More internet bugs

This month had been a great training session for my patience.

On the technical front, there's been one bug after another, none stop. First there was the usual difficulties & frustrations to get an internet connection, then for an entire day & night the power supply of our building fluctuated like crazy. The lights went brighter & dimmer all the time like in some horror movies, and the voltage was so unstable that the computers would constantly crash if we switch them on.

An electrician fixed the power problem the next day, but soon after, our internet provider denied our access for 3 days with the message that the username/password was invalid.

After the problem was finally resolved, just one day later, the light on the ADSL modem wouldn't come on. I picked up the phone, and there were no sound. We thought that something messed up the phone line, so there's nothing we can do but wait for the phone company to repair the problem.

We soon heard the news that during the previous night, someone had stolen a significant chunk of the cable from the major phone line, so all the telephone connections from McLeod Ganj upward were down. McLeod Ganj, being the main center in the area, got the phone connection back 2 days later, and for us in Dharamkot, we waited for 3 days until the phone connection was finally back, but...the internet was still not working.

That was yesterday, and today we found out that our network cable was not functioning. As a last resort, I connected an older cable that was broken earlier, and miraculously it worked. That's why I have access the internet at this very moment. We ordered a new cable, and with luck hopefully it will arrive promptly tomorrow.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is life in India. Either you get use to it, or you gocrazy.

On the personal front....ah..well...it's a long story. The only thing I can say is that it has been everything, but never boring.