i was mentally prepared to collect ally towards the end of next week, as the counter staff at epicentre helpfully pointed out that “all the technicians have gone home for the chinese new year and repair work will only start on the 11th”.

on saturday when i left my laptop there, i received a call in the afternoon asking for my password so that he can access ally. i was a little grumpy cos hey, i wrote it down on the instructions sheet whaaat. but oh well, it was a good thing they started the repairs early.

to my absolute surprise, they called me this afternoon to inform me that ally was all ready to go home. wheee! that’s like, two working days in all? of course i dashed down to epicentre to collect ally even though it meant giving up an hours’ pay. to the hell with the miserly $7 i could have earned.

now ally is back on my laps and man, i am one happy person.