Sunday, July 23, 2006

SMS on.....

Yes I'm a TV junkie. As far as I can remember I watch practically everything that sooth my eyes. It dun matter whether it's a documentaries, reality shows, sitcoms, drama series and even forum perdana.

It's not enough that I have to endure the slides in between, I have to listen to the crap SMS thingy rave going on the airwave currently.

I mean who in the right mind would even consider to waste their pennies on something that goes like this ;

Anda kesunyian? SMS on Teman / Are you lonely? SMS on Friend
Anda perlukan cinta? SMS on Cinta / Do you need love? SMS on Love
Anda perlukan teman hidup? SMS on Jodoh / Do you need a life partner? SMS cupid

And so many others...

Can we actually find anything or someone out of this?? And a close relative of mine says that this company actually making big bucks on this. Meaning there are people who actually responded to this!!! I mean what could a person possibly gain from this??It's bad enough that we have many fraud cases via the internet..I can't imagine what this SMS thingy can do. This is so far different than chatting on the YM which is at least free apart from paying for the access or subscribing to dating services via online etc... To add on from a reliable resources this thing will burn a hole in one's pocket.

If there's any good comes out from this among the bloggers, please do confess, I'm really keen to know it and/or has anyone of us tried this?

17 comments:

Idham said...

:) jgn tak tahu....ramai yg masih blur...dan ramai jugak yg curious semacam jek...bila asyek kena recorded voice yg jawap baru depa rasa tertipu...but by then....duit dah terkeluar laa...

hmmm....sian dgn bebudak tu kan...


Idham

Azer Mantessa said...

err ... a friend of mine just got married on saturday ... met his wife via sms thing.

they both r similar:
a. they are professionals
b. no time for social life
c. straight forward - meet, discuss in detail, get married

awkward ya :-)

Tynna said...

This kind of organisation do make tons of money like Idham said, becoz of the voice recording telling you what to do before anything else...

I'm sure it works in some cases where ppl genuinely want to meet frens..in most cases...it's seeking sex...

Tynna said...

oh...are you joining our Ghost story group?

Nour said...

I guess it has it pros and cons la you, many years ago I heard from an officemate who had a friend who actually tried the phone advertisement thingy. She called and made friends via that. So one day it seems a guy she made friends came over to the office to pick her up for a date. The girl being extra careful brought my friend along, the guya after seeing her with my friend just drove off without even staying. Scary siot! I wonder what his intentions were at that point of time.

D.N.A.S said...

I suka SMS yang download ringtone and wallpaper tu... heheheh. Tapi yang berkenal2an tu not interested lah. Whenever I'm lonely, ada baaanyak lagi benda lain boleh buat. Lagipun, with so many blogger friends mana sempat nak sunyi...
So, apa kata kita buat iklan kat TV. "Anda kesunyian? Start blogging!!"

Mama Rock said...

mama bising bila bebudak asyik nak sms benda2 merepak ni, afundi pun mama tak bagi; wasting money only...hehehe

ayong said...

menyesal tak venture into SMS server business. Gerenti dah kaya mayo sekrg. hehe. AFundi dah 5mil x 0.5 sen = 2.5 million. Tolak operating cost (24 hours electric & phone bill) & maintenance cost (mamat TM kena gak repair setahun sekali) & monthly rental server fees (adela seciput) = kaya mayo.

UglyButAdorable said...

~idham~
ntah laa bro..when i was a teenage i dun bother about this stuff..all i want was to have fun with real friends.. but then again that was 10-15yrs back..

~azermantesa~
wow..takdir plays a role tu. mungkin if the niat is good the return will be good too i guess.. but i'm still skeptical..

~blackfeline~
in most cases..yes free sex.. and mestila nak join..ice coconut send me the invitation..but belum berkesempatan nak click on it..wil do it soon..

UglyButAdorable said...

~nour~
aiyyoo..imagine if yur fren yg jenis tak amik pot..whatever thing can happen to her..scary siot..memang scary...


~dnas~
hahh..hahhh..i agree..baik buat tu. i'm not lonely..i have tonnes of frens in the virtual world...

~mamarock~
tu la ma kan..but u tgk how many millions these peeps make out of the afundi??

~btb~
yes..i've realised i'm born at the wrong era..

~ayong~
ye laaaa... no wonder i saw in some adds these bizz pun ader course..dasat oooo..

Am just a gal said...

Ehem ehem... well sis, I did once for fun.. really for fun, and the sms-es reply was the same all the timesssss.... ni macam machine la yg tolong reply... kwang kwang kwang

Freak and Geek said...

one thing for sure it's a waste of money?

but probably ppl nowadays have LOTSA spare cash to spend?

AuntyN said...

nasib lerr this sms thingy tak start dulu2 masa AN dok dating2 tu, entah2 terlepas UZ kat org lain pulak hehehe. Kalau dah jodoh tak kemana kan?

psst, lawa layout baru ni.

Ordinary Superhero said...

Like the idea - Anda kesunyian? Start blogging! Anda tak de idea nak blog? no worries, just bloghop!. Anda boring? Dahh, gi tidur diam2. Hehe hehe.

Jane Sunshine said...

i like the new template. cool. and i am another tv junkie too!

UglyButAdorable said...

~nzn~
aiiyyoo..sis, u know or not all those on and on answering machine are charged... i hope you've stop it..

~fng~
nowadays peeps have lots money?? no..nowadays money has no value to some people..biler dah takder baru ternganga..

~auntyN~
hheh..hehh..kalau dah jodoh tak keman kan auntyN.

psstt..mekasehh..*wink*

~brohero~
hehh..hehh..good idea ainnit.. kurang lagie berbaloi..

~janesunshine~
tks..jane..aa..at least there's someone like me out there..hehh..hehh

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