Friday, June 27, 2008

Digress!

Just before I update my 5 days holiday, I have something to digress

Soon after we arrive at Taipei's airport, we cleared the immigration & collected our luggage, we went to the arrival hall to look for our transfer. I told Colin to lookout as well, we search the whole arrival hall, couldn't find our transfer at all!! I took out my handphone & called the operator & was greeted with a real shocking news, my stupid agent have forgotten to book my transfer!!

Imagine my shock when I heard it & the guy who answered my call was so helpful, he initiated to call the taiwan counterpart & promise to call me back. 5 mins gone & no calls from him, so I called back, he say there's nobody answering the call, I told him its Sun & everybody is off so just give me a solution!

Then I heard another guy screaming in the background say there's no more cars available to pick us up from airport, so either I take a cab myself or stay overnite in the airport.

Definitely something not very pleasant to start my holiday. On Mon which is the 2nd day of my holiday, I called up my agent & ask what exactly is going on & they themself got a shock, when I went back to my hotel at 3pm, the reception pass me a box of pineapple cake & inside the bag was a letter of apology, 30 mins later the taiwan counterpart followed up with a call of apology & fully refunded me my cab fare, actual cab fare was NT1200, but I claim NT1300, NT100 for my phone bill & inconvenience, I rest the case & continue to enjoy my holiday. They're just so efficient, I think they're afraid that I'll badmouth them so quickly do whatever they can to minimise the damage.

*Pics & update of my trip will be updated next week*

Friday, June 20, 2008

Twinkle's New Boarding Place~~

Yesterday was total madness for me in office, my phone never stop ringing from 1pm to 3pm. Colin came back to office at about 2pm and broke this bad news to me. He say his parents is unable to help us look after our baby anymore during our upcoming trip which is this Sun and we need to find a place to board her now!

Imagine my utter shock when I heard it, its already Thursday & we're flying off on Sun morning, where to find a place to board her so last minute. First person that cross my mind is Jen, I buzz Daniel (Jen's hubby) & ask if its ok, but they're afraid ah zheng might terrorise my baby. Next on my list is Amy, she's ok with me boarding but need to consult her mum & Romi, but they're not agreeable. To my 2 dear friends, its really ok that both of you are not able to help me board my baby in case both of you are feeling guilty.

I took out my handphone & scroll thru the phone list to find who else can do us this big favour. I told Colin, why don't we try to ask our Sharon aka Twinkle's breeder, there's constantly somebody at home, she's very experience with poodle. So I tried calling her & yes she's able to help me & she charge $15 per day! Ok, I'm desperate, whatever price she name I'll take it. I'm not open to the idea of pet hotel cos I dunno what germs & virus she'll get & worse still ticks & fleas are all over and we simply have no time to go visit those places. So last night we brought Twinkle over for bonding session with her mummy. I tell you, the moment Gucci aka Twinkle's mummy saw her, she was jumping with so much joy, and when my breeder kids saw Twinkle they went crazy over her. The moment I put Twinkle down, she had hell lots of fun with her mummy & my breeder's kids.

I'm so so so relieved, the big stone in my heart is finally removed, I can go holiday in peace & be rest assured that my baby is in good hands. After 1.5 hrs of bonding session, my baby is totally flat & can't wait to go home, my breeder's kids is sad that we have to go but I reassured them that Twinkle will be coming over on Saturday night