Teammate JI and Teammate JL
Had a “dramatic time” the night before. Teammate JL only realized the night before her flight that her student pass which need to be given to the immigration officer at the airport had been brought back accidentally to Taiwan by her boyfriend.
Helped her contacted one of the SOT staff who was shocked to hear about it cause it was the first-of-its-kind in SOT, as in to “lose” the student pass the night before flight. We made arrangement to go down Suntec office to get an official letter from her, just in case her student pass don’t reach her on time.
Apparently Teammate JL managed to get hold of her boyfriend who happened to just touch down at Taoyuan Airport so he actually managed to get it mail back to Singapore by FedEx Express which by right Teammate JL will get it on the morning. Thank God Teammate JL’s flight is at night.
Tues morning, both of us left to airport to send Teammate JI off.
Thinking that after sending her off, we either can make our way to FedEx HQ or Suntec office.
Quite many teammates came to send Teammate JI off. Teammate JI didn’t cry, we too but you could see on everyone’s expression that we were just you know you know.
At the entrance of departure, Team Leader commented “this kind you cannot come to send alone”. How true is that.
Goodbye our Assistant Team Leader!
Goodbye my awesome teammate!
Goodbye my friend who I can freely talk and share about everything!
A day later, heard from Team Leader that Teammate JI confessed that she cried when she went in. Awwwww… among all the ladies in Team8, Teammate JI is actually one of the “strongest” so to know that she actually cried, it bought tears to us too.
The “drama-rama” battle between FedEx and us began.
We called FedEx to check the status for the parcel and was told that the parcel has yet to reach Singapore. Teammate JL called her boyfriend who said that it shouldn’t. So we called again and another officer told us the same thing but this time was told that the parcel has yet to leave Taiwan. A while later, we went to the website of FedEx to check the status and we saw that it had already left Taiwan.
We made a call again and this time was told the parcel left Taiwan but yet to reach Singapore. We hanged around at the airport, prepared to go anywhere they mention to collect the parcel personally.
We went to the website and this time saw that the parcel has reached Singapore but that was not case when we called to ask. They said that same thing but promised us that they will indicate the urgency for us as I made known that we need the parcel urgently.
Think I had called so many times that the officers in FedEx already know me. For few calls, they were like “Ya… you are Miss Lim right?” After much battles, they informed us that hey will contact us regarding the final status before 2pm.
Prior before that, Teammate JL actually called her airline to “reserve” another day of flight, just in case something cropped up and she cant catch her original flight. We then decided to head back to my place first. We were all so tired that we knocked out when we hit the bed.
FINALLY! At close to 2pm, FedEx officer called to say the parcel reached Singapore and parcel at their HQ. So after making the necessary arrangement, Teammate JL took all her luggages and we left to the FedEx HQ and then to airport.
We cab to FedEx HQ which is somewhere near Expo. Thank God everything went smoothly and Teammate JL got hold of her Student Pass before we made our way to the airport.
It was so interesting - we saw three “Urgent” written on the envelope.
Guess this happened when you are so persistent and kept calling and calling and calling.
All in all, I think I made close to 8 calls (or more) to FedEx - sounded “angry” but of course in appreciating mode. No matter what, all worth it as long as Teammate JL wont miss her flight back.
@ airport, together with Teammate ZR who was with us the entire afternoon, went to have a peaceful proper meal.
The smiles on our face were genuine!
It was really a drama-rama afternoon!
From Team8, there were only Teammate ZR and myself who were there to send her off. Her cg leader and members came too.
The people outside getting fewer and fewer...
Goodbye my buddy, my study-partner and my source of entertainment in SOT! Gonna miss you!
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