New gadget for the new year... I mean...the other new year

Famously known as a gadget freak/ geek/ nerd or whatever you want to call me... I recently bought myself a new phone. As mentioned in my previous post (so called wish list), it is the Nokia E63. It cost me four hundred and twenty bucks (bye-bye $$$) from a shop at the Mall.
I was actually eyeing to get a guitar hero world tour for my PS3 but unfortunately the shop that sells it cheap ran out of stock *sigh* So why not get something which will make me happy for the new year?
The last phone I bought was in July 2008 in Singapore on my way to Sydney. So now I've to let go one of my phones as part of my new year resolutions. No point in keeping it. It will collect dust eventually.
I hope my new phone will last me for the next 2 or 3 years! Oh yah btw forgot to mention its blue in color...ultramarine blue. Specifications in brief: It's a 3G phone. It has wifi connection and 2.0MP camera. Comes with 1GB microSD card. It runs on Symbian OS. And it has a QWERTY keyboard. Ta da....

A Good Cause

I helped out to clean the old folk’s home recently. This was something I never thought I would do this year. But I must admit I enjoyed it!
It was raining heavily on that day and my tasks were to clean the small drains outside the kitchen and the walls. It takes a lot of work just to setup the jet spray that I brought! I was drenched wet because of the jet spray and the rain.

*Drenched wet from the rain and the jet spray!!!*

Thankfully my immune system is still strong and I didn’t get sick afterwards. I suffered a ‘mild’ electric shock from touching (with wet hand) a faulty light switch at one of the old folks home. Apparently I was not the only one, my other friends got shocked too. My hands were still tingling after we finished cleaning up. There aren’t a lot of old folks staying there. The old folks are friendly and always smiling. One even took photo of us and in return, I took a picture of her.

*Official photographer*

We’ll be doing this again, hopefully, on a monthly basis. And I hope the next time it won’t be raining!

Things I do when I’m broke and bored on a weekend

I wanted to watch a movie during the weekend but had a change of plan at the last minute. Instead I went window-shopping with a friend at the mall. Hopefully some of the things will not end up in my shopping list for this year.

First stop was the Apple store. I wanted to get an FM transmitter for my ipod to connect in the car because the old (and cheap) one is not that reliable anymore. Unfortunately it is out of stock and I’ve to wait for at least 2 weeks for the new stock to arrive.

Second stop was the computer shop. I’ve been eyeing and waiting eagerly for this particular gadget since last year and finally it has landed here. It’s the HP TouchSmart Home Desktop PCs. Now what is so interesting about this pc you ask? Well…it’s TOUCHSCREEN! It is more of an entertainment pc for videos, photos, etc. If you watch the TV series CSI, you’ll know what I mean. Its fun to be able to drag and drop files with just one touch! But it comes with a heavy price tag of BND2828! Will need to consider about this. I might end up eating grass!

Second eye-catching gadgets are the Sony Vaio, HP and NEC laptops. I need an upgrade from my 2+ years old Acer laptop. There are a lot of models to choose from but I think I would prefer something, which is just nice and affordable (or else makan rumput again!) and it can support programs like Photoshop, videos and photos editing.

The third eye-catching gadget is an accessory to my now dust-collecting PS3. I saw a friend’s pic playing the Rockband or Guitar Hero World Tour and it look fun and interesting! Since one of my New Year resolutions is to learn to play a musical instrument I guess that can still be counted hahaha

Last but not least, a mobile phone. Currently I own 3 mobile phones: SE K750i – this phone has sentimental value so I’m not going to let it go, bought it with my first pay check. A Nokia N95 – bought this 2^nd hand from Singapore, very reliable when I need to go online. A SE W890i – also bought this 2^nd hand from Singapore, small and compact. Now the phone I’m eyeing is the Nokia E63. I read few reviews online and the phone is just a basic phone with a QWERTY keypad. The only difference between this phone and the E71 is the camera. It has 2MP while the E71 has 3.2MP. Both phone are 3G and has wi-fi connection, which is good enough for me. But I still need to let go one of my current phones (one of my new year resolutions)...so which one should it be?? hmm….

So far its been unsuccessful

It is day 6 into the new year and I've not even started on any of my resolutions! >.< Just last night I was so stressed out in the car because I can't get a parking in town. Apparently, parents are busy buying school books for their kids because the books just arrived that morning. And instead of dieting and exercising, all I do is exercising my mouth and hands! This is really bad....and plus I've been receiving a lot of nice goodies (namely chocolates) for Christmas gifts. Very tempting *sigh* but don't worry I'm not planning to eat the whole thing by myself. Hopefully I can start at least one or two of my resolutions by next week!

very tempting isn't it???

New Year Resolution

1. Eat and live healthily (meaning to say DIET & Exercise)
2. Take up photography lesson (get to know my SLR camera better and how to use it properly...atm antam saja asal ada gambar…antam focus this and that hahaha)
3. Learn to play a musical instrument (Guitar? Violin? Drum?)
4. Travel to a place where I have not been to (oh wait…I’m going to Bali!)
5. Save some of my annual leave for next year so it will accumulate more and I can take more or longer leave (this will be hard but will try my very best)
6. Stop collecting gadgets: ipods, mobile phones, cameras, and laptops. (but I didn’t say stop buying hahaha)
7. Learn to swim. Atm I can swim on my back (so-called backstroke)
8. Stop swearing, be more patient, and learn to relax more. (again…will try my very best.
9. Clear my debts and claim my I.O.Us
10. Lastly, make sure I’m doing these resolutions!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009

Wishing you a happy and prosperous New Year
with good health, joy, happiness and peace.