really cannot rmb wat i did from 22-30 dec. all i can say is work, work and work again. very busy and tired. but still, it was fun working with the ppl arround me.
Sunday is NYE. after work went out with the VAC staffs. Got me, louis, jewel, shast, liyi, karen, jee cheng, jonhson, chai kee, janice, yew leong, belinda and her bf.
Went to Pizzahut to makan. I just love beefballs in white sauce!! cannot eat too much cos the day b4 went to eat vegetarian buffet... haha!
after that walk to esplanade watch fireworks. took lots of photos while we're there. waited 1.5hrs for the final moment. the whole show last 8mins. tats short.
Finally! Gdbye 2006 and here's 2007!
Things I had achived in 2006:
RedCross SFA Certified
RedCross BCLS Certified
Ride a Bicycle
Got a bicycle
New PC
PSP
Got A for FYP1
Work in SIC
NTUC member
Step down from Area Comm
Things I wish to achieve in 2007:
SFA/BCLS Instructor
New Handphone
Work in Islander Dept(SALES)
Get out of RP
NPCC Senior Cadet Inspector (Jun)
NPCC Honorary Officer (Dec)
SCDF Paramedic
Get raid of cats @ home
So, jia yu ba. Work towards the target! Same for all those who have their dreams to come true.
*_*
OMG! I do blur sia! yest i set my alarm wrong timing! supposed to wake up by 8am so tat got time to prepare for work but i set the alarm at 9am! i work SIC2 @ 10am! jialat! super shock. called uncle kang for taxi again. than chiong for work. reach there on time... piew... $20 gone... sob sob.
today train new staff Janice SIC2. kanna bully by her instead of the other way... just kat jiao her abit only than she starts to beat ppl. jialat man. how to survive in SIC? haha! she got more days to come... wait n see... keke.
after work went to meet Iskandar and Yong Whee @ CWP. Doing some shopping for my christmas exchange. brought some items n wrappers home. still not enough... think i need to look for another 3-4 more gifts.
Super messy. Early in the morning woke up very early. 1/2 earlier cos dont wan to 'fight' with my mum for toliet. thought that reach HBF early than go eat prata as feel so hungry when in train. than when reach HBF and out of the station exit, saw a very very long Qs of SBS Buses. I thought like got event today but its not. cos at the junction of telok blangah and expressway got a tree fall. the whole road going towards PSA - brani base where jam. than i walk into sentosa lor... wth...
Today supposed to train Chai Kee do V2 counter b4 I go to Vivo for my New CTS training. But today no TC1. Both TC1 on MC. Than we 2 kanna pull out. i cover kalthom's SIC and chai kee do TC. sian 1/2. At least i dont need do TC but chai kee like abit sad cos cant learn counter.
Today SIC was abit gila. at about 10am ppl started to pick up. 10am Junita and Janice came in. than Ju take over some SIC stuffs while I train Janice for SIC2 awhile. at 12pm the 2 of them go break left me alone. than all the more gila ppl came. got deposit refund, strange islander application... almost got a st.john booking. 1 person jaga SIC sia! than tat vincent just eye power on side. CB.
go for 1/2 break at 1pm b4 go to Vivo training @ 2pm. Those training on today:
- VAC -
Alan (Me la...)
Liyi
Naz
Kalthom
Uncle Koh
Steven
- Gantry -
Sharon
Juraij
- Imbiah -
Evonne
A Gal *forgot her name, from RP de*
So, our 'Shi Fu' was Zifu. he looks young. can see he's scared to sess... so many things in the new system but not relavent to us. found so many loopholes in the system which can cos us to loss money de. wth... he's good but one thing i not happy is... y a new staff training us old staff? Sess is really throwing us one side lor. making me feel more to transfer dept.
tat vincent and sess also very KNN de. I just brought this brown shoe lor. they said as long as its brown or black can le mah. than now they told me to change by tml. i ask them y, than they said its like sports shoe. NB! at 1st u nvr say sports shoes cannot mah! KNN!
