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21 Early Days - Day 1

I slept five hours ago. I just got up 15mins after 4:30am and after hitting that alarm.

I am groggy from the lack of sun and the lack of sleep. I need more of that sleep but I am thinking if this is a suitable habit for me.

Oh well, I do hope this new project is for me.

UPDATE 16th July 2015: I did this for a month hitting 95% of the target time to wake up. What I learned from this challenge is that waking up early as fuck will give you so many time in the morning to do whatever you want. The problem that comes with this is knowing what to do with your time. If you have nothing productive to do, that'll be a waste of precious time. Coffee is a friend. I had so much room for working out during the early times of the day. My mind seems more into creating and imagining things. My brain seems hardwired for this in the early mornings. I got a good habit of planning so much ahead which yielded a good effect on my daily scheduling. I stopped this project when I started a 2-week vacation. After which it was already hard to get back to for reasons I still dont know. But now that I'm updating this experience I may have a go in reliving this habit once more and may I stick with it for long. The benefits of the project outweighs the sacrifice you have to make to do this.

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OnePlus One

I have this for more than half a year now. It has been a great phone so far. No major problems whatsoever.

Minor problems encountered were the very scary “ghost touches” you will see when you try searching for oneplus one problems. Basically, ghost touches are moments when you touch your screen at one point on the screen and apparently another point gets touched. Sometimes it could be worse, you could get random, repetitive touched barging to you. Sometimes the touches just isn’t recognised which technically still makes it a ghost touch.

Solution? Just update to the next nightly fix.

One more minor problem would be the lack of supply of this phone. I go this from a website called oppomat and not from the main store of oneplus one. I manage to get one from oppomart which is located somewhere in China is I am not mistaken. The phone was shipped from HK to where I am. Took about a month to get to me. So getting this phone will take time especially if you are outside of US and even if are inside of US, you need an invite. So others seem to choose the route I did but sacrificing the fact that it is a US version and you get a Chinese version of recovery.

The phone is running 5.0.1 Lollipop now. I flashed the latest rom because when it came to me, it was running kitkat.

Battery will take you far through the day. With heavy use, you can tell that it is pretty reasonable with its specs. I just wish they invent a battery that charges really fast (I read the other day about this battery that charges in a minute, we badly need that).

So now that I have reviewed this phone as best as I could at my sleepy state, I may update this when I decide to upgrade or something wrong happens with my phone.

I might consider the Chinese brand Xiaomi when I upgrade in the future because I have been hearing a lot of good things about it.  

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Casile, Cabuyao Coffee

Yep! That is about it. The coffee from Casile Street, Cabuyao. 

This place is a hidden gem, literally. It will take you some time to find it. 

Located on a secret route from tagaytay, this road starts to show signs of a coffee place through its banners, teasing the passers by of a coffee shop in a very unexpecting place. 

We even had to ask around where this coffee shop was because we just figured we are already lost or we had passed by it. 

Then lo and behold, the coffee shop. Yes it was a coffee shop but not like what you would expect. Not the typical Starbukck type but it was a Hut, a Coffee Hut! The place is owned, I am assuming by a family. It is situated in their property. Fun thing about their place is that they just sell coffee and I loved the idea! 

I ordered 2 cups of brewed coffee and asked what kind was going to be served to us. The lady said they are serving arabica blends exclusively for the day. Then she prompted us to take a seat because they will be grinding the beans for a moment and brew them right after. This was a delightful thing to hear because damn that cup of coffee would be fresher than you! 

We sat and looked around. The ambiance of the place was grounded and humbling. When you look at the counter you will be greeted by a desk full of different kinds of coffee beans with different shades of roast. Lovely view for the coffee connoisseur and the noob alike. Breathing the aroman around is another experience. When I breathe, it is coffee. When you exhale, that is co2 caffeine. Oh well, I am definitely coming back to that place and bringing family and friends in that coffee hut anytime soon.

Here are some of the photos!