Here I am, waiting for Dearie to give me a ring. He said he will be calling me later. I waited and waited. No call, no sound, no picture from him. I called his HP. Didn’t want to call his house cos was afraid to wake his family. No answer too. Well, he did mentioned that he was tired. When this happens, highest possibility is that he has gone off to his dreamland, eyes couldn’t open and forgot to give me a call. Haiz… not the first time happening le but well, never mind ba. His body has given in to tiredness and it just shows he is really tired. Last time I will get upset over this but now… not really le. Let him have a good night rest ba. Response from him tomorrow morning is that I bombed his HP. Haha… :P

Anyway, planning to go on a short trip to Ho Chi Ming City during Good Friday that week. Saw on the papers that Jetstar having some promotion. I went online to check the prices. Was intending to depart on Thurs and back on Sat. Ticket price abt $218. Played with the dates and changed to depart on Wed and back on Fri instead. Reflected online - $49! Got me so so excited. Went to tell Dearie and was sharing the news with my friends. They were keen to go and were considering. I was still telling them that I never came across air-ticket that is so so super cheap. Well, take 2 days of leave and I get to go somewhere I didn’t go before. Not bad ma… Trip to HCMC will be F&E cos I have Jayne to agree to bringing me around. She has been there a few times for Biz trip and has contacts there. She dun mind going on holiday with us and so, make use of the opportunity to save on the trip and can go holiday.

Was trying to play with the booking system and guess what was reflected as the overall price? From $49, it has shot up to $131 per pax. Yes… you didn’t read me wrongly. It is $131 to and fro SG to HCMC. I was puzzled and I called the Customer Service. Boy… waited quite long for them to answer my call though. Asked and the answer given was: Promotion was on their ticket price. Total price different cos they have to pay for airport tax, insurance, etc. I thot on the papers, it was reflected that the price would include those already except the return flight. Funny system. Made me happy for nothing but well, most prob will still be going ba. Hotel expenses over there will be around $110/night, that is assuming that US rate dun go up anymore, and total amount of airfare + Hotel will be $241 per pax for a 3 days 2 nights trip to HCMC. Cheaper than Bangkok ba. Last year when me and Dearie went to BKK for 4 days 3 nights, we spent $500+ each on hotel and air ticket alone. Extra night stay but almost double the price. Wanted to tell Dearie and see what he say but… he is in his dreamland already. Tell him tomorrow then. Got to book by 1 March as the promotion was given due to the NATAS fair over the weekend. Hope we are able to go! :)

Went out with Dearie yesterday and today was with Jayne. Mum told me that the fan in my room was spoilt on Monday but the thing was… I was still using it that day and had switched it off prior to leaving the house for work. When Mum went to on it, it couldn’t move or turn anymore. Strange lor… I told Dearie and asked him to meet me and suggested to go Jurong Point. Wanted to see if NTUC has any good buy a not. Walked around and nothing caught my eye over there. Headed home and that night… slept with air-con on. I guess I didn’t have a good night sleep as I was waking up in the middle of the night to either on or off my air-con. For a moment, cold… for a moment, hot. I am too used to having the fan already. Without fan, ma chiam very xin gu lor! Dragged myself to work in the morning and was feeling moody the whole day. I wondering if it’s due to being approaching the time of the month or I didn’t get a good night sleep which made me feel that way.

Anyway, was thinking of getting the fan using Bro’s car. SMS him in the morning and no reply at all. Thot that I couldn’t be sleeping with air-con whole night long ma… what if there are more nights that I couldn’t sleep well? Thus, decided to ask if Jayne was free to go out with me tonight and accompany me to buy fan. :)

Wanted to go Suntec but I changed my mind and decided to go PS instead. At least I can compare and source for the fan at Best Denki and Carrefour. Walked around while waiting for Jayne to reach. Decided to get from Carrefour as Best Denki’s fans are much more expensive as compared. Requested for Promoters / Staff to help us at Carrefour and no one bothered to attend to us?!?!? Fainted… super bad customer service at PS lor. I never encounter such service at Suntec. Their staff saw us signalling to them but they can’t be bothered with us. They just walked away and “disappear”! Managed to catch one and they told us to look for staff in white in front to attend to us. I walked over and was talking to a guy in white and a lady in red. Started my conversation as such:

Me: Hi. I want to get a fan and can someone help me to open up the box and test the fan to see if it’s working well?