Than finished at 6pm sharp. on the way home walk pass Cyberactive shop than go in. found out tat the LG DVD burner cost only $62 only! so cheap now? i thought last time cost about $100-150++? so, decided to buy it. also brought a CREATIVE speaker @ $19 and 50px DVD @ $36. total spending = $117. qualified to be their member. Have to go down after friday to get it from them my card.
ARGH! I overspent! now I left about $30 inside bank! I cannot even pay for my new MS Windows Vista CD shipment fee $33.25. sian 1/2. have to postpone on tat le. but my makan money how? think I need to borrow money from my mum again le.
went home than started installing the burner and speaker. took me 1.5hrs to install the DVD burner. so troublesome. long time nvr touch PC's internal le. almost forgot how to connect the connectors. so happy! now i left with my 1GB RAM $150-300 and wireless keyboard @ $65. But, have to save money to pay my sch loan 1st.
tml working SIC2 again. bloody hell. Im going to help one more time. I really no time to do FYP le. friday confirm NOT WORKING even they beg me. FYP prior now.
17/12 - SIC3
Actually nothing much in work. just tat after the 'short' break, i abit forgot how to do SIC. suddenly dont know which color copy should send to who. than keep on asking kalthom. jia lat sia. just got back from break aini told me last tues i also give wrong copy. die lor... suddenly like no confident.
Went back home after work than managed to watch some episode of 'Jewel in the Palace'. hehe...
18/12 - SIC2
Today close very fast. after renu went home at 4pm, i started pre-closing liao. all i need to do is to wait for the time to close. by 4.20 im already almost all done. 4.30 kept most things. 4.45 prepare islander book. 4.49 pass book to counter. 5pm closed! 5.10 go witnessing le!!! so fast sia! wahahaha!
than wait for jewel n shast till 7pm than go HBF centre pastamania eat. pai sey sia... shast treat me. cos i not enough money. my cadets still owe me money. than after tat went home. on the way meet my cadet to get some of the money to survive 1st. btw, today also pay day. will get our pay at 11.30pm! once reached home, watch 'Jewel in the Palace' again. now watch till 47/70 le. faster chiong ah! Chang-Jing now is training female doctor le! congratz.
19/12 - v4*
ya... finally another counter again. one whole day like no sales lor. the rain is so big. its been raining eversince 4am till now. morning nothing much. noon the crowd got abit more untill the rain is super jia lat. than i go out help kalthom SIC as she got problem. than helped her do closing. than been slacking from 6pm-9pm. really no ppl lor! where all the ppl go?
work till 9pm. than go makan with candy n chui rhong. pastamania again. but today i order other food. ordered prawn n shrooms pasta. its too salty. btw, i pay for them. than junita and *** 'join' us too. candy went off 1st. than ju, chui rhong n me go taxi stand wait for taxi go home. ju said she'll pay. ok lor! haha!
the Q damn long sia! waited almost 30mins still no taxi. than very pik chek. i called uncle kang. he send one taxi for us. booking fee $4. arrives in 4mins after call. tats fast sia! even faster than booking normal de. merc cab somemore. when we board, everyone in the Q was looking at us. like y we so tua pai like tat... haha! of cos la... got links le mah. so, send the 2 gals home b4 i go home. ju gave me $25, i pay the rest.
actually wanted to watch 'Jewel in the Palace' de. but tml got sudden deployment. going to train the new gal chai kee, have to work from 8-2pm @ VAC than 2-6pm go Vivo for New CTS training. think after tat than go shop for gifts for the x'mas exchange. need to buy 2 for VAC n SIC de sia. hope i can have ideas this time. got 1 idea le... but need gd handcraftship. wahaha!
My Adopted Child. keke!
Posted by Alan
14/12
Oh... So pain... Its getting worst! Nvr go FYP today. Instead, went to see doc. Doc just said is like virus attack in digestive system. gave me some antibiotics, carbon pills and diarrhea medicine. $24 gone. Its supposed to last till next pay day on tuesday. Haiz... Chiong 'Jewel In The Palace'. haha! shiok man!
