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Thursday, December 20, 2007
Record-breaking streak
Date: 20th December 2007 (today was Hari Raya Hajit)
Significant event(s):
- Went on a shopping spree to get the remaining presents which I've lacked for my closest friends.
- Swindle a bit in the airport's canteen to help my friends get their discount
- Boasted to Kah about the double pay I'm gonna have=P
- Broke the year's sales record with Lina
Thoughts: Missing the past, looking forward to the future, failing to realise the significance of present.
Well, I had long planned to give up on today's entry because of the fact that I'm working the night shift today, which means by the time I reach home would already be early next day's morning. However, today was such an exciting and happy day that I thought I must not leave out, and that I ought to share it with my loyal readers, if there's any, which I seriously doubt so.
Orhs well, who cares? After all, this is supposedly my own dairy- a record of the each day's events to prepare me for any likely-occurrence of any memory failure. So today was the day. After yesterday's headless and target-less exploration of the 3 towns in the East- Tampines, Pasir Ris, and Simei, Bird and me have decided to go to the West to do some further explorations, both for my Christmas gifts and his soccer boots. Along in the group were Joel, Kah and Nicholas. Hence we walked around as usual, compared the prices as usual, bargained as usual, and got rebuffed as usual. The significant things here were that we actually got chased off by the shopkeeper himself when what we did was only a mere joke.
Event 1:
Bird: "How much is this?"
Uncle 1: "$55!"
Nicholas: "$50 lah, $50 we straight away take!"
Uncle: "your friend said $50, so you all can leave now!"
What kind of service was that!? Yes, their price was the lowest amongst all that we've come along, but the service? One of the worst as well. Well, retribution followed soon after, he took a wrong pair instead of the one we've originally asked for, and gave us the much more expensive one. Well, like Kah said, "our distractions to the shopkeepers have made some real confusion". And the impact? An under-paid pair of boots.
And I bought the last few presents as well. Good friends they were indeed. They kept helping me to save money, and in the end my spending was not even 2/3 of what I had expected earlier on. Well, thanks wor! Joel's present was a bit different- because he's my one best friend at the moment. So his present was budget-less and all based on his likings- Manchester United Football club's items etc. I set my eyes on a jersey for him and guess what's the price! A good $94. That's very expensive isn't it, even more than the Beckham jersey Joel mentioned. Well, I was shocked at the price at first, but nevertheless I've already decided-"this could be the one present). Then we walked and walked and we mentioned about the black MAN U ball we've seen during our previous visits, and thus, our search begun, but to no anvil- it's already sold out. We struggled a bit more, and I was criticised for spurting. Well, I was, but who cares!=P
So I've made up my mind- the jersey, but which one, the away or home one. I tried to contact Joel to ask about his preference but no reply. So in the end, we settled for something else. Poor Joel. He missed his chance.=)
Then, I've to report to work. The Mrt station was a little different. The left escalator now leads to the Terminal 3. So we had a little trouble figuring out the way. [Fast forward....]
At the canteen, I swindled 4 stalls with my staff identity to allow my friend to enjoy the staff discount.
Event 2:
Auntie: (Chinese)"What you want?"
Me: "*the food name*, how much?"
Auntie: "*price*"
I took the money for my friend, passed it to her, collected the change and waited for a while.
Me: "Auntie, later my friend help me take, I go toilet?"
Auntie:"Okay, no problem."
alright, this trick worked in all four cases. Scheming me=P
Event 3: I broke a new record, once again. This time an all time high, the highest for the year., and I bought two dispensers for my nephews=)
Posted by Judah at 12/20/2007 09:42:00 AM
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