Everything is connected...

I always, always have problem with bringing work back home (well, you can of course argue that I shouldn't have done that, and tell that to my bosses). And, I already have two big external harddrive, yet, they are never sufficient, nor convenient. I have been struggling with myself, debating with myself if I should spend HKD 1000+ on something I might or might not need. And, that has been continued for almost 2 freaking months! Considering my salary is not high, freaking high living expense in Hong Kong, carrying huge debt on my shoulders, I need to be careful with what I am spending.



Then, two weeks ago on a Sunday, I have made the decision: "What the hell, just buy the damn thing and get over with it. You can spend some money you earn with your sweat and tears, literally!" Also, I am very depressed because of the getting-to-no-where work. In fact, I really hate bringing my heavy, clumsy, old-because-of-cost-cutting-that-they-give-me laptop back home for work every weekend. Do I regret of buying it? Up to now, no.

Buffalo Live 1-TB Network Attached Storage (NAS) costs me about HKD1200. What it offers is really what I can use, either for entertainment or for work. OK, it is not that advanced that you can remotely access the storage from outside the home network (well, I read somewhere it could be done with some port forwarding setting on the router, but I am too lazy, at least not at this moment). Now, with this damn thing, I can store all my stuff (songs, TV shows, photos, etc.) and being accessed by my Macbook, Asus EEEPC, and PS3. It is the center of thing that connects everything I have. Even for work, I can just upload to it, and download at work or vice versa, without carrying the damn laptop or even the thumb drive. It is sufficiently convenient so far. Finally I could tell myself, I have spent my hard-earned money wisely!