heng sia.....

i managed an amazing feat...by my slack standards at least. i actually woke up at 7am this morning after going to bed at like 3.45 last night. i guess when one's pushed to the point of desperation, anything goes. i had a shocking revealation last night when i visited the somewhat UQ Australs website with a somewhat reader unfriendly layout that i somehow booked air tickets two days before the commencement of the tourney! i was staring into the prospects of having to pay for an extra 2 days accomodation outta my own pocket in Brisbane, wasting 2 days there just to wait for the tourney to start, and incur an opportunity cost of 2 days of holidays in singapore. so there i was, waking up in an unearthly hour by my standards, waiting for my father to wake up, waiting to break the news to him, and getting ready to brave his wrath. i tried to play down the situation by cocking up some ultra lame story about how the organising committee were forced into delay the start of the competition cos' all hotels in the city are overbooked cos' of the Australian Uni games which will be held in brisbane too (the truth is, the uni games will only start somewhere in august i think) and that they only sent a last minute email to inform everyone. it certainly is bad enough for my dad to start on the usual rantings on the lack of a sense of responsibility etc etc....but it certainly isn't as bad as letting him know what a stupid cockster i was to actually book the wrong dates for the tickets. while i listened to his rantings, i actually came to realise that perhaps i am really too flippant with things, too unaware about wat the fuck is going on and simply being a blur and lazy fucker. i mean, if my dad, my housemates and everyone else think that's the case and i'm the only one who thinks otherwise, then i'm probably very deluded. i wouldn't envy my dad having a son like me. arghh...i'm 22 but i still fucking act and think like a teenager.

anyway, i could never convince myself to spend the next two days in solitude wallowing in the queensland winter so i decided to give it a shot to try and change the air ticket. very very fortunately, i managed to squeeze myself into one of two vacancies on another flight on the night of the 2nd. the first time i called, i was told that i was supposed to either forfeit the mileage or to pay a charge of 75 USD for changing flights under 24hrs before departure. and after sizing up my options and calling a 2nd time to decide, i was pleasantly surprised to be told that 'it was more than 24hrs so they won't be charging me at all'. not that i'm very interested in the intricasies of SIA corporate policies, but a penny saved is a penny earned.