IT Show: 10 - 13 March 2011
another money bombing event. just immediate two week after NATAS Fair, i got my pocket burnt again during this IT Show. a straight 4 days roadshow, i attended the last 3 days. i did not go for the first day as i assumed that it should be packed with lots of kiasu people who wanted to be the first few to grab good offers.
anyway, to sum up for the whole 3 days.
the total damage done to my pocket:
$705.80 (heartpain)
===XOXO===
11th March 2011 - Friday
IT Show Day 2
yes, its a working Friday, so we can only meet up after work, and it happened to be Subordinate Court JRC party which will be held at 6pm. shats, i have to attend it as my boss registered my name in, so i have to attend it till 7pm, and then made my way to Raffles Place to meet the rest myself.
anyway, it's kinda a big group gathering with Audrey, Daphne, Fiona, Ginnette, Joshua, Lisa, Moo, Shalee and me. and it's pretty hard to all go together as a group especially when it's so crowded inside, and we are all looking for different electronic gadgets. so, we decided to split into smaller group and meet up together afterward.
for me, i just followed Ginnette an Joshua to see netbook/laptop as i don't intend to buy anything today. i just go around collecting brochure and then slowly decide what to get the next day xD
it was near to 10pm where all of us slowly gathered back at the staircase area.
group photo
oh well, looked like my friends all managed to get what they want. Daphne bought alot misc stuffs, Audrey and Shalee got themselves harddisk (wow), Moo bought Sony Nex 3 camera @ $999 (double wow), and lastly Lisa bought MacBook @ $1,600 (triple WOW).
and we bumped into Ricky there as well. he was working under Sony booth, wah. if i knew earlier he switched to work under Sony (previously was under Nikon), if i knew earlier that Moo is buying the Sony camera, i would have recommend Moo to buy it from Ricky. seriously, earning of commission let your friends earned is better than let outsider earned.. aww, nevermind!!~ lol
IT Show Day 2 damage:
$0
===XOXO===
12th March 2011 - Saturday
IT Show Day 3
went to IT show again. this time round with Eugene and Kay Wah. anyway, this was planned long ago to go on a Saturday and get ourselves squashed! the crowd was seriously horrible, we started from level 4 and slowly made our way up to level 6, and that actually wasted us 3 hours.
and we still have not get anything yet. too many things, too crowded, hard to decide on the spot. so we grabbed all brochure and flyers they gave, out of the whole convention hall, away from the crowd. found a lesser crowd place to have our lunch first, before going back to the convention hall to start our war.
and i finally get what i wanted.. haha.
Samsung 1TB Harddisk: $129.90
WD 500GB Harddisk: $69.90
Canon IXUS 115 HS Camera: $299
SanDisk 8GB Memory Stick Pro Duo: $31
my loots
although for the Canon camera, the price they sold was the same as outside, but they got far more free gifts than outside. i was given free screen protector, 2 free 8GB SDHC memory card, 1 4GB thumbdrive and hard cover camera pouch. pretty good offer eh?!
anyway, Eugene went off to meet his friends for dinner. and so i went makan with Kay Wah at Serangoon NEX. haha. i think that was my second time going there only. too far for me, but one good thing is it's purple straight home back to Harbourfront for me, and straight home back to Seng Kang for him. not bad ah? i love shopping mall with purple line xD
IT Show Day 3 damage:
$529.80
===XOXO===
13th March 2011 - Sunday
IT Show Day 4
seriously, for the last day of IT Show, it was a very last minute decision. it's only the night before that Terence, Othman and me decided to go for it. last day to grab good offer :D
it was also a very blur day that i did not bring my handphone out. aishhhh, how forgetful. i have to borrow my brother's phone, call home to ask my mother checked my phone for their number. and to make things worse, i do not have any pen or paper with me. so i have no choice, but to remember BOTH their number by heart. lol.
and when my brother left, i have to start looking for a public phone to contact with Terence. i was thinking in this kind of century, where still got public phone sia? luckily, there still is public phone at City Hall MRT station. called Terence and managed to meet him.
to avoid the crowd at Suntec City, we decided to have our lunch at Marina Square. haha. anyway, we ended up eating Burger King again. he was joking that everytime go makan with me sure end up at Burger King one. lol. and with my ultra powerful memory, i memorise out Othman number to him, and finally we managed to meet Othman too. yay!! off we go to get squashed at the Convention =D
bought more things again:
essential PLAYON! HD Player: $159
11.4" Screen Protector: $17
my loots
it's the last day of IT Show, everywhere is having some promotion and sales. Sony was having this 30 minutes promotion spree for the W-series sports mp3. the price for one was actually $129.90, and you have to buy 2 at one go to get it for $110 each.
