Health and Internet

" To strengthen the immunity of your body, you have to keep a well-balanced diet with adequate amount of exercise and bodily rest "

The above advice was wat i seen on a poster this morning, when i visited my company's clinic. I was down with influenza + sore throat. It seems that quite a few of us who came back from the M'sia Kathina trip were down with sickness. Weather too hot + insufficient sleep + insufficient water.

And to the thin and weak tree, pls take gooooooood care of yourself. Hope your fever has subsided. I have warned you the nite before i was getting sick, u nv take extra precaution. The correlation or curse (watever u call it) still holds till today, hahaha.

I have a new colleague joining me at work this week. He kinda brightens up my working mood, probably becos i always enjoy interacting with 'juniors'. Though i am pretty much a newbie and greenhorn myself, I am glad i could help him in some admin matters + technical terms. Helped him install MSN which is a v impt communication tool at my work place. And this reminded me of my older internet days....

I started using the internet in 1997, when MIRC was the hottest thingie in town. The feeling of chatting with stranger was scary, and i could remember the v first person i spoke to was a caucasian lady, by the nick of 'eeram'. V soon, i found myself 'promoted' to be the operator of several IRC channels like #temasekjc and #bowlerszone, and get to 'befriend' a lot of strangers.

V soon, i find it rather meaningless to chat with strangers ( i wonder why i did tat then, its so boliao to me now), and i gradually switch to ICQ. ICQ became the next 'IN" thingie, where u can easily communicate with your own friends, classmates, campmates etc. In fact, i icqed so much during my army weekends that i began to worry for my university days. I wondered if i wud be too obsessed with icqs tat i neglect my studies in the uni. But of cos, it didnt happen, haha! I guess i was still having a good balance and control over my internet usage. Quite contrary to my own past beliefs, i could actually survive well without the internet. When i get busy (be it during exams or at my present work), I wud totally ignore the internet.

Despite having more than 400 friends on my icq list then, I hardly see more than 15 of them online these days. ICQ days are officially over, with MSN taking over its place as the most popular messenger. Still going strong now.. i wonder wassup next in the internet world.