Delta Mall was described as the
Low Yat Plaza of Sibu. To be honest there’s hardly any more IT in it than any
average mall in KL. I got my oven from Parkson’s though since they are having a
bonus point promotion for American Express and also because I have Bonuslink.
My pay for February has already
been deposited. It appears that there were a few changes to it. The most
notable for me is that the payment centre was changed from Kajang to Sibu. While
the basic pay remains the same it appears that my Bantuan Sara Hidup (which is
paid to those working in areas deemed to have a high cost of living) has been
changed to Elaun Wilayah which is RM162.36 more than the former. I’m still
getting my Imbuhan Tetap Perumahan though. This is unchanged from the RM250
that it was when I was working in Kajang. I actually expexted this to have been
either cancelled or replaced with an Elaun Perumahan Wilayah. Either way I’m
not complaining because the way I see it, it seems that I’m still lodging for
free here. I didn’t do any calls this month so my income will be limited to
that for now.
Because of this I have decided
that I should go ahead with buying that oven. I’m still deferring on that
induction cooker though. I really need to see how much my electricity bill has
been so far before I can decide on that. An oven however is not difficult to
decide on – there is no way I’m buying one of those big gas ovens. They are
cumbersome and can be rather dangerous to operate. I’m not planning to bake ALL
my bread very often anyway, so a small electric one should suffice. I’m really happy
that I got one actually. Right now I’m still grinning. You see, I’m an easy man
to please. Though currently I do have a few things that I wish I could buy:
iPhone 4s
Evevryone
seems to have one and they do look very useful. However, my past experience
with my now defunct Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini (What a ridiculously long
name) has taught me that such phones tend to be rather unsuitable for on call
purposes due to their short battery lives. For now I’ll stick with my trusted
Nokia. That guy has battery life of more than 48 hours! It’s a work horse.
iPad
Rumour has it
that iPad 3 is coming out in the next 1 or 2 months. I’ve seen some of the guys
here using it to read books and the pharmacists seem to love them due to their
portability (it’s like a go anywhere spreadsheet that won’t strain your eyes).
I’m still lugging around my Morgan while these iPad users seem to have a
portable library with them wherever they go. Makes me jealous. Plus e-books
seems more convenient. iPads also seem cheaper than the iPhone so I’ll probably
get one of these before the smart phone.
Canon EF 70-300mm
L IS USM
I want a
telephoto lens for my camera. When I look at my photo collection it seems that
a lot of the more interesting ones were taken while I am on a moving vehicle.
My current lenses don’t seem to have the reach. From reading the reviews it
seems that the non L version of this focal length is just as good and is also a
lot cheaper, but this one is an L lens. An L lens! A guy needs to have a dream
right?
Toyota Hilux
I’ve seen quite
a lot of road traffic accidents here in Sarawak. Apparently quite a number of
them involved a Hilux. Usually the driver is safe but the guy that gets hit by one will usually have it quite bad. A legitimate way to run over Mat Rempits
then...
One day, when
my midlife crisis gets the better of me, I might get one of these death
machines and hope that I won’t get run over by a Toyota Hilux.
A fixed
landline internet
I’m still
waiting for that call from Streamyx.
The interior of Wisma Sanyan –
where the Sibu Parkson’s is
My new oven! It’s a Faber 24
litre FEO 24 turbofan oven. Uses electricity and comes with a grease pan and a
bake pan handle so I won’t need an oven mitt. It’s got heating elements both at
the top and bottom. I'm loving it!
Today was no plastic bag day in
Sibu. I think it’s good to have no plastic bag days. Although in reality
plastic bags make up only a very very small amount of our daily waste, take up
an almost negligible quantity of our landfill areas, and contributes to only a fraction of the current environmental predicament that our planet is in. The
effect of no plastic bag days is perhaps more on the awareness that it raises
than the actual direct benefit on the environment
how come never heard of mail order groom?
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