I finally found a computer shop that has all the parts I've been meaning to go to Manila for. They even have the items on sale.

Last Thursday, I received a check in the mail. It was from the HDMF (Home Dev't. Mutual Fund or Pag-Ibig Fund). It was for the mulit-purpose loan I applied for. Darn thing was only worth 6K, not enough to buy the parts that are on sale. The conflict lies in the fact that we're falling behind on our savings schedule. See we have this bank account we opened so we could save up for the twice a year premiums for my son's educational plan. If I keep the money from the loan in the bank, we'd be back on schedule again. Our next payment's due by the end of November. So I promised my wife I'd do that.

It's been 3 days since I said that. Now I'm having second thoughts about it. Six thou isn't going to buy much more than a decent ATX case, motherboard. But hey, its a start. If you've been following this blog for a long time, you'd know I've been obsessing about building a D-I-Y computer rig for some time now. The itch is getting worse, if you know what I mean.

My wife actually presented me with an even more difficult proposition yesterday. Her twin sister visited us yesterday. She's planning to buy a PC. My wife proposed that I could build it for her. Afraid of losing face, I agreed to it even though I have yet to actually build one. I mean, all the theories are in my head. I've been doing research on building a computer for the past year. But I have yet to build one!

Now I'm more confused than ever. Argh! Ideas, anyone???