Ah yes, it’s our first wedding anniversary. Time flies!

We worked like usual today until the creative-block came this afternoon, and we decided to go for a walk to freshen up this mind. Off we went to Mutiara Damansara; there is Tesco, The Curve, Ikano, Ikea, e-Curve; with Ikea as our main destination. No doubt, Ikea is like a storehouse of idea and creativity, also problem solving.

After pampering our eyes and brains at Ikea, we walked around the shopping malls for nfl t shirts and the geeky lovely hubby came up with an impulsive thought of purchasing a compact digicam for me. Oh my, it’s in my wishlist already ever since we switched to the bulky Nikon DSLR – I love it, just that it’s not so convenient to bring it out everyday.

Anyway I was very firm to have Canon so we settled for this IXUS 105, RM765 (from original price RM799), though we thought we saw somewhere sold it at RM699 but couldn’t recall the IXUS series. At such a price, the digicam’s physical quality is quite far from the oldie IXUS 40 (my very first digicam) and IXUS 870 IS (my second digicam).

The digicam looks OK as a whole. But when I hold it, the feel of the surface is different and the battery + card lid looks so fragile like kiddo plastic toy. There goes the elegant image of IXUS on my eyes. Kinda disappointed, but well it’s for snap and shot only. Can’t be asking that much.

Next, we had our anniversary dinner at Waroeng Penyet at The Curve, where we got our share of stomach-ache. No kidding. Hubby felt something wrong with his stomach first on the way back home. Few hours after that, my stomach started to give reaction. At that time, we were sure to say the culprit is the sambal belacan (chili) from the Waroeng Penyet cause we basically eat the same thing. -__-”

I suppose the only trust-able and rather clean outlet to have Ayam Penyet is the Ayam Penyet Ria’s branch at Sunway Pyramid there.

That’s all with our first wedding-versary, a day where we have the excuse to pamper ourselves.

Yeap, I got a new digicam! Let’s flash back.

I wrote a post about Wishlist #1: Canon Digicam back in July. I was very clear that I want a new version of Canon IXUS to replace my dearest Canon IXUS 40, although I wasn’t sure which series to go for.

So when I knew about the latest Comtech expo at Sun Plaza (13 – 17 November 2008), I told myself perhaps it was time to pamper myself by getting a new digicam and to fulfill my wishlist. And, I went there on last Saturday night.

The seller introduced IXUS 80 IS (8MP, Digic 3). I almost bought it cause it was in PINK and the shape is about the same with my Ixus 40. It looked so chic and trendy. It was sold at IDR.2.295.000 with 2GB memory card.

Then he introduced the latest product from Canon, IXUS 870 IS. Oh my.. It was so beautiful and elegant with specs: 10MP, Digic 4, wide-angle (28mm) 4x optical zoom lens and many more. It was sold at IDR. 3.795.000 with 2GB memory card.

I was in dilemma. Both were beautiful but carry different image. I was fine with 8MP. But Ixus 870 IS has the latest technology. The other concern was, the price gap which was pretty huge.

After concerning this and that for about 10 minutes, I settled for Canon IXUS 870 IS. Simple reason, it is the latest product from Canon (along with IXUS 980 IS) which carries the latest technology. I assume it can last long and I can use it for another 3 to 4 years before replace it with a new one. Besides that, sometimes price does determine the quality (especially when it comes to electronic devices and gadgets).

It has 2 colors of choices, silver and gold. I chose the typical color which is silver. But they ran out of stock and left gold color only. It looked good in gold color too. So, I took it. I am oh-so-happy now. You know, the kind of happiness when you managed to get the stuff that you always want to have and you get it with your own hard earn money some more.

How about my dearest Ixus 40? Like usual, I am passing it to my brother. Now, I need to buy a new pouch for the new digicam.