Early Birthday Present

Days before my birthday and I got one (more actually) of the best birthday gifts I've had in years, courtesy of my siblings of course.  My sister Iris already gave me her gift a day before her birthday (October 13) despite the fact that I haven't gotten her anything yet. Because I've been so obsessed with Death Note lately, she bought me a DN bag from Comic Alley.  She scoured the store's outlets just to find this one design that she thought I would like... and she didn't fail.

Last Saturday (October 20), my sister Lee bought me a copy of Chicosci's album (although I really don't need one as I already downloaded all their songs from Multiply) just so I could have it signed after their show. It's really a treat watching the band perform live. They had a great show though the crowd was a bit tame, which my brother Soc also observed. I even got Calde (who was celebrating 
his birthday on that day) to scribble happy birthday on the CD cover for me.  Despite the bad shot that Sweet took when I was with Miggy, I was happy enough with his capture of me and Mong (God, I love him), hence the cover. Poor Sweet, he was really sorry I was annoyed.

Coinciding with this day was my plan to buy myself a birthday gift. Ever since I saw the Canon Digital Ixus 70 (the one with the black and silver design) displayed in stores, I've been wanting to get one for myself. I still have my old digicam which I bought in Singapore a year ago, but I haven't been happy with that one since the day I dropped it (coincidentally an hour after I bought it) and its lens cracked. I originally wanted to buy a Samsung NV11, but its still unavailable in the Philippines and the NV10 model is way too expensive. So when i found out that the Ixus 70 has almost the same features as the NV10 (especially the Face Detection feature), i only thought thrice before deciding to buy it. And the good thing is I don't need to pay it this year (thank God for BDO promos). I even got a 3% discount because I bought the last stock of the black and silver design.

It may not be a match to professional digital cameras (I'm no pro anyway, just a hobbyist), but I'm happy enough with the buy. I like its features, its design and its size (as small as my own mobile phone)... And now that I have a new digicam, I'm itching to go somewhere.  If only I could... Wishful thinking na naman. Better wrap this up and go to bed, Monday na naman. (*big sigh*)