Not in any particular order and it is sorted by price.

1. TweetDeck – Free
2. Facebook – Free
3. WordPress – Free
4. Skype – Free
5. Currency – Free
6. iGV – Free
7. SG Buses – Free
8. Wikipanion – Free
9. SG 4D – Free
10. Carpark@SG – Free
11. Tap Tap Revenge – Free
12. BeejiveIM – $9.99
13. FTP On The Go – $6.99
14. Byline – $4.99
15. Bejeweled 2 – $2.99
16. Web Tools – $1.99
17. SG ERP – $1.99
18. Bytes – $0.99
19. TVGuide@SG – $0.99
20. A Level – $0.99

This is a very rare occasion that I did not go for a PC Show at the opening hours but instead went there at 7pm due to work. As compared to IT Show 2009, I do not really like the PC Show 2009. It seems that the walk space between booth is much narrower and Sony/Microsoft normally have a booth at level 3 so that the crowded will be spread out evenly. But for PC Show 2009, their booth are in level 4 or 6 and hence level 4 and 6 is extremely crowded.

The prices as compared to IT Show 2009 (3 months ago) are almost the same if not the same. Thumbdrive and memory cards are the same if not cheaper in Sim Lim Square anytime.

All The Things I Bought

2 Things Are Mine Only!

Damage

• Western Digital Passport Essential 320GB: SGD$105.00 (for my uncle)
• Canon Ink Combo C: SGD$53.00 (for my mom)
• Canon Ink Combo D: SGD$56.00 (for Li Xiang)
• SanDisk 8GB SDHC Memory Card: SGD$30.50 (for my boss)
• SanDisk 8GB Cruzer Titanium USB Drive: SGD$39.50
• Asus 1000HE (Black): SGD$698.00
• Asus 1000HE 2GB Ram Upgrade: SGD$39.00
• Total: SGD$1021
• Mine: SGD$776.50

PC Show 2010 will be happening on 10th June 2010 to 13th June 2010. But for now, lets focus on Comex 2009 which will happen on the 10th September 2009 to 13th September 2009 at Suntec Convention Center.

2008/2009 Sem 2 Examination for COMPUTING 4

» ST2334 Probability And Statistics C+
» CS4252 Control, Audit And Security Of IS A+
» CS4267 IT And Supply Chain Management A
» CS4361 Service Systems B
» CAP: 3.73

Woot, my CAP increased by 0.04 from 3.69 to 3.73 and I got both my first A+ and A in my 3 years in NUS in this semester. So happy with my results =D

Singapore Food Expo 2009 will be held at Singapore Expo Hall 5 on the 29th May 2009 to 2nd June 2009 from 11am to 10pm daily. My mom has been taking part in the Singapore Food Expo since 2003. This year my mom will have 3 booths there, SA07 selling miscellaneous food products, SA15 selling Glico products and SB15 selling mushroom products. I will be there at booth SA15 aka Glico booth to help out after work.

Glico will be launching new products at the Singapore Food Expo 2009 this year and hence we will be giving away free Pocky Choco Banana or Pretz Ham & Cheese for the first 100 customers daily. All you have to do is print out the promotion flyer and fill in your particulars and present to the staff at our Glico booth, SA15.

View: Glico Promotion Flyer

As with all promotions, there are terms and conditions and here they are:

• Products given out will be at our discretion. We will alternate the 2 flavors given out on different days
• Available to the first 100 customers per day
• Limited to 1 redemption per customer

Started my internship with Sedgwick Richardson (Singapore) which deals with branding and design on Tuesday, 12th May 2009. My job is pretty straightforward but not an easy task. I covert AI/PSD files to HTML and followed by converting them into WordPress templates and of course the website will be powered by WordPress. Time seems to pass very fast there, perhaps I am busy for the whole day as there are many projects to rush. I love the flexibly here in terms of dress code as well as working hours. All they ask for, is for you to get the deliverable required by the project manager before the deadline.

Working life seems to be the total exact opposite of studying life, it seems that studying is so much more carefree than exams. Exams only happen once every 3 months and project deadline is probably twice every 3 months but when working there are like a few deadlines within the same week!

Sometimes (or rather that is the case), what you study is not really applicable to the working world. To me, it seems that working world requires you to have the skills needed to complete the job given to you and at most you have less than 1 week to pick up that skill.

Also, having facing the computer for more than 12 hours during work, the moment you step home, you will be totally shag and do not feel like switching on the computer and you would rather switch on the TV and let it entertain you instead.

Sleeping before 1am and waking up at 8am becomes the norm, which is good as it is a healthy lifestyle!

Even though working life is tough, but of course you will get paid and with money comes spending power.

My cousin and auntie just came back from Japan and brought back lots of Head Porter stuff that my brother requested them to buy. Got myself a Black Beauty Monogram Pouch.

Black Beauty Monogram Pouch

My brother has set up headporter.sg which he will use it to sell Head Porter stuff online. All the items sold there are guaranteed to be authentic and brand new. All the items will come with a Head Porter paper bag or Head Porter envelope depending on the size of the item that you buy.

