A Tribute to Beach Gals… Part 6

In many of my posts, I have mentioned Bubbles. Now who is this Bubbles that you have all been hearing about? Today’s post will be dedicated to her, my dear friend Bubbles.

Bubbles is No8 in the 10 Sisters gang. I remember her short china doll hairstyle in Sec1, and her forever smiling with her eyes squinted face. She was one of the ‘loud’ and smart ones in the class. ‘Loud’ meaning I always hear giggling at the back of the class and it will definitely have had come from her or someone she is talking. Or whenever something ‘major’ happened, it will definitely involve her and the other ‘loud’ ones. She sat at the back of the classroom, whilst I, having not grown vertically since Pr6, sat in the front. All the fun and laughter came from the back; I can only listen and envy in front. Somehow I was surrounded by all the more serious and hardworking students.

Bubbles is a cheerful gal, whom to many people, has no worries. But to those that are close to her and know her well enough, we know that she just doesn’t bring her worries to those around her. She has her own fair share of hardships, heartaches and worries. Instead of crying over spilt milk, or waiting for a knight in shining armour to save her, she prefers to solve her own problems.

To be honest, I was not that close to her during school days. And frankly, I did not quite like her then. Maybe I thought she was too ‘loud’. Maybe I was jealous? Hahahaha. Yes that is the truth, I mean I did not quite like her then was true. Particularly in Sec 3 and 4. Maybe bcos she was hanging out with some gals whom I don’t really had a good impression of. But then bearing what Ms Travolta had said (Accepting a friends includes accepting her flaws etc), I still respected that that was her choice of social circle. Maybe it did her good, bcos then she got to experience many things that I myself had missed out as a teenager. I remember she pulled a stint as one of the ‘model’ in a national day song. Stand up for Singapore. Hahahaha. Yes I remember that well. She and the other gals were like swinging and dancing in the ‘MTV’. It looks just like what you would see in KTV, but not the original version, with the lead actor/actress walking or dancing in an open area. But, what the heck, it is all part of growing up isn’t it? ;p If I was the one offered the chance, would I not have grabbed it as well? Maybe hehehe..

I wouldn’t say Bubbles is beautiful. Of cos she is beautiful in her own way, but not those drop dead gorgeous kind, you know what I mean. She has a confident (at least that’s what I feel) outlook, tall enough (much taller than me anyway), super fair and smooth complexion, and please Bubbles, I repeat one more time: you are not fat. I am really envious and jealous of the fact that she does not need to do much to upkeep all that. She doesnt apply body moisturizer, doesnt put sunblock, drink coffee like water, doesnt buy a lot of skincare. She is just…. Born that way. Sometimes, she can just pass off as an artiste and no one will doubt her. But deep down, I feel that sometimes she is not so confident, just that she somehow manages to pull it off.

Bubbles has had a rather smooth sailing education and career. Always one of the top students, always one of the jude gals in school, yes she is right, everyone wants to be around her. Gosh, I sound so jealous! But well, I can never be her, cos that’s just the way things are. Anyway, back to Bubbles. After her graduation, she worked her way up pretty fast. And that was the time when we had the most fun. Partying, trying out new things, wakeboarding, blading etc etc. That was the time I started to know Bubbles better too. As we hung out more, I discovered the side of Bubbles that was never known to me before. She is a very caring person, not those superficially caring kind, really caring and concerned about the people around her. Even to the aunty that clears the bins at the end of the day, she never fails to acknowledge her presence. She may seem nonchalant, but she cares. She knows what she wants, and she works hard for it. Yes she is playful in a way, but when it is time to be serious, she settles herself down quite fast and concentrates on what needs to be done. These are the people who truly play hard and work just as hard.

Bubbles and I have worked together in the same company. Twice actually. I really appreciated her help bcos I admit that I am not very confident when it comes to interviews and stuff. Bubbles knows best cos she sat in when my current boss interviewed me! I was abit paiseh that she was there, but it went quite smoothly. Bubbles said I could have improved on my interview skills, but, how??? Teach me la! Hehehe. We had fun bitching together, complaining to each other about the people in the office. But have to take care not to be so close that people will gossip, about me or her abusing authority. Hey, she might have hardsell me, but I had to go through the interview with my bosses as well ok! She just made it erm… easier for me ;p. Thanks Bubbles!

Bubbles loves her family. Especially her mum. She will try her best to spend her weekends at home with her family, go for short trips with them, think of activities to do. To the extend that she will forgo an outing with us. She will go all out to help any of them if they need her, even if it meant her having to sacrifice her own time and money. They are a very close-knitted family. Any man dating her will have to gain approval from both her and her family before going any further. Love her, love her family, that’s Bubbles’ motto when looking for a partner. I am happy for her that her hubby is able to do that. Although he may not be the perfect guy for her, at least I know that there is someone who will love her and be there when she needs him.

