The Mobile Phone Saga

It first started 3 Sundays ago. I'd been wanting to switch to corporate plan but gotta wait till it's up for recontracting and also required to purchase a new phone.

So finally we're eligible to recontract - I converted to corporate plan and hubby, to bundle plan which enables him to enjoy a 30% discount on his current plan. As for the new phones, hubby had been eyeing on Samsung Galaxy S2 and since we still wanted to own the same phone, I decided to get S2 as well though I'd not forgotten how badly the first generation of Galaxy S performed.

As we sold our Incredible S at a very good price and hubby's $300 top-up was waived, we got to keep a couple of hundreds even after getting our new phones.

That night, I was so frustrated just trying to configure the phone to my preference. And I got paranoid over every lil hiccup/slowness I experienced with the phone (I was still not over with the bad experiences with Galaxy S). My mood was so affected that hubby made the decision of getting me another phone. The next day, we got rid of an S2 and, & without any idea of what phone to get, I chose a HTC Evo 3D. It's real bulky but I thought it should be good.

Besides very unique 3D effect on the pictures (the objects taken looked soooo real!), there's seriously nothing else to shout about. What's worse, I couldn't receive emails & even Whatsapp wasn't working! Tried living with it for a week & I gave up! Last Tue, hubby & I went back to the vendor & sold him the phone... it's so nice of him to take it back at a very high price (as high as a new set buy-back). After a day's consideration, I decided to get a relatively older phone - Sony Ericsson Xperia arc. But finally, I'm a happy girl. It's so slim & light & the camera is good! ;)

I'm fussy about phone - good camera, sound messaging/emails response & prompt internet connection. Whereas hubby's is simple - messaging apps & emails must work well. We liked Incredible S but it lost out on the camera & dropped calls pretty frequently.

Few days ago, we sold & bought again. This time round was hubby's who also gave up on his S2 as he, too, was unable to receive emails. Everyone's been raving about S2... so think we're the only 2 who think otherwise. So hubby joined me to be an arc user and got another round of "profit" as the selling price of S2 was higher than the buying of arc:)

A Cuppa

It feels nostalgic at the first sip of Dome's Iced Mocha with Gelato. It's my first coffee drink many many years ago (I don't drink pure coffee) & still liking it, though I don't take often now.

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It's A Long Week ...

... after yet another 4-day long weekend last week. To be exact, we'd 2 x 4-day long weekends in Aug.. so nice... Looking ahead, no PH for the next 2 months... Yawn~

The last long weekend started with a sumptuous dinner at a Thai restaurant at Robertson Walk, just next to our ex The Bar (& where Newsroom was previously) :)

Ordered too much... also had 6 pieces of Super-sized deep fried spring rolls that're not in the picture. But their Phad Thai and Tom Kha Gai were good & we'll definitely go back again for these 2.

A month ago, we found this nice Thai restaurant, SomThai. The modern yet cosy setup was appealing. The few segments of live piano music was also excellent for chilling. But we already had dinner then, somewhere we haven't been to for a long long time - the once very famous ba kut teh at Mohammad Sultan... where I used to frequent during The Bar days including a few times with my then-suitor now-hubby haha. Anyway, we decided to have a drink at SomThai instead. Hubby had his usual Hoegaarden while I had their SomThai drink with coconut liquor & we ordered some bites too..... My drink wasn't a nice one but that didn't deter us from going back. Visiting Mohammad Sultan has always been a good one, with so much to reminisce...

Celebrated mum's birthday on Sat.. we'd hi-tea @ MBS' Rise. Not too bad but the spread at lunch (& dinner) is more eloborated.

Pots of TWG tea (we all had Chamomile except hubby had Earl Grey) that came with the hi tea. We like.

We'd a long day out on Sun - after church, we went Millenia Walk.. wanted to get something from Parco but the brand was no longer there. But I got to indulge in my currently fav choco marquise (i ate 1 there & bought 2 home!). Then had dim sum lunch @ SAFRA Mount Faber. 3rd stop - Victoria Secret @ RWS. The last stop was ION where I bought some skincare products from Sloane. Usually on Sundays we'd try to be home very early to (mentally) prepare ourselves for another week's work. But we're not working the following day, so we could stay out late.

We didn't do much for the next 2 days... just stayed around the neighbourhood and went slow with activities... It's just great ...