to say. D-Link switches, troubleshooting, dirty floors, annoying P.A System, super cold rooms, safety helmet and traveling.  They all SUCKS! But it was nice though

Being expensive and destined to be replaced by the extremely easy and cheap digital cameras, Polaroid went down the drain… a great loss indeed.

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I’ve already made up my mind that i’m not getting married. I’m sorry to disappoint anyone but i guess mom will understand. It’s better not to get married, tying the knot and ending up with a divorce.  Talking about marriage, i was reminded that one of my colleague is getting married next week. I was like what?! Next week?! Yeah i have a short term memory especially when it comes to dates. That is why relationships just won’t work out for me. Girls are really particular about dates. Not all but most of them. Yeah so i’m just counting down to how many single friends i have left.

This windows prompt is really bugging me! You know the one that prompts you to “restart now” or “restart later”. The usual thing that happens right after you update Windows. Seriously, Windows really think that we’re really dumb. Even after i clicked restart later, after a few minutes, it will prompt me again and again until i freaking restart! I mean if that’s the case, why bother ask? Windows, can you just restart without asking me next time just like how you always do when i haven’t save my work! Grrr..

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