Changi Village Flea Market - SAT 30 April & SUN 1 May 2011

We'll be at the Changi Village Flea Market this
SATURDAY 30 April - 5pm to 11pm (hard courts near big car park behind block 1)

and a one off Sunday Flea Market:
SUNDAY 1 May - 5pm to 1 am (as Monday is a holiday, off in lieu of Sunday being May Day).
Location wise, I'm not very sure. The organiser said it's going to be at the 'old' place. So should be near the hawker centre or across the road. Changi V isn't that big. Am sure you can find us.

Here's a pic of our stall:

Looks good? Smells good and IS good! Cheap and good. So come on down!

Dying unto yourself

“We felt we were doomed to die and saw how powerless we were to help ourselves; but that was good, for then we put everything into the hands of God, who alone could save us ….” (2 Corinthians 1:9)

You’ll never know that God is all you need until God is all you’ve got ~ Purpose Driven Life

Easter 2011 - 24th April

I was so happy on Easter morning, attending Mass, having lunch and going shopping with my family.
Hope, peace, love and renewed life.

Then along came night and with it, a fresh revelation.
I died.

In His time

One of the earliest 'modern' Christian songs I learnt was 'In His time'. Lyrics are simple yet relevant. Everything is in His time.

Just one day after I posted about searching for myself. God gives me a wake up call, in the form of a notice of the passing of a friend's husband to illness. This couple is about my age with young kids. They only had 5 months to grapple with the discovery and thereafter, treatment of his disease. This sister-in-Christ was baptised a year ago and in the last 5 months, her husband accepted Christ as his saviour. He managed to get baptised before his passing.

Here I am, tired, physically, emotionally, mentally and so I caved and wallowed in the slush pile of self-pity. Self-soul searching I thought. When I received the text message of this person's passing it was a jolt to my system. So I'm thanking God for my being physically, emotionally and mentally tired because it means I'm still alive. I'm still alive. My family is alive. My kids are alive. My beloved spouse, my life partner is alive. So the going gets tough sometimes and I'm tired but I'm alive. Thank you, Lord!

Holy Week 2011

Entering Holy Week, I've been feeling the urge to pray and pray. I've been keeping up my praying in tongues on a daily basis. Even if it's just short bursts of it. There are moments in my daily regime where I need it and I do it spontaneously. If I'm not alone, I just do it silently. I've begun to pray in tongues in my thoughts too. Reminds me of my friend from teacher training who was good in the sign language (for the deaf/mute). She started signing in her dreams. So sometimes, I'm praying in tongues silently. My lips are mouthing the sounds but my mind is having a back and forth conversation with God. This is how I hear Him. Unbelievable? Believe it. It's true. He says the darnest things and yet what He says is always apt and correct. He's always answering my questions with questions for me to ponder over. I can have a really long conversation with Him if I'm not interrupted. But my life is such that I don't really have much time to myself. I don't know how to tell you that God is very real. The Holy Spirit is very real. If I could shout it from the roof tops (of HDB blocks?) I would! GOD IS REAL!

In an attempt to improve my spontaneous praying, I've also been talking to God in English. Think that's the only way to improve it. I don't know how else to improve this weakness.

So, after attending the Life in the Spirit Seminar and being baptised in the Holy Spirit in 2009, this is how my life has changed. I am still very human. I sin. I lose my temper. I get angry. I get annoyed. I get upset. I do things I should not be doing. I say things I should not be doing. I acknowledge this. I acknowledge who I am. I acknowledge my sins and I try not to sin again. I do not pretend to be 'Holy Holy'. I try not to do or say things displeasing to God but it's really tough. So, just acknowledge it and try your darnest to improve. We're all on a journey. There is no one perfect except God.

But through it all, I try to retain an awareness that God is real in my life. He may seem intangible and yet, He's very tangible. Get what I mean? I need to see Him in most of everything, if not everything in my life.

