Nico

Everything’s breaking down around me. First up, on Saturday, it was my phone. I turned it on, and it just gave me a blank stare. And by blank, I mean BLANK – empty. Ok, fine, I could see the wallpaper, but that was it! It didn’t respond to user inputs at all, so it basically became a rather fancy looking paperweight. Anyhow, I took it to the Sony Ericsson service centre, and checked in the phone, which was a really stupid thing to do. I had to pay $10.70 upfront so they’d send it to their workshop. So now I have to wait 3 working days for someone from the workshop to call me regarding the bill, before they resume the repair. And if the bill’s too high and I decide not to go ahead with the repair, they keep the $10.70! Talk about a ripoff.

But actually, I’m sorta hoping the bill will get really high, so I’ll have an excuse to get a new phone. Hahaha. Anyway, I’m using this Motorola V3 clamshell phone right now, and over the last 3 days, I’ve assessed the V3’s merits and faults. So here’s the good part about the V3 – the chassis. It’s beautiful, sturdy, and it’s outfitted in matt black, so the whole thing looks really awesome, even though it’s a really basic phone. So yea, I really liked the external design.

But here’s the bad part – I really liked ONLY the external design. The rest of it was, well, lacklustre to say the least. It’s got a really basic feature set. But then again, it’s a really old phone, so I guess that’s ok. But the keypad takes some getting used to. The thin profile of an open V3, and the raised ridge at the bottom of it turns the task of typing messages quickly into a huge challenge. And then there’s the software. It’s not the most user-friendly interface I’ve seen, and it’s really ugly as well.

But I guess a V3 is better than nothing, and I’m trying to grow on it.

So that was Saturday. On Sunday, the printer quit on me too. My attempt at printing notes was foiled when I discovered that the printer wouldn’t power up. And yes, everything that had to be connected, was connected.

So I’m gonna have to go out this weekend to get myself a new printer, and possibly, a new phone. And the IT Fair just ended a week ago, which makes me look kinda retarded. Anyway, I’m not too sure if I need the new phone yet, though the Nokia 6500 does look awfully tempting…

So anyway, after ruing over my downed phone, I watched Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, and it was brilliant! Both Nick Heidfeld and Nico Rosberg got onto the podium! But maybe the fact that only 7 cars finished the race, out of the 22 that started, had something to do with that. Nonetheless, it’s great seeing both Nic’s on the podium. After the race, I set about revising for the Electrical Engineering that was held earlier this evening. The test went pretty OK, I think. And it made me feel a bit dumb, because everything that I’d prepared for over the weekend didn’t appear in the paper at all. But I guess it doesn’t really matter, as long as I get the results I need, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

Up next: The first draft of the position paper is due in 2 days, and my team still has some way to go before we can have a paper that looks decent enough for submission. So, it’s back to work.

Oh, and I’m never getting a Sony Ericsson phone ever again. Ever…