The Story of my Nexus 4 purchase

Oh yeah , My ordered went through! 2 hours later!

So I missed the launch on Nov 13th because the phone is sold out within the first hour.
Plus my current service provided doesnt support GSM , oh well.

Anyway when http://platinumtel.com announce that they are switching to GSM..... I was like...ohhhhh yess!!! Now I can finally use any unlocked gsm phone and I love to have that option because getting an unlocked gsm phone is much better for me!

Anyway so I was googling and of course I stumble with NEXUS 4.

Ain't it pretty? Very very pretty! with top notch spec (Almost, for the price, it is a steal!)
4.7 inch IPS screen !!!

Anyway I am beyond excited  when they announce that today, TUESDAY Noc 27th 12pm PDT, google play store will open it up for sale! I was like WOW! About time!


THEN THE NIGHTMARE BEGIN.

I started exactly at 12pm when I saw the Add to Cart button appearing. I was so excited and add one.. smoothly. The next step is to proceed to checkout (it will direct you to google wallet ) Seem straightforward doesn't it?

Oh hell no....... you will keep getting

Due to high demand, your order could not be processed. Please try again later.

Mmmmmm ok....... so I tried again later. Exactly 5 minute later.....

Then it change to sold out, emptied out my cart, the stupid please try again later...bla bla bla....

SO I started to google on people who have succeed buying this evil phone. So what they did is, simply add to cart, tab until the proceed button is highlighted, then put something heavy on your enter button, so it will keep "clicking" proceed non-stop.

My first attempt failed miserably... I thought I will never get this phone.

I was boot out from the cart atleast 10 times, I added this phone atleast 30+ time on diff browsers on 2 diff computer.

It is starting to feel like a cruel joke played by google.

And then I decided to try again the add to cart , and put something heavy on your enter button.

Then I walked away from my computer. 5 minute later.....

THE GOOGLE WALLET PAGE POP UP! and It ASKED FOR MY CREDIT CARD NUMBER.

I WAS SHAKING AND PRACTICALLY JUMPING FOR JOY!

I quickly choose my payment method and hit submit! I didnt even look at the final price. I was just clicking the submit button. To me, get the order first....if I accidently bought more, then I can cancel it or resell it or whatever... I know people are selling it on ebay for 100+ more than the actually price.

But I did get only 8gb version plus tax and shipping for $339.15.

It will be shipped to me between 4-5 weeks. I just cant wait!

Here's the spec of this beauty

http://www.google.com/nexus/4/specs/

My daily routine

5.30am  Get up. Pray if I can. Go back to sleep.

6.15am Bleh. still early. go back to sleep.

6.45am Not 7 yet. Go back to sleep.

7.15am  Ok I should really get up and take a shower.

7.30am still in bed thinking if I should take shower at 8am.

8.10am Take shower.

8.20am Read the news online. Check emails. Delete Junk mail.

8.30am Boiled water for coffee.

8.45am Check emails again (hey someone might be sending important emails within 25 mins)

9.00am Make breakfast for hubby if I'm in a good mood.

9.15am Boiled water again because the water is getting colder and I forgot to make coffee the first time.

9.30am  Read the news (important stuff like... say there's asteroid heading to earth that sort of things)

9.45am Check my email again, even though I know my inbox is empty because I have gmail notifier.

10.00am  - 4pm  Work or attempting to work.

4pm- 8pm Still working if there's stupid emergency or some technical support being pain in the "you know where"

9pm - Trying to do something productive.

9.30pm  What the heck, something productive can wait. I'm heading to bed.



That pretty much sum up my day. Most of the time.

The longing for meat

I sometime crave for meat. Since I dont buy process meat at the store (I usually went to the butcher for halal meat), so my option are pretty much limited. Until I discover this!

 I was blown away by the flavor. It is 100% meat free and made out of egg, soy and wheat.
I grilled it like regular patty and (imo) it taste exactly like beef patty!

I will going to try another flavor. I bought it at $3.50 for huge 4 patties. Not bad for healthy burger.

Wow. I dont mind turning vegetarian now. LOL.

Figurerobics and others

Phew.......

