another life

i am a great target for online shopping sites.

my shopper journey is literally 15 minutes - even for big ticket items. 4 weeks ago i decided to buy phones for papa & mama. papa uses an incredibly tiny sony ericsson 5 year old phone that lags like mad and uses dial pad for typing. unbelievable that there is whatsapp too. my mum experiences the same predicament, with a slightly bigger screen.

i decided to mai tu liao and checked out 2 HTC M7s on lazada. i just searched for some reviews and determined that the phone was an okay model. item shipped from overseas within a week. hui xin is a happy camper - especially seeing their delighted faces.

3 days later - mum calls to complain about the insane battery life. takes 8hrs to charge full load, wifi signal goes down to zero in her room. dad too. i was so upset that the phones ended up giving them more trouble!

informed lazada, they did a pickup rather seamlessly, messaged me a few days later to let me know a full refund was on the way. hui xin a happy camper again.

i just bought another pair of HTC phones (Desire 526+) on lazada again, in lieu of the good buyer protection policy. let's hope they do not fail me.

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in other words, it's just a month left to the big day! han yang and i on an overdrive, settling things in between work and on weekends. few days back, filmed our pre-wedding video after work, within 3 hours. that was a good big item to check off. wedding invites sent for printing, to our horror realising that we left out the dress code. printing out stickers for that, yikes. still left on our list:

- mail out invitations

- wedding favours (a ton of them)

- playlist

- firm up church wedding flow

- wedding speeches

- table plans

- his suits

- bridesmaids' dresses

- altering my gowns (gotta set a day for this)

- angbao box (got them to cut the wood for me alr!)

- 30% of wedding decor

- resizing my Etsy bought wedding band

- gifts for the parents

i think/ hope that is all.