Saturday, April 3, 2010

Gizmos For Young Men

By Donny Donatelli

When I was little, I remember collecting buckets of Lego just to be capable of building replicas of my favorite autos, buildings, creatures and appliances you can see at home. It's simply funny because right after I successfully build the replicas I want out of Lego, I have to break it apart so that I could build more out of the building blocks. I didn't have much Lego back then so I didn't have a choice but to take them down.

I continued playing with it until I was 15 years old. I was such a late bloomer with the newest games that time like the SuperNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System). I was only aware of the Lego and Household Computer since those were the only toys that were available to us as kids. So our friends will come over to our house and play with our Lego or play a Mario Brothers game in our convenient family computer console from Japan.

As I grew up, I still wasn't able to enjoy other toys that the other well off kids were getting to enjoy that time such as scooters, in-line skates, skateboards and trampoline. But I had something that most of the kids in the neighborhood don't have and they often came over to our house just to pick me up to play. Of course, bringing my BMX along with me was the highlight. When we all get to the park, each one takes turn to ride on my bike and in return, they offered me their in-line skates, skateboards and other imported toys that their parents had bought for them just to get a turn to riding my bike. I did enjoy their toys for a short period of time but of course, I was still a kid who wanted all the toys in the world.

That's why right now that I'm 28 years old, I may say that I'm getting to enjoy each of the latest gadgets that electronics manufacturers are usually coming up with on a regular basis to satiate the certainly never- ending thirst of gadget freaks like me. When the Xbox 360 became available, I was one of the first men and women in our neighborhood who owned one and I'm proud to say that it took quite a while for next person to order one like mine.

Then when the Ipod Touch arrived, I also grabbed one for myself. Same thing happened when the Iphone, Iphone 3g and the Iphone 3gS arrived, I was one of the first people to have one of those. I also have the most incredible laptop I could buy for my gaming, for editing photographs and videos, a printer to print out all my work, an incredibly good DSLR camera that makes me take professional photos that could give Nigel Barker a run for his cash. All these and I'm still upgrading each and every stuff that I find on the market that suits my taste.

You see, it's never too late to enjoy the stuff that we weren't able to enjoy as children as long as we work hard for it. I believe that hard-earned money is money well-spent.

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