So after yesterday's impulse purchase at Hollister (haha! forgot to mention that did I?) I have decided I will no longer be pursuing after the Samsung Galaxy S2. For the past two weeks I have been online searching for the cheapest sim-free version so when my Vodafone contract expires (March 2012), I can ask them to give me discounted tariff if I don't take a phone off them. Does that make sense? So far the lowest price I can find for the smartphone is on eBay at £379.95, but this has now increased to £384.95. I had thought about getting the handset itself and then getting cheap tariff from Vodafone whilst trying to maintain my current credentials: 600 Anytime Minutes, Unlimted SMS, 500MB Internet and Stop the Clock. It will be hard to get anything like that for anything cheaper than £17.50 though, so that means if I buy the phone and get another 18-month contract with them, it might add up to £695 for eighteen months. If I settle for getting the phone from Vodafone I would expect my tariff to go back up to £36 a month and that will mean 18x36 = £648. Yes it will be cheaper by £47 but the phone MIGHT be tied to Vodafone after it and I might have to have it unlocked later. Unless it only "appears locked" like I discovered recently!
That's the phone issue settled, kinda, for now. Just awaiting the call from Vodafone to ask me if I want to continue my contract with them and then I'll try my best to get the handset for free AND try lowering monthly tariff. Could both be possible you think? Haha! We'll see!
Phone issue sorted, now next item on my "to-think" list is: Singapore. The time is drawing near for me to start looking for flights to Singapore for Cat and Nick's wedding banquet in August. The actual date is 4th August so mum and I will need to get there at least a few days before the 4th and anticipate fighting off any jetlag. We didn't feel any jetlag back in 2008 when we went to HK, so don't expect to get any this time either, but hey, you never know. Both mum and I have aged since then, haha! =P So trying to get the cheapest flights of course and more importantly, we should consider/ discuss visiting neighbouring countries like Hong Kong and/ or Malaysia, possibly elsewhere? There is a small issue: mum does not want to be off work for that long. She wants everything to be done and dusted and back to work within her two weeks annual leave. She doesn't want to take any more than two weeks off work. I, on the other hand, see this as a great opportunity to go travelling, sight seeing, eat great food, see friends, take photos, try new things etc. You get the drift! However, I cannot leave my mum to travel back to Glasgow on her own of course. So... how long shall we stay in Singapore? Will ten days be enough? If I wanna go travelling and mum does not, will she be ok staying in Singapore whilst I travel around then come back for her and we fly back to UK? Questions, questions....
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