The Self-Indulgent Story of How I came to Own My Tablet
First, let me indulge myself further by saying -
First, let me indulge myself further by saying -
MY BRACES ARE NOW OFF!!!
And yes, I did have to put that in bright pink lettering - I had them on for three years! THREE FREAKING YEARS!!!
Erhem. Anyway. I've finally got my own tablet! 8DDD But you wouldn't believe the amount of planning I did (maybe I was just paranoid... Meh). First was the actual saving of money. I was cleaned out because of Comic Fiesta but Chinese New Year er... replenished me somewhat (shut up, I feel guilty already). Then came the issue of how to buy and sneak it into the house without either of parents knowing about it;s existence.
Hm. Tough. Considering the box is 10 x 12.5 x 2 (inches). But I've wanted one of those things since I was freaking 14 and I AM NOT GOING TO WAIT ANY LONGER!
Then the perfect opportunity arose.
I was supposed to attend a 3-hour class on Friday but it got cancelled due to a time clash with a workshop which I wasn't attending. I almost grudgingly told my dad about the cancellation when this plan popped into my head. Here's pretty much it:
1. DO NOT tell parents about cancelled class.
2. On Friday, pretend to go to college. Empty out bag of books and fill lots of water instead. Stuff jacket at the base to puff up bag. This makes the bag look and weigh as if it contains books (like normal).
3. Make sure to bring enough money.
4. Once on train, make for Low Yat Plaza. Without knowing exactly where it is.
5. While at KL Sentral, AVOID BEING SEEN.
6. Once at Low Yat (somehow), find a store selling Wacom Bamboo tablets.
7. Buy the Wacom Bamboo Pen (because it's really the only one I can afford). Say bye-bye to money.
8. Drink up all the water and take jacket out of bag and wear it. This will 'deflate' and lighten up the bag to make room for the tablet's box to go in.
9. Go home at appointed time like normal. Act like I was at class the whole while. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, don't let them see inside bag.
10. Level complete. >D
Man, did I feel like a boss.
On the day of reckoning, I executed the hyper evil scheme to world domination scheme plan. My dad was sending me to station and he carried my bag for a few seconds to pass it to me. He didn't suspect anything (whew). So I went on ahead. I did fine right up until step 5. I still had my hat and everything in hopes I could hide my face. I actually almost bumped into a classmate near the LRT exit - but she didn't seem to notice me so I pulled my hat down further and walked out. I went down the stairs, crossed the road and - next thing I knew, Hadley was calling me out behind me. Vithal was with him and Mun Yew also saw me.
I phail as a ninja.
Ah, never mind. My intention to not be spotted was so that no one can testify I wasn't in class (but I don't think I know anyone who would do that... right? Never mind. Me. Paranoid. Right. No, I mean - Eh, I mean - Oh, FU-). If someone like a lecturer saw me, I'd die standing.
So I took the Monorail to Imbi and after asking for directions a few times, somehow managed to find Low Yat Plaza and walked inside.
Damn, the place is huge.
Everyone there was either in a giggly group, with their boyfriend/girlfriend or enough of a tech geek that they could fly solo. As I fit into none of the above, I was like a freaking gaijin, just wandering around looking like a lost idiot (not too far from the truth).
Vendors there seemed to notice my utter lost-ness and tried to help me. They were really nice - I seriously didn't expect anyone there to be so helpful. The thing was, 90% of them didn't seem to understand what I meant when I said I was looking for an graphics tablet. There was this guy who seemed to misunderstand even asked "Alright, so do you want it in 24GB or 60GB or what?"
I was like, "...... Er, that's not what I meant..."
"Oh. Then what type of processor is your PC? Single-core? Dual-core?"
"Er... I don't... Really know..."
"But you must know! How can you not know?"
""Erm... Never mind then, it's okay. Thanks!" -escapes-
So I eventually found a guy who understood what a tablet was (THANK YOU!) but he only had Genius brand tablets. Which didn't get a very good review from a friend of mine. I was set on Wacom anyway.
