firstly, thanks diana! =D very very very much. sorry that you didn't have more time to erm... "surprise me" XP

but yes, getting back the internet connection took less hassle than i thought - all thanks to wonderful service from Optus ^^ so yes everyone should switch to optus XD (TPG is horrible. really, really horrible)
it took me hmm... all of 15min to reconnect all the wires and get the comp up and running again, so... =D (well, granted, the printer is still sitting abandoned in a corner somewhere, and i think i can live without speakers for a while)

it's quite lovely here XD the deck turned out better than expected (and they're still painting it ><) and the basement is. hmm. well, don't like the colour, but yes i concede that it is nice XD

there's an all round feeling of happiness and contentment, which is really very lovely ^^ really, thank God that everything went smoothly/nothing got lost/nothing was broken =]

thinking about putting up photos, but don't really feel like it/feel too busy T_T ah well i'll see XD