August 17, 2004
Two Troubles in One Day
Do you know how to dial a cell phone number from a pay phone? I found that I did not know.
I went to a game of Giants with T and M. This is the second time. This time, we wanted to sit as close to batters as possible. So, I went to the ticket office directly from my office. I negotiated well with the clerk thanks to T’s area map with the number of priority. The trouble came next. I called T. But my dial was denied. I tried many possible combinations and also asked for help at stadium information. But the result was all negative. So, I had no way but to wait in front of the stadium until they came. The view of the bay was beautiful. But I did not enjoy it so much.
Having said so, I met them in the end and enjoyed the game. The seat was indeed close to batters. The game was exciting. It was so exciting that people around me were making noise all the time. They gave cheers to Giants not only when they hit, but also when they were hit. People were happy maybe because a Giants player caught the ball and minimized the damage. But they also gave cheers with seemingly no reason. A love can move people without reason.
But this was not the end of the day. A trouble was waiting at home. I found that I lost connection to the Net. Again, I tried everything. But this time, I found the cause in the midnight. It was anti-virus software. Once I deleted the software, the computer connected to the Net again. Indeed, this kind of trouble is not first for me. I have encountered a firewall software that refused all access to the Net, anti-virus software that marked all Excel files as virus, and anti-spam software that deleted an important mail. Work harder, software people!
