disappointed
At 3:01 PM on
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
i'll try to type out the same stuffs i did.
my mistake again.
address is actually:
Sillim-dong 1615-15 Jicheung
Guanak-gu, Seoul
151-900
i forgot about the postal code la!
was disappointed yesterday.
cos someone didn't call me.
even after i mentioned that my calling card is running out of value.
even after i missed the call once.
even after i had a long training the whole day.
even when it was late at night
even when i wanted to go to sleep already.
even after i tried looking for the calling card with at least 5 stalls when the weather's bloody cold.
weather.
it became so freaking cold since the day before.
yesterday, when i left home for work, it was so cold that whenever i breathed out of my mouth,
smoke would come out.
and it was raining la!
can imagine? raining when it's supposed to be snowing.
but i heard on the news this morning that it just started snowing in kyong-gi-do, one of the islands in korea.
anyway, while walking to the subway, i felt it to be such an irony.
back in singapore, i thought it would be such a good thing to enjoy winter in korea.
but yesterday while walking,
i felt so cold and scared of the cold.
it was totally different from what i had thought it would be.
so i laughed to myself.
then for fear that people might think i was mad, i tilted the umbrella i was holding forward so that people would not be able to see me laughing to myself.
it was such a sight la.
and i seriously have to get shoes man.
calling cards.
i mentioned just now that i tried looking for calling cards right?
ok.
well, since i came to korea, i was given 4 calling cards. the 4th one was by my dad when he visited korea in october to renew his visa. the 3 were given by my mum and one by my aunt.
so, i've been using calling cards to call back to singapore since coming here and i've always been using this particular card, let's call it "Serome Leaders Yellow" (SLY).
why yellow?
firstly cos it's yellow in colour and because there's another card also by Serome.
now this other card by Serome, let's call it "Serome Leaders Blue" (SLB).
cos it's blue in colour *duh*
now, after using up the 3 SLYs i got from my mum and my aunt, i had to buy another calling card.
so while with my aunt, we went past this stall in one of the subway stations,
near the korean immigration,
cos i needed to do my visa thingy,
we saw that there was a stall selling calling cards.
so my aunt went to ask the guy if there was calling cards
and asked me to take out the SLY to show him.
when he saw the SLY,
he said that he don't have SLY but there's another card which is also by Serome and he took that one out, which is known as SLB.
my aunt then asked him how much was the SLB and he said 12,500W.
in my heart i was like: what? 12,500. don't want la. ex lor!
but my aunt turned to me and gave me a look that translated: so how? getting it?
so i had no choice,
i said ok.
now, let me state the facts and figures of the SLY and SLB.
SLY: costs originally 10,000 but stalls sells it for 9,500. talk time is 221 mins.
SLB: costs 12,500 without discount. talk time is around 160+ mins.
now you see why i want the SLY so much?
i swore that i would never get a SLB anymore after getting cheated by the guy.
so, after getting cheated by the SLB, i looked around stalls for the SLY.
alas, i found a stall that sells them.
and right with convenience too!
the stall is in the subway platform near my house where i would take the subway to work everyday.
so since then, i have bought 2 SLYs from that stall.
now, last week,
my card was getting lower with value
cos i had to make calls cos someone didn't call me,
or should i say
hardly called me and asked me to call back instead.
and also, since last week, i started the morning shift,
which means that i would reach Sillim station around 5.40 am
and because it was so early, the stall doesn't open so early.
and blame me for my laziness too
cos after work i would reach Sillim around 4.45 to 5pm.
but cos where i alight from the subway at Sillim and to the stall,
i had to walk another like 10m or something and cos i was tired after work,
i kept telling myself i'll buy it tmr after work.
so just this week, i decided to not give myself any more excuses
and to stop worrying from not being able to call back when my card has finished value,
i walked to the stall and asked for the SLY.
*re-enactment of the scene when i asked the aunty at the stall for the SLY*
Me: ahn-yeong-ah-sae-yo. Seh-rome card? -starts to rumage through my bag for the SLY to show her-
Aunty: O! op-so-yo. (meaning she doesn't have this SLY) then she starts to take out a container filled with other calling cards except SLYs.
Me: O! Ah..quen-cha-na-yo. (meaning it is ok) Ko-maup-sum-ni-da. (meaning thank you for your time) -starts to turn to leave-
so i was at wits end as to get the SLY that i needed.
then yesterday, after training, i mentioned i asked at least 5 stalls right?
1 at Seoul Station where i take the subway after work,
3 at Sindorim station where i have to get off and change train to take towards Sillim for home.
and 1 more after i exited at Sillim on the way home, which i happened to notice just then.
*re-enactment of scene at the stall just after exiting Sillim*
Me: ahn-yeong-ah-sae-yo. Seh-rome card? -pulls out the SLY for the guy to see-
Guy: O! yi-go Seh-rome card op-so-yo. But where are you from?
Me: -stunned from the fact that he just spoke english to me- Oh, Er, Singapore.
Guy: Oh! -he then starts to talk in english and korean which i don't know how to type out here and explains that he has other cards that can call to singapore and that can talk for 167 mins and then shifts in his seat to reveal a chart on the wall behind him, showing the different countries that the card can call to and the respective different length of time each country can call to.-
Me: Oh! but this card i buy, i can talk for yi-baek-yi-ship-yil (meaning 221) minutes.
Guy: -looks at me surprised- Really? and gestures to see the card closer- How much you buy?
Me: -hands the card to him for closer inspection- Original price man-nen (meaning 10,000W) , but i buy for ku-chen-oh-baek won (meaning 9,500W). and talking is yi-baek-yi-ship yil minutes. so i want the same one.
Guy: Oh! you lucky. Good price. -hands the card back to me after inspection-
Me: -nods in agreement that i had a good bargain- -bows- Ko-maup-sum-ni-da. -bows again- Ahn-yeong-ah-sae-yo. -turns to leave-
Guy: -bows in his seat- Ahn-yeong-ah-sae-yo. See you again. -smiles-
Me: -smiles back- Deh. (meaning yes) See you! -bows and walk away, thinking in heart: damn. korean people. so nice.-
so! i seriously have to find the SLY.
if not, i'll have to get my aunt to help me. in LOVE,
pr social butterfly pam