The simple life (part 1)

I used to dream about having a good and simple life. I know that usually it's an unachievable thing and most of human kind reaches the conclusion that it's a myth. But from listening to others, I learned that one can only blame himself if he doesn't find it. After my hike in Spain I achieved an equalifbrium in my life that for me meant I have reached the good simple life I sought. I had a life: I worked: I was self employed and got the chance to do projects that I found interesting and be well paid for them. Since I was self employed and worked on a per contract, I was kept out of the political intrigs that any workplace has in abandance (not that I didn't get to hear them). I had after work activities: I had Tuesday movie club with a friend (that was hard to keep, but we did our best), I met with other friends here and there. I subscribed to Jdate to try and find that special someone that I would like to wake up next to in the morning (I had my share of successes and failures). I hooked up with an amazing group of mountain bikers (as in bicycles, not motorcycles) and except for the oganizer I was the one that attended the most. No matter where it was in Israel and at what hour of the day (be it in Sdom at 6AM or next to Carmiel at 5AM). I lived in a nice place (even though I maintained it at a low level, but I can only blame myself for it). I got to see my family (brothers, sister, nieces and nephews) on a regular basis. Spending time with them was always an enjoyable event and something I always waited for an wanted more of.
Bottom line: I enjoyed my life and loved it.
Next time: What has changed and how it affected (and affects me).



hasta mañana ...

Gadgets

As a computer geek I always had a weak point of gadgets. As someone who easily gets adicted to anything I can easily get adicted to collecting gadgets. So to avoid reaching the point of spending money I don't have on gadgets, I more often than not opt not to buy myself a gadget, no matter how much I wanted it. I´ve missed a lot of electronical (r)evolutions this way, which to an ubber geek is a painful thing: Being an early adopter of anything and to be at the forefront of technology is a big ego booster. This changed last Tuesday: My Israeli cell phone decided that he had enough and last Monday it stopped working. When I got here I received a simplest phone that is given for free (I could have shelled some personal money to get a better one but back then all I had were question marks about my financial capabilities) when subscribing to plan. More often than not I wanted to replace the phone, but being very critical of my options I postponed the decision. Last week Ynet website published a review of a Samsung slider phone. I liked it and decided to check what Nokia has to offer in the slider arena (I like Nokia phones more than other companies) and found what I was looking for (well google found it for me). A quick call to a friend of a friend to check whether he has it instock and we (The mutual friend and me) on route to buy a new phone. I didn't drill down all the aspects of the phone I was about to buy. I didn't look at the feature list of the phone. I simply went out and bought it. Once back in the office I started playing with the phone and the question: Deos it make coffee (which is usually refered to computers that can do almost everything) works for the phone I bought. Here is a short list: It can record and play videos, MP3 player, FM radio tuner. Video Calls (3G) has a mini SD flash card (that was upgraded to a 2GB card) and many more features. Unfortunately I will still have to make the coffee myself. Today I sat and started reading reviews written for this model. As it turns out I bought one of the cutting edge models on the market. That last sentence kind of stuns me. I gave in to my gadget craving and survived :-)


Hasta manaña

Long time brewing

It's been over a month since I last posted. Have my life become boring that I have nothing to write about? The answer is no. So why have I been quiet is the next question in line? There were a lot of storms in my life (which part of my life I will keep vague for now) lately and since I want to stick to where I am right now, I had to keep my composure and down play my emotions and temper. The only way to do that is bite the tongue (literally both in the real world and in the virtual world). Which I did and what the readers of this blog received back is drought. Hopefully this post marks the end of the drought. I hope I will have be able to write about things more often from now on...


hasta mañana