Hey guys. My area here was flooded by the PC Fair organized by the Sarawak KCBA. The date of this ‘auspicious’ event (just joking) is from Friday till Sunday. I weren’t able to go on Friday as I’m having my additional mathematics tuition, so I ended up going on the Saturday, which is on the 1st December. Nice date too huh? It was 12.30pm when I reached there with my mum. It was after our Leo activity then (FYI, visit Soon Ho’s blog for further information about this activity at http://jackiechua.blogspot.com/). Well, as always the parking lot is packed with cars, jammed all the way up the Medan Pelita.
When I entered first entered the event hall, the first thing that came to my mind was “What the hell! So darn Cold!) It was raining cats and dogs that time, and thus making the jam even worse, chain reaction! Haha! Kuching has been ‘suffering’ from torrential, continual rain since Friday, non-stop downpour through the day. At least now when I’m typing this blog the rain had already stopped. But there’s no doubt it’s gonna rain again sooner or later. It was freezing when I entered the entrance. It was damn crowded with people, all you could see was only the visitors attire and nothing else, we even have to squeeze through the pathways in order to proceed to the next booth, so guys you could imagine how packed is it in there. It’s lucky too actually because it’s not during the drought session. If so, I think I’ll melt in there >.<”
There are a wide variety of computer stuffs in that fair. Accessories, brand new laptops, electronic devices and gadgets, just mention the name and you’ll have it (but of cos’ you have to pay). Something caught my attention so much that I could not even step out of that booth, or should I say held spellbound to see a brand new HP tablet pc.It’s screen can rotate 360 degrees, with complete and full specs. 160GB of hard disk, 1GB RAM etc. Man, my hand itched to have that within my grasp, but, oh well, dream on~
We stood at the booth examining the specs, features and even tried out the tablet PC. It’s like a PDA, just that it is in a larger size when the screen is placed flat, face out from the keyboard. And there’s a digital pencil for you to browse the screen, which is like a touch screen PC. And the price, heh, RM2999! Cheaper than Sony VAIO laptop and other brands. But but but, guess what, my sister’s friend BOUGHT that laptop instead of me. Owh Man! No fair! Haha! I actually spent 15 minutes in that booth and finally I made my move to other booths. We walked the whole event hall with our hands and held tight, squeeze through the crowds, and finally we made our way to the booth where woofers, external speakers and sound system are sold. Well, my main goal stepping in to this PC Fair is to buy a sound system for my laptop, which has a very VERY poor sound effect. We surveyed a few woofers and picked a nice, reasonable and user-friendly sound system. After that, we headed home and waited for my sister to come pick me from her interview to ‘officially’ buy the sounds. Now you’ll be asking why not buy on the spot instead of going for a second trip? The answer to that question is ‘Please ask my mother’ Haha!
Alright, now the second trip, it was about 8pm then, my sister and his friend drove to a nearby bank and withdrew thousands of cash, I guess you all know what he’s gonna buy right? Yeap, the tablet PC! Then, we headed down again to Medan Pelita, got ourselves a parking lot, disembarked and ventured to the crowded venue. There, I met quite many of my friends unlike in the afternoon. After walking a few rounds, the three of us went to buy my woofer 1st, which cost Rm157 with a 1 year warranty and a free headphone.
My new woofer and sound system. The devices on top are my modem and wireless adapter. Then, we proceeded to the booth where the tablet pc was sold. We took a around half hour there just for the sake of waiting for the programmed to be installed. Sheesh~ My sister’s friend get to sit down whilst me and my sister have to stand at one side. Man, they’re really hostile to non-buyers of their product huh? It was around 9.45 at that time then the programmed were successfully installed and we exited the hall as it was about to close. Ok, you may think we headed back home and enjoyed our day. NO! That was only the beginning, or maybe half. Leaving the venue is another obstacle. It was closing time and all the workers and visitors were about to leave. Now you see, one car going down the car park to pay for the parking fee is fine, but what if there’s a whole 140 cars lining up just to pay the parking fee? We were stuck at the parking lot for at least 1 hour, cutting in lines, taking no-entry routes and of cos, honking one another! I guess that’s the only time where you can violate the law without being caught or blacklisted by the police! Oh yeah! It was almost 11 when we finally able to reach home. I fixed the woofer and tested out the sounds! Whoa, a complete difference in the songs played through my laptop. It’s worth it though.
So that’s about it guys. Until next time, tata~
Over and Out
CheeErZz!