Been going through some crap lately on a personal level. But I've been keeping up my conversations with God and that is what's kept me going. Mid-life crisis? Hmm, maybe. I've become wife, mum, daughter, employee and I seem to have totally lost myself. Me. Who am I? Where am I? What am I? I've never in my life, ever felt the need to go on a holiday on my own. But I feel the urge now.

Who Am I?



No, I'm not going on a Eat, Pray, Love crap journey. Nothing wrong with the words Eat, Pray, Love. Beautiful in fact. Never read the book but hated the movie. Usually enjoy Julia Roberts but could hardly sit through the movie. Thought the protagonist was totally self-indulgent. Lousy script writing reliant on heavyweight Julia Roberts' acting as its saving grace. Well, not the only saving grace. The Italian pasta, Punjabi suits and Bali beach was tempting.

Eat? Please, if I eat any more than I should be eating, the only thing I'll gain is more weight! In fact, I need to cut down my carbs to balance the weakening metabolism. But I do need to PRAY more than I am do now and I need to LOVE and be LOVED.

No, no, I'm not running away from home. If anything, I'm going to be running into the arms of another man...........................Jesus!!!
Funny thing, I also have this urge to run, literally. Yes. Run. I don't know why. Have had this urge the past few days. A Forrest Gump thing going on here.

In another lifetime, I may have upped and run away (to Italy? India? Bali?) but after being baptised in the Holy Spirit, I realise, I'm never alone. God is always with me. You are my Lord, Jesus, forever and ever and I rejoice in your Holy name! Amen!

Seriously, no, don't read more into it then you need to. My marriage is NOT in trouble. We love birds love each other too much. If anything, I love Mike more now then anything and I know he feels the same way. I just think it's time for me to slow down and FIND MYSELF. So, maybe I'll find the courage to go on a solo holiday.....some day soon. Meanwhile I have responsibilities to a lot of people around me and God is giving me the strength to carry on. Do YOU have God to carry you?

As you enter Holy Week, please take a moment to think how prayer can change your life and if you're facing difficulties in life, there's always Jesus to turn to. Take care and God Bless!

See you this Sat at the Changi V Flea Market.

5-11pm

St Gabriel's Secondary School Speech Day ~ 2011

Attended the 58th Speech Day of St Gabriel's Secondary School last Saturday. It's a pity not every student gets invited. You only get invited if you're receiving an award, or if you're a performer, helper or family member of an award recipient. This sort of means that few of your friends are there to cheer you on. Cheh, no fun. Understandably, after a few rounds of incessant clapping, few of the other parents were very interested in clapping for anyone apart from the one/s they were there to support. I couldn't clap for my own son because I was snapping pictures of that moment. Sheesh! Pity. Would have been much more fun to have your buddies cheering you on. It happened with the primary school too and I guess it is due to space constraints.

Sat through a couple of performances and I thought the school band and guitar ensemble rocked (loved the Jurassic Park theme song they played)!

St Gabriel's Secondary School Band

Okay, also impressive was the choir and all the guys in military attire (always had a thing for guys in military garb!).

Guest of Honour was our precious Gabrielite Brother; Brother Emmanuel. His humourous self as usual, he joked that despite his age, he was in no hurry to get to Heaven yet and I pray too that we still have many more good years with this loveable man! Had a chance to chat with him up close and personal when our Charismatic Prayer Group had a praying over session of the Confirmation youths last year at their camp. It's hard not to wrinkle up and grin crazily when talking to him!

So, why was I there? Conversation with the boy in the past month goes like this:

Son: Mum, somewhere in April, you have to come to my school's speech day.
Mum: Okay. Why?
Son: Got some prize, lah.
Mum: For what?
Son: Dunno, I tell you later okay?

Then a few days after, I poke him again for answers.

Mum: You won for what?
Son: 2 subjects lah.
Mum: Oh. You mean you topped your class?
Son: I also don't know! Muuuuuum! I don't know the details!

