MDL Gathering
28/12/06 00:38 Filed in: Personal
Just got
back from Bugis Junction. Had a little gathering at
Sakae Sushi.
Met up with Azman, Elaine and Joanne outside Sakae Sushi. I was searching for them high and low inside the restaurant when it turns out they were queueing up outside the restaurant! Silly.
Found out Azman had the Sony Ericsson w800i phone. He just showed me that my phone could be a cool walkman phone too! I'm a tech idiot. He showed me what I need to get started listening music on my phone.
Pei Xin came a few minutes later. We got our table. It could at most seat 6 people. We thought the rest of the MDL people would not turn up. So ordered our food and enjoyed browsing through Azman's wedding and honeymoon photos. We all agreed his wife is pretty.
Xin Da and Choh Shin turned up! Unfortunately, our table cannot fit them. We requested for a longer table to shift to and we got it about 10 minutes later.
It's been a long while since I met up with them. The most recent one was when Azman held a barbeque at the MDL premises. I can't remember when that was, but it was a few months back. This is the first time I met up with Joanne since I last graduated from university back in 2002.
The whole lot of us were undergraduates back then from 1999 to 2002/2003. Azman was the permanent staff at the Multimedia Development Lab in NUS. We were from the Photographic Society and we got to work "part-time" in the Lab which was damn cool. And the best part is we got paid! And damn well too!
Ahh...those were the days. For me it was a great experience. We learnt a lot from Azman concerning the tech stuffs and computers and multimedia equipment in the lab, video editing etc etc. I was very inclined towards the Information Technology aspect of life, so having been able to be roped in to work in the lab was a good deal for me. I learnt a lot.
Well now, all of us having graduated and fully employed, its great to keep in contact.
One works for PSA, two of us is a teacher, though one of us is quiting to be a volunteer and researcher, another thinking of joining the teaching force, another is a furniture designer, specifically sofas, and another works with the National Arts council.
Best part is, now I know who to go to for if I need sofas! At cost price!! Excellent.
Elaine was asking Azman what laptop to get since she is scouting for one for herself. Heh...I being the Mac ardent fan, butted in and told her flat out to go out and try a Mac.
And then it started... Debate between me and Azman about which is better Mac or PC.
Hahahaha... well, I still stick by my good experience with the Mac. No worries with viruses, spyware, malware or whatever ware there is out there. And believe it or not, a Mac is much cheaper than a PC, considering the softwares that come with it preinstalled, you are good to go to store your photos, edit them, make an amazing movie, make music — literally, organize your music, organize your calendar, get Microsoft Office running on it etc etc etc. And the best part is? Never having to worry whether any viruses or whatever-ware that's gonna hit you.
I have never installed a single anti-virus/spyware/malware/whatever-ware on my Mac. Never had too.
I rest my case.
Oh, and did I tell you its plug and play? Literally plug in whatever device you have, camera, scanner, DV camcorder it all works without having to install any silly drivers that come in a CD.
If you're still on a PC, you seriously have to give the Mac a go. Try it out. You will love it.
Met up with Azman, Elaine and Joanne outside Sakae Sushi. I was searching for them high and low inside the restaurant when it turns out they were queueing up outside the restaurant! Silly.
Found out Azman had the Sony Ericsson w800i phone. He just showed me that my phone could be a cool walkman phone too! I'm a tech idiot. He showed me what I need to get started listening music on my phone.
Pei Xin came a few minutes later. We got our table. It could at most seat 6 people. We thought the rest of the MDL people would not turn up. So ordered our food and enjoyed browsing through Azman's wedding and honeymoon photos. We all agreed his wife is pretty.
Xin Da and Choh Shin turned up! Unfortunately, our table cannot fit them. We requested for a longer table to shift to and we got it about 10 minutes later.
It's been a long while since I met up with them. The most recent one was when Azman held a barbeque at the MDL premises. I can't remember when that was, but it was a few months back. This is the first time I met up with Joanne since I last graduated from university back in 2002.
The whole lot of us were undergraduates back then from 1999 to 2002/2003. Azman was the permanent staff at the Multimedia Development Lab in NUS. We were from the Photographic Society and we got to work "part-time" in the Lab which was damn cool. And the best part is we got paid! And damn well too!
Ahh...those were the days. For me it was a great experience. We learnt a lot from Azman concerning the tech stuffs and computers and multimedia equipment in the lab, video editing etc etc. I was very inclined towards the Information Technology aspect of life, so having been able to be roped in to work in the lab was a good deal for me. I learnt a lot.
Well now, all of us having graduated and fully employed, its great to keep in contact.
One works for PSA, two of us is a teacher, though one of us is quiting to be a volunteer and researcher, another thinking of joining the teaching force, another is a furniture designer, specifically sofas, and another works with the National Arts council.
Best part is, now I know who to go to for if I need sofas! At cost price!! Excellent.
Elaine was asking Azman what laptop to get since she is scouting for one for herself. Heh...I being the Mac ardent fan, butted in and told her flat out to go out and try a Mac.
And then it started... Debate between me and Azman about which is better Mac or PC.
Hahahaha... well, I still stick by my good experience with the Mac. No worries with viruses, spyware, malware or whatever ware there is out there. And believe it or not, a Mac is much cheaper than a PC, considering the softwares that come with it preinstalled, you are good to go to store your photos, edit them, make an amazing movie, make music — literally, organize your music, organize your calendar, get Microsoft Office running on it etc etc etc. And the best part is? Never having to worry whether any viruses or whatever-ware that's gonna hit you.
I have never installed a single anti-virus/spyware/malware/whatever-ware on my Mac. Never had too.
I rest my case.
Oh, and did I tell you its plug and play? Literally plug in whatever device you have, camera, scanner, DV camcorder it all works without having to install any silly drivers that come in a CD.
If you're still on a PC, you seriously have to give the Mac a go. Try it out. You will love it.
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