On the evening of March 28, my Burmese teak day-bed FINALLY arrived. I'd waited for it for months- and due to bad service protected by the 'no promise of delivery' clause on the back of the receipt, I was resigned to not seeing it at all. I almost gave up waiting for it!
True to the bad service policy of the company, St Louis Pte Ltd, in IMM, Jurong, it came a little scratched at the two sides. But by now, I'd no more energy to kick up a fuss and send it back! The two workmen entered my clean home on their sooty barefeet and treaded on the sides of my Kashmirian silk carpet- apparently got quite 'high' while stepping on it too - and almost snapped my nerves. But I controlled and served them chilled water, much to their surprise! I guess none in Singapore has done that to them even when the temperature rises above 33 degrees Celcius?!
Anyway, I love my new bed. It's very comfortable to read on. With the cool air drifting in from the window, I end up sleeping more on it than reading (See: picture of it with cushions handmade by the Nung women in Lac Son; bedsheet is a quilt by the Hmong tribe, Sapa, Vietnam).
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