Using my UK iphone in the Philippines

I don't particularly like it either John but it gets treated as a kind of badge and implies a certain kind of mindset, albeit with a certain condescension from those that would label people that way, I spent much of my life on the fringe, the outside, my interests were never those that others would consider cool, nobody I knew wanted to talk about where the universe came from or anything like that, they labelled me and the odd friend here and there "Nerd" so what do you do, change to be what the rest of the world wants you to be or be the person you are?

I am driven by nothing more than curiosity, I am by no means a pure scientist, I wish I were, you have far better credentials than I ever will from a purely practical viewpoint but as people who have that curiosity we seem these days to be labelled as nerds and if you can't beat them, well then adopt the badge and be proud of your curious nature, after all the likes of us built the entire modern world

Hehehehe, eBay everything, I cannot afford anything new these days and I bought both of the above items on eBay and both arrived in almost the condition shown in those pics.

New, as in brand new original Recommended Retailer price, the above would have come to somewhere in the region of 9 grand, I can assure you I paid a tiny tiny tiny fraction of that amount as I waited a long time to get the things I wanted, they are nowhere near new however because of the build quality they still work like new, that is my only secret

edit: when I am in Manila that 1Ds mkII gives me a sense of security which is the exact opposite of what one might expect, I keep it on a strap that has a metal wire run though the middle and the 1D comes very easy to hand, it is one of the best disguised weapons you could lay your hands on, a bit like having your own ball and chain or a loose Mace

Nah, I am happy to just be curious about the world and where it came from

It is easier than that Stu, just buy enough load and then send the activation text, I will look up the number and post back here.

The deals change from time to time but for email and general connectivity the 199 deal is probably the best as you can get a month for 398 peso, and 360MB is more data than I use on my phone here in the UK.


The details are currently here http://www1.smart.com.ph/Prepaid/offers/data/page/4/ but they move around a lot so the link will go stale after a while, the deals also change quite often there used to be a 7 day 99 peso deal but that seems to have vanished.

Also set a reminder for the expiry of the deal because once it runs out they switch back to 10 peso for 30 minutes and it basically eats your load until you realise what is happening, usually when you can no longer call or text.