After being tagged by Isman (author of Bertanya atau Mati!) several weeks ago, and recently by Sandy Eggi, I finally have the guts and the time to identify weird things that describe me.
For those who are not familiar with this “Six Weird Things” meme, then you must be living under a rock. And no, I won’t post the rule here and I won’t tag other people. Sue me.
#1 My Cell phone is always on silent/vibrate mode
Up until now, I have had several cell phones, most lost if not for my clumsiness or pick pocket. The list of my cell phones is:
- Unidentified Nokia (5110?). Lost to pick pocket at Salman Mosque(!) when I was in my first semester at ITB.
- Ericsson T39? (the one with which you can choose different screen backlight! –green, orange, blue). I replaced this with the next cell phone below.
- Siemens M50 (the white one). Lost somewhere Jl Sumur Bandung or at Divusi’s old office, this is really due to my clumsiness.
- Siemens A65. I unconsciously dropped it while I was driving my motor.
- Motorola C38. Not lost, just got side tracked since I now use my next one.
- Motorola MotoRAZR Maxx V6. My last and current cell phone.
All of them mostly stand by in the silent or vibrate mode. This is almost always the default setting. Although my last and current phone MotoRAIZR (raizamn + MotoRAZR = MotoRAIZR, got it?) Maxx V6 have supported MP3 ringtones, and with the provided Windows-only Motorola Phone Tools I am able to make ringtones quite easily, I still choose the vibrate mode.
The reason for this silent/vibrate mode only is mainly for politeness, and I can’t really pick a beautiful, melodious, not-too-stand-out, but nonetheless unique ringtone. See, I don’t want to be confused with what ringtone I should use, a verse of an up to date pop song or just a recording of somebody’s voice. In the mean time, to be politically correct in public places like mosque(!), restaurant, or cinema, we must have our cell phone in silent mode. Moreover, in important meetings that will have a tremendous impact in our professional career, a sudden “My Hump by Fergie” blasting from our cell phone will undoubtedly make our day but definitely not our future.
To make things simple, I just switched to silent/vibrate mode. As an additional bonus, my cell phone still looks good when it is receiving phone call and vibrating silently.
