Shopping Spree...

Bangun pagi berkobar2 nak tau result pilihanraya umum 2008. both of us tak dapat mengundi tahun nie coz tak sempat nak register utk undi pos. so P98 and N18 kekurangan 2 undi.

Malaysian PM suffers election shock, reported by CNN. Frankly, both us quite disappointed with the results, tapi bak kata Pak Lah, "ini pendirian rakyat untuk menunjukkan pilihan mereka untuk tidak mahu memberikan kami majoriti dua pertiga". skrg terserah la kpd rakyat utk melihat impact atas keputusan yg telah dibuat. Since the results were pretty much expected, we decided not to wait for the official announcement.
After having our brunch, we went to Clinton Crossing Premium Outlets. Many designers and brands can be found here, and tengah sale pulak tu! Dpt la few harta karun from Coach, Gap, Nike, and Skechers. my x-colleague, fikri mesti suka this place coz ader kedai favorite, Polo Ralph Lauren. Sure borong sakan kalau dier jumpa kedai nie... hehehe...
Later we continue our journey to Westbrook Tanger Outlets. sini pun byk pilihan, tapi cuma harith je dpt habuan from here. bought him few toys from KB Toy and books from Reader's Digest. we definitely will visit these 2 outlets again and again... especially before balik M'sia nanti :D

Orthodontic

I had my 1st orthodontic treatment in West Haven yesterday. Actually it was my 2nd visit, the 1st visit the dr. just tgk2 current condition of my teeth and asked details about the treatment record. I had to ask my orthodontic back in M'sia to transfer my record here. We had discussed about this earlier, so the dr. is already aware.

Yesterday, the dr. made a new model and changed the chain. The wire is still using the old one coz he wants to wait for my treatment record to arrive and get the exact size for the wire.

The cost? hmmm... should I mention it here? kalau ikut US currency, for the mthly treatment it is cheaper than my mthly payment in M'sia. but kalau convert to RM, errr... takpe la... saper yg tau, taulah. Anyway, I mmg dah expect psl the cost and had it prepared earlier.

To compare between the two dental centers, the one in M'sia is much2 canggih and cantik. For the friendliness, both are the same. My dr. in M'sia gentler in doing his work. Sikit pun tak raser sakit. tapi dr. kat sini plak, pasang the chain without using any tool. Ke psl tu raser sakit sket? Btw, the dr. here quite impress tgk my braces quality... hahaha... siap tanya where the M'sian dr. got his training and he even wondering where the braces was manufactured :D So seems like I tak salah pilih la kat M'sia. Worth it with the amount I paid for.

A Beautiful Day Ended as a Boring Day

It was Sunday yesterday. Time really flies this week. Sekejap je dah habis another week. Its was a beautiful day yersterday. With Ms Sunshine and no strong wind adds up to what supposed to be a beautiful Sunday. Woke up a bit late than usual, tengok ada 3 missed call from Zakir. Sure dia call masa nak pegi East Haven for the weekly bowling get together. Melepas lagi nak main bowling this week. Siapa suruh tido pukul 4.00 pagi, ada hati nak bangun awal.

Anyways, since dah tak ada rezeki nak main bowling weekend ni, we have to make do with what we have je la. As a normal routine, boot up the laptop and get hooked up to the net. Sementara nak tunggu booting up completed, sempat la pegi basuh muka, gosok gigi and minum air. Normally malas nak mandi awal-awal, sejuk la. Tunggu a bit later in the afternoon baru mandi. Dah settle with the personal matters tadi, duduk la mengadap laptop. Try to download the emails, keep giving me the message "Unable to connect to host". Hmmm. Sensed something not right here. Sekali tengok modem bawah meja, rupanya tak ada connectivity. Run the diagnostic tools, confirmed there are no internet connectivity, alas. Tried to restart the modem and other basic diagnostic, still no positive signal. Seems like memang confirm tak ada internet. Its ok then, we'll wait till bit later in the afternoon and try again. Since dah tak dapat online tu, just proceed with presentation slides preparation. Luckily managed to gather some info yesterday. Boleh la proceed buat slides.

Later in the afternoon, we tried to connect to the net again. Must still no signal. Went to 7-11 next door to reload the mobile phone, nak call AT&T. Jadi student ni kena la berbelanja secara berhemah. Pakai mobile phone, guna prepaid. Upon reloading the mobile phone, kami call la AT&T Customer Care. Dalam hati semangat nak sembur orang ni. After going thru the so-called "Interactive" Customer Care line, kami dapat notification yang katanya memang ada internet connectivity error in certain part of Connecticut. Totally frustated...

One whole day with nothing to do. Nak keluar jalan, kalau la ada kereta, dah panjang dah langkah. As we said before in the earlier entries, kalau tak ada benda, memang malas nak keluar. Eventhough Ms Sunshine ada, but its still a bit cold. So duduk la kami anak beranak kat rumah. Sorang main Solitaire, sorang main PSP. Nak tengok tv, dah kena conquer dengan Harith. Its either Cartoon Network or Disney Channel je la. Layan je la. It feels soooo long nak sampai malam. Malam lak, still sama no connectivity. In the end, kami anak beranak layan Harry Porter - Prisoner of Azkaban kat ABC Family. Habis cerita Harry Porter, saja je jengok bawah meja. All the indicator lights kat modem tu menyala. Yahooooo! At last, after the whole day without internet.

Its really weird when to think of it. We are now too dependent to the internet nowadays. A day without internet seems incomplete. Rasa gelisah je. What can we say, we are both IT Graduates. Lagipun, aper guna technology kalau kiter tidak menggunakannya... :D. Alhamdulillah dapat balik online...

Together singing off...