omigay, i just had the most frustrating time of my life. in fact, i've never been so frustrated since the new year began (you know lah, bumming / no school work brings your blood pressure down you see), i was in fact, surprised that i was slowly being driven up the wall. and that wasn't about rock climbing, no!

it's not funny! don't laugh! (haha)

you see, today's the last day for some online warranty registration thingy for the canon camera (oh well, it's a new one. the one i dropped is just gone =/) and well. i chose to do it after dinner when my dad reminded me about it, rather than when the computer was humming away merrily. i think my bro's right. i curse every computer that passes through my hand. the internet always spontaneously disconnects me when it feels like i've been online for too long. just goes ka-poot.

well, he started the computer curse in the first place, by loading the old computer with viruses. and he tells me i'm the curse -.-

so, today, my bro's computer's internet decided to die suddenly, just when i most needed it. so oh well, we always said the old computer was the stand in, so off to the old terminal i trotted (or rather, walked).

half an hour later, i was still trying to get the computer to boot while watching the arena (talk about catfight and self-centeredness. phew!) and trying to coax the computer into waking up from its long slumber.

wow, the suspense almost killed me. or rather, made me start headbanging to no, not opeth or some ansty / emo rock tune, but onto the keyboard.

but the computer eventually booted (just before booting my wits out the window) and yay, online registration, here i come!

oh yeah right. there was something wrong with my phone line or modem, so i spent another fifteen minutes trying to figure out why the phone had no dial tone, even the less wonky one. somehow, all this makes my handphone so much more reliable gasps.

so i get online finally and get about canon business. my internet was so slow, i wanted to cry. the warranty registration page kept refreshing after i filled in every blank, giving me some excitement (and something to curse about).

then they tell me, print a copy for verification. so i go ahead. and my wonderful high-tech epson laser printer doesn't allow for just black and white print, nor do i get to choose to just print one frame. so out comes a fully coloured print of my camera warranty, complete with the red canon sign and a fully coloured picture of the coffee cup. man, it was 10 something at night, i so did not need a cup of coffee, i needed to save printer ink!

and when i was finally done, i felt as never before. my eyes were like O.O, my brain was like tau-foo, my fingers like tau-huey... okay, so it wasn't so bad. but i was tired man.

fifteen minutes later, i turn on my bro's computer and whaddyaknow, the net's up and running again.

and i live to tell you the tale.

in other news, EfG stands for Excited for God, not Eating for God. well markky, it was before dinner and i was hungry you know.

okay, you may all laugh now. (haha)