Bubbles, if I ever have a daughter, I would want her to be like you – strong, cheerful, beautiful (Ok, this may be difficult cos its my genes and not yours, but nevermind, she will be beautiful in my eyes ;p).

Stay happy and strong!

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Love Is….

Bubbles mentioned something about love. Cos I put in my MSN “pls do not ask me what love is”. Why I put that comment is bcos earlier someone kept asking me that question, till I was very irritated. So I put it there to stop her from asking me. She has kinda stopped for now. But I just left the comment as it is.

I fully agree on the points that Bubbles mentioned – When I love someone, I will go all out to please him, keep thinking of him, keep wanting to talk to him, buy him little gifts, give him pleasant surprises, listen to his woes, stand by him no matter what. When not together, will keep wondering what he is doing, if he is well, whether he has eaten….

There were only 2 persons I did all the above – One is Mr J, undoubtedly, since he was my first love (stupidly). The other was Mr A.

Mr J was the lucky one. He had practically all the ‘perks’ mentioned. Though he gave me more tears than joy, he made me grow up, and realized how cruel reality is. Do I regret being with him? Hmmm… Not really. Certain decisions, yes I do regret making them. If I could turn back time, I would have done things differently. But then, if I had did some things differently then, would I still be doing what I am doing now? Experienced what I have gone through after him? Maybe not. So no, I do not regret.

I know he did not love me. I know he was ‘forced’ to be with me under some circumstances then. I know and knew all the while that I was not the only one he was with then. Why did I stick with him then? Bcos I was blinded by L-O-V-E. Love that was not reciprocated at all. Instead, all I got in return were loads of debts, some scars that can never be erased (physically and emotionally), and a painful lesson learnt.

Is it me or are all women the same? Will anyone do the same if they were in the same situation as me? Or would they have left him long ago? One thing for sure, Beach Gals were all relieved when they knew he was out of my life. Hahahaha. That is one thing I always appreciate them for. Being there when I needed them most.

I did bump into him a few times. I think he was working somewhere near my ex company. Not sure if he saw me, but I avoided him like mad. Maybe he really terrified me hahahaha.

Mr A. I have the sweetest memory of us. Although we were not together for long, I think I have the strongest bond with him. We did not even see each other very often, cos it was LDR. So I craved for him very often (hahaha, crave is a funny word to use here, but that’s exactly how I felt). There may be silence sometimes, but it is not unpleasant. We just enjoy it with each other.

Everything would have been perfect. It was only time – we met each other too late. There were other things we had to take care of. I guess maybe we were both not selfish enough? Everytime we met, the guilt just kept eating at us. I had wanted to give up. But, again I was softhearted. And just when I decided to accept the fact that we can only carry on the way it is, he decided to call it off. That was the greatest heartache I ever felt. How can he do that to me when he was the one who asked me to hang on if I loved him???? But well…. It’s a fact that he had done it, and I have come to accept it. So its over.

All the rest that followed were… I dont know how I ended up with them. I guess I was just lonely, and wanted companionship. But a relationship without love will not last long, that I have learnt too.

Yes Bubbles, sometimes for some reasons, you are not able to be with the one you love. But if there is that someone that loves you, and you do not mind spending the rest of your life with him, I guess that is good enough? Of cos, the ideal situation would be i-love-u-u-love-me, but really, how many of us get that lucky???

Wish me luck! I need loads of that!

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Let Nature Take Its Own Course

CAN ANYONE TELL ME HOW TO CHANGE MY BLOGSKIN TO SOMETHING FROM BLOGSKIN.COM??????

I have been struggling to change, but being the IT idiot I am, I have not figured out how. And I am too paiseh to ask FP peeps again. How? Anyone can tell me step by step or not????

Anyway, for now I will make do with what I have lor. What to do… Who ask me to be so stupid when it comes to these things?

Met up with J and Y yesterday. Had a good chat with them. As usual, they were filling me juicy news from my ex-ex company. Made me laugh and laugh. We went to Lemongrass at Heeren for dinner. Y smsed me to say they would be late, so I decided to shop around first. But after 5 minutes, I decided to just wait outside the restaurant. Why? Bcos I felt so old!!!! Everyone shopping around me was like, in their teens? Or early 20s at most. I felt so out of place man! So I guai guai stood outside the restaurant and waited for them there. Finally they arrived. I quickly walked into the restaurant, where the age is more evenly distributed. I told Y, ya old people also need to eat, so stay in the restaurant safer. Hahahahha.

