i think people dont understand why im so bothered with the loss of a phone. when my nokia 3660 broke down, i got very disoriented. it was as if the natural order of things was disturbed. its because im so attached to my cellphone. its always the first thing i look for in the morning and the last thing i see before i sleep (most days). its always within arms reach (again, most days). i even take it with me when i take a shower (sometimes)
thats why i was very pissed when my new phone (a nokia 3110 classic. same features as my nokia 3660 and then some. yes, and then some. i was supposed to write a review but i decided to wait a little. its a good thing i did because i would have written a review that would make the phone almost perfect where its only flaw was its camera) crashed 2 hours before christmas. i can hear the comic book guy from the simpsons saying "worst timing ever". and its exactly one full month old when it decided to crash. how nice. i abused it during the first few days to test it and have it replaced in case it breaks down and it passed the test (only in terms of usage. so i didnt drop it or hit it with a hammer). now that its a month old, when i least expected it, it decided to break down. exactly one month. and i was listening to the BrewRats when it broke (the BrewRats: DJ Angel, Tado and Ramon Bautista, on 99.5 Hit FM (formerly 99.5 RT). monday to thursday, 9pm to 12 midnight. its a really nice and funny radio show. i dont listen to FM because i find the DJs annoying, but this show is an exception and i dont listen to this FM show to listen to music, i just want to listen to the DJs)
anyway, its been my habit to greet people a little past midnight every christmas. this is how i greet people every year since 2000. and i was expecting to do the same this year. thats why i didnt reply yet to those who greeted and texted. and i was also a bit busy because i did my christmas shopping on the 24th (second time i did this. its shopping with a time limit. and i have to remind myself to wear comfortable shoes next time i do some last minute xmas shopping because what i used made me want to buy a wheelchair). thats why its convenient for me to text everyone im going to greet a few minutes after midnight. aside from just group sending some messages, im also just sitting somewhere in the room eating (we dont use the dining table because we celebrate christmas as a clan. so every year, i have to look for a nice corner or place to eat. im not the type who likes to chat while eating. im a serious "eater"). its really a convenient time to text people. its less confusing. so when my phone crashed around 10 pm, again, i got disoriented. i was so bothered that i was no longer in the mood for christmas. so i just slept instead of getting pissed until midnight. i could have borrowed a phone but my contacts are stored in the phone memory (and this time i have a backup in my pc but i cant back it up until the phone's repaired). midnight came and im still bothered with my broken phone. i got more annoyed whenever someone talks about text messages and cellphones. so i decided to sleep after i ate and get my gifts. i was so pissed and bothered that i didnt even open a single present/gift i got. i just collected them and placed it on my chair (im very possessive).
when i woke up in the morning, my first concern was still my phone (my mother had to remind me i havent opened my gifts). we were supposed to go to my uncle's house but im still not in the mood for christmas. not with a broken phone. so i went to the mall to have it repaired first. well, the nokia care center was so nice. so nice that it decided not to hold any office so its employees can enjoy christmas. cant blame nokia for that huh? thats a very good labor practice and it didnt work in favor of the customer. its christmas and they do deserve the break. im the unreasonable one. and its only the nokia care center that did that. the nokia store in trinoma was open but unfortunately, the nokia store is different from the nokia care center (i mean, all nokia care centers can be nokia stores but not all nokia stores are nokia care centers). because of that, instead of going to my relative's house, i decided to head home instead and sleep some more. i cant go and spend christmas and stay upset all day long. anyway, i woke up around night time and was still bothered that christmas day is about to end and my phone still isnt fixed.
after 24 hours with my non-functioning phone, im feeling a bit better. but if tomorrow the nokia care person tells me that the problem isnt covered by the warranty, im going to be so pissed im going to make a scene. maybe use my new knife i got from baguio and randomly point it at anyone. then wait for the security guard to tell me to put the knife down while pointing at me his never been used pistol. why make a scene? because it would mean i waited for nothing. it could have been repaired by some cellphone repair guy. but the cellphone repair guy told me that the problem is covered by the nokia care warranty (it was really nice of the cellphone repair guy to recommend availing of the nokia care warranty). thats why i decided to wait another day.
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