Feb 5, 2025

Today started like any other morning, or so I thought. I updated my PC and tried using it… until it started to freeze. I started to just not work. I had to troubleshoot it quick because of my morning meetings and I eventually figured out that my graphics card, a passed-down GTX 1080 TI I bought in 2021, had died. It was so heartbreaking. A crucial computer component dead and my 26,000 Pesos bit the dust. Needless to say, I was incredibly devastated. For once in a long time, I didn't have a functional and working computer. I felt like crying a bit because I know money is going to be tight for February but I couldn't because I had to focus on work. I had a lot of tasks that I all accomplished on the MacBook, but it's just sad that I have to return this soon and my only PC died on me. Fuck! Of all the days! I knew I shouldn't have played Spider-Man. I vowed to just rebuild a better, more powerful PC some point this year and just figure out a solution for this. My day continued on normally. But after timing out from work, I had to ask my sister to tag along with me and walk to BGC. The walk was grueling at the start, as always. But I eventually felt better and all my sad or angry thoughts dissipated. Which was weird, by the way. Before getting there, I was just extremely angry and furious. I guess this is just me getting mad at life for actually having my GPU break at a month where I'm going through a financial struggle. And that's despite not playing video games on it for more than a month! And barely any games for the past few months! It's so infuriating so I understood where I was coming from. Our walk completed fine and we just walked a bit more around BGC. We called Mom and she was happy for us and we went to my usual hangout at Starbucks on 32nd Street. My sister got matcha with pesto and I got a pink drink with a four-cheese flatbread. I actually wanted the flatbread with the sausage and bacon, but whatever. We eventually had to go home and booked separate Angkas rides. I arrived home way earlier than my sister din, despite her booking and having her ride arrive first. I just relaxed and chilled for the night and I was amazed that I just did the same walk literally 7 days ago. I even ended up at Starbucks at around the same time, too.