New iPad Air cos I'm stupid.

This morning, my Zenyum electric toothbrush decided to stop working and the thought of having to shell out $80 to get a new one was really upsetting because it barely lasted a year.

Not really sure what caused it to go haywire, but it wouldn't charge and the charging indicator on the toothbrush is just permanently lighted up, but at maybe 20% brightness, which is weird. Now I'm wondering it if it will suddenly explode in the middle of the night. 

Shitty longevity aside, it is a decent electric toothbrush and I still have 2 brush head replacements that I have yet to use, they were going for $10 per replacement when I got them, so I am probably gonna just bite the bullet and order another toothbrush because my dumbass didn't go apply for the 1 year warranty for this damaged one when I first got it. Could have gotten a 1 to 1 replacement if I had done that. Stupid. 

Talking about stupid....

After work today when I got home, my Sister's dog greeted me at the door, so I did what I usually would do, bend down and started giving him rubs because cuteness aggression is real, I was still carrying my back bag at this point and I started feeling something cold spreading downwards on my lower back, my socks were also getting wet and that was when I realized my Owala water bottle that was in my bag was slowly flooding the interior of my bag.

I had no idea how the bottle cap came loose in my bag, but it did and all the water in that bottle just came pouring out into my bag, the bag which did a pretty decent job at retaining the liquid even though it isn't really marketed as a waterproof bag, but unfortunately for me, majority of the items in my bag aren't waterproof and that included my iPad Pro.

Initially, I thought everything was still fine, I thought for a $1000 device, there has to be some sort of water resistance, like an IP rating, so I checked the iPad and it had no issue, there was water coming out from the charging port and speakers but it could still turn on and everything seemed fine, I quickly took it out from the it's case, placed in on a flat plate and then proceeded to scatter some rice along the edges where the charging port and speaker crevices were in hopes that it could absorb any remaining moisture that I wasn't able to shake out.

I then proceeded to empty my bag, everything was wet, my fisherman's friend was just soaked through even though it was sealed in it's own sealable bag, my power bank was dripping with water, my 3-in-1 charging cables were all wet and I just went to hang whatever I could hang dry. Took a mop to clean up the floor and then went to take a shower.

When I was done with my shower, I headed out to the dining area where my iPad had been resting it it's blanket of rice, tapped the screen to see if it was still working, the screen lit up, and decided that since it was functioning with no issue, there isn't really any point leaving it in the blanket of rice any longer.

I shook the rice off, took the iPad out from the plate and the screen lit up no issue, I rotated it and the lock screen also rotated as it normally would, but then  I noticed that there was this patch across the screen which I had thought was part of the wallpaper....

....but as I rotated the iPad around, I noticed that the patch didn't rotate along with it. That lighter triangular patch on the bottom left of the screen isn't a "ray of sun light" that I had assumed it was, that is just straight up water damage.

My screen got fucked... I didn't get Apple Care with my iPad, so I am fucked as well.

I went online to check the estimate cost to have the iPad repaired if it , with Apple Care, it's about $60, without Apple Care, it's a whopping $800. 

What the actual fuck.

I was actually using my iPad to check the apple website for the repair cost and it was just kept flickering every once in a while to remind me that it's fucked.

I blamed the dog and then did the nest most logical thing....

......got myself a new 13" iPad Air. 

.... with the new Apple Pencil Pro because my Apple Pencil 2 is not compatible with the latest iPad Air. It's actually ridiculous how the previous generation is not compatible at all with the current iPad Air, but that is just Apple being Apple I guess.

Good thing is I managed to use my Sister's Education account to get a slight discount plus a free Apple Pencil, this time I also made sure to add in Apple Care and the total damage came up to around $1,200. 

The original price is actually $1,400, so I did manage to save $200. 

I was initially still contemplating between travelling overseas for another short solo trip this year or getting the new iPhone 16, but this new unnecessary iPad purchase has made that decision for me.

Fuck.

To be fair, I was having trouble looking for a SEA country to visit, my initial choice was either Ho Chin Minh or Hanoi in Vietnam, but then nothing really interest me there, so I considered somewhere in Bali, but again, it's not metropolitan enough like Taipei or Bangkok, so I eventually gave up on the idea.

With the iPhone 16, I'm just not very sure, I have seen the leaks and it seems the only thing they are adding is an additional camera action button on the phone, there really isn't going to be any significant upgrade that validates an upgrading from my current 14 Pro. It's as stupid as me getting the iPad Air, but with this purchase, at least I have a valid reason....

Anyways, to make this iPad purchase less painful, I have decided to just withdraw all my investment from my Endowus app. Been using that app for a few months now and I have only made like $20 with my $1200 investment, I am getting more from my UOB One Account interest rate per month so there really isn't any point to continue.

The next punch to the gut for my bank account will be my upcoming insurance investment, that annual $3000 deduction is always such a humbling experience for my savings. I know I will eventually get that money back one day, years down the road, but seeing my savings take that huge dip. I also have an upcoming dental visit, not sure what kind of financial damages that will incur as well.