Tomorrow is our trip to Singapore and I have not started to pack. The thought of packing for 3 kiddos plus myself and the long list of items to bring along scares me!
On my living room floor is my newly arrived stock – clothes, clothes everywhere. I am supposed to send out my customers’ orders today BUT a near major disaster struck, no thanks to the clumsiest of the lot, who happens to have the itchiest fingers and the most curious mind! I missed the postman *sob*
I was rushing out the Letter of Appeal to DBKL for charging us a whopping RM30,600 in assessment (yes, you read it right – a 5-figure fee!!) and helping the girls’ grand-aunt to do hers when that rascal pandai-pandai turned off the main switch that connects to my computer and printer!! I blew my top with lava spewing out ferociously. Why? Because the postman from Pos Laju was already coming up to our unit and I was about to print and photocopy the dox and then ZAAAPPPP, my screen went blank when the rascal turned off the main switch!! I was huffing and puffing like an agitated wolf and cursing away whilst waiting for the computer to start again.
Later, I discovered that all my important documents saved in My Documents went missing into the thin air after the rascal turned off the main switch and I had not saved my documents. My heart was thumping, head throbbing, I was cussing words away while struggling to find all the documents inside the My Documents folder. All my customers’ orders, information, important letters, banking transaction records, etc. are saved inside My Documents and how could it have vanished?! I do have a back-up copy but it is not 100% updated. This made me hate my new computer even more and I was and still am determined to swap it back with my old computer. Finally, after going through my overloaded Recycle Bin, I found the entire My Document folder in the Recycle Bin! SO HAPPY!! I swear I did not press the DELETE button and I have no freaking idea how the entire folder ended up in the Recycle Bin, duh! I. Hate. Microsoft 8.!!
Very important lesson learnt today – NEVER EVER empty your Recycle Bin Folder immediately. You never know when you will need to restore the deleted document.
Despite this near disaster which scared the pee out of me, I must say that I have been pretty lucky on this Friday the 13th! Had I gone to the nearby mini market just 5 minutes earlier this morning, I would have gotten a big summon from DBKL. Normally no one pays for the ticket if they park their car for just 5-10 minutes to do a quick grocery shopping at the mini market. I have never paid for parking at this spot in my 13 years of staying at this neighborhood. Today, the entire row of cars parked outside the mini market and shops got a summon ticket! Before I parked my car, I already saw the gang of DBKL officers busy issuing summonses. After parking my car, I ran to the parking machine to pay and gawd, I did not even know how to use it lol! Thankfully there were instructions on the machine and I quickly slotted 50 sen for half an hour. The Officer was standing next to my car and writing a summon. I quickly ran to her whilst holding Cass and told her not to give me the summon. Thank God it was for the car next to mine, phew!
Here are some of the snacks for us to munch during our long haul road trip to the City of Lions. Our journey will begin at 7am tomorrow. In the afternoon, we will be at One 15 Marina Club, on board a chartered boat to throw a surprise birthday party to our long-time friend ! 🙂
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Enjoy your Spore trip 🙂
wow so much food for the trip! hope you are having a wonderful time there. btw…the amount that appears in the assessment notice is not the amount you have to pay. it is a percentage of that amount. if you check your old assessment notice, you will see a value of your property which is a five or four figure.
Barb, do you know what is the percentage that we have to pay? I’ve just checked the Notice again. It says there ‘Proposed Annual Value’ . We’ve sent the letter to DBKL. Will wait for their reply now 🙂