Long story short, I finally found a shop that sold Wacom tablets. It's on the second floor of Low Yat and it's called StarTec. The price-tag was RM302 but I was given RM270. Hell yeah.
I FINALLY GOT MESELF A TABLET~!!!
Shut up, SpellCheck.By that time I was so full of water and I really needed to go to the toilet. Problem: they charge you RM1 per entry.
'Screw this,' I thought, 'I'm going back to Sentral to use the FREE toilet.'
I don't know why I'm telling the whole world this, but yeah.
Then I spent the remainder of my time in KLCC (didn't dare go back to college seeing as I phail as a ninja - if you're reading this Nadirah, this means I can probably never even pass the first level of Tenchu). Just when I had decided to try test-reading 'The Hunger Games', it was time I headed home. Oh well, should have thought about that earlier instead of drooling over the Hitman Reborrn manga in the Japanese section. No, I didn't literally drool of course. At least, I didn't think so.
So I was on my way home when suddenly MY MOM called to tell me she would be picking me up today on her way home from work instead of me walking home. And my mom tends to be more observant than my dad. Uh-oh. Please don't notice the boxy corners sticking out on the top half of my bag - pleaseohpleaseohplease -
Good thing my mom was more focused on cursing some the guy in front's lembu driving skills and I concealed the slight-box shape by hugging my bag and NOT MOVING FOR FUDGE'S SAKE.
No, not Cornelius Fudge from Harry Potter.
Anyway, I eventually managed to sneak it past my folks and get it into my room - without them knowing a thing. What? What they won;t know can;t hurt them.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!! -fireworks in background-
Behold! Fran in all his green and black glory!!!
OMG IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL -dies-
Just kidding. I ain't dead :D
Sorry to disappoint you.
No, I haven't been having chocolate.
Really.
Stop giving me that look.
Fine, Imma go practice drawing with Fran now. :P
First, let me indulge myself further by saying -
MY BRACES ARE NOW OFF!!!
And yes, I did have to put that in bright pink lettering - I had them on for three years! THREE FREAKING YEARS!!!
Erhem. Anyway. I've finally got my own tablet! 8DDD But you wouldn't believe the amount of planning I did (maybe I was just paranoid... Meh). First was the actual saving of money. I was cleaned out because of Comic Fiesta but Chinese New Year er... replenished me somewhat (shut up, I feel guilty already). Then came the issue of how to buy and sneak it into the house without either of parents knowing about it;s existence.
Hm. Tough. Considering the box is 10 x 12.5 x 2 (inches). But I've wanted one of those things since I was freaking 14 and I AM NOT GOING TO WAIT ANY LONGER!
Then the perfect opportunity arose.
I was supposed to attend a 3-hour class on Friday but it got cancelled due to a time clash with a workshop which I wasn't attending. I almost grudgingly told my dad about the cancellation when this plan popped into my head. Here's pretty much it:
1. DO NOT tell parents about cancelled class.
2. On Friday, pretend to go to college. Empty out bag of books and fill lots of water instead. Stuff jacket at the base to puff up bag. This makes the bag look and weigh as if it contains books (like normal).
3. Make sure to bring enough money.
4. Once on train, make for Low Yat Plaza. Without knowing exactly where it is.
5. While at KL Sentral, AVOID BEING SEEN.
6. Once at Low Yat (somehow), find a store selling Wacom Bamboo tablets.
7. Buy the Wacom Bamboo Pen (because it's really the only one I can afford). Say bye-bye to money.
8. Drink up all the water and take jacket out of bag and wear it. This will 'deflate' and lighten up the bag to make room for the tablet's box to go in.
9. Go home at appointed time like normal. Act like I was at class the whole while. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, don't let them see inside bag.
10. Level complete. >D
Man, did I feel like a boss.
