There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

Well...finally confirmed the details of our next overseas trip. between 4th September and 7th September we will be in Bangkok, Thailand. We had won the hotel stay at the bridal fair at Traders Hotel and had to redeem it before September end, so we made plans. As it turned out it was far easier to make the reservations through the bangkok office than either the Singapore or KL ones. Go figure.
As dubious as this may sound to my readers, this is the first time in a long time that Agnes and myself have gone overseas for a holiday. Those overseas trips with Agnes on her work do not count.
*waiting for all the haters to send in their I-hate-You comments*

Also this week I finally changes my phone yet again. My contract was up for renewal and I did so. I had been eyeing the Motorola Q9h for a while now. And best part of it all? It was free. It will take some getting used to with the new phone. it is significantly bigger than all my previous phones. almost PDA sized. and it has a Qwerty board. so I have to learn how to use it and get used to carrying it about.


and the new EPL season started yesterday!
I am hoping to see Newcastle and Liverpool showing marked improvement. For Newcastle to finish amongst the euro places and to do well in the cups would be fine by me. as for Liverpool, I would love it, really love it if they are able to be up challenging for the Premiership or thereabouts this season. They are long overdue for another title win and Man U are catching up to their record. With the latest additions, especially Robbie Keane, Liverpool look on paper to be their best squad of the Benitez era.

the search for a new bed is ongoing.saw a really neat sofa/chair at IKEA the other day. they called it a Lycksele. it cost $70 for the frame of the chair. and the cheapest mattress/cushion cost $95. so it comes up to about $165 for the setup. then there is an option of cushion covers....

and yeah.... it looks and feels much better than it looks in the picture above with the cushion on and when laid out.
see?


As for the new phone line at the flat, I tried on saturday to plug in the phone and dial out, but there was no tone. I thought there was something wrong with the phone, but when I tried the phone at home it worked fine. So I can safely surmise that either the line is faulty or was not activated. I will call them tomorrow to clarify things...