it's like winning lotto

it will take about 2 months to get an internet connection. why? because the Alien Registration Card (ARC)is a requirement for that. ARC's are released after almost a month after application. Then we'll have to apply for a net connection and then we'll wait for about a month for it to be approved, thus, for us to finally get the connection.

we've got nothing much to do since arrival and we didn't want to go to places because it's already winter. it's damn too cold. so, we usually stay at our pad and watch downloaded tv series (courtesy of senpai ideru). when our friends arrive from work, usually 11 pm, we go to their pads (pad A: 20-minute walk back and forth, pad B: 30-minute walk back and forth.), bring our heavy laptops and suffer from the freezingly cold winter breeze just to send and check mails and chat with friends.

well, it's boring without the internet, especially on winter and you're not working for quiet a long time.

tried checking wireless connections inside our pad. there is one signal scanned but that signal has a password. and yeah, i wasn't able to guess it right. asa pa!

friday, time to check mails again. dear friend arrived from work already. so, carrying our heavy laptops, we went out of ourpad. what if i check the wireless net connection outside our pad? meaning, when the door is wide open. so, i turned on my laptop, opened the door and stood by the doorway. I had intel wireless device scan for signals. There.... there... one by one dear laptop is listing the wireless connections it detected, one with security password, the other without. So, i tried connecting to the one without a password. It's slowly scanning and acquiring Network name and IP address.

i launched ym and signed it in. Happy! We were shouting... It's like we won the lotto. We were jumping and then proceeded outside our pads and checked mails. I went up to the topmost floor to get a good signal and standing still, i continued replying to mails, until i ran out of batt while by whole body is shaking from the coldness and i felt i had to urinate.

damn... that was great! despite feeling really really cold, i was happy.

my hands were freezing and my knees were shaking really bad when i entered my room. i plugged the AC power, opened my window and placed my laptop on the opened window. scanned for signal again. it worked. i kneel on my futon and typed and typed again.

i sure looked so funny. but, i didn't care.

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pakapin:

* thanks to pai's suggestion of checking signals outside our pad.

* "we" in this entry refers to me and my padmate

* it took us two weeks to realize that we need not travel to get connected