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Singapore Weekend Hangover

Tonight is my first night shift day (ergh?) at work, and the long weekend has caused me to be so overwhelmed at all the tasks I have at hand, it’s crazy. Gah. I have five more things on my to-do list, two of which are important, while the others are not so important. I have around 5-6 hours to do everything there before I go home. I can do this…if only I have enough sleep. Pfft. Who’s up for coffee later?

Anyway, the hangover is brought to you by none other than Singapore. I arrived earlier today, and I’m missing the place. It’s not like the Philippines, but it’s definitely nice. The places are so clean, it’s easy to get around and gadgets are so cheap! :) I really wouldn’t mind going back there. :D

So before I go off on a coffee break, here are some highlights of the trip. A more detailed and photo-filled post to follow. :)

  • Singapore’s cost of living is quite high, but the gadgets are cheap. Okay, not that cheap, but cheap enough for one to save almost 10k+ on an expensive gadget…like, say a MacBook or a dSLR. ;)
  • I can go anywhere as long as I know where the MRT is. Hah. I did the same thing in Thailand. I rule transportations! Does this mean I’d survive in NYC too? :)
  • I love Ikea. :) It is kind of far from where we stayed, but I love it. I bought Happy some frames there as per her request, bought some of those for my own, and even got some pet supplies for Batman, our dog. Coolness.
  • Other than Ikea, I love Suntec. :) More to follow on the next post.
  • There are three kinds of Merlion in Singapore: the Father, the Mother (well I think) and the Baby. :P
  • The food isn’t that spectacular, but it’s okay.
  • Chinatown beats Quiapo in any dSLR stuff. ;)

I shall stop there because my brain refuses to cooperate unless I give it caffeine. Hah. I’ll get used to the night shift…soon. I hope.

Starbucks, anyone? Just for now? :D

NaNo-preparations

I’ve bene staring at Flash MX all day, it’s not funny anymore. Wah. I’ve never been so lazy to program ever, but maybe it’s because I’ve been distracted with NaNoWriMo (if you don’t know what this is again, it’s National Novel Writing Month) all day.

NaNoWriMo 2007 ParticipantYes, it’s almost that time of the year again. The time where I temporarily disappear from posting because I need to put in words in my novel and when I do post, it’s always about the novel I’m currently writing.I’ve talked about it a couple of times before in this blog, but I’ve concentrated most of my updates in my official NaNo blog, which you can visit right here.

Why do I keep on talking about this? Well, besides the fact that this is an excuse for me to be creative, I am the Municipal Liaison for the Philippines for NaNoWriMo this year, so I’m definitely encouraging people to join up. If you’re a NaNo-er and you’re from the Philippines and you haven’t made your presence known at the boards yet, then do so now! Make sure you set your regional affiliations to Asia :: Philippines so you can see the Philippines forum. If you’re a newbie and you just decided to join, you’re more than welcome to do so. :) You’ll also get some free stickers if you do (I’m serious). We’ll be having a big meet-up at the end of the month, so the more people, the merrier! :) Join the creative insanity! :)

Now the only thing that’s kind of bothering me right now is that I’ll be going to Singapore on Friday, which means my writing will be halted a bit because of the travelling thing. I won’t be bringing Ginger there because I don’t want to bring too many stuff, but I obviously want to write…so I guess it’s pen and paper for me for the entire weekend. Unless I can hostage my dad’s laptop for the weekend, OR, if I can get my Aslan by that weekend, then that would be so much better. :) Let’s see.

Oh, and aside from all the novel-related posts, expect a post about Singapore complete with photos. We’ll be bringing a couple of digital cameras there (yes, more than one — our normal digicam, a borrowed dSLR, and my brother’s video cam), so I’ll be breaking the monotony of my words with photos. Or maybe in my way to preserve the words I churn out everyday, I’ll just make a photo post. Whichever.

Okay, back to preparing for NaNo. :) Excuse me a bit while I talk to my characters.