{ Wednesday, September 12, 2007 } 12:29 AM

My Wallet

Ok, a couple of things happened to me. Hmm. I'll try to post whatever I remember, but the events will not be in chronological order.

It was a long day. Since I have a 2-hour lunch break, I went to the library to get some sleep. LOL.

Before I slept, I ran into Chia Yee and gang. Notes for lecture 9 of PPDA was up and I borrowed Chia Yee's freshly printed ones and set to photocopy them beside the computer area.

As what I always did in Innova, I took out my cashcard from my wallet and left my wallet on a corner of the photocopier and photocopied my notes. (Man. I'm becoming naggy.) I took out my cashcard and went to look for a table to rest my head on (and sleep!!!).

I woke up at 1.45 pm, saw Chia Yee and decided to go to the toilet together. I was looking for my valuables and couldn't find my wallet. Man, I started to panic. I searched twice. Thrice. Argh!!!! WHERE IS MY WALLET???

I recalled that I left my wallet at the photocopier and ran towards it. And I see no wallet! Oh my God. I think I was creating such a ruckus that a group of girls passing by overheard my "I left it here and now it's gone!" stopped and asked, "Did you mean you left a wallet here?" I nodded my head furiously (haha, sounds a little exaggerating). "Oh, you can check it out at the counter."

I said "Thanks" and ran towards the counter. I told the librarian that I lost my wallet and wanted it back. She was like, "Sorry, but the person in charge has gone out for lunch. Can you come back at 2 instead?"

I was like, what? "I've got lessons at 2."
"Oh? Then go to the information desk opposite and ask them for help."

I was really, really swearing. I mean, can't you just give me back my wallet? So I ran over and explained my situation to the people behind the information desk.

"Oh... That person has gone out for lunch, huh? Then ask the librarian at the loans desk (where I came from earlier on) for help. Why are you approaching us?"

@!#$&$%*#%%@!%$%&^&@@#. Before I could reply, the librarian at the loans desk waved my wallet in the air and called me over. WTH.

So I walked over and she opened my wallet.
Librarian: Is this your wallet?
Me: Yeah.
Librarian: Can you show me your identification? (Then she took out my student pass from my wallet.)
Me: Erm, my student pass is in the wallet.
Librarian: Then show me your IC.
Me: It's at the compartment where you took out my student pass.

Sigh. All my identification would be in my wallet. Who would separate it out? And the position of the cards were so easily noticeable. She didn't seem to want to return me my wallet. If I hadn't had lessons at 2, I think I would have to wait till 2 plus.

So she looked at the picture on my student pass and IC and compared it to my face. I guess I was lucky that I looked like my photograph, or else I can forget about getting my wallet back.

This is such a good example of how people are "trained" to do things - prove one's identity before anything is done. Oh well.