A few months ago, I used to bring several phones for testing purposes. After testing, I gave them back. It was difficult for me to be using several phones and getting confused which one was ringing.

However, I just bought a second phone for personal use. The Sony Ericsson Z520i. This is my backup phone to my Sony Ericsson P910i.

I merely wanted a simple phone and nothing fancy. But I got a great bargain so I got it.

The contents of the box are as follows: Z520i handset, standard li-on battery, wall charger, and a user manual.

Features:

• StyleUpCover - Lets you create a personalized style-up cover for your Sony Ericsson phone
• Bluetooth Connectivity - Allows for handsfree communication and wireless file transfers
• Media Player - Enjoy videos and music
• VideoDJ - Edit videos in your mobile phone
• 0.3 Megapixel Camera with 4x digital zoom - Allows for simple photos and videos
• Light Effects - There are 8 different light effects/pattern which you can assign as default or to specific callers

So far I’m quite impressed with the phone. Although some people were not really happy with the phone, they might have expected a lot. For me, I was just looking for a simple backup phone and this phone just fulfills my need.

I went shopping yesterday, Dec. 19, 2007

From the hotel, I took a cab and went to Siam Center. Then I proceeded to Siam Discovery and MBK. I shopped for souvenirs.

Ajin, one of the project managers in Thailand, lent me his BTS card for the Sky Train. So going back home I wanted to try it.

I went out of MBK and headed for the train stop. Unfortunately, I couldn’t understand some of the directions. I only understood “National Stadium”. Since it’s a train stop, I went in. The bad thing, it was for the wrong train line. I asked a guard for directions but all I could understand was “Siam” and “Mo Chit”. My destination is Mo Chit. But they way he said it gave me an idea that I had to transfer trains.

Inside the Sky Train I asked someone for directions and I was lucky he spoke English and he told me to transfer to another train by going up another level. And so I did, I went up and saw the train for Mo Chit. I took the ride and went down the Mo Chit station.

From there I still didn’t know how to get to my hotel. I asked a guard and he pointed to one direction. So I walked. While walking, I noticed that there were no people walking with me. Am I in the wrong direction?

Then someone came out of an alley and started walking in front of me. As he was walking I noticed he was holding something. I dunno but maybe with safety in mind, anyone’s senses would increase as adrenaline my shot up. And just like in the movies, my eyes zoomed in on his hand and saw he has a knife. Man, I prayed all my martial arts that I took would pay off.

Then I remembered what my Kung-Fu master told me… if you can avoid conflict then do so. Thus, I tried to walk slowly to gain distance. I stopped at a grocery store and watched where he went. He turned right at another alley.

As he turned, I left the store and proceeded on my way. After a few minutes I noticed I was getting near the Ericsson office. And from there, I could take a taxi.

I got to the office safely. But I don’t have change for a taxi fare of 40 baht. So I went in the Ericsson office to buy dinner at Au Bon Pain and get some change. The taxi came and I was back at the hotel. That was a close call. I’ve been here in Bangkok, Thailand several times already and this time I was alone. And it was only this time that I had this experience.

Today has been a safe day so far. hehe!

We just came from 6 days of SI Campus training. It was like living inside Big Brother’s House. We worked, studied, lived and had fun within the confines of the campus.

It was very challenging as we had to work/study even until 2AM for some of the case studies. But at the end of the training, it was all worth it.

Here we are ready to face our challenges both in work and life!

1st Row: Nikki Xavier, Adriane Go, Nenita Manaois, Myrene Pascua, Tinette Infantado, Juancho Ruga, Ponix Irwanto, Teck Fook Suan, Christian Angkasa

2nd Row: Chris Ng, Chooi Mey Kwan, Fritz Mesedilla, Andy Liao, Van Emil Alejandro, Dino Faustino, Gabriel Payawal, Jesper Raflores

3rd Row: Eric Tinker, Samir Parikh, Lars Dahlberg

Bernice San Pedro and Ric Acuna left early on our last day.

More photos to come…

Team Ericsson… Mobile Assault Rangers (MAR)…

Spot the rangers… clue… one is on his stomach… there are at least 7 rangers in this photo…

Other photos…

Ericsson just came from a grueling game of airsoft. I was there to try the game before I buy my own equipment. We were oblivious to the hot sun as we wore thick clothing to protect ourselves.

In my first game, I took out 1 enemy while the rest of my team took out the other enemies! But in my second game, I was hit while trying to be invincible and I charged the bunker of the enemy head-on! Nevertheless, it was all worth it! It was fun! There was team work and cooperation from everyone!

Thank you to Peter and Carlo for lending me their gear! It was a great experience!

Go Team Ericsson!

Ericsson recently held our mid-year review. It was a blast working and playing with great people!

More photos to come!

My company gave me my service phone, a Sony Ericsson P910i. They promised me a Sony Ericsson P990i but it wasn’t gonna be released until the 2nd Quarter of 2006. Since we still have one last brand new stock of the P910i, then they “convinced” me to accept the P910i for a while. Hey, it’s still a wonderful phone. And who am I to complain for a free phone. Hehehe!

The contents of the box are as follows: P910 handset, standard battery, travel charger, 32MB Memory Stick PRO Duo, Memory Stick adapter, SyncStation with USB, stereo portable handsfree, carry case, wrist strap, cleaning cloth, 1 extra stylus, flip replacement, flip replacement tool kit, PC Suite CD, applications and content CD, user manuals.

I’ll update this post as soon as I get to play with it more.