Two days in one

today i immersed myself in my world of music the whole day. Tried NFS with my new speakers cuz that's the only game i have in my computer for now. Uninstalled the other games. Its very cinema-ish. Big sounds, big bass. Shook my room's window grilles at volume level 1 (max lvl 4). Power huh? yet to try full blast, that one must wait my sister and dad not at home.

1/12/2006
This day sucked for the morning till 2. After gems' quiz i went down to SITEX with jeremy, qc and junwei. Jeremy went for fun, cuz his house was quite near expo. Qc went to see mp3 players and mayb he showgirls there (sadly i think only weekends got). When i got in, i quickly went for the list of stuff gin loen wanted. first i went to look for cybermind's linksys booth.

1. Linksys WRT350N Router
2. Linksys Wireless N Adapter
3. Seagate External HDD 3.5' 320gb

first i went to look for cybermind's linksys booth. first time i walked past i didnt get a chance to squeeze in to get the stuff, so walk one big round and walk back there. This time it was more empty and so i talked to the part time sales man lo. As expected, cant get discounts, so i got some free gifts, like a wireless mouse, an umbrella and a pouch. Didnt want the mineral water, LOL. The total price of the 2 linksys products was $289 + $76 = $365. Near the linksys got razer stuff by cybermind, damn tempted to buy, razer diamondback only $49, but didnt wanna overspend. Then after that got a call from Qc, saying he was leaving liaoz, so he left lo. Not sure whether he got hoot anything.

After that i got the external harddisk from seagate. No gifts at all, but got lucky draw. Got a chance to win some Maxtor thing, forgot what's the exact prize. After that went to check whether sitex got feature my altec lansing speakers. But don't have the ones i want, so i decided to make a trip to funan after sitex.

Took mrt from expo to city hall. Reached funan, first shop for me is always South East Asia Computer pte.ltd, cuz i always take the escalator up and also cuz it has a huge variety of stuff, not the cheapest also. Junwei accompanied me also, i made sure he did. Needed his help to help me take stuff. When i and junwei went there, we took our time looking @ all the stuff there. Including comparing the prices with the ones in SITEX. I got a shock when i found out Gin's Linksys products was about $70 more ex @ SITEX. After that talked to a sales man, one of the longest talks i had with a salesman. I SPEAKED IN CHINESE BTW, very smoothly. I maintained my chinese standards i hope, with the help of my sec sch frenz. Saw both the Altec Lansing FX6021 and MX5021 @ SEA Comp. FX6021 @ $269, MX5021 @ $219. Went to other stores to check prices. Check liao then went to Challenger compare sound quality between the two sets of speakers. In the end, I personally preferred the MX5021, sexy also prefer it. To me, its cause its clearer than the FX6021. In the end, went to CH Comp. to buy my speakers @ $210, the cheapest in Funan. Asked about the Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX's price, CH Comp. sold it @ $999.

Linksys WRT350N Router Prices
SITEX - $289 (I got it)
SEA Comp - $214
Forgot Name 1 - $205

Altec Lansing MX5021
SEA Comp - $219
CH Comp - $210 (I got it)
Forgot Name 2 - $210
Sim Lim's Shop - $230+

After that went home, wanted to take taxi actually, but queue too long. So take mrt lo. Sexy helped me with the speakers until segar station lo. Wah kaoz, tell you hor, i promise i won't want my weight to exceed 100kg man. The weight (Gin's stuff on one hand + speakers on one hand by the rafia string) i carried was like adding weight to me till i was exceeding 100kg. Stopped a few times to rest my hands/fingers. Was sweating like cr4zy. FINALLY reached home. WOO..and one step nearer to gettin power sounds. Fixed my speakers after dinner. Reorganised my home's wiring before i fixed my speakers. THANKS ALOT junwei. Great to have you help me with the weight.

And Viola, its done. Hook up everything and started enjoying. And now for pictures and reviews. No cheesy smiles this time.

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Seagate 320GB External Hard Disk

Nice buy by Gin. I like the price, but not the shape and design of it. $199 for it @ SITEX. Quite fat, comparing it to my current 200gb external. Design not very nice. But seagate's good stuff.

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Linksys Wireless-N Adapter

Definitely one of the best in the market now. N's the newest. Price wise, i'm not very sure. Didnt compare it to Funan's. $76 @ SITEX. Another quality buy from Gin, rich boy.

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Linksys Wireless-N Router

lol...quality stuff, but paid a higher price than required. Scammed/Cheated/whatever @ SITEX. Bought @ $289, cheapest in funan @ $205. Again, definitely one of the best for home users. New product. Personally, i will not buy such a expensive router and adapter. Too ex for quality. Quality buy by Gin again, rich boy.

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Altec Lansing MX5021

As you can see, its not small, imagine yourself carrying that in one hand by the rafia string. Compared to a standard one-dollar coin.

Large speakers, larger subwoofer, huge sounds. At the background of this pic is my tv tuned to chn 8's 9pm show. LOL.

All i can say is that its really good for the cost. Very solid set of speakers. As bassy as you want. As i said, it shooked my room's window grilles with only volume lvl 1. Certified by THX. Of cuz, no surround effects that i can get from my razer barracuda headphones, but the solid cinema-ish sounds compensates. OWNAGE. Played warcraft with it. Impressive. I liked it when the guy says ownage, or stuff like killing spree! Bassy, echoish.

All my songs that i dun like suddenly so nice. Testing with Victor Wooten's Music, Casino Royale's theme song, and blahblahblah etc. MX5021 + Creative's Studio = POWERPACKED ACTION! Want test come my house.

My Rating - 9.2/10

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And that's all for today lo.

Off to save the world,
Mr. J0sA1Ac Cheong