When the digital video camera and the magic microphone came out years ago, I took advantage of my son’s coming birthday as an excuse to get both, as both will be used for the party. When the camera phone penetrated the US, I was among the firsts to own one, and every year thereafter I would call T Mobile to have my handset upgraded. Same with the digital camera, I didn’t stop until I got hold of the 3.2 mega pix (3 years ago was the top of the line). Upgrade, update, the latest, these are words often in my dictionary. I don’t enjoy reading magazines about celebrities, home decorating, cooking, and fashion, as much as I loved digesting the pages of Popular Science.
My internet leisure hours will not be complete without visiting Shopzilla, Price Grabber, and Amazon.com, clicking on the link to Electronics and although I spend most of my time in these sites to check on the prices , I will be getting what I want from my favorite store (because I hate paying for shipping charges and anticipating the delivery of the item for days, I order online and pick it up from the store the same day) and that is Best Buy, or Circuit City, my second favorite, . In fact when I told my boss I am planning to have a second job at some hotel, he told me he’d rather me work at Best Buy than in a hotel because he knows it is my favorite store and I’ll have fun at work. I think he’s right.
If most women spend money and find pleasure having their hair or nails done, shopping for expensive clothes, leather bags or shoes, going to spas, or trying out the newest cosmetics and fragrances, I will be most thrilled carrying the tiniest digital camera. There’s this unexplainable satisfaction I feel having these things around.
My internet leisure hours will not be complete without visiting Shopzilla, Price Grabber, and Amazon.com, clicking on the link to Electronics and although I spend most of my time in these sites to check on the prices , I will be getting what I want from my favorite store (because I hate paying for shipping charges and anticipating the delivery of the item for days, I order online and pick it up from the store the same day) and that is Best Buy, or Circuit City, my second favorite, . In fact when I told my boss I am planning to have a second job at some hotel, he told me he’d rather me work at Best Buy than in a hotel because he knows it is my favorite store and I’ll have fun at work. I think he’s right.
If most women spend money and find pleasure having their hair or nails done, shopping for expensive clothes, leather bags or shoes, going to spas, or trying out the newest cosmetics and fragrances, I will be most thrilled carrying the tiniest digital camera. There’s this unexplainable satisfaction I feel having these things around.
I scrutinize the specifications and regularly read expert and customer reviews of the latest electronic products in the market whether I am buying or not. I don’t like having something on my ears, but I have an MP3 player…hmmm…
As I observed, addiction to electronic gadgets is common to men, so I can’t find a good explanation for my fondness with these inanimate objects that break down, become obsolete in a month, and gets lost. And I would really appreciate it if someone out there could enlighten me on my fascination with these "can live without, non-essential" things.
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Modern man lives isolated in his artificial environment...Arthur Koestler
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6 comments:
vanity, girl; that's the only explanation!
:-)
hello zarah, nagwelga ka na talaga sa yahoo group natin..
electronic geek ka pala, same here but i would say am halfly done with that, very seldom do i peek to electronic stores (because my wife would surely pull me away the way I do whenever we pass the bags!).
ok, sige na, haba na.
roel
Hi Igs!
I knew you'd say that!
Hello Roel!
It's not really "welga", just cooling down, anyways I heard the group is so active, my absence will not be noticed. Hahaha! Thanks for visiting my site and glad to know we're on the same wavelength e-geek, was I a man in my past life? LOL
It is always good reading your articles and know your insights in different topics and subject matters. Your appreciation of given life, and fascination in many things are good reminders for us to search on our own heart and be thankful to our God about everything.
Your writing style is simple and easy to follow; just the way I wanted it. Thanks and looking forward to visit your site again.
Jesus Sarmiento
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Posted by Jesus to thoughts on parade at 1/11/2006 04:52:41 PM
Hi Jess!
Thanks for dropping by and for the very thoughtful message, it's good to know I pleased one intelligent (and best dressed) person.
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