Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Don't get mad, get even?

I've showered. And had my dinner. But no matter how I think about it there's no denying that I am angry. And I damn well have every right to.

Because I really don't appreciate being toyed around like an idiot. My parents don't raise me to be an idiot. A little rough on the edges maybe but not an idiot.

I am this close to come storming to that company and I am really literally one confirmation email away from writing to the newspaper.

My brother bought this PC way back in June. The offer back then was either a voucher (LIES) or a three-year warranty (MORE LIES). Since we figured vouchers were more often than not full of lies, we opted for the warranty. So we were told that this company was supposed to deal with the registration for the warranty. They sent us packing home with the reassurance that they will send us an email regarding the warranty. So off we went home, not completely reassured but we gave them the benefit of the doubt and took their word for it.

And then came July. Still no word. But my mom remembered. She remembers these things. And if she remembers I remember because she will bug me to settle it. I called them and was told that it's 'still in processing' and that it 'will take time, perhaps 1-2 month'.

Well ok so I suppose paperwork traffic has its own speed so I waited it out.

Come September my mom still did not forget. So I called them again. Only to be told that I will receive an email soon. But I did not. Never do until today.

On the 25th of November I made another call. The fella who took my call was this CLUELESS idiot. Whatever I asked him he would ask his colleague (and I knew this because I was made to wait the whole time and I HEARD him repeat my question on the line) and I was really tempted to tell him to just stop being useless and start passing the phone to his colleague so I could speak to him directly. What I need is an answer, not a messenger.

He told me that my PC has been registered for the warranty. He spouted out some numbers. I dutifully noted it down, all the while thinking this could all be just some random numbers and letters picked out of thin air with the purpose of shooing me off so I would hang up the phone. Yes so I was paranoid but looking at their track record can you blame me? I asked him outright if I could have proof in black and white. He then said he was going to send me an email. Again, for the record I never so much as get a single email from them right up to this day.

I gave them a day to send this seemingly elusive email. I was really starting to doubt if they actually registered the PC at all and did not take the vouchers all for themselves. IF the vouchers actually exist.

On the 26th November I made another call. Because, really enough is enough. It's not even like I'm this grouchy person who doesn't give credit when it is due. I DO know for a fact that the banks here are very efficient compared to those in Europe. It took my friend a month just to close a bank account in France. But come on, I'm sure even the French don't take HALF A YEAR to register some warranty, which by the way is probably done over the net and Singapore is as close to any internet paradise as anyone can get.

I was really polite in the beginning when I made that call considering my souring mood from the thought of being made a fool of. This fella actually had the audacity to tell me that he COULD NOT FIND MY RECORD in his company's database. If his COLLEAGUE JUST THE DAY BEFORE COULD TELL ME RIGHT OFF THE BAT THAT MY PC HAS BEEN REGISTERED, SURELY THAT IS ONE INDICATION THAT MY RECORD VERY MUCH IS ON THE DATABASE?

What is disturbing is the possibility that this second guy, as stupid and clueless and lazy as he may sound, may be right. What if there WAS no record in the database? what if all along they never did register my PC? what if those people who picked up my many many calls earlier were just leading me by the nose with some empty promises and some random numbers and this last guy was just another idiot but one who is honest?

With that thought in mind, I blew up right at him on the phone. I left my name and contact number with him. And I was given yet another promise that he would call again with the information. BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH (i.e. before NOVEMBER IS UP).

The 30th of November. That was his deadline. I called this idiot company a dozen times at different times and nobody picked up the phone. I grew to be really suspicious. And not having my calls answered was in a way good because they were really brewing the flaming hot liquid that is my rage and stoking my fury. I make better arguments when I'm angry.

Why do I even have to chase after something I'm already entitled to? Don't you think this is a little like you selling bananas to these folks where you make them pay but do not give them the bananas until they hound you with a knife and threatened to burn down your house?

I don't want to have to threaten to write to the press and complain to CASE. But if that's what it's going to take I will. Sure this is just warranty, it ain't a 24 carat diamond. But at this point, this is not about the value of the goods anymore, it's about the indignity of having to practically BEG for things I am entitled to. If I was told right from the beginning that there would be no warranty I would accept it but to be promised time and again that I would get one and then being LIED TO, it's simply unacceptable.

