SO MUCH BACKLOG. I have 2 trips worth of backlog and I'm still getting those sorted. #procrastination
Today's Epicness: I landed in Jurong East (from Bugis) today because I was so engrossed in chatting on whatsapp. Took me a whole additional hour just to get home after that. LOL.
How... in the world did I not realise (that I was travelling in the wrong direction). 12 stops of completely selective hearing.
When I heard the announcement for passengers switching to the circle line, I just naturally assumed I was at Paya Lebar (apparently I was at BUONA VISTA) - kinda make sense now cause I had a moment of "oh so long already only at Paya Lebar ah".
If only I could record my own moment of shock when I heard the train announced Jurong East. LOL.
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MaplestorySEA's 14th Anniversary
Held at JCUBE this year, it was one long ride just to get to the event - ALONE.
This is the 3rd consecutive year that I took part in their anniversary event. Looking back, 13th Anniversary was the most eventful one (for me) as I participated in a few games with friends and acquaintances (they helped me with getting my three maple plushies, still very thankful for them).
On the 14th Anniversary, I didn't buy anything from the offline store (the queue was back to being fcfs, and it was too long, plus I am hardly active on pc maple now, lolol). But, the Orange Mushroom Cushion was so very enticing. I tried my luck on the throw-a-hoop game after several rounds of walking past it (cause I was being mindful and embarrassed for being alone) and failed terribly. Tried my luck on the darts & claw machine as well, but got a bunch of slime hats.
CM Venshi was doing his rounds greeting maplers and giving out in-game coupons, and I was surprised he remembered me. Came over to talk a bit and pass me those coupons. haha. (I actually bumped into him & his gf (i think) after my haircut the other day. LOLOL)
With the event ground at JCUBE this year, I didn't manage to go during the week that they were displaying the Giant Maple Balloons (PB, Mushroom, Pepe) that they flew over from the event in Korea. - partially because I was dealing with acid reflux problems back then too.
Imagine my surprise when my friends told me they were on display at Bugis:
It turns out... this was for MapleM's 1st Anniversary event!!
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MapleM's 1st Anniversary
I felt like there wasn't much advertisement on this? haha. Either way, I found out that they had an event ground at Bugis+ (the exact same spot that MaplestorySEA did their 13th Anniversary at).
Today, the very last day of the event, I went down to take a look - ALONE again.
In all honesty, being alone makes me feel very embarrassed for some reason. I was all ready to give up and walk away, but I saw an uncle holding the plush. "If not now... when? Am I gonna go home and dwell on why I didn't participate?" That thought told me to go for it. So I went back and evaluated the games and requirements to get the plush and it was really very easy.
4 stamps (1 stamp per game station) to exchange for either an Orange Mushroom or a Slime plush.
- Take a picture with MapleM background
- Punchbag Machine
- Hit-with-a-hammer Machine
- Claw Machine (p.s. expert at this already thanks to MaplestorySEA)
Hoho... My loots of the day!
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Plus something: In my despair that I couldn't win the Orange Mushroom Cushion from MaplestorySEA's event ground this year... I made an impulse purchase:
HELLO PINK BEAN FROM THE MAPLE STORE. 💖
[p.s. I think I went crazy but hey... its pink bean. I finally got my pink bean related merchandise 🙌]
