A Field Trip

Last Friday I went on a field trip to the MATRADE Tower Exhibition Center. I went there mostly to find some research materials for this International Business project we're doing. My part is to find out about Malaysia's exports. And Malaysia it seems, exports just about anything under the sun. This is also a chance for me to take Camus out on a full field trial. And he did not disappoint. I am happy XD.
One of the great thing about the exhibits there is that, you can sit on all the couches, and even roll over on the beds! There is not a single 'Do Not Touch' or 'Do Not Sit' sign everywhere! I went with Khaye and Mary and we took a lot of pictures between ourselves. Though I do remember to take pictures of the exhibits as well. I saw some Malay Tea, apparently a locally grown tea. I know Cameron Highlands has tea, but I never thought we'd have a tea unique to this region.
Still, their packaging looks nice XD.

The purpose of this exhibition is to expose locally made products to potential international buyers who want to import them to their countries. There were small trolley wheels...

To big wheels....
To candy wheels.
All can be found at MATRADE. Just that, when we went there, they are currently renovation the place, apparently in preparation for a big exhibition to come. Wonder if I'll go to that one too. But one thing for sure, that place sure is HUGE.

After about an hour of toiling around MATRADE, we decided to end the day at Pavilion because someone has a hankering for doughnuts. So off we went.
And to the toilets where they have mirrors the lenght of the walls to indulge in endless vanity.

It was a job well done for Camus!

It was raining quite heavily when it was time to go home. I didn't bring an umbrella so I had to buy one. And that umbrella turned out faulty just after a couple of uses. *mutters angrily*

sighs.

Fun day. Next I'm going to talk about the play I went to on Sunday. Had quite an eventful weekend indeed!

Enter The Camus

After much toiling, and debating, and agonizing, I finally went ahead and bought myself a new camera. Everyone, please meet, Camus the Camera! A Sony Cyber-shot w80.

And yes, he is pink. Thus the name (named after girly-looking guys because like Sasarai, Camus is a guy who looks excessively like a girl. Not that I don't think that is hot XD). I already have a digicam actually, but that one doesn't take very good pictures in dim lighting. And besides, right now it's a bit out of...commission. Been wanting to have him fixed but haven't got the opportunity hehehe...

Took a bit of browsing before I actually bought this one. I searched around at the available models. tried them on, the went online to look for user reviews. I had several things to consider, one being the quality of pictures it take in dim lighting, price, functionality, appearance and of course, whether it'll still be relevant in four years to come.

If you hadn't gone digicam browsing lately, you'll notice that most of the new Sony cameras are touchscreens. Not that I mind too much with touchscreens, but...you know. I am a clumsy person and such, so enough said about that.

The wonders of browsing around Sg. Wan led me to the realization that I could get the camera for cheaper than the list price of RM999 and with a free 1GB memory stick! I found RM950 and RM920, but thankfully they don't have pink ones. Until finally I went to this store where my dad bought my last digicam and they offered me the same package for the price of RM899! Plus I get a free pouch!

The pouch is dull and black, and the sale assistant know too well that I would replace it as soon as I got it. But for now it is Camus's sleeping bag, until I can find a better one, who knows?

I saved rm100. And that, my friend, is a lot of money XD. I could buy a pants or a shirt from Padini Authentics with it.

My sister is coming over from Kuching tonight to go watch Backstreet Boys concert tomorrow night. Glad I don't have to go. Not that I don't like BSB, but the timing is not right. I'd rather sit at home and watch TV than go out and see the concert :/.

I'm very busy these days you know.

Till next time.

Ta'ra!