On a Lost iPod and a New Pair of Glasses
i. Lost
Yes, I lost my iPod.
I was on my way to school yesterday to attend the Mkt 101 competition. My dad told me to burn him a DVD of episodes 204, 205, and 206 of Lost, so I transferred them to my Nano (the computer at home has broadband, while the one in Quezon City has the DVD-writer; yeah, it's pretty inconvenient, I know). Now, I placed my school bag, my Philo 102 book, my Nano, and the earphones in the back seat of the Pajero. An electrician was fixing something at home and asked if he could hitch a ride to Sucat, so there, he got into the back seat. He placed my school bag on the floor, and moved the Philo book and the iPod to the left side of the car/truck/SUV. And so we drop him off at Sucat.
When I got to my condo, I got down from the front seat and opened the back door to get my stuff. To my surprise, only the Philo book and the earphones were there. I asked the driver if he saw my iPod and he said he didn't, that maybe I left it at home. I ransacked the whole house when I got home later that afternoon and couldn't find it.
So there, it's gone, and I'm honestly heartbroken. I don't want to blame the electrician, since he's been working for us for over ten years now, but I don't see any other feasible explanation for my Nano being missing. I've ransacked both the whole house and the Pajero a couple of times, to no avail.
I can say that it's sort of a consolation that I got the iPod for free - my dad's a doctor, you see, and he helped my mom's boss recover from a heart attack last year; said boss gave my dad an iPod for Christmas out of gratitude, but my dad already has an iPod so he gave the Nano to me. But then again, the fact that it's free doesn't really make me feel any better.
As Arun told me just ten minutes ago: if you lost something you bought with your own money, you feel regret; if you lost something that was given to you, you feel as if something or someone close to you died. My sentiments exactly.
And as immature as it may sound, I feel incomplete without the fragile little black thing. It's been an irreplacable part of my daily early morning walks to school, my recent emo trips, and my all-night study sessions.
Is there still hope?
ii. Emo
On a rather happier note, I finally bought myself that pair of black thick-framed glassed (a.k.a. emo glasses) I've been wanting to buy since I started college.
All I need now are black Chucks (check), a ton of black shirts (check), a couple of baston pants (check), a stick-thin build (soon), and an iPod chock-full of depressing songs (lost).
Ha! I'm half-kidding, actually. Me? Emo? Yeah right. I think I'm actually too old to go through that. But then again, I think I have all the right reasons to be depressed.
And there you have it.
Yes, I lost my iPod.
I was on my way to school yesterday to attend the Mkt 101 competition. My dad told me to burn him a DVD of episodes 204, 205, and 206 of Lost, so I transferred them to my Nano (the computer at home has broadband, while the one in Quezon City has the DVD-writer; yeah, it's pretty inconvenient, I know). Now, I placed my school bag, my Philo 102 book, my Nano, and the earphones in the back seat of the Pajero. An electrician was fixing something at home and asked if he could hitch a ride to Sucat, so there, he got into the back seat. He placed my school bag on the floor, and moved the Philo book and the iPod to the left side of the car/truck/SUV. And so we drop him off at Sucat.
When I got to my condo, I got down from the front seat and opened the back door to get my stuff. To my surprise, only the Philo book and the earphones were there. I asked the driver if he saw my iPod and he said he didn't, that maybe I left it at home. I ransacked the whole house when I got home later that afternoon and couldn't find it.
So there, it's gone, and I'm honestly heartbroken. I don't want to blame the electrician, since he's been working for us for over ten years now, but I don't see any other feasible explanation for my Nano being missing. I've ransacked both the whole house and the Pajero a couple of times, to no avail.
I can say that it's sort of a consolation that I got the iPod for free - my dad's a doctor, you see, and he helped my mom's boss recover from a heart attack last year; said boss gave my dad an iPod for Christmas out of gratitude, but my dad already has an iPod so he gave the Nano to me. But then again, the fact that it's free doesn't really make me feel any better.
As Arun told me just ten minutes ago: if you lost something you bought with your own money, you feel regret; if you lost something that was given to you, you feel as if something or someone close to you died. My sentiments exactly.
And as immature as it may sound, I feel incomplete without the fragile little black thing. It's been an irreplacable part of my daily early morning walks to school, my recent emo trips, and my all-night study sessions.
Is there still hope?
ii. Emo
On a rather happier note, I finally bought myself that pair of black thick-framed glassed (a.k.a. emo glasses) I've been wanting to buy since I started college.
All I need now are black Chucks (check), a ton of black shirts (check), a couple of baston pants (check), a stick-thin build (soon), and an iPod chock-full of depressing songs (lost).
Ha! I'm half-kidding, actually. Me? Emo? Yeah right. I think I'm actually too old to go through that. But then again, I think I have all the right reasons to be depressed.
And there you have it.
posted by Jonathan at 4:14 PM
3 Comments:
that sucks. :( someone once implied i was being materialistic when i got disoriented when my ipod wasn't with me.. but listening to music was my personal getaway, you know? hay.. i hope you find it, or at least get a new one soon.
kris
yeah, i went to McDo an hour ago to study but i couldn't because I didn't have any music to listen to.
sucks.
pucha pano nawala ipod mo!?!?!? ay... onga no!!! naka emo glasses ka!!!
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