I loathe Play-Asis. I'll have none of you ever again.

The Duke by Gaelen Foley is my reading now. I'd thought it would be just like any other books by Julia Quinn and Julie Garwood, easy to read. So much for my expectation. This book, although a romance fiction, has a higher level of literary standard. It hasn't made my reading easy or quick so far. Either that or my literate sense has become muddled due to somewhat lack of sleep. You see, there are a lot of poetic metaphors. But when you don't see exactly what they are, it doesn't help with your imagination at all. If I read slowly, savoring these picturesque proses, I'm sure I can merge my mind into its dreamland as I've always done while reading. Still, when I'm on a spur of unrestrained curiosity, I'm afraid I'll shed whatever little patience I possess just to see what is on the next page. *shaking head* I know I have to force myself to slow down, but I can't seem to command myself to do that. So what should I do? I'm at my wit's end. *hands clasping*

I'm totally fed up with Play-Asia. I first made my order on 25/9, then canceled it on 11/10 because: first, the tiring, unnecessary process of authorizing my credit card stretching on and on; second, when they finally seemed to accept its authenticity and my ownership, an email sent to me, claiming there was not enough fund in it, hence the transaction failed, which infuriated me beyond measures since they charged me once already; third, I made a query over this problem, all they said to me was that they didn't charge me at all and that they were SORRY for me having problem with my credit card. Indeed. As if it's not enough, I have to wait since then until now for my held fund to be released. And I still am waiting. Having run out of patience, I decided to check things up with the bank directly, they said no refund had been made. Then I went home and made a query again, all I got was "It's up to your isssuing bank to release your fund...this and that, blah blah blah..." Several days later, still nothing. I asked them again, the same answer was sent to me. Tomorrow, I will have to make another trip to the bank. I pray that all will be well and I can get my money again. If not, I have no idea what to do next. Play-Asia obviously is shirking their responsibility to customers who canceled their orders. I don't expect any help at all from them. No doubt if I ever bother to ask again, they will send me the same answer with a lecture on how banking works as a bonus for my trouble. I swear I'll never ever have anything to do with Play-Asia in my whole life.