There was a time when I was a Maxis user and voice sms was a popular hit with, well just about all of us. I remember sending those voice sms to a number of people, well, just one, or two actually - singing songs to cheer them up when they're down or just say something random because it sounded better than it is written. It was... nice :))
I remember one day, when a fellow friend was upset, I sent a voice sms singing Stevie Wonder's I Just Called To Say I Love You and well, as cliche as it may sound, it worked (and I meant every word). The little wonders, y'know? There were many other voice sms and songs, of course, and those too were just as sweet and as fun as the first one.
Then came the time they introduced to us the Super Savers. My was that something or what. Back in the day, Super Savers was only RM2 for 12 hours. Yep, you got that right, 12 hours. It was during Ramadhan in 2007, when it first came out, and I remember buying it or using it every single night. I'd talk to my fellow mates and it would go on and on and on and on till the wee hours and then we'd fall asleep, but the phones still on until it's time for sahur. It was fun :D
I'd call them up and we'd buy food for each other and then we'd continue talking till dawn (so that we wouldn't miss our prayers) and woke each other up for classes. It was real fun there. Amazingly enough, there was always something to talk about, something new to get to know, to explore.
There was even a time when I had two shifts - a night shift and a morning shift. I spent the whole night talking to one person, talking, laughing, singing, and from dawn till 8 I talked to another until it was time for his exam. And I was still able to operate normally that day.
Nowadays, I don't get phones calls that lasts more than 20 minutes, or something with that sort of quality. No more midnight to dawn phone calls, no more long hours, no more Super Savers, none. Life got boring, or maybe, I did. Now, phone calls usually lasts from 5 to 10 minutes tops, unless I'm emotionally unbalanced and I need support or an old friend called, but that's a different story altogether.
I miss the good old days when things were simple and fun.
Don't you?
I remember one day, when a fellow friend was upset, I sent a voice sms singing Stevie Wonder's I Just Called To Say I Love You and well, as cliche as it may sound, it worked (and I meant every word). The little wonders, y'know? There were many other voice sms and songs, of course, and those too were just as sweet and as fun as the first one.
Then came the time they introduced to us the Super Savers. My was that something or what. Back in the day, Super Savers was only RM2 for 12 hours. Yep, you got that right, 12 hours. It was during Ramadhan in 2007, when it first came out, and I remember buying it or using it every single night. I'd talk to my fellow mates and it would go on and on and on and on till the wee hours and then we'd fall asleep, but the phones still on until it's time for sahur. It was fun :D
I'd call them up and we'd buy food for each other and then we'd continue talking till dawn (so that we wouldn't miss our prayers) and woke each other up for classes. It was real fun there. Amazingly enough, there was always something to talk about, something new to get to know, to explore.
There was even a time when I had two shifts - a night shift and a morning shift. I spent the whole night talking to one person, talking, laughing, singing, and from dawn till 8 I talked to another until it was time for his exam. And I was still able to operate normally that day.
Nowadays, I don't get phones calls that lasts more than 20 minutes, or something with that sort of quality. No more midnight to dawn phone calls, no more long hours, no more Super Savers, none. Life got boring, or maybe, I did. Now, phone calls usually lasts from 5 to 10 minutes tops, unless I'm emotionally unbalanced and I need support or an old friend called, but that's a different story altogether.
I miss the good old days when things were simple and fun.
Don't you?
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