Well hello there, sexy blog reader. *wink wink* How YOU doin?

I’m kidding. I’m not trying to pick you up. See, I just had my phone fixed and unfortunately, all data was lost. Text messages, phone settings, phonebook contacts, EVERYTHING. You’re probably wondering why I don’t have a backup of my contacts on my SIM card or on a text file somewhere in my hard drive. It’s a heartbreaking story (for me), really.

I used to create backups of my phonebook contacts by writing names and numbers on the back of my notebook back in college. I also transferred them into text files in my PC. I used to copy my phonebook into my SIM card, but I stopped doing it when the number of my contacts exceeded 100, which was the limit of my SIM card contact slots at the time. How ancient, right?

For years, I’ve pretty much kept my phonebook in tact even though I’ve switched phones several times already. I felt my phonebook was invincible. Indestructible. Immortal. Eventually, I got tired of listing down names and numbers on paper and on text files. I was like “Fuck it. We have the Internet. I can always ask people for their contact details in case I screw up my phonebook. Yeah!” And this brings us to the bottom line of this blog entry:

I need you guys (preferably people who I actually know) to give me your contact information. Your mobile number will do. You can use my Contact page to do it. If I’m your Yahoo! Messenger contact, just IM me. If we’re Facebook, Multiply, or Friendster friends, you can PM me through any of those services. The best way, however, is just send me a text message with your name and something that will let me know that it really is you. Maybe remind me of a magical intimate moment we shared while we were both drunk, perhaps? You probably have my number already. It’s the 09*****9255 one.

This is the first time that I have to rebuild my phonebook from scratch so, yeah, it’s going to be painful. So, what did we learn here, kids? We learned that the Internet is our friend and losing all your phonebook contacts gives you a free pass to ask anyone for their phone number (even those who weren’t actually in your phonebook) without looking like a total ass. High five!