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My first online purchase

My order delivered by Skynet It didn't come in a box Taa..daa..my handbag After a one month-and-five-day wait, I finally received my order. The entire ordering process was rather smooth.  After making payment online (either via fpx or credit card), a confirmation of order will be received via email.  The expected delivery date will be advised even before the order is placed.   It came via the courier which took another 3 days upon advice that the item was delivered. If only my handbag comes in a box.  What if the bag gets crushed in the process of delivery and what I receive is an imperfect bag?  Anyway, this one here is a perfect one! After talking so long, I bought this from Groupon.  One word of caution! Don't just rely on the image or photos in the email.  Check the dimension of the item you wish to purchase.  I thought that this bag is bigger. I never wanted a small bag like this.  Anyway, it was my fault for not ...

When they should not recycle

No, this steak house is not serving fish ball.  Neither did we bring serviettes from a steak restaurant and used them at a restaurant serving fish ball noodles. We were savouring our fish food when out of curiosity one of us flipped over a serviette and My! it was one from a steak house called Bayleaf.  Our next natural reaction was to flip over the serviette on each plate of fish side-orders. Lo and behold, all the serviettes were Bayleaf's. When it comes to doing business, recycling is not something that should be done at the expense of the customers. A few questions popped up in our mind.  This scenario reminds us of how we always recycle serviettes we get whenever we eat at eateries.  Maybe this owner used to own a restaurant called Bayleaf and they were trying not to exhaust their stock of serviettes.  Again, how long have these serviettes been kept? We never know. Any restaurant could have kept their stock for nobody knows how long. Whatever that we ...