The End Is Also The Beginning

And what do you know? Before you know it, in the blink of an eye, it's the end of 2012. But that also signifies the beginning of a new year, 2013! It's amazing how things have changed within a span of a year. How all the great stories happened throughout this eventful year. From the Euro, to the US Presidential Elections, to Hurricane Sandy, to more localized news like all the sex scandals and stuff. Of course not forgetting the most influential YouTube video of all time which surpassed 1 billion views not too long ago, as well as the supposed end of the world on 21 Nov 2012. All these events have affected every single human on Earth in one way or another.

So how the year been for everyone? For myself, it sure is another eventful year. I can remember that I had 3 jobs last year, and this year, quite an improvement - down to 2. LOL... Nothing much eventful besides a change of job and phone - iPhone 4 to Samsung Galaxy S3. Well... I wasn't given a choice, since my iPhone 4 gave up on me and decided to stop displaying anything on its screen. It could still work perfectly fine - picking up calls, even playing songs etc, as long as I know where to tap, without any display on the screen. Took almost two months for me to retrieve my iPhone 4 from this handphone repair shop at Sim Lim Square. This guy kept procrastinating and assured that the next few days he will be able to repair my phone, but according to my memory, it took me up to 8 to 10 calls and he still couldn't deliver. Hence enough is enough, and I collected my phone by hook or by crook two days ago. It's still unusable, but at least I know I won't let him hold onto my phone over the new year. What a bad experience. The least he could do is tell me he can't do it, and not to hold onto my phone for so long.

Change is certainly not a bad thing. At least that's what I realized after I got my Samsung Galaxy S3. Even after my i4 died, I was reluctant to change to a new phone, thinking that it could be repaired. Hence it could be partly my fault that I allowed the repair guy to keep procrastinating. I didn't want to change to a new phone, specifically an Android phone. Neither did I want to get the iPhone 5, since it isn't really much different from an i4. Even till the day when I was queuing up at the Singtel shop at VivoCity, I was still undecided between the two. I didn't really researched much on the S3, nor even wanted to learn much about Android phones, as I was an Apple "fan" ever since I got my i3. I even waited almost two years to get my hands on the i3 and didn't want to get a new phone over my previous phone, the Sony Ericsson K700i. Holy cow, it's still in my drawer! (Just took it out and couldn't find it's model, so had to google it.)

I never really paid any attention to any Android phones. So I never knew how good or bad they were. Ever since I got my hands on the S3, I also wasn't very enthusiastic about using it. It's my Dear who was happily playing around with it lol. What stopped me from getting the S3 was also because I couldn't use all the apps that I was using on the i4, like the Japanese apps, some games, etc. Worse was the S3 doesn't even have any default Japanese input option. That really put me off. Luckily Dear found out that installing certain apps could produce the same effect of having the Japanese input on the iPhones, and even predictive text. So in no time, I was pretty used to using it already. In fact, I honestly think that the S3 is really much more useful and has more functionality than the Apple phones. Best of all, all you have to do to transfer any media onto it is just like any thumbdrive or harddisk, just plug and play. iTunes is really a headache and waste of time.

What has this post become an iPhone vs Samsung phone article? LOL

This IS the last post for the year 2012. 2013 will be an even better year definitely. 明年会更好!

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