In one of our bimbotic moments (admittedly quite frequent these days), Dailytoe and I decided to screw climbing and go for a facial ("make beauty to fix koyak face") instead.
A facial regular will know that no respectable facial spa will accept walk-in customers. The chances of getting a reservation (let alone two!) on the day itself are as slim as striking lottery. The problem is, the two of us do not go for facial regularly and we most certainly do not plan for them either. That's why we ended up frantically calling almost every facial spa in Singapore only to get one rejection after another - in Mandarin or broken English.
Yes ladies & gentlemen, please know that most facial spas in Singapore (with the exception of Little India) are run by Chinese Ah Lians; and 9 out of ten times, you probably get a "foreign talent" (e.g. young Chinese girl from Ipoh who doesn't speak English) squeezing your pimples.
Our persistence finally did pay off when both of us manage to find two separate spas which have one slot each that evening. To be correct, almost two slots.....
Dailytoe: Hello, do you have any available slot for facial this evening?
Ah Lian Receptionist ("ALR"): Today ar. Got.
Dailytoe: Good, good. What time?
ALR: 5 o'clock. But must see got people cancel.
Dailytoe: What do you mean?
ALR: Mean if got people cancel then got.
Dailytoe: (going down to her level) So mean got or don't have?
ALR: Got but must see if got cancel.
The verdict? Really got cancel so Dailytoe's face is now no longer koyak......
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