I was on youtube 3 weeks ago with i stumble upon this korean aerobic called figurerobics and i was like.... SOLD!

It looks like a simple 30 mins workout....

This is the "mostly" arms exercise video....
so I give it a try......

OH MY FREAKING GOD. IT JUST KILL MY ARMS! I just cant believe it......lol

But I have fun doing all her aerobics......(google figureobics)She also has one with dumbells and also ball. For legs, stomach, a bit or everything.

What I like about it is, eventhough the video is mainly for specific area....she also throw some mix workouts..... so i wont feel bad just doing the arms videos....

So does it works? ABSOLUTELY. I been doing in for 3 weeks, and my arms looks more toned and stronger....even my husband notice it......hahahah

Ok other than aerobics, remember my credit card entries? Ok so today i applied for another one for me and hubby.

this time I took a slight risk because it has annual fee of $125 (first year waive).... I need to remind myself to cancel it on the second year thats all.....

The signup bonus for this time is $500 back after spending $2.5k in 3 months. So for both of us will be $1000 back. Handy since we are taking one month vacation to my home country. Lots  of things to buy so this will definitely help!

Oh....it also came with another useful perks..... NO FOREIGN TRANSACTION FEE. So then I can swipe in malaysia without extra fee..... I will try not too because we are bringing cash for sure.

Anyway..... time to hit the shower..... I want to do another figurerobics but it is getting so late.

There;s always tomorrow. :D

I wish I can just write

Without hurting anyone's feeling.......

First of all, you know what I hate the most?

Insecure people who keep on picking others to make them feel superior.

Let just said you have a REALLY BAD day...... ohh emm gee... who doesnt have a bad day?

No one has a perfect day to day life.....

But of course, you have couple of bad days......and first thing that came to your mind...

"Ohh atleast i am not  (name of person who just recently had a very bad stuff happen to them), or I'll be devastated"

REALLY?

Do you really have to compare your life to them  just so you can make yourself feels better?

OK, I AM TOTALLY AGAINTS IT.

I am proudly said, I would NEVER make that kind of comparison. This will include bragging and showing off godamnthings I have owned just to prove that I can afford to buy things....

First of all.... I never buy for the name, I bought for the quality.......it is true!

Imagine I love my walmart nobo jeans better than a freakin levis because it stands after gazillion wash! my levis started to rip apart and to my surprise the nobo jeans still standing strong, with every strands of denim holding each other tight with no sign of getting rip. AT ALL.

So, when I want to buy a mac, please dont assume I am going to chill at strabucks with a venti caramel fraps twitting.

Can someone please kill all these shallow people for me? Do you really think, name brand is really what makes you , you?

This is MADNESS.

I have met a lot of well-off down to earth people....and they dont seem to care at all.......

I am not perfect either........ I still buy some known brand just because of the reviews I got from it.
Not because Paris Hilton owns it....or something.

WHO FRICKING CARE?

For example......... I bought Android tablet (acer iconia A500 ) because it is a steal. It has USB port and sd card slot which is a big plus. i can hook up my external hard drive to it.

But people were like " ohhhh ok, I thought you will get and ipad"

When I ask why?

"Oh because it is apple, and they are classy"

Ok shallow than dirt grave people. Although I owned a Mac...that doesnt mean I am going to get suckered on each products........! have you heard of varieties? If you have an investment, you dont wnat to put everything in one basket, do you?

I wanted to try Adnroid for a change.... and tell you what? I LOVE IT. I love my tablet....it costs half left and can do a bit more than an Ipad.....there i say it..... The only con is the screen. Ipad has it better.... but i dont care much because the functionality is better.

So yes, quality is very important to me but it also has to be within the price range......

I was lucky to born in a family that is pretty well off. BUT my dad never make it really easy for us. Not in a bad way....but he always taught us how to work for the money....it wont falls from trees and also how to be independent.

So yes, if you are just here trying to impress me with your things.... do me a favor and get a hell out of my life, because I don't give a damn.

Thank you.

Credit Cards

I love credit cards.

For the right reason.

SMART reasons. With an S in it.

Let me tell you how many credit cards I've owned.

