camera away

I realise that i have more events coming up real soon that requires the need for my camera (and my hand is getting itchy too...)

so, during lunch time today, a trip to Canon service centre @ Keppel Bay Tower



Perhaps as today is a school holiday, there are quite a number of kids in the quite crowded waiting area (as u can see in the foreground, a kid and a pram... there are more) Of cos, other than kids and fathers, there are white collars, well dressed ladies, and some pros too, with their dSLR... woh.

Anyway, the service was quite not bad... Despite the number of people there, waiting time wasnt too long actually. Plus, there are cozy sofas, newspapers, and free flow of coffee (from a coffee maker) to make waiting time seems short.

(Just to add on, the best i had seen so far is Hewlett-Packard's, at Alexandra Technopark... for this, on top of the sofa and coffee, there's even "cater-style" snacks and internet access from several computers...and free parking, if you drove there. That's why last time, you get 4 person from my office just to service one PDA... haha..i'm one of them)

Back to my camera... fault found to be Lens problem... and as it's already soo long after warranty, it's $130 (includ. service charge)... Guess i would fix it first, since getting a new decent camera would cost me 400,500 dollars...

and they would contact me again in one week.. hmm... who knows, scully they would give me the offer like my colleague's. But even they dont, it's ok, 'cos i do like my present camera... she had seen soo much stuff together with me, over this short 2 years....

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