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Dec 2008
Sometime before Christmas 2008, my desktop aka gaming-cum-communication device has been acting up. On bad days, it would refuse to boot up, preferring to hang and pout at me.
I got a backup harddisk to help save important documents and by the time I sent it to the pc repair shop on 23rd Dec, it had close for the day. So my dad had to be the one delivering.
After prelimnary tests, the harddisk was the one giving the problems so had to be returned to the manufacturer. When it is returned, it will have to be reformatted and the OS (Operating System) had to be reinstalled.
1st Jan 2009
I decided to get myself a brand new handphone to make myself happy and also get a prepaid card to maintain a line for the Sec 2 camp. After breakfast on 1st Jan, I went over to West Mall Singtel. Seeing the long queue, (yes, I can be impatient at times) I gave up and head home. Not giving up, I went over to IMM to check out, but they had no prepaid cards and there was this lady who was almost hogging the salesperson, so I simply left. After dinner with relatives, I rushed to West Mall again to get the prepaid card. The model I wanted was out of stock, so I went to a nearby Sony Ericsson shop to get a brand new G900 without being able to renew my hp contract. On 3rd Jan, I went to get my phone contract renewed and gotten a free Sony Ericsson (old model) phone.
Yes, I probably could have gotten the phone I wanted at IMM with my contract renewed and the prepaid card at some 7-11 store and probably saved over $400. No point getting upset over my obvious lack of patience and clear planning here.
9th Jan 2009
The premiere of Red Cliff Part 2. Everyone who knows me well knows I'm a fan of Romance of the 3 Kingdoms. After watching part 1 with my Secondary School friends, we decided to watch part 2 together as well. Hence I became the organiser via Facebook for this round of movie-watching. Coincidentally, my colleagues (those who were well at least) also wanted to watch on the same day, but at a later time. Since I agreed on the 1st appointment long ago, I went ahead with my ex-classmates.
I thought I could leave office by 3-4pm, get some rest and go downtown leisurely, but I was wrong. When I was almost done with the day's work, I received an sms reminder to submit some stuff, so had to think through, type out and email. By then it was already 6:15pm, so getting dad's car to fly down to orchard would be the best solution. Grabbing the laptop & power adaptor but missing the 3-pin plug, I rushed home to get the car, realised my folly and went to school to pick up the 3-pin plug, but the office was already locked. As time was short, I left in a hurry and went on PIE to get caught in the after-work jam. 4 sms sent to the rest received no reply whatsoever, which was quite unusual.
When I reached my destination 15mins late, I still had no idea which level or which cinema my friends were at. At least 3 phone calls were made with no response, and the $700 odd phone simply died from no battery after that. Faced with destiny, I chose to end the day with a 7:40pm KFC dinner and drove back home to sleep.
It was only on the next morning after the phone was fully recharged that I know my phone missed 4 msg and attempted to receive over 12 phone calls.
10th Jan 2009
It was a dull day with some concerned friends asking if I was alright since I missed the show and could not be contacted throughout the whole night. I also got to know my poor desktop didn't accept my old OS product key and decided to change to Windows Vista and have Windows Office 2007 installed to prevent conversion problem with official documents from workplace. All in, it would cost me another $700. I thought of going to Kbox to release my pent-up frustration but decided to complete the spring-cleaning of my study instead.
11th Jan 2009
Unable to vent my frustration the day before, this had to be the day to go Kbox to burst my lungs and burn my throat. Acting on impulse, I smsed to some but understandably, all were either too sick or busy to go. In the end, I went to the supposedly location, but found out Kbox was gone when the mall underwent renovation. Apparently, fate didn't even want me to de-stress.
Life had been good.
Sometime before Christmas 2008, my desktop aka gaming-cum-communication device has been acting up. On bad days, it would refuse to boot up, preferring to hang and pout at me.
I got a backup harddisk to help save important documents and by the time I sent it to the pc repair shop on 23rd Dec, it had close for the day. So my dad had to be the one delivering.
After prelimnary tests, the harddisk was the one giving the problems so had to be returned to the manufacturer. When it is returned, it will have to be reformatted and the OS (Operating System) had to be reinstalled.
1st Jan 2009
I decided to get myself a brand new handphone to make myself happy and also get a prepaid card to maintain a line for the Sec 2 camp. After breakfast on 1st Jan, I went over to West Mall Singtel. Seeing the long queue, (yes, I can be impatient at times) I gave up and head home. Not giving up, I went over to IMM to check out, but they had no prepaid cards and there was this lady who was almost hogging the salesperson, so I simply left. After dinner with relatives, I rushed to West Mall again to get the prepaid card. The model I wanted was out of stock, so I went to a nearby Sony Ericsson shop to get a brand new G900 without being able to renew my hp contract. On 3rd Jan, I went to get my phone contract renewed and gotten a free Sony Ericsson (old model) phone.
Yes, I probably could have gotten the phone I wanted at IMM with my contract renewed and the prepaid card at some 7-11 store and probably saved over $400. No point getting upset over my obvious lack of patience and clear planning here.
9th Jan 2009
The premiere of Red Cliff Part 2. Everyone who knows me well knows I'm a fan of Romance of the 3 Kingdoms. After watching part 1 with my Secondary School friends, we decided to watch part 2 together as well. Hence I became the organiser via Facebook for this round of movie-watching. Coincidentally, my colleagues (those who were well at least) also wanted to watch on the same day, but at a later time. Since I agreed on the 1st appointment long ago, I went ahead with my ex-classmates.
I thought I could leave office by 3-4pm, get some rest and go downtown leisurely, but I was wrong. When I was almost done with the day's work, I received an sms reminder to submit some stuff, so had to think through, type out and email. By then it was already 6:15pm, so getting dad's car to fly down to orchard would be the best solution. Grabbing the laptop & power adaptor but missing the 3-pin plug, I rushed home to get the car, realised my folly and went to school to pick up the 3-pin plug, but the office was already locked. As time was short, I left in a hurry and went on PIE to get caught in the after-work jam. 4 sms sent to the rest received no reply whatsoever, which was quite unusual.
When I reached my destination 15mins late, I still had no idea which level or which cinema my friends were at. At least 3 phone calls were made with no response, and the $700 odd phone simply died from no battery after that. Faced with destiny, I chose to end the day with a 7:40pm KFC dinner and drove back home to sleep.
It was only on the next morning after the phone was fully recharged that I know my phone missed 4 msg and attempted to receive over 12 phone calls.
10th Jan 2009
It was a dull day with some concerned friends asking if I was alright since I missed the show and could not be contacted throughout the whole night. I also got to know my poor desktop didn't accept my old OS product key and decided to change to Windows Vista and have Windows Office 2007 installed to prevent conversion problem with official documents from workplace. All in, it would cost me another $700. I thought of going to Kbox to release my pent-up frustration but decided to complete the spring-cleaning of my study instead.
11th Jan 2009
Unable to vent my frustration the day before, this had to be the day to go Kbox to burst my lungs and burn my throat. Acting on impulse, I smsed to some but understandably, all were either too sick or busy to go. In the end, I went to the supposedly location, but found out Kbox was gone when the mall underwent renovation. Apparently, fate didn't even want me to de-stress.
Life had been good.
posted by Simbul at 9:21 pm
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