gmail + thunderbird

so far this combination works fine

serves a very convenient channel to post to my blog

How's the trip?

got an e-mail from a friend (and ex-XXX'er) in aussie re my trip to europe

i was about to say that fortunately i didnt incur any material lost like
theft, etc.

but on second thought, it's not

the damages include but not limited to:

(1) some pics stored on the harddisk (i must say that majority have been
recovered)

(2) i settled the expenses with jt on the last day (last 2nd day, to be
exact) in italy and i found that i did a wrong division (by two, if it's
not obvious) and i charged jt 0.5 euro less than it should be... so my
loss is 1 euro... :)

(3) i bought a lens hood hn24 for jt but i couldnt find it when i tried
to find it in roma... i thought it was left at home but then i couldnt
find it when i came back home... i suspect it was lost when i shuffled
my stuffs in amsterdam airport... the loss is hkd 170...

i think that's it...

not bad, right?

oct 13
7:23pm
at home
via thunderbird

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