What To Do When Riding A Ship?

22.2.12 The Reporter 0 Comments

Summer's approaching and travel may well be on top of Filipinos' and Android Users' minds. One of the things that may be a concern is how to travel. Also, how to keep yourself occupied while you cool your heels during the journey.

Thanks to the many airfare promos that abound for Philippine travelers, taking a ship to a destination is possibly a secondary or even tertiary option for travel transportation. But in case you do find yourself going off on a trip via boat/ship, then here's a four-step guide on what to do:

1. Get yourself an Android with a fairly large storage capacity. Let's talk Samsung Galaxy SII or anything with a ROM size upwards of 8GB. This way, you will be able to store all the apps you can find. If your budget is a little tight, why don't you try Cherry Mobile Magnum 2x? It's an 8GB Dual-Core Android, Roughly Php 10,000 less than the likes of the Samsung Galaxy SII. Sky by Pantech Curitel Phones may also be an option. Hackstern of TipidCP is a seller of some Sky phones from Korea, priced at around Php 10,000 to Php 13,000.

2. Download all the apps you know you need. Do you love games? Or do you prefer watching videos? Reading eBooks? Then download everything you know you may need. List them down and download by categories to be more efficient and organized.

3. Download all the content you need. We suggest grabbing 5 to 10 selections of each genre. This way, you will have enough to choose from and will avoid getting bored.

Do you have books you've wanted to read but sadly have to keep putting off reading? Find it on Amazon's Kindle Store and download the Amazon Kindle app via the Android Market.

Do you love movies? Buy a couple of DVD's or VCD's (please buy original copies), rip them to your computer and then load it onto your Android.

4. Bring some mundane task and do it while on the ship. Remember that ships have no cellular phone signals, so unless you want to make new friends in order to kill time, this is the time to get to that mundane task that you've never had the chance to do.

Try transferring addressbooks from one Smartphone to another, or manually transferring numbers. Try wiping your old phones of data, ready for resale or giving away.

Or how about writing all those journal entries you neglected to write? Or all those blogs, then load them up on your blog when you get to dry land? Now is the time to work on things you've always meant to do.

A ship ride need not be a 19-hour ++ ordeal. Turn it into a fun adventure in catching up on everything you missed, and you'll find yourself at the port of your destination in no time.