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Are you
a compulsive shopper? Or do you carefully
decide on what to buy and patiently save for
it and wait for it to be on sale?
Well,
I can be both. Hehehe! But if it's an item
that I need and if I intend to keep and use
it for a long time then I can be very, very
meticulous and fussy. Today I finally got
myself two toys that I thought of months
ago. I carefully chose which models to buy,
and in the case of the digital camera I
patiently saved and waited for it to be on
sale. And right now I have a big fat smile
on my face! :)
This is our new dishwashing machine. I
started work at the bistro in December last
year. As soon as I walked into the kitchen I
knew straight away that on top of my "to
buy" list should be a new dishwashing
machine. I guess in most homes (in Australia
and in the Philippines at least) it is more
of an accessory because we can always wash
dirty dishes and pots by hand. But in a
commercial kitchen it is unthinkable not to
have one.
It
wasn't hard to decide on the type and model.
The difficult bit was trying to find a
decently priced package. I mean, you don't
just purchase the equipment, you also have
to install it, adjust the work area's
surface and dispose of the old unit. And you
have to get a professional (or a group of
them) to do it. Any sort of dodgy
workmanship can spell disaster! You might as
well wash by hand!
When
I finally found a good price I have to get
my superiors to approve the purchase. Having
a 50 year old dishwashing machine made this
task easy. All I have to do was show them
how many plates are damaged per week and I
immediately got the thumbs up. As soon as
that happened I gave the supplier the green
light. They assembled, delivered, installed
it... and they took away the old one.
Coolness!!! :)
The
digital camera on the other hand is very
straightforward. As usual I knew which one
to buy. And I knew where to buy it. It was
just a matter of saving enough money and
waiting for it to be on sale.
I
always go to this shop near
TownHall station. I've been going there
more or less since I moved to Sydney 11
years ago. Back then it was just a tiny
corner shop. Now it's a flashy showroom. The
guy who runs the shop is real tech-junkie.
You can ask him all sorts of questions about
any electrical products and he'll tell you
everything. And because I'm a regular
customer I get a lot of discounts and
freebies.
Anyway I initially wanted to buy the
DSC-W5. When I heard that they're on
sale I immediately went there. But for the
same price I got the
DSC-W7 instead. Wow!
It's
so much more powerful than Brick-Cam, the
DSC-P51, which I have been using since
2002. I'm very impressed with the design as
well. My only issue is that it's small. But
that's more about me because I have big
fingers. Hehehe!
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