YodaBeesh's Trail of Crumbs through the Philippines

It struck me just yesterday that over the duration of this trip, I've managed to go through a number of items:

• I fried a 1 4GB USB flash drive. God, I really hope to Sweet Jesus that I backed up all the data on that thing back home...
• I fried the subsequent 1GB replacement USB flash drive (the current 512MB is hanging on like a champ)... Internet cafe computers don't seem to like USB flash drives.
• 1 Nokia 6601 flip phone. Purchased as a replacement for use in the Philippines... then I was able to finally unlock my Cingular phone, so I gave the nokia to my mom
• 1 Fossil wristwatch A diving casualty... claimed to be water-resistant to 100m... I'll have to let Fossil know that this one only made it to 20m.
• 1 Victorinox wristwatch See above. I expect better of those Swiss... Dad will not be happy as this was a Christmas present. Eek.
• 1 8 lb 220v -> 110v wattage converter. The equivalent of carrying a brick. I left this in Cabanatuan as I discovered by Week 2 of the trip that my laptop miraculously does NOT need this... Thanks, Brookstone!
• 1 Victorinox gym bag. Mom grew attached to this in the hospital as I originally intended to loan it to her to pack her things for her discharge.
• A number of books. (Surviving Schizophrenia; How Soccer Explains The World; Lonely Planet - Philippines; Lonely Planet Unpacked) The majority were left in Cabanatuan as an effort to lighten my load. The latter is on its way to Brunei with a captain in the British Army.
• Many, many, many VCDs and DVDs. I would bide my time in Cabanatuan by watching VCDs (kinda like DVDs, but on CD-R instead of DVD discs, and only $1USD in the malls.) When I finished with a movie, I'd leave it with my Lola's collection. I'm leaving a bunch of ripped DVDs to the dive shop, especially a bunch of German movies to Christian the Austrian.

That's the toll thus far. The only thing I can guarantee to make its way back to the US is a suitcase full of smelly laundry. I hope TSA has fun sniffing through that.