Money Not Enough

Tell me, what can you do with $200?
Let me list down some of the things that I can do with that sum of money.

Fivourously
1. Go on a crazy shopping spree for shoes (any shops also can)
2. Get a Kate Spade wristlet or wallet
3. Buy a $170 coach ticket to KL with a one night stay at a 3 stars hotel and still have some SGD left to convert to RM.
4. Go for a facial, eyelash extension, hair extension and get some slutty innerwears (but I'll only wear to sleep for my husband to see lah) from CityPlaza.
5. Buy myself a platimum solitaire ring from Aurora Jewelry.

Sensibly
1. Treat my family of 12 adults, 7 kids & 4 cats to a nice meal at KFC (KFC also nice wat!)
2. Donate it to any charities.


Well, why am I talking about $ 200..not $20, not $2000 or even $ 20 000? Let me take you into a story:

Once there was this lady, lets call her Waklu. Ive know her very briefly and met her once. At that time I bought a make-up palette from her. We met at Commonwealth MRT station and the transaction was smooth except for a small glitch when she showed me that one tray in the palette was slightly cracked. Due to that she charged me $2 less than the original cost price.

Fast forward, we never really communicate let alone hang out although she was in my FB contact list.

To cut this very lengthy story short, another contact of mine, Jac from FB relate to me and her other friends how she was cheated of TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS from the same lady, Waklu. It all started when Waklu requested for a loan from Jac and PROMISED to pay back in a few days time. Initially I didnt believe it when Jac mentioned that Waklu not only did not returned the $$ but gave flowery excuses and lies. Jac posted the many messages that she sent and received from Waklu. These includes messages like "she had a miscarriage.....she was hospitalised...etc". Excuses and lies that probably enough to create a Mediacorp-worthy script.

What we can deduced from here was that, she simply didnt have the intention to return the money back to poor Jac. This incident has opened up more cans of worms thanx to Waklu's deeds. More people stepped up and shared how they were also cheated by this same person. And surprise, surprise.. she recycled the same old excuses and lies to the people she cheated on with the hope that they could bathed her with sympathy and eventually forget about the loan.

However Jac was determined to get her money back and continued to demand the money. And again, this lady continued to spin a tale saying that she already transfered the money but the money didnt went through etc..... All this coming from someone we know who had a car, whose husband rides a big bike and has a brother who is a lawyer and lives in a landed property.

Why she didnt approached him instead? To quote Jac, we really need to pry open her brain and dissect it to know.

Lucky for Jac, Waklu FINALLY returned the $200 after TWENTY FOUR DAYS.

Some may ask, why am I putting this up on behalf of a friend, let me tell you something I learnt from this incident:



TRUST.

Jac willingly lent the money to Waklu thinking that she was a nice girl and never in her mind to imagine that Waklu would cheat on her.

So, is it worth jeopardising a friendship like this?
The answer is a definite NO.

Waklu lost a friend and condolences to her.

And to my readers who may know her, please be wary. She may not approach you to maintain her "atas" status (whatever it may be) but true to the old mantra, prevention is better than cure.

Believe me, $20 is already enough to cause a drift in a friendship so dont let it happened.

To Waklu..... to lie about having a miscarriage or having a death in the family is really really the worst. You cannot pay, tell the truth. No point creating a mountain of lies just to cover two hills (READ: your asses).

To quote another contact: "miscarriage? yeah...she dropped her brains.."

Well, Waklu seriously needs to pick up all those pieces, man.

BEWARE.

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