Man in white: Huh? I am not the person-in-charge.

Lady in red: I want to complain la. What time only? The promoter for that brand has already gone off. What is this?

Man in white had a puzzled look on his face. Asked the lady in red which brand was it.

Lady in red: Too much la. Not yet 9.30pm and he has already gone off. Never take care of his things. I want to complain. This is horrible. Must complain!

Man in white: Miss, we dun allow to do testing here. Anything wrong you bring back within 2 weeks to exchange.

Me: Fine… no testing but can you at least open the item and let me check the parts inside?

Man in white: We do not open the item also. No place for us to fix the item for you to test. Anything wrong, you can just bring back within 2 weeks.

Me: Huh? I do not want to test the item. I just want to check the parts and ensure that everything is ok. I dun wan to bring the item back all the way for exchange.

Lady in red: Dun worry la Miss. All our products have gone thru QC and are checked ok before putting them here and sell. Anything wrong just bring back la.

Me: You mean I can’t even open up the box to check the parts? I bought before and there was once a part of it was spoilt and I had to bring all the way back here for exchange. It’s very inconvenient and I dun stay near ok.

Man in white: That is why you have 2 weeks to bring back for exchange if anything is wrong.

Me: It’s ridiculous to make me come back all the way, carrying the heavy item if there is something wrong with it. You mean I can’t even open up the box at all to check? I am not even asking you to fix and test. I just want to check the things inside!

Lady in red: Ok ok… nvm. I open the item for u to check.

Where got like tat one? I just want to check and make sure at least the parts are ok. If really come home, fix and cannot work, too bad la. I am damn unlucky but if I can prevent and save on the trip, nothing wrong what. What is the use of emphasizing to me on their exchange policy? I have bought many items before at Carrefour and I jolly well know their exchange policy well. I am entitled for exchange / refund with no questions asked. That is my rights or should I say privilege as a customer and they were really testing my patience on the fan lor. I am prepared to take a cab home with the heavy item but I wouldn’t want to head home with the thing and to find out it cant work! I will have to go down all the way to TOWN for a stupid exchange whereby, in the first place, I could have prevented that from happening. They should have just attended to me first and leave the complaints later among themselves. Not very professional lor… The lady was putting on a face despite helping me. She was promoting another brand to me and I told her I will consider and come back. Well, I did go back but too bad la… brand not under her care. She recommended me a fan which cost $45 and I am getting a more expensive one @ $48.90. Even though she explained herself to both me and Jayne on the situation, damage done already. I am totally not impressed by their service. End up, I just got her to open the box, I peeked into it and told her forget it. I dun want to check already as the items in the box is quite tight. Anything then I no choice bring back. She sealed the box for me and told us to bring to the front to pay at the cashier. The customer service counter will help us to tie the thing up with strings.

This will be the last time I would want to buy electrical items from PS Carrefour. Both Jayne and myself… our hands are full and it’s obvious that for 2 of us to carry the heavy box to the cashier counter, might be a bit hard and tedious. The lady in red did not offer to help us bring to the cashier. I had to carry it myself, with my bag and things from Marks & Spencer and Spotlight to the counter. Jayne was already carrying her bag, her laptop and Marks & Spencer things. She told me to pass her the things I was carrying but I told her it’s ok. I could manage to bring to the counter. Her things already heavy. Where got the heart to make her carry so much? All I can say is that service sucks big time @ PS Carrefour and that is definitely not the way to do business or to treat customers. Go there spend money and get myself angry?!!? I rather head to Suntec then. Walk further but at least… more variety and selection to things.

Fixed the fan when home. Lucky fan is working fine and I am satisfied with the product. At least I can zzz better tonight but no more buying of electrical items from PS Carrefour. NO MORE… I rather go Best Denki to buy. Pay more but I get better service and like tat… my money more worth it. Haha…

Ok… getting super late. Tired. Eyes closing… my turn to dreamland. Night!

