The New Toy

My Element(s)

Met up with Ivan today to collect my new external HDD from him.

Initially, I thought I wouldn’t make a trip down to the PC Show 2009 as I was really busy at work on both Thursday and Friday.

Hence, I downloaded the updated pricelists/flyers/brochures of the PC Show 2009 online, zero-ed in on what I wanted, and began calling for help to get the stuff on my behalf.

But, alas! Despite knowing that the HDD was already bought on Friday, I still couldn’t resist the temptation of gadgets and went to the battleground on a Saturday with Shikai.

On hindsight, I should have gotten a 3.5″ external HDD too!

This exhibition, as mentioned in my earlier post, is really disappointing. The big names like Nikon and Panasonic didn’t appear. Unlike in previous IT shows, Sony did not take up the whole of the foyer level this year; instead, it had only 1 booth inside the exhibition halls.

What left an impression in me was the SingTel and Starhub booths which had really bigger floorspace this time round. But well, I’m not getting any phones, so…

Apple, which does not offer dicounted prices off their gadgets during shows, made no exception this time round. I’m not surprised, really. It’s just them, to throw in a little more freebies to tempt people into getting the products.

I was tempted, but I managed to stop myself from even visiting the booth. I don’t know why. There are too many tech gadgets which I want to buy.

To name a few:

• A new desktop complete with a 23″ widescreen LCD monitor OR a laptop
• A new mp3 player
• A new monochrome laser printer (Struck off the list, because I don’t really need to print stuff from home)
• A cheap(er) watch (I don’t really wanna wear my Seiko Criteria to work as a daily-beater as it hurts whenever it takes a dive on the table)

Yeah, I really want many things and they don’t come cheap.