Monday, February 04, 2008

How High

Was it all worth it
And how did I earn it

So we receives our usual mobile phone bill, and thinking it's gonna be somewhere along the lines of the package plan, we opened up the pdf file only to be shocked to see a total over twice of what was expected.

Mind you, all our calls are personal calls with the occasional work-related calls. This means our phone bill never hits over RM35 usually (we gets despairing texts from Maxis telling us that our total usage for this month is RM20something, call/text more to maximize usage before so-and-so date). The only times we actually hit past the RM75 mark is when we visit Sporeland (or the first time we started surfing online via EDGE on our Nok7710).

Now last December our bill came up to over RM250. That also was another shock until we took a closer look at our bill details and our payments - we somehow missed paying for November's bill it seems, and there was also ethancya's and Renzze's Sporeland wedding to consider, so a bill of that amount was acceptable.

So after the initial glance of a bill of RM170 and the cussing that followed, we suspected that the bill should be due to yet another trip to Sporeland.

And it was. For our Sporeland Christmas trip. Which was a two days, one night trip. 2D1N enough to push our bill up to 2.5x more.

Looking through the bill doesn't make it look any cheaper.

Incoming calls when overseas are RM2 per minute. About RM1 per minute for outgoing calls. RM1 per text message. And these are all quick calls to get cabs, find out where the sis is, check where people are, etc. Wow. How it all adds up - we never expect the bill to be this high. Still. It was due to necessities and comfort, so we shan't say more.

And speaking of how high, our head is in the clouds and we've a goofy grin plastered on our face as the Chief nicely surprised us at work bringing ais kacang. How high are we? We probably need to drive home very slow to avoid any accidents later. :)

10 comments:

Henry Yeo said...

get a local SIM card next time.

savante said...

The Chief. Hee hee.

God bless the Leng Chee Kang and Ais Kacang Combo.

Medie007 said...

i tot apa pulak seddenly the tag goes 'the chief' when everything was abt the phone bills, last last the ais kacang. hyperglycemic shock. LMAO

hrugaar said...

What flavour(s) ais kacang? And non-alcoholic I hope, if you were driving afterward. ;P

Sam said...

Aiyer, where's my ais kacang MMS?

3-Seconder said...

ahemmm... I was halfway suspecting the topic "how high" to be related with THE CHIEF. You know, CLOUD 9 high :)

Sighhh... I miss those days of budding relationship where everything the important person does, just seems to create an euphoric high!

*sigh*

Little Prince said...

T_T i send sms while in beijing back home for new year greetings and that cost me rm1 each. T_T... so cham~
and then when people reply... I also kena charged!!! T_T

adrien said...

ok will all the posts be like THESE onwards?

you know what i mean. lol

Pluboy2 said...

Twice as much for Hong Kong roaming.. my 1 week in Hong Kong phone bill is about the same as my 1 month bill in Malaysia..

Janvier said...

Henry Yeo: We don't go there that frequently lah. And for just an overnight stay?

Savante: Great desserts.

Ah-Bong: It was certainly a sweet surprise.

Hrugaar: Non-alcoholic of course. It had gula melaka as syrup! Delish!

Sam: Dah habis makan. Takde MMS.

3-Seconder: The Chief surprised us with this while we were writing the post, so we added it in. :) Otherwise it would have just been a phone bill high instead.

Daniel Henry: We feel your pain!

Adrien: Not all. Most. :P

Pluboy: We've yet to receive our bill for our CNY Bangkok trip, although that will be a bill we shan't complain. :P