thursday evening, the bf and i went to comex to check out laptops. as expected, there were thousands of people. i wonder why there are so many people in every IT fair, or maybe just from my experience. the last time i went to one was like ages ago, at the Expo, when i bought my previous laptop. i think i wouldnt want to be a sardin if i dont have the intention to get anything. anyway, i just browse through the booths quickly and took lotsa flyers. i'd rather go home to analyse and compare the info than to stand or walk around deciding which i should get. and also, i had to ask my uncle, the expert, for advices. which, if i dont, i would most probably get nagged if i made the wrong choice.
before we went home, we had dinner at tian tian huo guo. $18/pax if sitting outside, additional $10 for soup base if sitting inside. weird huh? i thought so. they have a couple of choices for the soup base: wanton chicken soup, pork rib and corn soup, ma la soup and tom yam soup. we had the pork rib and corn soup and tom yam. the pork rib and corn soup was damn nice, no msg somemore. the appearance of the meat on plates look appetising too and its fresh. but i didnt like the hot dog though, it tasted like its of low-grade.
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friday morning, i was in a meeting when i felt pain in my stomach. the pain got worse so i decided to take mc although i dont really feel good doing so cos its my 3rd mc for the month, besides the public holiday and one day annual leave. the mcs and leave adds up to almost a week. thats bad.. but i wasnt faking it. a not so lucky month for me.
after seeing the doctor, i went to my mum's place. following the porridge and medication, i was feeling pretty productive. i started packing my stuff. threw away quite alot of junk, but theres still lots to go. )= well, my mum likes to keep things.
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saturday morning, the bf and i met reys at sim. we went for the programme briefing for UOL and RMIT. In fact, we skipped half of the RMIT programme briefing cos we have decided to take UOL. we went to check out UOM at the atrium, reys was telling me UOM is more recognised and there are criterias before students can be admitted. The criteria which we didnt meet, an average B. )= we were about to leave when it started raining so, we settled for late lunch at sim.
after lunch, reys was nice enough to accompany me to bugis to get my stickers and bling blings for beckie's ride, in preparation of the vivovespa challenge tomorrow. so exciting la! the bf went home to prepare for work. reys and i hang around bugis till her bf came.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------sunday morning, the bf and i woke up at 8am to give beckie's ride a bathe and a shine. then, we rushed home to shower before flying down to kallang mac to meet up with cp, grace and the rest of the vesporeans. we werent too late for the event but we missed the briefing though. we were grouped together with an amiable and interesting couple. the husband, gordon is from u.s. if im not wrong. they were both riding the PX200. i was pretty amazed by how the gear works cos its different from the others. to change gear, they'll clutch in and turn the handle bar. our team got into minor accidents twice but nothing serious at all. the weather wasnt very friendly too. rain and shine, rain and shine.for the challenge, we had to travelled around the island, we went to yishun park, bedok reservoir park and west coast park. at each station, the riders had to play a game. the team with the fastest timing for the games combined will win. out of the 11 teams, we got... ...4th!!! ($300 worth of prizes)yay! and our team won 2 lucky draw prizes too.i had a great time. its a fun experience and i'll definitely go again next year. (=after the prize and lucky draw ceremony, we went to comex. the traffic was totally horrible, road traffic and human traffic. i managed to decide on the laptop to get, i bought the acer 4710 at 1298 plus a 2GB thumbdrive. while cp went to get his dell laptop, the bf and i went to get thumbdrives at level 6 for my uncle.a long day of travelling around on the road and squeezing through people, we were exhausted. we headed for home right after.
