{ Sunday, September 23, 2007 } 9:50 PM

Experience

I'm sorry for not blogging for such a long time. Maybe I'll be able to blog more often now, since it's the one week break!!! Long awaited break.

But nonetheless, whenever it's break, it signifies examinations. Oh well.

Ok, back to what I wanted to blog. There are some things which one can only learn through experience. Unless one has done sufficient research.

NUS sometimes hold bazaars. Last week, there was a booth which sold handphone memory cards at surprising cheap prices. Really. I wanted to get a 2 GB card for my K800i. It was sold only at $55.90. Where on earth can you get such prices?

I bought it, went home happily with it and realised that it was slight different from the one that came with my handphone. There was no "Sony" on it. Darn. What is it then?

It was Sandisk. I was so worried (I thought I got cheated or something) that I went online immediately to search for the difference between Sony and Sandisk M2 memory cards.

I found out that Sony and Sandisk developed M2 memory cards together and somehow, Sony had theirs MADE IN JAPAN (like WOW. Products from Japan are of good quality you know) while Sandisk had theirs MADE IN CHINA. So I was a bit relieved, for at least, they had developed the technology together.

Then another thing struck me. Did I really get a good bargain or what? If I had gotten Sony's M2 cards at $55.90, it would be a good bargain. But what I have is Sandisk's and I wonder if I actually made a loss. I admit I bought it in a haste because I have long wanted to get a memory card for my k800i and it was much cheaper than prices quoted at the shop at Causeway Point (They sold Sony M2 cards at $58 for 1 GB and Malaysia sold it at RM120 for 1 GB too). But I didn't know the difference in brand names.

I went to eBay and found that some people were selling it at $55.90. Hmm... At least I was satisfied that I bought it at an okay price.

So, one lesson here: Do your research properly before you buy anything. Some lessons can only be learned through experience, I guess.