Regarding the sound problem from this post . . . I think it’s fixed, and I hope it stays fixed! Long story short, this is what happened in the past couple of weeks.

1. Thought the sound problem started with the WiBro software, so I uninstalled the software. The problem still persisted, so I reinstalled the software back on Portie.
2. It hit me today that I could do a system restore from a day in January and then reinstall the WiBro software. So I did that, and the sound worked and the WiBro worked!
3. But another problem came alive . . . let’s just say I forgot I had updated my anti-virus software a week or so ago, and the system restore was from January . . . yeah, I ran into some weird problems.
4. Luckily, Cat suggested something, and while I don’t think I did it correctly, it solved the problem nonetheless.

Now. The sound works, the WiBro works, and my anti-virus programme works. Dearest Portie . . . PLEASE STAY WORKING.

Anyway, aside from my adventure of computer problems (I’ve been having some issues with my desktop, too. WTF? Is this a month where technology just hates me), I’ve been writing, writing, and writing. It’s funny. When I write other stuff, I don’t feel like blogging as much. Then again, I’ve been writing over 70k of fanfiction and role-play in the last two months . . . so yeah, I think I have a good excuse as to why I haven’t been actively blogging and reading blogs.

Such is life.

Insidious Disquisition has a new layout up, featuring fanart commissioned by my friend, Jenken! After years (I think four?) of keeping the old one, it was time for a change.

On the flipside, I am pissed off at WiBro the software and driver. For some bizarre reason, it affects my sound driver on my netbook! Now, certain sounds will not play (stuff like Youtube videos and PC game and Windows’ wave files) unless it’s through a media player. O_O;;

This weekend is Lunar New Year weekend. I shall raise hell at the KT office next week. What a way to greet the new year.

A Successful Day
As Daddy said, I had a successful day! Sort of. It started out rather horribly, but it all turned all right in the end. :) I managed to kill two birds with one stone today. Muhahaha.

First Dosage of HPV Vaccination
Let’s get the bad stuff out of the way, shall we? I received my Human papillomavirus vaccination today. Well, just the first dosage. After I celebrated my birthday, I realised I had to hurry up and get it done since the hospital I go to has the cut-off date of 26. Meep!

I went there, and I discovered something interesting. See, getting the shot part was easy. Getting the information on how to receive paperwork for my insurance company turned out to be a very, very difficult and teeth-grinding experience. Let’s just say they sent me around in circles today. I went from here to here:

• Front desk area — Gave me a number and told me to wait.
• Immunisation room — Received the shot (Ow!) and was told to go to PAD.
• PAD area — Here they told me to go to OPR, and I snapped at them on how I was sent here. They consulted OPR and took me over there.
• Out Patients’ Records area — I spent fifteen minutes for them to put my information into their computerised database. After they were done, I asked them about my “receipt”. They finally told me that I will receive a bill in the mail. I asked, “How long will that take?” They didn’t know. So they sent me to the Treasury office.
• Treasury Office — Their office was right next to PAD area. I was fuming by then at the hospital staff’s stupidity. Luckily, I was helped by a much smarter lady, and I ran into my former co-worker who works there now.

. . . ARGH. Let’s just say I left the hospital with a huge scowl on my face.

Ceru the Cellphone
After a quick stop at my big boss’ office to drop off my time sheet, I went to this Business Centre nearby. See, I’ve been wanting a new cellphone for the longest time now. Daddy said he’d buy me a phone, but the central problem in this situation was for me to try to transfer my current number into a new phone. My phone company, LG Telecom, are run by relatives of the morons I ran into at the hospital, I think. My friend (who’s Korean) became my translator, and we went one of their offices off-base and even called their informational hotline to be told this: They told me that I am unable to do that without an Alien Registration number, which I do not have since I’m under an entirely different visa from the other foreigners here. Upon that revelation, I became quite unhappy on Korean’s strict laws against foreigners.

However, at the Business Centre, the guy simply told me this: if the phone is registered under me, the number will be transferred regardless of having that Alien Registration number or not. Now that’s what I wanted to hear, and I spent some time in there looking for a phone of my preference. In the end, I chose this awesome silvery-blue thing:

Everyone, this Samsung SPH-B8650 is now known as Ceru (short for “Cerulean”) the Cellphone. It cost me $180, but Daddy will cover it for me as a late birthday present. Thank you, Daddy! And thank you sooooooo much, Business Centre, for being very logical and smart! You have gained a loyal customer! The black phone is my old one, Hass, and it will be used as my alarm clock from now on.

Conclusion
I also finished my rough draft of my fic today. Go me! I got the first dose of HPV vaccination, a new cellphone, and a finished draft! Plus, tomorrow’s my day off. My life’s fully and utterly complete!

I’ll be off work starting now until the 24th. Time to party it up! Like last year, I decided to take some days off in conjunction with my birthday (which will happen on the 19th), so I’ll be relaxing. I have some tentative plans with a few people, but at the moment it looks like a lot of it won’t really pull through. I don’t care, though. I have plenty of other stuff to do that I can do by myself. But if I can hang out with a few people, I’ll be happy.

I just hope my mother doesn’t piss me off during my break, though. My vacation already started off on a sour note. After work, I met up with a friend, and we hung around for a bit, and I came home before 10:00 pm, around 9:50ish. I saw my mum, greeted her, and she retorted, “Do you always run around so late?”

. . . Jeebus. First off all, I consider late any time after 12:00 am. Second of all, I’m not the type to always come home late. I’m most definitely not the type to stay out all night (though I’d like to once in a while to hang out with friends at a 24-hour coffee place or McDonald’s), and even if I did stay out, I’m not the type to get drunk and meander around with random guys in Itaewon!

Lastly, I’m turning 25. I am not 16 any more! She stays out later than I do most of the times, and she has the nerve to say that kind of crap to me? I know life’s unfair, but this is not unfair. This is illogical and stupid!

*growls and chants a mantra* I will not let my mother ruin my vacation. I will not let my mother ruin my vacation.

Thanks to my wonderful Korean cousin who can speak and read Korean much better than I ever will, he bought two tickets to this bloody awesome, fantastic, marvellous, cool, spectacular concert — Distant Worlds, Music from Final Fantasy.

I received this news way back in September, where a friend emailed me this information. Since then, I’ve been looking forward to the ticket sale. I almost forgot about it, though, until a friend mentioned something about “concert”. I checked that website, and I saw that the tickets were on sale. Well, sort of. I called up my cousin, who came all the way to my house, and he tried to buy them through one of the ticket sites, but it wasn’t appearing there. So he ended up calling them, and they said it wouldn’t be on sale for another week. That was last week. This week, my cousin called to tell me that he was going to buy them for me (with me sending him the money, of course!). I asked him to purchase two of them — one for me and one for a friend. I asked him to get the 99,000 won ($98) ones.

As of right now, he confirmed with me that the tickets are on their way to his house. About half an hour ago, I read one of my friend’s Facebook status thread about this special tickets. I checked the website and saw that they were advertising a new special seat ticket. It’s 110,000 won ($108), and you get to meet Uematsu Nobuo prior to the show. !@#$!@#$!@#$!@#$!!!!!!! That message was NOT there last week! AUGH!

Therefore, I am HAPPY that I can go to this concert, but at the same time, I want to throw a bloody axe at these concert organisers for misleading me! Sure, this notice might be last minute and all, but it still makes me go into the BLARGHARONI mode!

Ah well. At least I can finally hear Final Fantasy music at a live concert. I can cross one thing off my never-ending list of “Things I Want to See/Experience/Hear Before I Die”!