A hiatus…
To all readers of UIQBlog.com
Some of you might be thinking where did I go? I have not written anything on this blog for a long time… There are a few things that I think I want to share with you guys…
1. The year 2008 is a tough year for me. I quit my job in a Production House and resigned all my duties as the Head of Mobile Telecommunications Department. And I had to return all stuff that belong to them, including the trusty Sony Ericsson P1i.
2. With no dayjob, I push my limits. I wrote in this blog, contributed articles to AAS and at the same time, I start my own company.
3. In August this year, my small start-up was entrusted with a project involving the mobile telecommunications industry in my country. From August untill today, I slept for only 3 hours daily, sometimes less, or no sleep at all.
4. My blood, sweat and tears all went to this project. This is make or break. If I dont deliver, I wont deliver anything… Myself and my business partner work hard on it. Only 2 of us doing everything. And if everything goes as planned, the project will be rolled on the first week of January 2009. But I prepare for the worst…
5. Now I have no steady income. With a wife (working), and 3 sons (6 years, 4 years & 3 months old), my monthly overhead is something I need to fork out by all means and so far, it is still manageable.
6. To survive, I sold my stuff… I sold my Apple iBook, I sold my old Nokias, I sold my SEIKO F1 (Limited Edition) Honda Racing Team wrist watch. I sold my DVD collection… all that are still valuable… Why?… to survive…
7. The fall of UIQ is another thing that hit me hard. There’s no point in arguing on whose faults it was. But as a fan/lover of UIQ, I was really dumbfounded. Back to my trusty old Psion Series 5mx…
8. The money that you guys donated is in my bank. I never use it. I only use a small amount of it to pay for this blog’s annual fee. I belief even if I buy a UIQ smartphone, I wont have time to write anything about it. I will keep the money to maintain this blog and if one day… some day… I have time, I will buy a UIQ smartphone to write about it and to bring all the nostalgic feelins about UIQ.
9. With my condition, it is impossible for me to update this blog anymore and sometimes, I felt I want to sell this blog…
10. Wish me all the best…
Asri al-Baker - December 29th 2008