Dinner was not so great. We ordered a black olive rice, stir fried kai lan, black pepper beef, and a chicken tom yum soup (Cos J is allergic to seafood mah). The soup was milk base, so not the usual tom yum soup we drink. Not so spicy too. The kai lan had so damn much garlic inside, Y and I woke up the next morning with the garlic smell still in our mouths! Yucks! The black pepper beef was…. ok. The block olive rice had nothing inside. 3 of us were constantly complaining over dinner.

After dinner we decided to treat ourselves to some nice desserts. Marche had been taken over by Village. Though the concept is pretty much the same, the quality of the food has a hell lot of difference. Even though we did not try the main courses, we can tell by the crowd. It was only 8pm when we reached there, and it was half empty. Not to mention that J’s waffle was not properly toasted, my strawberry dunno what was lousy, Y’s brownie was passable la. I did not take any photos, cos they were not worth wasting my memory and energy to take my camera out hahaha.

Y had been asking me about my relationship over MSN. I did not update her cos I did not know what to say. But over coffee, J casually asked me again, so I told her it was over. She did not seem very surprised. Maybe she had anticipated this ending all along? I briefly told her what happened, and she said it must have been bad, bcos in her opinion, I am a very tolerant gal, and if I can give an ultimatum, it must be up to me neck already. I was like ‘hahaha’, am I still the tolerant gal she knows? Hahahaha… Maybe, maybe not.

This Y, am chatting with her now. And she is dying to set me up with another ex-colleague’s BIL. I told her no way man. Hahaha. Matchmaking never works for me. Bubbles had wanted to set me up with Ben. But before I can get to meet him, they ended up together and now he is her hubby! Ahahaha. And what about Eric? No news! Am I that bad or what???? @_@

Anyway, I will let nature take its course. Have, have. Don’t have, don’t have. If it is meant to be, it will come my way some day.

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My Weekend

Elfie is finally a legal entity! I got his license in the mail today. Must tell mum to buy 4D hahahhaa. I had been pushing off getting his license for a long time. I also brought him for his heartworm test today. Result was negative, so I started him on his interceptor today. So exx leh… 6 tablets for $55! But then, for the good of him not getting infested with all sorts of worms, I guess its worth the money lor. Oh, and Dr Ling discovered he only have one testicle. The other one is not ‘dropped’ yet. She said that this will increase his chances of getting cancer, so it would be good to sterilise him early. Sob sob… Ok Elfie baby, let you enjoy your manhood for a while more…

Went to the Settler’s Cafe today with Ms HP, L and D. Its quite fun actually, not as boliao as I thought it would be. I actually enjoyed myself playing those games. First we played this game that was alot like Monopoly. Main motive was to earn as much money as possible before you reach ‘Retirement’. Everyone had to choose a career and a salary card. I was a doctor, but was earning the least amongst them! $60,000!. D earned the most with $100,000. Along the way, we can buy house, stocks, and also get married and have children! And can you imagine, I had like 4 kids??? Quite funny and well, fun la. In the end, yes I earned the least money. Well, its just a game isnt it?

The next game we played was a little boring. We have to balance blocks of different shapes and sizes on this round plank. Each player takes turns to remove one block at a time and not topple the plank over. Boring right? Next!

This game is more interesting. Its a strategy game. Each player chooses a colour and is given a stack of strategy cards each. The objective is to get across the river. In the stack of cards there is putting stones and planks to help you get across, remove stones or planks to prevent others from getting across, stop one player from moving etc etc. Quite interesting. Ms HP and me ended up stopping each other all the time hahahaha.

Overall, I would recommend this place if you have a long boring afternoon with nothing to do with a group of friends. Its a fun way to while your time away.

I was watching this talk show on Ch54 on SCV. I really admire these people’s guts. Bcos they can really bare their souls in front of the whole nation and not worry about how others look at them. Although Singapore also has this kind of talk show, somehow I feel that the level of frankness and openness cannot be compared to that of Taiwan. This episode was talking about how you and your ex would go after pating ways and how it would affect your current relationship. They invite 2 couples, with their exes to the show and talk about the issue. And they really talked about what they did, like how the guy would try to kiss the ex-gf after they broke up and he was already in another relationship, in front of his current gf! I wonder if they would have a super big fight after the show….

Well, maybe the things you dont get will always keep you wondering how things would be like. Right? Thats human. Never satisfied with what they have. Sigh…. I promise I will try to be contented. I will cherish what I have. Promise I will try….

Another variety show was about this guy with his mum. There were 4 gals present too, and his mum was supposed to guess which one is her son’s gf. How to guess? Well, the guy gets to hug and kiss everyone of the 4 gals, and through these hugs and kisses the mum supposed to judge their reactions and guess lor. What the…. A bit demeaning isn’t it? I wonder how the gf can stand it, cos if it was meeeeeeeee, I would have given him many tight slaps for being so intimate with the other gals. Really, I guessed the wrong gal too, cos he was like so engrossed in a kiss with this other gal.

