電腦展﹐你的名字叫 squeeze! Sitex 2008

三個月一次的 computer show - Sitex 2008 登場。This time it is held at Singapore Expo. My colleague asked me to accompany him there to buy a LCD monitor.

After traveling for a while to the East, we are wondering where to park as I expect the carpark at Singapore Expo is a killer! 果然不出我所料~ There is an extremely long cars queue waiting to get into the carpark.

Lucky I am smart enough to come up with plan B. We park at a nearby HDB carpark. Ok. It is not that near but a 15mins walk. Any way, it is free parking and is better than stuck in the queue.

The crowd is madness! It is very crowded inside. I think whole Singapore is here! After walking around and I saw many good deals!! This time round it is very obvious that the trend is moving towards laptops, notebooks and netbooks. Every booth is selling those things! Lesser booths are digital cameras, LCD monitors and printers.

I have 2 friends asked me to help them buy external hard disks. After walking two rounds, I saw a small booth selling what they wanted. But after asking they want to charge 2% more if I use NETS. As I do not want to squeeze my way out to 提款, I paid that extra 2%. But after a short while, I 後悔。Reason is I saw Harvey Norman booth selling the same thing and they accept credit cards payment with no extra charges! So the moral of the story is dun be too 衝動﹗Hard disks nowadays are so cheap! 2.5" 320GB costs less than $118. So this means 1GB now costs less than $0.40! The hard disk comes free with a hard disk pouch and a 4GB thumbdrive!

I also subscribe 2 years of FIRST magazine at a booth for about $4.05 per copy. The usual price is $4.5o if you buy at newspaper stand. They give 3 free gifts. I choose Police Sunglasses, GP travel battery charger and 3 traveling kits. I also purchase the December issue and they throw in some more gifts. So overall, still ok lah though some items 沒什麼用﹗呵呵﹗

巴厘岛 Bali 我和你有緣無份!

I still remember October 2007, my krisflyer point is expiring. So I decided to redeem an air ticket to 可愛的巴厘岛!

After carefully selected a date in September 2008, I booked the air ticket. I asked by brother if he and his wife are interested to go as they like Bali a lot. They said yes and delayed their booking until air ticket for that date is fully booked!

Then I postponed the date to today and guess what? The news of execution of the 恐怖分子 came out early this month. So my family are quite against of going there. Twice the booking and twice the 失望! I can only say 巴厘岛, 我和你有緣無份! You are so near yet so far!

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

I just came back from watching Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Usually, the first part will be nicer than the sequel. But this time round, I feel part 2 nicer. There are actually more story line and the jokes are funnier. But the old lady part I feel is rather "bo liao". Overall, it is worth a watch.

Caucasians Professors

Over the past few years, I have encountered many Caucasians Professors. I can said those from France and Germany are very difficult to handle. They always think highly of themselves. But those others especially from USA are very nice. They are easy going and less picky. That is why now I dun entertain professors from France and Germany. I let my boss handle. Haha.

Calories

Over the past 1 week, I have to entertain a few overseas professors. I need to bring them out for lunch and dinner and this make me input tonnes of calories! I am done for! Haha! Complain no use. So I hope to take out sometime to do some exercise. Ok, I have said this umpteen times. Haha. Wish me success.

Bid

Today I attended a dinner organized by some temple. They gave 3 tables to my cousin's husband. So he invited my family to attend the dinner. There is the usual bidding items that will use to fund the next year event. One of the items is a calligraphy. The word is "Buddha" (佛). It is written by some master. Guess how much did it fetch? It was sold for more $170k! So where is the economy slowdown? I dun see it. Haha.

Volunteer Work

Today I went to a hospice for a violin performance. This is part of our volunteer work that my violin teacher and a bunch of students will come together once in a while. We want to bring music to the people. After seeing the people enjoy our music, I feel so happy.

NUS

Today I went to NUS for a seminar. Guess what? The parking lots are extremely limited!! One small area can park only a few cars! Best of all, the lots are reserved. I feel it is bad for visitors. Lucky I know NUS well and found another location to park and park at the staff lots which I dun care cos there are no visitors lot! But not all are bad experience. Two guys in front of me are going for the same seminar and ask a student for direction. This lady actually bring us to the location before she left! That is nice! So far for NUS students. Keep it up!