for the first time since i started owning cell phones (first one was a motorola circa 1993, the one that looks like an ice shaver number then was 0912-400-1434. service was provided by mobiline), i lost one less than two weeks ago during a trip to south beach.
my boss asked me on the third day that i had no phone how it felt like. i replied, "liberating". indeed it was. but only for a time.
then i realized how dependent i have become on my phone, my blackberry. it was my alarm clock, my watch, sometimes my camera. i had three email addresses diverted to this phone. i used it as a browser. i played games in it.
back in the day, i memorized numbers and i did them well. despite the numerous area codes to consider, i would memorize a lot of numbers - friends', families', restaurants !!!), moviehouse, coffeehouse. that was about a decade ago.
when my cell phone spoiled me by saving all my contact details in its neat address book, my brain cells decided to go on semi-retirement. that's why i could not call anyone when my cell was lost. there was only one number i memorized and know by heart: my office number. lesson learned: keep a back up address book. how? i want to know.
i'll get my new one within the week. in the meantime, let me enjoy my liberating moments.
Monday, March 24, 2008
an ode to my blackberry
Saturday, March 22, 2008
airports
friday, 14 march
flew from newark airport to fort lauderdale, florida. yup. bienvenido a miami three and a half hours later. stayed at this cool place in south beach. i love florida! more later.
saturday, 15 march
fort lauderdale back to newark. red-eye flight.
sunday, 16 march
new york jfk airport to burbank. late evening flight. atlanta's weird weather forced us to have a stop-over in salt lake city. flight took more than nine hours. longest ever in y experience travelling within the contoguous united states. well, including hawaii and canada. damn. it was a looooong flight. and jetblue's directv was busted throughout the trip. bummer.
monday, 17 march
burbank airport to las vegas. an almost three-day conference in summerlin (jw marriott), a very idyllic suburbia, minutes from the bright lights of the las vegas strip.
thursday, 20 march
drive back to los angeles. arrived a little past dinner.
friday, 21 march
good friday.
yeah, it has been one hell of a week. to top it all off, i lost my blackberry in south beach! this marks the first time ever that i lost a cellphone. i've been totally dependent on my crackberry (yes, it's that addicting) that i had withdrawal symptoms the first two days. the following two days were liberating. the fifth, unbearable.
i need a phone. asap. it was my watch, my alarm, my datebook, my camera, my everything. funny how this thing spoiled me. i used to memorize numbers easily but since everything was on my address book, i never bothered to remember ny of the numbers stored there. bad thing. also, i never bothered to back up. really bad thing.
once i had a chance to call through a landline phone, i froze. i could not, for the life of me, remember any of my friends'/relatives'/coworkers' numbers. not even significant other's. (sorry!!!) i'm in deep trouble.
Type rest of the post here
Thursday, January 18, 2007
macworld - delayed telecast
yeah, welcome to 2007!
thousands gathered at the moscone to be at the macworld 2007. around the same time, the ces (consumer electronics show) is being held in las vegas. ah, heaven for the techies.
again, the freaking iPhone. 
taken after steve jobs' keynote.
john mayer. john mayer! he sang two songs, including my fave, waiting on the world to change, from his latest album continuum.
