It's been a whirlwind and I can only hope things get better and better.

I've spent the last 2 hours trying to connect two wireless routers of different brands and very different ages, such that one is the bridge/access point of the other. Perhaps there is such a thing as a generation gap - they're simply not talking to each other.

The one that I want to use as a bridge is an older model (802.11g), and its control panel uses more jargon than the newer model, and is less intuitive. I may think I know a little more than the average person on the street about home networking but I've exhausted all the possible configurations out there, without successfully creating a bridge. 

The more technically-inclined may wonder: How did we end up with 2 different brands, to make life so difficult? We were initially using 2 Motorola routers for the home - one for upstairs, one for downstairs. The one downstairs, connected to our cable modem, blew recently. So I took out my spare router, which happened to be a newer Belkin (802.11n) model. To make things more complicated, there's also a Time Capsule upstairs which I use as wireless backup and to store all our iTunes music, which we can play back on all the wireless devices upstairs. My house has solid walls, though, so the wifi gets pretty weak once you're a couple of rooms away and everyone downstairs won't be able to access it.

And if you're wondering why I'm not using the Time Capsule as the base (aka client?), it's because it isn't able to communicate with our wireless Brother printer downstairs, unless you link it up via cable. Other routers, however, are able to link up wirelessly with it. (This problem has been well documented on the Internet but of course, I only searched for it when I realised there was a problem - after buying the printer.)  But now I'm wondering if this can be bypassed by simply buying a USB cable which will connect the Time Capsule to the printer. Then I can swop things around and use my Belkin as the bridge to provide the internet connection upstairs.  

Ideally I would like to link up everything seamlessly, such that a family member can access the Internet and also share iTunes music files, whether he is upstairs or downstairs. But the answer is still very much up in the 'air'...

Anyone has any suggestions on where to go? I heard St John's / Red Cross would be a possibility. Will also see if the hospital nearest to my workplace conducts such training.

I think it's a really useful skill to have. Quite literally, it's a 'life' skill.

Up to 10 years ago, I would just change into my PJs, brush teeth, wash face and jump into bed. Drying my hair would be a breeze as I had, well, hardly any hair at one point in my life.

Then I grew out my hair. And my hair was so dry that even a straight, married male colleague (i.e. not the very vain type) advised me to use leave-in conditioner. So that was an extra step.

As I'm now getting married, I've been advised to leave my hair long. My hair now hangs halfway down my back, so it takes even longer to dry, even after wringing it with 1-2 large towels.

In fact, it takes so long that I can even download my office emails and reply to a few of them concurrently (which is why some colleagues will receive my emails at ungodly times like 1 or 2am).

Then my foot got fractured, so every night I put a gel on it and bandage it up.

Over the weekend, I got my ears pierced, and now have to dab each lobe with antiseptic and twist the studs around every night.

And of course there are additional beauty routines involving moisturizers and other things, especially now as my wedding draws near.

So I started getting ready to sleep some time ago, yet am only managing to do so now. 

It looks like I will now need 1 hour buffer time to prepare to sleep - if not, I will end up with eyebags at my wedding!

Our society is struggling because during times of change, the very last people you need on your team are well-paid bureaucrats, note takers, literalists, manual readers, TGIF laborers, map followers, and fearful employees. The compliant masses don't help so much when you don't know what to do next.

What we want, what we need, what we must have are indispensable human beings. We need original thinkers, provocateurs, and people who care. We need marketers who can lead, salespeople able to risk making a human connection, passionate change makers willing to be shunned if it is necessary for them to make a point.  (emphasis my own)

I received a missed call today and decided to Google the number, since I didn't recognise it.