Received the letter from school. But only mentions he's receiving awards for 2 subjects.

Then again, 2 nights before the event:
Dad: His prizes ~ is for topping the level last year you know. Not class.
Mum: What?! Really?! I thought he only topped his class?
Dad: I had a feeling it was level. YOU said class. See, I believe in him.
Mum: Hmm....I really had no idea. This dark horse.

Rushes to son's room.
Mum: You mean you topped your level?
Son: Hah? What?
Mum: Your prizes. You topped your level or class.
Son: Hmm, yah. Level.
Mum: Wah. Not bad what.
Son: Actually, you don't go also can you know.
Mum: Why?
Son: Aiyah! I'll be very busy that day. I won't even have time to talk to you. I can't sit with you. I'll be on stage like 3 seconds only what! No need to go lah.
Mum: Really?
Son: Yah, really.
Mum: So you don't want us to go?
Son: No lah. I'm also okay with you going or not going.
Mum: Okay, then I'll go. Dad can't make it but I'm going.

(We speak Singlish. So you may find the above conversation abit grammatically incorrect).

Found out he had topped the level last year in English and Art (Art? Art? Noooooooo!!!!! I'm not going through GCE 'O' Level Art with another kid!!! Noooooo!!!!! What a joke! Sigh)
Seriously, we NEVER knew his English was THAT good. Smack me for underestimating him. I deserve it. I mean, I recall at the beginning of the Primary 6, I was trying to explain to him how to embellish an English sentence so that the markers would be impressed with his command of the language. Heh, guess that short talk worked!

Well....it's a sweet bonus for us as parents because we do not push our kids to excel academically. Really thankful to God that despite us being so 'relaxed' with them (except for the occasional outburst / angry nagging sessions at them once in a while when they get really lazy!) they can still do quite well sometimes. Not all the time but at least some times. Sweet.

We were curious and did ask him why he didn't top the level in Science since he's pretty good in that but he said there were others who were really, really good. Okay, can't win 'em all. 2 subjects ain't bad. We looked at the list of recipients from his year and he said none of them were from St Gabriel's Primary School except for him. Hey, we thought John did the primary school proud by being best in English! Beat the other boys from more 'tokong' schools! (tokong as in better grade)

Here's a pic of him that day, in his Infocomm outfit (boy on left in black T and black jeans at the bottom of the stage). He's an avid photographer and loves his role in his Infocomm CCA under the photography department.

and that's the back of Brother Emmanuel seated on the chair in white. I wasn't supposed to be anywhere near that VIP guest area but I just had to sneak near there to get a shot of my boy at work!

Have to mention that I was pretty happy to see the graduating year's Valedictorian. A high achiever, he received other awards that day too. Mike and I first knew him when we went to buy books for John before the beginning of sec 1 last year. We were impressed with his eloquence and maturity. He really made a huge impression on us and I was thinking, You know, sometimes in life, you just meet a person and think he or she's very charismatic or has the X-factor. It's like POW! I was thinking, 'Wow! how nice if my daughter were to know a guy like this?'  Then, uncannily, in that short conversation we had over school text books, he asked and found out who our daughter was and revealed that he erm, in fact knew our daughter. He became an older buddy of John's and a good friend of Tessa's. We met him a couple of times. Nice chap. Did really well for his Os. Felt so proud of him. With Mike and John being Gabrielites, can't help but feel proud of other Gabrielites too. I was snapping pics of him too on that day like he was MY son! It was not to be, the 'son' part. Sigh, ok, ok read between the lines. I can't tell you what exactly happened. Now here, I risk my head being snapped off but according to her, it very nearly 'could have been'. I had sensed it too. Guess God has other plans for the both of them. Well, who knows.

Apology accepted / Flea Market

The blogshop owner I referred to in my last post has apologised. So for us, the matter is closed and we'll move on.

