Sunday, September 28, 2003
Yeah, I know, I haven't blogged in forever. There hasn't been much to say really and I have been way too tired to do anything but collapse after work.
My parents, sister and grandfather all left town. This leaves me at home with the kids for three weeks, meaning I'll have to forego the whole "going out" thing and stay back looking after them. Which can be good, given that I really don't see them during the week, or bad, given that my little brother and sister can annoy the living daylights out of me.
Speaking of which, today was a pretty annoying day. I had only two hours sleep before rushing to the airport, and awoke to discover that all the Kazaa/BitTorrent downloads I've had running all stopped and won't restart. Sigh. Took the car straight after the airport run to go to my Mac store in Mong Kok to grab a Bluetooth Mouse, and two minutes from arrival I realised that it was Sunday, and they were closed. Was itching to fulfil my new gadget fix, so we headed off to Fortress to check out the Sony UX50, which I've pinpointed as the next gadget I'm buying (quick rundown: Sony-made Palm-based PDA with a mini keyboard, camera, wireless Internet and kick-ass movie viewing capabilities). While there, my driver fills me in on a 12 month installment plan with 0% interest I can get with my credit card. Given that the UX50 is expensive and I'm not too keen on dropping virtually all of my first paycheck on it, the 12 month installment plan is a great idea. It's painless, he said. Super-easy, he said. While we were there, I figured: Why not get it now? There's no disadvantage to it. So the guy goes off to set up the installment plan when he says the bank want to ask me a question. I had a bad feeling around here, but I thought it had something to do with the fact that I'm a supplementary card holder (it's my grandfather's account). The bank tells me that my card is not a credit card, but in fact a charge card (ie, you pay your bill at the end of the month -- no credit, no rolling over, you pay -- end of story). The only way to tell the difference is when you apply... which I didn't do, and therefore didn't know about. And my grandfather never told me it was anything but a credit card. So I walked away empty-handed. It probably wasn't a surprise then to see Liverpool lose an exciting game 3-2 to Charlton and Michael Schumacher virtually wrap up the F1 championship ahead of my man Kimi Raikkonen. It's not a "BAD" day per se -- my life is hardly worse off -- but just really annoying.
Funny note -- depending on which way you look at it -- was that I somehow managed to get a giant zit on my cheek. I felt like I was 16 again, especially since (despite the attention of three experts in my sisters) it was impossible to conceal. I don't really get them, but they always seem to pop up (no pun intended) at awful times. The last time I had one in fact was my final school pictures... brilliant timing there. Especially since the only "concealer" that actually managed to work was lipstick. Please, I know what you're thinking, and just don't say it.
In better news, The One Ring has the new Lord of the Rings: Return of the King trailer up. Oh my GOD. I loved the first two, and this one just looks insane. I had goosebumps watching it and I know I wasn't the only one. This is going to be an awesome end to a great trilogy.
Posted at 11:33 PM
