Hari Raya Preparation..1ST CLASS!

This was how my Hari Raya preparation went:

1. 2 wks before Hari Raya, on Mon (24 Oct), my 6-mth old AKIRA DVD Recorder decided to go dead.  Waited for a whole week for my leave to start on Mon (31 Oct) to send it for repair.  Finally on Fri (28 Oct), Dad was on leave, so he offered to send it to Sim Lim Square for repair..not w/o helping him settle some matters with HDB.  So it's now with AKIRA Service Centre (Jurong East).  Now I'm back to my AIWA DVD player.  Better than nothing.


2. 5 days before Hari Raya, on Sat (29 Oct) my 7-year old AIWA TV (if u're wondering, yes, I'm an AIWA fan!) decided to end its life.  Interestingly, the night before after I removed my DVD Recorder, I was happily watching TV and today when I switched it on, there is no power!!  It left me w/o saying G'bye!  Unlike the last time...it exploded with an explosion scene. 5 years back in Y2K, I was watching "MISSION KASHMIR" in my room.  Those who have seen it wld recall a scene where Sunjay Dutt was singing a song to pacify his angry wife and as soon as his wife slammed shut the door, his room exploded (there was a time-bomb in his briefcase which he left it in his room)...sending Sunjay flung a floor down!  With the explosion, my TV exploded as well...and went dead.  Anyways, back to the future, I paged Uncle Choo (our TV repairman), but he nvr returned call.  I paged so many times, I've nvr even paged for my boyfriend(s) that many times!  How dare you Uncle Choo ... u nvr returned my call!  Dad is so convinced that I shld not waste my $$ and just get a new TV (a repair wld cost me $50 at least).  In the afternoon, after I spring-cleaned my room, Mom & I went to recce TV @ Tampines (Gain City, Courts & Best).  Cheapest: $280 (flat screen).  At night, Dad drove us to Mustaffa Centre.  We spent almost 1/2hr just hunting for a parking space.  I told him to just go home & forget abt it..but he was determined.  So eventually, we parked quite a distance away from Mustaffa.  Dad wanted to sponsor an AKIRA TV (incidentally, he's an AKIRA fan..ya ya ya..no prize for guessing who gave me the AKIRA DVD Recorder!). It was a btr choice @ Mustaffa, price & variety wise.  Eventually, I got myself a JVC semi-flat screen for $180.  Guess what?!  Dad took pity on me & paid for it nevertheless.  God bless him with loads of wealth.  Ameen! *wink*


3. 4 days before Hari Raya, on Sun (30 Oct), I was happily finishing up the final spring-cleaning of my room.  Later at night, after I prayed and bent down to fold my prayer mat/robe, I saw a small heart-shaped gold.  Eh...looks familiar, where have I seen it?  Looks like one of my old pendant.  Oh shittt!!! It's an ornament from my bracelet!!  Arrrggghhhh!!! Now I need to make a trip to Geylang for soldering.  Oh, btw, Mom went out with Dad today to Mustaffa to search for his belt.  So she offered to send it for soldering for me.  It came back alright, not too pleased with the workmanship...but guess, since it broke at a delicate location, this is the best they can salvage it!

Do I attribute these to Halloween?! Heeheehee... On a serious note, I wonder what else is in store for me...if only I had a crystal ball to see my future.