Before all the sad stuff, here're the more memorable parts of the day... first off we had dinner at Prince. Yes! The Prince @ Coronation Plaza along Bukit Timah Rd. All Hwachong, NJ, NYGS people should know... We ate the "Listen to your parents, spend wisely!" student meal for $6 pax. Meal inclusive of... garlic bread, soup, main course, free drink.

Everything is the same. Coro's like a place caught in time, and so is Prince. Same food, same utensils same table arrangemet and same decorations. Even the auntie's "soft drink take yourself~!" after taking order is the same. Even the DISPOSABLE CUPS are the same...! Incredible. Had alot of fond memories of JC days spent there...

After that walk walk to Serene for Island Cremery. Unlike Coro, Serene's seen much changes. One of its better changes is of course the establishment of this wonderful ice cream parlour. Yummy~!

So wat's the "inconvenient truth"? I've been eyeing on a new Nokia model E65 and was hoping to handset upgrade to it. So the plan is to redeem a $50 Starhub voucher w/ my reward points, then trade in the phone, and top up the rest with cash (expensive phone... now is $498 w/ 2 years plan...) Went to Starhub and found out that my Panasonic VS6 trade in value is only $30 (M1 offers $50 lah). Sigh... That's it. No more E65. I simply cannot afford to throw in another $418 for a phone. So now downgrade to 6288. Also 3G... probably of higher trade-in value lah... next time... Sigh... Sianz 1/2. But it's hard to believe isn't it? That a 2 Mega Pixel flip phone value is only $30 now. It's crazy!

When walking in a ulu ulu Malay toy store I chance upon a variant Quicksilver. First of all, Hasbro Marvel Legends Series 2 (Blob) is not found in Singapore retail yet, well at least it is still rare. And to find a variant is even harder. A quick search on eBay shows no results for a variant Quicksilver. Imagine, buying it at less than $30, then put on eBay and the auction closes at 80 pounds!!! Of course, I didn't buy it there and then. All these scalper-mentality (scalpers are opportunists who buy toys from retail (not distributors) and selling them at a higher price later when there is higher demand and lower supply) are on hindsight. Maybe I will go back and pick up the variant... if it is still there. Really mind boggling...

Nmind. Shall leave all these sianz stuff aside (dissertation prep inclusive) and look forward to Phantom on Sunday. Phantom of the Opera, and I've never entered the interior of Esplanade before. Gonna be an eye-opener. BTW, I'm also a Phantom. During submission period, I was labelled as a Phantom-Boyfriend... Ho~!