Mmmmm. Roquefort…. popped into Carrefour for the first time in over a year tonight and picked up some fresh bread, a slice of Roquefort, and a bottle of red…. yum!
Talked to my tailor on Orchard Road tonight about getting some clothes run up ready to start work on arrival in Beijing. It will be quite expensive, but I’ll just get the minimum done, and then find a tailor in Beijing to make more clothes as they’re required. My brief from the company is ‘elegant casual’, and I’m taking The Avengers as my inspiration. (No leather catsuits or kinky boots, though!)
This morning, I tried to follow up the Singapore survey thing. From my Powerbook, Firefox was ‘not supported’. Safari was ‘not supported’. IE 5.1 was ‘not supported’. So, the message is clear: according to the Singapore government, Macs are ‘not supported’. – Edited — . So anyway, down to NBS to use the Windows machines there. Managed to get to the first page to log in. Had to enter my FIN (Foreigner Identification Number), and its date of issue. Entered details as recorded on my student pass. I “have entered an invalid number”!!!! As advised, if date of issue is not valid ‘due to delays in database update’ (shouldn’t they have done this BEFORE sending out legal requirements to fill in this survey?) enter DOB. So, enter DOB. Not recognised. Give up. The only thing I can think of this is that my student pass has the same FIN as my work permit, from when I was working in Singapore before the MBA – so, maybe I should be entering the date that my original work permit was issued…. Unfortunately, the only date I have for this is in my passport, which is currently at the Chinese embassy, undergoing visa processing. It should have recognised my DOB, though… that hasn’t changed, AFAIK. – Edited — .
|Updated:: Took out a few opinions about what I think of the quality of the Survey’s internet services. Don’t want to get sued, lah!
