Our First Computer

Write about your first computer.

My youngest brother Noel was so interested in electronics when he was still a student so he took ECE  (Electronics And Communications Engineering) also at the University of Santo Tomas. During his last two years of study, he indulged in radio communications and later brought home piece by piece computer parts and assembled our first computer at home. Of course, he bought the monitor and keyboard separately and when his class was over, he would attach some pieces on the CPU until he got it running. Back in those days during the early 90’s,  all we had by way of communication was through ICQ. Later on, he set up a Yahoo Mail account for me  before he left for Guam when he graduated to supervise the technical side of Kodak Philippines  in their branch there.  That started his journey to stay in the United States when he applied for work in the mainland. His family has been there since 1992.

My three brothers are all gifted. I remember my oldest brother who used to assemble transistor radio and had some clients doing repairs.  He is a board topnotcher in radio telegraphy. Alden was our architect. He chose to stay in the province and worked as Municipal Administrator for a time in our town until his death almost three years ago.

I wrote about something similar to this prompt years ago about the functions of pencil and eraser. I could not remember now what year it was published.

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Roadtrips

Back in the days when I was quite well, I loved going on roadtrips with the family, discovering  new places and  admiring the beautiful landscape along the way.  The cold winds that touch your face, the greens along the countryside, flowers by the wayside, quaint and small eateries lining the road but serve  good food.

I  had my camera always at the ready. And it’s not the camera phone but a real one, an Ixus Canon that I learned to operate. I gave it up when it broke and could no longer take good photos and I switched to my camera phones. These point and shoot cameras are so easy to operate and nowadays, they take good photos too.

I took this inside the car while we were traversing Marilaqui highway on our way to Tanay, Rizal.

It was a long but uneventful trip to visit Regina RICA, to see the 71 ft. tall image of Mama Mary.

Took this during one of my visits in our town in Pangasinan. We used to take a dip in the river when we were kids.

I miss visiting Caleruega in Nasugbu, Batangas. We took hundreds of photos when we were there twice several years ago. I also miss the beaches of San Antonio, Zambales.

Have a nice journey this month of February. Time flies and  before we know it, it will be December again.

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