Wow .... time really flies
Remember when first on Annual Levy, I visited the casino almost daily or at least I think 4-5 times per week ???
Staying past midnite after work/weekends, had to take cab with midnite surcharges home & sleeping just several hours before another day at work in the office {catching forty winks during long bus journey too hahaha :o}
Well lost tonnes of money there [and even on my now infrequent recent visits sighzzzz] - still have yet to win any significant BIG Win or JP - just WHEN will it ever be MY Turn ??????
:(
Then the best : given complimentary rooms sometimes even with good progressive upgrades [or earning the Hotel Earn & Stay Certificates etc] & the free concerts in English & Mandarin & events etc
Well - yesterday Friday was the B-Day Hen Party Stayover
During Grand Club Room {City View} check-in, was told that could only have max of 3 occupants {legally}, so will pay $175++ for the 3rd pax, and for individual Club Meals at the SkyPark Club Lounge whenever the 4th Guest could make that to be billed at Club Lounge.
But encountered a hiccup, the Tower One SkyPark Access Check Booth manned by the MBS Pool Staff insisted that my 4th Guest-the Birthday Gal couldn’t be given Club Lounge access for the Evening Canapes/Cocktails {as she only managed to reach MBS at about 6pm so I went down to bring her up leaving my other earlier 2 guests who arrived there before 3pm enjoying their 2nd Club Session} as she didn’t have a 4th Room Card {but the Check-in Counter staff had ensured me it’s Ok with just 3 cards [max no of cards that he would give here] and for us to inform them that the 4th Guest will be paying for the Club Meals taken} but later he luckily said will allow an exception ... sheesh
Another Pool Staff was manning the booth this morning, but we didn’t have much of a hassle this time round as I remembered to produce the MBS Form letter on Club Room SkyPark benefits stating clearly that ‘additional guests are welcome to use all of our offerings at a supplemental fee’ - with date and signature and stamped Front Office, MBS !
So strictly speaking, even though it wasn’t really worth the extra $175++ for the 3rd Guest nor the individual extra $50++ {for Evening Canapes/Cocktail} and $41++ {for Breakfast} for the 4th pax, we had lots of fun getting together to pre-celebrate our friend’s birthday ... made good memories
And I was too occupied to pop into the casino hehehe :p
So that was the 2nd or last of the free 2N 1-complimentary upgrade room stays given/usedup [and which were further upgraded to paid Club Rooms using my Sands Dollars]
The next stretch/period won’t be free rooms - only discounted $99++ for a Deluxe Room from Sun to Fri [NO Sats tho']
So for Friday 29/8/14 [will cancel my $259++ Club Room upgrade as won’t be needing that after all as plans have changed ...] will revert to the normal $99++ Deluxe Room too - also for 5/9/14 [with Beatlemania concert], 12/9 and 19/9 ! “Austerity measures ?"
Guess better don’t anyhow waste my balance Sands Dollars [if not going into casino no chance to earn more] if the room upgrades aren’t really required.
Now with the convenient DownTown Line into Chinatown/Bugis from Bayfront, so easy to pop into Chinatown etc with much more yummy Food & Eating Places {much cheaper too}
I wish we could have some ‘reliable fortune teller/sign’ that could tell us, that IF I were to step into the casino I would have some BIG Wins instead of the usual big losses - THAT would then make me feel better to ‘splurge some money’ for a “reliable gamble” .....sighzzzz
I really should think twice/3x/4x BEFORE throwing my money in the casino as I have a feeling that I would probably be among those in the coming Retrenchment List [as my company can no longer ‘hold on’ with the prolonged poor business due to the government refusing to relax some of the property cooling measures & certain recent unlucky outcomes ....and they’ll be cutting across the board quite massively here !]
But then again - if there’s hope or really Good Luck coming my way, maybe it’s about the Right Time for that Big Win that’s been eluding me these past 4 years ????? Quite the perpetual optimist hahaha ???
I really believe in “The boat will straighten itself when it reaches the bridge” to console myself huh ! :o
Or “When one door closes [retrenchment], another door opens [Big casino win ???] - will that ever happen ???? {or wallowing in self-denial huh ?}
:o
Should I just do a ‘sensible gamble’ with some {of course NOT all} of my remaining funds ???? Sighzzz
THAT thought is being toyed in my mind now ..... will see how the Itchy Bug work on me {also depends on my mood} in the coming weeks ????
It’ll be very very nice if I could even get say 1/4 or 1/3 of my casino slot losses won back {I’m not greedy asking for 1/2 or 100% or 150%} - as that would really help with my lifestyle .....
As I was telling the Spa therapists/managers - pls STOP thinking of me a your easy Money Tree
Things are so bad [likely retrenchment] that I won’t have the spare funds for the endless non-stop packages they want to sell me [ie stop treating me as your easy target for you to hit your sales quotas etc !
:( ]
Ya - my mindset/priority now should be To SAVE
:p [foreign word]
BUT then I always DON’T DO what I should do somehow [most of the time ?] hahahaha ....
So how ??? Sighzzzzz ........ life isn’t easy anymore