of course money can't buy love. although it's always good to have money because money makes the world go round. without it we can't possibly do anything at all and just be content that you've found love. but this is all random. i think my brain is overworked these days. still another 3 more weeks to presevere. 3 more weeks til the end of all these confirmation what not. then i'll know if i am no longer a probationary phd candidate. sounds pretty freaky huh. what if they think my projects are crap then that's it. haha.
(see how random and jumbled my thoughts are...how am i supposed to write concise statements. sigh)
anyways the whole point of this post was to thank someone. as most who knows me should know that my birthday is around the corner...a phone conversation went something like that.
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f: nowadays carry bag with laptop plus a stack of papers while walking to and fro work is seriously killing me. last time just laptop only still bearable.
m: of course la. carry so many things how to not "die".
f: yeahlor. that y must really go buy one for home so i don't have to carry it around all the time. so detrimental to health.
m: you still haven't buy meh? thought you already decided to buy long time ago already?
f: aiya. i keep going back and forth on which one i should buy. the one i want is like so expensive. plus if i buy online then i have to use the credit card.
m: why you don't want use the credit card? you don't want "d" to pay is it?
f: i still got savings ma. thought i can pay for myself ma.
m: (talking to "d" at the background who is always listening in on the conversation.)
d: (how much is it?)
f: expensive lor. few thousand dollars.
m: wah. why so expensive one?
f: have always been like that but i think it'll definitely last longer and have longer battery life...the new one says up to 8 hours leh! not like my stupid one now...only two years and it's telling me my battery is dead.
m: then how?
f: i'm going to try to ask my supervisor to buy me a new battery. since he don't have to buy me a laptop i'm sure he can buy me one battery right. summore i use it for work one.
m: ask "d" whether he wants to pay for you or not la. wait i pass the phone to him.
d: hello. so you want to buy one how much?
f: almost AUD 2000 something with student discount.
d: my new one they say battery life also can last 8 hours what. they say you should drain the battery before you plug in ac cable all the time so that the battery will last longer, just like hp battery.
f: no way! that's a misconception! you go read online and see. sure cheat people one.
d: yeala. they say can last that long if you don't really use it much.
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f: so so my birthday coming...what do i get for birthday pressie? haha.
d: oh ya hor. 25th rite?
f: aiks...how come you remember one? you always remember 24th one wor.
d: haha. i thought it was 24th. then your brother told me it's 25th. don't know why i always remember 24th (24th is my brothers birth date). wednesday i going bangkok...then friday i going philipines...so if i remember i'll sms you la.
f: haha. ok.
d: maybe just buy you the laptop for your birthday? then ma got birthday present already lor.
f: wah! crazy ar! so expensive leh!
d: yeahla. if it's a requirement then buy ma.
f: yeahla. i will need one la. else too troublesome already. so much easier if i don't have to carry it back and forth.
d: just charge it to the card lor.
f: wah! really ar!? THANK YOU!!
so yes peeps. my dad is paying for my new macbook pro. yay!
hope you enjoyed the story!
have a good day!
(see how random and jumbled my thoughts are...how am i supposed to write concise statements. sigh)
anyways the whole point of this post was to thank someone. as most who knows me should know that my birthday is around the corner...a phone conversation went something like that.
.
.
.
.
f: nowadays carry bag with laptop plus a stack of papers while walking to and fro work is seriously killing me. last time just laptop only still bearable.
m: of course la. carry so many things how to not "die".
f: yeahlor. that y must really go buy one for home so i don't have to carry it around all the time. so detrimental to health.
m: you still haven't buy meh? thought you already decided to buy long time ago already?
f: aiya. i keep going back and forth on which one i should buy. the one i want is like so expensive. plus if i buy online then i have to use the credit card.
m: why you don't want use the credit card? you don't want "d" to pay is it?
f: i still got savings ma. thought i can pay for myself ma.
m: (talking to "d" at the background who is always listening in on the conversation.)
d: (how much is it?)
f: expensive lor. few thousand dollars.
m: wah. why so expensive one?
f: have always been like that but i think it'll definitely last longer and have longer battery life...the new one says up to 8 hours leh! not like my stupid one now...only two years and it's telling me my battery is dead.
m: then how?
f: i'm going to try to ask my supervisor to buy me a new battery. since he don't have to buy me a laptop i'm sure he can buy me one battery right. summore i use it for work one.
m: ask "d" whether he wants to pay for you or not la. wait i pass the phone to him.
d: hello. so you want to buy one how much?
f: almost AUD 2000 something with student discount.
d: my new one they say battery life also can last 8 hours what. they say you should drain the battery before you plug in ac cable all the time so that the battery will last longer, just like hp battery.
f: no way! that's a misconception! you go read online and see. sure cheat people one.
d: yeala. they say can last that long if you don't really use it much.
.
.
.
.
f: so so my birthday coming...what do i get for birthday pressie? haha.
d: oh ya hor. 25th rite?
f: aiks...how come you remember one? you always remember 24th one wor.
d: haha. i thought it was 24th. then your brother told me it's 25th. don't know why i always remember 24th (24th is my brothers birth date). wednesday i going bangkok...then friday i going philipines...so if i remember i'll sms you la.
f: haha. ok.
d: maybe just buy you the laptop for your birthday? then ma got birthday present already lor.
f: wah! crazy ar! so expensive leh!
d: yeahla. if it's a requirement then buy ma.
f: yeahla. i will need one la. else too troublesome already. so much easier if i don't have to carry it back and forth.
d: just charge it to the card lor.
f: wah! really ar!? THANK YOU!!
so yes peeps. my dad is paying for my new macbook pro. yay!
hope you enjoyed the story!
have a good day!
3 comments:
rich dad, poor dad =)
YES YOU'RE FINALLY SWITCHING!! hahah
got influenced by me a lil eh? :P
(like the fact my 3year old mac is running perfectly [except battery dying lah, but that's normal kan?] and your newer dell is slowing down :P :P)
just so u know .. u might take time to adjust to the mac OS..
but you can always ask john to help you with any prob and software since he's going to melb in early aug!!
oh ya! good idea! i think i need a briefing on using mac. a lot of my friends are mac users so i think i'll be bugging them a lot too. then i can also bug you online. can't wait!
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