Lost and found

  Hello guys! :) Now, you might be wondering what the topic is about. The title "Lost and Found" isn't much help either - it could refer to practically anything. A lost tissue, a lost pencilbox, a lost correction tape... All of them found. But no; in this post, I'm going to tell you about something much more important... My Student Smartcard.

  Yes, I know that it sounds funny. But this card is the only way I can travel around my country, Singapore, without paying the Adult's fare! Otherwise, for a train ride, I'd have to pay $3 and get only $1 back. Sighs... Singapore really is an expensive country. 

  Using my student smartcard actually lets me travel without cash. I just have to tap the card on the card reader and I can already go inside the train... Simple as that! 

  So imagine if I lost it...

  Yes, I had to survive a week and a day without my card and I had to borrow my aunt's one. But... It had no more top-up value in it, so my dad had to stop and give me $10 for it anyway.

  But after yesterday, I had my card back!!! :) :) :) :) :) Do you know how? I surfed the internet to find a website that could tell me how to replace my smartcard, and I stumbled upon the Transitlink website. It gave me all I needed to know, and I knew that I had to bring my passport and a photo of myself in a school uniform to the station. Once I got there and waited for about five minutes, I would again have a new, shiny card!

  But...

  The downside was that the total cost of the card, $30, ($18 for the card, $5 top up value and $7 for the photo-taking) was paid from my own pocket money. My mom said that I had to learn that money was hard to make and I had to learn to value my own things. So... Yup, I pretty much lost a lot of money from losing the smartcard. But anyway, I'm happy that I went through this. It's a great learning experience! :)

  I'm sorry for the really short post... Nothing new is going on much and I feel sort of sick. I mean literally sick. But don't tell my mom that... She won't let me go ice-skating! Oh! Speaking of that, if I can keep my runny nose from my mom, I'll have something to write about tomorrow! Oh, think about it. Three posts in four days! I can't wait!

                          ~Excitedly,

Kirsten Clare, the founder of Kirsten Clare's Diary.