Day 1 - Singapore
17/12/2005 02:48PM
Good afternoon viewers - this is Matt reporting in from humid Singapore. We've got a few hours to kill before jumping on the next plane to San Francisco, via Hong Kong so we're going to make use of this lovely free internet. The ILC would have a field day with these ergonomics; we're standing stooped over a table with the keyboard and the wrong angle and after 4 minutes my back's already hurting. Anyway...
I bought some duty free this morning (Duncan, we have a litre of Maker's Mark to devour ;) and part of a promotion running in the store was you spin a wheel and get a prize. Yeah, whatever. I spun - Major Prize! I had the choice of a few digital cameras, or a few portable CD Discman-style gadgets, and took a Sony ATRAC-enabled Discman, figuring it was worth the most :) Now I have to lug it around for a month before we can sell it on eBay, but it's a pretty good start.
The flight was so quick for me because I had the PSP to keep my entertained. I'm playing a game called "Untold Legends" (damn, I can't spawn another window to get the exact URL) which is a lot like Diablo. Good ol' hack-n-slash. I'm a level 10 knight :)
The battery on the PSP is seriously impressive, after about 2.5 hours usage it's reporting 70% full. I spent half of the time with the screen set to max brightness, and the other at min brightness, so that'll help with consumption, but regardless, I'm impressed. I'm going to jack in (no, not off) and steal some Singapore power to recharge that little bit of the battery that has been used though, just incase it doesn't have linear power usage...
Shout outs: Mark, can you leave a comment here with your US mobile number (including any extensions people/me will need to use)?
3 minutes remaining on the little countdown ticker, so I'm signing off. Check you all next time I get network access.
Ohh, we had Burger King for lunch - the Coke's were shit, but massive. I had a turkey double burger thingo which was tasty, but fatty. Eek - it just told me to log off, and I'm not about to lose all these wordz0rs. No time to spell check. Bye byes!
Update: 17/12/2005 03:10PM
Logged back in. Note to self: shift-click opens a new window, which is the only method that hasn't been disabled.
good to hear your enjoying yourself dude,
im in perth till the 5th, hope to see you negros there… but im not sure if youll be back..
~r
Awesome to hear from you! Hope the flights were safe and relatively comfortable.
Just wanted to wish you both a super overseas christmas full of joy and happiness and all of the other stuff that goes along with festive wish. Look after each other, stay safe and take lots of photos.
Speaking of photos, Emma and Mark’s wedding (that I took) should be up tonight…
I hope to hear more about your adventures soon, untill then… may all your seats be comfortable and may you find pockets of fun where ever you go.
Luv Dan
PS. All At Once
PPS. Fuck Yeah
PPPS. Wicked
The number for the SIM card that I gave you is +1 510 590 7755 however it wasn’t working when i tested calling it a few minutes ago. I’ll try again later. Post on here if you have it plugged in or not.