Friday, August 05, 2005
In the hallowed halls
Went to PC Fair Day 1 today. Went with Pablo and her 'sister' Kak Nana. As expected, LOADs of people thronged the place.Oh, the place. Damn, I'm lovin' the Convention Center. got a perfect ten on the Pergh-o-meter. The columnless gigantic halls are an architecture wonder.
And damn, the fair spans FIVE (+1) halls. That's one ballroom on the 3rd floor, and five halls on the ground floor, basically the whole floorspace of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center. Thank God I had the foresight to wear my sandals.
Let's cut to the chase and list out our spending spree for day one: One (1) refurbished Fujitsu Laptop, RM1499. One (1) 256mb mp3 thumbdrive, RM99. Two (2) 256mb Kingston thumbdrives, RM69 x2. Two (2) boxes of Esyink printer inks, RM60 + RM55. Who owns which items, I'm not gonna say.
But what I'm gonna say is this: I didn't buy anything. Not one thing. Weird. I'm a bit miffed and resentful about not getting myself anything at all over there. I mean, c'mon. You're at the biggest tech fair in the country, and you didn't get yourself anything.
But actually, I'm okay with it. I know the reasons why I didn't get anything myself. I also know that I'm very content with what I have right now.
I have a good system back home. My PC's doing well, thank you. I don't need some GeForce or Radeon to spice up my PC. I don't need a new processor, my P3's doin' fine. Personal entertainment? I'm gonna get a 128mb mp3 player next week, free of charge. Somebody's gonna give it to me. All in all, I'm content with what I have, and what I will have.
Of course, when it comes to basic instinct, I am dissapointed that I won't have a laptop anytime soon. But I'm not bitter over that. When I think back, it might have been a blessing in disguise.
So how is it, being inside a humongous hall full of tech and not buying anything?
Somehow, it feels like I'm a kid inside Toys 'r' Us, and can't even touch a thing, 'cause I know what and why I can't touch those things. Sad, but in the long run, I'm kinda okay.
Well, see ya at day 2 then.
What?! Day 2? Yes, I'm gonna go there again. Hopefully we could meet Ibanez. See ya there.
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