I’m supposed to write this on Sunday, but was so busy re-arranging my room (that took me about 8 hours to finish), that I was too exhausted to write anything. But since the sole purpose of this post, is to brag, so I guess it’s not too late, hehe…
Saturday starts like any other day in December, it was raining since the wee hours of the morning. But I just had to drag my ass out of my bed to get to the Microsoft – Sifoo.com REKA meetup, at KLCC. I guess they couldn’t have chosen any better day and venue, since the PC Fair was also happening there.
My luck started when I arrived exactly when the meetup was about to start, although I was fashionably late. Thanks to Jimmy and Chee who patiently waited out the whole thing, since it was the first time they even heard about Sifoo.com.
The meetup was a mixed success, since the lack of time management and the loose form of the meetup somehow did bore some of us. The presentation was informative, and nicely done. Although, since I was from both Programming and Design background, many of my questions had to be kept to myself, so to not stray from the course.
The height of the event, was a hands-on demo of Microsoft Expression Blend and Silverlight, which was done in a ‘competition’ kind of way. I joined for two reasons, 1, I just wanna see how good this Silverlight thingamagic myself, and most importantly, those who volunteer will be receiving an exclusive Microsoft Silverlight notebook bag. And for attending, I got a cool t-shirt to go with it.. It is suffice to say, that I’m going to say positive stuff about Microsoft.
I’m not kidding. All this while, even when I have access to Mac and Linux, I still stayed true to Microsoft, since (like in my conversation with Kerol) Microsoft is like the Barisan Nasional. There’s a lot of flaws, but there’s no other better choice.
After the meetup ended, and me walking away with a new bag and t-shirt, I went to the PC Fair. managed to bring my parents along, since my dad was looking for a photo printer, while I need his card to buy a laptop.
You see, PC Fair is the pasar malam in the IT industry. And I mean that literally. If you know your way around a bargain, you might walk away with more things than the seller is willing to give you.
And My dad is quite a talker, thus, with the photo printer he bought, he got 3 extra ink+paper packages (worth about RM 150), and a digital camera (worth RM 3XX), all in a discounted price. No wonder PC Fair is so packed, day in, day out.
As for me, I was eyeing an Acer laptop, but am open to any laptop that has a recommendable spec. I was aiming for anything within budget that has a graphic card and at least Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 MHz. if possible, I would like 2GB RAM and 160GB hard disk.
While hunting aroung, I found out a deal that sounds too good to be true. I could buy an Asus laptop, and depending on the model, receive up to 11 free stuff!
With the premium price tag of RM 3988, or RM 3688 after the rebate, I got
- 2 Years extended warranty
- 1 GB RAM,
- A notebook Backpack
- A notebook bag
- Laptop lock,
- cooling pad
- an Asus Optical mouse
- a Laser Optical mouse
- a CD pocket,
- USB extender,
- and a headphone.
We ended up carying boxes and bags on the packed LRT and Komuter, looking like a family back from a Hari Raya shopping spree.
What do you think about the deal? Is it worth it, or not?
Comments
5 responses to “Freebies Galore!”
Wait… you went to KLCC for a Microsoft product Demo and you didnt invite me? damn man…
But i guess its not your fault, im not really an active Sifoo.com members either…
… and to think that I miss the chance to add another free T-shirt to my collection…really sad.
Don’t you have enough free t-shirts already?
~snort at lizzam’s reply ^^
any questions about computers and whatnot i normally refer back to my techie guys; you and kerrol. now, ask urself was whether you got a good deal on ur laptop; well, do you, punk?
Lamb : Didn’t I say that I want to brag…so tell me, is it a good deal?
Yup, couldnt get it better than what i had.
of course.. my budget was below RM2k, which i got, and it dwarf your notebook spec…