I had been good. Been starting a bit of my exercise – hip rotation. Supposed to be sucking in my tummy and rotating my hips 50 times clockwise and vice versa. Been doing it for a week. BUT…. I have been bad this morning. My bro tempted me with a huge piece of Tiramisu from Secret Recipe. And I succumbed….. I will do double hip rotations this week!

Fats fats fats calories calories calories please stay away from me!

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Joker Made My Day!

Funny joke I read today!

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CONFESSIONS OF A KID

Little Bobby came into the kitchen where his mother was making dinner. His birthday was coming up and he thought this was a good time to tell his mother what he wanted. “Mom, I want a bike for my birthday.” Little Bobby was a bit of a troublemaker. He had gotten into trouble at school and at home. Bobby’s mother asked him if he thought he deserved to get a bike for his birthday. Little Bobby, of course, thought he did. Bobby’s mother wanted Bobby to reflect on his behavior over the last year. ‘”Go to your room, Bobby, and think about how you have behaved this year. Then write a letter to God and tell him why you deserve a bike for your birthday.”

Little Bobby stomped up the steps to his room and sat down to write God a letter. Letter 1 Dear God, I have been a very good boy this year and I would like a bike for my birthday. I want a red one. Your friend, Bobby Bobby knew that this wasn’t true. He had not been a very good boy this year, so he tore up the letter and started over.

Letter 2 Dear God, This is your friend Bobby. I have been a good boy this year and I would like a red bike for my birthday. Thank you. Your friend, Bobby Bobby knew that this wasn’t true either. So, he tore up the letter and started again.

Letter 3 Dear God, I have been an OK boy this year. I still would really like a bike for my birthday. Bobby Bobby knew he could not send this letter to God either. So, Bobby wrote a fourth letter.

Letter 4 God, I know I haven’t been a good boy this year. I am very sorry. I will be a good boy if you just send me a bike for my birthday. Please! Thank you, Bobby Bobby knew, even if it was true, this letter was not going to get him a bike.

Now, Bobby was very upset. He went downstairs and told his mom that he wanted to go to church. Bobby’s mother thought her plan had worked, as Bobby looked very sad. Just be home in time for dinner, Bobby’s mother told him.

Bobby walked down the street to the church on the corner. Little Bobby went into the church and up to the altar. He looked around to see if anyone was there. Bobby bent down and picked up a statue of the Mary. He slipped the statue under his shirt and ran out of the church, down the street, into the house, and up to his room. He shut the door to his room and sat down with a piece of paper and a pen. Bobby began to write his letter to God.

Letter 5 God, I’VE KIDNAPPED YOUR MAMA. IF YOU WANT TO SEE HER AGAIN, SEND THE BIKE! !!!!!!!!!

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Wahahahahahahah… funny! I wonder who are the ones who come up with all these jokes. Or are they real?? Who cares, as long as they made me laughed ;p.

I was telling Bubbles that I felt abit down yesterday. After thinking through for a while, I concluded that I was…. Lonely. Yes lonely. Like when you want to do something, but cannot find someone to do it together. Like when you go grocery shopping, you have to lug all the unglam plastic bags and take a bus home yourself. That was what happened to me yesterday. I went grocery shopping at Tiong Bahru NTUC. Bought quite alot of things, which included 2 big cartons of milk. As I was crossing the road to the bus stops, I wished that someone would offer to carry those plastic bags for me. But of cos, no one did lor. The more I thought about it, the more miserable I felt. I told Bubbles ‘I need love!’ hahahahahah.

Bubbles said cannot rush into such things. Must wait patiently for the one I love and also love me to appear in my life. Wah… wait until when wor??? Not everyone is so lucky to end up with such a person. I am not sure, but in my opinion, many people out there settled for someone who loves them more than they love him/her, cos maybe thats the best deal they can get? Is it true? Well, if I can, of cos I hope that I can meet the one who loves me and I also love him as much, but who knows what will happen in future right? Maybe he will love someone else more? Or Maybe I have a change of heart? Remember I posted something on love or responsibility. To me, love and responsibility works hand in hand. Whether a relationship will work out depends on how you establish and nurture it, not just watch it waste away as time goes by. Of cos, it always takes 2 hands to clap. Its not enough if only one party think this way and the other does nothing. Maybe that is why divorce rate is going up, and birth rate going down….

But I still wanna say this: I NEED LOVE!!!!!!