As for the Changi V copycat, well, I'm no longer thinking much about her. God blessed us with pretty good hand painted shoe sales last Saturday DESPITE the rain and DESPITE the copycat's presence. Truly, if we put our faith in the Lord, nothing is impossible with Him.

Hey, Mike's gonna be running his stall at the Changi V Flea Market (actually it's a Pasar Malam more than anything) this Saturday 16 April 2011 (5 to 11 pm).

I can't be there cos I'll be attending the St. Gabriel Secondary School's Speech Day. Well, Mike's supposed to be attending it too but our son actually insisted that neither of us needed to be there. Though he'll be receiving 2 prizes, he'll be too busy to 'entertain' us! Well, it's true, he's up for duties so he'll be running around that day with lots to do. Guess he's right. But I'd feel totally awkward if neither of us turned up. So I'll be there a couple of hours or shorter (My goodness! How long does it take to see boys receive prizes?) then I might scoot down to Changi V after that.

Those of you who may have dropped by the previous weeks at our Changi V stall would have noted that we're actually selling a variety of stuff, not just hand painted shoes. Last week, we had an array of Country Home Decor stuff which sold quite well. Our metal hanging signs, pots and country style flowers went down very well with the crowd and the potpourri sachets. Aaahhh.....lovely smells. People kept asking us where the smell was from : ) Will try to put up pics soon.

We also had some average sized clay water features ~ erm, animals you place in a pond with water spurting out of them? For those who know, these actually cost quite alot but we were selling them for a song. Two beloved seals which Mike really loved got sold. Well, he soon got over his 'sadness' and re-stocked! He'll be selling them again this Saturday together with new creatures. All this stuff is new in condition. They aren't old stuff. Really difficult to cart there and back. I wonder how he's gonna manage on his own, poor chap. Hope he doesn't break any! He's also got a whole range of potted plants for sale. They aren't tiny ones. Pretty average sized ones and they're going for a song too. Mike is always buying plants for our home. So if he says they are cheap, they are cheap. Again, these plants are new. Not second-hand.

Where do we get our stuff from? Well, we're really dependent on Mike's ability to source. I'm sorely lacking in this area. Thank God for great husbands!

So, see you:

Changi Village Flea Market
Saturday 16 April 2011
5pm to 11pm.

Another copycat

It really saddens me. I think long and hard about my designs and then some smart ass just comes along and copies them.
Apart from the Changi V copy cat, there's another one. This one should have been copying me much earlier. March 2009 in fact.

This is my design 'Daisies' CL712W. Copyrighted 2007.

It's been copied by another 'student' who runs a blogshop which is on a 'study break' right now.
(I'm not putting her URL up yet. Awaiting her response to my email)

Oh, she changed the petal shapes but the colours have been copied exactly, so have the positioning of the stems and the bugs. Most importantly, my signature dashes round the flowers have been copied exactly around her flowers. I've sent this 'student' an email. She had better heed my kind words (I'm too kind - must be age). You know what's sad? She's not a bad artist. She copies Disney and other copyrighted designs pretty well. I mean, I've seen ugly copied designs but she's not too bad. But again here, sorely lacking in integrity. I'm not sure if these fly-by-night sellers know that they are opening themselves up to lawsuits by the big guns. I will NEVER copy Disney designs. I'd rather lose my customers than have my ass sued for a few dollars' profit.

Darn! I really should take a bow. My designs MUST REALLY BE GOOD that others can't help but copy them! I mean, MADE IN SINGAPORE shoe artist. How cool is that? Being copied by them, sorta puts me in the same league as Disney! How cool!
Either that, or the copycats must really suck at drawing and painting to have to stoop so low. Sian is the word (sick and tired / blueh *vomits*).

Look, I'm not Disney, I'm not LV. I don't MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY on this hobby. I just love painting. I get satisfaction seeing my work sold. So once again, for aspiring copycats, get your blardy inspiration somewhere else.

To all other potential copycats, I reiterate: We are a registered business and our designs are copyrighted.
If you can read this at all, you will have understood that I mean business.

My daughter is 'in a relationship'

According to my daughter's Facebook account, she's 'in a relationship'. I'm glad I was such a nosey parker mum (or rather 'stalker mum' as my kids call me) that I had asked her the night before the FB posting, if this guy was officially with her. So I can at least claim that as her mum, I knew it before 'FB'. How pathetic is that? LOL. How things have changed. In our parents' time, if you dated, you were expected to marry. Of course it was no longer expected of us in 'our time' to marry the one we dated but I did end up marrying the one I fell in love with.
Mike was sweet. Without any prompting, he'd ask my mum for permission to bring me out before every date. He'd send me home to my doorstep after every date. During his time as an army infantryman, he once got his friend to pass me some flowers on my birthday as he was stuck/confined 'in camp'. Okay, take note that this was all eons ago. Today, after 20 years of wedded bliss and blisters, he's sweet in a different kind of way. But I think if you were still dating, it'd really be nice to be pampered by your partner. Enjoy it while you can. If he or she can't be bothered with you whilst you are still dating, I don't see how it's going to get better with additional years. Okay, wait, I'm not dishing out relationship advice here. I was talking about my kid.

Here's my kid, when she was still A KID:

I'm happy for her. She's 17 this year. She originally wanted to go to Singapore Polytechnic. We sorta forced her to take the Junior College path instead and she got really upset with us (ha! I doubt if she's upset now!). According to her, like her, this guy was also posted to Singapore Polytechnic and in a story parallel to hers, ended up in the same JC as her.

Prom Night 2010

This is the first time she's officially announced being in a relationship with someone. I think 17's a nice age to be in. I had loads of fun at 17 and I'm not about to be a party pooper with her. At the same time, I can't help feeling a wee bit sad for the trail of broken hearts her 'announcement' is going to cause. I know, I know. It's not like an engagement announcement or anything. As her mum, I've watched the watchful eyes of the hopeful guys in the course of her secondary school days. I've held my breath wondering if she would 'be' with one in particular. I've nudged her. I've dropped big hints. But I guess it was not to be. It's crazy with teens. I know something was hanging there for several years but I won't ever know why nothing came out of it. Maybe she was sensible and just wanted to concentrate on her 'O' Level exams. Maybe that particular guy waited too long (hey are YOU reading this?). Maybe she didn't meet the guy's expectations. Maybe he didn't meet hers. What I do know is, you'd have to be very 'cool' for her to finally agree to it and announce it. She doen't take this lightly. We all get hurt in relationships and I just hope this won't be a bumpy ride for her. 

I'm not saying in any way this relationship will last or not. It might last a weekend. It might last a lifetime. But hey, lots of couples from my JC ended up marrying each other. It's not impossible either. I just had to write about this. I'm not that old but I'm old enough to say my daughter's in a relationship. That's quite a milestone in my journey as a parent.



Reminder to self

Hey, if I've not been writing about my journey with God, it's not because I've stopped journeying. I have been keeping up with my praying, singing in Tongues and journalling (hard copy, not online).
I still pray when I'm driving alone or walking my doggies. I also try to do this in the course of each day, whenever I remember that I can't take things into my own hands and that I should let God intervene instead. Ah.....this is the fun part. How I can incorporate God into my everyday life? Really tough and tricky but I try. I fail most times but I'm not giving up.

I was going to make a conscious effort this Lent to not lose my cool and yet so many things have happened which gave rise to my caving in. This is how the dark side works. It waits and it prowls, waiting for an opportune time to make and entrance into my life (again and again).

As for people I think are my 'enemies', I need to remind myself this:
Mother Teresa said, "How can I hate you when God loves you?"
This was in response to someone who 'persecuted' her in the course of her very tough journey in India.

Indeed, when God loves me, how can I afford to hate even those I think are my enemies or those who persecute me?

So with this, I ask the Lord to bless everyone today. Everyone, including those whom I've been angry with.

