2004 ended as... err.. err.. an extreme "adventure", more or less.
i was heading down to s'pore on new year's eve. started the journey in the morning, 10.30am. packed everything, then took the bus to singapore. 2 hours later, it stopped at a food court, and i ate there coz i didn't have any breakfast at all.
3 hours later, 3.30pm we (me and my fren) reached the immigration office.
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and i can't find my passport.
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and i can't remember TAKING my passport along.
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god damn.
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at loss at what to do, i did the next best thing - go home. :P
however, i didn't want to ruin the plan, since we've been planning for this for a while already, i don't want to be the party pooper. so i hitched a ride with another express bus (not exactly a hitch, more like a rm 20 ride) from the arrival immigration office opposite, made millions of phone calls and set everything in motion.
called malaysian airlines, there was only 7.30pm and 11pm flight. funny, coz i have another colleague going to s'pore, and he's flying at 9.30pm. called him, and found out he's using s'pore airlines.
called s'pore airlines, booked a 9.30pm flight ticket, since my calculations tell me that i will reach KL at 8.30pm. i wouldn't be able to catch the flight if i go back home and get the passport though, so i..
.. asked a friend (more like country manager) to help me get my passport at home. now u must be wondering, how would be able to enter the apts, right? well, another colleague has the keys to my apts, because he uses my broadband to do work (he's probably in my room now).
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*realization*
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(SHOCK AND HORROR! MY P0RN COLLECTION!)
just kidding.
anyways, the problem was, he was on leave on friday, and he was in stadium merdeka for a concert. the keys to my apartment is in his room, and his housemates doesn't have the key to his room. so if my friend is supposed to help me get the passport, he has to go all the way to stadium merdeka (yes, and brave the traffic jam), get the keys to the colleague's apartment, go to his apartment, get the keys, go to my apartment, get my passport, and go somewhere to meet me and pass me the passport.
nope. won't work. i told him to forget it.
so i hitched another plan - pray hard. and get a backup plan. called m'sian airlines and booked the 11pm ticket.
then i realized - i don't have RM at all!!! all my cash have been exchanged to S$! i still have a few coins though. i reached KL at 8pm. took LRT, reached the LRT at my place at 8.20pm. got a cab, told him to fetch me to the bank to withdraw money, home to get my passport, and then to the station to catch the transit train to airport, and i need to do all that by 8.40pm.
went to the bank, got my passport, and reached the station, RAN ALL THE WAY TO THE TRAIN, and missed the train by 15 seconds.
*bangs head against wall*
since i missed the 8.40pm train, i will only be able to catch the 9.10pm train, and i will definitely not make it for the 9.30pm flight. switched my plan to the 11pm flight, and relaxed.
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i reached s'pore at 11.55pm, and reached the s@lsa club at 12.15am. friend told me there wasn't any dancing, so i reached just in time! WOOT!
that's what u call "by hook or by crook", i guess.
