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A new camera!

Published on February 22, 2008 in General. 2 Comments Tags: , , , .
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Decided to splurge on a new digital camera! Got the Canon Ixus 860 IS. Went with my mini boss during lunch to Macs for lunch then proceeded to Harvey Norman to purchase my camera. I was telling her to help me bargain, and I also quite determined to bargain cause I heard you could bargain at Harvey Norman. However, when we got there, I asked to look at the camera, and she offered no support from the side! I had already set my mind on that model, so I just looked at it, turned it on, tried it for 5 secs before deciding to purchase it. I think the person was also quite eager to sell me. I had $100 worth of Harvey Norman vouchers that my mother had won at her company dinner, and so I took out the envelope to ask if I could use it. He didn’t even bother looking inside the envelope and said that the vouchers could be used, thus proving how eager he was to sell me! Well, that’s me when I buy stuff. Normally I’ll do my research online then check out some prices and then just purchase it without thinking twice. Sales people must really love me because they don’t really have to hardsell. Later in the evening, my boss told me that the guy didn’t even bother checking inside the envelope, and I could have just put some NTUC or other vouchers inside. Haha, I wonder what would have happened if I did that. I would have acted blur and said the guy told me they could be used!

Anyway, I believe the gimmick to selling camers is to give as many freebies as possible. They gave me 2 x 2GB HS SD cards, 1 Camera Case, 1 Digital Camera Kit, 1 LCD screen protector! And they even make you feel happier by putting the price tags on the items. Those prices are probably marked up anyway, to make you feel that you’re getting a great bargain, since on the price tags it’s written (not for sale) too! I guess they did the trick though, and my boss also was jealous that I bought my camera and got so many freebies and she didn’t when she bought hers! So, the summary of my purchase are as follows:

1 x Canon Ixus 860 IS Black – $669
1 x LCD Screen Protector – Free (No price tag)
1 x Camera Case – Free (Costs $39.90)
2 x 2GB HS SD Card – Free (Costs $38 each)
1 x Canon Digital Camera Kit (Digital Camera Bag, Mini Tripod, Cleaning Kit) – Free (Costs $29)

In all I paid $669 – $100 (voucher) = $569 for all those items, so I guess I got quite a bargain! I’m still charging the battery though, and have not used the camera. We were not allowed to bring it into the Supreme Court, and had to safekeep it at the security. Hopefully, I would use this camera much to take great photos, and it will not become a white elephant like my last one. :P

The Leap Years

Published on February 15, 2008 in General and Movie. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

Was at work on Tuesday and received quite a surprise in my mailbox.

Hi,

Thank you for participating in the Prime Time Morning contest for The Leap Years.

Congratulations!

You have won for yourself a pair of tickets to catch a very special Valentine’s Day screening of The Leap Years at GV Marina.

…

Cool, I merely signed up for the contest because I was lazing in the living room while Channel News Asia was on and I heard them talking about an online contest which seemed rather easy. So, browsed to the webpage, googled for the answers, and the next thing I know, I got the aforementioned e-mail! Reading through the e-mail, I realised that the movie was on Valentine’s Day! One problem… Who should/could I ask to watch a movie with me on Valentine’s Day? Who would be free on that day anyway? So I asked Joanne and she was free!

So, I took a bus to Suntec today, and went to collect my free ticket to The Leap Years. After that, I walked around Marina Square alittle before Joanne finally arrived after work. The movie was not bad! It was around 1 hours and 40 minutes, and was a nice heartwarming romance movie. There was quite a nice cast too, Joan Chen, Ananda Everingham, Li Lin, Qi Yu Wu, Vernetta Lopez, Nadya Hutagulung as mentioned on the movie’s site. The plot was interesting too, and the movie didn’t make me fall asleep even though I’ve been deprived of sleep the past few days. The soundtrack was nice too, and during the movie I felt the singer’s voice was rather familiar, somewhat like Corrinne May. At the end of the movie, my doubts was confirmed as I heard Corrinne May’s The Birthday Song being played, unless of course only this song was by her, and the rest of the songs were not, which I highly doubt. Also, the movie is scheduled for release on the 29th of this month. At first, I thought it was just a regular date to be released, but during the movie, I noticed that the movie was about “The Leap Years”, and the 29th was a special date chosen for the release. And, I guess I’m one of the privileged few to get to watch the movie 15 days before it’s official release.

After the movie, we headed to Chomp Chomp for our late dinner. It was still rather crowded, and we had to wait quite long for our food. I don’t know how it started, but we ended up chatting about those IRC days. Those were the days, when we were still young and noisy, with energy to log on every night to have idle banter, and flooding of the chat channels. It was quite a nice reminiscence of those days, when we didn’t really have a care in the world, and we all had time for each other more or less. Ok, I might exaggerate a little, but nowadays, meeting up is such a chore, as everyone is busy with work/school and what not, and you would not be able to have a gathering with everyone there. I wish those carefree days were back.

Anyway, heres wishing every single one of you a Happy Valentine’s Day!

PS. Should I get a Canon Ixus 860 IS? This deal at bargain city looks rather tempting, and my hong bao money is looking to be spent!