My "sleeping partner" friend Zzzzzz

Had checked out 5 travel agencies this morning. the cheapest flight by Northwest for 1 ticket is S$975. So, had smsed LP to tell her about my find.

LP: Ok, Friday we go book and make my visa.

(OMG...isnt it agreed she shld do her homework too?! She think she dont need to do her homework anymore coz ive already checked it..)

Me: can you pls check somemore prices before we decide where to buy?

LP: my friend say go chinatown and check, coz can compare prices on the spot.

Me: Fri i cant make it coz i got shipment. Or you go to check on Friday, bring your passport along. If any agency quotes you less than S$975, you can book the ticket and do your visa on the spot. I can go to there on Monday to buy the ticket. Also, pls check the Yen rates when you are at Chinatown, they sometimes have better rates. You will need to monitor Yen rates from now so when you ask, you know if the money changer is overcharging you"

LP: This Sat u want to meet me? (Think she meant to change Yen together. See, she dont know hw to monitor the rates and hope i bring her to change yen on Sat"

Me: Cant meet this Sat coz im meeting my ex-colleagues. No hurry to change Yen. Just ask ask only since you are at that area.

LP: ok

Me: For the trip to Osaka, i am going to nature places and not shopping. Do you want to plan your own trip in Osaka? (Really need to buck up and plan herself)

LP: I am ok, go there relax

(Zzzzz everything shui bian again..sianz)

Super Jia lat rite??

It is like, either she follow the wrong person(me) or i asked the wrong person (her) to go with me

SY, you are right, she is not enthu at all. She just want to follow and tats it.. Somemore, 1st time going Japan, shld make her own trip more fun by planning her itinery rite? She is doing neither. All she does is waiting for me..buay tahan siar!~

Go drink green tea liao!~ To Cool myself down!~

Xuan, dun be angry lah

Wah Xuan, your reaction with my friend LP is very fierce leh!~ Cool down..

i was very pissed when she replied my sms saying "no thanks, i would prefer to go shopping". Insult X-Japan!~ She do not understand at all that so many fans are dying for the tickets!~

Seriously, dont think she know what shows she is watching too. I mean 3/28 (Fri) and 3/30 (Sun) she is watching the concert. So, the interval (Sat), she will missed it. What if the concert is in a continual sequence? Like the 2000 LS final act, it is sequeal of Part 1 and 2. Well, it wont bother her.

If i ask her now which X shows she is watching, dont think she is able to answer me. She said last time "i go Japanese concerts only to kai kai yan jie".

She wants to go to any one of the Gazette's concert. So, as usual, i will have to make all the planning.

This afternoon, she called me after i informed her tat ive emailed her her trip's schedule (blank slots for her to fill up where she want to go), so i took the chance to inform her to check out her own air tickets too. On Friday, then we can decide which agency is the cheapest, then we go there and buy our tickets together!! Moreover, she needs to apply travel visa (Coz she is a Malaysia), so if i buy for her, den how to do visa? i also dunno this process. So, it would be better if she can buy it herself.

Me: Can you call a few travel agencies and tell them you are looking for 1 air ticket, from 3/27 - 4/12 (or watever date u want to come back) by only NorthWest, the 6am flight? Then tell her you need to apply visa also. Like that is faster rather have to wait for me.

LP: huh, if i buy myself, then are we taking same flight? If not, if different flight, then how *starts to panic*?

Me: of coz same flight lah, ive already told you which airline and the timing wat. Isnt it will be same flight? If not same flight, can also wait at the airport one wat,,why so worried?!

LP: Oic,,wat if different seatings how??

Me: Pls lah, seat is when you go check in, they will let u choose. Not print on the ticket when you buy. If you come early, you have more choices of seats. We will be checking in together, of coz sit together!" (she travels to China and HK before BUT she didnt notice such system...sigh!~) Oh well, if i sit alone, i am ok with it.

LP: Oic..

