Retail Therapy is good for the soul; bad for the wallet

hullo

it's been a long tiring journey since the start of this sem and as usual toward the end of the semester our posts get shorter and shorter as the exams get nearer and nearer. Now that exams are in a week's time, everyone's just about getting jittery and snappy. So just to let everyone relax i shall tell a little story about me.

It begins with a "Long time ago... "

I've always been a geek and a sucker for geeky gadgets. It's a wonder i don't own an mp3. All i have is an MD and a Discman (which i bought for 300 bucks when Ipods were[are] the craze. i'm stupid yes) After countless burning of mds and cds sometimes you get so fed up that you stop burning them altogether because it's just so fucking ley chey. You end up listening to the same bloody CDs yet reminding yourself on the bus ride to go home and churn up another playlist. If you're like me you'd have some of the symtoms:

• You associate songs together because your playlist keeps repeating the same songs in the same fashion
• You know all the lyrics to the songs, and can even add in your own extra vocals when appropriate
• You're not even listening to the CD because you're so used to it that you just listen to your discman for ambient noise. Plugging in also gives you the right to stare at people who will guiltily glance away when you stare at them.

My MD and discman lasted awhile, till the earphones all broke off and frayed into non existence. So after shelving my discman and my semi functional MD, in comes along the nice and sweet k750i sony ericsson phone. WOW WEE Mp3 ringtones and 2.0 mpxl Camera! Hot swappable SD card slot! lots geek functions too! What a dream come true. I can not only listen to the songs i want, i can change my playlist at will!

But of course everything comes with a price for those who are poor (or cheap). I had only 64mb of space on the SD card. That gave me about what, 16 songs? and being lazy i didn't always bother to change the bloody songs. So i went back to the same routine of listening to the same fucking 16 songs everyday to school. OMG i can rap eminem word for word and do in sync air punches with my chemical romance. But because i'm a poor and cheap student, it sufficed to alleviate some of the annoying morning commute. UNTIL.

The left earphone started fraying and suddenly, i was commuting to school every morning with Augustana pelting out tunes in my right ear and young secondary school girls bitching in my left ear. But what can i do? I can't change the headphone jack cause it's those phone handsfree set thingies. Buy a new one? Nah not worth it. And to make matters worse, the entire world was taken over by the ipod revolution. Everywhere you go you see those suspicious white earbuds peeking out. Not to mention how apple made the bloody things so goddamned delicious. Everyone's plugging in, have you plugged in yet????? THE SOLUTION.

After debating for almost 5 years, i came to a conclusion(solution). In the midst of understanding aggregate expenditure versus aggregate product and the cobb douglas model, i finally had it! I stood up, looked bravely into my friend's eyes, and told him i had to leave him for a short while. I was to embark on a perilous journey to save myself from eternal torture. He knew my heart was true and didn't stop me from my calling. I hopped on the mrt and headed for Cineleisure.

say hellllllllllllooooooooooooooooo to the PEEPEEPOD!

Majestically sitting on my table at last. This ebony beauty set me back 400 bucks ):








Unveiling the gadget that will make me disappear into myself even more:



ooh the sweet seduction of steve jobs. Even the casing was oh-s0-pretty. compact and minimalistic, apple is seriously getting slightly satanic.

They even gave me a "genuine leather" nano case, and let me choose from many different colors too. "....."

well, it was worth $39 bucks so it's really not too bad.








It's really cool how they packaged it. Peel away the sticker and "WALA!"
















"Arise Lord Vader...."
















it's aliveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

















nifty little wires all hidden in the small package.

it's great that apple has minimal instructions for operating the nano. Not that i need it, but it's still nice to see them trying to use pictures instead of a whole chunk of words.





nice green case with (finally) new and in mint condition earphones. i can plug in now, can you?

ok whatever.
just one gripe, i hate itunes.
have fun mugging, this is your daily tech dose.