who needs wires to get tripped up?!?!?!

bought laptop... bought wireless router.. set up wi fi network.. surfing is no longer limited to my room..theoretically atleast..but practically tis so freaking slow I might as well make the trip in car and bring back the web page myself... no need to bring it back actually if I'm already there but that's not the point... the point is my wi fi connection is soooooooooooooo damn slow..and just to make things worse some pages doesn't even load.. and I'm not talking about some obscure crap but sites such as yahoomail for one...faulty router perhaps??nope...my flatmate bought a laptop and that's working fine on my network so that is obviously not the culprit..further investigation shows that the wireless cards are different on the 2 machines..so it has to be something wrong with my card, right? wrong!!! just for the sake of experimenting I logged into my neighbour's network (she has an unsecured connection..bless her) and it works fine.. wireless is always slower than the wired connection I guess but it is way better than what I get from my own network and is consistent over all the sites despite the limited signals I get... so then it is something to do with my card (intel pro wireless 3945ABG) and that specific router (SafeCom SWBR 5400)? scoured the web trying to find something to substantiate that but no luck.. or maybe tis just something to do with the fact that my network is secure and something is screwed up with my authentication? altho again the fact that my flatmate is not having any probs kinda rules that out too I suppose... like Drac always says..OMGWTF!!!!! I have been at it trying to figure out what the hell is wrong but I have absolutely had it now.. was just about to throw in the towel and revert back to my wired connection (which works fine btw) when Spectral gave me an idea..rather I took one off him... ask u guys.. any ideas at all y this is happening? apart from the fact that who ever is up there has a twisted sense of humor and is reveling in my misery that is.... oh btw, no prizes for anyone figuring this out except he /she will have my undying gratitude.. what more can u ask for right?

the week that was...

well it was more than a week but it sure feel like it was only a couple of days..among watching SL getting thrashed by which is practically a second string Pakistani side and a SA side we should have motored over easily I also had to get back to going to work after a pretty decnet break..

first though the cricket...dissapointing to say the least..although they weren't the traditional subcontinental wickets where batsmen n the spinners rule this time around the obvious but curious lack of application by our guys meant that we are out yet again at teh group stages.. pretty pathetic display by a team who should have managed a way higher level of performance with the kind of momentum they were carrying into the tournament..for me the touch of complacency plus an unwillingness to address the real holes in his players by the captain also was pretty hard to take. or mayb I am just being grouchy cos after all the trouble gone through to get a Sky connection I had to endure a crappy display by our guys.. wouldn't hav been too bad had it not been for the fact that this team really seemed like shaping up pretty well during the past coupla months.. obviously teams are gonna lose matches but the way they played was..weelll...I don't have to repeat myself nuh?

Work was a whole new ball game(no pun intended)... the initial happiness (for the lack of a better word) that comes with knowing that u r actually going to work at a decent hour was heavily dampened after the first morning when I realised that not only is my body clock still working according to my previous commitments but I need to leave home about a hour and half ealier than expected to make it to work on time.. n when the wrk is not exactly thrilling (yes I'm still hoping that something of the sort will come around) it is so damn hard to get up in the morning to drag myself outta da house on time.. still in training which drastically limits my internet access during the day time which sucks big time..

atleast tis Friday tmrw..there's full two days of lazing around doing jack all to look forward to..aarrrgghhhh :) till next time ppl.. me off to find some food...