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A Tribute to Beach Gals… Part 5

I cannot resist but post a blog now. I know I have already posted one earlier, but that was just a one-liner so not counted right? Hahahaha. Msn L yesterday to tell her that we have decided to postpone our Taipei trip to next March. Too taxing on my wallet this year. I think L is abit lonely there. She was expecting us to be there and she sounded quite happy. Sorry to disappoint her, but… I cant help it too.

Being alone in a foreign country can be very lonely. JB-ren also told me that before, even though her stint in foreign countries never really lasted for more than 3 months. Hahahaha… I remember that time when we sent her off to Belgium, we were like so sad and emotional. Who knows, in less than 3 months, she was back.. hahahaha

Ok, since we are at it, lets talk about JB-ren today. I knew her since Sec1. She was No 5 in the 10 Sisters gang. We were also in NPCC together, so she, me and C were quite close then. We hang out alot together. I was quite in awe of her then, bcos she had that kind of sey (style), the kind that will make you respectful of her kind, you know… Maybe bcos her dad was a police officer, and being in NPCC, I was like, wow, you have a police officer in your family. I always had a thing for guys in uniform back then hahahaha.

JB-ren has always been a gal who is very strong-headed (got such an adjective or not? I think so hor). If she believes in something or decided on something, she will never, or should I say, you can never change her mind, unless she does it on her own accord. Can be good but if you hit a blind spot, can make you be at a lost. Plus the fact that she always has lots on her mind. It takes her a very super long time to get over something. For a while, she suffered from insomnia. Not too sure if she still is, but have not heard her complain nowadays, so I guess things are looking better?

Oh, I must explain why I gave her this nick – JB-ren. Reason being, she is forever late. And its not just like 15 or 20 min late. No joke. I still remember this incident in secondary school. Me, her and C were supposed to meet up. Both C and I arrived quite on time, and we waited for JB-ren patiently. We knew she would be late, so we did not panic or anything. When we felt that something was wrong, it was like almost an hour after the time we were supposed to meet. C and I became quite worried, but it did not occur to us to call her house, as we thought she must have left home already. At that time, pagers and handphones were still unheard of, so the only means to reach her was her home number. When we finally decided to call her home, she picked it up. We were like ‘WHAT!! You are still at home???’ She answered calmly ‘Ya, my mum asked me to have lunch, so I am eating my lunch now.’ … -_-” Okaaaaaaaaay… Yes that is her. Typical. Even now, she remains the same. Her logic is: better late than never. Like if she is driving, and she misses a turn, she will go ‘Nevermind, I am sure there is another turn somewhere further down. What is important is we reach our destination, not how we get there.’ So, how late she is is not important, whats important is, she arrives. That is why we are never panicky nowadays when she never shows up on time. We know she is late. Hahahaha. And we always tease her ‘You came from JB ah? Causeway jam ah?’ And she will go ‘Ya ya’. Thats how the nick came about.

As we grew up, I find that I understand JB-ren less and less. Well, in a way I can say that I know what she is like, what she wants and stuff, but I can never understand why she is so… stubborn. Certain things, she just cannot compromise, or accept that the fact that it will never work out, and she will brood over it for the longest time. Ok.. maybe not everyone is like me, so happy-go-lucky, a little optimistic, and not so determined (hahaha), but I think I am a happier person. 拿得起，放得下 is what I always tell myself to do. But since, JB-ren is a strongheaded gal as I mentioned earlier, I find it difficult to help her sometimes, and it pains me and the rest to see her like that, and we can only stand aside and watch.

JB-ren is currently undergoing a career ‘crisis’. She had been upset that she has been passover (? Is this the correct term?) for the previous promotion, plus I think she is a little bored with work now. So she said that if she does not get promoted this time round, she will quit her job (and we can go for our KL trip together!) and concentrate on her pearl business. Oh yes, that is one thing I admire her for. Once she sets her mind to do something, she will go all out to do it. Like this pearl business that she is going into, she had started planning for it some time back, and has been sourcing around for materials since then. She took the trouble to detour to another state when she was on her China business trip to check out the source. Something that I myself might have procrastinate till heaven knows when. She once told me that she will start feeling bored with work if she stays at a place for too long (2 years or so), and asked me if it was just her that felt that way. I gave her a very firm no, bcos I sometimes feel the same way too, and I believe many others too. And it is normal to want to have the best, so I dont think there is any problem for wanting to move to a better place.

JB-ren has not been very lucky in her love life. Is she looking in the right direction? Sometimes I feel that she is too….. stubborn. Sorry, I know I have used it many times, but that is the only word I can think of. But then again, I do not really know the full details, so there might be some factors that I do not know of that affects her decision, whether to be stubborn, or to let go. So I shall not comment further on that.

My dear gal, I dont know if you are following my blog, but if you are, I sincerely hope that you can find that special someone in your life soon! Wish you happiness always!

