The (Mis)adventures of (Rin)TinTin

Here I go again, making my life difficult and full of crazy antics. I entered Singapore last August 12, 2007 and was given a 30 day Social Visit Pass (although I have an EPEC, I still need to go to immigration to request for a longer stay). Guess what?! I forgot to file for an extension and my visit pass expires on Tuesday! Shit! So panic si ako! Pero dahil hi-tech na daw ang Singapore and given that they granted me an Employment Pass Eligibility Certificate (EPEC) valid for 2 years, no sweat, I can file for an extension online. Thank goodness! Saved by the net! Still, just to be sure, I woke up around 530AM today (which is an ungodly hour for me as I usually wake up at 9AM, hehe), just so I can be one of the first to arrive at the immigration office. Information desk told me I just need to wait for reply to my online application, ayos! It's lakwatsa time!

There's a huge, mega-sale at the Expo, 40 minutes away from nearest SMRT station. Grabe yung sale, 50-70% discount on books, clothes, food, etc (Gan sorry, di kasama gadgets)! So in typical Christine fashion, I got carried away buying cheap books and what-have-you's! Ayun! I went home carrying 3 very big, bulging and heavy plastic bags! And again, being the thrifty person that I am, I took the SMRT, where I had to transfer 3 times, instead of taking a cab kahit magkan-kubakuba na ako sa pagbitbit ng pinamili ko. Around 600-900 php din kaya aabutin pag nag-taxi ako noh! Haler! The weird thing was, halos everyone was looking at me and my beautiful grocery bags! Geez, ngayon lang ba sila nakakita ng taong maraming perang pang-shopping pero walang pang-taxi! Aiyoh! Pero I swear, gusto ko ng umiyak sa bigat ng dala ko at nagsisisi na ako sa kung anik-anik na pinamili ko. Pero 900 bucks for a cab?! Ugh! Di talaga kaya ng konsensya ko! As in! Huuuuwwwwaaaahhhhh!

Finally, I arrived at the flat where i'm staying at around 4pm. Yey! I can finally have lunch na tinake-out ko pa sa Burger King, walang upuan kaya had no choice but to take it home! So I dumped all my shopping bags on the floor, booted up my laptop and ate my burger while waiting to connect to the net. Hmmmm...... May job offer na kaya ako, I wonder. Ninuninuninuninu...... Nagconnect na rin after a few seconds (3.4mbps internet speed so feeling hi-tech ako kasi i'm only used to 50kbps back home), bilis! I opened my yahoo mail and wow! May reply na agad from immigration! Here's what the email said:

"Dear Sir/Madam,

After careful consideration, we regret to inform you that your application is not successful. You are required to leave Singapore on/before the expiry date of your current social visit pass.

Note:
Overstaying is an immigration offence. If you overstay, you may be subjected to a composition fine or prosecution in court.

(NOTE: THIS IS A COMPUTER GENERATED EMAIL AND DOES NOT REQUIRE A SIGNATURE. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.)"

Please excuse the following language but I think given my present situation, I have a right to it.

FUCKING SHIT!