Thursday, February 24, 2011

装饰新电脑 / Laptop Wrap



总算等到公司发新的手提电脑了,早就有打算等新的一下来,就给它来个个性化的大包装。以前曾听一个学生说过碧山就有一间这样的店,他做得的是现成的贴纸,才二十多块,他也说如果是换成自己的照片要三十多块,感觉这个价位还能接受,于是今天便拿了一张照片,奔向碧山第八站,你别说四楼还真有那么一间,不过不是店,只是一个小推车而已。别看她的店小得可怜,麻雀虽小,五脏可俱全。她很专业地拿出她的电脑,把我的照片输进去,在她的建议下,把它做成双胞胎造型,但由于另一个的字也是反着的,所以她又建议里面换成蝴蝶和心的造型。等做好后一报价可把我吓了一跳,她要收$99。哇噻!我一点精神准备也没有耶。最后划来划去,她才同意95块了事,我觉得实在太贵,又找她要了八颗钻了事了。

I always wanted to have a special cover for my new laptop. Finally our company upgraded our laptop. I heard from one of my students last time. He said there was a shop inside Bishan Juntion 8 which specialized in this customization and he had used them before. It cost him S$20+. But if it was self-designed, will be about S$10 more. It looked like the price was not bad, so today I quickly went to the Mall. I found the so-called ‘shop’. In fact, it’s just a shopping kiosk. She seemed very professional, took out her own laptop and loaded my picture inside. As she suggested, she created a mirror reflection. So it looked like twins. But as the words also mirrored the reflection, they couldn’t be read. So she changed to a butterfly and some hearts. It’s quite fun. But after she finished, she billed me S$100. Wow! I was totally not prepared for that. After some bargaining, she agreed to reduce to S$95, plus 8 so called ‘diamonds’. Deal!