It’s the weekend! Hurrah!
I’ve been suffering lately. I went to see the doctor recently to ask whether I needed to have my hands looked at again. I suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome. It doesn’t help that I make my living working on the computer and keyboard. After an exam (it wasn’t just my hands and wrists bothering me really but I thought the muscle pains were a result of my body readjusting itself to deal with the pain in my hands), the doctor said he didn’t think it was a simple case of the CTS flaring up again. So he’s sent me off for tests. We shall find out what this stupid thing is when my doctor comes back from his 2-week vacation.
I am back in business – I have an iPhone again (thank you Alan!♥) and (stupidly) it feels like all is right in my world again. It’s funny how I felt so disconnected and incomplete without the phone. I suppose it was the convenience of using the iPhone that I got used to, how seamlessly it connected to my phone, my camera, my laptop and everything else. I didn’t see myself as a person who needed a lot of tech. I used to say that all I needed was a phone that could make phone calls and send text messages. I remember resisting getting on the iPhone bandwagon and sticking staunchly to my little Nokia 6300 when I moved to the UK. It could take photos and do everything else I needed it to do. I was happy. Then I was introduced to the weird, wonderful and oh-so-user friendly world of the iPhone (I do love you Steve Jobs♥). I was hooked and I never really looked back after that. Imagine having everything fit in the palm of your hands, have everything you need to communicate with the world – emails, text messages, phone calls, social media, music, entertainment (aka games), calendar and planner, and the internet in one little gadget. After I didn’t have the phone (because I stupidly lost it on the train), I felt completely lost and very disconnected – despite the fact that I had a replacement phone that could do what the iPhone could do (I’m sorry Microsoft, your Windows 10 phone is great, maybe even amazing, but it just felt slow and clunky when I was using it). Maybe it’s just that I became a Mac person instead of a PC person. Alan says it’s like taking the rail replacement service when the train services are buggered – it gets you to where you want to go, but the journey isn’t necessarily enjoyable.
I have, however, taken steps to make sure that I do not lose my phone again. My phone will now be connected to my bag at all times. I bought a case that allows a lanyard to be attached to it. My bag has a little do-hickey that I can secure the lanyard to, to make sure that I never lose my phone (I know, never say never, but in this case, I will!). So even if I put the phone down on the train, when I stand up, the phone will come with! Ingenious really.
In other news, I made lamb biryani from scratch tonight. For the very first time. And (yes, cooking faux pas coming up), it was GOOD! Get me, eh? Frozen lamb chunks from the freezer section (bargain!), herbs, spices, rice and a stock pot, et voila! Comfort cooking and comfort eating heaven! I got the recipe from Alan, who got the recipe from The Telegraph. As with all my successful attempts at trying to cook food I’ve only ever tried in the UK, I wonder if I can replicate the feat in Manila when I visit the folks. I think my dad would like it.
Yellywelly 