Monthly Archives: September 2006

Dolce Gabbana

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My cellular phone [I love! that word: ‘cellular’…] came in this morning, nicely wrapped in a big Royal Mail bag addressed to AS. because he ordered it for me [sweetheart ain’t he?]. So I called him to see if I could open the bag, I was so excited! I wasn’t sure if it was my cellular *grin* phone, but it was, how cool! It is so horribly tacky and wrong, that I like it. Yes I’m twisted, we all know. It came in a big golden box with charger, USB cable, a memory card that is TINY, only about 11x8mm!!! and contains 64Mb, incredible huh?, a special cloth to clean the cellphone, sorry, cellular phone, a blingbling D&G logo and D&G software.
Everthing of course is covered in Dolce Gabbana logo’s, it even comes with movies of catwalk shows, a special wallpaper and special sounds. I hope its performance will be as good as the packaging… We’ll see. I have been checking cellphones online for at least four days, just had enough of it. Christiaan sent me a few emails with good advice, to be honest I had no clue that I needed to check with Apple to see if it was compatible with my PowerBook and G5. Yes I should be ashamed, it’s just something I didn’t realise. I thought things would’ve been more advanced these days but I guess it isn’t. Since I had to consult the list that Christiaan sent me my disappointed grew bigger and bigger; there were NO nice phones at all.
Just two, that I really liked and which came close to what I wanted from a cellphone. I don’t need video nor imaging options because I always carry my Canon Ixus on me where ever I go, quality of the pictures is simply much better. I wanted a decent cellphone with a good organiser, good battery life and a big screen incase I decided to get the GPS software. But most important feature would be the possibility to sync the phone with my computers, both iCal and Address Book perhaps even our online WebCalendar through RSS [yes it comes with that option]. Well I had to drop the GPS option, instead I decided to stick with my first decision which was a small book with maps… Much easier!
I found a book last Sunday when we were at Picadilly Circus, we walked into a small bookshop and there it was, a mini A-Z of London, the perfect size that fits in my handbag nicely. I can take notes and write down things on the maps if I need to. Old-fashioned ways aren’t necessarily bad ways, in this case it was the best solution and I listened to my gut feeling instead of being blinded by all the technical possibilities. Instead I’m blinded by the colour of my cellphone; too much blingbling…
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So, I’m happy with my phone so far, I can add my own ringtones in mp3 or polyphone, it has Quad-band : GSM 850/900/1800/1900, Alarm, Bluetooth Technology, Airplane mode, Integrated Speakerphone, PIM functionality, Calculator and Currency Converter, Date and Clock, Calendar with alarm settings, Picture Phone Book [up to 1000 entries], Caller Group Profiling, Time & date stamp, MP3 Player, Integrated Digital Camera : 1.23 megapixel camera with 8X zoom and a lot more.
Well I better keep going and sort out the phone, here are some pictures I took this morning. I’ll let you know what I think about the performance, if it’s as slick as the design… speak soon!


My phone!



Stuff taken from box


Special cloth to clean screen


Blingbling logo


Tiny memory card with adapter

Tenterground

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I went to the doctor this morning. I needed to register with the nurse. A lovely lady who sat down to talk to me, making jokes and took time to help me with my stuff. She even gave me two addresses that I need to check for work. She said I’ll get paid there to look for a job, isn’t that funny? Shouldn’t really abuse the system though… I might have a job opportunity already, just need to be patient and see how things evolve. I have enough to do over here so there is no rush.

Next week I’ll have to see the doctor in person, I met him briefly today and shook hands with him, he seems to be a really nice gentleman. They’re all nice and funny; making jokes all the time. No grumpy people at all. Can’t be true, please pinch me! I’m registered now so I don’t need to worry about this anymore. I will be able to get my medication and guess what, it’s free… Yeah that saves me 180 Euros per month! I think the system here is slow, but in a nice way, relaxed. I don’t have a problem with that at all and I don’t mind having to come back three times [Tuesday will be the third time].

I was there yesterday already and have spoken to another really nice man, who helped me out with the registration forms. He told me his ancestors came from Rotterdam and that there is a Dutch section in London where all the Dutch immigrants had moved into about 220 years ago. A. didn’t know about this when I told him. I would really like to go there and see what it is like these days. The name of the place is “Tenterground”. This morning when I came in, the man gave me a pile of papers. All the pages that he had found on the internet and that he had printed for me about the Tenterground, isn’t that sweet?

I’ll write more about this once I’ve been there; promise!

Noticeable Oddities of the Day:

Everyone is so kind and helpful, amazing! They take time to sort things out for you and you don’t even have to ask for it. If they hear you’re Dutch it seems to be the magic word and opening new dimensions, no kidding! I never thought I would love to tell people that I’m Dutch… *LOL* Thing is, I heard twice today that people believe I’m English. I seem to be good at it and they wouldn’t believe me when I told them I’m Dutch.