Thinking it was a tuesday, with $1 DVDs and cheap petrol, I tried to encourage myself that it is a great night to head out. You know, pump petrol, buy some milk for my kopi and basically, pay the DVD store a visit after a 3 month long hiatus.
So happily, I lured my housemate, YH, to tag along, with the bait of $1 DVD storewide. Being the gullible daredevil, along with tomorrow being Anzac Day, yet another Australia public holiday, YH agreed with much enthusiasm.
When we arrived, there were NO parking space cause everyone was busy eating and getting wasted, with the string of restaurants and hotels along that area. Thinking that it was late (already 9+), that nobody will be issuing tickets at this ungodly hour (based on Australian standards), I decided to be lazy and just park at the taxi zone opposite the DVD store.
So happily both of us went in and selected our cheap DVDs only to realise my biggest horror when we were boarding our car. A white strap of paper on the bottom left hand corner of the wind screen. I thought to myself, SHIT, this can't happen! :( What can I say? SHIT HAPPENED! :'(
On my way back, I was cursing to myself. To think I still told YH that we should be fine given that it's late. I should have heeded the advice of YS & Botak to just stay home and study. For a moment, I thought about doing it the Singapore way. Write a letter with a pitiful plight of how I was suffering from diarrhoea and needed to relieve myself badly but had problems finding a carpark space, and given the fact that I am repentant and that it was my 1st offence, and plead for mercy. Then, I thought of the 10 commandments in the Bible, 'Thou shan't bear false testimony'. Boohoo, that got me resigning to my fate!
Then I thought of all the parking fines I had within the time I spent in Melbourne (less than a year). And I realised that with the $ I am feeding all these unsympathetic bullies, I could have done the following with all that $:
So happily, I lured my housemate, YH, to tag along, with the bait of $1 DVD storewide. Being the gullible daredevil, along with tomorrow being Anzac Day, yet another Australia public holiday, YH agreed with much enthusiasm.
When we arrived, there were NO parking space cause everyone was busy eating and getting wasted, with the string of restaurants and hotels along that area. Thinking that it was late (already 9+), that nobody will be issuing tickets at this ungodly hour (based on Australian standards), I decided to be lazy and just park at the taxi zone opposite the DVD store.
So happily both of us went in and selected our cheap DVDs only to realise my biggest horror when we were boarding our car. A white strap of paper on the bottom left hand corner of the wind screen. I thought to myself, SHIT, this can't happen! :( What can I say? SHIT HAPPENED! :'(
On my way back, I was cursing to myself. To think I still told YH that we should be fine given that it's late. I should have heeded the advice of YS & Botak to just stay home and study. For a moment, I thought about doing it the Singapore way. Write a letter with a pitiful plight of how I was suffering from diarrhoea and needed to relieve myself badly but had problems finding a carpark space, and given the fact that I am repentant and that it was my 1st offence, and plead for mercy. Then, I thought of the 10 commandments in the Bible, 'Thou shan't bear false testimony'. Boohoo, that got me resigning to my fate!
Then I thought of all the parking fines I had within the time I spent in Melbourne (less than a year). And I realised that with the $ I am feeding all these unsympathetic bullies, I could have done the following with all that $:
- Fly to Sydney
- Buy 20 or more bottles of Omega 3 oil pills
- Eat 20 kebabs
- Rent 100+ DVDs at $1 each
- Countless feasts
- Countless kopis
- Buy a new kopi maker
And the list goes on...
As if the night has not been traumatic as yet, I came home to YS telling me that my retain (work schedule depicting the jobs I had) has just been smacked with a 2 months job in May and June, where many are on AVAILABLE TIME.
Sigh, what can I say? It's a really bad day! :'(
As if the night has not been traumatic as yet, I came home to YS telling me that my retain (work schedule depicting the jobs I had) has just been smacked with a 2 months job in May and June, where many are on AVAILABLE TIME.
Sigh, what can I say? It's a really bad day! :'(
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