*blinks in confusion* Ok..

Pardon my lost in space moment there. I just recently updated my WordPress and the latest version is almost similar to the usual old one that I have been using. My favourite easy navigator bar is missing and has been replaced with something much more..elegant and it looks neater and hmm.. simplified. I hope I did get the right word for that description.

Lately everyone is in the shopping mood as the Mid-Year sale is still on. Almost all the items are slashed at a startling price. I would have joined the fray if I had the funds for it. A few weeks ago, Casio was having a great discount and most of their funky watches were priced below SGD$100.

I am a fan of watches and would love to buy those unique watches. I was entranced by a particular bulova watch but after looking at the price, I made a beeline for the exit. Usually I would just get the cheap ones in Bugis St as they are priced below SGD$10. My mock up leather strap big funky watched I had previously bought was $5.

Previously,  BHG was having a DBS/ POSB debit/credit card member close sale and the atmosphere was very staggering. I was overwhelmed by the surge of crowd that went crazy with their shopping. People were literally ransacking the shelves.

I did take a look at the prices. They were cheaper than usual but after comparing the prices in Malaysia, I’d rather get it in Malaysia than in Singapore. Less bulk for me to carry and lesser impact on my pocket.

Having a Jusco in the neighbourhood was suppose to be a good thing. Easy accessible to flagship stores, great food etc. However since it is now well known with Singaporeans for being near the second link, it is now crowded with them during all weekends and major holidays.

As per normal practices in almost all Singaporeans, they love to buy anything that is considerably cheap when compared to their homeland. Fresh baked bread, gone in 60mins. Fresh crispy vegetables, gone in 60mins. Fruits gone by the end of the day. In the end to avoid the Gone With The Wind, I have to either do my shopping in the early morning on all of the Attack of The Singaporeans days or do my shopping in the least busy day.

A question keep ringing in my mind. Are all the food items and basic needs in Singapore THAT expensive?

I do occasionally return to my homeland and when I do step into their supermarkets, my eyes nearly pop out. Their usual provisions are expensive. For example, the price of 1 packet of mustard leaves in Malaysia is Rm1.50 but in Singapore is $1.00. The only thing I see is affordable is their junk food.

No wonder they raid all of the food shelves in Jusco Bukit Indah whenever they drop by.

I have been very lazy lately in updating this dusty site. What used to be a place where I dump all my thoughts and cynical ideas, now rests with the dust and huge cobwebs. *dons her apron and takes out her feather duster*

Time to whip those dust bunnies and show them who is boss eh? *gives a loud war cry and chases the dust bunnies away*

I am not sure if I have written about it but I recently got myself a new desktop in lieu with a lightning storm that fried my old PC. Since it was not equipped with a decent video graphic card, I trudge back to my homeland, Sim Lim Square and got the best deal out of them.

GEFORCE GT 220 may be out dated for several years but thats the only one which I am able to afford considering I have a tight budget. It is a 1GB DDR2 HDMI DVI VGA PCI E and it was pegged at $SGD 86.00.

For newbies who are new into graphic cards, do lots of reading and comparing online first before buying anything. Furthermore those sales person behind the counter usually expects a nerd/ geek to be buying all of these items and will never be helpful to counter offer or even help you out in your purchase.

Unfortunately I faced that problem since its been years since I even read a PC magazine. Electronics are constantly updating and revamping and it is VERY much advised to read up before you buy anything.

When you have bought it, read up on how to install it along with the driver. Do not plug your monitor into your new graphic card yet until all the installation is completed. Plug n Play will not recognise it yet.

I installed it with no problems and am happily playing Dragons Age Origin and Awakening with ease. Fantastic graphics that game has *drools*. However if you do installed a new patch for Dragons Age Awakening, do a data backup for your game. I had problems with the patch and its crappy.

Tempting me to rewrite a few things in that patch, although I get a little lazy in reading programming words.

Yesterday I went to SIM LIM Square to get my graphic card. The manufacturer’s price and the dealers price are almost the same so I decided to let the dealers be a little bit richer than the manufacturers. In case of faulty items, its just 2hr bus ride from my house to that place.

While I may be lost with my techie side for a few weird years of my life, I do keep tracks of the latest development whenever a computer software/hardware problem arises. As it is, it took me 3 days to read up on the different graphics card out there in the market, compatibility and also price hunting.

While I was happily marauding my second most favourite shopping area, I didn’t realise the attention my little sister and I were drawing uh.. I was drawing. My little sister looks totally in place amongst the geeks while I was dressed in a sunny and cute flaring skirt and my shirt with my heels.

Yup, I looked like a total bimbo.

