It has been a hot and humid day.... It is normally like this in June....We do not really see rain during this month but then like every other days in the tropic... It might just rain.... All of a sudden it would shower and then it is gone.... Some time we have lighting and thunderstorm..... I am real careful when using the internet when there is a thunder and lighting....It might struck the telephone line... On one occasion, just because I did not unplugged the electric cable from the socket and just switched it off, the motherboard of my desktop computer was destroyed and on another occasion my modem was also knock out after a strong lighting.... In the case of the modem, it was replaced by the Telecoms people quickly.... Well now when the weather show some lightning or thunder is on its way, I would shut off my computer, unplugged the power connection and hope for the best..... Well we can never tell the telephone line is still connected to the modem.... But if I am leaving the house for a few days then I would disconnect everything to be on the safe side..... Recently a friend of my got his modem struck by lightning... And he had to forgo his broadband connection for a while.... had to go back to the dial up connection.... Now he tells me that... What a difference broadband and dial up connection are..... With the dial up connection its look like it takes years just to open a blog page.... Well once you are used to broadband or ADSL, you would take things for granted and that the website just opened up fast and without much fuss.... But before the broadband when I was using the dial up service I was just contented with the speed then... Thinking that it is already fast enough, but once you start using broadband or ADSL, then you would realized that the dial up connection was just like snail compare to broadband, it is fast and you can leave your computer on and connected to the internet all the time.... In Malaysia it just cheap to get connected to broadband... It just cost RM66.00 or US$18,00 per month with unlimited use.... The reason it is that cheap because the Malaysian government wants as many Malaysia as possible to use the internet, as well as to encourage Malaysian to get involved into the ICT [Internet and Communication Technology] revolution... And for this purpose the government has set up an ICT city call Cyberjaya on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur and in the vicinity of Putrajaya, the new capital of Malaysia.... The reasons being that the government do not want the country to miss this ICT revolution, like it missed the industrial revolution before.... When in Malaysian especially in the big cities like Kuala Lumpur, Penang ...., getting connected to broadband is just simple, the are 'hot spot' at most coffee houses, so just pop in at one of these trendy coffee shop and get hook to the internet... Of course you have to buy coffee first.... Remember nothing is free in this world of ours... Well that is progress for us Malaysian.... A result of hard work combine with political stability and national harmony, the country has became one of the most prosperous in this part of the world....Drop in.. in Kuala Lumpur and you would understand what I meant as prosperity for this great country of ours Malaysia... My country and the country that I love..... Have a nice day.....