Nintendo We

And so Jo-Lo continues the gaming legacy in our family as we bought a Nintendo Wii last weekend. The Wii is quite a popular console with families here, as we know of three who have one at home. We enjoy playing the Wii so much whenever we visit that I guess it was just a matter of time before we had one. Plus, the attraction of being able to play it as a family is a big plus.

Jo-Lo discovering his talent at bowling

This reminds me of that happy time when I was a kid as well and we had our first ever gaming console, a Nintendo with the game cartridge. We finished Mario World, discovered the secret warp stages, played on, discovered unlimited lives, played some more. We played Contra and learned Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right Select Start, we stayed til late at night playing Tetris and Battle City, our Nanay and Auntie even join in a lot of the games.

I went through a number of gaming consoles and handhelds in my time and I immensely enjoyed being a gamer. Heck, I still enjoy it even now! And I'm sure Jo-Lo will be around to join me in many games to come.

Now, to check out a really good price for Super Mario World Wii...


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Going, going, gone

I actually have a blogger's block right now. Too early in the year I know but if you have two projects going head-to-head at the start of the year, you'll understand how my brain would just stop functioning after a day's work. But while taking a ride in the bus (my way of contributing to reducing my carbon footprint) I was sending a text message through and was reminded of the other phones I've had in the past.

It is not uncommon in the Philippines to have at least two mobile phones. In my heyday, I had three: an office-issued phone (Sony Ericsson P800), a Nokia N-gage, and a Siemens S35i. But, through the twist of fate, I could not seem to hold on to a phone for over 2 years. Something always happens to it. It would either get lost in a cab, or I would lose it to a thief, or I would just plain lose it. So having my iPhone which I got last December of 2007 through my tol pare Harry is indeed a world record. And before, I have always kept abreast of the latest phone developments in Nokia (the Philippines being a text-savvy country and it mattered to have the latest phone model as status symbol), but here in New Zealand it doesn't matter as much, so at least I have saved up money in keeping up with the Joneses.

But yeah, that thought just popped up in my mind as I was texting my wife awhile ago that I will be late because of work. At least, some things haven't changed.

Who are the Joneses, anyway?

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