Me: .... ....( busy pissing off in my brain mailto:&^$@!*&^)

Wonder wat wld she do if she got lost in Japan and cannot find me? Like tat die liao lah,,cannot come home?!~ Think I will tell her to bring her passport with her always..if she cant find our guesthouse, worst come to worst, she can directly go to the airport, buy an air ticket to go home *evil i know*

Our Osaka trip is only 3 days, 4th day going back to Tokyo because she has little time. Too short for me. I think after she goes home, i go to osaka myself. Mayby book a 2 nite of ryokan at a kyoto mountain top and stay with the monks?! hahaha. Read a guidebook and it says they have such service!~ Im kinda curious to try it. It must be very interesting and peaceful coz have to wake up at 5am, do chanting with them and take vegetarian food. It is such a refeshing experience!~ Let alone watching sunrise with the monks at mountain top!~ I like to try out new stuffs.

Those 3 days at Osaka must be chionging those shopping malls..so sianz..i prefer to chiong those nature places. If i were to tell her tat i wont be going to Osaka to shop, she will be very pissed with me. If im bad, i can just ask my Osaka friends to bring me to those scenic places and she can go shopping alone?! Well, cant lah,, too selfish of me. Nvm, i go and look for that famous Like An Edison shop in Osaka. They have a branch there, i think. I havent get all the jrock shops address ready,,haiz,,,

I am soo anal and grumpy!~

YEAH! ^^v

My friend has finally replied. It was GREAT NEWS!

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The X-Japan's ticket was announced today.

I was elected. (3/29x4)

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And my friend LP, has confirmed she is not going to this show. She said it is too expensive. She would rather go shopping. Oh well.... tats is good news for other X fans. Had told my friend to sell away her ticket.

My good luck is coming,,weeezzzzz~~ ^^V

Pray tat the Mother faster pay me!!~~

JRR X-Japan ticket - strike one!~

I've won 1 piece of X ticket for the 3/28 show from the JRR application. The problem now is, my fren is bidding pair sets for me..now i have 1 piece and this piece have to go to the venue to collect it with my passport. If i take this piece, i cant be with my friend who is going to this show with me..we wld be separated...cant sell to international fans coz it must be claimed with my passport..very troublesome. At least, my pair will be delivered to my house. The release date for all ticket is before 3/14. I will increase my bids to err, US$220 ba..and see how

So had smsed vonnie if she is interested in this ticket. she havent reply. she must be considering now. The JRR piece is US$135. Just pop by ebay and saw a Japanese selling 1 piece of 3/28 for US$250.. But then, buy one ticket for just one show is kinda silly coz go all the way there liao,,and only watch one show?!

My friend LP (who wants to go with me on this trip) was surprised to know X is having a 3rd concert. I told her on Sunday (she just came back fm M'sia - CNY trip) and her reaction was "huh, wah so many shows arh,,like tat, total tickets are so expensive leh."

Haiz,,if total i have to pay S$1000 for the 3 nitez, i also feel worth it. She finds it too ex. So, i told her "if got the 3rd nite's tickets, i will sell yours away". She say "see how lah". I would be pissed if she wants to go to the 3rd show and kept complaining the tixs are ex.

Quite disappointed by her reaction..she like "follow wind",,i said go X, she said Ok. Now, got extra show, she like sianz while all X fans are so happy. @_@" Perhaps other X fans are thankful if she dont go?! Coz she deprived them of the tickets for all shows...haiz....

Despite LP going with me on this trip, she pratically does nothing on her part. I told her before CNY that she can start planning her itinery based on how many days leave she can acquire. Till today, she didnt plan any.

I told her yday that Yen dropped a little and all she immediately say is "izzit, ok, let's faster go buy JR pass." She didnt monitor the yen movement and didnt think maybe tomorrow or next week may drop further?!! She smsed me yesterday tat her boss let her take leave from 3/27 - 4/11. She has to start work on 4/14. So, i replied her "ok, i go find air tickets". She replied "ok". Huh, just Ok? She should help out to find the air tickets rite?? Coz on Sun, i told her i plan to go for one month and if she has shorter trip, we will be buying different air tickets. Sigh,,super jia lat...