The Fail Whale is designed by Lu Yiying and made popular by Twitter. As you all may know Twitter website will show the Fail Whale picture when the server is overloaded or failed.

Zazzle and Spread Shirt are the two official websites where you can get the official Fail Whale T-Shirt. I ordered mine from Zazzle.

I have a very bad experience buying from Zazzle. The first time I ordered was on the 10th April 2009, my order failed because I fail to verify my credit card number. That email asking me to verify my credit card number was in my Gmail spam and hence if I fail to reply within 1 week, my order will be cancel automatically. I was quite pissed off about it and wrote them an email. I am paying USING PayPal and there is no need to involve my credit card number at all as I have ENOUGH funds in my account. Up till today, they are still unable to explain to me why do they need my credit card number. I did not enter my credit card number when paying over at Zazzle and hence I have no idea how are they going to verify it.

I place the 2nd order on the 19th April 2009 and wrote them an email to “confirm” that I am a human placing the order and not some scam and this time, within 2 days on the 21st April 2009, my order got shipped and arrive on the 8th May 2009. Took about 17 days for me to get my items after it is being shipped.

I am very disappointed with the t-shirt quality by Zazzle. The quality of the t-shirt is bad and the quality of the ladies t-shirt print is bad as well. The WordPress t-shirt that I bought 2 months ago was way better in every aspect and it is even cheaper.

So summary, think twice before getting any t-shirts from Zazzle.

Price Breakdown

• Ladies T-Shirt: USD$$21.55
• Men T-Shirt: USD$20.50
• Shipping: USD$11.97
• Discount of USD$5
• Total: USD$49.02

2 T-Shirts Inside This Package

Ladies T-Shirt (USD$21.55)

Men T-Shirt (USD$20.50)

Closeup Of The Fail Whale

Links

• Lu Yiying
• Lu Yiying Illustration Portfolio
• Fail Whale Fan Club
• Twitter
• Fail Whale T-Shirt @ Zazzle
• Fail Whale T-Shirt @ Spread Shirt

My exams ended on the 6th May 2009 and immediately after that, went for some retail therapy and bought a Nintendo Wii from Qisahn.com located at 545 Orchard Road #05-07, Far East Shopping Centre. It was kinda of a last minute decision to buy Wii which happens on the day before while studying for my Statistics & Probability (ST2334) paper.

The 3 of us, myself, Suqin and Kelvin (for his girlfriend’s birthday) bought the Wii together. We thought that buying 3 Wii together there would be discount, but unfortunately that is not the case. I spent a total of SGD$390 on this while Suqin and Kelvin each spend SGD$378 because they did not get the 3rd party component cable. Hong Jun also helped to inject some money into the economy by buying Wii Fit (that will be my next buy) and Weiquan bought some board games.

Price Breakdown

• Wii Korean Set (English): SGD$309
• Wii Nunchuck: SGD$26
• Wii Wiimote: SGD$48
• 3rd Party Wii Component Cable: SGD$12
• Discount of SGD$5
• Total: SGD$390

Box

Extra Wiimote/Nunchuck

3rd Party Wii Component Cable

Love The “Layers” Numbering

Layer 1

Layer 2

Nintendo Wii Contents

Iluma is one of the newest shopping center in town which is near Bugis MRT Station. It is located in between Queen Street and Victoria Street. It is quite huge and have 5 levels. I don’t think there is any basement level. I can’t seem to find a link to the official website.

Coffee Bean, Nichi Fashion City, Comics Connection, Pasta De Waraku, Thai Express, Asian Kitchen and many more are already opened for business. Nevertheless, the shopping center is still quite empty. In particular the lower levels shops are all not occupied. Come across this interesting shop called Otaku House, which sells cosplay clothes as well as Japanese Anime collectibles. There is also a new cinema at Iluma is called Film Garde, which if I am not mistaken also operates a cinema in Kallang Leisure Park.

There is this extremely long escalator which goes up to level 4 directly from level 1. I took the escalator and I think it takes 45 seconds to reach to level 4.

View From Queen Street

This Escalator Goes From 1st Level To 4th level!

View Of The Lower Levels

View Of The Upper Levels

View From A Small Open Space At level 5

Facebook Gallery: Iluma

Placed an order for my copy of WordPress For Dummies 2nd Edition by Lisa from Amazon on 5th April 2009. Accordingly to Amazon, the estimated delivery date should be on the 12th May 2009, but I guess Amazon overestimated by a lot as I received it in my letterbox today on the 16th April 2009. It took less than 2 weeks to reach me! Nice job Amazon.

Price Breakdown
Book: USD$15.74
Shipping: USD$9.98
Total: USD$25.72
Total: SGD$38.58 (USD$25.72 x 1.50)

Some Pictures

Amazon Box

WordPress For Dummies 2nd Edition

My Plugin WP-Print Mentioned

THANK YOU Lisa for including my WP-Print plugin!