Brigida: Ang Bitchesang BB

In September of 2010, I got approved for Globe postpaid Plan 999 which include a brand new Blackberry Curve 8520. I have always been a Nokia user since my introduction to the mobile world and it thrilled me to get my first smartphone. I have this weird attachment to my old phone that I decided to just keep it. Although, "Nikita" [Nokia N70] will now take the backseat for my new baby.
Familiarizing with the new QWERTY keypad and other Blackberry features was fun. I learned how the Blackberry Internet Service [BIS] work and I got connected to my friends worldwide 24x7 in no time! I particularly fancied the Blackberry Messenger [BBM] since I am able to chat with my friends from North America. It kinda gives Blackberry users our own circle. I love it. Since I have named my Nokia phone, I thought that it was just fair to give a name to my Blackberry too. I was seriously looking for a name that would fit my new toy, but i couldn't decide on anything. Finally, after 3 months... I decided to call my Blackberry, BRIGIDA. 

I am so pleased Brigida and I am happy I decided to get her last year. Now I am constantly on Twitter and increased my tweets from a measly 300 to a whopping 10,260! Needless to say,  I am one proud Blackberry user. 

Friendster: Revisited

I checked my mail today and received a generic email from Friendster's CEO. It was an  announcement that the new "Friendster" has gone live. Friendster is the first social networking site I joined in back in 2002. It was pretty cool back in the days. I got to reconnect with old people in my life and found new ones. This is where I first took a shot at blogging. The site was my online photo album as I didn't know [and didn't care] about Flickr and Picasa at that time. 

Out of curiosity I visited the site and logged in using my old username and password. It was a breeze, once logged in it prompted me to validate the existing information I have before I can continue. After the validation, I was welcomed by an unfamiliar home page. I know this could happen to the site but I said to myself, "This is crap!". Seriously, the interface sucks. They took out a lot of things that made Friendster fun. I was hoping the upgraded site will make me look at it again the same way I did when it was new and Facebook was an unknown site. Well, looks like I need to give Friendster a rest. As I read back the CEO's letter, they turned it to a social gaming site. I am not a gamer and will not appreciate this site at all. For me this site will always be.. pseudo-Friendster. 

Risen

Like the phoenix, I am back from the ashes.Risen with a renewed sense of self. I have just severed the ties that bind me to loathing and anger. It is not an easy feat, battling with oneself in a warfare inside my head. I succeeded. I have liberated the new "me" from my self-built prison walls.

                                              I am back in commission.