Got a dollar off a trolley last night when we went to watch The Dark Knight Rises, which was awesome by the way. But would they really do a spin off movie with NightWing aka Joseph Gordon Levitt?? Cause that would be even more awesome!
I'm hoping that if DC is now on this path with the Batman franchise to really go with it and retire Bruce Wayne to a supportive role and let his protege take over the heavy lifting. Just my 2 cents.
And she just informed me that she found 5 cents at the train station today so just updating.
Started with $233.96
Ended with $235.01
$0.05 from her
$1.00 from him
Wish Us Luck
M$Penguin
Showing posts with label trolley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trolley. Show all posts
Monday, July 23, 2012
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Update update
Sometimes I really wonder how lazy some people can get... but its all good for us cause its less work for us, the trolley was like less than 100m away from the trolley point so there is really no real reason why not to return it and get the dollar back but hey without them we wouldn't be getting this much $$ :) So thank you lazy people! Well so on Thursday we found a total of $1.10 at IMM while furniture hunting $1 from a trolley and $0.10 from spotting it under a vending machine by her, $0.10 on Friday while grocery shopping and $0.05 today while just window shopping.
Started with $232.06
Ended with $233.31
$0.10 from her
$1.15 from him
Wish Us Luck
M$Penguin
Started with $232.06
Ended with $233.31
$0.10 from her
$1.15 from him
Wish Us Luck
M$Penguin
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
An Ode to the Abandoned Trolleys
It seems that now a major part of our fund is found through trolleys be it the nice shiny dollar coins or the 20 cent deceptions they really do form a big part, so this post is an appreciation of abandoned trolleys all over the island.
We spotted one abandoned at Center Point shopping mall not 100m away from the trolley collection bay so that was a real bonus.
Started with $297.96
Ended with $298.96
$1.00 from her
Wish us Luck
M$Penguin
We spotted one abandoned at Center Point shopping mall not 100m away from the trolley collection bay so that was a real bonus.
Started with $297.96
Ended with $298.96
$1.00 from her
Wish us Luck
M$Penguin
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Updates, updates and more updates
Went to Thailand last weekend for my good friend's wedding, on the way to the airport I found a 1 cent coin under the train seat then at the departure lounge I happened to find a dollar coin and a $0.20 coin.
While over at Bangkok, she found 1 Thai Baht under a vending machine.
I spotted a few coins while over there too but it was in a place where there were beggars around, so I decided that I wasn't going to pick up any coins if there were people who needed it more than I did, like beggars...
After coming back while shopping for groceries, she saw a trolley at the carpark and there was a dollar in it!
Then last night after having dinner and doing a bit of groceries, she spotted a trolley in the carpark but was disappointed when after bringing it back all was in the coin slot was $0.20! She was kinda miffed but it wasn't the first time....
Started with $295.40
Ended with $297.81
$1.21 from him
$1.20 from her
1 Thai Baht from her
Wish us Luck
M$Penguin
While over at Bangkok, she found 1 Thai Baht under a vending machine.
I spotted a few coins while over there too but it was in a place where there were beggars around, so I decided that I wasn't going to pick up any coins if there were people who needed it more than I did, like beggars...
After coming back while shopping for groceries, she saw a trolley at the carpark and there was a dollar in it!
Then last night after having dinner and doing a bit of groceries, she spotted a trolley in the carpark but was disappointed when after bringing it back all was in the coin slot was $0.20! She was kinda miffed but it wasn't the first time....
Started with $295.40
Ended with $297.81
$1.21 from him
$1.20 from her
1 Thai Baht from her
Wish us Luck
M$Penguin
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Money at our feet
Went to have dinner with the future in-laws at a restaurant at Eastpoint this evening to celebrate the last day of Chinese New Year. After parking the car, we headed inside and low and behold! A Trolley! with a nice shiny dollar coin still in it. So we took it downstairs and claimed the dollar Wee~!
Started with $293.20
Ended with $294.20
$1.00 from her
Started with $293.20
Ended with $294.20
$1.00 from her
Monday, January 16, 2012
Weekend round up
Still on the search for places to hold the wedding... found a few coins along the way. 5 cents at a fast food restaurant and a dollar coin from a trolley at the carpark.
