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Saturday, March 22, 2008

Sunday, March 9, 2008

It has been a busy weekend -- driving Gavin for his pre-Lasik evaluation on Friday, followed by his Lasik surgery on Saturday and review on Sunday. It would be have been ok, if not for allowing my kids to tag along with me. Or else, I could have at least do some window shopping at Paragon, while waiting for him. In the end, I was stuck at the clinic for more than 3 hours on both Friday and Saturday. I finally decided to pack my kids to my mum's place on Saturday night for some PEACE at last!

That is Gavin with his googles, which he needed to put on for a few days before he goes to bed. My sons has been calling him "Fly Eyes", as the googles are round and bulging -- looks like the aerial view of the Esplanade.

I remembered 5 years ago, when one of my friend went for Lasik, it was rather expensive, like $2,000 per eye and one has to pay cash up front. Nowadays, I rather afforable (slightly more than $2k) and it can be paid by installment somemore. Cool! Hmm, I wonder when will it be the day that one can pay for Lasik through Medisave?

I was just telling Gavin that it's a bit "bo hua" (not worth it) for him, as he has been wearing contact lenses all these while and it didn't make a difference in his outer appearance. Like all woman, I guess my rationale would be for vanity sake. However, my very practical husband tried very hard to explain to me that it's because his spectacles are always thick and heavy; and putting/removing contact lenses is a chore. (By the way, the power of his eyes are about 1000 degrees each.) I do wonder if choosing contact lenses over spectacles is consider vanity? Thus, I conclude that Vain is not only limited to Valerie, but also to GaVin!

Friday, March 7, 2008

My New Toy for 2008

Finally, got my hands on the SONY T200 camera. I actually wanted a red one, but they only have silver or black for the promotion, thus I chose the classic silver one instead. Aly has got the exclusive red one, which she bought last September when it was first launched. However, I got the better deal, cos mine is cheaper and it came with the photo printer, camera case and 1 extra memory card FREE ... hehe.

But comparing gadgets and promotion can be such a heartache. Technology is happening so fast that within a year, there are many newer and better models with more megapixels being launched. I had my fare share of such "sim-tia" moments too.

My previous one was a Canon Ixus 40 and it had served me well. I always carry a camera in my one-tonne handbag, although my Dopod has a built-in camera. I do not wish to miss out on capturing memorable ocassions, such as of my kiddos, impromptu gila ideas of sabo-ing my colleagues and not forgetting for site visits. I think I have fiddled with the switch on my camera too much and it had became loose. Gavin suggested that I sent it for repairs, and I tried very hard explained that besides that, the current camera is only 4 megapixels - hello??? And seriously, after 3 years of fully utilising it, I am glad to pronounce it's retirement -- fully depreciated.

Lately, I have noticed that I had not developed a lot of pictures and thus lesser photo albums lying at home. I used to take roll and rolls of pictures, capturing the growth of Bryan's growing up years. It was almost like a roll every month, until he turned 2. And after that, I limited myself to 1 roll per quarter and it was a really causing a strain on my neck to wait so long to develop those photos. That's why, I decided to invest in my first digital camera. Now, I can suka suka view those pictures from my computer and also share it with my family and friends. But I have one concern which is having to diligently back up those digital copies, which I have not been doing so lately. I can't imagine what would happen, if my external hard disk will crash on me one day. CHOY! Hmm, maybe I should get myself another external hard disk at the next computer fair.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

It's That Time of the Year

March is a love-and-hate time of the year.

FINANCIAL YEAR END
Busy closing accounts. Chasing for payment, paying bills ... etc.

PEAK PERIOD FOR EVENTS
Got to finish up the remaining budget, thus more events were planned towards the end of last year to utilise the money.

RESULTS
Yah! Mum here is more anxious about Bryan's CA results. I often wonder who is really taking the test.

MARCH SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Erh … don’t know to be joyous or not? Always wanted to take leave and bring the kids out, but then again it’s my peak period at work.

IT SHOW
Yippee! That's the only thing that I look forward each March. I'm defintely going to the IT Show which will be held from 6-9 March 2008 at Suntec. The other forthcoming ones are: PC Show on 12-15 June 2008 at Suntec and Sitex on 27-30 Nov 2008 at Expo. But am limiting myself to only 1 gadget a year... expensive leh. Am eyeing for a digital camera this year.

Hopefully, I'll keep my sanity intact this March! But more of it at the IT Show especially!

No Pain, No Gain

I never knew doing sports on the Wii Fit / Wii Sports can be so tiring. The short distance run is enough to kill as I was panting like a dog.

And the next day, my knee caps were aching from jogging on the spot without wearing sports shoes. I've got to apply Glucosamine cream for the next 2 days. Gavin is no better. He did 100 rounds of the hula hoops and was complaining of bodyaches too.