You are only as good as your word.

This company. It's rotten.

Grinning Goat at 12/01/2009 08:33:00 PM pontificated

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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Gah

Sheegoon: Why is your name listed as R _ _ _ _ _ _ A on msn huh why?
R _ _ _ _ _ _ A: Huhh? Stupid ebuddy

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Jess: wah ross so vintage
R _ _ _ _ _ _ A: what is?
Jess: your nick
R _ _ _ _ _ _ A: =,=
Jess: oh now it's 'ross stupid ebuddy get it right'
Ross stupid ebuddy get it right: Ebuddy is being stupid on me

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Kiwi: omg ross why is your name displayed as R _ _ _ _ _ _ A?
R _ _ _ _ _ _ A: I KNOWWWWWWWWWW EBUDDY IS BEING DUMB
Kiwi: You can change it. Faster change it
R _ _ _ _ _ _ A: hahahaha so I'm not the only one getting disgusted
Kiwi: I'm not getting disgusted. I'm not used to seeing R _ _ _ _ _ _ A
Ross stupid ebuddy get it right: there how about now?
Kiwi: your nick looks a bit like "ross stupid. ebuddy get it right"
Ross stupid ebuddy get it right: OH. DAMN. Hang on


Ebuddy is acting familiar. Like it wants to show off it knows my name. Stupid ebuddy

Grinning Goat at 11/25/2009 04:33:00 PM pontificated

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Friday, November 13, 2009

NPE2

NPE2 is destined to die today. He's renee's favourite. He grows on me too the lil fella.

I took some pictures. But then again what'd be the point? NPE2 looks like any other, it's his temperament that we like. And there's no capturing that.

Grinning Goat at 11/13/2009 03:15:00 PM pontificated

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Bloody teenagers

THEY'RE ROWDY. NOISY. DESTRUCTIVE.

GAH

BLOODY TEENAGERS

GET THE HELL OUT OF MY KITCHEN

Grinning Goat at 11/11/2009 08:38:00 PM pontificated

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Monday, November 09, 2009

Who needs a mooner

Pein: he's mooning
R: what?
Pein: showing his ass to other people
R: =,=
Pein: you have no sense of humour
R: I have plenty. Just not placed in the ass of others LOL

Grinning Goat at 11/09/2009 11:43:00 PM pontificated

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What if God was one of us

If God had a name what would it be?
And would you call it to his face?
If you were faced with him
In all his glory
What would you ask if you had just one question?

What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home

If God had a face what would it look like?
And would you want to see
If seeing meant that
you would have to believe
in things like heaven and in Jesus and the saints
and all the prophets

Trying to make his way home
Back up to heaven all alone
Nobody calling on the phone
'cept for the Pope maybe in Rome

Grinning Goat at 11/09/2009 12:06:00 AM pontificated

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Just another blurb

I was doing work in the same room as wedy and sometimes she disagreed with my song selection.

R: Nah nah nah..I'll give you this.. you'll like this song since you're such a sucker
Wedy: (listening) I don't like this song. That means I'm not a sucker
R: Ok I'll give you this, how do you like this huh?
Wedy: (listening) hmmm this one's ok
R: That means you're STILL a sucker hahahaha

Grinning Goat at 11/09/2009 12:01:00 AM pontificated

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Sunday, November 08, 2009

Devil wears prada

Devil wears Prada.

Angel wears Giordano.

There there.

Grinning Goat at 11/08/2009 08:39:00 PM pontificated

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I'm sorry I'm such a walking advertisement

Rinspeed sQuba - the first underwater (more like amphibian actually) car! How cool is this? Someday I'll own this beauty















Grinning Goat at 11/08/2009 02:17:00 AM pontificated

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Saturday, November 07, 2009

The healthier probiotic drink

I've been drinking a lot of Vitagen lately. Not so much because I really like it, but more because somebody bought the wrong drink. I would've picked Yakult anytime.

So. That makes me a bacteria junky.