15/12
Noon went to sch to FYP. found out that hazel done most of the settings le.(actually is leong from another team do de) Asked amos to come along. but hor... yest when they do, they illigal shutdown. now it cannot boot in. sian 1/2. haiz... than went to Food Haven for lunch, on the way home saw VC. He's meeting his gf who's working in CWP. Same thing again, went home chiong 'Jewel In The Palace'. hahaha! after watching so many episodes, i found out that Yon-Seng so CHIO!!! keke!
16/12
Today went for BCLS at RedCross. Together with Teow Poo. Early in the morning 9am reach there but no one there. The instructors are late. And you know wat? The instructor is my SFA instructor too! Mr. Joseph Phang! My wishes came true! ITS HIM! hahaha! so happy. he's super gd lor! too gd till i dont know how to discribe him. one word - PRO. He's like 'supervisor' today. my actual trainer is Vincent. He's a 4th yr medical. future doctor sia! He's also very pro. Luckily he nvr starts to say all the medical terms like wat Joseph did to me the other time. haha! I not tat pro to know all of it. This time round MCQ scores 27/30. top scorer is 29/30. Where's the 3 marks gone? 1st one summit no use. but nvm. at least I passed. passing mark 80%. practical test i passed in 1 round. other ppl need to retake 2-3 times. poor them. oh... I got adopted a baby over there. later i'll post it up for all to see. Her name is '7'. hehe!
gonna go down to meet Guo Quan now. 3-4mths nvr see him le. his botak head... hehe!
08/12 – SD (GAC) 2pm-10pm
Morning went to school for FYP. Waited for 2hrs but no one in lab. So, go straight to work. Reach sentosa at about 2pm. so, started working helping SIC. Work 1/2 way tat bloody sess said I can’t go for SD for movie by the beach cos I’m wearing the old uniform. What’s your problem? you are the one that orders the new batch of uniforms. So, don’t have my size is my problem? cos of tat i cant go? CB. no choice, i cover filzah GAC than she go. Work till 10pm.
While working at GAC, it’s also the announcement day for the sentosa IR. Made used of it to 'tekan' the tour groups. I asked all to alight from GAC than walk in, don’t let them go into Cinemania to drop passenger. Given excuse is the ministers is here n they might visit Cinemania area cos this whole area is under IR. All very 'guai' lor! listen to me bullshit around. wahaha! so happy! Finally can make them scared for once. but true la... wat if the minister really visits tat area? hahaha! the ranger also supports me for this moves.
YES! sentosa IR winner is Genting-Star Cruise! So happy! ppl, we are going to enjoy cheaper rates for cruise and Genting! i think Malaysian also might get discounts next time in Singapore too! It’ll be better for both Singapore n Malaysia!
09/12 – SD (Zouk Out) 6pm-7am
As usual, problems... reached VAC at 5pm plus. So, started working at 6pm with brandon n yew leong. I IC this time. I'll handle all the money for the tickets, they rest of them sell. shast came in at 8pm. A lot of backup tickets sia. we sold 60% of what was given to us. Not much ppl this year. at 12am, the crowd is died off... brandon n yew leong got to stand down early cos no ppl. Bloody rani. CB her. eric stand down at 2am. Left I and shast till 7am. 2am onwards no ppl lor. y put us there? KNN. at about 2am already got ppl started to come out. It must be very boring. 5am got things to eat at seah im food centre sia! The Malay store was open! By 5.30 a lot more open. Got prata, drinks n etc! haha! So good.
This year also the same old thing. drunkers. 1st one is i think the guy took drugs. Went in at 2am. Still need friend to carry him board bus. Than they return at back at 6am. Still the same. They better dont meet any police.
2nd one is 1 tall ang-moh accidentally bang onto 1 short local. The local not happy, than confront ang-moh. ang-moh than look down, try to shake hands to be friendly... the ang-moh(still looking down) keep on saying 'sorry, brother. Lets make friends and forget about it'. The local (looked up, pointed fingers) replied back 'FUCK YOU! WHO IS YOUR FRIEND?! FUCK YOU!!!' I and shast was like laughing all the way lor. 1 tall 1 short. Than while they are still quarrelling, i told shast that if they fight, I’ll just call police or ranger. if they injured, I’ll call ambulance, approach them with my first aid joke (hello sir, I’m a first aider. where pain? HANDPLASTER!). We laugh until buay takan. Finally some ppl pull them away. While the local gang walks away, one of them hit the fire extinguisher box. Glass shatters. Stunt...
