JYSim for jobless-yokel Sim

I know some people are really tired of my unfortunate adventure looking for an iPod Shuffle 1G, but this will be the last account about it, if nothing exceptional happends to it for the time being.
So, after combing through Low Yatt, which is literally the equility of all Electronic Gadgets in KL, I found no iPod Shuffle, not even the 512 model.
Coincidentally, 3 of my friends will be visiting Singapore this weekend (pray hard they won’t get robbed, hijacked, kidnapped or die in any kind of freak accident along PLUS). But considering their packed schedule, it’s just not right to ask them to comb through Singapore in search of my iPod again right? Coincidentally, in Singapore they have an Apple Online Store (which provides free shipments within Singapore only). So I got this spectacular idea of purchasing my iPod online and have it shipped to my friends’ temporary address. I was delighted and even fascinated by the idea.
3 days prior to their departure, I re-re-checked the website just to confirm my fantasy. I even debated with one of my friend about asking them to bring the iPod through customs. By the by, how can you declare someone as ‘friend’ when he threatens to throw your laboriously-saught, fantastically-purchased iPod into the Straits of Malacca? I questioned his friendliness and found out then why his Mum wouldn’t allow him to drive her car (not that they’re both related).
To my horror, Apple is another sleek company like AirAisa. They have 2 seperate ’shipment’ times. Shipping time is the time used for processing your order (which is so fabulously-advertised as within 24 hours), while Delivery time is the time used for FedEx, UPS, DHL, Poslaju or PosMalaysia to reach your home (written in font size 6: 3 business days or more).
AND, for the kiasu Singaporeans’ safety, they do not accept non-Singaporean credit cards. What a perfect scenario.
I cried, sort of.
Just when things looked like ending the Nicholas Sparks way, this idea popped up - you’re just using the iPod for listening to MP3s and perhaps a little document storage, what’s the use of getting the 1G model if you can’t even sit down still and listen to 2 hours of continuous music? Well, for the time being you might only want something to listen to while communing on bus, studying or during ‘cold war’ era with your future girlfriend. If you found yourself unseperatable with iPods later, you still have plenty of time to earn money and buy yourself the genuine iPod (and maybe with the speakers alongside) in US (if i ever get there, iPods are much cheaper in Bush-land).
So today, despite level-3 flu (3 out of 6, as with the storms and hurricanes), I banged myself into Gurney. Without knowing where I’m going, I hung around until I saw a movie I wanted to watch will be up in 5 minutes time. Forgotting my initial plan there, I popped into GSC and spent a thirsty 1.5 hours in Cinema 10. ‘Failure to Launch’ was great, considering it a romantic comedy. Romantic comedies are never down-to-earth and logical in any sense.
Later on my way to the notorious AppleCentre Gurney Plaza, I glimpsed the Shuffle typical green box on display in this mobile-phone outlet several stores away from AppleCentre. With the strong intention of avoiding AppleCentre(s) (see previous blogs for the reasons), I went in to find the price RM11 lower than those of AppleCentre (I can buy a dozen of Mother’s Day Cards with RM11, or maybe a brownie).
I questioned the salesgirl and get to know this is the last shuffle unit, 512. When things appear cheaper and the service attitude is better do you buy straightaway? No, you questioned whether this unit is faulty (Who on earth will order 1 Shuffle and sell only that 1 unit? Or maybe they ordered years ago and this is the last of kin from year 1999?) I make them promise to replace me a unit if it is faulty (thinking back, sales people are not to be trusted, ever).
I went to a Lee Choo Hock-style Biology tuition, with the exception that guy showed us the MI3 trailer on his laptop, twice, during the 1.5 hour tutorial.
I came home, watched how unlucky Malaysia had been with the Danes in badminton, and silently hoped the Danes will be flattened by the Chinese later on the finals.
I installed iTunes and iPod. Windows (or Mac) made me restart several times, and I begged my iPod not to cannibalise my computer. I told JYSim (name of the new iPod) how much labour and hardships I’ve went through in acquiring him (ok, he’s masculine).
Now JYSim is obediently charging on the USB. Windows identified him as a pen-drive, I just hope he is much more better than that.
By the way, JYSim (as in the iPod, not the guy) costs RM300, RM39 less than those found in conventional AppleCentres. I just hope it won’t break down, ever, or else I’ll have to go through another Apple adventure again.

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