Especially my much beloved desk from Crate and Barrel. After lots of effort in putting both the desk and the stacker (which I am going to use as a TV stand) together, I now have all my furniture put together. I love my desk, it's beautiful. Stained dark brown, with a glass top and a pull out tray with carved slots for you to put stationary, it's large enough to put my monitor, two speakers and desk lamp and still have lots of space on the side.
In other news, the cheque which i forgot to bring and my mum mailed to me, still isn't here yet. I am starting to get worried, even though the post office in Singapore says 9 to 12 days for mail to reach the states so I guess I'll hold out on the panicking. The thing is, I need that money and I need it now. I'm running short. Besides which if a cheque for 3000 dollars is lost in the mail every one else I know would panic too.
I also have a *small* problem with my computer that maybe one of the computer expert guys who read this blog could solve. My programs shut themselves down. More specifically the games and only the games. Movies and music play fine on my computer but when I installed old games (that work perfectly fine on my older laptop) and tried to play them they shut down instantly. Also KOTOR shuts down every 15 min. What is wrong with the computer?
Saturday, July 30, 2005
Friday, July 29, 2005
Shoe Meme!
*grin* Continuing from where papayagirlleft off
No. of shoes currently owned (please bear in mind that I just moved here! and thus have not many shoes to speak off):
14! that is to say 7 pairs. In my defence, I have to say that I have pairs of shoes back home not counted, plus shoes are more expensive here than back home and they're hard to bring from home.
Extra details:
Number of empty shoe boxes cleared out while counting up the tally:
Erm... none. I just moved here remember? Why would I have extra empty shoeboxes?
Most Expensive Pair: *lol* Currently in my wardrobe? erm since I threw out my boots last semester when I graduated, my current most expensive pair is very very cheap - 30 dollar sandals that I bought at whatever took over OG in orchard.
Cheapest Pair: erm 3 dollar slippers that I bought at an outlet store in Singapore, they're bright blue with red flowers but the real reason I bought them is because they're high enough to wear out without getting wet from stepping in shallow puddles.
Brands Represented: Hush Puppies, Merrels, and the rest are unknown brands that no one would know anyway :-p
The Last Shoe You Bought: Last pair hmm actually I bought a bunch in Singapore so its hard to tell but I guess the most recent one was the orange sandals that are wooden, high, and altogether bought because they were cute.
How many shoes have you under your work desk?: Hee hee, don't have one right now but probably one if my plan of wearing comfortable shoes to walk to work and then switching shoes there takes effect.
Five People I'm Passing This Baton On To: Hee hee, I don't know five people with blogs. or at least five people who haven't already had this passed too.
Alright then, if they want to do this,
Sylfien because he probably owns more expensive shoes than me.
Enforced Equanimity because I predict that he would have all of two pairs of shoes, maybe three if you include flipflops.
Lucid Nonsense because she's a girl
and Nic because he's my brother and I can pass it on to him if I want to.
No. of shoes currently owned (please bear in mind that I just moved here! and thus have not many shoes to speak off):
14! that is to say 7 pairs. In my defence, I have to say that I have pairs of shoes back home not counted, plus shoes are more expensive here than back home and they're hard to bring from home.
Extra details:
Number of empty shoe boxes cleared out while counting up the tally:
Erm... none. I just moved here remember? Why would I have extra empty shoeboxes?
Most Expensive Pair: *lol* Currently in my wardrobe? erm since I threw out my boots last semester when I graduated, my current most expensive pair is very very cheap - 30 dollar sandals that I bought at whatever took over OG in orchard.
Cheapest Pair: erm 3 dollar slippers that I bought at an outlet store in Singapore, they're bright blue with red flowers but the real reason I bought them is because they're high enough to wear out without getting wet from stepping in shallow puddles.
Brands Represented: Hush Puppies, Merrels, and the rest are unknown brands that no one would know anyway :-p
The Last Shoe You Bought: Last pair hmm actually I bought a bunch in Singapore so its hard to tell but I guess the most recent one was the orange sandals that are wooden, high, and altogether bought because they were cute.
How many shoes have you under your work desk?: Hee hee, don't have one right now but probably one if my plan of wearing comfortable shoes to walk to work and then switching shoes there takes effect.
Five People I'm Passing This Baton On To: Hee hee, I don't know five people with blogs. or at least five people who haven't already had this passed too.
Alright then, if they want to do this,
Sylfien because he probably owns more expensive shoes than me.
Enforced Equanimity because I predict that he would have all of two pairs of shoes, maybe three if you include flipflops.
Lucid Nonsense because she's a girl
and Nic because he's my brother and I can pass it on to him if I want to.
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Long day
I have discovered today that I am by nature a planner but only two steps ahead of the game. So last night, I decided that I should look at mattresses before I decide to buy a bed. Dutifully, this morning I left the apartment at 10am, walked the mile to the mattress store to test out mattresses before doubling back to meet Lady J for lunch.
Having heard from lady J about a furniture store in cambridge, I decided it would be a good idea to take a peek at it. Unfortunately I also decided it would be a good idea to walk. The heat, and distance soon stripped me of THAT illusion. After crossing the bridge and walking for about 45 min, I realized I was still at 130 mass ave and the number I was supposed to get to was 1050 mass ave. With that I hopped on the bus, furniture shopped at something like 6 places that were in that same area before hopping on the bus back to town.
Finally sated with furniture shopping, I decided to place an order for the furniture I did want at Crate and Barrel (the process of which took a lot longer that I thought it would) and then headed to check out a large supermarket near C and B.
Weird Kooky off point highlights of today?
1. buying a bottle of shin cha at a small Japanese convenience store on Newbury
2. Walking through the most gorgeous park on my way home (The entire building and area was owned by the Christian Scientists who I swear must be rich, but it's definitely something to see. Beautiful long pool of glassy water, and a walkway of trees against the large old building.
3. I have walked 5 to 6 miles today and been mostly on my feet from 10am till i just got home now at 8pm but have done absolutely ZERO packing :-p
Having heard from lady J about a furniture store in cambridge, I decided it would be a good idea to take a peek at it. Unfortunately I also decided it would be a good idea to walk. The heat, and distance soon stripped me of THAT illusion. After crossing the bridge and walking for about 45 min, I realized I was still at 130 mass ave and the number I was supposed to get to was 1050 mass ave. With that I hopped on the bus, furniture shopped at something like 6 places that were in that same area before hopping on the bus back to town.
Finally sated with furniture shopping, I decided to place an order for the furniture I did want at Crate and Barrel (the process of which took a lot longer that I thought it would) and then headed to check out a large supermarket near C and B.
Weird Kooky off point highlights of today?
1. buying a bottle of shin cha at a small Japanese convenience store on Newbury
2. Walking through the most gorgeous park on my way home (The entire building and area was owned by the Christian Scientists who I swear must be rich, but it's definitely something to see. Beautiful long pool of glassy water, and a walkway of trees against the large old building.
3. I have walked 5 to 6 miles today and been mostly on my feet from 10am till i just got home now at 8pm but have done absolutely ZERO packing :-p
Saturday, July 16, 2005
Brief Interlude
10.30am - woke up, started madly packing
11.30am - picked up the latest Harry Potter off my desk (where my brother left it)
2.30pm - finished the book (in between ran a couple of errands while reading)
2.30pm - resumed packing
sometimes reading fast can have its advantages
11.30am - picked up the latest Harry Potter off my desk (where my brother left it)
2.30pm - finished the book (in between ran a couple of errands while reading)
2.30pm - resumed packing
sometimes reading fast can have its advantages