25 and Living the Good Life

I have a cousin who lives in New Zealand. He's 25 (at least I think he's 25...) and works as a building consultant. He was in Jakarta for 2 weeks and went back to NZ last Tuesday. He's smart and according to my lady friends, quite handsome. Last Saturday night my family took him out to diner. In one of the many conversations, I found out that he already has his own car. A '95 Honda Accord Maestro. It's an old car, I'll give you that, but he bought it with his own money, nevertheless. He's a couple of years older than me but he already has the pink slip to his car? That forced me to think hard about my life. I'll graduate next month (after years and years of endless anticipation) and work for two more years in some company and then continue to take my masters. By that time I'll be a bit over 25 and I don't think I'd be able to buy me a car of my own with all my savings. Well, maybe a very old and rusty corolla or sumthin under 20 million rupiahs. Credit, of course. You expect me to pay cash?

Wait for Me!!!!!!

Imagine this. You were grabbing a bite with your two best friends, having the best porridge in town (Why porridge? Cos I said so). Prior to your first bite, another friend called and asked if you could bring his cell to his house. (He left it in your friend's car earlier. You've found it and brought it with you). After your first meal, you ended up chatting for a couple of minutes. Conversations ranged from friendship, work, lovelife, the usual suspects. In short, you were having a good time.

Afterwards, one of your friends paid the tab and the three of you started walking to her car. With them already sitting in front, you settled for the back seat. As you opened the rear door, something flashed in your mind. You left your friend's cell on the table next to the porridge bowl. Alerted, you briskly closed the car door and ran back to the shop. You asked the waiter if he had seen the phone. No luck... . You thought to yourself, maybe one of your friends has it.

You walked back to the parking lot only to find an empty parking space. ...pause for effect... Then you saw your friends car on the corner of your eye, rushing from the exit. You could've tried to run after them and risk looking awfully silly, but instead, your mind played a looping footage from several years ago, when you experienced something frighteningly similar.

Meanwhile, on board the car, both of your friends were apparently having a good time. Singing, talking, joking, and laughing, not a single hint of your absence in their conversation. But wait... what's that ringing? It's one of your friend's cell... and on the screen... your name was displayed as bright as ever. Took a couple of seconds for them to realize it. Then both of them glanced back to find an empty backseat.

And there you have it... a true story heard from a friend.

My Favorite Pastime

Apparently I have a knack for babysitting. First, Derril. Now, Bebet. Hopefully I'll be a good dad sometime in the future, but I'll settle for being a good uncle for now. (Uncle eh... getting old, man)

Even Google Has a Sense of Humor

Google opened up a new service called Google Toilet Internet Service Provider (or TiSP). They're basically offering you a fast and easy way to connect to the internet. But not with the usual dial-up, cable, or broadband connection, no, those are yesterday's technology. Google came up with a very... shall we say, innovative way for us to connect to the internet... via our toilet. After you apply to Google, you'll receive a TiSP installation kit. There's no easier way to explain how to install your new connection other than by literally flushing down the long fibre-optic cable included in the kit. The cable will then go through the plumbing system to one of the thousands of TiSP Access Nodes. You'll only need to connect the other end of the cable to the wireless router... and voila!, you're done! You're online, as simple as that.

Of course this is a seriously hillarious prank (which I assume you already realized after reading the term Toilet and Internet Service Provider in the same sentence). Here's to show you that even multi billion dollar companies do have some sense of humor. Microsoft could learn a thing or two.

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