Da most jia lat part is..ive also told her before CNY that if she has shorter trip, our schedule wld be different except on days when we go for concerts. So, our itinery will be much different and i gave her jnto.jp site to check out where she wld like to go. Till today,nothing planned or informed where she wants to go. Ive told her many places i wun go coz ive been there before. She is like a "sleeping partner" for this trip.

Japan's railway gets on my nerves very much and imagine when we are there, she has to wait for me to find the way and do Everything? (She thinks tat i know Everything about Japan or the Railways system is like our MRT? *typical Sporean thinking?!*). I dont know if i can tahan her,,i cant tahan her now...

i want to go to Kyoto. They have alot of nature places like rice padi fields and bamboo forests with monastry at mountain tops. Just spending my days there idling would be great..but LP dont have time for all these,,she prefers shopping and is rushing for time,,,then how?!~ If i ask her to DIY the whole trip except to meet me for concerts, she may feel im selfish. Afterall, it is her first time there (but my fourth) and dont want her to feel abandon. This tirp is more like buying trip and relax trip for me..tats all. Not a leisure trip or tourist trip.

I wonder if i had asked the wrong person for this trip? Or am i really being a self-centered ass?!

For that Saga, the mother emailed yesterday to ask for more grace period coz she needs more time to find the $$$. After some consideration, had extended it for one week to 3/7. So, total 3 weeks. If force her to pay by 2/29,,if she dun have $, also cant pay de..so might as well give her one more week. Glad this stupid saga is coming to an end..it was like a hard fight battle. At least, if get back this $, can pay part of my air ticket or something...

Hi Christine, sorry to hear the week didnt start good for u..perhaps 2 days of no-so-good days and 5 days of great days are on the way!~~ Dont feel down okay? And keep yourself healthy too. ^___^ Hope today went well for you.

SY,,the nick "Xuan" is overally cutie for you. Got 2 customers who had the same name with Xuan in it, so i tot u r one of them..lolz... Yes, the standard of living in Japan is high but den,,im dont see myself doing much of shopping (i think i dread it coz ive passed that crazy shopping period of my life XD), except for jrock stuffs, which is my joy.

Most Japanese clothings are too petite for me (their sizes are more for you and Christine <3),>

My friend havent emailed me the results of the 3rd show from the Yoshiki mobile..it was out today at 1pm JPT..looks like chances are slim and maybe she is planning hw to break the bad news to me...

The mother will pay

The Mother:

okay..then.
i will pay the full amount.
is ther a way u can put the case on hold till i pay for everything?
i promise i will pay!
how long do the case gonna take?
and when are they gonna come?Visual Shoxx wrote:
We will only close the case after we receive the full amount by Western Union. This amount is too big for us , just like it is to you.

VS:

Your daughter can sell them online at jrock forums to earn back the money to pay you for her debts. She can price them any price but not us. We pay so expensive for all the items and it is brand new when we sold them. We cant let the price slide.

We cannot accept paypal from your account anymore as we are concerned that the same thing happen again.

We will close the case once we receives the full payment by Western Union. We will keep our promise.

We understand it is not your fault and you will do your best to handle this case.

We are already being very kind. We hope you can understand.

The Mother :

can't you do this just this time..
i am truley sorry for all of this again.
so i just need to pay that amount you say?
so much money? but will try to reach taht amount?
can i just sent to you through pay pal instead if i do pay?
if i were you i would take back the items and just let it slide even though its lots of money..
srry but i am begging you again close the case please and will pay that amount then as soon as i can.(if you close the case)

The mother is scared of the police now..