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Funny Video

Another funny video! Enjoy!!

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/49226/Photo_Booth_Prank_2.html

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Complain Queen

I am so hungry… Skipped breakfast this morning cos was rushing out. I think I have to be more disciplined. Cant understand why I am always rushing out of the house these days. Can hear my stomach growling away as I type…

Ok… Now is after lunch, and I have satisfied my poor stomach with a healthy Subway sandwich. And I just went to collect my ‘prize’ from ACP. I entered a lucky draw in their Feb issue, and yes, now August already then I get notified that I won something. Its a set of La Roche-Posay Whitening products, consisting of a cleanser, a moisturiser, sun block, and an essence. I tried the sunblock and essence on my hands. Not too bad, not fragranced, not oily. Should be worth making the trip down (though its only about 10min from my office hehe).

This morning I called HSBC again. Oh I think I have not mentioned this before so now I shall tell my story again. Goes like this: I applied for a HSBC credit card sometime in July. Got approved and I got it like end July. Was quite happy when I saw the 1-for-1 vouchers they were giving away, which included a Jetstar Bangkok voucher. The promotion works this way – buy a ticket from Jetstar to Bangkok and your companion flies for free, just need to pay the taxes. Have to sms for the voucher to be sent to you. So I happily sent the sms, and got the reply that I will get the voucher within the week. And when I received the voucher, I quickly checked the validity of the voucher so I will not miss the deadline, as I often do. Then I saw the terms and conditions. It says that I have to make the booking by end Sep, and travel by end Oct. Fine. AND if I do not utilize the voucher by end Oct, they will still charge the S$168 (which is what the complimentary ticket is worth) to my card. What the hell!!!! Wah charge me if I dont use the voucher, then why give it in the first place???

Anyway, I quickly checked the price of the tickets to Bangkok. Fuck! The cost for 2 pax to fly to Bangkok will be about S$320, and that is the cost of 1 ticket plus taxes, and the taxes for the complimentary ticket. So ex right? Not worth going by Jetstar. So I called the customer service and told them that I want to cancel the voucher. Conversation went like this:

Me: I want to cancel the Jetstar voucher

H: Did you send us the sms?

Me: Yes

H: Have you received the voucher?

Me: Yes

H: Ma’am, the terms on conditions are very clearly stated that once you send the sms, the voucher cannot be cancelled.

Me: (demonstrating a little of my bitchiness) Where are the terms and conditions? I did not see any before I sent the sms. I only saw it after I got the voucher.

H: Sorry Ma’am, the terms and consitions states that once you send us the sms, and get the reply sms from us, the voucher is already activated.

Me: (A little pissed off already) And if I dont use the voucher?

H: We will charge your credit card S$168.

Me: (Very pissed off now) What do you mean? Why should I be charged if I dont use the voucher??

H: It was stated in the terms and conditions Ma’am.

Me: I dont understand. Why did you guys say it is complimentary, and I get charged? If I have to pay for it, then it is not complimentary, right?

H: …….

Me: I want to cancel the voucher.

H: OK Ma’am. Please hold on. Let me check.

(Puts me on hold)

H: Ma’am, I have to check with our marketing department. Can I get back to you?

Me: When will you get back to me?

H: 2 or 3 days’ time.

Me: Ok.

3 days later, no reply from them. I called them again.

Me: Can I speak with H please?

H: Yes ma’am. Sorry, the marketing department has not got back to me yet.

Me: So when can I know the outcome?

H: End of the week.

That was a Wednesday. I waited until Friday. Still no reply. I called them again on Friday.

Me: Can I speak with H?

H: Yes ma’am.

Me: You were supposed to call me back regarding the voucher.

H: Yes Ma’am. Sorry, I am still waiting for marketing to get back to me. This takes some time.

Me: Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. So when can I have an answer?

H: Latest by end of next week.

I decided to hold my cool, and WAIT. End of next week came. No news from them. I called on Monday. H was on leave and the gal who took my call was not sure of what was happening, and asked me to call back the next day, when H was supposed to come back. ok. I wait.

The next day. I called and asked for H again.

Gal: Sorry she is not around.

Me: (sounding real pissed) Not around again?

Gal: She is on leave.

Me: I called yesterday and someone told me she will be back today.

Gal: Yesterday she was on leave. Today I think she is on urgent leave. You are asking about the voucher, Ma’am?

Me: (Not too sure how she knew about the voucher but I am sure they have records somewhere) Yes.

Gal: Ok. Would you like to call back tomorrow when H is back?

Me: NO! I want an answer TODAY.

Gal: Ma’am, sorry I was not the one who handled this case, so I am not sure what happened…

Me: I dont care! I want an answer TODAY. NOW. If you cant help me, ask your manager to come talk to me.