On the day of reckoning, I executed the hyper evil scheme to world domination scheme plan. My dad was sending me to station and he carried my bag for a few seconds to pass it to me. He didn't suspect anything (whew). So I went on ahead. I did fine right up until step 5. I still had my hat and everything in hopes I could hide my face. I actually almost bumped into a classmate near the LRT exit - but she didn't seem to notice me so I pulled my hat down further and walked out. I went down the stairs, crossed the road and - next thing I knew, Hadley was calling me out behind me. Vithal was with him and Mun Yew also saw me.
I phail as a ninja.
Ah, never mind. My intention to not be spotted was so that no one can testify I wasn't in class (but I don't think I know anyone who would do that... right? Never mind. Me. Paranoid. Right. No, I mean - Eh, I mean - Oh, FU-). If someone like a lecturer saw me, I'd die standing.
So I took the Monorail to Imbi and after asking for directions a few times, somehow managed to find Low Yat Plaza and walked inside.
Damn, the place is huge.
Everyone there was either in a giggly group, with their boyfriend/girlfriend or enough of a tech geek that they could fly solo. As I fit into none of the above, I was like a freaking gaijin, just wandering around looking like a lost idiot (not too far from the truth).
Vendors there seemed to notice my utter lost-ness and tried to help me. They were really nice - I seriously didn't expect anyone there to be so helpful. The thing was, 90% of them didn't seem to understand what I meant when I said I was looking for an graphics tablet. There was this guy who seemed to misunderstand even asked "Alright, so do you want it in 24GB or 60GB or what?"
I was like, "...... Er, that's not what I meant..."
"Oh. Then what type of processor is your PC? Single-core? Dual-core?"
"Er... I don't... Really know..."
"But you must know! How can you not know?"
""Erm... Never mind then, it's okay. Thanks!" -escapes-
So I eventually found a guy who understood what a tablet was (THANK YOU!) but he only had Genius brand tablets. Which didn't get a very good review from a friend of mine. I was set on Wacom anyway.
Long story short, I finally found a shop that sold Wacom tablets. It's on the second floor of Low Yat and it's called StarTec. The price-tag was RM302 but I was given RM270. Hell yeah.
I FINALLY GOT MESELF A TABLET~!!!
Shut up, SpellCheck.By that time I was so full of water and I really needed to go to the toilet. Problem: they charge you RM1 per entry.
'Screw this,' I thought, 'I'm going back to Sentral to use the FREE toilet.'
I don't know why I'm telling the whole world this, but yeah.
Then I spent the remainder of my time in KLCC (didn't dare go back to college seeing as I phail as a ninja - if you're reading this Nadirah, this means I can probably never even pass the first level of Tenchu). Just when I had decided to try test-reading 'The Hunger Games', it was time I headed home. Oh well, should have thought about that earlier instead of drooling over the Hitman Reborrn manga in the Japanese section. No, I didn't literally drool of course. At least, I didn't think so.
So I was on my way home when suddenly MY MOM called to tell me she would be picking me up today on her way home from work instead of me walking home. And my mom tends to be more observant than my dad. Uh-oh. Please don't notice the boxy corners sticking out on the top half of my bag - pleaseohpleaseohplease -
Good thing my mom was more focused on cursing some the guy in front's lembu driving skills and I concealed the slight-box shape by hugging my bag and NOT MOVING FOR FUDGE'S SAKE.
No, not Cornelius Fudge from Harry Potter.
Anyway, I eventually managed to sneak it past my folks and get it into my room - without them knowing a thing. What? What they won;t know can;t hurt them.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!! -fireworks in background-
Behold! Fran in all his green and black glory!!!
OMG IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL -dies-
Just kidding. I ain't dead :D
Sorry to disappoint you.
No, I haven't been having chocolate.
Really.
Stop giving me that look.
Fine, Imma go practice drawing with Fran now. :P