Well, officially it’s not dead yet. But it is in intensive care, and I’m not holding out much hope. *Sniff*.

I spilt a bottle of water on it last night. Or perhaps I spilled it. I’m not sure. All I know is that the end result, after trying to dry it off, is that it powered down in my arms.

(And yes, I know how stupid I am. Trust me: I’ve learned my lesson this time.)

I dropped it off at Penang’s main Apple reseller/service provider earlier today - and now I’m waiting for their diagnosis.

<Cut to Andrea pacing up and down a hotel corridor, nervously dragging on a cigarette>

<Cut to Andrea realising she doesn’t smoke, and stubbing out said cigarette>

This does, as our American cousins would say, suck. Partly because I can no longer blog/email from the comfort of my own room/dinner table/swimming pool (I’m speaking to you from the little ‘business centre’ at the hotel, which is actually just two PCs and a printer - but hey, at least they’re always free); and partly because my Macbook was also my telephone.

But it mainly sucks, of course, because I fear it will cost me a fortune to have it repaired, or worse still, buy a new one. That said, I’ve just checked my insurance with the Musicians Union and it does cover accidental damage to equipment (my Macbook is counted as a tool of my trade… I hope)  - which is fortunate, because Apple Care doesn’t. And while we’re looking on the bright side: being a canny girl, I do have all my files, accounts, etc backed up onto a spare hard drive - and having my iPod Video and speaker dock means that I’m not, fortunately, sans music.

Fingers crossed it can be repaired; and/or that my insurance covers it; and/or that I don’t have to fork out for a brand new one. That’s a lot of fingers, admittedly. But here’s hoping.

In the meantime, I’ll keep blogging, either from here or an internet cafe. But apologies in the meantime if I don’t respond to emails as swiftly as usual; or if you don’t get Skyped, either. Believe me, I’m far more upset about this than you are ;-).

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