+ Pix09 | Ride Home

Everyday I go to work by cab and come back from work by bus. Service number 72, that is.

It takes about 30 to 40 minutes journey to reach home. A double decker bus is my favourite, especially the newer ones with the laid back seats with spacious leg-room.

I would normally get a seat since the frequency of buses for this route is between 5 to 10 minutes wait during peak hours.

This entry is my everyday journey home in pictures from the top deck of the bus using my trusted Sony Erricson's S700i cell phone. No nice scenery, just blocks and blocks of flats as compared to Ellen from Coffee Granules which is where I got the idea from.

More pictures with the next updates of the scenes as I go through my journey home.

+ Gadgets | Epson MFP

Like Arnold said before "I'll be back." I was back again at the IT Show 2006 at Suntec City this afternoon.

Funny thing happened though. I guess I took a stupid pill today.

I led my wife and son to Singapore Expo at Changi instead on the intended Suntec City.

Probably because it has always been there for IT shows and my mind went to "auto-assume" mode or something.

We took lunch at the food court and was going to the exhibition hall when I realised it. My mind failed me this morning.

Anyway, there was a heavy crowd there for the Book Fair, Modern Living Fair and Mother and Child Fair.

Anyway, took the MRT from Singapore Expo to City Hall and walked through the City Link underground to Sunctec City.

The crowd was incredibly heavy that the bridge linking Marina Square to Suntec City came to a crawl.

Expectantly because it is a Saturday and mainly because it is the start of a one-week school holiday here.

We had to take a detour and walked farther through Marina Square Shopping Mall to reach the exhibition hall. All 3 stories of it - 3rd, 4th and 6th floors.

Narrowed down to Canon, Brother and Epson with the price range difference of about S$100.00. Wanted a network-ready AIO or Epson call it MFP - MultiFuntion Printer.

Could not decide which until the Epson has the edge of the DURABrite Ultra INKdividual Cartridges that does not smear and water-proof even on plain paper. Guaranteed printed pictures to last 130 years on. Good if it really is.

The print resolution is 57.6K, higher than normal 48K tops. That makes the printouts crisp-clear and true-to life colour with its finer pixels.

Now wifey did not think that network-ready was altogether necessary. The most important function that she will be using often are the scanning and printing.

The exceptional photo printing capability is a significant bonus for us.

So we set on Epson Stylus CX4100 MPF for S$168.00 that with a free trolley to lug it back home.

A set of ink cartridges included - individually, colour ink costs S$11.10 each while black is at S$12.40 to replace. Much cheaper than our former Lexmark X83 which costs about S$74.00 for colour and S$59.00 for black.

Set-up was easy. No need to refer to the manual at all. Windows XP did most of the thinking. The CD installer did the rest.

I tested the photo-print and yes, it turned-out brilliant!

Scanning was a tat slow, but the resolution and outcome superb! Very happy with the result so far and glad we chose this printer.

We thank God, The Almighty blessing us with such luxury.

Now, let us play with our new toy!

+ Gadgets | DVD Rewriter

Skipped lunch today and with 3 other friends, we went to IT Show 2006 at Suntec City to get some good bargains for a long awaited electronic gadget.

Got myself an LG Internal 16X Super Multi DVD/CD Rewriter model GSA-H10A for S$79.00 with an LG 25-piece DVD -R DVD Recordable Dics as a free gift. Not a bad bargain at all.

Will be busy this weekend to fix-up the internal drive to beef-up my PC to play and record DVD Dics as well. With this I will be able to store tons and tons of photos on the DVDs for posterity.

You can never be too careful, storing your precious memories in hard disks where virus and hackers loom every minute to corrupt and destroy your years in a split millisecond.

This time the IT show is larger and spilt into two stories in the exhibition hall.

So many great bargains that you tend to loose your control spending on those great gadgets. So dirt cheap this time around!

We shamelessly overshot our lunch time and came back to the office quite late in the afternoon. All 4 of us felt guilty for it.

We under-estimated the taxi queue that was although fast moving, but too long a queue.

The road was quite congested with visitors to the show. Pity the road marshals, as they frantically controlled the heavy traffic in the middle of the afternoon sun. It was boiling hot this afternoon.

Saturday and Sunday crowd will be even heavier. My family will be some of the people there as we are looking for a replacement of our AIO - All-In-One Lexmark x83 Printer which had timely broke down and deemed not worth repaired as recommended by the service centre.

We are looking for an AIO and are split between a Brother, Canon or an Epson Printer/Scanner.

Will have to read-up on the features, but economical ink usage and network-ready of the printer are a definite wish to have because it will be networked and shared between the 3 PCs that are wirelessly connected in our home - Mine in the Study/Gym room, Wifey's in her SOHO and Son's in his room.

Going back again tomorrow for the best AIO Printer with good bargain.

+ Pix08 | Sentosa One

It has been quite a while since I stepped into Sentosa Island Resort, a resort island south of Singapore.

Since we could not resist the view from HarbourFront, we ended-up spending the time there at Palawan Beach, beside the Pink Dolphins Lagoon.

An islet south of Sentosa is considered the southern-most part of Asia Continent, as it is connected via a suspension bridge to Sentosa. Sentosa Island itself to mainland Singapore and eventually by a Causeway bridge to Johor, Malaysia.

Cool sights, wonderful weather and the water was emerald-green. Just perfect for swimming and sun-tanning, but we were unprepared for that. Sigh...

Just enjoy the view with my Wife and Son, my Mom and Dad. Heaven! The photos tell all. Wish I could post all of them though, but here is Part 1 first.