Tuesday, May 13, 2008
HAHAHA i can't believe it's here. though the feeling's quickly wearing off, lol.
see, i decided to email baraka may when the whole period of depression/oppression set in last week, at least on some blogs (not daniel's, not alethea's formal dinner affair, and
definitely not maylyn's mandarin heavy, jump concert-obsessive, or entire post of chinese lyrics
hahaha) that doesn't leave us with many others does it? hahaha
so i just asked baraka may if she was selling it, you know, and she replied the next day the following, and said yeah, that she charged 150 bucks an arr., but since this one was already arr.ed, she put it at 75. and i don't think anyone but mom knew that i had the uob tx deficit tirade (with myself) i really shouldn't have topped up my hello card that one time. so i was trying to find out how to put money into the tx, asking mom if she could check my account balance for me, etc etc, but i didn't know my account no and everything, and there was no easy way to check, and
then put in more money, so i thought: hm, maybe if it was cheaper i could fit it in?
so i emailed baraka may (we'll call her baraka from here on) to ask if there was any chance she could go below that price, and she said, yeah, and basically she cut it down to 60, which i dunno if it wasn't her first price from the start, but i don't care, and i don't think she's that kind of person, haha.
turned out, it still wasn't enough, cos i was thick enough to confirm/link the tx to my paypal account just a few days before, which involved temporary deduction of S$3(they return it when it's confirmed)
that's when i decided to just get the
anz everyday debit, which - i will never forget - has
this as it's first transaction record. HAHAHAHAHAH
and on friday i got back home, asked mick if any anz mail came for me, cos it was 2 days since i signed up for the ED, and he said yes, i threw my bag and books down, and literally raced down to the anz bank cos banks here close ridonculously early. i got to the bank, and the lady there was
NICE enough to make the activation call for me (i was breathless by then) and here's the convo i had with the teller when i was putting the money in:
me: hi. can i put this in
asian lady(diff from activator lady): hello how much balance do you have in your account?
me: huh?.. err there isn't any money in it yet, i just got the card, just.
asian lady: yeah, but
now (gives me self-appreciative-humour face) there's a hundred in there. i needed to be sure you were the owner of the card. (i just
activated it with your colleague but
ok.)
me: -. (i didn't really get it, but i think i smiled or tried, cos she was putting money into the card which would have
THE SCROLL/SCORE as it's first transaction record and i wasn't gonna count the eggs till i sent the money over to baraka)
asian lady: ok, here you go (and i get back the card and receipt, not transaction record) gives me what i can only describe as a kind of i-think-you're-satisfied face) thank you chee tiong.
HELLO. what was that about??
but she's one of factors that led to the
deliverance of THE SCROLL/SCORE, so let's just stop there. actually, it's prob cos my card reads that, BUT when i did the card, the guy who was processing my application asked me what my given name was, though it was in my passport, and he kept looking back to my passport, as if it would change or something, and he must have put down the asian sounding name in the end. and on a completely diff and ditzy note, i wanted the blue card, should have gotten it, not the black design, dunno what came over me
anyway, you'll prob know that getting the score is just.. hohoho, but i spoke to THE
baraka may. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAA.
that was the closest i could get to gold - hope it shows against the black.okay, imagine my face NOW.
p.s. i realise that i've been saying that a lot more recently, but it's TOTALLY VALID.blogger should have that webcam function- take your face at that point in time, and publish along with to the post.
said the subsub
at 9:34 AM