Also, I have to remind myself that if I seek the Kingdom of God first, everything else will follow.
(But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well ~ Mathew 6:33)
No use worrying too much. God will take care of me if only I let Him.

You know, it's funny. I've been thinking for the longest time to incorporate Christianity into my artwork. Then I thought about the repercussions. From a commercial point of view, the biggest side-effect would be I would lose my non-Christian customers. This artwork copying incident made me laugh at myself because, if I really HAD all Christian designs, I doubt very much if this person/s would have copied my Christian designs in the first place (because they are clearly not). This is food for thought for me. I'm just going to have to pray harder to see what Jesus wants of me. In fact, I have to pray if He wants me to continue selling any artwork at all.

I am so happy to be a follower of Jesus. With Him, everything always falls into place although sometimes, the journey doesn't make sense to my human mind.

Mother Teresa also said that it was 'so easy' (referring to something happening or not according to your plans). If it happens, it is because God wants it to happen and if it doesn't, it is because God doesn't want it to happen'. In her context, she was referring to God's timing.
Therefore, patience really is a virtue, especially in God's books.

See you all tomorow at:
Changi Village Flea Market
5pm - 11pm
9 April (SAT) 2011

Flea Market - This Saturday 9 April 2011

We'll be participating in the following flea market this Saturday:


When
SATURDAY 9 APRIL
5 pm to 11 pm


Location
CHANGI VILLAGE
If entering via the BIG carpark behind what I think is Block 1, walk to your right.
The stalls are located at the hard court area which is a short distance from the carpark.


BUY GENUINE CARTOON LAGOON DESIGNS, HOR!!! (thank you, I appreciate that!)

How to know it's us?
Chinese humans in our 40s.
Chinese humans in our 40s who are not slim. Ha ha.
 
 

 
 
Mike sports a funky hair cut with highlights mixed with silverish white hair and me....I'm trying to grow out my short layered hair so it's looking a mess now. Was contemplating to get a trim sometime this week but you know how it is with some hair stylists. There is no such thing as a trim. It's always a cut gone wrong, well for me that is and I don't want to waste another 6 months trying to grow it back to it's present short length! So I sorta tie it up in a broomish looking pony tail.
 
C'ya!

Copying my artwork

This is every artist's nightmare. Your artwork gets copied. Worse still, it's being copied and sold at a fraction of your selling price.

I've been watching this couple at Changi Village Flea Market selling hand painted shoes for some time. People have also alerted me that my designs were being copied and sold by them.

This is my design for 'Mars Balls':

When I saw that my 'Mars Balls' had been copied (including those dashes which are a distinct trait of my artstyle) and altered so that it was painted in a monotone (black) sans mouth, I was livid. If I had a ball in hand, I would have very much wanted to throw it at her head and squeeze the balls out of her partner.

Last Saturday evening, after I had calmed myself down by praying in tongues to control my anger, I introduced myself as being from Cartoon Lagoon to the female. Evidently, she recognised the name instantly. I didn't have to say anything else. The guilt was written all over her face. She knew that she had been found out. She had the cheek to express her immense admiration for my artwork and stated emphatically that she is a regular visitor to my website (*roll eyes*). Oh wait, let's see, I post all my artwork pics online, now why wouldn't she be a regular visitor? Is it to admire or to download? Is it to purchase or to copy and sell it off as hers? As the fake artist was jabbering non-stop about her excitement at finally meeting me, I was only half-interested in what the moron had to say. My eyes were on a pair that had been slightly altered from the above 'Mars Balls'.

Suffice to say, I showed a pic of the above shoes and told her she should know very well why I was there (at her stall). This dimwit could only keep saying, 'OK, I know'. 'OK, I know'. No sorry, nothing, nada.
Oh yes, one more thing. She said she really couldn't help copying my designs because they really insprired her. Gimme a break. You know what? I was so patient asking her to stop copying my designs. I praise God for not letting me lose my cool.

