Was Busy Last Fri

with preparation for our Charity Sports Carnival the next day.


In the office, i was wrapping presents... then had to go for FREE Hassle Free fitness test, also had to do last minute pie charts before our Big bosses from Paris arrival on Monday.


Then at 3pm we left our office to the venue of our event to set up our stalls.


Mishap No 1: Taxi driver forgot to turn on the meter until we were already in Punggol! like the last 10min of the journey! (In the end, he charged us flat fee of $15 which would have been accurate if we did not detour to my colleague's place to pick up some stuffs)


Mishap No 2: Our hand pump was not working properly so couldn't blow balloons.


Mishap No 3: The sound system guys (of my cousin's contact) said they were coming at 12:30pm but reached there only at 3pm! They brought extra 2 speakers and almost wanted to set up at an additional location bcos of some miscommunication. Luckily, i went to meet them and had to go to and fro to clarify with all parties. He would have charged us $150 extra, dok! (which reminds me i need to tell my cousin to whom they should bill it to.)


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I got Zubair to meet me at Compass Point.

Mishap No 4: I found a PLATINUM NTUC Credit card at an AXS Station! With only a microsecond of greed, i called up the hotline and told them i found the card. The officer on the line thanked me profusely and told me to hold on while she try to call the owner of the card. She got back to me and said the owner is waiting at the AXS station. and i returned her card. She simply said, "Sorry ah im so careless." and walked away.

After dinner at KFC and $20 at TimeZone Arcade (where i beat him at every game be it motor or car racing and that Slam Dunk thingy - Im such a gamer) we didnt really know where to go or what to do.

Z was itching to go home but i was adamant to spend some more time out.. cos otherwise he'd feel restless at home. So i told him, "Let's just... jalan jalan (walk walk)" Practising to "hang out", Chill... and before we know it... it was 9pm already! Metro was having a great sale and i managed to bag a shirt and smart pants for Zubair for $50.

Mishap No 5: The MetroCard that i had has been discontinued and replaced with UOB - Metro card. They told me it was since 29th feb 08 and i had no clue! It's been THAT long (in fact longer since Dec 07) that i havent used this card :) The downside of this new card? You hafta be earning 30k and above before u can apply. previous card rule was set to just 24,000 that's why i was eligible. Bodoh.

We took the bus home and unavoidably bought something at the bazaar. Of course, OTak2 for Zubair, after such a longgggg time it seemed!