I've decided I have a love and hate relationship with Apple Inc. Why?! Because they produce such pretty things every year but at a high price. SO! I hate them for making me want to spend the money that I don't have, but I love because their things are so pretty. And good. And awesome. And ... yes, I am an Apple fan. Sigh.

Anyway, so Apple announcement today - New Macbook Pros, Macbooks, and 24" Cinema Display (FINALLY), and also updated Macbook Air. Wowees. Oh, and cheaper older version of the white Macbooks (although I was really hoping for an 899 USD Macbook). The Macbooks have pretty much become smaller versions of the MBP's - 13.3 in. screens but otherwise looks the same as MBPs.

I don't know. Maybe I need some more time to get used to it, but the black on silver on a laptop doesn't really do it for me. I still like how the old MBPs looked. All silver. Now everything kind of just looks like the iMac, as a friend pointed out. Even the cinema display (which looks really cool! I want!) looks like an iMac. Sigh.

But, nonetheless, I STILL WANT ONE, MBP that is. As the same friend pointed out, the macbooks can now outrun my 1.83Ghz even more (Ouch, that HURTS). Before it didn't hurt as bad, but with these new upgrades on the Macbook ... *Sigh* It's ok. I still <3 my mbp although Photoshop crashed on me three times today and and and keeps giving me the spinning wheel of death. Argh. But no! Actually, if my MBP wants to die on me soon, better do it before March 19th when my warranty runs out. Ahhhhhhh.

At least I'm over the Macbook Air. :) I just want a $2499 MBP now. HEEHEE. Just kidding. No, not really. Sigh.



End Apple Rave.

Taken in Gent. There were some pretty awesome store displays.

I don't know what's up with me lately (as in these past few days), but I've been accident prone. On Saturday, while trying to climb up the steps to my apartment's front door, I missed a step and totally fell on my hands and knees. I knocked my knee against the edge of the step too, and it hurt like a ... lot. ::>.<:: And then today, I spilled detergent on my floor. I shouldn't have held the bottle by the cap, but I thought I'd already screwed it tightly. Unfortunately I was wrong, and the whole bottle dropped on the floor, spilling half of its contents. Took a while to clean up the oily, soapy mess.

Blah. What's going on?! Why am I so accident prone lately? Sigh. Need to be more careful nowadays I guess.



Totally unrelated: This real life love story is so touching and sweet. Sniff.

First we stumbled across a bird/hamster/rabbit Market - so many cute furry animals. I saw chinchillas, ferrets, hamsters, and all sorts of birds, like these. So noisy.
Then we wandered into a flea market. Didn't get many pictures because I was too busy looking at awesome old things.

Following are pictures taken along the boat tour. I don't remember what the buildings are anymore. Beside the obvious church and castle buildings, there were also some fish market, meat market, and ... other ones. Just old buildings in general. :P

Gent's version of the Big Ben

People of Gent were known as the noose carriers because back in the good old days, people who were unable to or did not pay their taxes were punished by wearing a noose around their neck and parading around downtown as a form of public humiliation. Scary.

Castle!
This boat was imported from Bangladesh. Kind of gondola-like.
Oldest remaining building with a wooden facade.
The tour boat guide referred this as the Gent Skyline - three gothic-styled buildings one after another.

Can never escape the Mcd's
Ham. Random.

More random street pictures to come later .... :)