17th August, 2004: Finally I can use internet at home

It's been boring weeks for me without the internet connection. I felt like I lost track of time. Indeed, the cable TV helped me a lot. If there's no cable TV I cannot imagine how I'd be like now. School will begin in about a week. My new cell no. is 618-303-0380. 13th I was waiting all day for my phone line to be activated. So the whole day I was waiting...what a waste. Finally it came to a conclusion that it's not activated...I phoned Verizon and asked what's happening. I gave them my phone number and they said they don't have anything on their computer. I was like what??!!!! This is the most rediculous thing I've ever experienced in my life. I called them almost 4-5 times. I gave them all the info that they needed. At first they said my service would be activated on 9th. Later I phoned again and inquired. They said 13th 8pm. I don't know why it has to be 13th 8pm friday the end of their service hour. They're tricking me. Stupid Verizon...I hate them. I'll find out what's up on monday. Hopefully I won't have to wait for another week. 11th Everything's back to normal. Everything's in place. I'm still waiting for my phone line to be activated. 10th I got the furnitures finally. I could organize stuff. All the furniture that I got were rusted. I sneaked into the room where they carry the furnitures from. I found a better chair for my desk. 9th Since there are so many TV channels, I went to get a TV remote control. I also went to look for another wireless network carrier. There are just 2 carriers available in here (AT&T and Verizon). I compared both. I decided to go for the AT&T local plan. Verizon doesn't offer any free or cheap phones. So that's one of the reasons I go for AT&T. I got the same phone that I got from T-Mobile. I watched TV for the whole day. Yet I don't have internet, that's the best way to cure my time. I like the food network and speed channel on TV. 8th August, 2004 The night before I move, I was so worry about carrying all the stuff to my new apartment. So I loaded up half of the stuff to my car. I was also worry about my car. I was afraid my car cannot withstand all the heavy load. I got up at 10am on that monring. I started cleaning and packing after I got up. I spent almost 3 hrs in doing all that. I said goodbye and thanks to every single objects in Champaign. My car was fully loaded with my stuff. I couldn't even see the rear mirror. I was going relatively slow when I was driving. On the way I kept checking on the signals that my cell receives. 3 hrs later, I arrived safely without any problem. I unloaded all the stuff by myself. I was so tired in doing all that. Long drive and stressful unloading...then I sat down a rest for the night. I hooked up the TV. There are so many channels. I watched Romeo must die with Jet Li on that night. I picked up my cell and decided to call my family. Wait a second....there's no service here??? I tried to phone back to the store where I purchased the phone and started the service. But it never connected.