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Doesn't seem too long ago that i went for the COMEX and this year its the first year that i am attending SITEX held at EXPO. I really do not want to make this too funny because perhaps it is really not funny at all being at this SITEX.

I reached this long awaited electronic gala for perhaps a month. Aim is simple. And that it is "perhaps" to buy a facourite gadget that i have been longing for. The Ipod Touch Generation 2. Its really yawn yawn to some people on this Apple product. But i guess its really my slow build up to it that is making this into a drama by itself. I remember i spent months talking to my friend about this. As he owns a 1st generation Ipod Touch he is able to relate really well with my desire to have one.

Its like ANY other purchase process. You long for it. You dy for it. You saved for it. You talked about it. And its all orgasmic. Till the point you buy it. got the product in your hand and suddenly ... EMPTINESS. I don't mean emptiness in your bank. But more of emptiness in your heart.

The build up today was really shopping around, well horsing around the 4 different booths that re-sells Apple Products. I never felt so aunty before. Its like buying vegetables at the wet market. But just more high tech now. I grabbed the brochures and the innocent sales girl near me and interrogated her as if she is Steve Job. I didnt ask the girls ANYthing about the functionality. I asked them " what free gifts you give ah " . Now thats so aunty. Its like shopping to "earn" that few freebies. Now perhaps i start to understand why housewives love to yah-ya about saving 10 cents or 20 cents. Just perhaps . I do .

In any case i settled for a booth name : GreenLight which is actually under Song Brothers for an Ipod Touch 32gig . The other three booths selling at 648 SGD. but GreenLight sold it to me at 603 SGD. I saved about 45 dollars.

For those who are either faithfully reading my blogs for entertainment reason i just want to share with u this tip. Greenlight tries to sell me a 2 year extended warranty on the Ipod touch at 78 Dollars. So i get 3 year warranty ( 1 yr by Apple, 2 year by Song Brothers) . So that will make it 603 + 78 = 681 SGD. And they will throw in a good pair of ear phones.

Did i bite it ? Not at all. Do you think Song Brothers will do a good job for you ? I am sure there will be some gimmicks for the 2 yr extra warranty. Moreover i would reckon that this Ipod will work fine for a good few years. And also .. do you think it will be hard to find a good Ipod replacement in 2 years time at a much cheaper price ? You can do the "logical" thinking yourself from here.

Add ons are always the items that earns the best margins. The BASIC attractive items are all good bargains until you add on the add ons. This is clearly a sales tactic. And i am glad i applied this into my advantage today.

I bought some external hard discs today. Well they are ALWAYS good valued compared to the last one you bought. So i am not going too deep into the mathematics here. But i think the future of such hard disk for now lies only in the design. Brand name would perhaps become more and more secondary. I decided my choice today BASED SOLELY on COLOR ! how superficially effective! Good work Toshiba.

Overall i didnt really enjoy today's computer parade. EXPO is a good place but i prefer Suntec still. At suntec at least the goods are separated into a few levels. Those who are zooming into smaller products like empty discs, small thumb drives can just go to the higher floors and avoid the mindless LCD panel auctions with the biggies at the main halls.

I took no less than 10 mins to move from booth to booths. Perhaps it is the last day, thats why discount hunters come by train in swarms.

If you feel that the economy is in recession and you need a uplifting pill, always go down to these computer fairs. They give you the feeling that its really just United states. Singapore's OK. ok ?