Things that will make it to December
Canon EOS 7D Body
Matt_R's Canon 18-55mm EF-S f/3.5-5.6 Lens
Tamron 70-300mm VC (Canon EF mount) Lens
Canon 50mm EF f/1.8 II Lens
Canon RC-1 Wireless Remote Control
Tamrac Model 5584 Expedition 4x Photo Backpack or Tamrac Model 5584 Expedition 5x Photo Backpack
SanDisk Extreme CompactFlash Card 16G
Spare Battery
Not going to make it for now but it is on the short-term (-3 years) wish list:
Canon BG-E7 Battery Grip for EOS 7D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM or Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Canon Speedlite 430EX II Electronic Flash
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Induro Alloy 8M AT-014 Tripod
Was on the list but taken off:
Canon 18-55mm EF-S f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens (Matt_R is going to give me the non-IS one)
Canon 55-250mm EF-S f/4-5.6 IS Lens (Well Tamron is better)
1. I'm going back to visit VHHH once again. 2. I'm going to ride A380 for the very first time in my life.
3. I'm Going to visit relatives. My grandma is now having all sorts of health problems, no one knows what's going to happen after the year so really I need to visit her. :-(
Also, I need to visit other relatives that I haven't visited for a long time...
4. Visiting my father. That's a really important thing isn't it?
5. Goodbye Canon 860IS and Hello EOS 50D
Someone might ask "Why you are not going for 60D. More Pixels and Video" 60D is not good enough. Seriously, no,Higher fps and CF Cards are more worthy features than Half-cooked Video and higher MP. Composite body? Ugh. No multiple flash support? Damn. no AF micro-adjust? Heh.
Price? 50D is cheaper by $200. and 50D is just $100 dearer than 550D. So why not go for 50D? It's better than both.