Is it you, Snowy...?

When I walked out earlier to head to my classroom, I felt something cold drop onto my nose. I looked up into the sky and it was snowing. Today is March 28th. Spring should already be here, yet, snow is still falling from the sky.

Could it be you, Snowy? Are you trying to tell me something? Are you happy up in heaven? Will you come back to me any time soon?

I stood outside for a moment and took deep breaths; taking it all in before I started walking to my classroom. On my way to class, I started wondering to myself. What could Snowy be doing right now? Is she hopping around in the clouds with all of the other bunnies in heaven? Is she digging holes in the clouds to look down at me?

I miss you, Snowy... And if you are looking down at me, did you would have noticed that there hasn't been a day I didn't cry since you left me? I asked you to give me a sign if you are actually still here with me. Is this it? Is this the sign?

Snowy - My Favorite Easter Bunny

Today is Easter Monday. A time known with its mascots of Easter Eggs and Bunnies. But today... my family member of 12 years has passed away. Her name is Snowy and she's a bunny. She's beautiful, with a full white body, brown ears, nose, tail feet and sparkling red eyes. I've had her since I was in elementary school. She's probably bitten every one of my family members, including my dad who barely touches her. Yet, she's never bitten me before. She and I have this little bond.

She started developing symptom's of a head tilt on Friday, and by Saturday, she couldn't even stand up anymore. I held her for most of Sunday, hoping that she could feel my love and care for her so that she would have the urge to live on. She doesn't like to be picked up often, but she didn't mind it this time. She looked like she was suffering, I can tell, but she made the effort to lick my hand, I wasn't sure if this was her way of saying good bye, but it made me cry unstoppable. I know she was suffering, but I didn't want to put her to sleep.

She was twitching a bit on Sunday night, by Monday morning, she was twitching a bit more frequently. I was afraid this is it. We brought her to the vet quickly and according to her, she's having mini seizures. She advises us that if we're going to put her to sleep, we'll have to do it soon because she could possibly get worse tonight. I watched as she licked my hand, telling me that she'll never forget our good times together. I couldn't possibly watch the vet put my pet into forever sleep, so I went outside. After it was done, I went back in. There she was... lying there peacefully. "She's gone now," my mom told me. I can't believe that it's happened, but at least I know she's not suffering anymore. I don't think I will ever be able to think of Easter the same way again...

I love you, Snowy. You will always be remembered. On March 24 and on Easter Monday. And I hope you remember me too... I love you.

My friend.
My family.
My favorite Easter Bunny.

I Love You, Nokia N95!!

So last month, I got a new cell phone! I've been looking into getting a new cell phone since last summer and I finally got one.

I probably didn't tell anyone, but last October or so I purchased an LG chocolate on eBay and got ripped off for it. The guy who sold it to me advertised it as new. When I recieved the product it had scratches all over it and cell phone numbers already stored in there. My mom was really surprised since the guy who sold it to us had over 800 100%-feebacks. Also, after trying it out for a couple of days, I found that there are many limitations (e.g. I couldn't change the ringtones for alarm and SMS and these are features that are very important to me). So, my mom contacted him and he agreed to give us a refund. I got dinged a bit by the exchange rate at the time since the Canadian dollar was rising up so quickly and the phone was bought in US dollar.

Anyway, you thought that would have scared me off from buying on eBay again right? Well, I guess it did for a bit. About a month ago, I bought another cell phone on eBay - the Nokia N95! This one's a keeper! I absolutely love this phone! I was considering the iPhone for a while, but then I eventually said no, because it was so bulky. Some people think that the N95 is even bulkier, but hey - it's a sliding phone AND it's stylish. It might be thicker, but the iPhone is bigger in width and length. Overall, I believe that there are lots of features on the N95 that can kick iPhone's ass (I think this line will one day cost me a job at Apple).

• First of all, it has a 5 megapixel camera. It's as good as any camera that's being released these days! The unfortunate part about it is that it doesn't have an optical zoom. However, even when I take a picture using the zoom, it's still quite clear (obviously, depending on how close you zoom). The iPhone only has a 2MP camera! It can also take video too. I think the iPhone does not have that feature quite yet, but I think once the firmware has been updated, it should be able to as well.
• It has Wi-Fi. Ok, fine the iPhone has Wi-Fi too. And well, it's just as good, I guess. The keyboard on the N95 uses the number pad to type in letters, so I guess it's a bit more difficult. However, the iPhone is not that much better since I seem to always be hitting the key beside the letter I acually want when I type on the QWERTY keyboard. The predictive text on both phones are very helpful.
• It has GPS! Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think the iPhone has GPS. It does have Google Maps, but so can the N95! You just have to go install it from Google.com, and it's as easy as clicking a button (literally)!
• Other cool features includes radio! I've noticed that since I started working last year, I have been listening more to the radio than to MP3. The radio feature really does come in handy (for me anyways).

All these features combined together was enough to win me over when I am torn between buying the iPhone or the Nokia N95. For Nokia N95 prospective buyers who are planning on buying it from eBay, be VERY careful! There are a lot of fakes out there. Make sure that they state that the phone is MADE IN FINLAND, and that it includes WIFI as well as GPS. Honest sellers will tell you that they do/n't make sure you read the descriptions really carefully. Also, it's automatically a fake when they say that it has a touchscreen because Nokia N95 DOES NOT have a touchscreen feature.

This is all information that has been researched by me - aren't you proud that I know so much about cell phones now? Nokia should hire me after this great review of their phone.