Gal: (Abit nervous now) Ma’am, why dont you tell me what happened and I will see if I can help you.

So I told her the whole story again.

Me: And it has been like 3 weeks? And still no reply from your marketing department?

Gal: Yes Ma’am. Bcos this takes time and…

Me: 3 weeks is not enough time for you to communicate internally?

Gal: Ma’am, its only 2 weeks plus….

Me: Okaaaaaaaaaaaay. 2 weeks and you cannot talk to your marketing people? If that is the case I seriously think you guys have a problem there.

Gal: Ma’am, can you give me half an hour and I will try to call them now.

Me: Ok. Half an hour. And I will expect you to call me in exactly half an hour’s time.

Gal: Yes Ma’am.

This time she called me in less than 20 minutes.

Gal: Ma’am, I have called them. They are still looking into this matter. Can you give us a few day’s time and we will get back to you?

Me: No, I have waited long enough.

Gal: Ma’am, sorry but we will need more time to check.

Me: Why dont I make things simpler for everyone? Tell me what is my outstanding balance.

She told me the amount.

Me: Ok. I am writing a cheque to clear the balance now. I will send it out by tomorrow. I want you to cancel my card right now.

Gal: Ma’am, if you are worried about the charges….

Me: (Abit shouting at her now) Its NOT about the charges! Its the kind of service I am getting from you people! And I am expecting you to be cancelling my card at this very minute. NOW!

Gal: Ok ma’am.

I hung up the phone. WTF! Is it me or what? I am sure not. What kind of service is this man??? And do they really understand the meaning of complimentary? Makes me wonder alot these days about claiming vouchers and stuff. This morning I called them again just to make sure that my card has been cancelled. No more surprises.

Sometimes I wonder if it has got something to do with age. Bcos I think if it were 5 or 10 years ago, I wouldnt have bothered about them. Just go lor since got the voucher already. Nowadays I just refused to be taken advantage of, or even if it was partly my fault, I would have tried to wriggle out of it. Tell me, is it age?

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Love or Responsibility?

I realise that I have been using very simple language in my posts. I see other people one all very cheem one leh.. And their language like damn power one…. Is it my English deteriorate after so many years? Sad…..

Seems like I am planning alot of trips this year. KL with a few of the Beach Gals in September, Bangkok or HCM during the October long weekend, Taipei in November, Macau in December. Like travel once a month. Can I really do all that or not?? I like, overbook myself hor… Maybe should postpone Taipei to early next year. Ms HP gonna scold me… Wah lucky she ok.. I think she too busy to scold me… Hahahaha

I was talking to R over MSN yesterday. He sounded quite sian with his relationship.. Seems too much for him to bear, and his gf dont wanna give way. Well, no compromise then too bad lor. Either he works harder, or give the gf up lor right? I cant do anything to help him, except maybe listen. Then this morning, I got some offline messages from him. I was quite surprised to see the messages, bcos I thought I made myself pretty clear to him. He said something like I was not online for the past week, and he was like quite disappointed not to ‘see’ me. And that he was trying not to come online to see if I was there, but he couldnt help it. And that part of him desire for love, but on the other hand he needs to be responsible. What is he trying to tell me? Am I reading too much into it?

Whats more, I dont he fits my bill as well. I know I shouldnt be choosy now, but still…. Must have some standards right? He is not a bad guy, but just not what I am looking for lor. He knows I am trying to keep a distance… So maybe I should just continue to keep the distant hor…. I certainly do not want to break them up!

I highlighted my hair yesterday, can see a few streaks of brown now. Looks quite ok. Maybe will boost my tao Hua Yun also hahahahahha.

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A Tribute to Beach Gals… Part 4

I met Ms HP for lunch today. She asked me when it will be her turn muahahahahaha… Wait. Patience. Hahahahahaha

If you notice, some of the beach gals are not included in the 10 sisters in my first post about Beach Gals. That is bcos 10 sisters are formed in sec1, some of the Beach Gals I knew only in sec3. Teacher is one of them. Teacher got her nick cos, well, she is going to become a teacher. She is taking her NIE course now, so maybe another 2 years (or is it 1?) she will become a qualified teacher. Since secondary school days, as far as I can remember, Teacher’s ambition was to become a housewife. Well, now maybe it is to be a good housewife AND a good teacher ;p. Why I said that? Bcos Teacher’s ECA in secondary school was …. Home Economics! Can you imagine?? No offence to those who joined Home Econs Club, but personally, I admit that I am hopeless at Home Econs. Barely managed to pass the subject in lower sec. The only module I liked was the cooking and baking one. I hated and still hate the sewing part. Confession: all my sewing were done by my mum. Hahahahhaha

Ok, yes, so Teacher like Home Econs, and I remember vaguely that she mentioned that she wanted to become a housewife. Of cos, that was then. Now everyone wants a good career (except me?) as well. Maybe that is why Teacher decided to go for her course. It is a stable job, and it gives great satisfaction to see the children grow under your guidance. But need loads of patience, which I have run out of these recent years.

