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cen@jkt
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Tempus Note (long, rambling, and incoherent)

Tempus was a GREAT event, especially for novice (2 years into the abyss) like me. Though I was disappointed that I couldn’t see the following: JLC duometre, Longines Legend Diver, any UN enamel, and Hublot All Black. Nevertheless, I saw a lot of treasures: Silberstein (fun), JD astrale (classy yet fun), DB (cool stuff), GG mickey (I ordered), Breguet tourbillons (I talked too excitedly, I spit onto the display glass), DR lumiere (I looked with such a powerful longing look until the sales guy wanted to call paramedics), Omega marine (they didn’t display it on Thursday onward. Omega people said a crazy WIS harassed them into selling it on Wednesday), AP (millenary deadbeat second was to die for!), UN blue phantom (somebody beat me to it. Damn! I was certainly prepare to sell my liver to finance it), the independent booth (I think Mr. Smith’s watch is nicer compare to Mr. Voutilainen’s. As for Mr. Halter’s watches, I would prepare an oxygen tank when examining them next time. Me was hyperventilating!!) and the whole MOCHA & Antiquorum collections (how much is it to hire Danny Ocean and his gang to rob it?).

I was also introduced to several collectors (they’re nice people, but unlike me, they didn’t have fashion sense. Jeans, khaki, suits. All bland colors!!), Silberstein himself (I couldn’t stop staring at his moustache when talking to him. I knew it’s rude, but he reminded me of my hero, Mr. Hercule Poirot), and the McGonigle brothers (nice chaps, but since I was prepare to sell my liver to buy UN blue phantom, so I passed on his tourbi)

On Thursday, I attended Dr. Cheong seminar for novice. I didn’t know whether he noticed me (the short guy in lime green shorts with matching purple T-shirt) sitting in the back, although I thought he should, since I was the only fashion conscious guy out there, except for Mr. Poirot, er, I mean Mr. Silberstein. Overall his seminar was good, but I was expecting him to teach us, beginners, how to:

• Stroll confidently to any watch store under the scrutiny of sales people.
• Discreetly wipe the glazy look and stupid drool out of our face when looking at the mechanical toys (yes that’s what I call my watches).
• Strike fear into sales people’s hearts by blubbering all the technical know-how that we possess.
• Bargain, bargain, and bargain until their calculators burst into pieces.
• If all things fail, how to beg buying at reasonable price without loosing our dignity too much.

At the end of the seminar, he showed us the picture of the girl with the perfect breast, laying on the hood of a car, with two erect nipples pointing to the sky. U rock, Dr. Cheong!! (if this sentence gets me into trouble, please delete it, Mr. Moderator. But I swear on my Andersen and GG, that’s what I saw! And if Singapore was open enough to let people to see that, at least I’m entitle to describe it here).

And maybe my wisdom and my safety valve (see my Tempus Prayer) really worked; I don’t think I want the DB tempus edition. For less than the price of 1 DB, I got these 2 classics. The small one is named the Classic, 2 hand, good bargain! The other one looks classic, overprice and new. But surprise! I bought them at the urging of my wife (hm… why on earth did she do that for? maybe she thought I got these 2, got satisfied, and there are still money left for her Hermes. Oh boy, now I know why my kids are smart).

Thank you for taking my report seriously. I will not tolerate any LOL or laughing faces.

Only thought provoking, deep, meaningful comments are welcome. (you may smile though J)

Cordially

cen@jkt