Hole In My Pocket
Hmmm, my bottom line really took a hit this week…
First, my glasses broke on yesterday just hours before my exam, so I had to buy a new glasses after the exam, and since my minus was high (4.75) I needed a special kind of thinned multicoated lens that is quite expensive to boot - it is $140, plus the cheapest frame which is $69, it totalled to $209! Expensive for a pair of glasses, but as I spent more than $200, I was entitled for another free $99 worth glasses, which I will use for my backup - same power but thicker and non-coated.
Talking about backup glasses, I was lucky I brought another old pair of glasses here. Even though it has less power, I could still use it for the exam quite well. Without it I don’t know what will happen with my exams.
Also today, I bought myself a new HP Pavilion DV2123TX laptop for $2,300. It is quite cheap, I reckon. My old Acer Aspire 2000 was bought for around $2,500 two years ago, and the actual list price for this HP laptop is $2,899. I got this one from an internet forum classifieds and bargained it down from $2,400 to $2,300, thus saving a total of $600 compared to the original list price. Must say that it’s quite a bargain. It is armed with one of the most powerful processors today (Core 2 Duo 2 GHz with 4Mb L2 Cache), 1 GB RAM and 120 GB Hard Disk to boot. Add a very nice design on top of that, and all the interactivity of the Windows Media Centre - and did I mention the remote control which can be used not only for media viewing but during Powerpoint presentations as well? Neat!
Well, I have to conserve money now, though… parents will come in December and hopefully I can manage to survive with this very little amount of money at hand until that time. Sure they can transfer me some funds, but it will be cut down a lot by the bank, so if possible, I prefer to receive the money in cash and not with transfers.
Oh yeah, all prices are in Singapore Dollars ($1 = Rp 5.900).
oh..
maal…
**sirik** pengen punya laptop baru juga.
hu……
itu maksudnya apa kasi tau dollar singapore… expect kita2 kirim ya ;P
btw… titip doa dong..*doa koQ dititip2..* ya tau..
tapi.. i feel overwhelm by the rest of my assignments… feel v.v.v.v. tired
Comment by -inex- — November 13, 2006 @ 8:16 pm
lho laptopmu seng beli tahun kmrn apao?
Comment by mee — November 20, 2006 @ 12:52 am