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This afternoon, while waiting for my storm-damaged computer (the RAM had fried due to reasons unknown to this non-techie) to complete its diagnostic tests in our local telecom store, I was kept amused by the sight of a teenage girl grinning constantly while apparently waiting for her mom. At her foot was a new multi-function branded printer. Here is one happy person, I silently said to myself.

Her mother probably went shopping somewhere, an observation validated by her arrival with an armful of shopping bags. And our teenage girl kept up with her silly grin.

The cause of her happy disposition soon became clear. Her mother started looking at different computers, new LCD 17” screens, computer tables, AVRs and some models of the latest in UPS technology. She made her pick and got one of each item, causing her daughter to go all a-twitter. In the wake of a devastating typhoon, with a metropolis just beginning to get back on its feet, I saw a happy parent and a happier child truck their new complete personal computer system home on a trolly.

What a happy sight to behold in the midst of so much inconvenience! It gave me pause and consider how good life can be even when things seem to go wrong.

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