The drama took place only 1 to 1&1/2 hr ago.

I was buying lunch @ a noodle stall. Absent-mindedly, I fished for my wallet in my bag. It's kind of messy, as always, so I was not bothered that I had looked for it for quite some time. Then, I realised something was amiss... I removed all the stuffs in my bag frantically & practically dug & scrap my empty bag.

It's missing.

My black wallet, debit cards, passioncard, library card, photo, money, student card...

The first thing that came to my mind was to trace back my route. I went to the hawker where I had breakfast, asked again & again. Went to the bread stalls again & again, walked my previous routes again & again... No sight of my black wallet.

Time was running out.

I had to rush for work.

Reluctantly, I walked out of Chong Pang, thinking of solutions. Suddenly, something came to my mind. The hawker is the most possible place where my wallet was lost. I can't just walk away like this. There is a possiblity that my wallet will be found. What if the people I enquired could not contact me if they found my wallet?

Immediately, I dart back to the hawker. I approached the indian cleaner who spoke the longest with me. I passed her a piece of paper with my contact & asked her to call me back if anybody found the wallet. Then I thought that was not enough. The auntie from whom I bought chee cheong fun witnessed the whole scenario, from my having breakfast to repeatedly returning to look for my wallet. She is a more possible person from whom I can retrieve my wallet.

I passed my contact to her also. She glanced at it, & commented that its very hard to find already, same as the indian lady. Both of them had the look that says "u are wasting your effort".

I did not give up. But while walking out of Chong Pang finally, to catch my last bus available to work, I began to think of the matters to handle.

What have I lost? With the remaining spaces on the piece of paper, I began to write down. I even walked to the nearby POSB to copy down it number, planning to call the moment I reach office.

It was early morning, shops that accept signatures as payment were not yet opened. I did not sign behind my card, so there could be no forgery. I would have to re-apply for my debit cards, atm cards... how about passioncard? Would I need to flash it somewhere or only need to be registered a member to use it? Library card.. can i use I/C? Lucky I topped up my EZ link, and there were only 2 or 3 ten dollar notes.........

Time was running out. I reached the bus stop, just in time to wait for the last bus. I bear the hope of seeing my wallet with the stuffs inside. But at the same time, I am thinking for a back up plan already. No amount of worries nor crying would solve the problem so I have no time for that.

A min before the bus came, my hp vibrated. I picked up at once, hopeful. It was an unknown number.

"Lin, they found your wallet already!"

It was the chee cheong fun auntie.

Thank god.

Lucky I thought of leaving my contact. Lucky I did not give up hope. Lucky I persisted although they say i have no chance of finding it back. Lucky Lucky.

I am going to pick up my wallet @ 6pm ltr, as i had to rush for work. Really felt like dashing back at once. Really thank the auntie for her honesty & help. I think I am going back tmr morning to give her a big hongbao. And also paiseh to the noodle stall uncle. He was cooking my lunch already then I walked away saying that my wallet was missing. Maybe I'll buy from him the day after tmr. ^^V

Never give up hope!!

Lucky Lucky!!