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Happy Birthday Mom

December 21, 2013 11:03 am ⋅ 2 Comments ⋅

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My Mom at her commencement May 2013

Happy birthday to the first lady in my life. We usually are there for her birthday but we are traveling this year. I wanted to write an extra post for an extra special person.

Dear Mom,

You end this year with amazing accomplishments – completing your Masters in Business Administration, traveling to incredible places (Alaska, Dominican Republic), and getting the floors redone at the house. We have survived many things and you are always the first to come to my rescue.

If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be here physically and geographically (in the U.S.).
If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have grown up strong and independent.
If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be as feisty as I am.
If it weren’t for you, I would have settled for less.
If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have pride in my work.

You are an inspiration. You are a fighter. You are a love of my life. You are my mom.

I hope next year brings you just as much joy as this year because you deserve it and so much more! Thank you for everything.

Mahal kita,

KitKat

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Photo/Digital file recovery software review – PhotoRescue

December 21, 2013 9:39 am ⋅ 14 Comments ⋅

I have once had to use photo recovery software a few years back. And it worked like a charm. Since I dropped my hard drive, I decided to scour my SD cards just in case. I hadn’t been taking photos in a few months so I knew I would find something. I couldn’t remember which software I had used back then so I went ahead and went with what I thought was the only photo recovery application I had – MediaRECOVERY. What a big mistake.

I bought it for $40 and it found nothing. It couldn’t even find the photos that were still in the card.

I found another application on my computer PhotoRescue and I purchased another license for $42. I was eager to get my new registration code so I sent an Email over and I promptly received my new code (within 5 minutes).

PhotoRescue worked like a charm! It found so much and I was able to recover months of photos that I thought were lost especially some park pictures with my daughter’s grandparents that I was missing. The great thing about PhotoRescue is it scans your disk/drive first before you decide to purchase. You can see if the number of files it found is worth $42.

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PhotoRescue (http://www.datarescue.com) all the way!

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Why do we take photos?

December 18, 2013 4:06 pm ⋅ 4 Comments ⋅

If you know me personally, you know that I covet the photos I take. I take such pride in them, it takes me about a year to get them to you. My family does not rely on seeing my photos for months, if ever. I want to retouch them even if it is just sharpening (I know, I can’t tell the difference either!). It is one of the things I am OCD about.

Well a few days ago, I dropped my external hard drive…while it was plugged in – my 300GB hard drive that has been with me for 8+ years. It had literally documented my college years and then some. I only cared about my daughter’s pictures. I lost about 6 months of pictures to which my father-in-law reassured me, “I’m sure you will make up for that fast.”

During that depressing day, I asked myself why do I take so many pictures or why do others take as much as me? I’m sure I am not alone especially with the age of digital cameras. These are my reasons:

  • I don’t want to regret not taking it
  • I want to immortalize this moment

Yet, when I do miss that photo-op, I only regret it for  a few moments and I instead focus more on the moment. I end up immortalizing it in my head and often, it is a memory I will look back on to make me smile. But..

  • I want my children to be able to relive the moment

I think that is the biggest clincher for me. I don’t remember much of my childhood since I don’t have much photos to look back on and my parents don’t tell me much about it. I hope that I can provide Syd with history because my long-term memory will definitely not cut it.

I back up my hard drives but I had gotten lazy. Luckily I was able to do a data recovery on my SD cards and retrieve some photos I lost. But I will need a long-term solution to storage and my methodology.

Why do you take photos? If you take a lot of photos like me, 100+ for one event, I’d love to hear how you store your photos. Do you have a routine for reviewing/weeding out photos?

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