Rest

Been keeping myself busy, at breakneck speed, to take my mind off thinking about things. I've learnt alot from myself during this period, including educating myself that sometimes it's just better when I'm kept in the dark; I'm a much happier person this way. Keeping away helped, because it gave me breathing space, devoid of everything which could possibly kill my mood. And driving was a miracle pill in disguise, because I have to shut everything out and concentrate on the wheel.

Cooking's another. :)

Julie's homemade japanese curry with pan-fried spiced white fish fillet.

The hols didn't take me off media after all. They call this 職業病, or some kind of "occupational syndrome". And I was grinning from ear to ear when I flipped open Saturday's papers to see this ad by M1.

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See it? While this ad will probably reignite the telco battle for subscribers, the real reason behind all this hair-tugging is because M1's obtained retail rights for the Apple iPhone, following in Singtel's footsteps. So now, everyone's either fighting for iPhone sales figures, or for EPL rights.

And while watching the Singtel shop at Jurong Point fill up in the early afternoon, I was wondering aloud to my mum why everyone wants an iPhone, even when three-quarters of the users probably under-utilise the phone capacity. You see, every telco wants their thumb in the Apple pie (pun intended), so consumers (especially in Singapore) are following in their kiasu footsteps by owning an iPhone.

"See, I got iPhone. You only got slide phone ah? Aiyo, so suah gu."

But then again, we shall see how long Apple carries the iPhone craze, until they conjure up something more capable than the 3Gs. It's simply; look at the iPod Nano. With the first generation Nano launched only in 2005, it has been revamped 5 times, and launched its 5th generation just this year (it was launched on 09-09-09). If we all keep our fingers crossed, Apple should be selling another generation of iPhones by mid-2010. I'm no market speculator; I'm just an informed consumer. So think twice before hopping onto the Apple bandwagon.