I can only use one word to describe the past weeks - HECTIC. Filming, editing, and assignments. No time to study at all (although I can't imagine myself studying even if I have some time). So many things have happened and today, this post is dedicated to a VERY kuku and cok friend.


*ahem* (CLEAR THROAT)


This is a story of ONE girl named Serene. She has been complaining about her spoilt wireless in her laptop for the past few months. Her friends tried to help her but couldn't find the wireless hardware. As her friends explored Serene's laptop, they got pretty distraught that they couldn't read Chinese on her laptop. Imagine playing a Chinese song without knowing the name of the song.

So Serene's friends attempted to add the Chinese language software into her laptop but to no avail.

"Why is your computer so cok?" asked her friends.

Serene only shrugged. "I don't know!" she said.

One day, 2 friends couldn't stand it anymore and decided to find out the reason behind the cok-ness of Serene's laptop.

"Arh!! That Serene didn't install East Asian language in her laptop!" exclaimed Friend M.
Friend K almost fainted.

"Serene, you have to use your Windows XP Service Pack to install," said Friend K. "Oh my... and you've been surviving without Chinese for the past 3 years just because you didn't install?!!?"

Problem A solved, Friend M and K moved on to problem B - Serene's mysterious wireless.

"Hmm, I can't even find the wireless component," muttered Friend K.
"Did you re-format your laptop before?"

After trying to locate the elusive wireless driver for more than ten minutes, Friend K and M gave up. They had class.


That night, Serene sms-ed Friend K asking for instructions to install the Chinese language and tada! Serene's laptop is now Chinese-enabled. 3 years of agony solved in five minutes.

Intending to have dinner together, Friend K went over to Serene's room while waiting for Friend M to end her meeting. Friend K continued to source for the wireless. Five minutes passed. Ten minutes.

Friend K gave up. "I don't know where your wireless is and you never reformat your laptop before," said Friend K, "So I'll just try to re-install everything."

Friend K put the disc in and searched for the wireless driver.

"Is this your wireless logo?" asked Friend K as she searched for the correct driver.

"I don't know... I don't have wireless mah," replied Serene.

Luckily another friend A was in the room as well. She recognised the logo so Friend K installed that driver.

Again, less than five minutes later, a wireless logo was blinking at the bottom right corner of Serene's laptop. It was a success! Serene's laptop is now wireless-enabled as well!

"When did you lose your wireless?" asked Friend A.
"I never had wireless before," said Serene. "Since first year, I didn't have wireless already."

Friend K nearly fainted. "You mean ALL along you didn't have wireless? So the reason why you didn't have wireless is because you didn't install it in the first place?! Not because it got spoilt?!?!"

"I didn't know need to install. I thought the shop will install everything for me..." said Serene (note: the NTU computer shop will not install everything for you. You have to install the drivers and software yourself.)


When Friend K and A related the story to Friend M over dinner, Friend M realised she had been duped by Serene for the past 3 years.

"I always thought you were so 乖, not surfing the net during lectures! It made me look as if I'm the naughty one. Now I know! It's not because you're 乖, it's because you can't go online!!!!" exclaimed Friend M.

"Odd," said Friend K.
"Very odd," said Friend M and A.

Bewildered at the cokness of Serene, Friend M and A decided to despise Serene for not installing wireless for the past 3 years. That night, Friend M, K, and A all featured Serene in their msn nicks.


















Serene