Michellencarrom ~fashion is passing but style is forever~

金曜日, 7月 16, 2004

Busy Week- Fun & Rest -Busy Week

Haven't blogged for a significant number of hours and minutes. Many things have happened this week- good and bad. So bad that I even cried. Huh... so sappy huh.

Let's start with Monday.
Woke up at 7 plus to get something from my boss who is going to camp... then went out with Mum to run some errands. Evening, went for Jap Class... Couldn't pretend I was NOT falling asleep cuz I woke up so early that day. Then it was Taekugki. You may refer to the Taekugki blog down there for a gist of the happenings. The movie ended so late and I came home so late (at 1230am cuz I rushed a cab) that I totally missed the alarm clock (oh what's new) and I missed my tuition, supposedly at 830am the next day.

Tuesday
initially, it was supposed to be tuition at 830am, rush to school by 11am, then paste the posters and print the tickets. THere were so little of us we ended only at 3pm after lunch at 2 and I rushed to tuition thereafter. CAme back at around 7 plus... one of the early record breaking days

Wednesday
Had make-up tuition in the morning, came home around noon and discussed itinery with jiapei and while she was playing the very nice gigi leung song on the piano i fell asleep on the bed only to wake up less than it-should-be-less-than-a few minutes later and rushed to my Jap class again. Came back at around 10pm?

Thursday (15 Jul 2004)
WORST DAY OF MY LIFE. certainly this day is worth a blogging mention and in contention for worst day of anybody's life absolutely award.

Woke up to the ringing of my phone and it was J. "WHy isn't the club URL on the poster?" Startled and directly said "We forgot." Which isn't an excuse but a real reason. Given the chronic shortage of manpower who can dedicate their time this week to this concert (say 3 people?) we don't have time to take care of additionals/add-ons or whatever. It isn't an excuse but a real limitation. While people have all the fun in the camp, some people and maybe I can say ONE poor soul got an excuse to stay out of it so that the poor soul can concentrate on the concert. But in the end, only to be accussed of not doing things properly, chided at and ok, even told what to do in return. Worst when people think I am slacking, have all the time in the world and lazy. If you can be busy, I can be even busier.

Like the online registration thing, being the IC, i didn't give clearance to this. Worst still, I wasn't told of this thing, until I went to the website and there it was staring at me. What is this man? Overriding or stepping over authority, or too much initative that even the IC was not informed or sought opinion. Totally feel a disgusting sense of disrespect.

The next thing was the request of the x number of tickets and to bring down to Plaza Sing at night. What rubbish. If I had so much time in the world to deliver some tickets, I might as well go for the camp and enjoy myself. No need to be stuck in front of the computer everyday, typing mails, telling committee members to do this do that.. like that cannot... like that can. So, COURIER lo. In the end I had to give whatever amount I had which resulted in me, not having enough for some others.

This is when things took a nose dive. After completing more club work like preparing the letter for complimentary tickets, and answering to more calls and emails, I finally made my way to Singpost to happily courier and then zip off to prepare for lunch with mum and prepare for the trip. Like changing money, buying whatever whatever...

1pm. Address incomplete. Woman at the counter accepted only postal code. "With postal code, we can type in, and the address will come out immediately" I don't understand why even with the name of the building, road name, unit number, and even phone number of the recipient the postman is not stupid enough to get to the place. Come on la. If taxi driver can do it, so can a postman. "No, the postman goes by postal code"

"I think the post office are the only people who care about postal code." I retorted, while talking on the phone with Mingli, with extra servings of mustard and sacarsm.

It was a desperate half an hour calling up all my lifelines. Which wasn't many and by 130pm finally managed to find the postal code. THanks to Papa who helped from his office.

The worst cannot get worst but it really did. Initially the woman told me $16 for 3 hour service. But now I was told "Because the postman is coming now, it is $24 for 1 hour" WHAT THE BEEP I WASN'T THE ONE WHO DEMANDED THE POSTMAN COME NOW..... WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME TO PAY $24. This is infringing on my consumer rights!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a take it or leave it kinda situation, and having left with NO CHOICE AT All... i unwillingly, begrudgingly paid $24 for a 1 hour service as I couldn't wait to kick my ass out of this horrible SingPOST, incarnation of consumer jail. In my mind ran images of Michelle- a reborn of Incredible Hulk, smashing up SingPost and tearing letters pieces apart. But no, if I kick up a fuss, it will only seem that I am in the wrong, I lack emotional control and I am a childish cry-baby and SingPost will gain the upper hand and snigger at me. No way I will lose the battle.