They are either American Koreans or American Japanese, tat's why their English is not fluent. Since "the mother" say she will pay, will see wat happens. She didnt realised the total amount has balloned coz all comes in small chunks like S$100+, S$200+. S$50 etc.. she said in the past emails "they are not made by me, of coz i dispute it". Tat's why had to say "There is no smoke without fire". Still, dunno she understand anot coz it might be too difficult for her to deduce.

Hey Xuann, are you Samantha? Yah, not sure if it is one person behind all these? And not sure why the daughter is away now and going away soon?! All like so drama...

Oh, didnt know ebay changes their policy..thanks for informing Christine. It is always the sellers at risk. We must be more careful now. You are so right, who will throw away their PS company goods??~ We have been like going around in circles because of this saga. The mother's replies always made us fumes coz it is non-constructive and only defends her daughter with all her "I dont knows". Are you feeling better now? Yes, the upcoming week will be a better one for you.

It is also maddening that she didnt do anything when she receives those Paypal receipts. Wonder if she experienced the same issue, meaning her girl sprees at somewhere and she repeats this same cycle of denying all payments and tell the sellers this same old story like what she did to us?

Glad Shivon had received the earrings on time ^^ The timing was great. USA post always takes very long..more than 10days on average. Europe takes 3 days on some days but not more than 6days. Sorry to hear about Caiko's gift seller. Perhaps she really forgotten about it.. :(

Yesterday 2 customers asked if we can do japan auction for them. hmm,, will explore this option. It seems like a hassle thingy though but we think alot of people are interested in japan auctions. Will check with our agent in japan.

The results for the 3rd X japan show will be out this coming Tue. It is an exciting moment and i will wait patiently for my fren's email. I hope Not to get "i was defeated" in the mail. T.T

Had checked out that some guest house in Japan where you can rent bed or room (dormintory). It is quite cheap, less than SGD$1000 per month, but must book at least 1 month or more. Hmm..think shall try to book one month, den go there do shopping service for customers and earn some living expenses? Dunno also, coz im not sure which ATM can draw Yen using foreign Plus Card/Cirrus card. Scully cannot..den ppl pay me at posb but i cant draw it there.. T.T

If can draw Yen using our atm cards, den can provide this service liao...if the response is good..then will consider uproot and move our base there?! Afterall, it is better and faster coz dun need to wait for the items to come to Singapore and pay the shipping fees. Moreover, 80% of our customers are foreigners. Shipping from Japan to International is cheaper than shipping from Singapore. It is because of Singpost charges 20% fuel surcharge on the postage for all outbound packages. Crazy rite? That's why, alot of foreigners dread ordering magazines from us. I feel for them too. Also, can buy tour goods and ship immediately,,dun need to wait for soooooo long or for PS Online shop to list them...something new and different way of life for me. it is doing wat i love and loving wat i do.

Vonnie, you can join me there after you graduate. Then u can shop for customers. Perfect job for u rite? I think you would be very happy..see ur babies concert and shopping too. XD Thanks for your kind thoughts of hoping i get the X tickets :). Why u want to open mee siam stall? u like mee siam? I love laksa..lolz..but F & B line very hardship de... but this line wun die if ur food is good. Like the nasi lemak stall opp my house, the owners now own the stall, a banglow and 3 other branches islandwide. Happening rite? Once i read another local satay seller. He's so successful tat he owns banglows too..

Your theme of cafe will be very successful in Japan. The Japanese can take literally any "shit" you throw to them. No joke when i say "shit". Any Indies bands tat debut there can make it (they have their own followers). They accepts creative ideas readily and loves casual living. Their spending power also makes them know how to enjoy life and pay top dollars for almost anything. I want to go there sell sugar cane juice, coz i like sugar cane juice and i din see anyone seller there yet. Maybe you can open a mee siam stall there, then i sell sugar cane in ur stall..

