Recently we went back home for holidays. Since the route goes through LA I took the chance to visit my sister and some more family and friends that live in Sand Diego while my lovely wife continued the journey to visit her numerous family in Mexico City.
Yeah, I was alone and I in my wallet I had my credit card. Yeah baby! That and my love for gadgets and toys can be a dangerous combination. But it wasn't that bad! I handled it pretty ok.
So, I just came across with the magnificent idea of buying a GPS [Global Positioning System device]. Yeah, those gadgets that tell you almost exactly where you are in the globe. They are so tiny know. I mean, a few years back I could only see them in spy movies!
How could I resist of having a gadget that fits on the palm of my hand which actually interacts with satellites and that is going to tell me the coordinates of my - already known? - position! Could you resist? I could not!
My wife may not fully agree though. Neither my sister or my cousin Lisa, and a few other people. I mean I wouldn't buy a $50 anti age cream neither. So let's respect each others perspective of what is cool to buy.
And yes, I also know I live in a tiny civilized island where you can't get lost! But you never know. What if... what if?
Anyway, I bought the Garmin Colorado 300. It is great! I know it is going to be fun and actually useful when I go on a trip. I can totally picture me wife peeking over my shoulder into the GPS screen! Actually she already played a bit at home with it. Of course she still doesn't quite realizes the full potential. After exploring some features she told me: "It also has a calculator.", which I confirmed a bit excited: "Yes it even has that just in case you need it! Cool huh!". After a a minute she handed it back without too much fuzz: "Here you go, your $500 calculator". (It was less than that; at least in US dollars)
I am sure that her geeky personality will agree it was a smart purchase just as that I will be able to pay my SGD$350 debt for buying cool gadgets.
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@Karla - Lo mismo pensaba yo de los GPS, pero son divertidos y hay un juego que se llama Geocache. Si les gusta ir de hiking, trekking, o cuando salgan de paseo a algun lado puden ir en busca de un cache. Pero si entiendo completament el de "uuu, tiene hasta calculadora" jajaja.
btw, mi GPS no tiene calculadora. Ya es medio viejito. Alfredo me lo regalo de cumpleanos hace como 4 años cuando mi hermano me introdujo a geocaching. Este fin de semana que fuimos a Kauai Ana y Sebastian descubrieron sus primeros caches. jiji. Luego pongo fotos. En fin.
Aqui es donde encuentras los caches www.geocaching.com yo estoy como jagcel ahi :)