:D

So what exactly has changed since transiting from studying to working?

I'll start with the cons first:

1. No more student discounts at restaurants/clothing stores/movies! It's amazing how much discounts are given to students! :(
2. Blank face when those who are still studying talk about their assignments/exams
3. Waking up at 7am every morning (which is a good thing for me actually heh)
4. Not being able to stay up late at night, my bedtime's usually before midnight now (due to point number 3)
5. No more term holidays/semester breaks GAH. Annual leave is something I treasure very much
6. Having to be more careful with my spendings: now I REALLY know how my parents feel when I spend their hard-earned money...

The Pros:

1. No studying!!! woohoo
2. No assignments to hand in/exams to sit for/group presentations
3. So much more free time to catch up on tv series (A LOT of them)
4. Stability
5. The increase in my bank account balance at the end of each month $$$.... which leads to the most important point of all:
6. Being able to afford this pair of AMAAAAAAAZING boots:

I just died and went to shoe heaven. BLISSSSSS.

Oh yes, it's 3 inches high and I'm not even a heels type of person, but it literally feels like I'm walking on a carpet of foam in these. No kidding. Yes it cost almost one sixth of my monthly salary, but I'm keeping this leathery piece of art until I can no longer walk without a cane, and then pass it on to my children and grandchildren. THAT's how much I'm in love with it.

Heh ok I'm done with expressing my undying love with my latest purchase. Bring it on, Dunedin winter! ;)

DF Day 4: Introducing JayCee, my new amp

I just bought a new keyboard amplifier for Waszowski!!!

The girls in the flat decided to give it a name (which I *erm-ly* agreed): JayCee or JC or whatever you wish the JC to stand for. But as for now, JayCee is my new baby. =)

Technically, JayCee is a Roland KC-60 3-channel mixing keyboard amp, probably one of the lowest in its range. Keyboard amps are darn expensive, I bought it for $599 (including a free cable and $20 off Michelle's keyboard stand) at the Rockshop few hours ago. There wasn't much choice there, only this and another Behringer model (which according to the salesman had been returned by many customers...) which was 100 bucks more with better specs though.

Too bad I'm in Dunedin (only when it comes to buying instruments). If this was Auckland, I'll probably have more choices and opportunity to compare & contrast. Oh well, this will do for now.

The good thing about buying an amp is that I'll no longer have to plug the extension cable into the earphone jacks to my speakers, and risk tripping over the cable all over again. Plus, an amp will do wonders if I ever decide to get a guitar of my own in the future. Also, having an amp makes it possible to play songs on the computer and play on Waszowski at the same time! Some people might think that it's not necessary, but it's so much more handy when practising new songs.

Now all I want is a new cell phone. :P But that'll probably have to wait til when I get back to M'sia end of this year.

blasting it

I'm on cloud nine! Woohoo!


My Altec Lansing VS4121 3 way speaker system has just arrived! *squeals* It sounds absolutely brilliant, and really complements my laptop. Most importantly, I can really enjoy good quality sound which my laptop alone does not offer. Thanks heaps Raymond for the recommendation!

Retail therapy never fails, for me at least. I had a super shopping spree yesterday with Angeline, spent LOTS. Teehee. Wanted to buy a skirt from Amazon but it's 10 dollars to a hundred, so I'll just have to wait til it's on sale to buy it. =( Other than that, bought a Billabong sling bag and a cute teddy bear key chain for my new 4Gb flash drive. =P

Weekend is here! And so is the sunshiny weather and floaty skirts. keke. Which also means 4 weeks to the final exams of my first year in uni. =O

As the year is coming to an end, I can't help but feeling that I've grown so much as a person, a teenager, a Christian, a friend, and as a daughter. Though the path may not always be as smooth as I hope it should be and somehow I keep making enemies I don't want to make, it has been a satisfying and eye-opening year for me.

Speaking of the year end, I'm going to Auckland this year end! keke. Since AirNZ has cheap domestic fares during November, we decided to take that opportunity to really visit Auckland and Rotorua (the only time I've been in Auckland is in its airport)- for 8 days. Can't wait!