for once, they allowed us to buy it at just $110, don't need to buy 2 in order to get that price, but it's only from 5pm to 5.30pm. Terence was tempted to buy, but in the end he gave up and so we decided to call it a day. Othman took bus from the bus stop right outside Suntec, whereas Terence and me have to walk back to the MRT station.
and ya, when we finally managed to squeeze our way out to the exit already. Terence suddenly said HE WANTED TO BUY IT, lol. it was 5.20pm at that time, and we zoomed all the way like mad to the lift to take shortcut. but it was worse, flooded! and so, we have to squeeze into the crowd, to the escalator back up to level 3. we used 5 minutes to squeeze in, and when we were about to up the escalator, the crowd-controller-officer stopped the escalator to control human traffic at level 2. like damn!! we were only left with 5 minutes.
when the escalator finally resumed, we were the first few to fly all the way up, and Terence ran like mad to get his Sony W-Series Sports mp3, and lucky enough, he managed to get it before 5.30pm, still at the promotion price. haha. good for him to get his new toy =D
IT Show Day 4 damage:
$176
all the flyers that was found inside my bag for the entire 3 days.
whee!~ completed my journey during the 3 days of IT Show. bought lots of things that i had been eyeing for long, like camera, HD Player and harddisk. my old 320GB harddisk going burst soon. i need 1TB one. hahaha.
both Natas Fair and IT Show really drained my money away. pocket hole was seriously more huge than i expected it to be. i am so going slowly sew it back xD
Natas Fair: $1,230
IT Show: $705.80
total damage this month: $1,935.80
I AM SERIOUSLY BROKE THIS MARCH!!!!
Labels: IT fair
my first ever marathon run xD
when i first received the e-mail from the SubCt Sports Committee to register for the run, i was pretty tempted to go. and the fact that we only need to pay like $5, the remaining fees of $20 will be subsidise from the SubCt welfare fund xD
so Audrey, Daphne, Ginnette, Xue Ni and me decided to register for it. but then, Audrey and Daphne have to register under Individual Registration, while Ginnette, Xue Ni and me would be registered under Corporate Registration.
and since it was our first marathon run, we decided to only go for the 6km run instead of 10km, haha. testing out the distance first xD
i woke up at 5am that morning, and damn the stupid weather. it's another rainy day again. why?? again?? after the New Moon Big Walk, it's another raining event =/
anyway, i learnt my lesson from the Big Walk, never going to wear white shoes again, especially on rainy days. instead, i wore my super old and dirty shoes for the run.
got ready, tied my yellow ribbon shoelace which was additional bought for $2, and left house at around 6.30am. i meet up with Daphne, Ginnette and Xue Ni inside the train when i hop up from Outram station, while Audrey hop up our train from Paya Lebar Station. and all the way, we trained down to Expo.
inside the MRT!!
my super old and dirty shoes!!
it has been with me for MANY years xD
heh, all of us bought the Yellow Ribbon Shoelace
we played a part in helping to set a new record for the "Most Numbers of Runners Wearing Yellow Shoelaces" in the Singapore Book of Record.
finally reached Expo at around 7.15am. and we can see many people wearing the yellow shirt. lol. so many runners, all heading to one location xD!!
we went into the Expo for toilet break, and then find one corner to put on our D-tag attached to our shoes and also to pin up our number bib.
the crowd at Expo Station
D-tag & Number Bib are up!!
and off we go!!!!
poof!! go 62886!!!
and then we proceed out for shuttle bus services that will bring us to the starting point at SAF Open Field, Farnborough Road, which was somewhere near Changi Village.
the moment we alighted from the bus, the place was crowded with people, and there's volunteer around giving out ponchos! looks like they were pretty well-prepared for bad weather. at least, the run wouldn't be cancelled xD
and then, after wearing all our ponchos, we queued up to deposit our bags. the volunteers actually gave out big plastic bag each to put our bags inside, and then tie it up so that our bags wouldn't get dirty or wet when deposited into the baggage area.
and next, once our bags were deposited, time to head off to the starting point!! made our way there, with poncho all on!!!
our Shuttle Bus
YOG BUS!! =D
deposit of baggage area.
YELLOW RIBBON!!
on the way to the starting point
estimated around 150 metres more to starting point..
50 metres more!!
and off we start!! jogging in this kind of cold and wet weather. the wind kept blowing, rain water kept slapping, poncho kept falling off from my head.. totally wet!!
the running distance had quite a number of incline slope. Audrey, Ginnette and me actually chiong up the up slope and then speed all the way down the down slope. lol.
our 6km route would be starting from SAF Field -> Loyang Avenue -> Abingdon Road -> Cosford Road -> Upper Changi Road North -> Changi Prison Complex.
first kilometre!!
