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I have already moved to the new apartment for almost a month, and the whole place just look exactly like yesterday, like I just moved in yesterday...
There are a lot of 'reasons', although people would think that are excuses for sure. But but.... when I moved in day 1, someone came over to stay with me for 5 days and I cannot start unpacking at all because I have to accompany her for sightseeing etc. etc.
Then second week and weekend I was out for appointments, meeting friends etc. Then third week continued with birthday celebrations, overtime at work for so many days. Spending weekend with heartbroken friends. Till last week my friend visited me and I spent the whole weekend out again with her.
But I did my clean up slowly, here and there. Just that a lot of things I cannot seem to decide where to put, plus the cupboards need to be cleaned, the shelving needs to be lined with paper, I need to buy an extra lamp, an extra this and that for storing, etc. etc.
So in the end, the boxes still stayed where they were a month ago, and the place is still as messy as it was. But I swear that things are slowly getting better, and soon I will have my little housewarming parties. I have to start sending RSVPs to force a deadline for myself and stop putting household chores and cleaning away.
sigh.. trying... trying... >_< gosh, this apartment is too big la!
Okay, so now is EST 3.34a.m. I just came back from NYC from Bonobo concert at LPR (Le Poisson Rouge). While I was waiting for the elevator built during the 1970s coming down slowly to the first floor, I saw my present that I have been anticipating for, right on the mail table. Audio-Technica ATH-ES7. It's like Christmas in October.
The first thing I did after reaching home with that package is to change to a comfortable pair of pants after which I immediately started to open my pre-christmas present. It is really a beauty, the design. Supposedly this is due to the reason that I have spent freaking 87 bucks for this piece, my first and probably going to be last pair of cans.
So anyway, right now as I am blogging away, I am listening to my favourite singer 張懸 with this new pair of cans. I could feel her singing right beside my ears... It is beauty not just the external design, but the sound that it is producing right now. The song 討人厭的字never sounded like this before. I was mesmerized, still, right at this moment. Finally I can really understand why they songs of Dessert are suitable for the night.
Technically, when I first tested out ATH-ES7 in an audiophile shop in Manhattan was a bit disappointing, mainly due to the poor connection which produced a lot of noise for the music. Secondly, the music played was not really a good demonstration for this headphone, sampler song emphasizes bass, but with the poor connection, I did not really hear any nice bass sound coming out. Further, since the song was more instrumental than anything else, so I could not gauge how it produces vocal sound. I took a little bit of risk and got it online at Amazon.com, mainly because, albeit the disadvantages, the mid-range from this headphone is pretty amazing, given the retail price of US$169.00. Right now, as I am listening to 張懸and Norah Jones, I knew I was right to purchase this piece of headphones. :D
Took some photos of my new love. I have to say, although this is a portable headphone, I do not think it is any inferior to Bose models, which, in my opinion is pretty over-priced. Cheers to Audio Technica, great job!!
I don't even know where or how to begin this. 2 tickets in 2 weeks, one speeding, the other, parking.
I am speechless. Condolences to myself and I suspect I am not even going to get the full license (yes, I am still on provisional, which is really what is driving me nuts after getting the speeding ticket) after all this. I guess my luck with driving has been used up, after driving a maximum of over 95 miles (152 km) per hour on the highway and average of around 85 miles (136 km) per hour throughout the whole 8-hour (x2) journey.
For all the fines I will be paying, the course of lesson learnt is to 1) speed carefully (speeding ticket) and 2) do not be forgetful to drop that few quarters, even if is just for less than half an hour (parking ticket).
One thing I should say to be lucky is probably the cops did not do a breath analyzer test on me. I guess that is the last bit of luck left in me that is used up.
Shit, am I going to be able to get my license after this?? It's only been just 6 months since I got my (provisional) license... ERrrrrrrhhh!!!
Talking about things happening in 2 weeks' time, and I am sure that my life is not even close to drama.
