I recently was given a palm (okay, not given since i had to beg and ask for it) by my brother. It was a cool Zire71 which really looks great, has a camera and all that. I fell in love with the datebook and notepad since now, I can let my dilapitated, dog-eared notebook from papelmeroti (the kind that fits even in a small bag) rest in peace. I was enjoying this new palm until one day... well, i dropped by bag and broke the LCD screen. :( My brother chided me to say I was really unlucky...

I scouted for repair shops but to my dismay, my unit is irrepairable. So I checked the rates of a new palm. I saw the Z22 (a cool Palm, seemed like iPOD's brother since it's all white) and the e2 and t/x. These gadgets were really cool. But the price is also high. I chanced upon a friend who introduced me to Mapalad.Org where I can get cheaper second-hand palm units. It turned out to be a very intelligent forum :D i loved the name of the site cause it was a tagalog version of the Palm. And so, there i was, checking out the posts, inquiring whether I should buy a z22 or the e2 and got really good replies from the members... Until I chanced upon the classified ads and there was a tungsten E for sale for only P3,000! That was way cheap cause the others would sell it at 5-7K. This one was P3,000, has a slight digitizer problem but otherwise, works fine. I contemplated on it a few days. When I finally texted the person selling, I inquired about the item, tried to haggle (but it was the last price cause I was a Mapalad member and he gave the best last price to Mapalad... he sells the item in other forums for 4-5k)and so, in the end was convinced to get it. :D

I actually had qualms buying from a complete total stranger, but I saw this guy posting about software for Bibles so I guess he won't be the type to fool people. And I met him today to get the Palm. When I saw the unit, it's working really well... So I gave him money and went in at Mr. Choi to have my lunch. Yun pala, I gave him P3500 without my knowing it! But he was a really nice guy... he texted me to say that I paid him wrongly! So he returned to our meeting place in Robinson's galleria to return the P500! I was surprised but thankful!

And so, I guess I really am Mapalad after all!