Proud
September 27, 2003
Wow for the first time ever, I bought something off Ebay!
I was scoping around for keyboards for my pda because I notice I do a lot of writing on it and the stupid graffiti system they have on it is ridiculously slow to use. I find myself writing a letter ahead of the display and most of the time, it reads my writing wrong and gives me an F instead of an E and a whole lot more stupid mistakes. I looked around the biggest gadget stores here but couldn’t find anything cool. I don’t like those fold-away keyboards because they require a flat surface to lay everything down. I wanted those clip on keyboards that you type with your thumbs. They’re not the best solution but will save me a lot of agony and backspace/deletes. Info on the net showed three flavours. The official Palm one was the most expensive (go figure) and I was going to buy one when I realize palmone.com does not send overseas and they were out of stock anyway. The next best things according to forums was one from Seiko. It was about half the cost.
I suddenly decided to go check out Ebay for no reason. I registered an account there two years ago but never bought or sold anything. I did a quick search and wow… $3.99 for the same keyboard. I bid and an hour later, I won!
So, I just bought a $30 item for $4.24 but the shipping will prop it up to about $25. Even after currency rates, I still win big time. I’m so proud!
Another reason to be proud.
Yesterday I bought a small bookcase. It’s about a foot high and a foot and a half wide. I’m not putting books in it but instead I need it to put this new clock I just bought and some other stuff. Right now I see my phone charger, Eri’s eye drops, some condoms, some magazines, the a/c remote, and some other crap. Before this, all that shit was just strewn across the floor.
Anyway I’m proud because I talked to the old lady who sold it entirely in Japanese and understood everything she asked of me. It wasn’t just a simple transaction too because this old lady liked to gab. We started to talk about the weather, the Hanshin Tigers, and how far away I lived (she was worried the bookcase would be too heavy – it only weights about 3 lbs or so). My unofficial goal since starting this language was that people would mistaken me as one of them, that is, I’m not an evil foreigner out to take their daughters and pillage their towns. At long last, it happened. The best thing though was that it cost me 750 yen. That’s like 8 bucks or something! A bargain in any country.
My next step is to get a haircut in complete Japanese. It’s not as easy as it sounds as the place I go to has 60+ y.o. men who speak very unclearly and gab as well. I feel so stupid everytime I get a haircut because I end up saying, “I’m sorry, I don’t understand” often.
Check the cam for a snap! My futon is being washed so hence the barren room.