3rd one is this drunker local Indian guy quarrel with WT driver. He came down the bus, than ask the driver come down. He asked the driver wanna kill him is it? Saying the driver is suffocating him. He asked the drivers to open the door while on the move. wth? He is totally mam-boh le. he driver shoot back, 'so, wat u wan me to do now? u still alive infront of me wat... where got die?' wahaha! shiok man! Than the guy not happy, started to scold CB. Tats the time i step in. i told him to refine his language. Than he scolds me fuck you. I replied him thank you. haha! He’s totally pissed off than walk away.
So, finally can go home at 7am. Reached home at 8.15. Bath le than check email and sleep at 9am. I don’t know which idiot give my HP no. to TPT, they call me almost every 1/2hr asking for the loud-header. told them the location liao still keep on calling. Cannot give me peace sia. Than finally they found it le, still call me to thank me. wth...
10/12 – SD (SIC/GAC) 2pm-9pm
1pm ju called me, told me she not feeling well. Ask me can go now to cover her sic1 anot. At 1st I rejected and hang up the phone. Than after thinking of 1min, i called back. Ask her if she's really sick n can tahan anot... cos sic1 till 4pm mah. She said no than i told her to inform auntie lim 1st. than I started packing waiting for her call. Awhile later she call me say ok, than I took cab down lor. She said will pays 1/2 for me. Reached VAC at 2.10pm and started working. kalthom also another blur blur one tat day. A lot of things do wrongly. Than I help her settle. I’m too tired to stress myself le. Everything I do is in relax mode. I told everyone to relax, don’t be to stress... haha! Tats cos too tired le... we can’t think well if we are too stress. Than stay at sic till 5.30 than go cover filzah. cedric came to sentosa out of the sudden. Don’t know what he come here also. so, work till 9am. Super slack. i just sit one corner to write the hourly record. after work, meet richard n shast for 'dinner' at seah imm. Reached home at 11.30pm.
11/12 - V1 6.30am - 2.30pm
Working V1 today. Finally. last time I volunteer to work V1 than they don’t wan. Say I live very far. wth... than now suddenly they put me V1. I’m like so shock lor. Woke up at 4.30am. By 5am I’m already under my block. Taxi supposed to be coming at 5.15 but it arrives at about 5.20++. Than picked auntie lim at bedok b4 we go sentosa. Helps to open shutters, TC area, SIC n counter. Open counter at A6. Today train new guy edsmond do counter. By the end of the day, shortage $12. sob sob. I pay 1st...
Than wait for naz till 4.30pm. Go office than follow her to her mum's house. Her family got problem. Than follow them to hospital. Stay there till 9pm until both of us buay tahan le n we go home. Reach home at 10.30. too tired to sleep.
12/12 - SIC2 10am-6pm
Working SIC2 today. So tired lor. Brain not working well. I know I wanna do certain things, but I keep on forget how to do. Than the weather is so bloody hot. got diarrhea some more. wth... almost feel like fainting. Feel so bad cos juriah supposed to off at 4pm, than there's a big crowd in SIC n she stay to help me till 4.30. Thanks a lot. I really blur sia. haiz... than auntie lim called me asking I can work on wed anot, I straightaway rejected. Really cannot la... from wed till now no break sia. Than diarrhea some more. Better don’t work. Some more ask me to work at sky tower... I thought last time I volunteer they say I am 'not trained' to work at imbiah? wth?! I working SIC is the same as Sky tower info counter lor. wth... than now they wan me there... don’t want la... I’ll stick to SIC. haha!
Christmas is coming. Gift-exchange is ON again this time and SIC will have our own one too. Oh my… I run out of ideas this time!
13/12 - OFF DAY!
