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new template for a new year..

it's been long since i hung out with Marah...or was it 2 weeks ago?! XD blur day: both of us didn't get our caffeine fix thus ended up half a day in IKEA Alexandra AND Tampines: changing types of big and small shelves, wat else to get, wat to discard, which queue to take, how to remain calm while "when are we getting out here!!" XD

And get this: the stocks in Alexandra and Tampines are not linked if you physically go down to each branch to enquire about the other branch but are linked if you call the hotline and you cannot order Alexandra stocks from Tampines and vice-versa, neither can you ask them to transport an order from Tampines to Alexandra and vice-versa to help them to save them manpower and the remaining part of the journey.

And it's so ridiculous as to save costs for the wrong things which frustrates the customers...common sense and customer service is really bad here (not to mention the last time being asked by a foreigner who - get this - works as a retail assistant in a gift shop, "Can you speak Mandarin?" WTF?!!!! What happened to learning English as a pre-requisite for blue-collared workers before they start work here?!!!)

i got myself a little gadget for a volunteer project: 4GB thumbdrive for a nice price! but i din know Marah is a member and he thought i was a member XD finally got my drooly blankies too..the last piece of it was so old that some bits of cotton flew onto the floor - indoor permanent snow that makes one slip if stepped on unknowingly

it was retro at KFC Kallang. The paintings on the roof have faded terribly, the interior was like it was 20 years ago: dull dark grey, dull pink, dull green, dull..yougethepicture. And guess what type of music was played there that night: RETRO!!!!

one of our conversation went something like this:
[song: Eternal Flame was playing while we were eating]
"Who sang this?"
"(The) Bangles! [Looks around] Now everyone knows how old we are..(laughs)"
"[Another question in regards to The Bangles]"
"...remember '(the song) Walk Like An Egyptian'?!! [Looks around again] Now everyone REALLY knows HOW OLD we are..(still laughing)"
*TUD*

next stop: caffeine fix!!! For the first time i get to hear an drive-thru' order but the weirdest thing was why do we have to wait 5 freakin' minutes for a large cuppa cappucino while we dun have to wait for a medium one?! ...! Isn't it the same cappucino..?!! Note: This happened in a reputated fastfood restaurant. WAKE UP PEOPLE - BORTHER THE NITTY GRITTY DETAILS!!!

throughout the day til night, in the car we had fun spreading our noise with the windows slightly down, dancing while strapped to our seats, and predicting the next line of the songs because the people had run out of lyrics to write

i got to stop by Marah's place and saw the huge clutter. Really scattered - mixed emotions. i hope he's alrite with the designing and re-packing. i would love to help but my skin didn't agree with me

i got to bluetooth my Nokia to his sound system!! wow..!! and i got more than i wished for: a scroll mouse and a standard Microsoft keyboard which i'm so dying to change soon - my mouse is not scrolled - much to my inconvenience - and the keys on my pc non-standard keyboard are stuck for no reason whatsoever!

and we looked at photos: past and present. Seriously, it is a smooth transition of his looks from young til now. Lotsa memories for me as i remember the 60's 70's fashion XD And i remembered some photos taken which we were in our haydays (we still are!!!)..it's stored in one of his harddisks..

not to mention sharing one medium-sized caffeine-filled cappucino...yeeeeah..

thanks for everything "yeah"? :3