I'm still waiting for some good soul to call me up or contact me if ever they have gotten hold of the bag that I lost. So far, no one's contacted me so it seems that my phones are gone for good. Also inside that bag is my company ID, my house keys, a T-shirt, some billing statements and brochures, and, just recently, I just remembered that I had my Passport inside the bag also! Ayayayay! What on earth was that Passport doing there??? Looks like I will have to file a police report so that I can apply for a new passport with DFA. Grrrr...
Anyway, I got my replacement SIM from Smart last Monday afternoon, the same day that I lost my phones. The customer service officer who assisted me must have noted that I lost another phone (a Nokia 3650) less than a year ago and so she was kind enough to provide me with a spare SIM (in addition to my replacement SIM) so that in case I would lose my phone again, I would have my spare SIM handy and ready for activation. Wow, how considerate of her!
As for Globe, I still don't have my replacement SIM. Tsk, tsk, too bad for them. My Sun SIM is a prepaid one so I would have to buy another prepaid SIM (and that would mean a change in my Sun Cellular number).
I was told to wait 24 hours for my Smart SIM to be activated.
I searched for my old phone that was stashed away somewhere at home and when I found it I quickly put in the new SIM card. As expected I didn't get any signal since the SIM card has not been activated yet.
Wednesday, 48 hours later, I still was not getting a signal on my phone. How come? Has the SIM card not been activated yet? I remembered that I still had my prepaid Talk'NText SIm card with me. I inserted the Talk'NText SIM card into the phone but I didn't get any signal either. Hmmm, maybe that SIM card has been deactivated already from prolonged non-use. So I put in another Sun Cellular SIM card (dami kong SIM cards, noh?) and presto, instant signal for me! However when I put back the Smart or Talk'NText SIM cards the phone didn't get any signal. Hmmm, what gives?
So I took another phone to test the SIM cards with (dami kong phones, noh? Actually these are just bits and pieces of phones, I had to assemble and mix-and-match the components together to get a working unit, hehe). I found out there was something wrong with my original phone and it wouldn't accept hi-memory SIM cards. I was about to call up Smart Customer Service and complain that my SIM card still was not activated. Ay mali pala si dexter :-)
I'm rebuilding my phonebook again.
So Friends, Filipinos and countrymen, just message to me your contact information (mobile numbers and landline numbers) along with your birthdays also so that I would not forget them. My smart number is still the name, 0918-888-0617, so you can text to me your numbers also (no business cards pls.)
Ciao! Happy texting!
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