You win some, you lose some

This morning, I got up early with Ross and we had time for a cooked breakfast as he didn't have to be at his presentation until 9am. After I dropped him over at the Mandarin Oriental, I headed out to Times Square to take my computer to the ASUS Service Centre.

As always, I was early and nothing was open because it was before 10am. The walk-way across the road wasn't even open when I got there but the security guard opened it for me a few minutes early.

I waited for about 20 mins outside the service center for them to open (and took today's photo) but when they did, things all happened pretty quickly. They scanned the barcode on the back of my computer, tested it and told me that the keyboard was faulty. They headed upstairs to get a replacement keyboard and it was installed within 20 minutes - not bad! I walked out of there with a fully functioning laptop.

I headed back to Times Square and wandered around looking for some places that sold long dresses for the upcoming MANZA Ball. I found two that I thought would be OK and they were both relatively cheap. I wasn't completely convinced so I left them.

On my wanderings, I also found a great lingerie shop and I finally managed to purchase some comfortable, normal bras! Trust me, no easy feat in Asia where everything is padded to the max due to small boob syndrome! Although they weren't cheap they are fantastic - very happy!

In the afternoon I started organizing the two external hard-drives that we have connected to the home laptop. No easy task! We had been dumping stuff on them for years and so everything was everywhere - especially the music files.

I also moved the new iPod alarm clock into the bedroom. After groping around on my stomach under the bed trying to plug it in, it worked well for about 5 minutes before the LCD display for the time went out. Was not impressed! Looks like yet another trip to Low Yat is on the cards for the weekend!

Challenges with technology

Today started with the usual Tuesday morning routine of dishes and clothes washing. I also tried to bleach some sheets that were a bit discoloured - they turned out OK. Around lunchtime, I picked Ross up from work and we drove to Low Yat Plaza.

The keyboard on my little computer had stopped working so I wanted to take it back to the shop to have it fixed. I have only had it for just over a month! As I expected, the shop said I needed to take it to the Asus Service Center - I'll save that for tomorrow.

While we were in Low Yat, Ross and I looked for a iPod Alarm Clock. We found one from Altec Lansing that had a wireless remote control snooze (which can stay on Ross' side) and a great sound. It also has this mood lighting feature where you can pick the colour of the LED lights that shine subtely from the back of the system.

We had lunch at Sushi King and then had to brave the traffic to get Ross back to the office in time for a meeting - it took us 1 hour! The photo is of Ross looking confused by the fireman pole in the middle of the elevator in Sungai Wang Plaza on our way back to the car.

Once I was back home, I tested out the new system and was annoyed to find that the wireless snooze didn't work - I started imagining another trip back to Low Yat!

For dinner, I recycled the last of the BBQ leftovers to make chicken quesidillas. They turned out really well and we had plenty over to freeze. We were a bit lost as to what to do after dinner, to we decided to head out to Ikano Power Center and IKEA to take a look at the armchairs I saw yesterday. Ross really liked the Laz-e-boy rocker-recliner which was also my favourite. I think we will put some more serious thought into that one.

Ross tackled the alarm clock before heading to bed and got the snooze working!