Material Girl

It's been a week since my last blog... wow, ano ito, confession?

I was browsing through my friends' blogsites and I saw Coach Anne's website. She had posted pictures of her cute pink laptop and Hello Kitty gadgets. I was inspired to post pictures of my own gadgets as well.


I never thought I'd be obsessed with "Gadgetry". I remember back in high school, the only gadget I had on was a beeper (ok, fine, it was college, I'm THAT old!) and the occasional walkman. Anyhoo, I was always interested in movies, music, tv, books and going out of town, go to the beach or go diving. Gadgets were for techy nerds and geeks, they were alien to me.

Somehow, by some weird twist of karma, I found myself working with one of the giant companies in electronics and gradually became engrossed with gadgets. I bought magazines, watched features on tv and browsed in the internet looking for the latest models. Even though they burn holes in my wallet and dented my credit card, I was hooked.

Here are some of the gadgets currently keeping my Material World interesting.

Among the first and oldest gadgets I own would be my cellphone. Let's face it, everyone has one and most people would say that they feel "naked" without it.


Now this model, the SE k700i is definitely a keeper. I've been tempted to upgrade several times. She (yeah she, not it) has a lot of features that I didn't know I needed in a phone, plus some more that I didn't know she had. I'm learning something new about her everyday. Just recently, I discovered how to use her as a remote control for my laptop using her bluetooth features. She's tempermental too! Whenever I talk about getting a new phone, she starts acting up and suddenly the joystick will stop working! I swear, she has an attitude!


This Dell Inspiron 1525 was a gift from my Auntie Cora from Houston. Mommy brought it home with her when she went to the US for a vacation this summer. It's running on Windows Vista Home Basic powered by Intel Celeron CPU 550 @ 2.00 GHz, 2GB Memory, 200 GB HDD storage, Wlan and instant AV mode. The only letdown was the Optical drive, built with only a combo CD/DVD-Rom drive, not an RW one.





It has a blue rubberized coating on the lid which is perfect because it won't slip out of my hands when I'm lugging it around the house. That's right, only in the house. I'm not brave enough to carry this baby out into the real world yet.

What I love most about it is its silver titanium bezel, it's dust-free, easy to clean and the keypad letters are very clear. It's a mahtee purtee gift! Thinks tita!




Now this iHome station was a dream come true! It too was a gift, this time from my cousin, Ate Boots. She gave this for Christmas when she and Auntie Lillian visited Manila last December. I hand-picked this particular model from apple.com. I've had the green Ipod Nano since October last year, but I couldn't enjoy my music the way I wanted to... LOUD! This iHome docking station is an all-in-one alarm clock, remote control, player and battery charger. And yes, it can get very LOUD!


Speaking of loud, don't take this little cutie for granted. This egg speaker can cause some serious ear problems when turned up to max! I bought this from Jaypee last month for a few hundred pesos. Don't you just love how cute it is! It comes in black, blue, red and white. It has an internal battery that charges when you plug it via USB to a computer or charger. If opens up to extend it's speakers for more volume. Since the iHome station is too big to bring to the beach or to the park, this little number is perfect!










This external harddrive was my latest purchase. It's a Western Digital Passport with 160 GB storage space and contains mostly my collection of music and movie files. Surprisingly though, it does not contain porn... yeah I know, ako pa! Hehe!








All these pictures were taken with my dependable Canon Ixus 75 digital camera. I have the silver model as shown here. Ever since my Sony Cybershot T5 camera conked out on me last year, I've been looking for a replacement camera that was just as stylish, sharp and feature-packed as the T5 without a price tag that would sting.

At first, I felt guilty for buying a non-Sony camera, but those feelings soon faded after I got to play with this beauty. It had features that gave me confidence to experiment with images the way a professional photographer would.

Was it really a coincidence that Macky bought the exact same model in the US? I never spoke about it to her until I saw her camera last month. Galing! Was it ESP? Maybe it was more of the fact that poeple buy Canon, it's always the better choice.

Not too shabby, don't you think?

And just like her royal highness, PopQueen Madonna, I am a Material Girl, living in a Material World!