Think in life, it is more about fulfilment and servicing other people. It would be even better if it is your passion. Got a friend who works in Hewlet Packard Singapore for 3 years in middle management. She draws more than S$5k per mth. After the 3rd yr, she quit the job and work in a tattoo shop as a tattoo artiste drawing S$2.5k, have to work retail hours (long and no weekend offs). Everytime i walk pass her shop, she glows with happiness. She said she invested alot during her HP job, so she is depending on her investments for retirements etc. She has created a life she wants to lead and is very happy about it. She's darn cool. She also tattoos both her arms without being bothered by wat ppl will say about her. When young, it is better to plan how to create a life you want to lead..not wait till "after i retire".

Once i saw a man (maybe 60years old?) on the train. He was reading this book "How to lead a satisfying life" something like tat. I was thinking "was he not happy with how he lived his life so far. But it is like half century had passed by for him. Did he regret the way his life is spent?". All these questions pop out in my mind. I dont want to end up like him, so scary. I want to be like my tattoo friend. She is an extra ordinary example that im trying to model.

Sad day for a protective mother

Now, she found 18 items!~

The mother:

i have found all the items and if i returned it in behalf of hers will the claim be closed..
can u cancel the case, i will return all the items and i think are are couple more but think she may have lost them.. what is the address i need to send to?i will also send you some other things including what you are selling and hope that this will help even though its not on yr site..i am truly sorry. and can u list all the items and the address to send to?
thank you and may u close the case please and will send all the items and extras so this wont happen again andi will be careful. and if items we dont have then i will send you something that is related to what u have on yr site!! please i beg of you..

VS:

Hi,

Gosh, why should we pay for her dishonesty? Isnt as parents, you should be responsible for her actions? It is very very bad for you to tell us to pay for her dishonesty. We are not her parents.

She has caused so much trouble and money for us since December when all her bills are denied and were deducted from our Paypal account. We need this money for all our goods and shipping fees. We are Not a Charity Company. Do you feel it is right for us to pay for her after all these troubles and losing of big $?

What is the use of sending us the items? It becomes 2nd hand now and it is already old items. Nobody will buy these from us. If you were us, do you take back?

Sorry to say, but this is a very bad way to teach your children. They will never learn the lesson on life and may go cheating again. She should go find job and repay you the money.She must be taught to be responsible for her dishonest action. It is unfortunate you are not teaching her this way.
Pls do not beg us. Pls plan now with your daughter how the S$580 can be repay before 29th feb. We obviously dont want her to go to jail too. That is why, we allow the payment till 29th Feb. If we are bad, we send all the documents tomorrow. We are kind enough.

After 1st March, we will submit all the documents to USA.

We view this cheating very seriously.

Pls do not beg us.

The mother:

Hi,


please i beg of you..close this case..
i will do anything?
the amount is just too much..
i can return the items since i see some in her room.
please? i beg you..
i seriously dont want her to go to jail,
so why dont you pay for her dishonesty..please..i am willing to return some of the items we have now. please. i beg of you.
i have the 18 items as i counted..
would theat be undestandable?

VS

Sorry, we cannot close this case until the full amount is paid. Otherwise, we should pay for your daughter's dishonesty?

She do not need to possession the credit card. All she need is to copy down your card number and expiry date that's all. From there, she goes online to do shopping. It is very easy to cheat this way. Perhaps you cannot believe she did all these. No parents can 24hrs keep track of their Children. She can easily commited these when she is in school, after she got your credit card number etc. Kids today are smarter than their parents think.

She must have kept all the items, since she has opened up that package. If she is honest, she will return it to us and tell you she did receive our package when you asked her. But she didnt. This shows she has signs of dishonesty. She cant throw them away coz she loves Alice Nine and Miyavi. Which fan will throw it away? We think the police will search your house for all the items.

The signing shipping papers all are the proofs we have and it is very easy for the police to handle. We also have all her emails (she created other email accounts that she didnt tell you). The police can check the Internet Providers address. It will show your home address. This is the proof too.

She is a young adult and must be responsible for her all her actions. She has to learn her lesson.

