Saturday, June 28, 2003  

I did it! Well, sort of. Most of my possessions -- the ones I want to keep, that is -- have been packed tight into boxes and are currently sitting in a Mail Boxes Etc shop in Surbiton, waiting to fly off to Hong Kong. I managed to pack 11 boxes and I have one more to go, which I'm waiting to fill with all sorts of last-minute stuff.

Incidentally, I felt rather sorry for the poor courier who came to pick up the boxes... seems someone told him his pickup was 5 "light" boxes. Instead he was faced with 11 rather heavy boxes. I'm not surprised he was rather annoyed when the dispatcher called him up...

Watching TV here for the last time, because my aunt is due over early tomorrow to fetch it. I rather like this TV. I really didn't MEAN to buy a 28" widescreen TV, honest, but we just rather "fell" into it. I had my eyes on a little 20" Sony, but a combination of my aunt and the salesman (as well as a convincing stream of excuses -- "that one's the last model, it's been discontinued", "oh it won't play NTSC games and DVDs", and most bizarrely "we don't have any remotes for that one") pushed me towards it. Not that it's a bad thing, because I love my TV, but I always felt somewhat guilty for owning it.

Actually, that's a lie. I felt guilty when I got it and I'm feeling guilty now that I'm thinking about it, but when you're playing GTA3 on the huge screen or watching DVDs in (close to) their proper resolution late at night, you really don't think about those things.

Into the last weekend now -- time's really running out!

Posted at 7:37 AM

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