Started with $291.15
Ended with $292.20
$1.05 from her
Started with $291.15
Ended with $292.20
$1.05 from her
Monday, January 9, 2012
Weekend Wedding Venue Hunting
Its crazy... finding a venue here for her dream wedding is proving to be more insane than anyone can imagine...
Still no locale up to now...
She found a dime at a hotel we were looking at.
I found a trolley with a dollar in it after visiting a bridal roadshow.
Started with $214.90
Ended with $216.00
$0.10 from her
$1.00 from him
Wish us Luck
M$Penguin
Still no locale up to now...
She found a dime at a hotel we were looking at.
I found a trolley with a dollar in it after visiting a bridal roadshow.
Started with $214.90
Ended with $216.00
$0.10 from her
$1.00 from him
Wish us Luck
M$Penguin
Monday, November 28, 2011
Finally broke my drought
Its been a long time since I found anything myself, mostly I think its because I've lost my peripheral vision or have just been distracted in my thoughts while I walk around and not scan the floor for stuff. So anyway found a dime at the cashier of the supermarket and she found a trolley with a dollar in it.
Started with $213.20
Ended with $214.30
$1.00 from her
$0.10 from him
Wish us Luck
M$Penguin
Started with $213.20
Ended with $214.30
$1.00 from her
$0.10 from him
Wish us Luck
M$Penguin
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Unexpected and a little guilty..
was at takashimaya with her yesterday for dinner, saw a trolley that was in the trolley bay outside cold storage with the coin slot still unopened so i was trying to put the key back to retrieve the dollar coin but with no luck, then out of a sudden the manager at cold storage turned around and called for the trolley guy to help me get the coin out, after trying for awhile without success he just told the trolley guy to give me a dollar. That kinda made me feel a little guilty so i just froze there after accepting the coin.... still feeling a little guilty right now... and just as i was saying to her that i was in a drought... this happens... o well...
Started with $204.90
Ended with $205.90
$1.00 from him
Wish me Luck
M$Penguin
Started with $204.90
Ended with $205.90
$1.00 from him
Wish me Luck
M$Penguin
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Almost forgot..
Forgot to add the money from the vouchers received on the 7th of May...
So its $12 more to the fund from the $20 voucher.
She did an amazing job today, after work at her attachment, she found a trolley and pushed it all the way back to get the dollar!
She's really starting to contribute a fair bit into this project, thank you hon.
Started with $135.85
Ended with $148.85
$12.00 from him (Vouchers)
$1.00 from her
Wish us Luck
M$Penguin
So its $12 more to the fund from the $20 voucher.
She did an amazing job today, after work at her attachment, she found a trolley and pushed it all the way back to get the dollar!
She's really starting to contribute a fair bit into this project, thank you hon.
Started with $135.85
Ended with $148.85
$12.00 from him (Vouchers)
$1.00 from her
Wish us Luck
M$Penguin
Monday, May 2, 2011
Election Fever
The amount of people talking about politics right now in Singapore is extraordinary, the amount of people attending the rallies of the worker's party are insane! Averaging 20,000 people at each of them! Comparatively the Peoples Action Party's Rallies are considerably mild with only 2,000 - 3,000 people attending. Being from the hottest contested spot in Singapore right now, Aljunied GRC, its really hard to guess the outcome of it all...
This evening after we were done shopping for groceries, she spotted an abandoned trolley at the side of the road while we were driving out of the carpark and immediately called to stop, she checked it and saw that the dollar was still in it and so she pushed it all the way back while I drove around to pick her up. So a dollar to her count.
A little after we went to the east coast park arcade to see if we could finish up the remainder of our Toami-Gyo tokens but there was just too many people at the machine to play at a good pace so we decided to leave it to another day, we did check with the arcade attendant about the token exchange again and he clarified that only winning amounts of over 500 will be converted into 50% tickets and 50% tokens.
Started with $134.85
Ended with $135.85
$1.00 from her
Wish me Luck
M$Penguin
This evening after we were done shopping for groceries, she spotted an abandoned trolley at the side of the road while we were driving out of the carpark and immediately called to stop, she checked it and saw that the dollar was still in it and so she pushed it all the way back while I drove around to pick her up. So a dollar to her count.
A little after we went to the east coast park arcade to see if we could finish up the remainder of our Toami-Gyo tokens but there was just too many people at the machine to play at a good pace so we decided to leave it to another day, we did check with the arcade attendant about the token exchange again and he clarified that only winning amounts of over 500 will be converted into 50% tickets and 50% tokens.
