Writing and sending out all my christmas cards today made me feel accomplished/productive. this year, i sent 10, which is the same as last year. would have sent more, especially to the chem kids, but i didn't have their mailing addresses. anyway, writing christmas cards seems kind of irrelevant, really. i'm almost tempted to stop this tradition. well, we'll see how i feel next year, and if my address list shrinks any further.
while walking down to buy stamps and mail the cards, i stopped by the apple retailer at J8. turns out that they stock the earphones that i had my eye on, so i don't have to go down all the way to city hall. only issue is they cost $220. but thanks to some random internet browsing, i saw the same earphones going for USD88. including shipping, that's about USD124, which is still cheaper than what i'd pay if i bought it at the store. it's so tempting to just approve the order now! you know, that's what i think i shall do...to reward myself for this semester, and as a sort-of christmas present.
that aside, i've still got some errands to do...mainly east coast (probably this weekend or next week), and a bit more cleaning up. but no rush...all's good if i get those things done before the year ends. more urgent matters include reading papers and compiling a bibliography (for UROPS), and possibly a few meetings with friends who are back for the holidays. seems like the rest of 2011 will go by pretty quickly.
while walking down to buy stamps and mail the cards, i stopped by the apple retailer at J8. turns out that they stock the earphones that i had my eye on, so i don't have to go down all the way to city hall. only issue is they cost $220. but thanks to some random internet browsing, i saw the same earphones going for USD88. including shipping, that's about USD124, which is still cheaper than what i'd pay if i bought it at the store. it's so tempting to just approve the order now! you know, that's what i think i shall do...to reward myself for this semester, and as a sort-of christmas present.
that aside, i've still got some errands to do...mainly east coast (probably this weekend or next week), and a bit more cleaning up. but no rush...all's good if i get those things done before the year ends. more urgent matters include reading papers and compiling a bibliography (for UROPS), and possibly a few meetings with friends who are back for the holidays. seems like the rest of 2011 will go by pretty quickly.
-random thought of the day: Paper toss is mildly annoying.-
*Minor update: one day later, 10:51pm*
turns out amazon doesn't ship those earphones to singapore...which is both good and bad. bad is obvious — i have to find alternative sources. good is a little counter-intuitive at first, but it's because between yesterday and today, the price went up by USD10 or so. if i had been able to ship them, i would have kicked myself because the one-day delay when i was making up my mind would have cost me more money.
so, i'm exploring 2 alternatives now. one is i buy them off ebay. problem is that i don't trust the people there 100%. but so far, all the sellers have 100% reputations, so i suppose that's a small measure of relief. the other alternative is to see if my cousin can get it in australia, then have him buy it first and bring it back when he comes back in mid-january, at which point i will pay him. oh! i just thought of another idea. one of my friends is in the US, studying music. i can get amazon to ship it to his place there (free shipping within the US), and he can then ship it to me, the costs of which i'll bear, of course. we'll see how things go. if my ebay auction doesn't work out, then i'll see what price my cousin can get it for. if he can't get it, or if it's too expensive, then i'll ask my friend when he goes back to the US in a couple of weeks.
nothing productive happened today...just bummed around reading comics. lucky i remembered to renew my outstanding loans, and avoided a fine. speaking of fines, i should probably pay mine off tomorrow, after tuition. which now leads me to wonder...what will i do with the kids? ahh...i'll figure something out tomorrow. better catch an early night so i'm up early enough tomorrow. with the trains going all screwy, i'd rather drive. hope the car's available.
turns out amazon doesn't ship those earphones to singapore...which is both good and bad. bad is obvious — i have to find alternative sources. good is a little counter-intuitive at first, but it's because between yesterday and today, the price went up by USD10 or so. if i had been able to ship them, i would have kicked myself because the one-day delay when i was making up my mind would have cost me more money.
so, i'm exploring 2 alternatives now. one is i buy them off ebay. problem is that i don't trust the people there 100%. but so far, all the sellers have 100% reputations, so i suppose that's a small measure of relief. the other alternative is to see if my cousin can get it in australia, then have him buy it first and bring it back when he comes back in mid-january, at which point i will pay him. oh! i just thought of another idea. one of my friends is in the US, studying music. i can get amazon to ship it to his place there (free shipping within the US), and he can then ship it to me, the costs of which i'll bear, of course. we'll see how things go. if my ebay auction doesn't work out, then i'll see what price my cousin can get it for. if he can't get it, or if it's too expensive, then i'll ask my friend when he goes back to the US in a couple of weeks.
nothing productive happened today...just bummed around reading comics. lucky i remembered to renew my outstanding loans, and avoided a fine. speaking of fines, i should probably pay mine off tomorrow, after tuition. which now leads me to wonder...what will i do with the kids? ahh...i'll figure something out tomorrow. better catch an early night so i'm up early enough tomorrow. with the trains going all screwy, i'd rather drive. hope the car's available.
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