Super duper...

I'm either an idiot or S'poreans are bad in giving directions!  I got super duper lost in Chinatown this morning trying to find Manhattan House (Chin Swee Rd) that looks like a 7 mins walk from Chinatown NEL.

Got a call yesterday afternoon that my degree has been received & my intention collect it @ 9am this morning (initially intended to be there arnd 8.30am but got delayed) went terribly migraine-inviting when I got super duper lost in a foreign place for half-an-hour!  By the time I reach the office, it was 9.30am and I'm super duper late for work, as I'd initially estimated to reach office latest by 10am (oh hell, who cares anyways, I stayed in office till 9.15pm the night yesterday)!

Nope, I didn't try to find my own way.  From the MRT station control itself, I started asking the staff who gave me a direction that could make me lose my sense of direction (haha!).  Then I asked a young chap with a donation tin.  He wasn't familiar.  In the midst of all the hunting for Manhattan House, I ended up calling the guy I was supposed to collect my degree from 3 times to ask for & verify directions...he probably tot I'm a foreigner!  He even called me once to check if I'm doing ok, coz I still didn't reach after 10 mins of him giving his 2nd direction!  Things went right when I decided to ask a foreman supervising a renovation @ the hawker ctr near OG.  From him, I asked another old man, who gave me such clear directions that included "u'll see a dumping bin!"  Sheesh!  I also sms-ed my colleague who orientated me over online streetdirectory (that's how we discovered it was abt 7 mins walk from Chinatown NEL!!) yesterday.  She was so productive, the moment she discovered I'm super duper lost, she asked where am I, and the moment I told her "I see Chin Swee Estate & I'm supposed to find a dumping bin!" ... she searched my location & told me that Blk 54 Chin Swee Rd is next to Manhattan Hse.  Guess where I was @ that time when I read her sms?  Looking @ Blk 52 & 54 of Chin Swee Rd ... staring @ a building ... wondering if I shld cross the road!  That sms really saved me from crossing the road & going against the wrong direction again ... I looked up at the building & guess what?  That was Manhattan Hse I was looking at!!!  Cheh!  Manhattan Hse sounds so posh ... but looks like Sim Lim Square building!

I finally got my degree @ 9.40am, with the name correctly written as SHARBINA MOHD ISMAIL!  Oh, did I tell u that Raffles Campus actually published a congratulatory column in TODAY's paper on Dec 5th (yeah that free-grab-from-the-street newspaper!).  I got the shock of my life when my name was published as MOHD ISMAIL, Sharbina!!!! I walked out of the office heaving a sigh of relief that it's FINALLY OVER!!

In the train, 1 young chap wearing track shoes lost balance & stepped on my left feet!! Ouch! I'm wearing "chapal" some more ... my feet is exposed!! That hurts!

Later after lunch, I started to feel pain in my shin (below the knee).  The pain got worst by the hour & by the end of the day (6pm) my feet cld hardly bear to touch the ground.  The best part is, I don't know why!

I'm having super duper migraine now ... just took panadol & plan to turn in early today (as in 10-ish, 11) ... it's almost midnight, what the hell am I doing here!? 

Oh ya, waiting for Ek Ladki Anjani Si (serial) on Sony!

CONCLUSION: Super duper boring Wednesday!