How I felt after getting an iPhone 5 today...

  That's right...I, Sarah Kathryn Comer, am the new owner of a smartphone. I have arrived. #latebloomer This was an especially big victory for me in Sing because it is quite a process to open a new cell phone line- it took many trips to Singtel (3) and many hours of waiting in the "queue" (ANYWHERE there is a line in Singapore, you type in your info, and you are assigned a number #orderly) It felt a bit like Hunger Games- and in fact, it seemed just as likely to be called for your turn at Singtel as it would for you to be reaped for the Hunger Games. 

Anyways, the moral of the story is that I did get a phone (I'm totally digging the new iPhone...well any iPhone is new for me) If you have "whatsapp," let's chat! +65 9178 9381. Also, I'd like to point out that in Sing, having 8's in your phone number is good luck and having 4's in your phone number is bad luck...so check me out, two 8s and no 4s! :)

Business all goes through mobile numbers here. For example, here are some new things I can now do in Singapore that I couldn't without having a cell phone number: Set up a bank account, text a taxi (that's right, text them and you can map when they will be getting to you), transfer money, spend less time getting lost, pay bills, and FACETIME (for all you fellow iPhone users...)

• Singing: "Call me Maybe" -Carly Rae Jepson