Day: February 26, 2016

Pace Oddity

- Roshan

If you could slow down an action that usually zooms by, or speed up an event that normally drags on, which would you choose, and why?

Slow down an action – if I could slow down anything it would be the good times and things that make you and give your pleasure. Everything, an outing that you enjoy, spending time with friends, drinking or eating. A personal high, a music concert that is rockin’, a soft kiss, a wonderful night sky with stars glittering and yes even an orgasm.

Speed up an action – all the things that are tiresome, boring and not pleasurable. Traveling, commuting, doctor’s appointment, standing in queues, the waiting before getting a highly anticipated package / purchased item reaches you, labour, operations, etc etc.

Prompt from The Daily Post at WordPress.com

Bought A New Smartphone – The Samsung Galaxy J7

- Roshan

Goodbye BlackBerry and Hello Samsung. Bye to the BlackBerry OS which I loved and hello to Android.

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After a few short weeks of thinking and rethinking and doing research online on various videos and reviews of a few phones, checking prices online and in shops here, I finally settled on the Samsung Galaxy J7. I say settled because I was going for the A7 which costs 5-6 thousand bucks more but in the end I decided to go with my usual policy and not pay for a phone more or around the same for my current laptop. The prices for some smartphones are ridiculous.

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I bough the phone, a 16gb external memory card and a hard back cover for Rs.15000 ($240 approximately) and I was the first customer for a large mobile showroom this morning, having reached there by 10:20 am. I bought the phone and immediately came back home.

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Having installed some apps and played around with it for a bit, I am already in love with it. It will take some getting used to as I have never had a Samsung or Android smartphone. In particularly not using a physical keyboard. That is a major thing for me. But I love it and having had been a loyal BlackBerry user for a long time, I just had to give up as their current good phones are priced way beyond my budget. So bye to the BB, hello Samsung.