Teacher is one of the more ‘garang’ one in the gang. She is the who gives the fierce lianish glare if guys come to invade our space during clubbing. Once when we were pubbing at News Room Bar, we were dancing happily in our own corner when this group of guys tried to be funny and danced closer and closer to us. Teacher finally couldnt take it anymore. She stopped dancing and stood on top of the steps and glared at them with hands on her hips. Wow! Dont pray pray ok! If they hadnt backed away, I believed nothing would have stopped Teacher from grabbing them by the ears and throwing them out! I also remember this other incident when we drove to JB some time back. As usual the road leading to the customs was jam packed with vehicles of all sorts. There was this other that came nearer and nearer to our car, almost slamming into our side mirror. All of us in the car were like o_o, gasping in horror. screaming and signaling to the other driver to stop moving. Finally when we caught his (yes its an inconsiderate Ah Beng driver) attention, he showed us that ‘no-worries-still-got-alot-of-space’ face. And continued moving his damn car! Damn him! Luckily by then, the traffic started moving and we moved further away from him. Teacher was sitting at the window seat that time. And I believed she would have wound down the window and gave that Ah-Beng car a good scratch if the traffic hadnt started moving ahahahaha. Oh yes, this I must mention. We met up for dinner on gangster’s birthday last week, and Teacher just updated us on another incident. It was after the National Day Parade, and she was on the way home on the MRT. There was this young couple, ‘playing’ with each other, hitting each other, and pretending to be hurt etc etc. A few times they were only this close to hitting the passengers standing close to them. All the onlookers were like filled with disgust. Finally, our dear Teacher couldnt stand it anymore, She stood up from her seat, tapped the couple on their shoulders, and said ‘Qing ni men bu yao zai diu ren xian yan le hao ma? xie xie’ (To put it simply, it means please do not embarass yourselves in public anymore, thank you), and went back to sit down again. After being ‘told off’ by Teacher, the young couple mellowed down. I think all the other onlookers were silently applauding in their hearts. The thing that made us all laugh was, she still did not forget to thank them after telling them off! Hahahahaha

Anyway, yes, thats how righteous Teacher is. She will not hesitate to put right something that she thinks is wrong, or stop to help someone in need. She was the one who started us on the Henderson’s Home thing (though most of us gave up along the way). Sometimes she will volunteer to organize our outings, though now it is so difficult to get everyone together. But she wouldnt complain, not like me who show black face, make noise when people dont reply. She is more of a do-and-dont-say-so-much person. Puts me to shame sometimes, but, well, thats the difference between her and me ;p.

Teacher also had a rather colourful love life. She was amongst the first to have a serious relationship. From D to W, to a couple of others I missed during their Uni and earlier part of working life, to S, to J, to her hubby B. We always enjoyed listening to her recount her dates with her then current squeezes, sometimes more than one at a time ;p. I was like, wow, how come people get so many and I get none? I am not that bad right? Hahahah, well, I guess the time just isnt right. My Mr Right will appear when its time, right? Right! Anyway, back to Teacher’s love(s). Not all her relationships turned out well. She suffered from a bad one to the extend of developing Thyroid. I remembered she was reduced from wearing an adult M (?) to wearing kids size. I wasnt able to help much that time bcos I was still in the drift-apart period from the gang, but lucky for her, Gangster and the rest were there for her. She recovered from the relationship, but had to undergo constant treatment and medication for her Thyroid. Her appetite suddenly increased doublefold, and Gangster always told us how she managed to have a heavy dinner, go toilet, then come back and continue eating. And of cos, she started to put on some weight. But she was still never lacked of suitors. One of the jokers I remember – S. he was quite a good looking guy, knows how to have fun, and quite gentlemanly. Teacher was quite quite fond of him. Sh was like considering choosing between him and J… Then Kaboom! We discovered he was…. GAY. We all made quite a joke out of that bcos we seriously never thought that he would be one. In any case, Mr J did not make it as well. Call him… Indecisive. teacher ended up with Hubby B, whom she met from church. Honestly, I did not quite like him at first, for some reason, but now he seems to be quite stable and well, responsible, which is a very important factor I look for in a man ^-^. So, I think she must be quite contented now with her life. Happy marriage, stable job. Keep it up Teacher!

I have been drafting this for days, since Friday, and Teacher (and Bubbles) has been asking about this post. But I cant blog at home mah, so have to drag till today then post. Happy reading, and tune in for more in the week!

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