iPhone Disaster :(

Beginning this year I listed iPhone in my wish list and that wish came true in January when I bought a 32Gb iPhone from Singapore. I was so happy with it until yesterday >.<

I went home for lunch and stupidly brought the iPhone with me into the toilet. I placed it on the glass shelves near to the sink. The sink still has some water in it as it was draining out when I grabbed my iPhone from the shelves. But the casing got wet and it somehow got suctioned onto the glass shelves. Applied a bit pressure to pull it and that’s when I lose my grip of my iPhone and in it go into the sink! I think there was few seconds gap before I realize my iPhone was swimming in the whirlpool! I quickly grabbed it and try to remove the water as fast as possible. It was still working for a few secs before the lights went out but still manage to see the screen and quickly send the message that I typed halfway before entering the toilet. I switched it off, quickly dry off the excess water and placed in a container and filled it in with rice grains. That was the solution I got from the Internet. Rice grains acts like a desiccant, which absorbs moisture.

Felt really sad and depress after the incident. It took me months to save up for it and I only bought it last January! Well accident and carelessness happens and I’ve to blame myself for the stupidity. sighhh…

Anyways, I left it in the rice container overnight and switched it on this morning. Good news it still works! Bad news there are some problem with it :( there’s no sound, when I press the volume button it shows the headset is connected, probably a rice grain is stuck in there. Last I checked there wasn’t anything in there, the speaker works fine (using the recorder application and playing it on speaker mode) and the sound will only play when I plug in the headphone. Secondly, there is still some moisture on the camera lens. And lastly, some part of the screen has shadows. Sighhhhhhhhhh I plan to bring it to the Apple store for servicing, hope they will be able to help.

At the meantime, I’m using back my 1-year and 1-month-old Nokia E63 phone. Ohhh iPhone :'(

2010 Trip No.1 (Purpose: Gadget shopping)

My first trip for 2010 was to Singapore with my fighting partner, Stephio. We planned it sometime late last year & the objective of the trip was gadget shopping.
Initially, she wanted to get a iTouch but later changes her mind when she finds out that her favorite phone, LG Lollipop, is available in the local market. I, on the other hand, was eying on the iPhone 3Gs.
After weeks of waiting & countless numbers of text messages & price checking, the day has finally arrived. We were both very excited! I took the afternoon off from work to catch the 1.20pm flight on RBA. We laughed & talked a lot in the plane & was hungry too!
We arrived in S'pore 1hr 45mins later & was so happy to see the sun! (it was raining in Brunei the whole week!). Took the taxi to our hotel in Clarke Quay. We stayed at the newly build Park Hotel. The weekend offers was good but the hotel is quite far from Clark Quay MRT & the room is small, just enough for 2 person with small luggage. Anyways, we didn't spend the whole time in the room. After checking in, we went to Good Shepherd Cathedral to look for our Bishop, who was also in S'pore after attending a meeting in JB. Went into the Archbishop's residence to look for him but he was no where to be found. We texted him a couple of time but there was no reply. We decided to go to the nearby Raffles City. Sometime later we received a text from him saying that he was in Funan IT mall, sitting in McDonald trying to get the wi-fi and that is where we found him. We spend the next 2hrs shopping for gadgets...it was super fun! hahaha
Next we headed back to Raffles city for dinner at coffee club and afterwards, we had coffee in Starbucks...to have coffee and the free wi-fi. hehehe
Second day of our gadget shopping, we went to Sim Lim sq. Roamed around the ground floor to look for the phones. Stephio was literally screaming when she found her LG Lollipop. I bought my iPhone after a longggggg conversation with the seller and Steph bought hers too. One of the happiest day of our lives! hahaha After all the shopping, we pop by the nearest fastfood...Burger King. Funnily, we had a quiet lunch and the previous night we had a quiet dinner hahaha we must have been really hungry! No one was talking to each other!
After lunch, we plan to watch a movie and the nearest cinema is at Bugis Junction. We have to passed by Bugis street where the open market is located. The smell of durians on sale attracts our attention hahaha we almost didn't make it to the cinema! We had a long wait before the movie started so we waited in kinokuniya bookstore. Oh yah...the movie is The Spy Next Door (Jackie Chan). We laughed so much and was really enjoying ourselves!
After the movie, we walk all the way to Queen st. and have coffee at DOME which is nearby the cathedral. Bishop was going back that night and he suggested we go to the sunset mass so that we'll have a free sunday :) We were sitting down quietly (again) when I realised something about the iPhone that I've bought. I wanted a white one but due to excitement and blinded by it, I bought a black one! ptttfff -___-'
In the evening, we went to Orchard rd and had dinner at Tambuah Mas, an Indonesian restaurant in Paragon and headed to Shaw House to watch another movie, Avatar in 3D! Meet up with Pinqey at Starbucks on Scotts rd. and she join us for the movie. Too bad Steph had to leave after 15mins into the movie because she was getting dizzy from the 3D effects. But the 3D effects was awesome! Good for action type of movies...if it was a horror movie...I think everyone will faint! hahaha
On the last day of trip, we went to Vivo city. Did a bit of shopping and took some pictures of Sentosa Island from the rooftop. The Sentosa World Resorts was still in construction at that time and is due to open in March this year.
That morning in the hotel, I couldn't find the simcard ejector tool for the iPhone. I tried calling the shop but the guy was not there. After we went to Vivo city, we decided to go back to Sim Lim sq. and Pinqey meet up with us there. Went to the shop and the guy showed me where the tool was in the box... *felt so stupid at this time* hahaha stupid excitement! Did one last minute shopping; bought a wide angle lens for my SLR camera for less than $300!
Head back to the hotel to pack and check out ard 1.30pm and off to the airport for our 4pm flight back. I really enjoyed my trip and especially with a friend who is as crazy as me hehehe Hope for more trips to come!

Things to do this year

Here are my list of (MUST) things to do this year and some of my opinions in ()...

• Get an iPhone (woohooo)
  
  
• Get flu-shot or the H1N1 vaccine (a MUST!)
  
  
  
• Settle all my bills (booooo...)
  
  
  
• Travel less (errr.... will try)
  
  
  
• Save my annual leave for WYD2011 (it's a MUST!)
  
  
• Save some $$$ (woo...well...yeah it's MUST too!)
  
  
  
• Take leave during Christmas and enjoy the holidays (woot woot)
  
  
  
• Look for my Nintendo Wii which is packed somewhere in a box by my mom! :(
  
  
• Play badminton regularly (gulp! ok will try!)
  
  
  
• Get my left foot check again after the 'great fall' in East Timor last Sept (boooo...)
  
  
  
• Avoid seafood (prawn and crab especially!) due to eczema allergies (so so sad) :(
  
  
  
• Try to get less 'sick/fever' this year (last year was a record of 4 fever! boooo....)
  
  

Wish Me LUCK!