crying time.

today, at 7 am.. i was crying like a baby.
because of a baby movie.

i was watching Rob-B-Hood from my laptop.

now, i am a big fan of Jackie Chan movies.
in fact, i was a fan even before i learned about Japan. ha ha.
and in every film of his that i watch, i never fail to laugh/smile and be amazed.

but today, instead of laughing, i cried.
(ok, well, i laughed out loud at one part -- when i found out they were just acting out execution -- and that was because of RELIEF, more than anything..)
i cried when blood was being drawn from the baby's arm.. and he was crying so so hard, and he was being taken away from his "daddie and mommie"..

but i cried the most when Jackie was trying to revive the baby with a makeshift defibrillator.
even though it's quite impossible to have current run through your body that long, i completely believed it.
and i, in fact, cried so hard. especially since the baby has not been revived. ='(

oh well. this was a first. that's why i wrote about it.

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another reason to cry:

YesAsia still haven't returned the money i paid for the Step&Go CDs.

before, when CDJapan and HMV were both out-of-stock, and we did not know where else to get our copy from, i saw that YesAsia had them. at that time, i was still in the process of contacting Play-Asia to see if they would sell the CD...

but i guess i/we just were too nervous that we may never be able to secure our copies, so... i ordered.
i ordered 4 copies. the other three were for Me-Ann, Barbie, and Gelai. i used my debit card.

so there. we were assured of our copies. yay!

but that night, as i was on my way to work, Me-Ann and Tna sent me a message that there are still CDJ copies that we could get from Katz. there was no contention, ORZ. we had to get one from CDJ or HMV 'coz it helps put them in Oricon.

as soon as i've confirmed with Katz, i went to YA to cancel my order.

as it turned out, it took a day to confirm the order. and then the money was already subtracted from my debit account.

i was like, O_____O

'coz i never thought they would get the money right away/before shipping out. so i hurriedly requested for the cancellation of the order. i specifically told them i used a debit card.

the YA peeps agreed to cancel, and told me that the money will be returned to me soon. alright. that was great to know.

2 days later, i still haven't received the money back. so i sent an email asking them about the approximate number of days before i can get the money back.
someone replied to me -- will take about a week ("within a week" was what he said)

so i waited for a week more. and then i still haven't got it.

so i emailed them again. and they emailed me back. now it's within 7-14 days. and told me that the BANK itself was the one putting the money on hold for them. it's like a record that on the ship date, YA is allowed to subtract the same amount.

but this is Union Bank. my online statement tells me there is NO hold amount, and the amount was SUBTRACTED, NOT HELD.

and i still haven't got the money. 14th day was 31st January. i'm still giving it some time, of course, but somehow... it's making me nervous. and restless. and stressed.

aiiiya~

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oh well. this is turning out to be a "CRYING DAY"

i was expecting either my magazines or my CDs to arrive within this week, but here's what came instead: