CashPlus Card Cancelled Finally + Idiot Communicable on Whatsapp

Last night, I opened a mailed envelope and found another “CashPlus”

statement from UOB that says I owe them S$180.83 with an

“immediate” due date.

When I received a statement about a month ago, it was S$85.36

with the due date of September 19. After this statement, I called the

call center, 1800 222 2121, with an intention to deactivate this

CashPlus card, which I’d never used before and about which I had

only a vague idea as being a ”loan card.” But the not-very-pleasant-

sounding operator I talked to (I don’t think she is Asian because of

her accent) who answered my call after I pressed more than a few

buttons, starting with “For English, press one” told me that the person

who could deal with the card would come only at 7:00 am. I called

before 6:00 am.

The only thing I remember about this card is that it was sent to me

around when I received my credit card from UOB (perhaps on the same

day in a separate envelope) more than three years ago, and I don’t

even remember when and how I activated it.

I emailed UOB asking them to deactivate the card and I only received a

reply email, saying they needed to talk to me on the phone for security

reasons and asked me to give them a convenient time when they could

give me a call. I have no convenient time to talk to someone from a

bank especially when it is about my complaint.

Last night after I found how much I “owed” them, I sent a second email

and then decided to call the number again (after midnight), the operator

who answered after my pressing more than a few buttons sounded

much nicer. I was super peevish. “No worries,” said he. (< Briton Hadden

style) My CashPlus card has been cancelled and I should find a refund in

14 days. Another problem is gone.

When the police cannot locate the idiot, why can my friend talk to her on

Whatsapp? With such an incompetent police force, there is no wonder

why they got a president, who promotes crime by the state against crimes

by (suspected) individuals. No sense of due diligence. No sense of law in

the first place. That the people elected such a person tells us much about

what sort of country it had been.

Alcohol intake record:

September 28 (Wed.) – 29 (Thu.): red wine

New EP Card at Singpost Office and 1st Annerviersary of Mother's Passing

Yesterday (26th), I received my new EP card. But that’s not the end of

the story.

Also yesterday, I went to the nearby Singpost office to collect a check

book for my company which was delivered to me as a registered

article. These days, delivery men do not come to the door. They only

leave a delivery notice in the letter box located outside of the entrance

door of this complex. Sometimes they don’t even do this… I’d collected

a check book at Singpost offices before only by showing my EP card.

This time, showing my brand new EP card was not enough for whatever

reason. They asked for a company stamp on the notice. They close the

office at 18:00 and it was three minutes before that when I came back

home to stamp the notice. I ran back to and arrived at the office just in

time. 

I’ve been busy not only with my EP issues but work. It seems I’ve made

money in a month and a half to make enough for three months.

September 27 was the 1st anniversary of mother’s passing. I received

no news. It feels like I’ve become a distant relative of my own mother.

Alcohol intake record:

September 22 (Thu.) – 27 (Tue.): red wine

This Country Is a Tiny PRC

Singaporeans complain about the manner of people from mainland

China here. They are probably right in doing so. But it used to be

“ugly Americans” and “ugly Japanese.” And production and sales of

chewing gum is still banned in this country because the government

thinks its people spit it out dirtying the streets. Which tells us

something about their own manner. Singapore, an overwhelmingly

Chinese nation with controlled freedom of expression, is a tiny PRC.

Alcohol intake record:

September 21 (Wed.): red wine