Can you see my husband?!? There on the right row, 7th person from the front - number 169.
Yeah, he took part in the challenge which started last Saturday, 4th November 2006 at Ngee Ann City. What an experience it was for him!! ....and for me.
We were there since 7am. I dropped him off at the side walk and he went for the registration while I looked for a parking space. I parked our car at Al-Falah mosque. Looked at the parking charges, from 5pm to 7am, it's $3 per entry. Then from 7am to 5pm, it was like hmm $1.80 for 1st hour, then $1.20 for subsequent half and hour. I went in at 6.55am, thinking that I will only be charged the per entry basis. Well...I was wrong!!
After accompanying my husband for the registration etc, I juz don't feel gd abt the parking charges. Went back to Al-Falah and asked the parking attendant. Well, the person there was juz a security guard and he said the parking cashier will be there at abt 9am. At that time, it was already 9.20am. Guess the person was late that day. So I waited and waited. At 9.30am, the cashier came. The person was a he-she. Talked to 'it' and 'it' explained that I will be charged the per entry basis for my 5 mins there (since I came in at 6.55am) and then they will switched to the per hour basis at 7am. I was shocked! Ran to my car to get it out of there as fast as I could so that I won't hv to pay more charges (these parking charges at Orchard Rd is really a blood-sucking assh*&#). I was charged $8.70 for that 2.5hr or so. Watde****! Darah terus up seh!
Ran through my list of parking charges that we printed out from LTA (and that was printed in 2005...mistake mistake..shld hv kept the updated version in the car!! Honey, remind me to print the latest list please)...saw the next cheapest parking rate at Shaw Tower, $2.50 per entry. So went there to park. But before I went in, I checked the parking charges again to make sure and true enough...it has changed!!! It was on the per hour basis on Saturday!! Arrgghhh...can't reverse coz there's a car behind me. No choice! Went into the carpark and went back out again. Lucky for me there was a grace period and I didn't get charged for that few minutes in the car park. If not...alamakkkkk...boleh sakit jantung sehhh....Thot of parking at Plaza Sing, but decided against it coz need to pass by the ERP gantry again. So parked beside Wheelocks Place. The coupon parking area there. Parked till 1.30pm and then later shifted my car again to Heeren coz after 1pm, Heeren charged $3 per entry. OMG! It was a race against time and the stupid ERP gantry and parking charges in Orchard Rd. This is Singapore! The PAP (Pay And Pay) society. Gosh!! Really hate Orchard area, esp the parking charges. So damn bloody expensive!! Arrgghhh!!! And being me! So damn bloody particular abt expenses...cekik darah betul!!!! Geram geram!
Other than the stupid parking charges, the rest of my day went well. Besides standing in the hot sun supporting my husb, went to and fro Al-Falah for prayers, went in to Taka for a quick bite at Mac Donalds and out in the hot sun again to support my husband. Didn't see any friends and relatives around to accompany me. Well, can't blame them..they might be busy jalan-jalan Hari Raya.
But at 3pm, I have my Hady Mirza to accompany me...hehehe...He came to perform for a short while. Managed to take his photo on my handphone. Wuhuuu...His voice...like I said previously..hai boleh cair aku...so damn powerful..his voice quality cam dgr from CD seh..powerdema!
Waited all the way alone till abt 8pm when my parents-in-law came. Phew!! At last there is somebody to talk to. Nothing much happens except to see that my husb is starting to feel the pain (it was shown all over on his face). Signalled to him to persevere and 'tahan' a while longer. Take hr by hr. At 10pm, my bro come to support after he knocked off from work. He saw that my husb was already in more pain (no more smiles on his face). I didn' want to see his face anymore coz I can't bear to and decided to shift our car to another parking place coz we need to get our car out of Heeren by 11pm. So I shifted to the carpark beside Citibank. While walking back to Ngee Ann City, I began to feel tired already. What do u expect? It was past my bedtime!!! Hehehe...
We waited till 1am coz that's the next break time. My parents-in-law gotta see how chaotic it was during the 5 mins break. Oh oh oh...I gotta tell u this. There was this one contestant, he actually took his food into the toilet!! I felt disgusted by it. Yucky!! After a few mins inside, he came out with his food and still eating it. OMG!! Eeeee yucks!!! Ok, that was the 'interesting' thing that happens during the 1am break. Heeee
After the break, my parents-in-law decided to go home. So I stayed with my bro. We kept talking and talking till suddenly, my bro said "Kak Ana, Abg Arfi dah give up!!" When I turned around, I saw my husb already walked out. So I guess that's it!! He must be very very tired and has tried his best.
So we went over to him. He needed a medic to treat his back pain. Took him a while to stand and walk again. U all imagine lah..aku yg kecik molek ni kena papah dia from Ngee Ann City to the carpark...koosmangat. Sayang punya pasal. Hehehe...Love you honey.
Though we were quite sad that we couldn't stay much longer, but we were satisfied that we made thus far. I'm so proud of him and will support him no matter what happens. Anyway, we will still try again next year and we have more support now coz my bro and my cousin's husb will also join us!! So anybody wanna volunteer to be our coach and trainer?
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