Day 03 - RIP

okay, bottomline is :- again, i failed!
was doing good this morning until 11ish. i couldn't help but ate the breakfast provided by the company. then around 12 i sametimed my colleague asking if she wants to have lunch together. after lunch while waiting for her queueing food for my boss, i got myself a glass of lime juice. then after getting my dad's vitamin i got myself a bottle of mo far kor. no wonder my ex-pt gave up on me. i too gave up on myself.
anyways, suddenly i remembered one of the things we talked about during dinner. passport stamps. you know some country, say singapore, not stamping passport if you're a citizen, permanent residence, or if your holding an employment pass. good for me that my country still practice this stamping thingy, so at least there's something in my passport identifying the date of me leaving and entering it. some of my friends didn't have it at all. some even didn't get it, due to their citizenship, when they go to few other countries. so their passport are as clean as a new one, safe for the page of multiple-entry stamp from the immigration. you can be in and out, in and out few countries and it'll still be shown as if you never travel out of singapore your whole life. interesting.

The Getaway Ticket

i've been trying to call my embassy from morning to no avail. from half frustrated to totally frustrated i then called the councellor line hoping someone would pick it up. no luck. after sending an email to the mailing list i tried to call again and finally FINALLY somebody picked it up. for passport renewal, you now have to take picture in Orchard Towers. people might have some dodgy thought when they hear the place. I have no idea why they choose that photo studio as their partner as well. anyways, the embassy couldn't give me information on the name or phone number of the place. all the man told me was #05-19, closed at 4.30 pm weekdays and before 12 on saturday.
i then called us embassy asking about visa. not that i'm planning a trip there soon, but my visa expired in 2010 and it is just a waste if its no longer valid once i change passport, especially when the passport number is different. luck's on my side this time. the lady told me that it wasn't a problem. good good.
for now, i think i'll call the information and try to get the name of this photo studio and get a better info on their location and operating hours.