@#$%&^ !!! Lost my wallet…. Nabei.. sai lah!!! And I wasn’t even drunk because I walked 7 floors up the blasted stairs to punish myself for being a careless fxxk.

0035hrs: I came home after midnight and discovered my wallet gone. Tried to call the cab company and they transferred me to their lost and found department that takes forever to for someone to pick up. Hung up and decided to try and find the number for Comfort Delgro’s lost & found department online.

0050hrs: Found lost & fund department number for Comfort Delgro. Called and it said it is Citicab’s. Automated machine repeated message that they are closed for the day and their office hours are 8am to… can’t remember whatever the shit time it was. Couldn’t find another number. So I filed lost item report online.

0055hrs: Make police report on line for lost items.

0100 – 0110hrs: Called Citibank, HSBC, DBS, UOB to uspend all my credit cards and ATM cards.

0110hrs: Jimmy (friend from Asia Friendfinder) told me on MSN to call their Comfort Delgro’s cab booking line again and insist they transfer me to a human.

0115hrs: Finally managed to speak to a lady in lost & found department in Comfort Delgro who promises me to try and contact the cabbie. The poor sod before that assured me repeatedly that there is someone who will pick up the line.

0119hrs: The same lady called back and told me that the item was not found. ” The cabbie said it was not in his cab after he searched. “

0119 – 0215hrs: Sorted out problems with Citrix Client on computer and managed to connect to my office email and sent my boss an email to apply for urgent leave.

0220 – 0224hrs: Showered. Said a silent prayer to God to get my IC back. Dropped dead on bed after that.

0740hrs ~ 0750hrs: Daily alarm went off. (Forgot to turn off. Hit the Stop buttons on all three and went back to sleep.)

0800hrs: Woke up and checked my Blackberry to see if my boss has given his approval for my leave. “OK” were the only two words in the email.

Around 1115hrs: Forward police report to Gary Ho, and asked him to help me to print out half a dozen copies in the office since I don’t have a printer at home.

1230hrs: Traveled to town to meet friend Gary for lunch and collect printouts of police reports.

1300 – 1330hrs: Lunch.

1345hrs – 1400hrs: Go buy myself a new wallet with Gary.

1410hrs: Replace ATM card at UOB. Staff told me $5 charge is waived because I had a police report.

1430hrs: Replace ATM card at DBS. Counter staff told me I can merge both my DBS & POSB ATMs into one and spare myself the trouble of going to POSB to replace the POSB card. Thanked the lady profusely for informing me of this.

1440hrs: Went Safra Clubhouse at Carpenters Road to replace Safra card. The lady at the clubhouse took a look at my police report and said it will be free. Suggested I renew my membership and got a ‘free’ Timex watch which has a label that says… $118. Well, I really hope it’s worth that much. She gave me a bag to put all my stuff in since I was juggling several items madly. Today must have been my lucky day – all these service people I have met so far are damned nice.

1455hrs: Crossed over to Central at Clarke Quay and sipped some iced lemon tea. It was damned warm today and I looked like I came out of a shower.

1505hrs: Boarded bus 61 outside Central to go to ICA at Lavender.

1520hrs: Asked the poker faced staff at ground floor of ICA where to go to get a replacement NRIC.

1530hrs: Settled all the administrative work with yet another poker faced staff at level 3, ICA. Don’t these people ever smile?! It’s not like I killed your entire family. Got my number and read my storybook at ICA until 1550pm when my number flashed on the notice board.

1605hrs: Settled the matter of my replacement NRIC. The last lady at ICA was the friendliest of the lot. Shocked that I came so quickly to replace it. Told me that if I found my lost IC by March 6th, I could get a refund.

1610hrs: Took MRT to City Hall. Nothing much left to do and decided to go GV Marina and find out what I can do to get my Movie Club card replaced. End up buying a ticket for CJ7 at 1655 since I can only change the card at Plaza Singapure. (I was simply too lazy to go.)

1655 – 1835hrs: Watced CJ7.

1850hrs: Boarded bus 97 outside Esplanade. (Taking the MRT at this hour is simply nuts.)

1940hrs: Reached Jurong East MRT Station.

1955hrs: Reached Boon Lay MRT Station.

2005hrs: Bought dinner from Jurong Point food court and walked home dejectedly.

2015hrs: Ate dinner and clicked mindlessly on my computer. Cleared some company mails and see if my boss has fired my ass.

2310hrs: Door bell chimed. Decided to check who’s at the door since it’s too late for door to door sales and hoping I could give whoever a piece of my mind if it is a salesman.

2311hrs: Stranger at the door: ” Ah… remember me? I am the taxi driver yesterday. Here’s your wallet. What? They said I said the wallet isn’t on the cab? They didn’t even call me… “

2312hrs: Puzzled. Still, I gave cabbie $20 to refuel his cab for making the effort to come all the way here. Still in shock while holding the wallet with everything intact inside it. What the… ?!

2315hrs: Jumping with joy and praising God. There are good people and miracles after all. Even though I had wasted time replacing some of the cards, I got the IC back. And that’s what I asked God to give me back anyway.

Now I need to find out… how I can cancel the police report. Making a false report is a crime… or so it says on the spf.gov.sg wesbite.