My Cell Addiction

I love holidays especially when it happens mid week, makes the work week seem all that much shorter :D It also feels good being able to take a nap in the afternoon ... In fact I just woke up from my two hour nap. I think I would still be snoozing if wifey didn't call me, yes, she actually called me on the cell even though we were like 10 feet away. It was her way of waking me up from my nap. She knows I respond to my cell much better than I'd respond to my alarm clock or even with her waking me up ... LOL!

My cell phone is like a part of me that I cannot do without! Everywhere I go I'm bound to have it with me. I've never ever forgotten to bring it along with me even if I go downstairs to the hall, the first thing I'd do is grab my cell. I'm never ever too far from my cell. All my friends know that if they call my cell, they know I'll always answer it. The missed call function is seldom ever used cos I'll definitely answer my calls, well unless of course I don't recognize the number that is. My policy is, if I don't have your number programmed in my cell means either I don't know you or I don't like you enough to have it in my phone book ... LOL!

Yes, I'm a slave to my cell phone. I even have this habit of looking at my phone every now and then for fear that I might just have missed a call or something. It's a little disturbing at times cos sometimes I even think I hear my phone ringing when it actually isn't. Yeah, I need help. Is there a cell phone shrink in the house? LOL! This 'ailment' of 'hearing' my cell ringing actually started when I had my urrmmm, third phone I think. It was this Siemens top of the line phone (supposedly) at that time and after a couple of months of using it, the darn thing had this problem where the incoming call ringtone would work on and off and I used to have tons of missed calls.

I didn't bother getting it fixed and just kept looking at the display every couple of minutes and the darn habit just got stuck with me till today even though my current phones incoming call ringtone works just fine! I still practice this habit of looking at my phone every now and then to the point where sometimes I 'think' I hear it ringing when it's not. It's not as bad as last time as I'm trying to control that bad habit but it still hasn't gone away completely yet.

Talking about cell phones and all, I still remember the first time I bought my own phone. It was like a huge ego thingy for me. Back then, cell phones weren't for everyone. If you had a cell phone, you were a big time business man or something ... LOL! My first phone was an NEC cell phone that looked like a huge brick that cost about the price of a small island. I remember going with my buddy Sean to get the phone together. And the first thing we did was call each other on the phones, while we were in the same car together ... LOL! But I was lucky though cos my office at that time compensated me for my phone calls. The cost of cell phone calls those days were astronomical!

I don't remember how many cell phones I've had in my life but it's been quite a few. From the huge monochromatic brick of a phone with its very basic 'kring, kring' to the high tech 256K full colour phones that belt out the latest in MP3 tones, I've had them all. I used to make sure I had the very latest in the market back then, until I realized that a phone is just a phone. As long as it can make calls, send sms's and mms's it's fine with me. In fact I think primary school kids have way better phone models than I have right now. Besides, no other phone as for as I'm concerned compares to the iphone, so until the iphone actually comes to this country, I'll just stick with my trusty old Motorola for now. But all that aside, you won't catch me dead without my cell phone next to me.

Ah drats, it's raining out there. There goes my run for today. I had set my mind on doing a much longer run today as I'm getting ready for a 10K run next month. Maybe it is time to look into some home gym equipment for times such as these. At least I can still train indoors when it does rain. It's definitely going to put a dent into my training momentum. And judging by the intensity of the rain, I don't think it's going to stop anytime soon! Well, the good thing is, it'll be a nice cozy night and it's also American Idol results night. I'm hoping and praying that skunk haired woman gets booted out. I hate her cockiness and the fact that she is so one dimensional! Keeping my fingers, toes and anything else that can be crossed, crossed! :D Oh, you do know who I'm talking about, right?