yay. i am finally doing this on my own computer, in my own room... :P decided to try msn dial up internet by randomly clicking on an icon on my network panel... and it worked! and msn offers first 3 months dial up free.... so i have free dial up for the time being...since i hav a phone line that i doubt i will use anyway.... should hav discovered this earlier! tried AOL yesterday but it crashed my computer thrice.. =(

had a somewhat bummy and uneventful day.. and somewhat amused by myself... since the cable tv guy was supposed to come between 12-4pm, i decided to make another trip to safeway and get home before that... so i walked all the way to the Albany safeway and that took about 20 min... and after one hour of grocery shopping i realized i actually took too much stuff, beyond what i could carry... but decided to buy all of them anyway and try to lug all of them back home.. so, with 3 2-litre bottles of drinks and various random foodstuff in 6 grocery bags i made my way to the 43 bus-stop opposite safeway... and the walk back home from san pablo ave was unforgettable as i really thought my hands were going to give way... maybe i shouldn't attempt such crazy things in future... when i dun have a car... but then, i still believe that it is possible to get around and do stuff without a car or someone to drive u around, it just depends on your own initiative and whether u are too lazy to walk/take bus...actually i am pretty baffled with myself for buying so much food and drinks, since i am the only one at home...i somehow have this idea that i will keep cooking, or that people would come to my place to eat and as such i seemed to have stocked up food supplies somewhat unnecessarily.. haha.. oh well. at least i know i wun starve =)

the cable guy.
was dozing off on my cozy bed when the doorbell rang. and when i opened the door i must say i had a mild shock, cos the cable guy was this heavily-built, tall black guy... well it's not that i am racist, but somehow i just could not help but feel slightly threatened. but it turns out that he was really nice; apparently the cables in the roof were really messed up and he had to climb up our secret ladder to somehow hook up the cables and stuff. though it sseemed to be a pretty troublesome task, he displayed no signs of irritation nor exasperation; i was pretty impressed by his professional spirit! he took about an hour, and now i hav cable tv! though i'd probably hav to lie on the floor to watch it since our tv stand and couch are still nowhere in sight =P oh yes, and bingru delivered our vacuum cleaner, so i probably have some cleaning up to do tonight.