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Strangely, ever since I came here, it's been really hard for me to remember the things I want to say in my posts anymore. Sometimes something comes to mind, but I find it nearly impossible to hold that thought in my head throughout the day until the next time I blog. I do remember it was slightly more complex than the average topic though. Oh well. I bet you're all thankful I forgot =_=".

Well, few things have happened really, and yet I've been extremely busy. Looking back, how can I have nothing to blog about but been that busy? Maybe I'm just wasting more time in the day. It's an odd thing I noticed as I move from place to unfamiliar place. In places where I don't really feel at home, my time management skills seem to waver, and days just become shorter. Where does the time go? Could it just mean that I sit around doing nothing more...? Certainly doesn't feel like it =/.

Well, with regards to the issue with my hard drive and keyboard: We made a trip down to Funan Centre today (Computer/tech hub of Singapore, so to speak. Well, the high(er) end one anyway >.>), to see what could be done about the keyboard/drive. Many thanks to my aunt for sacrificing her whole Saturday morning, driving me first to CMPB to turn in submit my documents regarding NS, like my exit permit, and then taking me to Funan where we then proceeded to look for shops which seemed to cater to my needs. Apparently, the bracket of the key itself was broken, and a replacement would mean replacing the entire laptop keyboard, costing about $100. Come on, I'm so not paying that for a broken "a" key that WAS still usable, just with great difficulty. Ended up buying a basic USB keyboard for like $16 (Ok, that's still expensive but it's Logitec, and it's cool :D). Works just as well. My laptop isn't exactly going to be very mobile anyway (not that I anticipate).

As for the hard drive, thank God the drive itself didn't die: rather, the apparently cheap casing did. We eventually found a shop that agreed to test the drive to see if it still functioned: the guy who did it was pretty cool, he told me that the case was actually really cheap, especially for a drive of that calibre/capacity. Hey, it was cheap after all. But I got a new case, this time quite a proper one, cost like $60 but well, came with a 1 year warranty (Not that the other case didn't have a warranty, but I'm not about to fly/send it back to Australia to claim another cheap case).

Anyway! I'm typing this on the new keyboard, and it feels good to be back in business. Even if I only have another week.

Oh yes, I met up with Eugene on Friday, Alex and Jit Wei couldn't make it =(, so just went for lunch at Paragon, and then watched The Golden Compass. For all you Australian readers, lol wait a few more weeks for it to come out in the cinemas there. Not many people seem to realise this but it's actually based on book, which is the first of a trilogy. The name of the trilogy and the author escape me, but I do recall that the last book is called The Amber Spyglass or something like that. Anyway, it was pretty good I thought, quite a few stars in the cast too.

Apparently, the series and the books have strong anti-religious themes, not as strongly present in the film. Fair enough I suppose, but I'm not about to boycott it just because of that (as some email I recieved suggested). Where does that leave the Christian community at large if everything that suggests an alternative to our beliefs is simply ignored and shut away, so that the majority of the population of Christians don't even know why. "Oh it's bad for you." Reminds me too much of the old feuds between Catholics and Protestants for me to comply. Perhaps if you're unsure of your level of faith, or fear that it my sway or confuse you, then you have a reason. As mature Christians, are you sure the whole "closed mind" thing really works after a while? To me, it makes them look like idiots. No offence intended whatsoever. This view of Christians is then generalised by the public: and tah-dah! "Christianity? Lol." Very sad state we've come to, indeed.

Lol, enough about such dreary topics. I'm meeting up with Lynette on Monday...! It really feels like it's been forever since we last did. Really missed her quite a lot, probably the most during my stay in Australia. In terms of friends I'm in touch with, she's the one I've known for the longest time, from back in our primary school days =). Time and distance sort of came in, we lost touch for quite a while actually... Until my last trip here. She's the closest friend I have in Singapore, by quite a long shot in fact. Therefore, as you would expect, I look forward to this forthcoming Monday with great anticipation. and dread?

Tuesday is Hachiru's birthday party! It's a barbecue or something, but nothing's been finalised or sorted out yet etc... As you would expect from Hachi... For those who don't know! (Pretty much all of you bar one/a few) Hachi is and was my guildmate in WoW. Known him for quite a while now, and we've met before when I last came to Singapore. Him and Koshi (I don't know how to spell his full in-game name) are friends, so I got to meet him too. Cool guys =D, the barbecue should be fun too, assuming I actually get the info and stuff before the party is actually over -.-".

Sigh, I do apologise for my monster posts... I say there's nothing to say but then I rant on and on... Sumimasen~, I'll try harder next time T.T.

By the way... This new keyboard takes getting used to >.> The backspace is so small! The backslash is in the wrong place! The Enter button is HUGE! I don't have an "Fn" key! I have a NUMPAD! The Left Alt button is too close to the left side! The spacebar is too long! (These might make a bit more sense, and sound a bit more like bothers that need getting used to, if you PC game a lot :P).

Bye bye~.