Nothing Like The Present

So Elton's present kicked so much ass, it's probably a good thing he has a Christmas lunch with his family, because I'm just too busy playing with it at the moment.

I'd been talking about a netbook for the longest time, pretty much since I started my new job and had days when I was stuck in town for hours between appointments and wishing I could work on my articles instead of wasting time. It's not because I'm hard working; I'd much prefer to do work during office hours so I can do my own thing after. I do NOT like to be working after the sun goes down, which is actually a good thing, because I'm driven to be more productive.

Yes, I already have a laptop. Unfortunately, it's a really old Fujitsu that has 20GBs hard drive and has completely lost the ability to shut down without me holding down the power button till it emits this little whine and goes black. The battery is so dead, it lasts for about an hour even on normal web surfing. And, as light as it is, it's still a shoulder killer.

And so, on the day of Christmas (I have no clue how you guys count it), my sweetie gave to me, a HP Mini. It's so cute and small, the wire bag I'm using to store the wires is almost three quarters the size. Elton picked it because the reviews on Cnet Asia are pretty good; the keyboard is as big as it gets on a netbook, making for comfortable typing (which is true, it feels like a normal full-sized keyboard, and is even better than the stupid Mac one I have to use at work).

I'm still in the midst of exploring it, but so far the main specs are a 60GBs hard drive, 1GB RAM, 1.5GHz motherboard or something like that. It has a built in camera and two USB ports, a SD Card reader, and one dubious looking HP USB port thingy, no idea what it's for. I'm trying to download the essential software for it, managed to waste a ridiculous amount of time on the paid version of AVG. The free version works just as fine, honestly.

What did I get for him for Christmas? An air purifier. It wasn't much of a surprise, since I physically blocked him from buying one so I could get it for him. What the hell do you get a guy who keeps buying everything himself?! And mind you, it's not just me who had problems with getting him something for Christmas; Yvonne, long time friend, was tearing her hair out and defacing his Facebook wall in some attempt to find inspiration for a present.

I found out by accident that apparently I'm the only one who buys stuff for my boyfriend's family. I've been doing that for a few years now, since I'm a sweet and generous soul. Actually, I just find it weird that during Christmas, I'll give him some big ass present and have nothing for the rest of the gang except greeting words.

Anyway. Even if your partner just gave you socks for Christmas, it's the thought that counts. Really. The thought there are more generous and thoughtful people out there.