I lost my Phone on Friday. Don't ask me how cause I don't know how. Don't ask me where cause I don't know where. One person even asked me "Why?"! - Just don't!

This is the second phone I've lost in five years. I have owned 7 mobile phones my whole life. I've only lost two and both of them were the exact same model - Nokia 6600. I think its time for a change. :o) So many questions now! What model? Camera or no camera? Flip or slide or neither? I know I will try my hardest to stay faithful to Nokia. I still don't think any other brand is as user-friendly but I have many people trying to convince me to try something new. Do I dare?

I've been "phone-less" since Friday night. Its now Monday. This is officially the longest I've been without my mobile phone. At first, I felt quite handicapped. Like I had lost an arm or a leg. I even imagined I heard the SMS tone once or twice. (In this analogy, I guess that must be the equivalent thing to the phantom limb itch.)

Anyways, I kept thinking about who must be desperately trying to message me and who must be trying ever so hard to call me! But let's face it - I'm not THAT popular. I'm sure most of my friends haven't even realized I'm not reachable. I quickly calmed down after that reality check.

Then something strange happened quite suddenly Saturday night. I strangely felt quite free. I can't explain it, but I felt lighter. Almost like I had one less burden to bear. Who would have thought! People kept asking me when I was going to get a replacement SIM. Honestly, I don't even have the urge to do that in a rush. I feel liberated!

Amazingly enough, another good thing came out of this whole tragedy. Obviously when I lost my phone I also lost all my phone numbers. So I just logged in to my email and sent a general email out to everyone asking for their phone numbers. Since Saturday morning, I've been getting emails from friends I haven't communicated with in years! I guess I have their email IDs because of Facebook and/or Orkut but I'm not even sure I had their numbers to begin with! And now we're emailing back and forth like we never lost touch in the first place! It's all quite exciting!

Does all this mean I have to start believing in the silver lining? Hmmm...

Don't get me wrong though - I still feel very sad about losing my phone. I was officially in mourning for about 48 hours but I guess its about time I moved on. I can now tie myself to my next phone, whichever one its going to be, and not feel guilty.

While I am looking forward to being "burdened" again very soon, for now I am just enjoying the moment.


P.S - Thank you Bungi for "announcing" my blog on yours!

P.P.S - To all the two people who read my blog - thank you for your emails!