Started with $134.85
Ended with $135.85
$1.00 from her
Wish me Luck
M$Penguin
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Step 12 Update
Went to the movies today to watch a remake of "A Chinese Ghost Story" and tadah... it sucked.. but the nice thing that happened was a trolley find on the way to the theater at the carpark.
Started with $133.85
Ended with $134.85
$1.00 from him
Wish me Luck
M$Penguin
Started with $133.85
Ended with $134.85
$1.00 from him
Wish me Luck
M$Penguin
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Update on Step 12
Been a really interesting step, with it being too little to actually do something sizable and not worth the risk of trading small time due to the size of the local market, its really too small to be trying to sell small nick nacks unless you can make nice jewllery, that being said I cannot...
Been a really surprising day, while we were heading for dinner, she spotted a trolley that was so close to the supermarket that I'd thought it couldn't have had a dollar in it but it did. So we took a minute to push it back to the trolley bay and got the dollar.
Kinda disturbing how something with real value, a dollar can be just chucked to a side like that when to retrieve that dollar is just a minute or less away... The people that abandoned it must be some philiantrophist or something because they might as well be just giving money away... but I am grateful, because without these abadoners I won't have it so easy with the fund.
Started with $132.55
Ended with $133.55
$1.00 from her
Wish me Luck
M$Penguin
Been a really surprising day, while we were heading for dinner, she spotted a trolley that was so close to the supermarket that I'd thought it couldn't have had a dollar in it but it did. So we took a minute to push it back to the trolley bay and got the dollar.
Kinda disturbing how something with real value, a dollar can be just chucked to a side like that when to retrieve that dollar is just a minute or less away... The people that abandoned it must be some philiantrophist or something because they might as well be just giving money away... but I am grateful, because without these abadoners I won't have it so easy with the fund.
Started with $132.55
Ended with $133.55
$1.00 from her
Wish me Luck
M$Penguin
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Drought over!
Thank you O Fortuna! Hehe guess it works!
Found a trolley with the dollar still in it just as we left the car park, it was abandoned as soon as we went outside because we saw the people take their stuff from the trolley and boarded their friend's car. Lucky us :)
$1 from trolley credited to her because she pushed it most of the way back to the trolley point.
Started with $118.90
Ended with $119.90
$1 from her
Wish me luck
M$Penguin
Found a trolley with the dollar still in it just as we left the car park, it was abandoned as soon as we went outside because we saw the people take their stuff from the trolley and boarded their friend's car. Lucky us :)
$1 from trolley credited to her because she pushed it most of the way back to the trolley point.
Started with $118.90
Ended with $119.90
$1 from her
Wish me luck
M$Penguin
Saturday, January 8, 2011
We got into the finals!
Today has been really great, with the difficult challenge of putting making-up on her and the stage game behind us, onward we go into the finals.
Its been really tiring with all the things that we've had to do but it has been fun.
Tomorrow will be the finals and hopefully we get to walk away with either of the 3 prizes. Fingers crossed.
The only thing that I'm really miffed at is that the guys get tossed aside in the finals, it becomes all about the girls and their gowns.
They've not set aside even a single article of clothing for the guys, just told us to bring our own jacket and tie...
Wedding companies really need to level the playing field here, can't just treat us like 2nd class citizens... It would be our wedding too you know...
In the midst of all the hectic running around, I managed to find an abandoned trolley and brought it back for the dollar. O how I love trolley money!
Started with $33.09
Ended with $34.09
$1.00 from him
Wish us Luck for the finals!
M$Penguin
Its been really tiring with all the things that we've had to do but it has been fun.
Tomorrow will be the finals and hopefully we get to walk away with either of the 3 prizes. Fingers crossed.
The only thing that I'm really miffed at is that the guys get tossed aside in the finals, it becomes all about the girls and their gowns.
They've not set aside even a single article of clothing for the guys, just told us to bring our own jacket and tie...
Wedding companies really need to level the playing field here, can't just treat us like 2nd class citizens... It would be our wedding too you know...
In the midst of all the hectic running around, I managed to find an abandoned trolley and brought it back for the dollar. O how I love trolley money!
