Wednesday, September 07, 2005

When the going gets tough...

I hate making this site sound like a complaint site - but nothing is worst than this:
I was attending the e-security seminar today in MINES Convention center . My boss and I were walking up to the elevator towards the small seminar room which had a talk about WIMAX when suddenly my white sandals decided to give way and SNAP!!! To my horror, the white piece of PVC where I slip my toes in between was torn into two pieces! Really, THAT was the one and only link which makes the sandals wearable!

OK, there I was - stuck- because I can't walk any further, not that I didn't try , but really I can't, plus I wasn't driving this morning, so I had no extra pair of shoes which I can change into. My boss is with me, but he isn't a female, so he won't be able to help me buy a new pair of shoes in Mines shopping mall. The mall is at least 5 minutes of walk away...

So what did I do? I took off my sandals, and walked BAREFOOTED all the way from the convention center to the mall which was 5 minutes away, saw a shoe shop and walked straight into it and bought the first pair of shoes I saw! Didn't care about the comfort - just needed a pair of shoes!

Thank God I was wearing a pair of long black pants and there was Mines to the rescue. I'd be in deep trouble had the expo been held in some unknown convention centers without any shops! His grace is sufficient! Hehehehe... :)

Umm.. the whole episode was kinda comical - I think my boss was about to laugh at me :'( ; not mentioning all those macho guys who probably must be thinking that I'm some siau girl- "What on earth is this girl doing walking around barefooted in public? We only see this in Thaipusam right?!"

Talk about when the going gets tough!

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