A long overdue (and disconsolating) update
I promised myself to do a lot of constructive stuffs after exams, updating my blog being one of them, which unsurprisingly was not done again.
For your information, I'm currently on a trip in U.S. with my brother until January 7. We visited several places, like Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Bass Lake, San Franscisco, Santa Barbara. The information input these few days has overwhelmed my puny brain that my memory of the trips were somehow marred.
I'm quite fresh from a train trip that took more than 30 hours. My brother and I originally planned to watch Casino Royale and The Office (U.S. version) to escape from the monotonousness of the ride but alas we failed to find seats that is adjacent to a power socket. To rub salt into the wound, I was so wise that I didn't bring my laptop battery for this U.S. trip. It took me a few seconds to realize that my argument that the battery wouldn't last long for a laptop such as mine was fundamentally flawed. A counter-argument would be: without a battery, I couldn't even use my laptop at all in this scenario where I couldn't find a place near to a socket. So we end up using my brother's laptop to watch a Taiwanese movie called "Snow in May" (direct translation). At last, his laptop battery ran out of power. And being the smartass, I went to some obscure place in the lower level of the train (we're on the 2nd level) to recharge the battery. Although the wire of the AC adaptor partially obstructed the passage of the passengers who were on their way to the washroom, I observed that all of them were able to pass through it without getting entangled with it, thus foolishly assumed that I'd be safe in this position, loosening my grip of the notebook and browsing the pictures on it relaxedly. Alas, my retardedness was duely rewarded, a woman didn't notice that the cable were there and got entangled with it and with a not inconsiderable momentum brought about the downfall of the laptop's hard drive and the joyful atmosphere of our trip as the laptop crashed onto the floor with a heartsickening thump. It took me only a few minutes to realize that the hard disk is most likely to be a goner. And the knowledge of the amount of pictures, videos, documents that is contained in the hard disk - which I'm sure is of immeasurable value to my brother - made me plunge into a state of despair and remorse. I could only pray that the data is recoverable, even if the hard disk may not be.
When I told my brother this bad news, he was just waking up from a nap and clearly anticipating another round of movie. He was dumbstricken, and tried again and again to boot the laptop to no avail. I regretted my imprudence, but what's the use of regretting it now? I couldn't bring myself to say sorry, because I knew sorry was no cure. He was enraged, but he didn't really throw his temper on me - no flying punches, no curses, and no whatsoever. He just questioned me on what happened and only silence ensued. He never spoke to me for half a day. Even now, I still feel tense when I'm with him alone. I feel so bad, so bad. It's the worst trouble I've got myself into in these few years, even though I myself suffer no direct consequences from it. I have forgotten my knack for getting into huge troubles because of my own negligence and foolishness or whatever you may call it.
I can only hope that the data is recoverable. Or else, this may leave a dark spot in my memory for many years to come. Nevertheless, this trip is more or less affected by my huge blunder. And I can only brace myself for the days in the future to clean up my own mess. Great, now I have to worry every day over the possible outcomes of my foolishness. What a great winter holiday this is...
Life must still go on, I remind myself over and over again. No point in worrying over something that is inalterable by worrying. Anyway, here are some pictures from my trip:
Some scenery on the way to Grand Canyon
In Grand Canyon
An amazing carver in Las Vegas
Night in Las Vegas
For your information, I'm currently on a trip in U.S. with my brother until January 7. We visited several places, like Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Bass Lake, San Franscisco, Santa Barbara. The information input these few days has overwhelmed my puny brain that my memory of the trips were somehow marred.
I'm quite fresh from a train trip that took more than 30 hours. My brother and I originally planned to watch Casino Royale and The Office (U.S. version) to escape from the monotonousness of the ride but alas we failed to find seats that is adjacent to a power socket. To rub salt into the wound, I was so wise that I didn't bring my laptop battery for this U.S. trip. It took me a few seconds to realize that my argument that the battery wouldn't last long for a laptop such as mine was fundamentally flawed. A counter-argument would be: without a battery, I couldn't even use my laptop at all in this scenario where I couldn't find a place near to a socket. So we end up using my brother's laptop to watch a Taiwanese movie called "Snow in May" (direct translation). At last, his laptop battery ran out of power. And being the smartass, I went to some obscure place in the lower level of the train (we're on the 2nd level) to recharge the battery. Although the wire of the AC adaptor partially obstructed the passage of the passengers who were on their way to the washroom, I observed that all of them were able to pass through it without getting entangled with it, thus foolishly assumed that I'd be safe in this position, loosening my grip of the notebook and browsing the pictures on it relaxedly. Alas, my retardedness was duely rewarded, a woman didn't notice that the cable were there and got entangled with it and with a not inconsiderable momentum brought about the downfall of the laptop's hard drive and the joyful atmosphere of our trip as the laptop crashed onto the floor with a heartsickening thump. It took me only a few minutes to realize that the hard disk is most likely to be a goner. And the knowledge of the amount of pictures, videos, documents that is contained in the hard disk - which I'm sure is of immeasurable value to my brother - made me plunge into a state of despair and remorse. I could only pray that the data is recoverable, even if the hard disk may not be.
When I told my brother this bad news, he was just waking up from a nap and clearly anticipating another round of movie. He was dumbstricken, and tried again and again to boot the laptop to no avail. I regretted my imprudence, but what's the use of regretting it now? I couldn't bring myself to say sorry, because I knew sorry was no cure. He was enraged, but he didn't really throw his temper on me - no flying punches, no curses, and no whatsoever. He just questioned me on what happened and only silence ensued. He never spoke to me for half a day. Even now, I still feel tense when I'm with him alone. I feel so bad, so bad. It's the worst trouble I've got myself into in these few years, even though I myself suffer no direct consequences from it. I have forgotten my knack for getting into huge troubles because of my own negligence and foolishness or whatever you may call it.
I can only hope that the data is recoverable. Or else, this may leave a dark spot in my memory for many years to come. Nevertheless, this trip is more or less affected by my huge blunder. And I can only brace myself for the days in the future to clean up my own mess. Great, now I have to worry every day over the possible outcomes of my foolishness. What a great winter holiday this is...
Life must still go on, I remind myself over and over again. No point in worrying over something that is inalterable by worrying. Anyway, here are some pictures from my trip:
Some scenery on the way to Grand Canyon
In Grand Canyon
An amazing carver in Las Vegas
Night in Las Vegas