all about apple?

i am so glad i waited.

when everyone was out buying the new 40gb ipods, i took a deep breath and told myself that i didn't need one. after all, the old school 10gb ipod that i bought off peter still works fine. i get about 5 hours of usage out of a full charge, and when i last checked, i only had 7gbs of music on my computer, so i don't really NEED a new ipod right?

all that changed when apple finally announced their new ipod photo. i could see myself getting something like this. so what about the US$599 price tag for a 60gb model. heck, even the 40gb models are US$499, US$100 more than the regular 40gb models.

of course you pay the little extra for the color screen (it's 2" wide, how much would you really be able to see?) and of course there is the av cable that can attach the ipod to a tv to show pictures. to be honest, i can't see myself going to a friend's place and saying "DUDE! you've GOT to see this!" then proceed to plug in my ipod into their tv to show off my photos. well ok, maybe once or twice, but the novelty will wear off quickly.

oh, and US$599 does translate to over S$1,000. that's quite a hunk of change, especially when you consider that i bought a sony home entertainment system (that's right, a multi-region coded DVD/VCD/MP3/CD/JPG/radio player with five cube speakers and a kickass subwoofer) for S$499. come to think of it, the 14" tv i have really doesn't do justice to that nice new system, and did i mention that a new flat screen tv will only set me back by about S$360. hmmm...

are you proud of me for talking myself out of getting the new ipod? don't be, i am already picturing that new tv on the sideboard.

shallow? me?

reading the blogs of my friends have gotten me wondering if my life is as frivilous and shallow as it sounds. m writes about touching relationships forged on airplanes, rich gripes about south carolina life, jo writes about love, and abi writes about spontaneity.

and i? i write about sleep sex, gadgets and mostly bitch and moan about everything under the sun.

it's true that things have been pretty crazy for the last couple of weeks. trying to get back into the swing of things at a daily newspaper. mostly enjoying the daily work, but i'm usually so exhausted by the end of the day that crawling into bed seems the only logical thing to do. blogging seems important, except that i am so brain dead that i have nothing to say.

i love my work, but the daily grind scares me. regardless, i ask for patience while i try to organize the poignant moments of my life and put them down on paper (erm... screen?). in the meantime, just try to enjoy the fluff that i'll try to throw out on a regular basis.