Emporio Armani (PRODUCT) RED capsule collection

Image above is of a different watch in their Red collection. It is not what I wrote about below.


My one year old mobile phone has lost its back. I think I lost it in the cinema while watching a movie. It was without a back for months until I finally got a new phone today.

It is the Motorola V3 Red. A very basic phone with a striking color - red. It was made in support of the (PRODUCT) red movement. Motorola will donate a certain amount for the fight against Aids with purchase of each phone. There are more brands and products joining the bandwagon. To learn more please go to www.joinred.com.

I have also seen a watch there. It is designed by Giorgio Armani in collaboration with an African artist. The pricing on their Website for this watch is USD225 at the moment. The striking red did attract me when I first look at it. It is a digital watch with basic functions like chronograph. The leather seems nice. However, I do think that the design has too much of that Fossil, Diesel feel.

What a French Rabbit Got To Do With Telling Time?

This is no ordinary toy rabbit. It’s a super-geek, high-tech, toy. It not only tells time, it can also read the latest news, stock quotes, blogs, and your email. Other people can also send your rabbit messages. When turned on, it communicates with your home wi-fi router. From there, it connects to the Internet. To set it up, simply go to nabaztag.com and sign up for an account.

The ears are very animated. There are also colored lights embedded in its body. People are dressing their rabbits up in various outfits.

Ultimate toy for a geek like me. :-x

Elgin National Watch Company Poster

Fans of antique wrist watches should have heard of Elgin. While searching for poster for my new home I stumbled upon this poster of Elgin National Watch Company, Elgin, Illinois.

This poster is available for purchase at all-posters.com. You can find it by searching for ‘elgin’.

I’m not sure whether I’ll get this poster though. There are simply too many choices there! Besides, it looks like the kind of picture you see in a law firm. LOL.

I am tired of moving...

I am getting tired of moving around every one to two years. So much so that I had decided to buy my own apartment. I will get my keys next Tuesday. Finally, a place to call my own.

I have been spending the past weekend finalising my apartment renovation and furnishing budget. I would say 80% of things I need to buy were bought. Come next Tuesday, I will start to clean and paint the apartment. I have decided to do it on my own because it is much much cheaper than hiring people to do it. Besides, I’m sure to enjoy it more if I did it on my own.

There were a couple of watches that I saw recently that interest me. One of them being the Tissot T-Touch series. I really like the function of the T-Touch. In particular the one with thermo, compass, barometer, etc. I would say it has all the functions that I look for in a watch. Compass is really useful when navigating cities.

Anyway. It is late. I hope I can write more when I settle into my new place.

A GPS watch that looks natural...

This has got to be the most natural looking GPS watch. In fact, I think it can be worn everyday without attracting too much attention to itself. It is a new model from Casio that is targetting more to runners than trekkers.

It is able to calculate speed continuously. It can also set current position and target position. The watch will then calculate the direction and distance to the target position. I am not sure about how useful or applicable this watch is for trekking. I'll surely be very interested if it can serve this purpose well.

Among other functions, it can also display GMT time and times in different cities. The charging takes about 2 to 3 hours. That is about the same as the time it takes to charge a mobile phone.

I'm really looking forward to a discreet looking, useful, and power efficient GPS watch.

Do point to the following Website for more detail:

http://www.casio-intl.com/news/2006/gpr_100.html

Bluetooh watch? It's the beginning to more interesting things to come...

While browsing through the magazine section in a local shopping mall, I stumble upon an article about Sony Ericsson's collaboration with Fossil in developing a bluetooth watch. The watch communicates with Sony Ericsson phones and has features such as caller ID display, turning off the ringer, reject a call, and control the MP3 player on the phone.

I wonder how nice it would be if there are hidden OLE in the dial that would display SMSes the phone received. Nevertheless, the watch sure is a sweet beginning for more interesting things to come.

Mercedes watches? Am I mad?

I chanced upon a Mercedes boutique at the airport while on the way back from a business trip. There were a little time to spare so I took a look at the watches. Some of them were actually quite attractive.

The above is an example. I have not found out who designed and manufactured these watches. Anyway, just want to share them with you all.

First mini-trip with my new Citizen.

I have just came back from a mini-trip with my new Citizen. During the trip I have re-visited a waterfall near where my parents live. Here are some pictures I took.

The Citizen half submerged in the clear water of the waterfall.

Citizen on the rock.

Citizen riding on my friend's slipper.

Hope you all enjoy the pictures. Anyway, there are good news about the promotion thingy I have been talking about in my previous entries. I have got it! There are more new tricks to learn in the near future.

Also, the hunt of the studio apartment is already in progress. I have done several viewings and will most likely decide within these few weeks. Sad to say that I may not have enough spare cash to buy new watches in the near future. :( In fact, I need to squeeze to find money to buy furniture for the new home.

Anyway. I wish everyone happiness and see you all again in my next post. :)

A clock for my new place?

I've been back from my business trip more than a week ago. Finally, I'm sitting down and writing an entry. Many things happened lately. One of which is I have to move out of my current rented place by the end of next month. No. I'm not being evicted. It's just that the landlord decided to take back the place for his own use. I'm sick of this cycle of changing a place every year or two.

 

But hey. It's a new experience for me. I'll most likely be moving into a studio. I'm no longer sharing an apartment with other people. I'll be staying on my own during this transitional period. In the next few months, I will be going apartment hunting. Yes. I will be having my own place in this city that I've been staying for the past six years. I can decorate, design it whichever I like. Yes!

 

I'm going to have a really nice clock in the living room. I know good ones does not come cheap but hey, if it lasts forever then it's worth it.

 

Geeky or not, this one here is interesting. A wooden LED clock. The LED light emits from within the wood block. Take a look:

 

http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/835b/

 

http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/additional/large/solid_wood_clock_animated.gif

Hunting for the white dial Citizen Navihawk.

I have seen the white dial Citizen Navihawk in a store before. However, I have no luck finding it on ebay. Tomorrow I'll be on a week-long business trip. So, I really hope I'll return to good news about the promotion thingy I was talking about in my previous post. I'll definitely buy a Navihawk if things work out for me.

 

Over the past weekend, I have bought a macro filter for my digital camera. From now on I will be spending more effort to capture better photographs for the blog. In fact, I have just used my Citizen Promaster to test drive the filter.

 

Have a nice weekend!