Here's a letter to you, Ms. Fake Artist/ Copycat:

Dear Ms. Ida or Aida or more aptly, NADA (as in NIL, ZILCH, KOSONG),
You know what kills me? I spend hours designing and deciding the best positioning of my designs on the shoes and here you come, just happily downloading and copying my designs, then selling them for a fraction of my price so that you look really good in terms of pricing. Hey, I don't really care much about how much you wish to price your shoes. Why don't you go lower? But when you start following my style and conveniently modifying a tiny stroke here and another stroke there so that you think it's NOW YOUR DESIGNS, I think it's time to remind you that OUR DESIGNS ARE COPYRIGHTED. If you persist in copying Cartoon Lagoon's designs, we, as a registered business, will sue the crap out of you and your very last baju. In addition, you had better remove all designs 'inspired' by Cartoon Lagoon's designs.

Integrity. None of it, that is, can be found in you or her partner. I've watched so many other hand painted shoe artists and many of them are students doing this on a part-time basis and THEY HAVE THE INTEGRITY to come up with their own style and designs! Very malu for you!

You are also copying from other artists (I've been in this business long enough to know). Look, you want to know the truth? You really do a poor imitation of my designs (but I can still recognise my own style, no?) and your hands aren't steady when you paint (see, I notice such things). You largely use BLACK or limit yourself to two colours. Your designs are also drawn BIG across the shoes. Why? It's mathematics. Due to your low selling price, you cannot invest in the expensive art resources required to broaden your scope of painting. Large designs make for simpler painting on your part.

I know, I know, your customers do not care crap about integrity. They care about the bottom line. But you know what, I treasure my customers who have taken the time to tell me that they really appreciate MY ORIGINAL DESIGNS. That they love my designs. It is ART and it's a labour of love for us but I can't say the same for you. You are a fake wanting to make a quick buck. All the best to you, just do it without taking 'inspiration' from my designs, thank you.

Cartoon Lagoon Telephone Number

After 2 days' worth of complaining, it looks like the telephone number 6385 6255
has been reinstated as ours again.
Singtel apologised for mistakenly allocating me a new number. Apology
accepted. Just please, try not to pull a stunt like that again, Singtel!

So you can reach us at 63856255.

Sent from Fiona Chia Yeo's iPhone

Singtel Mio screwed up my telephone line

I just learnt by accident last night that our telephone number 6385 6255 is DOWN. Wait, not even down, it doesn't exist!

Meanwhile, best to contact me via email:
fiona@cartoonlagoon.com.sg

or

the 'old' telephone number 6484 5226.


My regular customers will know that 6385 6255 is our 'new' telephone number and I've been paying for a call forwarding service from my 'old' telephone number 6484 5226 all this time. So people who had called the old number, were still able reach us.

Spoke to the SingTel customer 'care' officer and she said 6385 6255 has probably been replaced by SingTel Mio with another telephone number. She said I should be aware of this and I should call 'sales' to check this out.

Hey, I'm NOT even a SingTel Mio subscriber. They only talked me into giving me a FREE line, FREE installation of socket in exchange for me to have a freaking FREE trial. I had all this prior to my house move and nothing has changed. Both my old and new telephone numbers worked fine then. Why release it now?

Now, they've gone and FREED my telephone number 6385 6255 without even telling me. When I moved to my new place, they had checked and said something to the effect that they could see I had TWO telephone numbers. They would just install the FREE trial with 6385 6255.

Now, when you dial 6385 6255, all you will hear is:
"This is a SingTel announcement service. The number you just called is not in use. Thank you."

I foresee that this is only the tip of the iceberg as far as issues with the Mio crap are concerned. This IS the reason why I have not caved and signed any Mio package, even if it saves me some moolah. This is not funny at all. SingTel Mio, Fido, Kiddo, whatever, you had better re-instate back my telephone number ASAP and by the way, I'm not in the mood for you to pass the buck from one department to another.