rip Nokia 6500 slide

last week i was back in SG for awhile. on tuesday i was out and about looking for a camera bag, and the phone decided to die on me, rather dramatically.

first the screen went blank, then it displayed with 180degree rotation, and finally sputtered back into "life" in a puke like mix of bile green and blood red. i had no choice. i needed a new phone. went looking for a singtel shop, found a reseller in cityhall and eventually settled on the iphone. and then the salesperson tells me my plan isn't due for recontract. 15 days. but he was nice and helpful and said he'll ask singtel for a waiver. give him half an hour.

so i left my phone number with him and ran off to look at crumpler bags. oh such cute names they have. the 5 million dollar home, 6 million dollar home, and 7 million dollar home, different sizes for different needs. they're actually camera bags. settled on a 5 million dollar home camera bag. han made a rather logical statement that helped me seal the deal. a crumpler bag doesn't scream, "LOOK! I'M A CAMERA BAG! STEAL ME!".

got a call from the guy saying the waiver was approved. and so it was goodbye nokia, hello apple. got the 8gb one with the cheapest plan available. not going to be around SG enough to use that much. we'll wait till june for the wife to get her white one.