Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Feeling a little trapped right now. Busy days, and a horrible deadline looming for work. It must get done, this time.
Anyway, final preparations are almost done! It's been quite intensive actually, planning for accommodation, leisure, tickets etc and making sure things are as controlled as possible. Haha I know. Control freak. Bought a second-hand camera (one of those ultra-old Sony cameras) and with it came a myriad of problems. As I said, it's ultra-old, so it still uses those first-generation Memory Sticks. Not MS Pro Duos. The light blue, long MS with a maximum capacity of 128MBs (gasp!! do these things still exist?) So obviously it only stores 40 pics max, which means I either need to get more Memory Sticks, or I need a portable photo wallet. Also, the lamentable battery life has forced me to buy 2 extra batteries and a charger online. I actually bought it for it's underwater capabilities, so I'm hoping things will turn out well.
To be very honest though, $160 for the entire thing including the waterproof housing is quite a steal. The marine pack alone costs $350+ retail, and the set I got is really rather well-preserved. (I think "preserved" is apt for a 7-year old camera?)
Did big-time splurging on the other, normal camera though. Bought a cushioned bag which doubles up as a small backpack, although it'll probably contain only 500ml of water, money, a small face towel and some personal artifacts. Hmm .. actually, that's about all I need. Also got myself a small cleaning kit, and a couple of filter attachments. Might as well try to take some decent pictures. Now, I need to see if I need to buy an extra battery or not. Urgh. Will most likely get those el-cheapo 3rd party $12 batteries.
Why go such such expense?
I badly need a break, and I'm so going to make it satisfying, haha. Including excuses to buy things.
And of course, I'm still waiting for Monty to come back so we can do some shopping. And that'll more or less wrap it up.
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Thinking about a next dream vacation ... probably that'll be years later. Maybe a week-long stay in the Maldives, on stilted bungalows and snorkelling quite literally at the doorstep? Dreaming about vacations sure lifts the spirits up.
Wenky
11:26 PM
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