RIP For My HP?

Some of you may know that I have sent my Samsung Soul handphone for repair about 1 month plus ago. Last week, the same problems came back again. I went to the Service Centre again yesterday. The staff told me that since my handphone’s warranty has expired, the repair would be chargeable and the charges will be 75% of the cost that I paid for my handphone about 15 months ago, through a Singtel promotion at $198.

Since my handphone is still usable, I thought of using it till end of the month or even later, before making the changes.

I have run through the reviews at Hardwarezone.Com but I am still not able to make up my mind about what phone to take as some of the reviews have been littered with lots of differing points.

The phones I have viewed and caught my eye are the following:-

Samsung Preston (Touchscreen Phone)

Samsung Star (Touchscreen Phone)

Samsung F480 (Touchscreen Phone)

Sony Ericcson T700i

LG KP500 cookie

I wonder which one to get ? Maybe you guys can give me some advice?

Meet Up With Long Time Net Friend

A planned mini KTV session was cancelled due to the lack of response. Therefore, I was able to meet up with my long-time net friend, Grace, who is back in Singapore for home leave for lunch today. I had suggested to meet her at Central, since she haven’t been to Central since it was completed.

Brought her to Waraku Restaurant for lunch. We chatted a lot, since it has been 2 years since we last met. After the meal, I brought her to get some winter clothes for her boyfriend, before we parted at the MRT station.

Extension of Stay

My colleague, who has resigned some time ago has been asked to extend her stay till the end of Aug. She has agreed. I think it is good that she is staying for the time being as my boss has been trying her best to look for people but there has been no news or sightings of people who are going to take over and the work load has been on the rise since it is the peak period.

Hopefully, my boss will try her best to source for someone to take over the post during this period.

R.I.P. Uncle 春雨

My mum and I were awoken by a sudden telephone ring at about 4am this morning. It was from Dover Park Hospice where the nurse called to tell us that our relative had lost his battle to liver cancer and passed away today.

We had expected this to happen, when I visited him about 3 weeks ago at his home. At that time, he was weak but he was still able to talk. My mum and I went to visit him at Dover Park Hospice on Tuesday, but I did not go in to the ward to visit him as it is always hard for me to see people suffering in pain. The other reason was if I had seen him in this state, I guess it may just trigger my memories of my NS pal, Jason, who lost his battle to an illness about 1.5 years ago.

Rest In Peace Uncle 春雨. Hope you have found the peace that you wanted at the other place.

Dinner At Pasir Ris Park

Jonathan & I were invited by YC to dinner at the Gallop Cafe at Pasir Ris Park last night. The cafe, I feel has a peaceful feel, which allows you to relax and enjoy the music that the band is playing. It is a good place for little catch up sessions with friends.

I enjoyed the food, ambience and the music the band played.

Thanks YC for bringing us to the place and sending us home.

Formal Wear for Practice Review

My young boss has decided that all of us have to be in formal wear next week for the practice review. This means that the guys have to wear ties on top of our normal working wear. For ladies, it means no flip flops or skimpy tops.

It has been close to 6 years since I last wore a tie to work. The fortunate thing is my mum had helped me stock up my ties when she saw a clearance sale for ties during my poly days. I have close to 10 ties in my wardrobe. It allows me to mix and match.

Brother’s Enlistment Day

Pic courtesy of SCDF website

Today is my brother’s Enlistment Day. He has been enlisted to Singapore Civil Defence Force. My mum and I specially took leave to witness the occasion. We took a cab to Jalan Bahar, where the Basic Rescue Training Centre is located to report for the enlistment excercise. My brother will be stationed there for his training for 7 weeks. The good thing is he will be booking out this Fri at 5pm.

My mum & I were taken to a tour of the training facilities. We were very impressed as we are shown what were the contents of their training pack, their bunk facilities and their canteen. We are even informed of their allowance structure, which is better than SAF.  It is definitely better than the tour of Palau Tekong that my parents had when I was enlisted to NS 10 years ago.

Let’s hope my brother can pick up some life-saving skills from his NS training in the next 2 years.

Happy News

Love is a many splendid thing. Love lifts us up where we belong. All you need is love!
~ from the movie Moulin Rouge ~

I had received news that 2 of my friends whom I knew through Singapore Facebook Singles events and participated in the singing events of Singing @ K, where I am one of the organisers, are together as an item.

As their friend, I am very happy for them and certainly wish them happiness forever!!!

P.S. I will not be disclosing the names of the couple as I believe the couple deserves some privacy as they are building their relationship. :)

How Can One Ignore A Court Order

I think some of you know that I was cheated by a timeshare firm but I managed to get my money back with the help from CASE. My dad, on seeing my success of getting my money back decided to file his claim with the Small Claims Tribunal to try to get his money back. The case was filed at the referral of CASE.

However, my dad had attended 3 hearing sessions but that company which had cheated him didn’t show up. I just wonder how can one ignore a court order.

Let’s hope the company respond soon.

 

Shopping Saturday

I was tasked to get a farewell gift for my colleague. I had a discussion with my manager, and we decided that we should give her something, instead of just buying her a dinner. Dinners eaten already are forgotten easily, reasoned my manager. In the end, we decided to get her a set of baby mittens and baby shoes since she is pregrant with a child. In that way, she would remember us.

Went to Mothercare at Plaza Singapura and took a look at the product, after their website did not show that they have the product. I am thankful that Great Singapore Sale is on at this period as I got them at a very good price. Thanks for the great sales service, even though the sales staff had to wear masks in the light of the current H1N1 pandemic.

Popped by Sembawang Music Store, which was on the same level and saw that Jacky Cheung had released his 2 Top of The Hits compilation. I thought it was a VCD/DVD version, but after checking, it is only a CD version. Although the price was alright, but I decided not to buy the CD collection since I have some of the songs already.

Had wanted to find the MJ Collection, but it was sold out. Wow, looks like the MJ fans are out in full force!!!

Decided to head straight home but discovered that my watch had stopped suddenly. Therefore, I tried to get my uncle’s friend to change the battery for me but he was not able to do so as he said sweat may have made it difficuit for the watch cover to be opened, therefore he can’t change the battery for me. He advised me to go down to City Chain, where I got my Sovil Titus watch, where they had the machinery to open the cover.

Took a bus down to Bishan Junction 8 to get the battery changed. My watches had been very lasting and I really like the watch, since it was the first watch I bought since I started working.

What a eventful day!!!