Pissed off

The day started off well enough...the leads meeting got cancelled - try attending meetings at 7 in the morning. Just because we have to cater to the US guys! 

I had to get a document from my bank. Because I was born an idiot, I did not think of carrying my NRIC or passport. "sorry we need to see an identification". I normally don't swear these days - what with trying to preserve the dignity of my grey hairs- but today I said "oh shit" and not in a nice way.

So I rushed home - in the bloody hot sun. Went back armed with all the identifications I could think of. I had given the request over the phone on Saturday and was told the document would be ready for collection at 10 in the morning today.

They made me wait and wait.. While my blood boiled and spilled over. They got my surname wrong. I asked them to correct it. They got it wrong in another place. I was getting super pissed off. So pissed off that when I saw the feedback form lying nearby, I vented all my fury and wrote enough to fill the page. I could not find a Dropbox for that and the girl at the counter said pass it to me and I will pass it on to the manager. It must be breathing its last in the waste basket.

I came to the office fuming and spewing. T-da asked me to tell him all about it and he would go and see to them! So I was narrating my woes to a small audience. I normally kick off my shoes once I reach my cubicle but today I was so pissed off that I even kept my shoes on.

I am getting old. My patience, which to start with was meager, is now non-existent. 

Went swimming with the elf, baked a cake for C whose b'day it was today.made 3 kokeshi dolls. Talked to him on skype. Modern technology - he can still see my nostrils flaring in mock-anger when he asks me things like "did you water the plants? Did you switch off the lights? Did you drink enough water? Did you eat?" cooked hanggam with hawaizar and had all by myself. I love my kitchen aid stand mixer. It is black - my fave color. 

Nothing to write

i got the blogger app installed on my iPhone - thought that would at least tempt me into writing more. It might fizzle out just like all things i plan but at least i am trying,ni?

Singapore is growing on me - i like the fact that it is safe over here, that you never feel insecure even if you are out late. Of course, it has its warts but which place does not. i hate it that cars are so expensive that we cannot think about buying one, not till i save up for a couple of years. But then, you see almost everyone has a car - which makes me think if everyone else is super rich. That or they take car loans. I could take a car loan - but then I would rather not. Plus the public transport is really good and the taxis are cheap. So maybe we don't need a car but I like the flexibility of having your own transport

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Which brings me to my never-accomplished goal of learning to drive. I did take lessons once and was ready for a driver's license test but I don't remember why I never went for it. You can get a license from Imphal without taking a test - yes, it is sickening. And my parents used to ask me if I wanted the. To get me one - I must have blasted them off like I always do about how wrong that is - so I have no license to my name. Big deal.

Did I say we have been to Malaysia in a taxi??? I kid not. You can take a taxi to go to Malaysia - it is that close. We have been to legoland in Johor Bahru 4 times - we got annual tickets and like all self-respecting middle class folk, we had to get our money's worth out of the annual tickets. Plus the elf loves Legos and I love the 4d show. 

We have been to Thailand too and snorkeled for the first time in my life. We stayed in a two bedroom house complete with kitchen and a huge balcony from where you could see the beach. I am bragging! He managed to get the car we had rented knocked up a bit and that cost us a small fortune. But I must be getting wiser because I consoled him (instead of bitching) saying it is only money - it will come, it will go. Or vice versa. I am sooooo bloody nice and wise!

I love planning the trip - I am a good googler.. I have lost count of the number of places I have visited virtually. I can tell you how to go to the so many islands - which one is budget friendly which one is expensive. He keeps teasing me about the fact I would be constantly looking at all possible destinations at least two weeks prior to making up my mind. But it is fun. 

That is all the crap I can think up of today.