The Loc8tor!!!

(http://loc8tor.com/)

I'm sure we all have experienced the frustration when we lose something in the house and we can never seem to find it no matter how hard we try.

Well, fear not, for now there is the "Loc8tor", which was awarded the Best Home Invention for the year 2006 by TIME.

How exactly does it work? All you have to do is, attach radio-frequency-emitting tags to your most beloved or easily lost possessions. When you want to search for these items, just switch on the "Loc8tor" and it will direct you to the items, with signals pointing to both left and right, up and down!!!

There are downsides though. Especially if you are as forgetful as I am.

1)I'll probably lose the Loc8tor itself. Then I would have to look for it the old-fashioned manner. Looking under the beds, squinting at the dark, unlit corners, turn the room upside down, etc.

2)Another problem, is when you are as forgetful as I am, you'll get to the point when you forget to attach the tags on your possessions. Yes, that's yours sincerely.

3) I can even lose a radio. And, I WILL lose the radio-frequency-emitting tags.

It's available for sale now, but I guess I'll never get one.

That's because,I hold dearly the nostalgia that wells up, when I come across something from my childhood while searching for something completely unrelated.
Like for example, I came across the picture diary book I kept in primary school while searching for my jc notes.
The pages may be yellowed and dog-earred, but the memories it brought back were so vivid I could distinctly hear the ringing of the school bells at the end of school.

Not forgetting the surprise we get when something we have been looking for days suddenly pops out when we least expected it, in the least expected place.

These are the simple pleasures in life, which makes all the difference.