More powerful than you can possibly imagine

So my biomedical engineer friend and I have been making jokes about telepathy over Instant Messenger. Also about the magical ability to summon the other person to come online by sending them an email saying things along the lines of "I guess you're not online, have a nice day." It's starting to get a little spooky.

From: Shi-Hsia Hwa
Date: Sep 24, 2006 1:21 AM
Subject: abracadabra?
To: STEVEN


I'm trying the email-summoning trick. I really shouldn't be since it's
1:19am and we have to get up at 6:45 to get to church in Raub at
8:15...groan.

My second sis Hui-En and I are at home for a few days. We reached
Bentong a bit after midnight, only to find that a 20-foot tree limb
next to our gate had broken off and fallen on a telephone cable, which
was itself exerting tension on an electric cable. Needless to say
we're very glad the gate wasn't electrified or anything (I poked it
cautiously with the back of my hand before trying to open it) and that
our electricity and phone are still working.

...er, since I'm sending you this email, that last clause was clearly
redundant...

Anyway, have a nice day =)

Literally within ten seconds of my sending that email:

[01:22] Steve: hayo, sorry i was away...wans't expecting you to be on
[01:22] me: OMG it worked!!!
[01:22] me: check your email!
[01:22] Steve: did you just send
[01:22] Steve: ....
[01:22] me: YES
[01:22] Steve: ...ROFL
[01:22] Steve: hahahahha
[01:22] me: literally less than 10 seconds befor eyou messaged me
[01:22] Steve: ahahahahahahahahahha
[01:23] me: i think we need to start diverting mor research funds into telepathy
[01:23] Steve: wow....the summoning ritual...
[01:23] me: i'm blogging this.
[01:23] Steve: you always are.