Migraines and Machines
I've been having a wicked headache these two days. It's either due to exposure to rain or overexposure to this old CRT monitor. Throb.. throb... throb... on one side of the head... makes you feel like not doing anything. I wonder if this counts as migraine.
Anyway, it's brought back memories of a technique I used in secondary school to get rid of headaches. Those days, I had to walk from the bottom of the hill up to my house in the hot afternoon sun. Headaches were aplenty then. Then I read this newspaper article about visualizing your headache away. Interesting... So I tried it out:
Anyway, it's brought back memories of a technique I used in secondary school to get rid of headaches. Those days, I had to walk from the bottom of the hill up to my house in the hot afternoon sun. Headaches were aplenty then. Then I read this newspaper article about visualizing your headache away. Interesting... So I tried it out:
- First step, sensory deprivation. I went to the quiet of my bedroom, closed all the curtains.
- Second step, visualize the headache as a pair of hammers knocking at each other in your mind.
- Final step, after establishing this image, slowly move the hammers further and further away until they disappear completely. If they don't, vanquish them with a bomb or something.
What do you know? It worked for me... No more throbbing. Interesting thing, our minds. No wonder people can be programmed and deprogrammed like in those secret agent movies.
On a lighter note, I had an experience with a teller machine yesterday which shows how silly these machines(or their designers are) Hey, I'm in IT. I'm think I'm qualified to say it .. mua ha ha...
Anyway I went through the motions for withdrawing cash:
On a lighter note, I had an experience with a teller machine yesterday which shows how silly these machines(or their designers are) Hey, I'm in IT. I'm think I'm qualified to say it .. mua ha ha...
Anyway I went through the motions for withdrawing cash:
- Enter PIN number - check
- Choose transaction - check
- Enter cash amount - check
- Message appears 'This machine cannot generate a receipt for this transaction. Do you wish to continue?'
- Boring . . . . . . . . . . I pressed 'Yes' to continue.
- Out comes my ATM card.
- Out comes my cash.
- Out comes my receipt . . . . . Receipt? What the heck??!! A quick check confirmed it to be my receipt.
So much for 'infallible' machines. Okay, I admit that was lame but it had me tickled. Goes to show how boring these days are....
Comments
Oh yeah, those stupid IT implementations we get nowadays. Big bucks for the project, small value in return. No wonder IT services/projects are in such a doldrum these days when customer realised they have been had. I know, cos I was in the outsourcing industry. :P
IT? It is v foreign to me. haha
luckily you didn't walk away before the receipt popped out, otherwise it would have been left there unwittingly for all to see!
A shot of tequila always cures my headache.. ;)
Did you hit the ATM machine Indiana Jonzz?
poohbearee: i cannot tell the difference.
me: i doubt the receipt carries any noteworthy information. But then, I'm also a bit paranoid, ha ha.
Annie: i didn't hit it. I used the Force(Star Wars theme playing in background)
ian: shhhh, don't say that dirty word in front of IT guys.
jimbo: oh my gosh, desperate for advertising place, lol...
LM: woody? woody?! what the heck is that? is that what you call it? a woody? lol...