Orange and Poppyseed Muffin

Baked 12 Orange & Poppyseed Muffin this afternoon.........
The appearance is okay, but the taste is not as good as those in the cafes. I decided to give half a dozen to Clara as her b-day present. hahaha. (Great to know Vegetarian eats muffins, too) Poor Clara...became my "white mouse". Hopefully, your stomach won't get upset!! :P Catched up with Clara tonight @ Ten Ren Tea Place. So surpised that she has travelled to lots of places such as Egypt, Turkey, Spain, Morocco...... Wish to go travelling, too!!

So happy....Janice is going to give her "Siamese Fighter to me". O well....I just told her about killing a Siamese Fighter in 1 week. She was so surpised and said " It is a hard task...!!"


Notes: I want to watch "Mr & Mrs. Smith, too" Pls wait for me Guys...:P

Salsa-one two three, five six seven

'Crab' Dinner

Had a great "Crab-feast" last night with Venus, Kanice, How and Darrly @ Fook Yuen Seafood Restaurant. Give a big applause to Venus...Thanks for organising this for us. I had a great time last night, especially the "Malay-Canto" Translation. I just couldn't stop laughing!!!!  I never know Kanice can be so entertaining........

Street Latin-Salsa

It's so fun to learn dancing. Enjoying my Salsa (private) class today. O Well....No one attended today's class because of the LONG WEEKEND. It's great to pay only $14 for a private lesson which worth $50. I was learning the basic steps (1,2,3 & 5,6,7), swing and also the movement of my hip. Bought a CD-La Salsa Metalica from my dancing instructor and hope to familiarize myself with the rhythm.

BreadTop-Sydney Branch

Hurray..Breadtop in Melbourne opened a Sydney branch, which means I don't have to travel to Melbourne just for the "Green Tea Red Bean Bun". It's so sad that they were all sold out when I went to Breadtop after my dance class.

Such as small world! Bumped into TC & his sister near Town Hall station and then bumped into LC-my former flatmate and FS in EasyWay.

Notes: So HAPPY to hear from...Clara. She is back from Korea.

POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE INCIDENT I, II & III

Email-Paris

So happy...Just received an email from my cousin, Luanna. She accompanied my cousin-in-law to a cardio conference in Paris and just got back to Vancouver. Not sure if they went to the Eiffel Tower-wish to go there someday. What a coincidence? I was reading a short article this afternoon about a new plan to build below the foundations of the tower, which included the development of five underground levels.

Poor Customer Service Incident 1

Accompanied Y to look for a leather jacket yesterday. Walked into a shop @ QVB

Salesman said " I will show you what's good for you and what are you looking for?"
Y said " I want a black leather jacket about waist length..."
Salesman said " This is too short for you.....Should be hip length and try this one"
Y said " I looked like a matrix...So tight"
I said " hahaha....Not too bad"
Salesman said " this is the latest design.....V fashionable"
Y said " I think I want to try that one-pointing to another one with a classic design"
Salesman said " I think you have a bad taste....That one is not in fashion now"
Y said " I want something classic..."
Salesman said " So, what do you want then. This moment you want something classic, another moment you want something tight and short"
Y was whispering to me " His service is so bad.....#%^&"
I commented " he acts like a boss "

Poor Customer Service Incident 2

Walked into Mxxx's Versace counter

Versace Saleslady was chatting with a saleslady in another cosmetic section. She just left the section unattended and never notice that we were waiting for her.

Y said " I want a refill of this make-up powder box"
Saleslady said "We don't have refill"
Y said " errr...But the saleslady in duty-free shop told me that there were refill."
Saleslady said "What do you want?"
Y showed her the make-up powder box
Saleslady said " Let me check the serial no from the shelf"
Y asked " How much is it ?"
Saleslady said "$88..."-still chatting with another saleslady
Y said "errrr may be just leave it"
Saleslady just handed over the make-up powder box and continued with her conversation with the another saleslady.
Y commented " She is so rude and impolite"
I said " yes....just tried somewhere else"

Poor Customer Service Incident 3

Wanted to catch bus to St Leonards with Y together @ night-more time to chat. We just ran to Stand C bus stop when we saw there was a bus there.

Y paid for her bus ticket
I said to the bus driver " Can I get a ticket to St Leonard's Station"
Bus-driver said "NO"
I said " errr....St Leonards..?"
Y said " Errrr. ...This is not 290?
Bus-driver said " This is 288"
Y asked " Can I get a refund?"
I said " Never mind...Bye and take care. I will take the train instead"
Bus-driver complained " You guys have 4 eyes....Still don't know what bus to take and then want a refund because your friend can't take this bus"-Remember there are 2 other passengers waiting on the bus steps.
Y got the refund and said " He is so rude....."
I commented "....It's not your day"


Notes: Any of you think these kind of customer services are acceptable??

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8:30 am

my Siamese Fighter is not breathing anymore-full of sorrow-fully responsible for that-it's just only 1 week . I sensed that last night.......

he is not eating;
he is not swimming but steady-going;
he has trouble with breathing;
changed more than 1/3 of water;
he still doesn't take any food.

6:40 pm

had a chat with Yvette-OO well! it's not a joke-my fish died after 1 week.

Yvette said " You will kill your fish if you changed the water straight away from the tap. You need to wait for 3-4 hours "
I said " I didn't know that....I have added Armour Coat to remove chlorine, flouride and heavy metals from tap water. "

Sigh...can't believe we are giggling about my stupidity.

Yvette asked " Are you going to get another fish".
I said " I won't get another fish yet...don't want to kill another one before my b-day".
I continued " Fortunately, I took pictures/ video of my fish..but haven't given him a name".
Y said " Good for memories...just watched the video-hahaha"
I said-giggling " why are we laughing?-this is a sad thing"
Y said-giggling " are u okay?"
No response-I couldn't stop giggling

Notes: I will go to Pets Paradise today...lots of enquiries.