once upon a september

"here are 4 coupons for this month. once per week." beamed Queen ##. "remember to redeem before the due date."

"yes mother." said Princess ~~. "mother, can i use the toilet now?"

"why of course you can." replied Queen ##. "is it for major or minor?"

"just minor, mother," said Princess ~~, skipping towards the water closet.

~~`~~`~~`~~

"i'm done with my minor, mother," reported Princess ~~. "uuh, is it ok i use the coupon this saturday? Prince << is free.."

"the terms and conditions don't forbid weekends right?" said the Queen with a smile. "but do come back before the stroke of midnight. our citizens have been complaining about pumpkin road accidents of late."

"of course mother." Princess ~~ turned one of the coupons over and glanced at the fine print.

. good through july
. inform Queen ## and King && of appointment 1 day in advance (earlier if possible)
. inform Queen ## and King && of the other party's name
. inform Queen ## and King && of the location
. return to castle no later than midnight (inform timing if possible)
. only one coupon per week

"thank you so much!" beamed Princess ~~. "certainly certainly," replied the Queen. "anything for my dear daughter!"

[ok, i meant to publish this ages ago, but i shall do it now: 14 minutes before 2008 =.=]

ha zu ka shi i ><

"veronica, i need you to check the prices of posting these through registered mail and courier.." C handed me a white box (13x13x18cm).

"prices for registered mail and courier.." i echoed.

"yes, what courier can you use?" C asked.

"speedlink..?"

"yah. check the prices for these too." 2 brown envelopes were passed to me.

"so.. do i send these out immediately?" i asked.

C looked at me, and with that same level tone of voice that was not hostile but not very amicable either said "look at the envelopes. can you tell me what's wrong with them?"

i looked. very briefly. "um, can you just tell me?"

"there's no address."

"oh." was my intelligent response. the floor didn't swallow me up.

Sweep Hack Drain

phew. can anyone smell that? horrible stench in here. i know, it's my fault. having left this bit of space turn into a swamp. but isn't that mudskipper over there just adorable interesting? haha. ok, someone just bugged me to drain the swamp, so i gotta. *squeaking of tap being turned*
psssssssSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhh~~~~~~

let's start from my current status and work backwards.

the 10 to 10 job is now a was . I'm currently stationed in bugis, workin' a delightful 9.45am to 6pm, which is like about 8 hours? minus off makan time and plus abit of unpaid OT and you get 8 hours. far cry from the 12 hours i clocked in the past, not forgetting the tuition AND preparation for tuition. and no tubes (oh joy!).
so what the hell do i do in these 8 hours? well, basically coordination for promoters and certain ongoing projects. then there's some clerical work, and layout (for POPM = point of purchase materials). downside is, food is certainly steeper here. expect a plate of main to cost about $3+? then a drink, which would be $1+. so it's $4++. over at JE, i usually get a vegetarian meal for $2.30. if i want a drink, i can pop over to ntuc and buy perhaps ice cool drinks (2 for $1.55, usually). that's a total of $3.10 a meal. rant rant. ok lar, i know it's just about a dollar's difference (or 2), but seeing the 4 in the figure irks me. haha.

back along the x axis... i was in australia. brisbane to be exact. was there for close to 2 weeks. there was kathy and peter, friends of my parents', and there's helensvale, where their cottage bungalow house abode is. it's really nice. cozy's the word. walls in pastel yellow and blue, cheery curtains and lace hangings, pleasant scents throughout the house, comfortable beds and duvets with a nice smell of fresh laundry, paintings in every room and in the corridor, self made mobiles on curtains, a pool outside, a view of helensvale golf arena outside. ain't that just great? not too mention, it's a cooling temperature of about 20 degress celsius every day (it was winter).
oh yah, there's a linen closet, just like in enid blyton books! (well, english books, at least)kathy works at helensvale golf club. she just walks there or she can drive her buggy right out the buggy garage and onto the golf course.

i tendered my resignation for art-serve. well, i didn't get to finish all my experiments but whatever. went back one afternoon to pass a movie world souvenir to sally aunty and saw the new girl picking out letters for tubes. wonder if she's got a design graduate and how long she'll last...

well, that's basically the whole graph in general. ok, swamp drained. *punches card and leave* =]