Thursday, May 17, 2007

DAY 0 in S'pore

What was supposed supposed to b a pretty much peaceful trip ended on a not-so-great note.Uneventful and comfortable flights,perfect check-outs but an irritatingly long and unexpectedly compicated check-in at Singapore..Landin at singapore at 8pm(Singapore time) on a perfectly sunny day(which i'm assuming it was for the sake of a professional touch);just steps away from a routine baggage claim and a happy re-union when WHAM!!.Bad-luck would rear itself in the form of a highly irritatin ICA(Immigration n Checpoints Authority)lady and a badly informed immigrant - ME.'Lady',i use coz if she hadnt been so annoyin n imposin she actually cud hav been one.Maybe she just had a bad day or had problems at home but infact I DONT CARE....Well you cant entirely blame her though..Here's my case..I hav no idea where i'm stayin(so no address on the immigration card),thought my bro wud be "feedin" me(so no cash on me and the use of " " will be made clear soon)...Well in short seemed like a perfectli IL-legal immigrant...And lo! behold as true as they say "When it rains,it pours",, my fingerprint turned out to prove that i had lived 19.5 years of lies(or mayb lesser coz i dont exactly remember beyond 10-12 years and 1 day less in 2005)..Proving undoubtedly(assumin fingerprints rarely duplicate) that i was none other than....Gurpreet Singh...Weirdly I had also somehow managed to look better(atleast relatively) than my actual "Singh" identity...Enquiries,negotiations(atleast attempted ones),threatens(including immediate deportation) and nearly an hour later i was out,with a seal that i had to leave the country by may 22nd.For more complex analysis on this just wait........(well..i need time to think of somethin and you need it to get in the proper mind frame)..

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