I went to have my wisdom tooth extracted today. It seemed like a little operation with the heavy dosage of anaesthetics and all the strange 'power tools' I have never seen before. One more wisdom tooth left to extract and that would be in March 2007 followed by crowning. I am beginning to think the dentist is trying to milk some more money out of me and my family since my braces have been removed already.
I had planned to spend the day resting at home since I was at AMK for the past few days. As I rested, I starting thinking about the World of Warcraft game. I have reached a point where I really want to play it but it is not just a simple task of going out there and purchasing a new laptop. I need something called 'luck' or perhaps some blessing from a higher divine being. I believe many people have seen me complain numerous times about my horrible luck with computers. I think it is time I relate my unfortunate experiences right here in my blog...
1st computer: Compro desktop (1996). Kept d/c'ing from the Internet (56k). Technician concluded that graphics card had conflicts with the modem. He told me to disable my graphics card. I spent the next few years staring at 256-colour graphics. The computer was eventually killed by viruses/malware.
2nd computer: Toshiba Satellite (2001). Could not connect to the net when I signed up for broadband. Called SingNet and tried to troubleshoot all night but they could not help and told me to reformat. I was desperate so I did. It still did not work. I was depressed and had no choice but to give it up and pay the cancellation fees ($800+). Went to their branch at Tampines but the nice CSO tended to me and somehow helped to fix the problem from their side. Laptop was eventually killed by a combination of viruses (reformatted twice) and me spilling water on it.
3rd computer: Acer Travelmate (2005). Bought for final year project. Gave me a heartattack since the first day. Got killed multiple times by viruses/malware and had to be reformatted on an average of 3 times a week despite having anti-virus and anti-spyware. By the 3rd week, I chanced upon ZoneAlarm which helped keep it alive to this very day. The hard drive did crash after a year of use and had to be replaced. Switched to MaxOnline (wireless) and had problems with d/c's but it just disappeared for no apparent reason after several weeks of use.
4th computer: Acer Aspire (2006). Technically, it isn't mine. My brother is using it but I was the one who chose it. It experiences frequent disconnections. Another one of those inexplicable mysteries of IT that no one will ever figure out.
I have side-tracked for quite a bit there but I think that should give people a better understanding as to why I am so paranoid about computers. Growing up and being scarred like that is enough to be make anyone paranoid about buying his next computer. The point is, I want to play WoW but I am not sure if fate will smile on me. I thought of a plan, though: If anyone knows any friends selling 2nd-hand laptops that I can take home to try before I buy, please let me know. And I am not joking.
Back to the topic at hand: I kept thinking about my WoW/laptop dilemma so much that it got me stressed up. In the end, I dropped the idea of resting went to AMK again (7th day in a row?) just to take my mind off it. It did work, though, and I feel a bit better now. :) I still would want to play WoW if I could but I guess I'll take it slow for now.
On a little side-note, did anyone try upgrading their Blogger account recently? I am wondering if it is safe and worth the trouble.
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