Thursday, December 08, 2005
Treasure recovered - 4:44 PM
I thought I had done it again. Its been awhile since I've done it, but I'm thankful I didn't.... Lose my phone that is.I had gone out to get stuff, and then walked to Macs cos I had previously dropped a donation form with them (for my Auction stuff) and was gonna do a follow up there. When I got there, I realised my phone was missing. SHID. I'm positive I took it out with me today cos I last saw it at the bookstore. SHID SHID SHID. So I started retracing my steps... BACK to the bookstore (about 800m away or mebbe less. but it was like so cold it felt particularly long la!) Asked the girl at the counter, she said 'uh oh. No one's turned in anything'. SHID SHID SHIDD... Tons of thoughts were racing thru my head. 'SHID. Ma's gonna kill me cos I keep losing phones' (I lost my phone twice in a year in J2)....'Ruoxi's gonna KILL me cos she has to go get another SIM card for me... AGAIN (cos I lost mine when I went home in the summer)' All of a sudden, it didn't feel that cold already, cos my heart was damn fiery.
So with no luck at the bookstore, I walked back towards the Macs direction cos its on the way home...then I decided to look near Macs again just to make sure. AND THEN, suddenly I saw a battery and the backing of a phone AT THE MACS CARPARK! OH GAWD. its mine its mine!!! NOW WHERE IS THE REST OF THE PHONE?!! I searched underneath the cars (machiam drama) but not there... I turned my head more and saw something lying on the opposite side... Quietly, innocently faced DOWN...IS MY PHONE!!!!! AHHH MY PHONE!!!!
Heart thumping away, I fixed the parts back and switched it on... IT WORKED! My Jielun wallpaper smiled (or rather, frowned) at me again! its ALIVE!!! I kept saying 'sorry sorry' to the phone... like as if it was my child. Now I understand why parents say 'sorry sorry' to their kids when they forget to attend to them for awhile and 'cause' them to fall. Luckily it was a Nokia, it would had died on the spot with no chance of revival if it was a Samsung. (you know how pple always say 'HENG you drove BMW ah... if you drive nissan YOU WOULD HAD DIED ON THE ROADSIDE LIAO LOR!')
My phone suffered numerous scratches and even an unmendable crack, but nothing life threatening. So all I'll need to do is to change the cover and VIOLA, its good as new. I was smiling the whole way back but cos it was so cold, my face muscles were all frozen (its sorta liek botox u know. freezing muscles to stop any movement)... And Now for my qn... WHO WANTS TO GIMME A NOKIA WADEVA-MODEL PHONE COVER FOR XMAS? please please PREASEEEEE!!!
Lucky for me, my lil crisis is over. for now. Fortunately it wasn't such big a deal, and I can literally pick up the pieces and go on with life. My 'child' was revived and with a lil plastic surgery, everything will be ok. But for some others, they might not had been as lucky. For me, I will just have to remember 1) NEVER to put anything in my pockets cos they might just 'pop' out anytime. 2) TREASURE my stuff more. 3) BUY NOKIA PHONES!!!