i guess my blog is a bit crappy now. but it doesn't matter to any one of you, as it's not your blog, it's mine. you'll get a sense of achievement everytime you are able to work out something or learn something. that's what i get from doing this. not this blog, i mean. well, for the past 12 months, i have been actively updating my site, learning new things from the web, collecting bits and parts of other people's homepage building technique and put them all together to create my own site. at first it was kind of fun, seeing all those animations, videos, mp3 streaming when my url was clicked. but soon after a while, realising that it's not possible for people using pstn connection to connect to my site, i went from hi-tech to low-tech. you can say it's a bit of a downgrading, but i think it's worth doing this as more people will be able to surf my site without the hassle of waiting. right now, i am using this dsl connection which is ok only if compared to uk's network connection. but i could not ask for more here. you have to pay to surf! friends keep asking me why i don't update my site that often these days. i have to say i don't know what to update. everything needs money and if you've got the money everything is possible. getting a domain is cheap. getting it hosted is ok for me. but to get the tools and stuff to make it interesting, you have to pay too. there's no way i could afford this. people say you can get free stuff from the net. yes it's true. but you have to find time to learn those free softwares, freewares, and it's not as easy as 1-2-3. i had this greymatter installed the other day and it was a headache. even my webhost could not get it installed. now, i have abandoned the free greymatter and switched to this blogger as it's more user friendly. don't ask me about perl, cgi, mysql, or shits like that, i have the heart to learn, but i couldn't find the time. if only there's a perfect host which knows everything and willing to set it all up for me. will there be one?