i-Phone

                                 (Pic of i-Phone taken with my N97... haha...)

Today, I brought Mikka's 'brick' down to town to try to get it fixed. Yes.. the darling i-Phone that Mikka got from Karen the last time he was in town... Was really a wild goose chase. I first took the phone to the service centre in Wheelock Place and when I got there, they told me cos Singtel is no longer the sole distributor of the i-Phone, I have to go back to Singtel to get the phone fixed.. Terrible terrible.. Orchard Road (although on a weekday) in the afternoon.. Gosh.. crazy crowds.. Don't these people have to work? keke.. Managed to hop on a cab to Comcentre which was only on the other side of Orchard but I paid around 7 bucks for taxi fare.. And when I finally got to the Singtel there.. Queued for probably 10mins and the service guy told me 'please go over there and take a seat, come back in 15mins'.. ok.. be it.. went to take a seat.. after that, another 15mins.. and another 10.... While I was sitting and waiting, I couldn't help but notice that the 'Q' for i-Phone repair/servicing was never ending.. The people just came and came.. Hmm.. seems to me that the i-Phone really has lots of problems.. keke.. Good luck 'Apfel' lovers...
When they finally decided to 'entertain' me a little about the phone, they tried to restore the software.. Another 15 mins... then they told me.. Your phone cannot be restored, think its a hardware problem. He didn't offer me any solution until I asked what am I gonna do with a non-usable phone.. They had to replace a new one to me isn't it? After checking with his supervisor, he came back and asked me a real stoopid question whether do I want to exchange this for a new phone.. OF COURSE!! If not why am I there in the first place??? Gosh... sometimes these customer service people really drive you nuts... At the end of the day, I went off with a brand new i-Phone.. so, its still more or less worth the trip down..
Lucky Mikka.. New i-Phone for Christmas... keke...

HD Media Player

Finally... a media player that supports RM / RMVB playback... *Hooray*
A couple of weeks ago, Adrian was talking about this mediabox that is able to output direct to the TV for playback via an external harddisk or USB thumbdrive. Was thinking it would be a good gadget to get for mom and dad so that they can sit comfortably in front of the TV instead of the PC when they want to watch shows. So after class today, I finally went down to Sim Lim Square to look for this piece of 'treasure'. Luckily Adrian already got his so I just went round looking for that specific brand - Ovation - Boy.. it is really hard to find... I scouted 3 levels before finding it. Every store that I went to to either told me that they have never heard of this brand or it can only be found at those small counters outside the shops which was not the case too. Cos those 'small counters' don't even sell media players. In the end I tried my luck in one of the bigger stores on the 4th level and..... YES!!! I FOUND IT!!! *keke* Thinking back, I think those sales people that told me to look in all the wrong places probably hoped that I couldn't find what I really wanted and go back to them to get a similar one at double the price (or even more).. The connections for this media player is very simple too. If your TV has HDMI output, it comes with an HDMI cable for direct connections. If not, it also comes with the (red/white/yellow) audio/video cable. Just connect and the player would search for the AV channel on its own. Comes with a handy remote control too... Easy!! The quality of playback was astonishingly good. Very clear.. much better than the PC monitor *chuckles*

** Mikka.. u should really check if this would work on your TV *winks*