Dec 22th 2005

Hurray !!! I got a New TOY !! I finally got hold of my laptop !!

below are the specs,

Model
Acer TM4103WLCi


Intel Pentium-M 750 1.86GHz (2MB Level 2 Cache
512MB DDR II SDRAM (one slot left, up to 2048MB)
Hard Di
80GB Hard disk
15.4" WXGA TFT LCD
ATI Mobility Radeon X700 with 64MB Dedicated Memory
Sound Blaster Pro Compatible Audio
Built-in V.92 modem; Built-in 10/100 Mbps LAN; Built-in Intel 802.11b/g; Built-in BlueTooth
Integrated Combo (DVD/CD-RW) Drive; 512MB Thumbdrive External I/O Interface
1 x Type II (CardBus supported); 3 x USB 2.0; IEEE 1394
Quick Touch Panel
Touchpad
Deluxe Carrying Case
2.91kg;

i have been getting 2 extremes comments on this product, some tells me i am going to regret this and some tells me i've got a good buy, so who's right and who's wrong? i'll leave this to later then.

PS: SH if u are seeing this u must be pretty happy, coz i didnt get fujitsu's laptop .. hahaha
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Wow how time flies, its almost the end of 2005 and what a great way to end each year with christmas as usual ('',)

but this means another troubling time, X'mas shopping. although there aint much on my list, yet it always troubles me to find gifts for others . .
i have the tendency to give the perfect gift, if not, a nearly perfect gift . . .
Finding trouble for myself ??
* see my friendster profile on the about me section, i post a result of a personality test named:
"what kind of gift-givers are u" and u will know y i am trouble now coz i feel that it holds quite true for me*

although my fren did say before, "christmas is a time for sharing and caring, the present doesnt matter" or something near that, hee :P

Yup, i agree but the joy of seeing someone really liking the present u give them doubles that joy don't u think so ?

Learned a hard lesson today, i saw an item that i intended to get for a X'mas present during my study period in Sembawang Shopping Centre (SSC), and as 25th Dec creeps in, the alarm for getting presents started ringing . .

and yday, 21th Dec i decided to "knock off" earlier from my fyp work at sch and headed down to SSC to buy that present. TO MY HORROR!!, the store was closed !!!! (>.<)

At first i thought, "Hmm, maybe the owners went for dinner ba, i'll Wait !" and there i was siting at BK waiting and waiting and waiting till i came to this conclusion, they aren't opening for business for the night . .
*drats i should have bought it earlier*

so i decided to try again this morning, set out early this morning .. i think about 10 am, reached there and found that . . . . .
they weren't open for business yet ?!
*(o.O'') . . don't they need do business ??*

And so the wait began . . . siting at BK again . .
*BK's managers must really hate me, hee (^.^) *

its 11.00+ am and still the store is not opened, after sometime, i decided to head for sch to do some work. Left sch @ 3.00+ pm .. reached SSC about 5.00+ pm to try my luck again,

hahaha .. the store is OPEN !!! * Hurray* i went there and took a look, to my dismay . .
where's the item i wanted to buy ??????? i look here and there but couldn't find it !!!
I asked the owners and they said they dun have any extra stock and if its not here, its sold out!
* double drats, i should have bought it when i was studying in SSC !!!! ARgh !!!!!!*

so what this tells u is that, once u c something, better get hold of it first hand . . .
proven and verified by your's sincerely dumbo here . . haiz :(

Now back to the "drawing Board" what to get in replacement ?? :(

Actually a backup plan was Famous Amos biscuits in their christmas promotion containers . .
* really nice looking, could be an option for people out there, i highly reccomend it*

But dun think it's applicable now, recipiant of this intended present is not feeling too well from eating too much of her own baked biscuits . .
* panic time !! what to get ?? . . . but no fret, i will be able to conjure something up ba . . i hope*

Don't follow in my footsteps folk, thats unless u want to undergo the same problem i experienced.

i sense frantic times ahead . . .

::RT::