[Tuesday, 26 December, 2006] This morning I woke up with disappointment but I was actually quite expecting it that Andrew and Jessica did not want the Haig Road flat. The first thing I did after opening my eyes was to check the phone and I was totally dejected. My holiday mood turned gloomy and I …
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The Fragile Internet
A respectable person, whom I could not remember, had told me before that the internet was so solid built that even an atomic bomb could not destroy it. This was quite true for the network was laid all over the world, interconnecting each other, that there were always multiple routes for the signals to be …
Dinner with Gil, Chua and Rehan
[Monday, 25 December, 2006] Chua had initiated an outing the day before. He had flooded my phone with messages and I was more than happier to have someone organising a simple gathering. He managed to get Gilbert and Rehan who were so keen to keep in contacts. Gilberto at the stairs at Cityhall MRT Gilbert …
Santa on Bicycle
[Monday, 25 December, 2006] It was Christmas Day finally and I was preparing to deliver the present over to Vivi when she sounded very sleepy. I tried to keep her awake but instead, I lost a lot of time doing that, which was a mistake. I had not cycled for so long since after my …
Free Food and the Christmas Present
[Saturday, 23 December, 2006] I was waked up early by some free food. My neighbour told my mum about the reopening of the PosBank Tanjong Pagar branch and then my younger brother and I were waked up after she finished bathing. I did not want them to takeaway for me and thus I followed them …
A Sudden Delight
[Friday, 22 December, 2006] This was a very special day and I was so happy to receive news of two buyers interested in the flat. I thought my first even client would be someone who would be my very close friend. I thought in a few days’ time I would eventually clinch my first flat …
Festival Greetings
[Sunday, 24 December, 2006] During Christmas Eve, I had started to receive wishes through SMS. I began flooding my friends’ phones as well. The following list was by order of the earliest person who sent me greeting messages… Ah Boon, Ivan Ng, Tze Siang, Peh, Sichun, Siu Hang, Andy, Da Zhang, Gan, Chee Keong, Guoxin, …
First Setback
When I thought everything was almost fixed and that I would be having a few days of holidays until New Year, I woke up with disappointments. Andrew and Jessica replied me negative about the flat. I was not sure what was wrong but they seemed to be so interested in it last week. However, since …
Cockster Agent, Wallet and Carls Junior
[Thursday, 21 December, 2006] After a few days of revisiting the Haig Road flat, I finally had an unpleasant experience. Kelly and I made our way down specially for this agent called Nadine who claimed that she would be late as her buyer was not on time. Meanwhile, Kelly took me up to the top …
Would you open your windows for Santa?
Newspaper article? Do you believe in Santa Claus? Do people still leave some big socks near their beds for Santa’s presents? If not, why are they still dreaming of the arrival of Santa? In countries such as Singapore where there are many night owls, do you think Santa is able to deliver every present at …