i am trying to complete this post before my lappy battery runs out. So here it comes. I met up with Mei Ling and Zhi Yu in the morning for a few hours of English coaching. It was not a fruit session because we spent more time chatting than doing work. Next time I will not be the catalyst for menial conversations.
I got a 2nd hand air conditioning to replace the older one. Whose the fool who will pay for a used air-conditioning? Me! I got it for like 280 bucks and the casing looked really run down with scratches all over. Let's just leave it at there for now. Now back to the story, while the air-con men were fixing up my replacement unit, the plumbers arrived. After they assessed the condition of my broken tap, one of them rang up his boss before handing me over to his Tow Kay on the phone. Guess what? The boss wanted 150 bucks to fix my tap. I said: WHAT? No way. I told him bluntly that If that was the case, I'd rather pay the transport fee for his men and have them leave the tap untouched. He kept pushing and he wanted 130 bucks instead. I told him that a water at most will only cost 20 bucks and I will pay not more than 70-80 bucks with labour. And he kept pushing and said he would get his men to start replacing the tap immediately. I had to be rude and I raised my voice on the phone in order for me to get my message across to him. So it went back and forth like a yo yo. Eventually, I got him to agree with 75 dollars. I still feel cheated but for lets just live and let die.
