My Battery is Flat.

Today was one of the scariest days of my life, (yes i am exaggerrating). but in all honesty, i was rattling my head about the thought that i would lose a chance to talk to a very potential client! How was i going to call her, how am i going to find her address, what if we end up not meeting up, what am i going to do about all my OTHER appointments, so on and so forth.

before leaving the office, i'd noticed that my battery was down to the low 30s on the battery bar and started consciously trying not to touch my handphone as much as i was itching to play a game on the bus.

i was actually down to my last 5% by the time i reached the shopping complex - i absolutely had to reply some messages from clients on my way (don't look at me like that! i know you are all saying "you know your phone is dying you still go and touch.")

Goodness knows how iPhones can eat battery life :( 

When I got there, i started hunting around for somewhere i could bring my phone back to life. i had no idea how i was going to do this, seeing as i don't have a charger physically with me.

luckily for me, i'm a sales-trained, super-no-face-girl, so i brazenly walked up to a young lady who was taking a lazy smoke outside and said: "hi, umm.. sorry, would you happen to know where i can buy an iPhone charger?" i said, fully intending to worry about the power outlet after settling the appliance (baby steps!).

"EH? i think you can go starbucks ah. they should have one lying around somewhere."

"REALLY?" i say incredulously, and the young lady nodded in the affirmative, apparently amused by my shock at so easily solving my problem of the appliance + power outlet at zero cost in one fell swoop. i trundled off happily in search of the aforementioned, iphone-charger-providing Starbucks.

after reaching said starbucks, (which had no charger) i was led on a merry goose-chase trying to see if any of its patrons had iphone chargers i could borrow for a minute or 2, at least to get my phone up to calling speed, to no avail.

Lo and behold, a Best Denki lay in the distance. and an APPLE COUNTER, like manna from heaven.

i asked the young men handling the counter if i could borrow one of their chargers, and buay-paiseh-ly (unashamedly) plugged my phone in the place of some skinny iPod they had on display. Ok, actually i was quite paiseh. i tried to work up conversation with the fellas at the counter, and ended up getting price quotations for the iPad 2 and also, figured out that the smart cover (as pictured below) was the best cover/skin to get an iPad.

I charged my phone up to 22% and happily walked off to look for my friends whom i was supposed to meet.

and what have i learnt from all that?

1. the phone is the lifeblood of all insurance agents, without which, you can forget about meeting your clients (Thank God for the man that invented such convenient communication)
2. buy a charger, or a portable battery add on.
3. always keep it handy, one in the car, one in your bag, one in your underpants...
4. when in doubt, talk to people.

Happy Monday Everyone :)
Jessica