Started with $33.09
Ended with $34.09
$1.00 from him
Wish us Luck for the finals!
M$Penguin
Today is her day
Today really belongs to her, she found a total of $1.05 today including a dollar from a trolley we found abandoned within the shopping mall at Kallang Leisure Park.
Also we entered a couple's contest a week back and today at the preliminary round, we got through! That means a chance at over $3,000 in cash and prizes! 2 more days of competition left, wish us luck!
Started with $32.04
Ended with $33.09
$1.05 from her
Wish Us Luck
M$Penguin
Also we entered a couple's contest a week back and today at the preliminary round, we got through! That means a chance at over $3,000 in cash and prizes! 2 more days of competition left, wish us luck!
Started with $32.04
Ended with $33.09
$1.05 from her
Wish Us Luck
M$Penguin
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Christmas Trolley Money
Today was a good day, found $0.10 at the slope to her house while we were heading to church for midnight mass.
Went to Queen of Peace at Tanjong Katong for midnight mass. The pageant was okay, choir performing the pageant could have been better some of them were really off key and the solos were terrible... The main choir was good but there was also this really low male voice that peaked out from time to time and kinda ruined the songs...
After mass, we went to a kopitiam near her brother's house for drinks, once there I immediately saw a trolley with the lock still in place and was wondering if there was a dollar inside. She decided that since we were there to push the trolley back to the supermarket that it came from. Turns out the supermarket was a distance away but I guess it was a nice stroll with her except the trolley was awfully noisy from being pushed along the road. The trolley did indeed contain a dollar, so I guess that goes to her count because even though I spotted the trolley, she pushed it back.
Nice Christmas Eve so far more Christmas Goodness later!
Started with $30.19
Ended with $31.29
$1.00 From her
$0.10 From him
Merry Christmas to All!
Wish me Luck
M$Penguin
Went to Queen of Peace at Tanjong Katong for midnight mass. The pageant was okay, choir performing the pageant could have been better some of them were really off key and the solos were terrible... The main choir was good but there was also this really low male voice that peaked out from time to time and kinda ruined the songs...
After mass, we went to a kopitiam near her brother's house for drinks, once there I immediately saw a trolley with the lock still in place and was wondering if there was a dollar inside. She decided that since we were there to push the trolley back to the supermarket that it came from. Turns out the supermarket was a distance away but I guess it was a nice stroll with her except the trolley was awfully noisy from being pushed along the road. The trolley did indeed contain a dollar, so I guess that goes to her count because even though I spotted the trolley, she pushed it back.
Nice Christmas Eve so far more Christmas Goodness later!
Started with $30.19
Ended with $31.29
$1.00 From her
$0.10 From him
Merry Christmas to All!
Wish me Luck
M$Penguin
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Trolley Money!
Yay! We found our first dollar from supermarket trolleys!
Was driving up the multi-storey car park with her on our way to having dinner when we drove past a trolley just parked there at the side of the car park, I asked her to get out to check if there was a dollar inside, she was skeptical at first but once I got closer she got out and saw that the lock was still in.
So she got out and wheeled the trolley back to the trolley bay which was only like 10 metres away and retrieved the dollar.
She was so happy that she got it and even commented that it was such a shiny dollar coin too. Well since she did the work of wheeling the trolley back to the bay, it shall be counted under her share.
Wonder why someone would just leave a trolley with the dollar still in it when the trolley bay was so nearby.
Guess they were in a hurry or something but hey we're grateful for you trolley abandoners!
Started with $4.85
Ended with $5.85
$1.00 From her
Wish me Luck
M$Penguin
Was driving up the multi-storey car park with her on our way to having dinner when we drove past a trolley just parked there at the side of the car park, I asked her to get out to check if there was a dollar inside, she was skeptical at first but once I got closer she got out and saw that the lock was still in.
So she got out and wheeled the trolley back to the trolley bay which was only like 10 metres away and retrieved the dollar.
She was so happy that she got it and even commented that it was such a shiny dollar coin too. Well since she did the work of wheeling the trolley back to the bay, it shall be counted under her share.
Wonder why someone would just leave a trolley with the dollar still in it when the trolley bay was so nearby.
Guess they were in a hurry or something but hey we're grateful for you trolley abandoners!
Started with $4.85
Ended with $5.85
$1.00 From her
Wish me Luck
M$Penguin
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