Loyang Avenue
weee!! 2km spotted!!
somewhere around Abingdon Road
so cold xD
3km finally!!
heading to Prison Logistics Branch!~
more up slope and down slope ahead. and finally, we reached the Cosford Road, and Johore Battery is one of the main attractions along the run route xD. it was built by the British in 1939 at the start of World War II, as a gun emplacement site consisting of a labyrinth of tunnels.
4km now..
2 more kilometres to go xD
let's continue!!
after continue for a little distance more, we finally came to the junction where the 6km runners and 10km runners had to split route. turn left for 10km runners and continue running straight for the 6km runners xD
we are the 6km runners xD
Old Changi Prison Wall xD
finishing point spotted!!!!
6KM FINISH!!!
yay. we finally completed our 6km run. reached Changi Prison Complex. survived throughout the run. we came back totally wet, not from our sweat, but the rain water. lol.
the 5 of us ran together. we run, we walk, we speed, we chiong, we stop, wait for one another, we take pictures at every attraction we run past. and of course, we completed the run together at the same time. like so super fun xD
and now, we were totally drenched. from head to toe. my feet was soaked inside my super wet shoes. lol
VICTORY!!
super wet shoes!!!
my old shoes suddenly looked so "new".
tired look
we went to retrieve back our bags at the baggage collection area, which was at the big big grass field area. so watery and muddy. puddles of water can be seen everywhere. and what's worse, out of so many colour areas, we deposited our bags at the green area, which has the most people and the longest queue. why do we choose green at the first place =/
other colour got no queue except the GREEN =S
after waited for super long, all of us finally got back our bags. quickly left the muddy place to collect our goodie bags! and then went over to the shelter hut and the booth area there.
items inside the goodie bag!!
Finisher Memento!!
after the run?
looks more like after shower!!
group picture without Xue Ni!!!
and there's also people around there walking around with some "ex-offenders" and they actually randomly looking for people to help them unlock their lock, to give them a second chance. lol.
Ginnette and me were asked to help unlock!! they pass us a super big KEY to UNLOCK for them.
Keys to Unlocking the Second 'Prison'
and we each actually got 2 free complimentary passes to Science Centre
our free complimentary passes!!
we left the place at around 11am, back to Expo for our lunch. felt super hungry after the run. we walked back out for free shuttle bus that will bring us back to Expo, and on the way. Daphne and me were ransacking our goodie bag. digging out fruits!! lol. there's Daphne favourite banana, and my favourite apple xD
Banana & Apple
YOG bus!!
Lyo & Merly =D
so many shuttle buses!!
we reached Expo at around 11.30pm and started hunting for foods. while walking in to the Expo, we saw this super big banner hanging on the wall publishing Texas Chicken.
and so, after we got change back to our normal clothing, we decided to lunch in at Texas Chicken. Audrey, Ginnette, Xue Ni and me bought a family feast to share.
first time trying it, not that bad. although i still much more prefer the chicken at Popeye xD. not a great fan of those biscuit, even Popeye one i also don't like. so i gave my share to Audrey xD she's like rubbish dump to me =X everything i don't want or don't like, just dump it to her. she has got a dark hole stomach xD
Texas Chicken
8 pcs chickens with 2 large sides and 4 biscuits @ $25.90
group photo
after our lunch, we went over to Suntec City for Comex 2010. finally IT fair is back. We have got alot of things to buy. Ginnette and Joshua wanted to get a camera, while i wanted to get myself an mp3 player. my previous mp3 player has been with me for 4 years, and now it's pronounced dead =/
Ginnette, Joshua and Xue Ni were pretty busy choosing what kind of camera to buy, and so i went away to look for Audrey and Daphne, and they helped me hunt for an mp3 player xD
after hunting high and low, i decided to get Creative Zen X-Fi Style 8GB mp3 player at a super discounted price of $109. and then Daphne and me also got for ourselves a screen protector for our laptop.
i bought an 11.6 inches one for my Acer Aspire 1410 xD and that costed me $15!!
my Creative Zen X-Fi Style 8GB
the 3 of us head home after that since Ginnette, Joshua and Xue Ni were going to Funan IT Mall for camera. looks like they couldn't get one at the Comex xD. but they managed to each get themselves a camera at Funan! yay!~ 满载而归
and lastly..... a Certificate of Participation was posted to our address a few weeks later!!
Certificate of Participation
we were not really very serious when running this Yellow Ribbon Run. it seems like we walked more than we run. must be due to the rain, and the fact that it was our first time joining a marathon... play-play first, run for fun xD
anyway, after running the 6km, we realised that the distance was quite acceptable., and most importantly, we actually still have the energy to run more. and so, we decided to go for the next marathon... Nike City 10K!!!!
and i shall have a real serious run for my NIKE CITY 10K - SG vs KL on the 24th October 2010!!!
Labels: exercise, HSS friends, IT fair, running, sports
IT Show 2011
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