high-tech earthquake

It dawned on me just how over-reliant we are on technology. Always taking my broadband internet connection for granted, everytime I load a web page anything above 3o seconds of loading time and I usually close the browser. So imagine my trauma when my youtube drama serial did not load after I left it there for an hour. I swear I went to check my phonebook for Singnet's number to complain and threaten to switch back to SCV. Life was hell, rotting at home, no job, no youtube, basically unable to access most websites other than Football365.com.

Even football can get boring sometimes. Cue: Liverpool, Chelsea, and anyone playing in Italy.

Anyway, I thought Singnet screwed up big time, letting a precious customer like me get pissed at my internet connection. Well, it turned out that the cause of this sluggish internet connection was due to some earthquake destroying undersea cables through which we are able to access the internet at very high speeds. And apparently it will take between a few days to a few weeks to get it fully operational.

So the point is, life is really so unpredictable, and so is technology. Even the fastest computers have one very big weak point, that is they rely on electricity and other computers to make them relevant. Imagine if you are the only person in this world with a PC. All you can do with it is to chat to yourself, because there is no way to interact with others. Indeed a far cry from what we use the internet for nowadays.

DISCLAIMER: I'm really writing this cause I am god damn bored. My sis could watch her favourite dramas on youtube, but mine just can't seem to load! Sobs.

And I realised, the really ground breaking rock bands do not rely on over-complicated riffs but simple but very nice ones, like ACDC, most of their songs are really simple to play (no, I'm not talking about the guitar solos, as far as I'm concerned Agnus Young is a bit crazy)