They should start setting world records for the fastest amount of time it takes for an individual to regret what he or she had just said or done. Firstly, our protagonist here was broke and secondly, he was BROKE. So why waste sixty hard-earned Singaporean dollars you ask. Funny ….. he was turning his brains inside out for the same answer. It is still not too late ; you can change your mind. He loved these mental debates but carrying them out is another thing altogether. But this is one occasion where he would have triumphed   ( aka a personal best ) had he opened his mouth in protest just a micro second earlier. Miss Counter Ticketing Salesperson handed him the printed tickets. Instead, a feeble “ Can I pay by NETS ? ‘ came strolling out along with a wimpy smile. Technology is a wonderful thing, with a simple swipe of a plastic card and the punching of several numbers, the transaction is completed in a matter of seconds. That is UNLESS of course there is a jam in the system caused by a certain merger between two certain banks a certain time back , which all in all contributed to the network being jammed. Angry customers aplenty were reassured that it was a one-off incident and would definitely not occur again in the near future. That calmed down one camp while the other camp remained sceptical - Zach being one of them. He was sure that as the millennium draws nearer more such incidents would crop up and in the end annihilating the entire human race due to our over-dependence of computers. Such is the childlike mind of his, so pure and unadulterated at times, so crazy and far-fetched but most of the time so misunderstood.