I missed a call when I went to pee and on my return, found that I was spammed with a slew of BlackBerry messages asking me to wake up, don’t sleep, reply and basically, I couldn’t sleep even if I wanted to. My dear friends made sure of that.
On calling back the aforementioned said person, she asked me excitedly if I have anything on tomorrow and if I’ll go Penang with them. Take note that they gave me exactly 12 hours notice. It so happened that a girl who was to go on the trip tomorrow backed out but the accommodation and air ticket was already paid for. Therefore, I just have to pay SGD 60 for “administrative purposes” and top up the difference for the then purchased ticket and the current price which is SGD 48 to go. And so after some deliberation, I agreed even though I envisaged a relaxing weekend just lazing in bed for prolonged period. This was to be the last trip, at least for quite awhile for the travelling group, as 2 of our friends are going back to Canada.
I packed some clothes and a few toiletries and left the rest to them to make the name change with Tiger Airways. We had to make any name change 4 hours in advance but it was already 10+ in the evening and Tiger Airways call centre had already closed for the day. Their opening hour is at 9 a.m. which means we definitely couldn’t make the name change in time for the flight due at 9.50 a.m. So a little disappointed after all the worked-up hype, I unpacked everything again.
In the midst, my friends called again.
This time, they told me in more words than I am going to explain here that they would really enjoy my company and would like me to join them which means they are going to get a new ticket for me and topped up the SGD 100 difference. I was feeling really embarrassed and offered to pay them back but they wouldn’t hear of it. And so the ticket had been booked, things finalized and I am going to Penang in a few hours. It touched me no end about the things that good friends would do for you and for the pleasure of your company. I am glad to have such friends by me and this entry is testimony that I am very grateful indeed.
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