Monday Bloody Monday

After about 6 weeks, they release the result of Anna Nicole Smith's autopsy.

Is it such a surprise that she OD'ed on prescription med?

I dislike talking bad about the dead, though, so I'd rather not discuss about her on my blog. It's very fascinating how Courtv and CNN are covering this with such fervor. The demands of advertisers and ratings are more important than what's really news, I guess. Although I can't really blame them because most of us (including myself) are mostly fascinated by this type of news :p

I'm just miffed because I'm so bored with it. It's just dragging on and on and on...I'm so tired of looking at people claiming profusely to be "friends" with her, and spewing out weird crap about her life. Eek. The lady's dead, cut it out, it's tragic, but it's also life, you move on.

By the way, this is the funniest thing, I just got a new cell from Cricket (www.mycricket.com) last month and I decided to pay online, and instead of being a reasonable consumer, I didn't write my confirmation code only to find when I went to access my account, it's listed as unpaid.

So I freaked out. I called the customer service number, so ready to be all defensive and angry (I mean, if you have dealt with customer service people over the phone--whether you're trying to buy a product, arrange payments, etc--90% of the time, they're underpaid, untrained, and quite impolite or uncaring).

I have to admit I can be combative over the phone, I have a bit of accent to my voice, and for some reasons I believe that people are not respecting me as much therefore, I'm more than ready to attack verbally when spoken to impolitely.

It's a guy answering the phone and I was cursing my luck because it's usually with a male rep I get more defensive and combative. He spoke with an accent as well (curiously enough) and tried to assure me that the payment would really be in the system within 48 hours although he couldn't find it on the system yet, so that I didn't have to worry.

Then he asked, "What time is it there?" I was confused, what is he talking about, it was around noon, so I just told him the time and he said, "Oh, it's 3 in the morning over here." I ended up asking him where he was. It turned out he was in Manila, Phillipines. It was awesome, because I came from Southeast Asia as well and we ended up talking about our families, about relocating, and such.

So we ended up the phone conversation really well and for once in my life, I don't get mad at the phone rep. I guess the lesson is to not get mad before calling a phone rep, because they may just be cool or someone who have lots of similarities as you do.

I'll be back soon...must...put Chris to bed...It may be impossible because the elephant lady living above us is making SO MUCH NOISE.