Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Guess what, guess what... I got a new phone.. *nyeh nyeh nyeh nyeh nyeh* Hehhee..No, it's not a Communicator. Not an SE P900 either. It's just the SE T630 that I had been eyeing on since it got launched worldwide. ;)
So what, right? I'm not very much a gadget person, really. I don't keep myself updated with all the latest phones, or even collect them. I know one who has had soooooo many phones of various brands and models, that he can actually open a 'Mobile Phone Museum'. My previous phone was the Nokia 8250, the one with the butterfly looking keypad. I remember surfing through the Nokia website, and immediately fell in love with the 8250 model. Or maybe, I just fell in love with the Mysterious Blue coloured cover. Hehe.. That was in Feb 2001 and I had only been in the workforce for a couple of months. I drove home after work and coaxed Mummy to accompany me to the nearest Nokia Professional Centre, which was in Bangsar Baru. I left the Centre disappointed when the guy said it wasn't out yet, but that it would be launched in about a week's time. Few days later, the guy called and told me that it was out already. I headed to the Centre right after work, with Mum of course. I loved it! In an instance, I walked to the nearest Public Bank (5 mins walk), took out RM 1.6k (yes, full cash), walked back to the Centre, bought the Silver model, clutching the bag so tightly as if someone's gonna steal it from me as I left the Centre, and beaming the whole night! Ok.. Make that the whole week. Hehe... It was definitely worth parting my hard-earned cash!
3+ years now, new models were launched, new features were introduced.. My phone is considered dinosaur age already, and probably worth RM100 for secondhand value now (IF I'm lucky!). As much as I would love to use it for the entire lifetime, it has been slowly giving way. It still looks very good condition, except that the LCD screen is not working anymore. Could hardly see the screen, what's more to SMS, see contact numbers or appointments. Repairing the screen would cost as much as buying a brand new, lower end phone. And I got tired knocking the phone or press on the screen as much of strength as I could give. So when the SE T630 (Liquid Black limited edition) came out, it took me months to convince myself that this will be exactly what I need, that it would feel like how the 8250 was to me 3+ years ago, and going to various shops to hold the phone and play with it. Part of me was battling with not willing to part my money unnecessarily, and the other part was being very sentimental towards the 8250. *Sighz*
In the end, I decided to go to Dr. Mobile Clinic in Mid Valley at nearly 8pm. Few days ago, they said there were 2-3 more sets. But when I got there, they were sold and since it's the limited edition, it's not to be produced again. *Gasp* I was not meant to buy it... *Sniff* Then the guy said that he would try to call up all the branches in PJ/KL, but that most are all sold out. Got a bit of hope. Hehe.. So he made the calls, and all were sold out in all branches EXCEPT for ONE set in KLCC. *Smile* But I could only get it tomorrow, and I wanted to pay there and then by card for the HSBC rewards promotions. *Sad* Then he said, "Ok, I go over to KLCC now, give me 1-2 hours". *I was meant to buy it!!* Heheheh... 1 and a half hours later, the remaining 1 set of SE T630 was in my hands! Yippeeeeee!! Wahh... TFT colour screen... Camera... Polyphonic tones... I love it, I love it!
While I'm blogging here, I'm downloading softwares, games, ringtones, screensavers, themes.. Anything that I can download for the T630. I'm gonna fully customize it. Perhaps I'll snap a pic of my new baby later. ;) I've decided to keep the 8250 till I grow old for sentimental values and the fact that it had served me very well for the past 3+ years. And to remind me on how precious $$ is, hard-earned $$ with sweat and blood (literally lah). I'm off to experiment the phone now... Till the next entry, buh-bwaiiiii....
