I bought a new phone today, finally! Finally, because I was supposed to get it about a month ago, but it kept getting pushed back because of this and that.
I actually changed my number too, and this is what the title of this post is about: I'm sentimental about my old number! I feel a curious sort of attachment to it since I've kinda been through a bit on this number...and I remember fondly the days when I couldn't remember where it started with 9X33 or 93XX (haha just to be on the safe side...the X represents the same number in both cases), and I had to pause when people asked, "So what's your number?" and sometimes I'd even say the wrong one. I'm rather attached to my phone too, it's gone through so much that it has a cracked screen and many scratches and the side key has fallen out! Been using a phone borrowed from Sheena for a while since I couldn't read the screen properly because of the massive crack. Or rather, the spreading and dying pixels...
 It looked like this on 1st Nov... 
10 days later, this is what it looked like! Angel (the dog) looks like she's saying, "Argghh!!! Save me from this spreading virus-like thingy!!!!"
My new phone:
This is the Sony Ericsson Z610i. Yeah I got the pink/fuschia one! Funny, because a couple of years back I wouldn't be caught dead with a pink phone.
But then, I used to be anti-rebonding, anti-contact lenses and anti-hairdying. People change. Fundamentally, I'm still the same inside. Still a little girl, wondering about the mysteries of life...only then, I was afraid. Now I've found myself in my Father's arms. I've been rather relieved to learn that actually it is ok for me to be a little girl in His presence. That I can run to Him, small and vulnerable and afraid, and find strength and peace in His arms. That that is what He wants me to do, to be His little girl, His little princess, His baby. Paradoxically, it is in this little-girl-ness is where I will grow in Him and mature! And I really feel as if this has happened and is continuing to happen in me; as I become a child in Him I have become stronger, steadier, and more mature in my outlook towards life! I used to think that I had to be 'mature' and grow up spiritually and stuff, in the sense that I couldn't come to Him in all my ridiculous, human fear and be accepted with no condemnation. How I've been set free! Ok, I've digressed! I think my new phone is pretty funky! Not as user-friendly as Samsung I think, but then it could be that I've grown used to Samsung. Do you know that I've not used any other brand since I started using a handphone? With the exception of my very first phone (in Sec 4! I'm a late-bloomer in a lot of things...), which was really chunky and embarrassingly big - almost as big as a normal telephone handset! I thought of sticking with Mr. Samsung again, but there wasn't anything from Samsung that I wanted this time round.
The other model I considered was Nokia 7373, but there were no sparks when I saw it in the shop. (I've never used a Nokia phone, believe it or not!) I must admit that when it comes to phones, I'm all about looks. Functionality is important, but I won't buy a phone even if it has super duper good features but I don't like how it looks! Not like I need much anyway, just for calling and texting, which I don't even do much of. I only get to change phone every two years, when the contract expires, so I must get something I like right...but then I'm fickle too. After maybe about a month or so, the novelty wears off and after a while I don't care about scratches anymore. :P
Anyways, Sheena and I met up with Tracy today! Went to eat at Din Tai Fung (I love the xiao long bao, the wanton, and the beef soup!), walked around Tampines Mall and Century Square for a while...contemplated watching The Nativity Story or After This Our Exile but the timings were off, and the latter movie was M18, so one of us couldn't get in. Haha...
After that, we spontaneously decided to go to Changi Airport where Tracy got pushed around on a luggage cart. She was like waving to people while she was on it, and saying, "Hello!" That made this particular policeman very amused. We hung out at Starbucks, then went to Burger King and shared cheesesticks. I love cheesesticks! :D |
nice pink phone u got there!