Tying the knot. Wedding reception at Hotel Supreme, Baguio City. Typhoon Cosme. A day of unwinding at Manila Ocean Park and Mall of Asia. Unwinding turned almost into a nursing experience. My lactose intolerance may have tied my stomach with a local, instant noodle brand!

Things are getting more complicated if the internet is running in your bloodstream especially when being offline is like getting choked, so to speak. Globe’s Mobile Broadband isn’t that much help with its predominant GPRS coverage. But still, it’s better than nothing! Forget lousy SMART Bro and its prepaid counterpart. SMART is the equivalent of lousy AT&T in the US!

This is the world of 24×7 though this is far from NYTimes uber-blogging death scare!

And when you seem that you are at the top of things, little surprises are sure to ruin your day. Like getting a voltage surge on your BlackBerry which kind of knock off my battery. Or the nasty Norton antivirus software that broke loose the gates of hell, blocking Remote Desktop at its whim, and during at a time when tech support is 16 hours away. Add to that the wrath of typhoon Cosme which reminds me of the dark days after typhoon Milenyo wrought destruction in Manila.

Oh well, but that’s life. Sometimes you are going to get bad cards in the game of life. But that’s how nature works. Besides, how would you enjoy life if there is no pain nor difficulties? Sometimes, getting unwired will let you realize the more important things in life. Like doing nothing. Or just tuning to your inner self. Better yet, searching for the meaning of life…