John did not work; he took a four day long weekend that started on that day. We slept in with plans on going out for errands later, but noticed some big dark clouds when we ate breakfast. Directly after we had finished our fruit-yoghurt (leaving a half cup of sad chocolate) we got dressed and hurried outside. There is a mall about ten minutes walk from here that we really needed to go to. Found a pet store there on Google Maps.
The Pet Lovers Centre was really tiny and they had very few of the things we needed, but the guy working there was very helpful and friendly. We liked him. The rain started while we went around this mall. Tried to find wire mesh at a small hardware store but they had none. On the first floor there was a Fair Price. I was surprised by the size and selection so we decided this would be our place to shop food if we need something quick and close by. Five bags in hand we headed outside. The rain was crazy. I tweeted wondering where Noah was. John suggested we took shelter inside the Starbucks around the corner to wait out the rain, but after he put me down in a chair and had been downstairs to order, he told me that the weather would not get better and we should move now before it got worse.
When we got outside the rain had stopped but we walked briskly anyway. After just a minute of safety we sort of walked right into it. Suddenly heavy rain. Umbrellas up! Keep the bags under the umbrella to prevent the rain for filling them up. Hurry, hurry. In Singapore, it is not like umbrellas keep you dry - it keeps you from drowning. When we got home our feet were soaked, shorts wet and heads sweaty. Our loot was fine though, something good.
We stayed home until the rain was far away before we headed out for a second time. Since we did not buy anything at the PLC at Coronation Centre, we took the MRT to Holland Village where we were told there was a larger PLC. Just outside the MRT we bought a blueberry waffle, we think it was made of the same dough as Kaya bread. It was tasty and we fought for the last bite! We found the pet store and bought a lot of stuff. A little climbing and scratching castle, litter box, food bowls, toys, etcetera. It was not heavy to carry so we took it in our hands. Before we got on the MRT we stopped by a hardware store and bought wire mesh for the balcony.
Then, when we unpacked the litter box, we discovered that the flap did not fit. We tried and tried, but there was no way to keep the flap in the holes. It kept falling of. We called the store and asked how we could fix it, if there was anyway we had not yet figured out, but no, they asked us to come back to the store and they would have a look.
A few more minutes of complaining and sighs, since we had already been out in the rain and it was nearing half past five, before we once again went out to the MRT. Back at the store the manager tried to put the flap in the holes but was, as expected, unsuccessful. She fetched another one but it still did not fit. Another employee tried to help. Eventually they asked us to pick another litter box and so John asked if they had any in the same price range. They suggested a really nice looking one but for double the price. We were hoping to get a discount since we spent an hour of our Friday on going back to their store because they sold us a faulty product. This they could not do.
They could neither give our money back nor a discount. A voucher was all we could get. Instead we asked for the cheapest litter box and they found one a dollar less than the first one. Strange, I thought, since John had asked for one in the same price range from the beginning but then they came with a much more expensive one. We bought this one eventually and got a tuna piece for the one dollar they could not give us back.
Then we could go back home and finally relax.
No, we could not. I needed to do the dishes and John vacuum cleaned the apartment. Two hours later Heidi arrived and we went out to meet her by the food court. We bought dinner and took it with us to the apartment. During the dinner we watched the first episode/season six of Game of Thrones. The ending scene not being what we expected. Spoiler, there were no answers about Jon Snow! After that we watched two episodes of an anime serie Heidi showed us which was quite good and something I would like to continue watching (if I can remember the name). The rest of the evening was spent getting seriously scared by SOMA, me playing first and then John.
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