The first time I used the internet in my own computer was when I was 13. The internet, to me, is this mysterious place with lots of research things around.
I don’t understand the internet. I heard it is for school researching. I was told that you have to use Internet Explorer to surf the internet. And I didn’t know any web sites except Yahoo.com and my internet service provider’s (ISP) web site.
Surfing the web at a 33.6K modem is slow for me. I never understood why my modem speed is called 33.6K and I download at 4.0KBps.
I can only use 12 hours of internet per month, exceeding it will contribute more to my ISP’s revenues. The first time I see Internet Explorer, my cousin shows me some web sites. After she left, I sat in front of the computer and launch Internet Explorer.
I typed an address on the Address bar. I waited. And waited.
You guessed I forgot to connect to the internet? Nah.. I am not so stupid you know. I didn’t know I need to press the <Enter> button on my keyboard to enter the web site. Well, everyone has a first try.
Soon, I realize that internet has games. Shockwave.com soon became one of my most visited sites, after my ISP site. That’s because my ISP set itself as my homepage and I didn’t know I can change that. And even after I figure out I can change, I fear that changing it would mean the end of my internet subscription. I didn’t know they aren’t link that way.
I even thought Microsoft Office can be downloaded from the internet through Microsoft’s website. I thought it’s free. I have the assumption that Windows comes with Office as every computer I see with Windows is installed with Office.
My hobby is to check email. And I was registered with Yahoo! Mail. I recalled checking all the free newsletters available just so that I can get email. No one send me mails when I first sign up. I don’t read the newsletters, I just want to see more emails in my mailbox. I delete without seeing. When my friends start to send mail to me, they couldn’t stop. It’s never ending. But the newsletters, I didn’t unsubscribe. I was too lazy.
And doing so many strange things with my internet account, it is not surprising that I often got scolded for exceeding the 12 hours per month limit.
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