If you think about it then, my stomach is not much different from a garbage can. Except that in the trash can that is my stomach, Lactobacillus Acidophilus is KING, instead of some inferior shit like Pseudomonas Aeruginosa or Escherichia Coli.

Grinning Goat at 11/07/2009 01:00:00 AM pontificated

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Sunday, November 01, 2009

The who what game eperbodeh loves

Grinning Goat at 11/01/2009 12:45:00 AM pontificated

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Saturday, October 31, 2009

What every chef must know

The NONOs in every meal

Porky pork

Chickenny chicken

Fishy fish

Muttony goat (or goaty mutton?)

Coconutty coconut (actually coconutty anything)

Fruity fruit

Sheepish sheep!

The only exception being chocolatey chocolates

Grinning Goat at 10/31/2009 12:19:00 AM pontificated

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Friday, October 30, 2009

A good paper plane

A good paper plane is a little heavy on the head and doesn't have a pointy nose, do you know that?

Grinning Goat at 10/30/2009 05:04:00 PM pontificated

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Nocturne in E flat major

The first time I heard this song, was well in a calculator I used as a kid. It was only at that certain impressionable age, I guess that you don't find a calculator that double as a music box a major source of irritation. At the time I found it highly entertaining and I'd flip the cover just so the song would change. And always, it would come back to this song. Chopin's Nocturne in E flat major. Who would've known a calculator could have such a fine taste?



Grinning Goat at 10/30/2009 03:26:00 PM pontificated

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If

If cells have a fraction of the intelligence their master organism possesses, they'd bloody well sort themselves out according to cell types, much in the same manner kids would line up in the school playground according to height.

There. And who'd need MACS right?

And MACS would probably go bust.

MACS really ought to thank cells for being such a passive and lazy heterogeneous bunch lacking in both intelligence and initiatives.

Grinning Goat at 10/30/2009 02:40:00 PM pontificated

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Gahaha

Grinning Goat at 10/28/2009 12:24:00 AM pontificated

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Sunday, October 25, 2009

O,O

When Stitch joins the KKK



Oh this is the truck we hired to move our stuff for the gig. It's a moving house truck Malay style they said!



There were more space than musical instruments. And there was still even EXTRA space after we all sat our asses down.



And this is the part I like the most:


Our very own lift woot woot! Cheap thrills I know, but hey if thrills can come cheap why go for expensive ones eh? LOL


Grinning Goat at 10/25/2009 10:17:00 PM pontificated

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LOL

R: Wedy, do you know if Viagra works in women?
Wedy: no
R: it doesn't
Wedy: How do you know?
R: I tried it
Wedy: O,O
R: Hahaha just kidding I read it in a journal
Wedy: I don't believe you. First impression never lies

Grinning Goat at 10/25/2009 09:55:00 PM pontificated

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Boycott

You can't be another Whitney Houston because Whitney Houston already existed.

You can be a Jason Mraz ripoff but you can't be Jason Mraz (or as Sheegoon so elegantly put it, you can't be another Chikuen, you can only be a Chokuen huahahaha)

No amount of originality whatsoever in their blood. I see some hopes actually but instead of being commended for their attempt to sound original, they're criticized for something which I found to be a MUCH LESS SEVERE offence than lack of originality.

In American idol, pulling off a whitney-look-alike performance is going to get you thrashed, in here? it gets you praised.

There really is no reason to watch Singapore Idol. If it's any indication, the very fact that Hadi Mirza won ASIAN idol is enough grounds for me to boycott ASIAN (and therefore SINGAPORE) Idol for good.

Grinning Goat at 10/21/2009 08:45:00 PM pontificated

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Friday, October 16, 2009

Empty plots

Carman left for Hongkong yesterday to watch the S.H.E concert

Renee: you can go steal her crops now
R: they're still there?
Renee: yeah she isn't online
R: whoah she was always online..
Renee: She forgot to plant yesterday there were 3 empty plots I was so surprised
R: Huahahaha probably at the airport and in the middle of harvesting she heard the annoucement "paging passenger Carman Lo...Paging passenger Carman Lo please proceed to gate E for immediate boarding"
Renee: "Stop farming now or your wifi will be disconnected"

Grinning Goat at 10/16/2009 12:44:00 PM pontificated

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