Today once our chores were done, we jumped into a taxi (that's what you do when you don't have a car) direction Courts Megastore. It's supposed to be Asia's Largest Electrical, IT and Furniture Store and big it was. Three levels of furniture, electronics and home appliances.
I wanted to get a robot vacuum cleaner, like the one I saw at Joy and Yann's place. I had heard of those before but after seeing them in action I was convinced I needed one. Maybe also because in Singapore we don't have cats anymore so such appliance can't hurt them and more seriously because in Singapore there is some fine dust that gets inside and when you walk with wet feet (for example, after swimming) it makes marks.
But first we stopped by at the sound system corner as Wolfram had decided we needed one. We have a new TV, no sofa but we should get a sound system. I guess you know what happened from that point of time. We entered the booth from Denon, which must be the most expensive one or nearly. We sat down in comfortable armchairs and William, the salesman, put Transformers in the Blue Ray player. 30s later it felt like being in the movie theater with Dolby surround. The sound was great that I could feel the vibrations. Amazing. William was no fool, he started with his Rolls Royce. Of course that system was expensive and way more than what had briefly discussed in the taxi. We then experienced a simpler system but that was not the same.
We spent nearly one hour in the booth, got a rebate on the price because William knew "we really wanted it" and the wife (me) was hard to convince. He also told us that he has people who can come to our place and do the installation so my brand new husband doesn't have to go through the hassle of drilling in the walls or the ceiling to put the five loudspeakers. He gave us the cable needed to connect the receiver to the subwoofer. I still cannot believe that in that price range they sell devices without cables. As I told William, when I buy a car it comes with four wheels not three. So he gave us the cable. That man really wanted to sell.
In summary, next week our sound system will be delivered once we are back from India and the following they will install it. But first we need to get clearance from our landlord to drill... these are the rules in Singapore.
As for the vacuum cleaner robot, there was only one in the whole store, hidden behind fridges. We couldn't try it because the battery was empty. Once again, in Singapore, people don't invest in home appliances but rather get a maid. As a consequence the offer for home appliances that help making cleaning easier is limited. After all the maid has the whole day to clean or do the dishes... Maybe we should have bough one in Europe.
I wanted to get a robot vacuum cleaner, like the one I saw at Joy and Yann's place. I had heard of those before but after seeing them in action I was convinced I needed one. Maybe also because in Singapore we don't have cats anymore so such appliance can't hurt them and more seriously because in Singapore there is some fine dust that gets inside and when you walk with wet feet (for example, after swimming) it makes marks.
But first we stopped by at the sound system corner as Wolfram had decided we needed one. We have a new TV, no sofa but we should get a sound system. I guess you know what happened from that point of time. We entered the booth from Denon, which must be the most expensive one or nearly. We sat down in comfortable armchairs and William, the salesman, put Transformers in the Blue Ray player. 30s later it felt like being in the movie theater with Dolby surround. The sound was great that I could feel the vibrations. Amazing. William was no fool, he started with his Rolls Royce. Of course that system was expensive and way more than what had briefly discussed in the taxi. We then experienced a simpler system but that was not the same.
We spent nearly one hour in the booth, got a rebate on the price because William knew "we really wanted it" and the wife (me) was hard to convince. He also told us that he has people who can come to our place and do the installation so my brand new husband doesn't have to go through the hassle of drilling in the walls or the ceiling to put the five loudspeakers. He gave us the cable needed to connect the receiver to the subwoofer. I still cannot believe that in that price range they sell devices without cables. As I told William, when I buy a car it comes with four wheels not three. So he gave us the cable. That man really wanted to sell.
In summary, next week our sound system will be delivered once we are back from India and the following they will install it. But first we need to get clearance from our landlord to drill... these are the rules in Singapore.
As for the vacuum cleaner robot, there was only one in the whole store, hidden behind fridges. We couldn't try it because the battery was empty. Once again, in Singapore, people don't invest in home appliances but rather get a maid. As a consequence the offer for home appliances that help making cleaning easier is limited. After all the maid has the whole day to clean or do the dishes... Maybe we should have bough one in Europe.
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