A surprise.. gone the long way
Nov 7 10.00am:The 'stuffs' were packed into a yellow-ish beige colored envelope, those kind which you will use to send resumes with. I still hold a balance of probably 10 (now 9) ... it should still stay that way till I get the big envelope in the coming March (bosses, watcha!). Initially wanted to get a $1.95 box from Singpost. But it was too big to hold the little 'stuffs' I had. Go back to office and get weird stares & interrogations for taking home shredded pieces of customer information? Back to Orchard to buy more stuff and in the end spending several hours not knowing what to get? Be hardworking enough to take over the job of the shredder and tear up a stack of newspapers? Argh.. forget it lah!
I satisfied myself with the placement of the 'stuffs' with the resources I found. Read that the Japanese, in the past, will always place their country first, before the address, and lastly, the intended recipient's name. Wanted to do just that, but it looks abit weird:
Singapore XXXXXX
Eastern part of the island
Level/Floor of residence
Recipient
Came to a decision to move the first line to the third. Wonder who invented the way to write SG address where the postal code will always occur after "Singapore". This is so unlike the many international addresses that I have came across thus far in my past 1 year plus of work.
Nov 7 1.30pm:
Parcel was weighed, and a $1-stamp stuck to its upper right corner. Since it wasn't a very thick parcel, maybe ard the width and length of half a piece of A4, and height of 2.0 - 2.5 cm, I wanted to play at my chances of getting it through as a normal post instead of registered mail. Happy that it went through the not-very-big holes of the post, I frowned slightly at the sight of the schedule. 1 hour past the stipulated collection time by Mr Postman.
Nov 8:
Parcel collected by Mr Postman (should be lah.. according to 'plan'). By 8pm, it should have already landed in the giant chutes of Singpost, waiting to be sorted.
Nov 9:
No news yet. Parcel must be still resting in the Aljunied premises of Singpost. Because of the sequence I put down the recipient's name? Heng I didn't write Singapore first, I think it will take an even longer period of time to be 'decrypted' and delivered. Alright, I shall presume that it is in the midst of being sorted.
Nov 10:
Still no news. Okie Okie.. STILL being sorted... afterall, not many people will write the mailing address & recipient's name in the way I do.
Nov 11:
Parcel probably ended up in the bag meant for despatch. Going home!
Nov 12 anytime before 4.00pm:
Parcel drops into intended recipient's mailbox.
Nov 12 4.50pm:
Status confirmed. Conclusion derived.
"So your dollar goes the distance although you never need to." -- Singpost
How very true... My one dollar stamped parcel went through a great deal of time and effort to reach my recipient! Tsk Tsk Tsk .... TSK
posted by slingwoof @ 11/12/2005 06:27:00 PM
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