Argh....

The stupid renovation cheque. Our condominum regulations stipulate that prior to any renovation being conducted we have to put a $500 cheque deposit to guard against damage to common property. They return the cheque after the renovation is completed.

Of course I had to forget to record the cheque number down. And the stupid management people have now seemed to have missplaced the cheque! Horrors!

Of course the best thing is to cancel the cheque, which by the way isn't FREE...$30 if done by the bank staff and $15 if done by phone banking... but OF COURSE you need the cheque number!!! Argh.. I could just about kill myself.

I thought : hey, why not just look through the entire statement and cancel the ONE cheque that hasn't been banked in yet... BUT of course I forgot to take the stupid banking device for internet banking with me this morning!

On a lighter note. I had a great day with Madison yesterday, we managed to go shopping in Orchard road for a gift for Mia, my cousin's 6month old daughter in Sydney. It is a rare occasion that I would take Madison to town by myself... but we did ok. I tried using the Ergo carrier initially but she was struggling and wanting to ride the escalators, so we were using it on and off. I went to the Gap shop in Wisma and was able to browse while Madison amused herself with a full length mirror in the shop. She would occasionally pull some items off the shelf but fortunately it was a quiet afternoon so the staff weren't too pissed about it.

After I had successfully paid for the items I decided to take a coffee break and the easiest shop .. sob sob was MOS burger.. so sad.... but it was the closest. Just when we had both settled down to a booth to drink .. GUESS what!! I left my card wallet back at the Gap store!!! I could DIE.

So .. up we were AGAIN. Thank goodness the wallet was still at the shop, kept by the kind staff at Gap. Sigh.

Today.. I wanted to post the said item to my cousin... ARGH... the post office is pretty hopeless. It was a toss between the Takashimaya branch or the newly renovated one at Killiney road. For novelty sake I chose the latter. What a ridiculous waste of time. The staff this afternoon were really slow and clueless. I didn't get anywhere near my queue number after a good 20 minutes of waiting. Despite the crowd they were actually still trying to sell DVD players to customers instead of just doing their job!

So I still have to go to the post office later... sigh...