Apart from 20+ log entries belonging to a PacificNet user who refreshed my main page 20+ times every 5 seconds, my blog has been aggressively visited by MSN’s spider. About a total of 150+ requests over the weekend! [8|]
There was a Philips Carnival Sale going on at Philips HQ at Toa Payoh. I went down on Saturday and just as I reached the place, it started to rain [>(]. I quickly ran around drenched, to get my flicker-free desklamp($50) for my room and a vacuum cleaner($95) for my home. Recently our 10+ year old and huge vacuum cleaner broke down. I disassembled it to find the plastic inside had cracked and the power connectors could not come into contact anymore.
The desklamp was great. “I have the sun in my room! Fear me!” kind of great. It didn’t cause my second monitor to flicker when I placed the lamp near it, which the older one did. It had a safety switch at the bottom to cut off the power if it topples over. Flicker-free is also friendly to the eyes.
We ended up selling the vacuum cleaner to my mum’s friend because another friend of hers is giving us a free one. At least I managed to buy what I intended to from this sale in the first place. Rest of the day was spent on FFXI. I’ve got some pretty cool screenshots which I’ll post after lunch.