Billie Jean

I "am" purchasing a brand new Sony Ericsson K660 cellular phone since my old samsung D600's battery is about to reach its end. I have had the same samsung phone for more than 2 years now and I cannot say I am too happy with it because of its crappy battery life. It is certainly one of the first phone to offer a 2 megapixel camera and its function is definitely more than I asked for, however, I "resent" (yes! it is the word that I want to use) charging my phone everyday.

Recently I have been asked how often I change my phone. Some people change their phone every 6 months or so, some use the same phone for over 5-6 years. I have had 6 cellular phones in my life thus far since the nokia 3390 era. A simple math calculation everyone can do would derive the conclusion that cell phone is not an negligible environmental threat. I have done a number of research papers on technological gadgets waste in my bachelor social and computing course and there is still not a widely spread solution to remedy/reduce this issue in the U.S. I did a quick google news search and I found this. As part of my daily routine, I browed to dannychoo.com (one of my favorite otaku hobbie site. Not that I am into anime girl model and stuff :P) and it points me to this article. It is an article about these cellular phone recycle bin and how it is being distributed across 6 electronics chain stores. To me, that may not be an effective solution but I agree it is an important initiative that we may want to take (an actualized plan that is convenient). I may be biased on how far we have achieved in the U.S. since I have not been following this issue continuously but I just decide to write my P.O.V. on here.

Anywayz, just to get some eye candy in.

Her name is Rui Kiriyama and you can go to her blog here to read up more about her.

[photo removed for the sake of my life safety]