Nope! this is not about the Sith or John Travolta. My ambitions are a lot less loftier.. its about me
"God sent 10 devastating plagues"
Wow! I got lucky.. .he only sent down ague onto me, myself and dents!
The big downside to international travel has always been the availability of at-your-disposal medical care. I am lucky in that my many years in medical school were not entirely wasted, and I can self diagnose and self treat with impunity. I do draw the line with inflicting my medical intelligence on others unless specifically asked for. Rather than talk about the trials of my ague plagued body, I decided to focus on the tribulations of my ague-wracked mind. Why is it that I am at my most negative when I am ill? Why do I dream of fiery hell ending of my various ideas and plans only when my immunity is challenged by viruses whose names no odinary human would want to pronounce, leave alone fraternize with them. For example, take a simple problem like a virus (a virtual one) on my hard drive. I have till-now proven combination of anti-virus with built in firewall and spam blocker(a licensed copy at that too, with updates and all), an external firewall (just in case... its free) and yet another anti-spyware (you never know... its free till July 31st anyway) that ought to keep almost anything short of nuclear bomb away (maybe that too, but I dont want to test that theory anytime soon). But a virus sneaked in, leading me to..... *Tear my few remaining hairs out in frustration* ... i ran five different combinations of *free* scan tools and didnt find anything.... *How can so many free tools be so wrong*
but my gut tells me that it is lurking around somewhere waiting to pounce (or is that my paranoia talking?)... but wait, worse to come; in the midst of my fever riddles mind runs a nightmare vision of hard drive format and a reinstallation process ... fever does that to me... adds fatalism (in real sense) to my reality!!
I hope to get over this;
find that xxz.tmp file, kill the !@#$%& virus and enjoy a tension-free ague-free existance... till the next episode hits me in the face...
1 comment:
Fever does have a 'armageddon cometh!' feel to it...and so do colds, backpains and headaches. Atleast for me! So, total sympathy, empathy and lotsa lotsa lotsa lotsa virtual hugs!
Where the virus is concerned...the *free tools* are total KLPD...as with most things in life, you pay you get!
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