A Series of Unfortunate Events

I don't know if there's a japanese equivalent for this phrase, but life has not been that forgiving and instead has been rather harsh the past week. Thankfully, I have my bro to go through this with me, and of course, the rest of the family. In chronological order:

1. A screwed up moded Wii.

So I bought a Wii from queensway shoppin centre. The auntie there said it was wiikey (the name of the mod) the other time I inequired and when I went there the 2nd time (which aws about 3 weeks later) it was an uncle (her husband) and he said he didnt know what mod it was. So I made the sinfully wrong assumptuion that it will be the same. It turned out to be an unknown modchip caleld "wii like" which im sure is just a wiikey clone that cannot be updated.




The Wii ($590 total)


2. Iphone spoils ($500-$600 deal)

I spent a great deal of time tinkering with the Wii and I really really had to do alot of trial and error. And on the last day of trials, I dropped my iphone and it was destroyed. Bottom half screen can no longer work even though it displays perfectly.


3. Jap-phone turned scam ($550 deal)

I bought a jap-phone, a Docomo P905I from vr-zone forums. I've always wanted a j-phone. Guy assured me (as was his advert) that working condition is 10/10 and physical condition is 9/10 (with the 9 being one minor scratch which I couldnt even see). On the testing day, everything was perfect. It remained perfect for another day utnil the 3rd day, when things started to go wrong. The phone would auto-shutdown for no reason, be it clammed shut, half-way thru smsing, left open without any keys pressed.. And "hypersim ready" sign would pop up every now and then. I tried tinkering with the settings and now the phone wouldnt connect to GSM network. (Hypersim is the bypass for local sim cards to work with the phone)


The Phones, Left to Right: Nokia Old, Nokia Old 2, Iphone, P905I, box of P905I , top is hypersim container. (Total : $1400++)



Close up of the keypad of P905I


So i'm left with the old nokia phones to use. Interesting what you can count on when things go wrong.

I liked the phones. T_T

To top it off, as I finish this post, my parents are shouting at each other. I really don't understand. I really don't.