Lady Antebellum - Need You Now

Loving this song at the moment.

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Me and my iPad

Yes I've joined the ranks of those disgusting people that has an iPad ! In fact I'm blogging from it right now. I must admit at first I wasn't that interested in it but what got me was when Apple announced that soon you can actually play Farmville on it. That was the clincher !

Since Apple has yet to launch it in Malaysia, hubby got a friend of his to buy it in US. It's pretty cool and can do most things a regular MacBook can do (except Flash related matters). The downside is that you need all these applications that needs to be purchased in order to do everything that would otherwise be free on a notebook. For example to blog with attached photos requires an app called Blogpress as the iPad version of Safari cannot upload photos. There are also lots of free apps but mostly they're games or lite editions of the paid apps.

Mine is the 3G version so we went to Maxis to get the micro sim card and a broadband account. Also I couldn't resist to have it engraved with my name when we saw that it was available at the Mybytes store in Tropicana City Mall. Soon I will also be busy accessorizing my iPad with various covers and cases but currently there's not much in the market as it's not officially here yet. So for now I have to be happy with this red patent leather case.

Can't wait for the Farmville app that's due to be out later this month and when that's available there'll be nothing that can part me and my iPad :P

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Tie me kangaroo down mate !

Two weeks ago hubby and I packed our bags and headed down under for a well deserved break, for him of course as everyone knows I'm permanently on a break ! We were off to the Gold Coast, Australia's favourite holiday destination. The airfare was a steal as we had booked and paid for them more then 6 months ago when our favourite budget airline had one of their sales. Accommodation was at a one bedroom apartment in Broadbeach, at a place called Hi Ho Beach Apartments. True to its name, they were located just across the street from the beach and park.

Hi Ho Beach Apartments

The weather was perfect as it was sunny in the day and cool at night, certainly not what you'd think winter would be. The sky was so blue and the clouds were so white that it reminded me of the intro to the Simpsons.

Surfers Paradise

Blue skies and white fluffy clouds

This was our 3rd visit to GC so by now we've been to all the attractions available in this area. This visit was meant for lazy days doing nothing in particular and the day was spent doing whatever we fancied be it shopping, driving around taking photos, walking along the parks and beaches or watching TV in the apartment. Speaking of shopping, Australia was having their EOFYS (end of financial year sale) when we were there. To encourage spending the retailers had huge discounts for existing stocks. Stores like Myers & David Jones had minimum 30% discounts on everything. According to the news reports the best discounts were on ladies shoes, especially on those expensive designer shoes, some were even 60% off. Unfortunately Jimmy Choos and Louboutins were not available in GC :( However we did stock up on our Bonds undies.

After a few days of our arrival in GC, Apple launched the iPad in Australia. Of course hubby indulged in one, as no one knows for sure when they will be coming to our shores right ? Unfortunately for me at the moment it can't play Farmville but Apple has announced that soon a Farmville app will be released for the iPhone and the iPad .... yeay !!

As for food, I took the opportunity to indulge in many pavlovas, cakes, scones and ice creams while there. During one of the strolls along the Surfers Paradise night market I found an Elmo cupcake which I couldn't resist.

Elmo cupcake which was not only cute but also delish

The 13 days we were there flew by so fast and soon we were at our day of departure. As always we were sad to leave the lazy halcyon days to face reality at home but I guess too much of a good thing is not good either. Oh well there's always the next vacation to look forward too.