Lousy Laptop.

After weeks of usage of my new Lenovo budget laptop that costs me around $1500, I found that it is not as long lasting as the challenger staff claims. It is supposed to last me 5 hours but I found it last me only an actual 2 hours. Why like this? I thought perhaps I bought a laptop that is not of good quality. Oh well, although it is fairly good in its performance, but its poor battery life has let it down. I think this laptop may be sent to customer service soon if it is indeed proven to be faulty. Anyway, I should have bought apple MacBook in the first place as it should be a great laptop for anybody. Talking of apple, I am planning to buy ipad mini with retina display soon but I am thinking whether I should keep my current ipad mini since its value is fast depreciating. It costs about $688 for a 32gb model which is about $100 expensive than its previous generation. Lucky I got some savings to be able to afford this. To add to my worries, I got a $100 singtel voucher to buy a handphone with 2 years contract to worry about. I already got M1 plan so if I get this singtel plan, wouldn't I have to pay for 2 plans every month? A pity that I cannot transfer to anyone as the voucher got my name printed on it. So to use or not to use? Haiz...

Soon, I got to attend one relative wedding and another poly friend wedding. Looks like I got to buy new clothing to wear for such occasions as my wardrobe choices are limited due to my control on buying new clothings. Anyway, I will be hopefully eating good food I suppose. Suddenly I remember to post about my candy crush adventures. Yup, I cleared level 500 and looking forward to more exciting levels. Level 500 is indeed hard to past which took me about a week to clear as I cleared it last night. So now I suppose I should take a little break before the next candy crush episode comes out. All the best to my fellow candy crush friends to clear the higher levels soon. And one more thing before signing off this post, I am hoping that I will be getting my allowance this month end as I submitted my timesheet a wee bit late this month. Thanks for reading this random post update, be back next month for more updates! =)

Iphone 5S is good?

Once again, another updated version of iphone has been released and due to hit the stores on sept 20. I will probably wait for next year's iphone 6 as my contract will only be due to renew then. Furthermore, the upgrades for this year's iphone 5S is minimal and IOS 7 will be released on sept 18 which will probably make me feel as if my phone is brand new with the latest software updates. The fingerprint sensor sure sounds cool but whether there is any issues with it is still remains to be seen. Meanwhile, iphone 5C sure looks colorful but the specs is the same as iphone5 which will appeal only to those with older iphone versions such as iphone 4. Ok, so will next year iphone 6 be much better than iphone 5S? Hopefully that will be the case if not iphone supporters will only get lesser by then.

At the moment, I seems to be working contented but maybe it will be for another 6 months. By that time, I shall be able to land a perm job which I have failed to secure one recently. For now, SPH don't seem to hire many workers so for me to land a perm job there seems highly unlikely. So now, I got to find a job soon again. So where will it be? If its near my home, that will be better as I do not need to travel quite a distance. But if I decide to study, then the course should appeal to me. Anyway, I have not make a decision yet so anything can happen in 6 months time. So I will probably think carefully as I wasted a lot of time on not that wise decisions so far. Hmmm... What's next for me then?

Busy busy Saturday

Last Saturday is a busy OT work day for me whereby I clocked a whopping 9 hrs of OT hours in a day! A new record for me as I never clocked so many hours of OT before. How come I can work so long, many of you may wonder. Its actually because the coupons for 7 out of 11 boxes worth of Golden ticket promotion has not been counted and recorded. It's a big task which will need a lot of manpower and effort to record everything. Therefore, around 13 of the staff including me have been mobilized to sort it, count it and then write it down in columns on paper. After all this recording, some staffs will need to record hundreds to thousands of numbers into the computer. Oh, I wonder how come this time round, no scanning of barcodes is being done. One possible reason is that handheld barcode scanners are not enough for many people to use. It would have save time for sure but till now I am still baffled about the decision to record on paper. After a hard day's worth of work, only 3 boxes are left which I supposed needs at least 2 work days or 1 more Saturday depending on the manpower available. I now hope that I won't be called to do the keying in of data when all coupons have been accounted for the workload accumulated will surely be undoubtedly not light. Oh if I have to do then I have to just do it. Hmmm... ...

Last Saturday also marks the start of EPL season. With my supporting team, Manchester United winning on 1st round encounter against Swansea, It makes me a happy person for the rest of the week. I am sure many people has their favourite team in mind. Some may be sad that their team lost and that is if your team that you support is Arsenal. While other strong teams like Chelsea have won, It is also a delight to see the goal decision system ensures goal is awarded correctly for certain matches. Oh well, looks like my team will not have easy matches for next few weeks though. Hopefully the result will go their way. Anyway, now that Wednesday is coming. Time to rest before continuing to work till Friday then its time to another round of EPL matches. Yippie, at least that's something to look forward to, isn't it? =)

Something new is always cool!

