It's the weekend breaks and my ancient computer is still as fit as a fiddle.
Not so for his younger counterpart, an Acer Aspire Notebook.
Well, he has refuse to wake up from its deep slumber 2 weeks recently.
Don't worry, he still breathes.
But if you hit the power button, he will wink some lights and get back to its sleep again.
Furious at its attitude, I decided he must be sent to the Acer repair shop.
Well, so my caring father decides to do the job for me and woke up early in the morning and went to the nearest Acer repair centre to get it repaired.
Apparently, the technician there says it should be the RAM is having problems.
If it is so, my conclusions are right; Windows Vista ate a hell lot of my RAM and now it has suffered from it.
And I seriously don't understand, why are most Singaporeans stubborn?
Well, you see, the technician said in an event if the computer needs to be reformatted, he will reinstall windows vista back.
Of course, my father was on the phone with me.
I told my father that if necessary, pay the extra money, to install Windows XP on the computer.
What the hell, the technician told my father that he is going to install the original Windows Vista only no Windows XP.
I don't understand can't he be more flexible?
Installing a Windows XP does not take more time than installing Windows Vista on a computer.
Besides, I was willing to pay more, and he's telling me the crap he's not willing to.
Well, I hate Acer for their in-flexibility. And Microsoft, don't release another version of Windows OS as crappy as Vista.
Talking about Singaporeans' in-flexibility, there's this American being interviewed on local television on the show, "It's a Small World".
He said that when he was ordering a cup of sugar cane juice from a hawker stall.
Before the stall lady served him a cup of sugar cane juice in a cup with ice, the American said in Chinese, one of our local tongues, "Mind if you don't add ice?"
The stall lady said she will then serve only half a cup of sugar cane juice.
Then the American told her fill the cup to brim; he said he was even willing to pay double the price if needed.
No, the stall lady insisted that she serves half a cup of sugar cane juice, if not, two separate cups of sugar cane juice.
The American reasoned it out, serving two half a cup of sugar cane juice is equivalent to a cup of sugar cane juice.
Besides, why use two cups when you can use one? Washing one is easier to wash two.
No, the stall lady insisted the American to order half a cup of sugar cane juice, no ice, or two cups sugar cane juice.
Now tell me, are Singaporeans really that inflexible?
I know I may have only stated 2 examples, there're more but I don't have the luxury of time to type them all out.