Hehe... first time a car got me addicted. I think I wasn't that crazy over CLK when it was launched and on the roads / TV. Anyway, here are the pics and links to a very chio car IMO. :P

http://www.carbuyer.com.sg/2009/01/30/kias-new-cerato-forte-spearheads-brand-rejuvenation/

http://www.icars.sg/2009/1800/kia-launches-the-new-cerato-forte-for-the-singaporean-market/

 

 

 

 

Hasn’t been blogging since last week. Has been either busy busy or lazy lazy. Super lack of beauty sleep. Although I managed to sleep 1 hour longer on each day last week, I still get super tired and drained. I wonder is it becos of too much numbers crunching during work or too much of PC at both work and home. Staring into the PC for almost… let me see… at least 16 hours a day? How come so much? I see PC at work and then PC when home. Somemore I dun zzz early. That’s why I am in specs and dun have perfect eyesight lor. Haiz…

Nothing much to update actually. Met Jayne, Albert and Bun Bun this week. Had a good chat with Bun Bun @ Paya Lebar Coffee Bean. Seated there and chatted for 2 hours. It has been a very long time since I get to see her. Enjoyed myself a lot! As for Jayne and Albert… Met them on Monday and today as well. They were nice to keep me accompany today while I waited for Dearie to finish class and took train with him.

There were announcements on the opening of Circle Line. Happy and excited initially until I got to see which are the stations that they are opening up in May. They will be commencing till Bartley station for now. Only 2 more stations and it will be MacPherson, the station that is near to my office. Why they never open till there? Haiz… Y I say this leh? Cos… people working at Ubi could just alight and walk into their respective working places! Everyday, in the morning and after work, a lot of us walk out to the main road to either head home or go to Paya Lebar MRT. We will walk past the unopened station and wondering when it will start functioning. We have to find ways to squeeze up the bus to go to the nearest MRT. Sometimes, you have to wait for a few buses before you can even board one as the buses approaching are always maxed and full. Some passengers just refused to move to the back and there are ample places between them. A lot of people have made such comments but then, no improvements. Guess this is how it’s going to be like for long long time.

Anyway, I am happy at least that part of the Circle line is opening. It would definitely shorten my travelling time. Right now, I have to travel from SEmbawang MRT, all the way to Eunos MRT and switch a bus to reach my office. With the Circle Line, I just have to switch trains @ Bishan and alight @ Bartley, which is just 2 stations away from Bishan. Can you visualise how many stops I have avoided and the time I save if I still go by the current route? I have a straight bus from Bartley station to reach the main road. Just have to walk into office. Was sharing with Dearie abt it and guess what he said? At least nearer to office and cab fare will be much cheaper. Somemore I can sleep more and no need to travel so far and long. Hahah… My Dearie knows me in and out liao la… He knew I keep taking cab. I must admit. I am super guilty. have been oversleeping every day and taking cab to work everyday this mth. Super broke. Worse off than last mth. haiz… This lazy me cannot continue like tat. Must save money and cut down on the cab taking lor. I am tracking the amount I spent on taking cab to work. I didn’t even count on other cab takings lor. Jia lat… Haiz…

Tomorrow me and Dearie going to Orchard. Hehe… we are going down to the official launch of Kia Cerato Forte! Have you seen the car on the websites? Super chio and nice. I fell in love with the outlook lor. Got good review on the car though. When people heard that I am going down to see the car, they kept asking. Going to get a car ah? HAha… see see look look must buy meh? See see look look is FOC lor. dun have to pay one la. I also dun think we are prepared to buy one yet. Still got so many things on our mind – our customary wedding, flat, reno, etc. Dearie did mentioned before… after reno then maybe we can start to plan to buy a car. Shall see how lor. So far… not a lot of cars caught my eye but this model is chio… I wan to see the actual thing. Excited. Hehe…

Gone out with Jennifer on Thursday. Fiona was supposed to come along with us but she told me she wasn't feeling so well. Told her to go home and rest instead. She has been on poor health lately and it's definitely more important for her to have a good rest. Hope that she recovers real soon!

Went to a few places that day. Wanted to buy something to give Dearie as V-day present. Bought a backpack over at Raffles City. Saw it a few days ago and had in mind to get it for him. However, not too sure if it might looks funny if he carries it when he wears office wear. Needed some opinions and asked Jennifer to go with me. Bought it immediately when Jennifer said it will match office wear and assure me to go ahead to make the purchase. This was what I bought.

