Double Whammy

There are opportunities and there are opportunities. Some rain on you as if it were pouring like a tropical storm. Some just fly by like the wind in a dry summer air.

Last week, I was supposed to go to Singapore to cover an event sponsored by a local PR agency. I had to turn it down because I promised a friend that I'll meet up with her. Incidentally, she lives in Singapore and will be here for four days. I have already set that appointment weeks before news about the trip came about.

Unfortunately, the meeting never materialized. She had to go back to Singapore after only 24 hours because the sister-in-law of her husband died. Too bad I missed the Singapore trip. I might have been able to meet up with her in Singapore had I not passed up on the chance. It was really a very great opportunity to pass up, especially since offers like these pass me by just once in a blue moon. I would have been able to see Sentosa again, and probably the Night Safari.

But, as they say, what goes around comes around. I am sure there will be a next time. The next time may come in the form of me meeting up with her or me being able to return to Singapore. Until that time, I will have to gloat about last week's double whammy.