Yeah, off day sia! Ask chui rhong to go take sentosa express today. She only managed to get 1 more staff. So, 3 ppl got take express. The train is so damn small lor. OH! I forgot to take photos of the train! argh! Go every station at least got ppl know me. haha. Went to imbiah find nathra. Than we took sky tower with her. 1st time take sia. Finally can take it. But hor... its so fast lor... where got 7mins? n its not high lor... so disappointed. Than 3 of us go play luge. Its fun. After tat we go Cinemania. Managed to contact naga to let us in for free. Haha! The one inside counter is the same gal as tat time lor. Now she knows who am I le. RMB, I WORK AT SIC! u gong-gong! So, took express again to go out. After tat I went home straight. Cannot take it anymore. Stomach so pain. At 1st wanna see doc but nvr go. cos too tired to go. Than I went home sleep lor. tml got FYP, hope I’ll be ok by than... if still pain than I’ll go see doc tml.
The new sentosa tap card.
Posted by Alan
ok, going to chiong for the next 4 days. dont think i'll be online le. go straight home slp. updated as follows:
08/12 - SD 5pm-9pm or extend
09/12 - SD 5pm-7am
10/12 - SD 5pm-9pm or extend
11/12 - V1 6.30am - 2.30pm
dont think i got time to iron my uniform too... i think i should iron all my another 3 pants so tat can cope with it. as u can see, really like not enough time to slp.
WORK FOR THE CASH!
Quite a long day for me. really. abit tired. Today woke up at 7.30am than go CMPB. take mrt to rehhill than take cab cos missed bus 145. reach CMPB at 9.20am. So, started the Medical Check-up from 9.30-1pm. Wah... so long sia! Total 9 stations. Got Photo shoot, Blood test, urine test, Eye test, X-Ray, Ear Test, Dental Test, Height n Weight Test, Blood Pressure Test, Cardio Test and MO Consultant. I think im the fastest to complete all the following test. Oh! n lastly, the computer questionaire. it took me a long time sia! stupid questions. think i spent about 1-1.5hr to complete it? here are all the results:
Photo shoot - Photo taken (obviously...)
Blood test - A+ (Stupid thing. they put a sign saying if we know out blood type just tell them. than when i told them, the guy said still need to test. bloody hell...)
urine test - Passed
Eye test - Passed (PES A Status)
X-Ray - Passed
Ear Test - Passed (PES A Status)
Dental Test - Passed (PES A Status)
Height n Weight Test - 176cm, 84kg (Moderate)
Blood Pressure Test - Normal (hmmm... thought i got abit HBP?)
Cardio Test - Passed (PES A Status)
MO Consultant - Informed about Drug Allergy
Final PES status: PES BP
WAT? BP? means if i go SAF i'll have to go through all 4 Full Month Training? OMG! I'm not going to SAF. Im going to SCDF! haha! so, no differences for me! Btw, they nvr ask me for my NAPFA. I havent take NAPFA sia... haha!
After the Check-up, I ate my lunch inside CMPB canteen. while eating 1/2 way, this guy seat on my table. abit shock but i welcome him to take a seat. he's in his mid-30s. So, both eating n chating. he asked lots of questions sia... maybe he's trying to be friendly. So, have a fast meal than cabot.
missed the bus 145 to HBF again. Sian 1/2. Took a cab right into sentosa. working TC2 today to cover for shast. today like not enough staffs sia. everywhere like lack of 1 staff. become multi-task today. working PR/TC/SIC. Oh, just now ran to GAC to help aishah to upload the scanner. she jialat sia! this kinda thing also can forget. haha! she's sometimes like tat. maybe tats the cute side of her? keke. than ran back to GAC to help janice to take get her shoe bag. another blue sotong. think VAC got lots of sotong (Candy, Karen, Aishah, Janice... haha!). cannot let her go alone la... 1 gal alone go back GAC, later anything happen how? think she's 16? WORST! so, i offer to help her.
