Unlike my mother, whom I consider to be a technophile, I hardly own any gadgets. This is quite odd given my background, precisely because a lot of my batchmates have a great number of these electronic toys with them, such as PlayStation 3's, Nintendo Wii's, iPod Nano's, and the such. I don't have any of those.
I only have two gadgets that I can call mine: a Nokia 3500c phone, and Dell Inspiron 1420. They've been with me for nearly 2 years already and I must say that they have done a great job lasting for that very long time. These days, gadgets have a difficult time hurdling their first years. What a shame.
I got the notebook computer around May 2008. I had badly needed a laptop to help me with my projects (I'm a computer science major) so I told myself that I would purchase myself a notebook. Given that I barely have any savings then and that credit cards offer 0% interest rates for 12-month purchases, I asked one of my aunts to lend me her card, which she promptly allowed me to borrow. Back then it cost me around PhP 46,000. Of course today the bill is already paid and I seriously don't want to have one of those cards anymore if not for their value in online shopping. I just don't like to incur any debts.
The phone, meanwhile, got into my hands around five months later, when my mother, who works in Kuwait, bought it for me. It was a mild surprise because I had not asked for any kind of pasalubong from her beforehand, but it was a nice gift nevertheless. The phone has almost everything that I need: an SMS service, a radio, and a modest 2MP camera. I just wish the surfing experience using this gadget is much better so that I could check my email on-the-go better.
Yes, those are just my two gadgets. I consider these electronic devices to be a great expense not worth my money. Contrast this with my mother's gadgets--which can vary a lot from year to year, actually--and maybe you'll doubt who's the younger one between us is.
