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Wednesday, August 01, 2007

something phony

my cell phone decided to give up the ghost two days ago after i shut it down. the Sony Ericsson k750i had a full charge and yet it refused to start up. and you know how difficult it is to be without a phone in this day and age of wondrous modernities. i feel very disconnected and bordering on the edge of being a loser. like i was telling a friend yesterday, 'i can't even turn my phone on, what more then, the ladies?' my friend is straight.

being rendered phoneless is actually very liberating. you do not have to be at the beck and call (literally) of people who are constantly trying to contact you. neither do you have to reply any messages and constantly glance at the phone for any incoming ones. i must say, i pretty enjoy being without a cell. the only drawback so far would have to be the lack of a camera. which basically translates into no pictures on the next few posts.

but the cell phone is a NEED these days, and the parents insist that i remain contactable at all times. it was thus, that i inherited the 'family cell'. a battered old Samsung which the mother ardently used a few years ago. it has polyphonic ringtones, which is pretty old technology actually. and here's the thing that really made me burst out laughing in the middle of the morning after a tiring night shift. the opening screen featured the words:

The Lord is My Strength.

as if the parents haven't harped enough on Christianity, now the cell phone's batteries are preaching to me.

posted at 6:21 pm by the nurse | Permalink |

17 Comments:

yea, i agree, phone's quite a need in this society we're living in. can't imagine not having it. btw, happy nurse day!
By edmundism, at 10:19 pm

Haha, I like your parents. They are good people. Cut them some slack...
By Anonymous, at 11:00 pm

happy nurse's day! heard over the radio about it.

i got 1 polytone phone also, for my overseas sim. but dun carry it around. lolx.

- steve xoxo

ps: its been awhile since i visited ur blog. lolx.
By Anonymous, at 12:36 am

you're so Fetch.
By Anonymous, at 5:05 am

olomolo to you dude... it's been long since i read up your blog... hahax!

life without cell phones is like life without sex.

in short:
you just have to need it.

hahax!
By a collaborative thinker, at 11:11 am

my phone is scotch-taped. :x

the screws just dropped off and i barely had the money to get a new one. so I send her to the ICU unit to get scotch-taped. xD

cheers ;)
By Veeen, at 12:48 pm

Muahaha. No skanky calls for the rest of the month then!
By savante, at 3:45 pm

A lot of people are over dependent on these technologies to the point of being addicted. It's like the blackberry/ crackberry thingy.

And damn! no pictures?! NOoo...

~ Wyl
By Anonymous, at 4:16 pm

Happy nurse's day to you it's on the 3th of this month... ...
O..ya without a phone it's really suckz... just like END of world. (=_=)

NUH...
By Anonymous, at 6:38 pm

"phony" haha I get it...

oh, puns.

one time I left my phone next to my bed and I was at work all day freaking out about all the calls/texts I'd miss.

imagine my face when I went home to none. :(
By Anonymous, at 11:06 pm

i totally get wat ur goin through.
i will turn bek even if i'm halfway to my destination if i realise tat i left my phone behind.
ps: & k750i are really gud for takin photos, i'm a satisfied user as well, heheh...
By Derick Tenh P.S, at 10:06 am

i feel like losing my teeth if i dont have my mobile. or like losing my dick when i want to have sex.
By Anonymous, at 11:04 am

The Lord is my strength! Amen to that!
By Anonymous, at 11:41 am

Lord is my strength! Praise to the Lord...
By Anonymous, at 12:32 pm

haha .... well ... indeed he is ur strength ..

Losing fone or fone crash is one of the most painful experience one could ever suffer ...
By Anonymous, at 9:18 am

edmundism: thanks, but i'm not a very big fan of nurses day. i've got a lot of corporate gifts though. i gave most of them away. kept the food though.

steve: thanks for visiting my blog again then. it makes a difference.

kleor: i hope that means i'm very 'fetching'.

fiexx: my handphone keeps all my sex together. all my contacts are in there. and the silly thing is that now they are all gone. dammit. they will come back again one lah.

veeen: wah. kesian man. better send it to care center for repair lah.

savante: tres true. what to do. go sauna lor.

NUH: happy nurses day too. have fun. i can't do without my phone at work. it's the only way people can contact me when i head out to smoke.

madlip: yeah. believe me. it happened to me before. i feel like an uber loser.

tps: very true. k750i photos come out very good. and the overall performance is quite fast as well.

wiki: basically losing your phone ain't such a good thing lah.

jeffrey: everyone has to go through that once in order to learn the value of their phone.
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