I am going through what I would call a pre-qualifier phase. Last semester, I thought that I will study in December and then in December it was postponed for spring and now when there is less than a month remaining for the exam, I finally feel the heat. However, this is a strange phase. There is nothing actually dramatically unusual. It’s not that I am not getting enough sleep or not watching enough movies for that matter, but the difference is that there is always this little prick in the back of my mind that I might just fail in the quals on 13th. Yes, it is scheduled on Friday the 13th of April. Is that just a coincidence? Time will tell!
That date has occupied an eminent position in all pending plans. Where should I go for a holiday in summers … mmmm, well let’s decide after 13th; what are the things I need to for the research, to be decided after 13th …. My roomies are going for a trip to LA and LV, can I go with them …. nopes, not before 13th ….you should go to the gym everyday … yeah, I know but I have to study before 13th …. Hey, what’s up dude? How are things going? … It’s fine right now but I don’t know what’s gonna happen on 13th … It reminds me of the first few dialogues in ‘Y2K othoba sex krome asiteche” where the guy proposes a girl over the phone and the girl says that she can’t answer till the exams are over … silly crap!
It’s a post after quite some time on my blog and when will there be the next post? … Well, you know the answer!
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Saturday, March 03, 2007
Apple Cares
I had bought a 20GB refurbished ipod for $100 in December; a pretty good deal, the only glitch was that it was ‘refurbished‘. Some people advised me against it but anyway I went ahead and bought it because the warranty period was the same as that of a new one.
About a month back, I started having problems with it. Some songs won’t play or pause or stop in-between. Finally around two weeks back, it just stopped working. I tried resetting, restoring, reinstalling whatever I could but eventually I gave up. On start up, it was showing an icon suggesting hardware failure. I thought I should have listened to the people advising me against a refurbished ipod. My only faith was in the warranty. So I booked an appointment with the genius bar of an apple store in downtown. You can do it from apple.com/retail for an appointment on the same day. Advanced booking can be done only by procare members. I arrived for the appointment 2 minutes late. Luckily, the lady in front had taken more than the stipulated time and I didn’t have to miss my turn. I went to the ipod bar, told about my problem and the person immediately confirmed that it was a hardware failure. He checked whether I was within warranty period (from their database, no need to carry your proof unless there is a mistake in their database) and replaced my ipod with a functioning one. The whole process took less than 5 minutes. I am impressed with the customer care of apple.
About a month back, I started having problems with it. Some songs won’t play or pause or stop in-between. Finally around two weeks back, it just stopped working. I tried resetting, restoring, reinstalling whatever I could but eventually I gave up. On start up, it was showing an icon suggesting hardware failure. I thought I should have listened to the people advising me against a refurbished ipod. My only faith was in the warranty. So I booked an appointment with the genius bar of an apple store in downtown. You can do it from apple.com/retail for an appointment on the same day. Advanced booking can be done only by procare members. I arrived for the appointment 2 minutes late. Luckily, the lady in front had taken more than the stipulated time and I didn’t have to miss my turn. I went to the ipod bar, told about my problem and the person immediately confirmed that it was a hardware failure. He checked whether I was within warranty period (from their database, no need to carry your proof unless there is a mistake in their database) and replaced my ipod with a functioning one. The whole process took less than 5 minutes. I am impressed with the customer care of apple.
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