It is a very serious cheating crime. She will either stay a few weeks in jail or pay heavy fines with criminal record.

We are sure paying the S$580 is cheaper than the police case.

The Mother:

i am sorry but i can't make that amount of payment.
its too much and i dont even have that amount.
she is not here right now,she comming back on monday.she left this moring on a trip.
i am pretty sure she did not order anything from your site because i watch every move.
and she don't have posission of my card or my accounts.so how? besides signing it.
i am sorry for that. please dont cause her any trouble, i feel like she might do something horible if she goes to jail or somthing. all the items i saw are opened..she only has few but dont know what happened to others item,may be threw them away or somthing.
please can u just close this case and promise i will watch very carefully from now on. my regards to you.i will never allow this to happen. besides she is leaving away soon.so i check everything.

The mother feels she need not pay for the items her daughter has thrown away? She still cannot believe how her daughter got her credit card number. Said she watched her every move and it is impossible her girl bought things from us? How is it possible? She can only watch her when she is at home, not her outside activities and online activities. Moreover, she is away now. Who knows where she is doing her shopping spree now? Her daughter is obviously dishonest. The poor mother still believes her daughter has only one email account...which being has only 1 email account?

She dont know the trouble her daughter had caused us for the past 3 months and now asking us not to create trouble for her daughter.
Paypal even did a revesal of funds when we just withdrew it to our bank account. This amount (S$400+) was stopped and move back to paypal coz they need to deduct $ from our account due to this issue! How angry was that? We need the funds to run our biz and in the end, we have take it from our own pocket to pay for customer's orders.

This reminds me of a neighbour's story.

They had only one daughter and her dad drives her to fro from school and to pratically all her outside activities. They thought they knew what their daughter's every move. One day, the girl came home and infom her parents she is pregnant. Imagine the horror expression on her parent's face? This is a very good example of how it is impossible for parents to keep track of their kids every move.

Does your parent know your every move? My parents doesnt.

Now is the internet age, it makes it even tougher for parents to keep track of their kids.

Light and easy

Something light after the saga...

resting

"oh, the postman is calling"

"Wah, parcel again. Wat's inside?"

waiting for my reply

" got gaze anot?"

"dun have lah, only have snacks"

Just realised ive left these 2 items (it is Sapporo soya sauce noodles and lemon bubble chocolate" at a corner of my room and forget to bring it for some customers..haiz.. the bubble chocolate is funny. Once received a chocolate flavour but eat and didnt see small bubble inside. Now, i see it in different flavour and hope it has bubble this time.

Super busy today. luckily guren arrived at 9.45am. so, in time for the meet up, and also pack for overseas shipping. was like a bull today coz so long never carry so many items. they are very heavy coz got alot of mags. took cab and when arrived at cityhall around 12.25pm, a bee (my nick for customers..lolz) rushed to me suddenly and said " u need help anot?"..abit shocked coz she came out fm nowhere!~ I said dun need lah,,coz oni 3 steps to the spot. she is a hide fan.

Glad Vonnie's arrived today too. Your worries are unfounded. You so fast put on the gaze's hp strap liao? Saw your fixing it onto ur keitai.

thanks to SY and vonnie for following up the dishonest customer drama. now abit relieved coz the mother found something in one of her girl's room. Still, dunno if she will still side with her gal and say she didnt order. Perhaps it is how parents feel? It is because she is very shocked. Nonetheless, it is good tat thru this incident, she can know her daughter better (and teach her better?).

Scully can take back this $$ but lost da X tickets??haiz,,,zhen shi de.. my fate is in the hands of their ticketing lottery system!~~ for the 1st 2 shows, still no progess yet,,always kena over run by other bids near closing. Actually X-Japan concerts are priceless ,,, it is my pocket that determines the price,,sigh... hard to beat those richie rich Japanese..haiz..

tml must sleep the whole day to reward myself for today's hardwork,,hahaha!~