77th day in Shanghai (15/11/07)
My house has been openly robbed!!!
WHY?!?!?!
It all happened in the morning when I was still changing my clothes when the doorbell rang.
Kim went to open the door and saw 2 guys standing outside. The whole conversation is somewhat like this (in Chinese)
‘yes? Who are you guys? I don’t know you’
‘The landlord asked us to come maintain your house water heater and stove’
‘No, he didn’t tell us about this. Come back when he is around’
‘Your landlord is Mr Weng right? You guys are Singaporeans and u stayed in the house beside before right (that time when we stayed in Jie Ying’s and Chang Fangs house). They are also Singaporeans. He told us to come for the maintenance of the water heater and stove.’
‘Er.. hold on, my friend is still changing.’
(At that time, both Kim and I thought that it was quite weird about the whole situation coz why didn’t Mr Weng call us and tell us about it first. Both of us were thinking whether to call Mr Weng first but it’s like they seems to know a lot about us. Our landlord’s name, we are Singaporeans, our neighbors are Singaporeans, etc… and we thought that Mr Weng would have called Joanne or Angela and told them)
‘Okie, you can come in already’
So they took away our water heater and stove and wrote us a receipt with his name. And he even asked us to see if the name on the receipt is the same one as in his IC. So I thought that maybe China got a lot of swindlers that is why they want us to confirm that they are not, something like that…
After removing the heater and stove, they asked us to move the tap to the ‘hot’ side and said that there will not be any water for the time being until they return us the heater in the evening.
After they left, I was like ‘they just remove the heater, why will the water supply stopped?’
But we were already late for work so didn’t bother to think much.
So while going to work, a few things really irritates me.:
-While wearing my boots, I realized that my tights got a hole on it and I got to change out.
-After changing to a new one, I realized that it is a bit too big.
-After wearing my boots, somehow, I feel very uncomfortable. It’s like the boots became smaller
Today is just so not my day!!!
Didn’t think much of what happened and when I came out of the locker room walking toward my office, Mr Weng called me and asked if there was a few people that went over to our house and besides the heater, what did they took.
Told him the whole story and he said that he didn’t know these people and they were all cheaters. And these cheaters contacted his father and not him.
And the weirdest thing was that Mr Weng said that these people who took away the heater and stove went to extort money from him. I mean how much can a heater and stove cost and why the hell did they get those things to extort money. There are more valuable things like television, washing machine, and refrigerator.
Don’t they realize that Mr Weng can just buy a brand new heater and stove for a cheaper price compared to being extort by them. Are they really that stupid or do they think that we are dump.
So after hearing what Mr Weng told us, I just couldn’t believe what happened. It is just so unbelievable. Extort someone using a water heater and a stove???
And Mr Weng was saying that they didn’t want much money but just a few thousand dollars, which is only a few hundred SIN bucks.. Like HELLO!!!! U are risking being caught by the police for that few thousand Yuan?!?!?!
But well, heard from some of my friends that a few thousand Yuan can mean a lot to them esp those village people.
And somehow, I find that the 2 man that came over to our house look quite familiar.. This whole thing is just so fishy.
Anyway, work was quite slack for the way coz we are working half-day =)
Told Nancy that Raymond and Denis, Pudong Shangri-la manager of F&B China asked us to go and explore this event/exhibition, FHC China at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre.
This event is introducing more suppliers to the food and hospitality industry in China.
Was supposed to leave at 1230 but she wants us to finish calling one whole list of people who are going to check in the hotel today, asking for guarantee.
Left at 1pm in the end and headed to Zhen Da Guang Chang for Sushi =)
Was hesitating if we should go home and change coz we weren’t quite appropriately dressed for the event. Yu Hong told us that people there were dressed in smart casual.
Cant be bothered in the end and took a cab down. The whole expo is quite big and we got pass the registration area quickly.
Went into the hall and look for Yu Hong and Gabriel at Kelvin Tay’s Wine speech. It was like a private room where they are introducing New Zealand’s wine. 
There were a 9 different glasses of wine placed on the table for us to taste.
Saw Denis and some other Singaporeans working in Shangri-la and had some small talks with them.
Denis told us that it wasn’t as grand as what he expected coz a lot of suppliers didn’t dare to invest in China due to the high rate of duplication.
Isn't it cool!! It's all chocolate
All these are just free =)
Walked around the hall and tried different types of ice creams until about 5pm when we met some of the hotel chefs and took the hotel van back together.
Walked home after that and when we reached home, after seeing the empty cupboard without the water heater and a hole at the stove area, we started screaming and laughing about the whole situation. DRAMA!!!
Called the man that came in the morning and told him that he can bring back the heater and stove but he said that he haven maintain finish and got to wait till tomorrow. We then started screaming and shouting at him but failed to get him to bring back the stove.
(they can be so unreasonable at time.. he said something like what if the heater explode. Like WTH!!! After 2 months of using it, you are telling me something like this!!!)
Called Mr Weng and continue quarrelling as he said something like we need to pay part of the cost for the new heater and stove coz we are the one that open the door for that STRANGERS!!!
But the thing is how the hell will the STRANGERS know that we are Singaporeans, our neighbors are Singaporeans, our landlord’s full name and everything. Everything became so suspicious!!!
Some how Angela told her manager about it and her manager called our landlord and somehow, the thing is like half settled?? Like we don’t have to pay a single cent???
Oh, and apparently when Kim tried to use the tap in the toilet again, it works and we tried the other taps, there wasn’t any running water.
I think it is so super weird that while running the water, I started turning the tap from the ‘hot’ water the ‘cold’ water. And when the handle is turned towards the hotter side, the water stop running.
So conclusion is that since there is no heater, obviously there will not be any water running out of the tap when the handle is turn to the hotter side.
No wonder they asked us to turn the handle towards the hotter side in the morning.
OMG LAH!!! Do they really think that we are dump or what!! Something seriously fishy is going on…
This whole story is to be continue…
*seriously got no idea what will dad and mum say when they know abt this…
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