and i endured it for two weeks.

something happened to my laptop 2 weeks ago; the mouse pointer, instead of an arrow (the traditional kind yes), became a mickey mouse hand.

it totally screwed up for life and my doing work on my laptop as i cannot click on something without moving the entire screen! the mickey mouse hand was supposed to move the entire screen to whichever location i need (tech-idiots, stay with me!) and apparently it ate away my arrow!

i spent my 2 weeks in silent and ridiculous torment and feeling seriously stupid. where was my arrow?! and since i couldn't click on anything, i had to use my tab button and my up-down buttons to help me get to the input boxes. i thought of getting junming or weiliang to help but it always slipped my mind because it wasn't a BIG thing though it was a quietly torturous one.

just 20 minutes ago, i decided i could not stand it any longer. even though i had a brief thought that i might not solve the issue considering how tech idiot i am, i knew i needed to get rid of the mickey mouse hand IMMEDIATELY. i quickly went to every single buttons i could find on the main screen/computer/control panel/personalize to identify the enemy (the mickey mouse hand) but to no avail. my dejected self was demoralized and it didn't help that my search efforts were constantly affected by the #$%^Y& mickey mouse hand! i went dejectedly back to the IE page.

and guess what? right at the top right hand of the IE page, i saw the mother of the mickey mouse hand! it was RIGHT ON TOP of my explorer page ALL THESE while laughing at me while it played my mind upside down. the moment i depressed the button, my arrow (imagine dramatic music and vapour smoke) reappeared lovingly into my life, my tormented and cursed computer life and the computer screen. i love you, arrow.

this mickey mouse hand whom i affectionately call @#$%^&* taught me many things, not only the technicalities of my hp TX1000 laptop, but in life. there are so many issues that are ridiculously taunting us without our knowing. small as it is, it acts as a silent tormentor and slowly eats into your time, your energy and your brain juices. many often than not, we don't know how to solve it; we don't think we can ever. yet, many times, the solution to our problems is right in our face - we just have to open our eyes to it.

do you have any mickey mouse hand in your life?