On Saturday morning, I went to the nearest 'town' and bought a new phone from the Orange shop. I told them that I'd lost my phone on the Tube the day before and that I wanted a new phone with a SIM. The girl asked if I wanted to keep my old number so I said yes, please I do! I picked a Nokia 5200 and she made a phonecall to their secret ( Read more... )

They don't allow students to use cell phones in our school. And if you must call someone, you can use the phone at the reception, but the call should be made within Dubai [so they're not charged for it] and it shouldn't be more than 45 seconds long - don't ask me why, 'cause I don't know.

Anyways, so I had to call the test center where I took my ( Read more... )

My friend Mahesh was in a pissy mood today. I was talking to him on the phone and before talking to him, I'd talked to his mom about coming over to their place and then going bowling at the alley nearby ( Read more... )

Mahesh, my buddy, has developed this new [and slightly annoying] habit of disconnecting the phone and hanging up when I'm talking to him. Every time I call him, he asks me if he can disconnect and call me back immediately and I refuse every time. He hangs up anyway and I call him back ( Read more... )

Yesterday, my folks and I went swimming at the community pool.
I showered and climbed down into the pool.. I think I'd finished half a lap or so when I realized that I had something in my pocket [who the hell makes pockets in swimming shorts?!]. I clenched my teeth in dread - it was my poor, mazloom cell phone. So that was the end of the faithful ( Read more... )