WATCHES!
help me decide which watch to purchase. but before you go any further, let me tell you a little about watch faces.
The face, or "glass" of the watch comes in 3 major types.
Acrylic, Mineral, and Sapphire. Acrylic is the most scratchable of all, but also the only face that can be polished at home to remove fine to medium scratches.
Mineral crystal is sort of in-between. it is scratch-resistant to a certain extent, but knocks against steel would leave scratches. mineral crystal can NOT be polished.
Sapphire crystal is virtually scratch-proof. it is rated 9 on Moh's hardness scale (Diamond comes in at 10.) It's the most costly face to fit and it can NOT be polished as well.
that being said, without further ado, here are the contenders:
A) Sinn 356: chronograph with day/date. comes with either acrylic crystal at $1,550 or sapphire crystal at $2,100.
B) Glycine Combat 4: chronograph with date. only in mineral crystal face at $1,550. this is also the largest watch, size wise.
C) Sinn 756: chronograph with date. anti-magnetic. comes only with sapphire crystal face at $2,200.
if i spot any other watches that catches my eye, i'll post them up. till then, tell me what you think!
dear skinny legs,
im sorry i could not have been with you at the time of your passing. you have been frail and weak for the past two weeks. indeed, hours before your death, my dad and i were just discussing about your health. i hope you didn't suffer much. when i saw you cuddled up in the food bowl, with most of your fur gone, believe me, i've considered taking you to the vet. however, you were getting pretty advanced in age and all the vet could've done was to put you to sleep. not knowing if you wanted to die in such a manner, at a time that's not of your choosing, i decided to let you pass away naturally.
i hope you wouldnt fault me on this.
just before you died, i cleaned you up with some mild disinfectant as i had noticed your underbelly was pretty dirty. perhaps i should not have done so... i have a feeling that you caught a chill from it and that caused your death. im really really sorry if that's the case. forgive me skinny legs?
your brother and sister are still doing well. your brother still has a growth on his left ear, just like you had skinny legs. you sister is still just as fat and cute. im sure should your siblings have more awareness, they would be sadded by your passing and miss you terribly.
i hope wherever you go after this life, you will find comfort and peace, with plenty of warm bedding, tasty food, and a cooler climate. i also hope you'll find it in your tiny hamster heart a way to forgive me for being a lousy owner.
good-bye skinny legs hammy number 2. thank you for being part of my life and have a good rest. you'll love the place where you will be buried. plenty of open space to run about. :)
yours sincerely,
nicholas
alright everybody,
we have a winner.
i will _not_ be entertaining any more contestants or requests. booths are closed and results are final.
should you want to
find a winner as well, i have summarized the process of the competition and it will be described forthwith:
-2) meet and make a friend, via another friend.
-1) attend this "new" friend's birthday party.
0) figure out a puzzle and attach it to the end of your friendster profile.
1) assume the attractive girl seated opposite you during the post-party drinking is attached.
2) she's most probably attached to the ang moh guy who came with her to the party.
3) conduct small talk with said girl and allow her to take a photograph of you using her camera phone.
4) request that photo from her.
5) go home and check out her profile on friendster.
6) curse silently as you read "In a Relationship", which confirms step (2) and find out that her profile is available only to close friends.
7) forget about that singular encounter with her.
8) wait for a couple of days
9) get a surprise when the same girl messages you through friendster with the answer to the puzzle in step (0)
10) say "oh really... let's see you try this one!" and compose another puzzle for her.
11) be amazed at her sheer wit and tenacity as she replies with the answer.
12) start talking on MSN. or Yahoo! or AIM or ICQ. whichever works.
13) debunk the assumption that she is attached. whoopee!
14) chat for two weeks online.
15) visit her at her work place.
16) have a semestrial exam.
17) after the build up of anticipation developed during the exam period, meet up with her.
18) you must not go for fancy schmancy dinners but instead buy messy food and beer. (i will not divulge my personal menu.)
19) have beer at blooie's.
i'll leave the rest up to you. be creative!
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