Last Sunday on 30 June 2013, something happened... My old acer laptop which has served me for more than 6 years has stopped working normally. With little notice, the display screen dimmed and flickered for a few seconds before it went blank. I anticipated this day coming but did not think that it will be that soon. For a moment, I thought that I probably won't have a new laptop anytime soon. But then, I checked my savings in POSB and realize that I can afford a $1500+- laptop. And so I went to Challenger store in Tampines One to choose a new laptop that will probably serve me for next 5 years and beyond. After I told the staff there that my budget is $1500, I was recommended a Lenovo Z400 touchscreen Laptop which costs $1399 and extra $158 for 2 more years of warranty which adds up to a total of 4 years warranty for me. It is a little bit bulky but it is definitely value for money. However, the battery life which the staff claim is around 5 hours seems to be lesser for my laptop with not many programs running. Oh well, as long as my laptop does not break down soon, it should not be a problem. As for my old laptop, the garang guni man has helped me dismount the HDD in it and pass it to me for data recovery purpose in the near future. It is sold for $10 though for the casing and the other parts. Well, it is now officially hello to my new laptop and goodbye to my old laptop starting yesterday!

Recently, I bid for hello kitty singing bone at ebay. After some bidding I managed to get one at $28 which is a little bit overpriced. Anyway, I am to collect it tml and now I am sourcing for another one at $26 or less which I believe is the ideal price. Besides that, I am helping my colleague bidding for one at around $15 which I believe is hard to get but after some time should be possible. As to why I want 2 kitties, I want to keep one wrapped in box with plastic while I unwrapped the other one for display. Maybe I can sell the unwrapped one for a higher price in future since it is a limited edition kitty. Haha, we shall see...

A better tomorrow?

So when can I find a new job? So far, I tried aiming for one that is near my house but it seems to be a failed attempt. The lady that called me last week said that she will call me back but apparently she never called me back. So I guess I have to search for a job again. Hopefully I can move on to a proper job in few months time. So is it going to be an admin job again for me? I can't seem to find a job that interests me so I probably shall fit into an admin role well since I have amassed some experience. Then in regards to attire, I prefer smart casual rather than office wear. This is because I feel more comfortable wearing smart casual and also office wear is harder to wash without a washing machine. But if a job requires me to wear office attire and comes with decent salary, then so be it. But at the moment, it seems that I wont need office attire soon enough though. Hmmm

Recently, I saw from facebook that one of my friends from my secondary school has fall sick and currently in ICU. Life is indeed fragile. What illness she is suffering from I am not too sure but it seems to be a serious one. Now, all can only pray for her health to turn for the better. Well, from what I can remember is that her maths back in the old days are as good as mine. Hope that miracle will arrive and cure her illness. I can only wish her all the best. Her friends are more than mine and I am sure they are praying for her everyday. Ok, on a brighter note to end this post, I have cleared level 380 in candy crush saga although I did not get a high score for most levels. =)

Love or hate???

Sometimes I hate Candy Crush Saga while sometimes I love it. Because when I am stuck at certain levels, I usually hate it for being so difficult to clear. Now I am at level 323 but it seems tough to clear. Maybe i should try using the laptop to access the game which I am doing now. But then when I am able to clear alot of levels, I love it to bits. Oh how irony the feelings for the game, isn't it? Well I am now stuck for a week on this tough level and i almost clear it yesterday but failed to do so somehow. Argggh, frustrations to the max!!! I dunno when will I be able to clear this level but hopefully I will be able to do so soon enough.

Nowadays I somehow could not manage to submit my timesheet in time as I could not find my supervisor on 2 days before the 15th of every month. As a result, my pay always come 15days later after month end as I could get my pay at month end if I manage to submit on time. So far, failed to talk to my supervisor about whether there is vacancy and the possibility of a pay raise as he is always busy. Ok just as I finished this post, I managed to clear level 323 using my laptop. Ok, then time for a job search, perhaps? Last but not least, anyway, I just heard from HR that I can receive a digital payslip through email, but I guess I will stick to the current plan of getting a paper payslip though.

Candy crush frenzy?

3 days ago, I cleared lvl 275 on the candy crush game. It is quite fun with the challenge to overcome the various obstacles presented on each level. Some levels are hard while there are some which are relatively easy. So while waiting for the update to more levels for this game, I now play certain levels to get higher score. Almost every other day, I saw people playing this game on their hp inside mrt trains. Looks like it is rather popular huh? Oh well it seems I will be playing this game throughout this year and maybe next year if there are still updates.

Lately, I found out there is this temp who earns $1.7k in another dept. I wonder if it is related to the nature of his work. I think next month I got to ask if I can earn a higher allowance since I worked there for so long. If not successful, I think before end of this year, I may start to look for jobs allowing me to earn a higher pay. I dunno how long my dad will be working cos he told me he got eye problems. Looks like I got to start earning a decent salary as my dad is retiring soon. But am I going to continue working in the admin industry? or other industry? I got to find out myself what I really want to do. Resume my studies or officially starting to work? Looks like I got to think through these issues carefully... ...