iPHone 3G... Right Decision?

It started from last week that I've firmly decided to get an iPhone 3G...but then there's no stock anywhere in Edinburgh...

at 1 moment, there is stock in Livingston, but the next day, that I planned to go, it was sold out...

Argh, as days pass, i became more n more impatient...

On wednesday, Carphonewarehouse began to take orders online, promising to despatch it on friday, so I Tangan gatally go buy online ..scared later sold out again..

But.. thats the thing with parcels, u'll have to be home 2 collect it.. Had a class from 9 - 9.40 on friday, should be able to rush home 2 collect it..din want to bother my friend to come over to wait for the parcel...(biggest mistakeee!!!)

When I got home..

HUHUHUHUHU....
the 'you were out card' was on the floor...argh... time: 9.45am

Arghh...they dont deliver on saturday, next week i wont be home 2 collect it as well..plus cant reeli estimate what time it'll arrive...nooo..it'll be sent back 2 sender... how the working ppl receive parcel 1??

Option 1: Ignore the parcel, let it send back to sender, and then...arr, I dont know..
Option 2: go collect it lo... (easy 2 say)

I checked online, the City Link depot is in Livingston!! not in the city centre sumore, in the Industrial Estates11..How to Get There???

If you miss a parcel by Royal Mail, the depot is 40 minutes walk, and 20 minutes by bicycle..
If you miss a parcel by Parcel Force, the depot is 45 minutes by bus, or 2 train stations away..
If you miss a parcel bby City Link, deep shit..
If you miss a parcel by DPD, ur're in deeper shit... (our router was sent on DPD, missed that also)

Mine was at least 3rd stage...

Alright, livingston it is then...I went there on the same day itself, taking a train 30 minutes...

Hm..When i reach, whoa...the train station is not actually a train station..Its just a rail track with a small booth, like a bus stop beside it...


I was expecting obvious bus stop outside the train station..but noooo... had to walk in search of a bus stop..supposed 2 take bus no 16...

A bus came, but the number blur blur 1...Mummy teach me alwiz ask if you dont know the way..therefore i ask the bus driver if it gets to the City Link depot...

Old Man: Well, yes...do you want to go to the depot itself?"

Yes of course...

Argh..cut short..babi punya driver, send me to wrong place...to the First Edinburgh Depot.. after realising his mistake, he just stop me at some junction:

"Owh, City Link Depot...now, where is that?? Let me think..Should be there"

pointing northeast...on a road like this...kedai runcit also dont have lei... I can already feel the impending doom when I get down...


So smart of me not to bring a map, i tot it would be straight forward..argh..where is thiss???

Walk...walk...walk...in the northeast direction...

I wont say i am good with maps, but i remember the place is near a royston road...hmm...got deans road also..n nairns road..if see any of this, happy liao...

That is when i see "The Royston Roundabout".. yeah..at least got some sign..

The place is damn ulu...can see its industrial site...din see any1 around also..argh..scaryy...
Hehe...luckily i spotted the yellow n green City Link delivery van!!


so i knew which junction it came out from..but after turning in:

where to go next??

Just keep walking, then another van came out..hehe...Its like Hansel picking up pebbles that Gretel left behind...

First human that I saw....a guy walking out with a parcel..YEAH!!! I'm at the right area!!

Finally:
Yellow n green van...I guess that is the importance of colour code..so that ppl can recognise it..

All the trouble for this:
Its like mother giving birth..once you hold the baby,

Its all worth it...

Even the charger looks so classy...


Take home lesson: next time, just trouble your friend for few minutes and save urself 3 hours..