Ang Saya-Saya (Part II)

        One month ago I recall being so busy and so worried while traversing back and forth along C5 Road and along the West Service Road in South Superhighway trying to look for a small bag that must have fallen off my motorbike (assuming that no one snatched the bag while I was stopped in traffic).  I must have travelled back and forth four times before I decided to call it off and resign myself to the fact that I had lost my bag.  Inside my bag were my three cellphones, my passport, my ID, my house keys and some not-so-important documents.  Hay naku!  Like I said in an earlier blog post, "Ang Saya-Saya" talaga!

        While I experienced a sense of grief over the loss of my phones, my life took a very quick turn towards "simplification".  I no longer had an electronic planner to dictate what my schedule should be.  I don't have a digital notepad to write down thoughts and ideas.  And I don't have a digital organizer to keep people's contact numbers and addresses.  I also do not have my electronic Bible anymore -- it's an application on my XDA that contains all the books of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation.  I would often bring out my XDA, do a quick browse through the chapters and verses, and record my thoughts on the phone's notepad.  I just hope the person who has my phones now will take time to read through my notes...  I'm sure he/she will learn much from them. :)

        So now, with only my Nokia 6150 by my side, my schedule is relatively freed up.  I still maintain a notebook planner to remind me of meetings and other activities but I am now more flexible with my time.  I am now rid of that electronic gadget that keeps beeping incessantly to remind me of upcoming appointments, as if it was running my life.  Whew!  These small devices can be a source of stress sometimes.  I also have a journal now (a real notebook) where I write down thoughts and ideas.  My list of contact numbers is still maintained in my cellphone for quick and handy reference.  As for my Bible, I bring my leather bound New International Version English Bible with me now. 

        Since my work requires that I meet with a lot of people, I just noticed that the people I talk to relate with me better now that I don't have those hi-tech gadgets.  Many people are intimidated whenever I bring out my phones and lay them on the table like it was a gun or something.  Now they see me with my notebook planner with its handwritten entries, they see my journal and a glimpse of the notes I've written down, they see my Bible with the verses I've underlined and the notes I've written along its margins.  They also see my old 6150 phone with its worn-out keypad and a piece of rubber band wrapped around it to hold the battery in place.  When I meet with new people, they instantly relate with me when they see what I have, perhaps because they also have their own planners and journals or perhaps because it could be something that they can easily do and duplicate.

        I would not have discovered this "secret" if I still had my phones with me.

        And so after a month of doing my new "routine", I am suddenly blessed with some surprises.  I didn't have to spend a cent at all, yet I am now faced with a happy problem of what to do with three additional cellphones: a slightly used Nokia 6680 (similar to the one I lost) and two sparkling new Nokia N70 phones (a beige/brown unit and a silver/black unit). 

        Ayayayayay!  Salamat po, Lord!  Ang bait-bait naman ninyo talaga.  One month ago I lost three phones.  Now I have three phones again.  Hmmm... What does He want me to learn from this experience kaya? 

        For now, I am really just so thankful and happy.  :-)

        Having said that, I plan on using just one phone only, perhaps one of the N70 phones (which color, I still don't know... it's another happy problem, hehehe).  I will still maintain my trusty Nokia 6150 and use it with a Sun SIM card. 

        So now, I have a spare 6680 and a spare N70 that I can sell or give away to two lucky persons.  Anyone wanna treat me for some coffee at Seattle's Best?  ;-)

        I remember posting in my previous blog: "The Lord is able to give thee much more than this."

        How true!  Ang saya-saya talaga!

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"And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me." (Psalm 50:15)

~florent flora