The Ace of Spades

I called it quits. Yes, you heard me right. Don’t be shocked! My relationship with Nokia came to an end with N95 last month. It was hard to make up my mind. I’ve been a loyal customer with Nokia for more than nine years. My journey began with Nokia 3380 and ended with N 95. It was an incredible journey trying out all the latest models with them. Being a cell phone freak I would try every new launch of Nokia. I think it reached the saturation point in me; After N 95 I just didn’t change my phone. After some humiliation from my friends, I made up my mind. I was confused on which brand to go with. Being an ardent Nokia fan I couldn’t go out of the league. Nevertheless, my fascination for touch phones made me abandon Nokia. I was disappointed that Nokia didn’t have anything eye-catching to offer. Though there were many touch phones, everything was over-priced.

Everyone insisted on Samsung. I was keen on buying a HTC phone. I saw my friend Sowmya’s Galaxy Fit and was totally in awe with it. Finally, after a lot of research realized that Samsung has amazing offers. It has a wide range of smart phones for affordable prices. I was in a state of confusion between Galaxy Fit and Galaxy Ace. I bought Galaxy Ace, as it looked exactly like iPhone. It’s been nearly two months now and I am totally in love with this phone.

If you have seen an iPhone ad on the TV, it says “If you don’t have an iPhone, well you don’t have an iphone”. Now, I can proudly say "If you don’t have an iPhone, well you have a Galaxy Ace". The phone that looks and works very much like an iPhone. Although it has the regular apps like calendar, radio, memos and Gallery features. The browsing, messaging and touch features are super fast with the Android OS. The Android market place has a huge collection of apps. You name it and you get it!
Out of sixteen phones that I have used so far, I would say Galaxy Ace tops the list. The best part about this phone is while I am on the go; I can check my emails, read newspaper, Tweet and update my Facebook statuses. Isn’t it awesome?

If you are at a lookout for new phone, you must try this out.

“If you do anything continuously for 21 days, it becomes a habit”. I remember reading this somewhere.
But I am not sure if that’s true. Well, no harm in trying out. Isn’t it? Well, if you ask me what’s that I want it to be my habit? It’s definitely to write. I want to write to my heart content and till my brain runs out of ideas. This is a small exercise that I would do on my blog. The next 21 days I will write religiously. If I can’t publish on some day, will draft it and publish whenever I can but will try and not break the rule. I really want this to become my habit. Let’s see how well I can keep up with this.

Do you ever forget your password or ATM pin number?

Have you ever blanked out while unlocking your computer/laptop? Or while punching in your pin numbers at an ATM?

I have experienced that fewer times with my laptop, but somehow retrieved with trial and error method. I never had issues forgetting my ATM pin number. Couple of days ago, Niranjan and I went for a movie. As usual, we didn’t book the tickets in advance, instead tried our luck going to the theatre. We both were lucky on that day, we got the tickets. I gave my card to pay, the girl in the counter told me that the machine was not working and asked me to pay by cash. Unfortunately, I didn’t have enough cash with me. I told her to block the tickets and rushed to the ATM which was on the other side of the mall. There was a big queue and I had exactly fifteen minutes. I stood in the queue hoping to get the money faster. The queue kept growing and I was frantic on missing out on the beginning of the movie. I stood patiently waiting for my turn. Finally my turn came and I had exactly five minutes. I inserted my debit card and punched in my card number (XXXX). Bang- incorrect pin! I thought it was a fat finger syndrome. I re-entered slowly; it didn’t accept my number. I was apprehensive to try again, thinking about card getting blocked with three invalid attempts. I decided to use a different debit card. Phew- incorrect pin again! I tried to calm down and re-entered, it didn’t help. There were many people standing in the line and staring at me. I called up Niranjan and asked him to come immediately. Luckily he was around; we got the money and collected the tickets. What kept me thinking is, for the first time in many years I forgot my pin number, especially the time when I badly needed the money. I couldn’t believe it myself! How can I forget those four-digit-numbers on two different cards? I went crazy.

After a day, while I was busy doing something at work, I suddenly remembered the numbers. I went to the ATM and punched in the numbers, Voila! It worked!

Note to self: Always keep some money in the wallet; you never know when the emergency comes!