tripod and 100-hkd-dollar coupon…

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

today, i left office at about 6.30pm and headed to mong kok. now is the last day i can redeem a 100-hkd-dollar coupon courtesy of pccw…it’s from one of their promos awhile ago when i subscribed for their broadband cable service. so, i hurriedly catch the mtr to kowloon ’cause the redemption center will only be open until 7.30pm. they needed an ID, and i used my hong kong id for the very first time! i got the coupon which is gone by now ’cause i drop by wellcome before going home and exhaust on some essentials…spent about 200 hkd (i still needed to add a hundred ’cause my coupon is 100-dollar worth only). living here in hong kong is truly expensive…and due to the unforeseen degradation of my economic bounty, i always make sure i buy only the most intrinstic, necessary goodies.

anyway, i also bought a tripod in mong kok! i do not always go by that area…and since i’m there and i’ve been haunting like weeks for tripods..i looked around shops and found a velbon. i got this one for 320 dollars…a little expensive by my standard but i think it’s a good investment. i just tested it a little now…and i’ll post some pics when i got the chance to use it outdoors. i’ve been planning on taking pictures of nice buildings and architectures in central…i’m eyeing on this ifc2 and bank of china tower…maybe some time…byt the way, it also looks funny because my camera is so small compared to this tripod.