Halo, hello, kiddos

I think Kieran is recovering well and we really were "kiasu" by keeping a close tab on his diet = no dairy and oily stuff. But my greedy boy nibbled a piece of mooncake he made at the childcare centre.

Raeyen, however, had diarrhoea 3 times today, vomitted a little and appetite was still poor. Luckily no more fever, hope that means he is on his road to recovery!

I returned to work today with the following agenda:

1030h meeting, 1145h redeem Halo 3 (limited edition) for nephew in Perth, 1300h review with company doctor, 1630h meeting

It was quite packed considering I had backlog to clear due to yesterday's leave, some stuff to manage before our holiday.

This morning as I walked to the office at Suntec City, took a glimpse of the Halo 3 booth at the atrium. Alas, at 9am.... a line was already formed by some young punks, oops mind my manners. I mean, the redemption of the game pack plus a goodie bag for those who bought the pre-order card would only start at noon! They were so super KIASU!

I went down at 11.45am (yeah, a little before my official lunch) and was told the queue went all the way outside the building (behind G2000) along Nicoll Highway! So what did I do??? I joined the crazy queue coz I promised to help my dear nephew in Perth to get it. Microsoft is very smart to come up with this brilliant idea of selling a pre-order card, creating a fanatic buzz about its latest game = making people crazier = more sales = latent buyers become easily influenced. There were even pretty and eloquent promoters "entertaining" the queuers with the goodness of the new Red Bull and offering (especially the guys) the "healthier" drink. I'm sure gullible boys and men will buy this new drink so as to keep them awake while playing Halo 3 non-stop! Wonder why none of the eyedrop companies send pretty girls to give out freebies so that the players will not end up with bloodshot eyes after hours of non-stop gaming. Anyhow, I was unfazed, busy SMSing and toying with my HTC P3600i while killing time.

I'm glad that my mission was completed when I got hold of the much demanded limited edition gamepack and a goodie bag at about 12.30pm.