According to creditcarma.com (  free credit score tracking site ) , I have 16 credit cards since I move over here.

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT, before you say anything about my spending, 14 of these cards have 0 balance on it and the my credit card utilization rate is 6%. It was lower but I charge 2 plane tickets to Malaysia and I wont pay it yet until the trip is over.

So am I crazy or what?

You see, what I love about these credit cards are the signup bonus and also the points i can get from it.

My main credit card is Discover with 3 months rotating categories. (5% cashback on each dollar you spend ). So let say you spend $300 on gas on one of the month, you will get $15 back. Seems not much but it does accumulate.

 But well let's get back to the point  and  THE REASON to ALL THESE CREDIT CARDS MADNESS...... or like Sheldon said in Big Bang Theory "this is adness.....adness"

Anyway, let's talk about the sign up bonus. My best signup bonus so far was from Chase Freedom Visa.

You will get back $300 for spending $500 on the next 3 months after card approval. Easy peas....... our groceries alone are around that amount. So I just charge the card regularly and I will get back $300 after I reach $500 spending.

How cool is that?

Of course your credit score will take a hit.......but I have nothing better to do with it right now, so might as well take couple of hits from these. We wont be buying house anytime soon, because we want the flexibility to live anywhere we want and not get stuck at the same house for the next 10 years.It is not just that, cost of living in California is so high right now, it only make sense for us to rent at this moment.

Btw, all these cards has 0 annual fees.

Swiping all the time is tempting, but I hate debt so I usually paid it off the next week.

So why not? Who doesn't want free money?

My gazillion attempt to blog

Hello.

I am not sure how many blogs I owned but I think I have been trying to write for the longest. My old blog from xanga was probably my biggest "success" because I actually update it from 2004 until maybe 2010 I think.

I got lazy when I moved here.

How long I've been here? 6 freakin'  years.
In cat life, that is 40 years.

Why cat?

I love cat. :P

So what I have been doing? How is life? Is life treating me good?

Of course. But of there was bad time, bad years, bad months, bad hair days.

I think I am usually "depress" monthly, during the stupid evil visit from aunt flo. Other than that, I am hanging in there.

As the title of the blog stated, I am a boredfreelancer.

I am constantly bored out of my mind. I have couple of works to do, but I am not a mood to finish any of them.

It is really hard to keep up the courage to continue working when you are working from home. You are your own boss. I can drink coffee and take a nap anytime I want.

Lately I have been thinking if I should try to look for regular office job. Because staying home a lone does make me insane sometimes.

But then imagine having to go to work (like 90% of people)...waiting for the clock to pass the sacred 5pm and get home , do housework and go to sleep and wake up early.... The pro of that, STABLE SOURCE OF INCOME.

Being a freelancer is quite a challenge. You have to constantly look for clients, gigs projects. It was hard in the beginning, I have to do a lot of volunteer projects but now is getting slight better.

But you will also have the risk of not getting any income that month if it is slow months, OR you can also be making more than full time job because the clients conspire to test me out and send me projects all at once. I call that good but stressful month.

Because of that I usually try to find other source of online income to supplement the lost month. I used to do mturk. Simple easy micro tasks that pays micro pennies too...Lol... hey, good thing is, you can watch tv while doing it.

I remember when I got laid off in 2009 (before I decided to go freelancing) I make close to $220 just by doing mturk. While waiting for interviews and resume. I think if I put my mind on it, I can get double or triple than that. :D

Now I probably going to start mturk while waiting for the next project, or while reading news or lay down watching tv. I promise I will not waste anymore time.!


I am glad I can totally depend on my husband and we can live off his income alone. So I have the "luxury" to do whatever I want (per hubby). Of course I am "nice and kind" and I will bring as much money as I can staying home. So far so good. I am glad. We manage to pay off the car and settle 80% of the student loan and save for retirement, buy some gadgets and go on vacation. I guess it wasn't bad at all. It is pretty good I think at our age. (lol , I do want to retire early)

I hate debt. I cant stand them. That's why Im pushing to pay off everything early.



I bet this will be my first and last blog for this one..... again.