It was not surprising that no one was helpful enough to sell me and give me counter proposal for my graphic cards. Almost all the shops I went to, they just give me the prices and mind their own business instead of waiting on me.

HELLO!! Bimbo looking doesn’t mean I am a total airhead!

But in the end I got the graphic card I wanted from a nice HELPFUL saleswoman who gave me many counter proposals with lots of good discounts on all my purchases.

However there was a moment when I was stopped by two uni students who were doing a survey for their thesis. The questions they asked were nothing that a university student should be asking. WHY would I ever want to pay for an anti-virus while I can get it for free? Updating them everyday and doing scans weekly are the steps to prevent those pesky virus, worms etc from affecting your PC.

They were shock when I told them my age and currently working. They were expecting another student and too bad for them, they had this geek in bimbo suit instead. They don’t even know that you can counter the virus, worms, trojans manually when your anti-virus died on you in the attack.

AND they are IT university students?!! *face slams*

If these are the types of people that the university are passing out in the future, the world is going to be filled with air-heads and smug morons who know nothing of the world outside their little realm.

Being in Sim Lim Square is like walking into Alice in the Wonderland. Endless rows of electronics items. From handphones, cameras and most beloved of all computers.

The escalators are filled will people giving out pamphlets which harbored the best computer and laptop deals. If you are not used to having tons of deals shoved up to you literally into your face, you’d be left bereft once you step outside of the building.

The deals were really good. I managed to get a 4GB thumb drive (SanDisk) at $9.90. It’s much cheaper compared to last year. Their 32GB however is around $20+ or so. However I do not really want to know why I’d want something that big size of a memory unless I’d like to dumb in all of my videos.

Their 1TB hard drive cost around $110 or so. It’s really quite Ok. Anyway I need to go back there since I need to do something to my old PC.

The time to vote has arrived once again in Singapore. The official date has not been released yet but the Registers of Electors has been updated and is now ready for public viewing.

Eligible voters (S’poreans 21 n above) can check their names and constituency online or any of the inspection centres such as the Elections Department or any Community Centres/Club from January 14 till January 27 2011.

For newbie voters, you can drop by their Voting Procedure and read up on how to vote, the Do’s and Don’ts of voting.

Remember guys, Voting is COMPULSORY in Singapore. So don’t waste your good name for the slight mistake on not voting. We do not want the old cat to roar its head and chomp us if we break the law now do we? Never disturb the sleeping Singa.

I don’t usually post reviews on ads that popped up my page. But this advertisement pique my interest. SingPost Singapore SmartPac is a good deal.  Fixed at a price of $SGD4.20 for a parcels of below 3kg, sent to anywhere in Singapore.

I think its affordable and great since Singaporeans nowadays are into E-Selling through ebay. Plus it gave me a new idea to send my X-Mas gift to my god aunt (hopefully she doesn’t read this, it beats its purpose of a surprise if she does).

However, I think I should drop by my local moody looking post office first before I decide which courier service to use. I do have accounts with both DHL and FedEx. Hmm..

It is Sunday once again and I’m unlucky to say that my cold is still stuck to me like my runny nose. I may have gotten my cold from my niece when I visited them last week. Mimi was having runny nose and kept snuggling up to me at every time her moods came up. I lover her and her snuggles but I sure do not love whatever illness that had infected the both of us.

Eidul Adha is coming up next week. I am not doing anything special on the big day although I have a great hunch I will be dozing my day away after sending all the Lontong to the market.

I am finally updating chapter 19 of Indigo Eyes, so cheers to my happy readers. I have a feeling that the story is about to end in a chapter two since I do not like draggy stories. Furthermore I think it is about time I start ending the story that was left on hiatus for over some years.

My friends have finally updated the pics taken during our outings. *hugs to all my darling doverites. I totally love the day out and can’t wait to have meet them again even though it will be a long time since some of them are equipped with very busy schedule.

Here are some synopsis of the pictures taken.

I had to cut short my holiday in Singapore to today. It was supposed to be until Monday morning but things came up and we had to be recalled back. Well at least I was able to spend a great evening with my elder sister during her birthday.

Oh yesh, that’s me at my sister’s place at 12.40am. Everyone was going nutsy, topsy and turvy. I love my cute Puss-In-Mah-Boots.

I also wanna apologise to all my friends whom I had made prior arrangements to visit you during raya. Really SOWI!!

With the coming of new computer phones/ smart phones such as Iphone and Droid, it is not surprising that people came up with iphone insurance since the values of information in the phones are much more valuable than the phone itself.

Furthermore the resale value of the phones are quite high thus, it is not surprising for these phones to be stolen more than the normal dummy phones.

Anyway I will be in Singapore until Monday. Anything just Facebook, email or sms me. Ciaoz!