Aini told me tml the tailorman coming at 10am. ask me to come down to take measurement too. I'll be the sample for the rest of the guys who dont have the size too. wah... hope they can wear too. so, tml have to work TC1. 7.30am sia... But i think i'll go off at 12pm. depending on hazel manage to get bernard for meeting anot. haiz... really dont wanna meet bernard. wat a lousy and slack supervisor we got for FYP2. Amos's team already completed their's le lor! should ask them earlier than i join them. make my life so hard... iSCSI, wat the fucking thing it is?
another 1hr more than can go home le. haha! so tired. dont know i'll go online later anot. maybe i'll online n leave it on throughout the whole nite. think i'll dl anime? haha!
er... dont know how to start. everything just goes very wrong ever since last wk.
sunday went to see doc. got MC le. $20 only. so many medicine but still so cheap? than alvin came my house play. long time nvr play DotA le. 1st time win him. haha! than we rest awhile b4 we play another game. still using WC3 but different map. think the map is 'lord n empire' something like tat. the map is like Ceasar3. we play 5hrs+ but still havent complete sia! so long... haiz...
today nvr go sch again. still sick. stupid lor... still stomach pain. feel like cutting out to see wats really went wrong. slacking at home again. chiong 'Jewel In The Palace'. episode 2-11. shiok sia! but eye also pain sia... some scene so touching. haiz... really like this show alot.
just now check iBanking, pay came through le! $191 only. haiz... hope can survive for 2wks.
at 1st go work happily de... now come back like rotten apple.
met jewel at HBF to go work together. tried the new uniform but pant can't fit cos cutting too small. So, have to wear back the old one. the new uniform really like cleaner. Orange body with green sleeve.
started working SIC in the morning with full energy. than at around 10am, started to feel unwell. 11am started to get the 'vomit' feeling. had my lunch at 12pm, malay rice today. Ju brought it at artist village's muslim cafe. its so nice. Rendang chicken, with egg and my favourite chili kangkong! Shiok man. so, started feeling better after the meal. but at about 2-3pm+, the feeling started again. can feel the chest also pain. can be due to stress.
ya... today quite stressful. attended this guest. he lost a wallet. so, one of the sentosa guy found it and called him. saying tat its in visitor centre. please lor... we got 4 visitor centre in sentosa. VAC, GAC, Cable Car and Gantry. than the guest came to VAC-SIC @ 3pm. we called the number started in the guest HP but it diverts back to HOTLINE. than hotline gal(cant say name in here) told me tat the number they also dont know. i called Ranger and they also dont know. than hotline called me again n said the number is a 'hidden line'. there are more than 10-20++ 'hidden line' in sentosa. so, they cant trace the call for me. all 'hidden line' will divert back to HOTLINE. sian 1/2. no choice, than Ranger told them to go home, if found than contact them lor. spent almost 1hr talking on phone. ear pain.
another headache thing is today 9am rohaidah told me to work at marina south pier. at 1st i thought its ok cos i know there is a bus to go there. so, should not be a problem. also, im still ok at tat time, not sick yet. already know tat might have to work from 8am-7.30pm. but hor, when rani called me at 3.30 telling me no bus tml cos marina total road closer. WTF?! than when i ask how to go then, she asked me to walk 20-30mins from marina bay mrt to marina south pier! walking to the steamboat takes almost 25mins le. wat u expect to walk further down to marina south pier? also, there got no access to cheap food. only 1 indian resturant and she told me tat got ppl eat le food poison. why tell me tat? CB! tell me to bring my own food tml. 8-7.30 ley. wat can i bring down? telling me all these things when im not feeling well n still attending the guest incident. win liao lor. im so tired tat i said ok. fucker! y i said tat? KNN. after thinking for a long time, i finally decided not to work. I informed the IC said i not feeling well, n tml im going to get a MC to certified my unfit for work. She dares to said she's going to remove my name from roster. ok lor, u go find ppl tat can do SIC lor. see still got who can work SIC. n, if u wanna remove me, i'll rather resign myself. b4 tat, im going to report to HR and union. see who die 1st. at most i lose a job. wat u lost is more than tat.
confirm not going to work on sunday. lets see wat u going to do to me. so far i have not release my angry at work b4. wait n see...