So I called up WF and told him that the tickets will reach him in 1 hours time, and he was waiting in his hall.

At 317pm ( 1 hr 15 mins past the waiting time) I received a call from Head Office, SingPOST, informing me that the motorbike has broken down and they have already sent a vehicle to recover the parcel. The parcel will not be able to reach by 430pm, which is strange cuz having paid for the ONe hour service, shouldn't I expect my parcel to reach by 230pm since "THe postman is on his way now" Shouldn't the vehicle have broken down between 130 - 230pm and I would have received a phonecall by 230pm? What's the point of putting down my contact number on the slip when the postman cannot take his initiative or exercise his duties to call up clients AT THAT VERY MOMENT? I don't understand why there is such a lag in administration. Especially when the company deals with logsitics and espouses efficiency. No, I cannot see this at all.

At 415pm, I called up to check the status of my parcel, and still it was undelivered. Twice they spoke to me, although apologies were offered, twice there were no offers of a refund or money back since the parcel was already, so obviously LATE. Hello I paid a premium leh. Where is the customer service??? I had to be the one asking for the refund. THen i was told they cannot do full refund but can only switch it to a $16 dollar service. Fine....

At 450pm, I received another call from head office again, to inform me that the parcel has been delivered at 440pm. Ok. 3 hours late. "Any refunds?", "I have to discuss this" "I will not be in Singapore until next wednesday, can you give me a reply soon?" "Ok." Today is Saturday and I haven't heard from them YET.

Ah... I forgot to mention how YX called at 320pm, straight after I put down the call with the singpost head office. Before i gave him a chance to question me, i told him about the matter, which isn't anybody's fault and definitely not mine that the vehicle broke down. I am the middle man here. suffering like shit, and when i was told to ask them to hurry up. SNIGGER SNIGGER GRUNT. HOW TO CALL THEM TO HURRY UP??? So what if I ring them up? I don't have wings I can't fly. If I could I don't mind flying to swoop the parcel up and drop it at the destination.

Please give me a break. Stop wailing down at me.

I am writing it here that I hate to be told what to do.

I went home with "a stomach full of air", injustice and desperation.

Feedback lo! Feedback to Singpost lo. If they reply that they will "review the issue", my conclusion will be drawn. They will remain in my black list forever. I can't stand people who run their business poorly. Too much fat and slob accumulated from being Singapore's monopolist in the postal service.

So much for a Black Thursday. Totally spoilt my mood and ruined my appetite for TV.

Friday
Everything pales in comparison to whatever that can happen to me, but i'd certainly rank this number 2.

Early in the morning went to school (hall 12). Didn't know it was trailer shooting, i thought rehearsal.. so didn't bring my own make-up. The last time I used those make up, 4 pimples broke out on my pimple-less face. BEEP!

Had lunch with Mingli and folded 60 over pieces of A4 paper into the complimentary tickets thing I was talking about... then went to collect our hall keys.

It was a corrosive sight of layers of dust, balls of dust and in the air lingered the pervasive smell of even more dust. So much so that Dust-Free Fairy would have admitted she forgot to bless the room of being dust-free.

Then walked to library... all the way again... to do FYP research. Probably the most fulfilling cuz managed to find some excellent and relevant articles :) Yeah.

Then walked all the way through North Spine to SAO, to collect 100 posters, which weighed a million tonnes. Should have asked Warner to courier straight to my house. Not SAO...

By the time we left, I was drained with sweat and smelt like a labourer. From Hall 12 my destination, I arrived at Hall Four bus-stop. The other end of NTU. Like giving myself a punishment for not going to orientation by walking so much it was like orientation. Oh I forgot to say that on Monday, I walked from Hall 12, loop round 13, 14, 15, 11, 10, 9 and finally 8 hor?

You can't imagine I typed 15 emails.... 15 of which included 2 extremly long emails, 2 proposals, and other shorter but important mails. All to handover and pass down before I leave.

SICKENING WEEK. Those who incur my wrath are extremly suay. Came the wrong time.

I gotta back my bag now. 1230pm. Had to type this mail before I go so that all my frustrations have an outlet and like what Mingli said "Spiritual Healing. If you believe you are happy, you won't fall sick." I can feel my flu healing. Just don't curse me while I'm away.

Bangkok.... Here I COME!!!!!!!!! :)

7/16/2004 08:13:00 午後

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