"A" for "Aeffort"

my mood has improved by about 500 folds ever since my samsung LCD TV and DVD player arrived! - that's the first thing i switch on when i get home and the last thing i switch off before i sleep.

i actually carried my TV and a STANDING fan allll the way from Singapore to HK instead of fedex-ing it over. took airport express then changed to cab before finally reaching my apartment in k.town. i should totally be given an "A" for "Aeffort". as i was checking in at the SQ counter in the Singapore airport; the guy asked: "so what's inside these boxes?" .. i reluctantly said: "LCD TV, electric fan and some other home appliances". he must have thought that my domestic worker employment here in Singapore had ceased and i was to return home with my proud collection of foreign imported electronic products for my family and friends back in one of the villages in the Philippines.

somehow throughout this entire relocation i felt more like a foreign migrant worker than an expat....

having said that, i felt so blessed when i had E and L waiting for me at the taxi stand in the chilly STRONG winds of the HK autumn weather - they helped carry my TV, standing fan and "other home appliances" up to my apartment. E quickly fixed up all the wires and before i knew it, we were in time to catch the special TV segment in remembrance of MM LKY's wife on channelnewsasia.