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Edit @ 2 Oct 2007: I recently came across an article, on what we normally call ‘miss-calling’. Describing the practice as ‘beeping’, the article teaches you 4 rules that you should think about, before deciding to miss-call anyone. Read it here in full!

In a blink of an eye, it’s another weekend again. It seems like the best time for me to blog is during the weekends! Well, it doesn’t help either to know that many of my entries remain as drafts, and have little chances of getting published. Anyway, during the inactivity of my blog in the past week, Angel and Rinnah wanted to know what phones I’ve used before.

If you’re in the same age bracket as me, you most probably have used a Nokia 3310 before. However, if you’re a little older, you might have used the Nokia 3210 instead. I know many of my seniors had that phone! I used up my savings to purchase the 3310 during the year-end holidays in 2000 (wow it’s been 7 long years!), and I must also add that at that time, the phone was everything to me. Gone were the days when my friends and I would call each other on landlines. Gone were the days when we’d say, “Hello auntie, may I speak to xyz please?”. The 3310, despite its non-coloured screen, was a hit back then. It was durable, user-friendly, robust… it was a luxury! I remember spending time looking for ringtones, operator logos, and nice casings for my phone. To think that we only had monophonic ringtones back then…… lol. Anyway, my 3310 was stolen by some brat during a basketball game. Yes, 3310 was no cheapskate phone those days, so much so that it attracted thieves!
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