Re: Re: What is the oldest thing you own?

23 Jan, 2026

This post is inspired by Thomas Rigby's and Eula's posts.

I don't (or at least I think I don't) buy new stuff all that often. Mostly because I'm basically like Frank Ocean on Pyramids, but also because I'm usually too lazy to go out and buy things. A lot of things I use in my daily life are things that existed before I come to, and listing those feels like cheating, so instead I'm only going to write about things that I got on my own accord.

An unfinished novel

Year: 2010

Probably my first attempt at writing a novel. I wrote it by hand in a notebook with only a pencil and a dream. The novel itself is called Last Kona Light. It's a romantasy (talk about being ahead of the curve) about a girl named Sasha who traveled with her sister-in-law in search of her missing brother... I think. I actually am not sure what I was going for writing this novel. The plot is nigh incomprehensible and the illustrations — yes there are illustrations — are not good. What do you expect from a 10-year-old.

My main Gmail account

Year: 2012?

If I recall correctly, my first e-mail account was from 2009. It was Gmail too, fresh out of beta and significantly better than the competitors (ever-expanding storage!). Google's motto was still "Don't be evil" at the time. Chrome was blazing fast. YouTube didn't have ads. Stock Android used to be a selling point. Good times.

The oldest e-mails in my main account are from 2012 so I assume that's the year I created it. There's some ancient relics in there, like Google Guru answers (apparently I had posted about my Android 3.2 tablet getting a virus) and IMVU private messages (yikes). I'm also pretty sure that I haven't changed my password in more than a decade...

A CD of Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto

Year: 2013

At age 13 I gained some sort of higher consciousness (read: I started to feel depressed) and developed my own music taste. This was my choice of first album bought with my own pocket money. I got it from a nearby Central. The CD enthralled my 13-year-old brain so much that I would take it to school with me and use my finger to spin it around in its jewel case (here's what that looks like to young Haru). This caused the CD to get pretty scratched up. I don't own a CD player right now so I don't know if this CD is still playable.

A Xyloband

Year: 2017

To say I was obsessed with Coldplay would be an understatement. I made it a goal to see Coldplay live before I kill myself. Well, they finally made it to Bangkok in 2017, their first time here since 2003. Of course I had to be there even if I had already moved on to greater things, such as high school and geeking out over Kraftwerk¹.

The concert experience was miserable. I nearly passed out because I had been queuing since 2PM without a single drop of water. I climbed out of the pit to get to First Aid as Jonny Buckland sung Don't Panic. My dad had my uncle — or, first cousin once removed — pick me up and he made me drag my dehydrated body to him instead of him driving to me. It was one of the best night of my life anyway.

The Xyloband is a light-up wristband that sync to the concert using radio waves. It's mostly associated with Coldplay but apparently they do license it to anybody. You're supposed to return it after the show but it's still in my box of things almost 10 years later and no Coldplay police has showed up at my door yet. Apparently you can poke its innards with a paperclip to make it light up again but I haven't tried that. I also kept some of the confetti from the night. Honestly I can't recommend seeing Coldplay live enough even if you don't care for their music. They put on amazing live shows.