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I, A CHILD IN A TOY STORE

I was at that IT enclave in Kuala Lumpur, Low Yat Plaza, yesterday and felt like a child in a toy store. I was bedazzled by the gamut of gadgets, computers, cameras and all those IT thingies, I felt like buying everything because at that moment, I thought I needed all those cool stuff. Luckily, my Minister of Home Affairs was with me to nag and enforce a no-nonsense spending rules. Like I’d go crazy and burst my budget, eventhough I was very, very tempted to do so. Who wouldn’t if you were a “Go Go Gadget Man” like me. I believe all men are to a certain extent, go “ga-ga” over gadgets, and some would end up buying something that would gather dust somewhere. A walkabout at Low Yat was heartbreaking. The laptop I bought a few weeks ago is no longer the state-of-the-art machine. My digital SLR, topping the semi-pro list not too long ago, is now a camera fit for entry-level photography enthusiast. This makes one wants to upgrade! Now I know why everytime I phoned up an elder brother o