I had one too in India when I was 13. The ZX Spectrum 48K. Loved it to death. Magazines were a bit hard to come by here, but I managed to get my hands on one book, I think it was called "Machine code with ZXSpectrum". I remember a program called HELPA, which you had to first enter by hand, then you could use that to enter machine code. I remember writing my first program using HELPA, a block which would change colors randomly. I still remember being stunned by how much faster machine code was compared to BASIC.

Also cant forget my favorite game at the time - Highway Encounter.