The Year of the Rat
The Year of the Rat didn't start on a very good note for me. It was one of those days that you wished you had stayed in bed all day doing nothing. I had to go to the DIAC office but couldn't because I had to wait for a demo visit for an wireless internet connection I was planning to get. The lady came for the demo and at first the wireless modem couldn't get a signal. Later it started to work and I paid for the modem but the new one out of the box didn't get any signal inspite of us trying for a good two hours (WOW all this sounds so pornographic)!!! Anyways I ended up returning the modem and asking for a refund of the money I spend which will take place in a few weeks!!!
Then I went to the mall to get myself a new mobile connection but the staff at 3 asked me to get a statement from my bank with my address. The bank charged me $15 for the page even though I hold a student account with them which is supposed to be without any fees. I got my address corrected with the bank for the third time so that they could send me my debit card for which I have now been waiting for about 20 days!! They first got my street number as 16 then 160 while it is supposed to be 106!!! Commonwealth just lost my respect for that coupled with their increase in interest rate over and above the increase by the central bank!!!
Well after waiting at the bank for 30 minutes I went back to the 3 to get the connection and was told that I couldn't get one because I didn't have a student ID card even though a staff member had told me earlier that could use my my Overseas student health coverage card. I wouldn't get the ID card for another 1 month according to the staff at my institute. I left the store with 2 bad customer experiences in a day and to top it all I decided to have some Thai food at a restaurant in the mall. The food was terrible and the waiting staff was cleaning and sorting basil ad other vegetables in the area where some other customers and I was being served!!! And this wasn't a small little eatery but a proper restaurant in a decent mall!!!
The only saving grace was me getting a new pre-paid number with Vodafone and then I came back home and did what I should have been doing all day anyways - laze around in bed and watch the telly!!!
Enough whining and felling sorry. I hope the new year started on a better note for all of you. To make things better I have planned on meeting a friend in the city tomorrow and amybe go shopping and catch a movie. Wish you all a very happy start to the New Lunar Year the Year of the Rat.
Then I went to the mall to get myself a new mobile connection but the staff at 3 asked me to get a statement from my bank with my address. The bank charged me $15 for the page even though I hold a student account with them which is supposed to be without any fees. I got my address corrected with the bank for the third time so that they could send me my debit card for which I have now been waiting for about 20 days!! They first got my street number as 16 then 160 while it is supposed to be 106!!! Commonwealth just lost my respect for that coupled with their increase in interest rate over and above the increase by the central bank!!!
Well after waiting at the bank for 30 minutes I went back to the 3 to get the connection and was told that I couldn't get one because I didn't have a student ID card even though a staff member had told me earlier that could use my my Overseas student health coverage card. I wouldn't get the ID card for another 1 month according to the staff at my institute. I left the store with 2 bad customer experiences in a day and to top it all I decided to have some Thai food at a restaurant in the mall. The food was terrible and the waiting staff was cleaning and sorting basil ad other vegetables in the area where some other customers and I was being served!!! And this wasn't a small little eatery but a proper restaurant in a decent mall!!!
The only saving grace was me getting a new pre-paid number with Vodafone and then I came back home and did what I should have been doing all day anyways - laze around in bed and watch the telly!!!
Enough whining and felling sorry. I hope the new year started on a better note for all of you. To make things better I have planned on meeting a friend in the city tomorrow and amybe go shopping and catch a movie. Wish you all a very happy start to the New Lunar Year the Year of the Rat.
2 comments:
Greetings of Peace and Happy New Chinese New Year.
I like the title of your blog :)
I am glad you appreciate the blog and the poetry.
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