After that, we headed towards Marina Square. John Little sale was on and Jennifer wanted to buy some cosmetics. I wanted to go and see if there were good deals and things to grab. Along the way, stopped @ Charles & Keith and bought a pair of shoes. C&K having season clearance sale and discounts up to 70%. Both of us managed to get a pair each. :)

Ate dinner @ Qi Ji. Jennifer was feeling lazy and didn't want to go John Little. This was because I told her I would want to go to Suntec. Going to JensWorld as I wanted to make something for Dearie. She felt that there were so many places to go and had to walk very far. Managed to persuade her to go John Little as I was very sure there are good discounts, especially on the things that she wanted to grab. Haha... true enough. Cardmembers have additional 20% on top of the prices. If the items have 20% off already, being a cardmember, you get another 20% off! Surely a good bargain right? Keke... Jennifer happily bought her stuff while I grabbed some for myself and Mum. Didn't really spend a lot over there as before CNY, there was also John Little Sale and I had already bought what I wanted. :)

After John Little, we made our way to Suntec - JensWorld. Showed Jennifer what they had there. Initially, she said I brought her to a wrong place cos those things dun really appeal to her. She dun really know how to appreciate them. However, she changed her mind later on while I was choosing what things to be put together. Haha... Jennifer made something for her Father and she found them cute. Was still telling me how happy her Father was the next day.

I made something for Dearie and Fiona. Looking nice and cute. It's really a lot of creativity work involved to think of what to put together and how to place them together. The one for Dearie has more deco whereas the one for Fiona is very simple but nice. What do you think?

Fiona's Horoscope with Cai Shen Ye. Hope she Wangz Wangz all the way!

 

Another present that I got for Dearie. Got the person to put our names on it. :)

It has a cute couple sitting on the base with 2 flowers beside it.

A Pair of Monkeys riding the scooter, with Gold Heart shaped balloons at the back.

It's not just a deco item. See our wedding bands at the side beside the cute couple?

Lift the monkeys off the scooter. Tada! Small storage area...

Can keep our wedding bands inside. :)

This represents Dearie's horoscope...

While this represents mine...

Put them together and they are a sweet couple. :)

Riding down the roads together, going to places hand in hand, with lots of love in our lives.

Poor Dearie got to wait for me a while as I rushed over from Suntec to meet him to take train back together. Passed him the presents that night. He said I shouldn't have spent the money... Well, told him I just want to bring a smile on his face. Knew he was stressed and busy lately and didn't have much time for me. Just want him to smile when he sees the cute monkeys! :)

Friday, finally weekend! :P Went Vivo to meet up with Dearie. Hehe... We had booked tickets for "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans". Having watched part 1 and 2, this movie got me and Dearie both attracted to it. It's definitely not a movie to be missed. Although quite bloody and body parts were cut away during the fighting etc, it's really good with the graphics etc. I strongly recommend you to watch. :)

Was window-shopping while waiting for our movie. Went around the shops to look see look see. There were some sale going on and could see people here and there. Vivo is kinda bored when you dun have anything in mind to buy. Went to the game shop at level 3, the one beside Pet Safari. Saw something and Dearie knew I like it. He bought it for me. Guess what was it? Hehe... It was... it was...

YOSHI!!!

Big and soft and super nice to hug lor! Dearie was telling me that I couldn't leave it at his place cos no more place for things le. I am turning his room into a girl's room and not so much like a guy's room liao. There were so many cutie things around. Bedsheets have bears, disney characters, etc. on them, Moo moo and Mao Mao around. Hehe. Mother knew I like cute stuff and when she buys bedsheets etc, will tend to have me in her mind and buy those cute ones ma. No choice ba. I have infiltrated into Dearie's life and home and my mark is everywhere. Even his office has what I gave him. :P

Took a lot of pics last night and I was spending my whole morning and part of the afternoon editing and uploading it. Tiring wor. Dearie has gone for his RT and I am at his place with Mother. Father has gone over to Granny's place to pass some food. Just now Dearie's Aunties and Maureen Jie Jie were here for CNY visiting. His eldest bro also came to visit with his friends. Sis-in-law didn't know I was around until I walked out of the room to pass eldest bro PSP charger. Haha. I hiding in Dearie's room. Shy ma... :P

Anyway, Dearie told me this morning I could leave Yoshi behind at his place. keke... Hugged it to sleep last night. I told Dearie when he is out for his RT, Yoshi can keep me accompany ma. :P Told him to make sure I am hugging Yoshi before he goes for his RT tomorrow morning. Wahaha. Dearie could not believe that I am 29 this year cos I dun behave like my age at times. I am a big kid at heart ma... hehe...

Enough ratter from me le. Here are the pics that I took yesterday and last night. Let these pics do the rest of the talking. :)

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