Dreams do come true

My wife and I have been planning to buy a new PC for our home. My first one totally crashed after I did something really stupid on my first-ever attempt to actually download an Anti-Virus software. Yeah, first time ever -- first time in six years.

My techy friends would like give me this "HHUUWWWAAATTT???!!!" reaction when I tell them that I don't have an Anit-Virus Software whatsoever in my PC. They are totally terrified knowing I'm a regular chatter (at least until two years ago) and I even had cyberporn as my college thesis topic. Porn sites are such great source of viruses and worms, you know. So there, after six years of abuse, at least seven reformatting and countless number of fits over my hanging OS while I'm in the middle of an important project or whatever, I finally decided to download a 15-day trial of Norton. Prior to actually installing, it does a prescan and then there was this message asking you what you want to do with the infected files that cannot be repaired and you just need to tick on DELETE or leave it as it is. Note: Once this option is selected, you cannot undo it. Normal people would leave it as it is... apparently, there is such a thing as just putting those files in quarantine so they're still in your system in case you need them. But no, I'm not normal... so I ticked the box and the rest, as they say, is history... yup, and so is my beloved PC... Apparently, there are a lot -- as in a lot -- of .exe files that are totally infected and cannot be repaired. Major files like those needed in the sequence of booting up included. So it can never run normally without the blue screen coming on evey 3 seconds.

My world crashed as my PC literally did. I didn't know what to do... my files... my articles... my school papers... our household files and records... I don't know I we can still recover them. We were totally paralyzed... It was a sad day. The worse part is, this is such an unexpected expense and we cannot afford to buy a computer! I tried getting a loan and guess what, the day before I filed my application, guidelines were changed and there were terms there, which I find to be such a hassle (i.e. having a co-maker). My friends discouraged us from getting a bank loan 'cause that might totally mess up our financial plans and mental stablity eventually. Last resort was to loan money from my Dad... until something totally strange happened. I'm sorry for not going through the details, but all of a sudden, we just found a way to buy a computer (or should I say, it found us?). DOn't worry, we didn't get into drugs nor win the lottery.

So last Saturday, September 25th, mijeL v2.0 was born. All black, high speed, high memory, loaded with all the stuff we've always wanted... and yup, our files were recovered and backed-up -- all of them! It felt really good. When we were setting it up. I had to keep reminding myself that I'm awake and this is really happening! I never realized how dependent our lives were to technology! Oh well, I guess at this time and age, we all need something to help us be on top of our busy lives. Some can't live without their card, their mobile phones, while we can't live without a computer at home!

And of course, the best part is, I can write and write and blog anytime! This is the life! This is one dream I'm ever so thankful that came true! =)