More than 10 years ago

Out of boredom, today I just dig out ICQ and start to think back how I started playing internet in 1997 which I was just form 2. I think that time we were all using 33.6kbps modem. I remember  the brand I was having is Merz or something. and they are only TMNET and JARING ISP. 

MODEM (modulator- demodulator) 

Going online each minute is about 1.5 cents for phone line and also 1 cent for Internet account. and the only thing people do online is chatting in IRC (internet relay chat) which is now famous for distributing movie, software and files, of course people still chat there, but with MSN, skype and google talk, the numbers really cut down even for ICQ which is famous 10 years ago. 

And also we started to play quake online and quake.tm.net.my and meet many friends from there. But now none of them I still keep in contact except Dennis (nickname TechnoShock[SN])  a remarkle online Quake player at that time. Another player is quilksilver, I still got his MSN, but not his number. Machine running that time is just DOS and windows 95,  not even windows 98, and netscape navigator and IE still fighting for browser wars even until today. 

And back at those day, many new internet users do not know the dangers of Internet, alot of them simply download files, and also read email from stranger which allows trojan horse to be installed at their machine. The most widely use Trojan hourse is BO (Back Orifice) and follow by netbus and also subseven. Hacking in that time is fun and simple. You will need to do some port scanning and also get the server install then you can do all those backdooring easily. Unlike nowadays, that anti virus has grown stronger and virus is more devastating since internet speed is much faster. And the most important thing for BO is to used to steal TMNET and also JARING internet account. And many share using TMNET account since is postpaid and JARING is prepaid so you cannot overload the account. Ended up many are not paying for their TMNET bill after racking up few thousand in their monthly bill which is quite impossible to achieve.

After that, I started to pick up ICQ and also random chatting. There is the time where I find it words are powerful, and also words carries people feeling, for those who are really elite at ICQ till now, most likely they can sense the other person feeling and emotion through the words they type from the other side of the world. 

Just because of random chat I meet up with many of the netfriends , mostly are quakers and some are just college netfriend. The very first one lives in klang I don't even have a driving license, and she invited me to her BBQ party during chinese new year If i was not mistaken, can't really recall her name, no handphone number also, ya that time we still relying one Telekom land line to communicate I guess. And nokia 3210 still not yet being conceived and developed out in market. The only things i remember now is her nickname on ICQ is baby LOL. thinking of this is already 10 years ago. I guess may be she is married by now or ... whatever lar haha..

Then I meet up with few other netfriend which i still keep in touch, who are Candice, that TAR college girl (LOL), Helianthus (can't remember her actual name but when she was studying in Sunway college I went out with her to watch that mou gan dou movie in sunway pyramid) Was after year 2000 i guess.

And one of the Best friend I get from there is Elaine, we still msn alot though now she is 12 hours time difference from mine. I would say getting to know each other on MSN is really fate, and out there is like having so so many people we can meet up is really fate. I am now checking through my ICQ name list is really long, Whoever I encouter if I still have memories about them I just write abit here and there.

Another pretty girl who study in INTI and later work in IBM now, Jessie Ang. I think you can find her on my friendster or facebook.  And also Karena another pretty girl who get married just last year. Sorry for not knowing the dating at valentine has another meaning. 

Kelly Chan and his brother both in INTI also, but now really keep in touch now, dont know whether she get married cause also 30:P haha. Cheaying I met her on ICQ and now in MSN and then we met up and get to know each other. Hope your study is well and all the best.

I meet friends from shah alam section 24,18 and so on, dianne, sherren and also joanne. 3 Of them from same school. I guess we just to ICQ alot last time. Now they seldom online except Sherren is still blogging late night at www.wretch.cc/blog/sherren85/ 

I just check my ICQ friend group, I have quaker 15, friend 57 , inti friend 29, family,inti ICF 29, close friend =3?? and ICQ random 66 and in GENERAL and none group is 221.....net friend 115, some other grouping.........I remember I used to read the old ICQ history, may be is good that I cant read it back now.... It brings back many memories. and now ICQ is really deserted, no one online at my list.