hey hey! finally started downloading anime using the new PC le. but still hor, there is still problems here n there. encounter built-in speaker suddenly not working but the earpiece jack still works. so, do some settings here n there... finally it works after restarting... wth... set the video memory to 128MB. looks the same in games... but still got problems with the video n sound. when I watch anime, the sound is 'faster' than the video. so strange... at 1st i thought is the sub got problem. but all the anime also like tat. cannot be mah... it happens only awhile. hope no more problems from now on. now it is stable. can finally enjoy game. RAMs not enough. left with 384MB only. think i'll save money to buy a 1GB DDR2 RAM.
today Renu call me, asking me to cover her SIC3 as she cant work. so, agreed to help her. 2hrs more only. not tat bad. also i need more money. haha! btw, we changing uniform liao! today is the 1st day. but i not working today mah. so, think tml will get it. tat 'cleaner shirt' haiz... will got to see it tml. think better slp early le ba.
My new 2WIRE 2700HG-D Wireless Gateway. (Oh! My cute Police Buddy Truck also there, hehe!)
Posted by Alan
Lenovo (IBM) ThinkCentre A60
Posted by Alan
So happy! Singnet guy called me today at 5.40pm asking me im at home anot. Of cos im at home! He's going to deliver my new PC 1 day earlier! Tats super shocking! Luckily I cleaned my room this noon. haha! So, He came down at about 7pm, with the new PC and wireless gateway! Totally free!
Lenovo (IBM) ThinkCentre A60
AMD Athlon(TM) 64 Processor 3500+
2.21GHz, 512MB DDR2 RAM (Shared Video Memory)
80GB SATA
16x DVD Multi-Player
NDIVIA GeForce 6100 Integrated Graphic
15" LCD Monitor
Built-in Speaker
Ethernet 10/100
6 USB Jack (2 front, 4 back)
2 Sound input/output (1 front, 1 back)
Windows Home edition
ADSL2+ Wireless Modem (2WIRE 2700HG-D)
Hahaha! Sounds not bad huh? but not completely what I needed:
1. Windows XP Home edition. What I needed is Professional Edition.
2. DVD Player. Player only? Not even CD burner? As predicted, gonna save money for a DVD burner. $100-150 ba...
3. Built-in speaker. Not so bad. But not the quality I want. Maybe I'll buy speaker the last.
4. Wired Keyboard and mouse. I think I'll buy a Wireless keyboard with mouse. think it'll cost about $50-70?
5. 512 DDR2 RAM. Not enough for me! I think I'll need at least 1GB now for Vista.
6. Not Vista compatible? Sian 1/2...
Some things I like:
1. ADSL2+ Wireless modem (2WIRE 2700HG-D). WOW! new one! bye bye to my 2WIRE 1800G!
2. 6 USB Jack. Ya, 4 behind for hardwares, 2 infront for fast usage. Thats more like it!
3. 15" LCD Monitor. Ya, its big. luckily I nvr change to 17". haha!
4. NDIVIA GeForce 6100 Integrated Graphic - Nice for gaming!
So, started trying out the system from 8pm. Really dont like it. Home edition just suxs! Cannot use IIS. Sian 1/2. So, made the final decision to format it. Very risky. Cos I nvr reformat a IBM PC b4. Got so used with Acer and Fujitsu. IBM system is so much different. Btw, they don't give Recovery CD de?!?! Sian 1/2 again. Luckily I know I'll be able to get the drivers from the IBM support n download site. But still, the site is so confusing. A60 got so many different types! haiz...
Finally managed to format to Professional Edition. Hehe! Got the RP copy... keke! Original de hor! Shiok man! Tats the best part when I help IT helpdesk in yr 1. I can 'kat-bot' lots of softwares. hehehe!
Used lots of time to figure out how to get the sound card work. Stupid HDA Audio bus Driver. My install that 1st b4 can install sound card driver. IBM never say in their site lor! Have to go to forums to find out how. Clever me! keke!
Finish installing everything at about 12am. wah... 4hrs sia! I reformat my Fujitsu laptop only takes about 1.5hrs. Now my PC is officially operational! YES~! Can do lots of things with it le! Can dl anime like siao!
Now messing up with some software I always uses. I know Im tired but Im too excited also. Don't know what time i'll sleep... keke!