Saturday, May 22, 2004
Ugh, this is just... retarded. I'm sitting in Narita Airport now and after an hour, I finally got on the Internet. Cathay's lounge was closed thanks to the renovation in the south wing of Terminal 1, so Cathay gave me a ¥2000 meal coupon (uh, thanks, but not only did I have tonkatsu in Roppongi Hills but I bought fresh cheesebread too). Since I got here two hours early, I decided to make it my mission to get on the Net. I spent forever looking for a wireless hotspot despite seeing so many listed on the web that I never bothered to bring the list -- I figured I'd just find it. Except I didn't. So I literally started walking through the entire terminal with my Clie in front of me, hitting "Scan..." every few minutes.
Eventually, I saw the Intel Centrino sign (Centrino being their Wi-Fi solution), and I was about to say THANK GOD FOR INTEL when I sat down and tried to use it. Seems it doesn't work with my Palm. I had to whip out the iBook and start it up (which is really no small feat, it takes forever) just to get on, only to find that the problem was their Login splash page. It just won't load on NetFront on my Clie, which normally has no trouble handling similar pages in HK but just can't deal with this one. So stupid. So annoying.
At least the Lakers beat the Timberwolves in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals... sweep! Sweep!
Posted at 4:24 PM
