She died. Just last month…
Our trusted 15-year old Samsung television, who wept with the whole family as we watched Schindler’s List, gasped with the children when they thought Experiment 626 aka Stitch will die in the second movie, cheered for R2D2 in all six movies of the Star Wars saga, finally couldn’t be resuscitated.
For two weeks, we had been prowling across Abenson, SM Appliance and other stores to look for a replacement. The Duplitos had been resistant to temptation so far. The object we are trying to resist – a P199,900 Samsung plasma television set with Ultra FilterBright, deeper black and dark images and clearer vision 18 bit color processing.
Charged to my credit card, that’s only P11,000 something a month at “0%” interest (yeah, yeah) and P370 per day (blech!).
See how happy they are? More space means more harmony in the family… (am I really this gullible?)
Must resist…must resist…
What do you think guys? Are the marketing guys going to bag another victim? Help!
August 9th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
ron and hachiko, on:
“I have one very curious comment, why did you refer to your TV as a she”
i have no idea, but when i wrote it, it was a conscious decision to use she than he. maybe because men like watching tv? nyahahaha.
August 6th, 2007 at 11:47 am
follow-up: “La Señora Duplito quiere comprar una nueva televisión de plasma”
August 6th, 2007 at 11:41 am
@ron: “I have one very curious comment, why did you refer to your TV as a she”
My theory: in Spanish nouns are either masculine (attach “el”, e.g. el hombre, el sol) or feminine (attach “la”, e.g. la mujer, la luna). For TV it’s “la televisión”. Hope this helps, hehehe
August 5th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
I recently bought my wife a 32″ Sony Bravia and for myself a BOSE Ipod speaker system, an Ipod Video, and a Tomtom Satnav… only because we can afford it….. we got them in CASH….. and we earn pounds….
If you are going to use your credit card…. FORGET IT !!!!!
we could have invested all the money and put it to better use but hey you only live once….
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:25 pm
I have one very curious comment… why did you refer to your TV as a “she”
hehehe kulit lang…(pero the sociolinguistic nut in me remains curious pa rin heheh)