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Post-exam play

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Okay, time to blog. Sorry for the lack of updates. This post is going to be just events, briefly. But many events, so this is a long post. 10 Nov - DFO After my last exam paper, I met Dawn at Southern Cross DFO and we caught up and shopped. She convinced me to buy peep toe shoes (Joyce says, Good job Dawn!) and my first dress, not counting those my mom bought for me when I was in Kindergarten, and my primary and secondary school pinafores. Taking pictures like that has been coined Doing the Karen Cheng . 11 Nov - 21st Birthday + Ikea Some OCFers surprised me before midnight for my birthday. Rachel, Glenda and Ru O came to pick me. They blindfolded me and drove round in circles, all the while while I guessed we were going to 7 Browns Road. We took quite a few minutes to get there. I stay at 6 Browns Road. (Yes they were trying to trick me). Spent most of the day with Ivie and Val. We were supposed to prepare stuff for Thanksgiving dinner. That included shopping at Ikea, so yay - my firs

Mac; Rice cooker; comics; supernaturally done exams

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After my 15" Powerbook G4 died, I've been using my sister's 13" iBook G4. While I am grateful for it, I miss my old mac! My nice ol' silver 15" mac. I took out my dead Powerbook recently. Because I'm used to the 13" screen, the 15" screen looked really large. But anyway. Now... So, which one? Though the screen is glossy (I prefer matte). And the keys are spaced further apart (I prefer the old one - closer). And I still think it's looking more like a PC than ever (why can't it be all silver). [Shut up and don't complain hui] :D My main concern is the difference in screen size. Though only 2 inches, it's a big difference! Some advise to buy the 13" one and get a desktop screen (22" I think). But I don't really want to do that. Hm. Anyway. Today while waiting for our usual Saturday lunch out, Shierly and I kicked some ball! The front area is big enough to play badminton in