Hey everyone! Wow, it's been a long day. Got up early today to head off to the Ministry of Manpower (that's Department of Labour, for most people) to get my working pass sorted. Turns out I can only pick up the actual working-pass document on Monday, which is my first day of work. Fortunately I start work in the afternoons, so I can use the morning to pick it up. Whew.
Then I spent the rest of the day tending to stuff that needed tending to: opening a bank account (went to two different Maybanks and got two different responses: the first said I had to have the actual working pass in hand before being able to open an account; the other branch said all I needed was to have a Malaysian savings account with Maybank and it was no problem opening one here, too. Oy.); and getting a phone number (ended up going with a prepaid account since you can really only apply for a postpaid line once you have proof of residence, i.e. official mail going to where you're staying. That might be a touch tricky, since ... really... I don't think I'll be receiving much snail mail. And then they said I could show a bank statement, but you'd need a bank account for that, wouldn't you?? And y'know, the banks would ask for your phone number before you can open an account. So all in all, a catch 32. That's like a catch 22, only bigger).
In the end, though, those thing were sorted out, and then I carted off a whole buttload of money to a music store in town and bought myself a new toy to replace the one I'd sold back home! Yup, a new keyboard will shortly be in my possession... it'll be delivered on Friday, they said, so I'll provide updates when this happens.
The rest of the day was spent in pleasant company with Little Jo: lunch at a Korean restaurant (syabu-syabu!), and dinner a couple of hours ago at a yummy curry place at Mustafa Centre, where we also tried looking for a standing lamp for my room. Wouldn't you know it, Mustafa Centre, a 24-hour have-it-all megamart with items ranging from food to electronics to textiles to gold and jewellery - from the ubiquitous to the absolute obscure - doesn't have standing lamps. Oh, the humanity! So Jo and I left, crestfallen, beating our breasts in sorrow at not procuring the sought-after items of illumination; me with just one bright yellow rubbish bin for my bedroom. Oh, for shame!
In between bank-account-opening and dinner with Jo, I managed to finally move in properly into my room here at this apartment I'm sharing with two other guys, Irfan and Zat. Nice guys. I have the master bedroom with ensuite, as I've already mentioned below; and today I spent some time moving furniture about, unpacking, getting the room comfortable to my liking for my first night. And shortly, boys and girls, ladies and germs, I'll be getting myself tucked in (as tucked in as one can be when it's hot and humid in sweaty ol' Singypoo) for my official first night here at Punggol Place. The apartments are called Treelodge @ Punggol. Sounds super-fancy, doesn't it? Heh. I'll put up more pics later when I've got the room to my liking. And tomorrow I'll likely be doing some exploring about the vicinity to see what's lurking...
Okay, I guess that's it for now then. Oh, I forgot to mention, yesterday, Mum and I went to see Wicked at Marina Bay Sands. Awesome show, a lot of fun, though I felt the guy playing Fiyero wasn't charismatic enough in the part and sort of faded in comparison to the two leads. But all in all, definitely worth seeing, and in fact I'll likely be seeing it a second (and third?) time with Terry and/or Jo!! Whoohooo!! Bring it on!! I want to flyyyy / defyyy-ing graaavity!!! Okay, I go now. Until my next post... g'nites!
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