the lights

 The modem  lights have to look like this for me to be able to upload a blog post. I know, I’m being petty again. But maybe it’s not petty for you because you won’t have any source of entertainment from this blog if those lights are not all on and i cannot upload. (If the light on the right is blinking, i cannot upload), if you raise the modem two feet high it gets the signal, how silly;  now they tell me, nobody explains these things to me unless i conduct a full-blown cross-examination. That’s why i like talking to taxi cab drivers, they give you free automotive advice, they’ll tell you how much this or that costs and where to buy it and what the specs are, if you ask the right friendly questions; they won’t make you sign a retaining contract first and put down an acceptance fee of P60,000 before they start giving advice like the law offices. 

           The telecom call center agents never explain things to me, i have to ferret it out by being descriptive and propounding twenty questions. There are no instructions brought with the gizmos (“if this is blinking, you have a weak signal…in Filipino: kung kumukutitap ang ilaw sa kanan, mahina ang signal. “Look for a spot until it stops blinking.” In Filipino: maghanap ng paglalagyan hanggang maging pirmi ang ilaw.) There’s no brochure for crying out loud, i’ll write you a brochure and translate it into twenty dialects, i’ll put cartoons in it, i’ll put an entire illustrated comic strip and make a multi-media version of it and set it to music, gosh.  I can do a dog- and- pony show and you’ll understand any legal concept like rebus sic stantibus

the principle you use to terminate an international agreement like the Visiting Forces Agreement, and your eyes will light up and you’ll get it even if you’re three years old.

                  I’m being petty and arrogant, i know.