Life points

Yesterday I went swimming at my favourite pool, in fact its the only one I go to now -Mountbatten Swimming Complex, and the silly me forgot to put cash in my wallet. I had about 20c. 

So I got dressed and went to the pool ever excitedly. And when I was standing at the entrance, I realised that my trusted swimming membership card had only 50c left in it. It takes a member 80c to enter the pool. So this is the situation no one would ever want to find themselves in. TEN CENTS SHORT.

I was in the worst nightmare.

Because firstly, when you are in a swimsuit, its not that cool you know. You sweat. And I was itching to swim! Plus I don't know where's the nearest ATM. So I asked the lady at the pool and she said there are two atms at the petrol kiosks opposite. 

I crossed the bridge in the crazy heat that I was in. And when I arrived at the first petrol kiosk, it was a DBS atm. So too bad, I walked to the next petrol kiosk that was right next to it and then I found the POSB atm. 

I was like, WHATS THE POINT MAN! Why do you have similar atms next to each other?! Whats the point! 

And guess what, I walked from the Mountbatten pool all the way to Old Airport Hawker (took me 30 mins) to get to a UOB atm machine. This is how far they keep their machines apart. The next nearest UOB machine is at Parkway. WHAT?! I was so itching to swim that after I withdrew money, I had no heart to walk all the way back. So I cabbed. 

$3.00 when I went into the cab, $3.00 when I stepped out of the cab. That's how short the distance was. 

So I gathered some life points out of this situation.

When you are denied entry to the swimming pool:

1. You should have a DBS savings/current account.
2. You should start making friends with the people who work at the pool.
3. You should have enough guts to ask any stranger for 10c. 
4. You should always leave your house with cash. 

Which is the best option? Hmmm.. Let's see... 

Option 1! 

I am clearly sore about how far I need to walk to get to the UOB atm and how strange an idea it is to place a DBS atm and a POSB atm right next to each other at a place that does not have any other atm machines. BAH!