I realised one thing immediately after I started working...
My family suddenly became very dependent on my Income. Never had I felt this kind of pressure before. It's killing, yet at the same time, not killing you, just suffocating you slightly. Though at times, it increases the force slightly, but it's more than enough to make you wanna kill it.
New PC monitor - Delayed till further notice
New External HDD - Delayed indefinitely
Needless to say, the rest of my plans like saving up for trips & Uni-studies are all screwed-up or delayed indefinitely.
Now, I finally understood a thing my Grandfather said through a Medium last year: "This generation would still be suffering. Only the next generation, will the level of lifestyle improve..." It seems that my dream of going for further studies is leaving me further & further away...
I don't like this feeling. NO! More like I HATE THIS FEELING!!! I'm not gonna give in to FATE!!!
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Wicked Weekends
SO SORRY... Never really had the time to update everyone what's been happening to me. Seriously, work has been busy & tiring at the same time...
Never realised that my blog has became a "Forest of Mushrooms" in just a two weeks... SCARY!!!
17 Nov 07. Jane's Ex-Boyfriend's Birthday
We met up at Clark Quay MRT station, before we head over to Double "O", together with Jane, her Ex-BF, Sally & Bernice.
As it was still early (10plus pm only!!!), we ordered "Volcano", a couple Tequila shots, as well as "Breezers". And we played "Hai Dai Quan" & "Fist Number" game. Poor Birthday Boy & Sally were so "lucky", kept losing & drinking. hahaha!! GOOD! That was our motive haha!!!
Around Midnight, we hit the dance floor. I guess I'll let the pictures do the talking.
23 Nov 07.
Went walk walk at Airport with Bernice... Drop-by Terminal 3. But apparently it was still under construction. Very limited areas were opened to Public. So we went to Terminal 2 instead.
PACKED WITH PEOPLE... Most of them going overseas for Holidays & Tours. I don't really like to travel during June & December, as these are the Peek Periods and prices are being hijacked. Rather go during the March or August. At least the weather is cooler.
Went to have Sushi feast (FINALLY!!!)
27 Nov 07
Went walk walk after work at Vivo City with Bernice. Beautiful skies. Beautiful X`mas Tree. Romantic atmosphere.
Went to Daiso to shop for some cheap items, den went over to Mini-Toons and bought an uber-cute gift box! Hui's gonna love it haha!!!
A HUGE X`mas tree at the Rooftop of Vivo City
Never realised that my blog has became a "Forest of Mushrooms" in just a two weeks... SCARY!!!
17 Nov 07. Jane's Ex-Boyfriend's Birthday
We met up at Clark Quay MRT station, before we head over to Double "O", together with Jane, her Ex-BF, Sally & Bernice.
As it was still early (10plus pm only!!!), we ordered "Volcano", a couple Tequila shots, as well as "Breezers". And we played "Hai Dai Quan" & "Fist Number" game. Poor Birthday Boy & Sally were so "lucky", kept losing & drinking. hahaha!! GOOD! That was our motive haha!!!
Around Midnight, we hit the dance floor. I guess I'll let the pictures do the talking.
23 Nov 07.
Went walk walk at Airport with Bernice... Drop-by Terminal 3. But apparently it was still under construction. Very limited areas were opened to Public. So we went to Terminal 2 instead.
PACKED WITH PEOPLE... Most of them going overseas for Holidays & Tours. I don't really like to travel during June & December, as these are the Peek Periods and prices are being hijacked. Rather go during the March or August. At least the weather is cooler.
Went to have Sushi feast (FINALLY!!!)
27 Nov 07
Went walk walk after work at Vivo City with Bernice. Beautiful skies. Beautiful X`mas Tree. Romantic atmosphere.
Went to Daiso to shop for some cheap items, den went over to Mini-Toons and bought an uber-cute gift box! Hui's gonna love it haha!!!
A HUGE X`mas tree at the Rooftop of Vivo City
Thursday, November 15, 2007
What a week!!!
What has been happening to me the past 2 weeks???
SO HECTIC!!! The past 2 weeks has been SO BUSY for me... Almost every single workday I had to do OT till around 9pm. And by the time I reach home it was already 10pm or even 11pm.
Appointments after appointments, phone calls after phone calls, complains after complains, blah blah blah
Super tired... But it was all worth it whenever the thought of me laughing all the way to my bank haha!!!
I should start counting commission for this month haha!!! Should have past the $400 mark haha!!!
Sunday I'm meeting Chin Mei to shop for Ah Hui's Birthday Present. Seriously speaking I really dunno what to get for her, as she already got her Boy Boy liao...
2 Days,
No prata,
No bus ride,
No you by my side...
SO HECTIC!!! The past 2 weeks has been SO BUSY for me... Almost every single workday I had to do OT till around 9pm. And by the time I reach home it was already 10pm or even 11pm.
Appointments after appointments, phone calls after phone calls, complains after complains, blah blah blah
Super tired... But it was all worth it whenever the thought of me laughing all the way to my bank haha!!!
I should start counting commission for this month haha!!! Should have past the $400 mark haha!!!
Sunday I'm meeting Chin Mei to shop for Ah Hui's Birthday Present. Seriously speaking I really dunno what to get for her, as she already got her Boy Boy liao...
2 Days,
No prata,
No bus ride,
No you by my side...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
3 Wishes
"Oh dear Genie in a Bottle, Please make sure yourself appear before your Master... I need your help..." And not long after... "POOF!!!!" A Genie would appear from the bottle and stood beside his master...
"MASTER.. WHAT DO YOU REQUIRE OF ME??? YOU STILL HAVE 3 WISHES...."
Scenes from Disney's Aladdin. Sigh... How i wish I have wishes as well, I would use it on a few things, maybe just like Aladdin, I just have 3 wishes...
I wonder.... Hmmmm... If I have 3 wishes, what would it be??
Rich??
More time??
Super Powers??
Never Die??
World Peace??
I think I would love to have more Time... More time for myself, more time for work, more time for my friends, more time for my Family, more than for Someone...
Well, I'm not as greedy as to wish for mountains of gold or money. Just wish to have more assignments & more sales, so that my commission will go up, uP, UP... haha!!!
Maybe, my 3rd and last wish would be to hope that all my friends, relatives and family would stay healthy & happy. Doesn't matter if the wish for World Peace never come true (Because it never will... Although it's such a universal wish, especially during Miss Universe, getting sick of hearing this wish anyway...)
Just hope that everyone who's reading this blog will stay healthy & happy & cherish those around you, before One Day you won't even have the chance to say "I Love You"...
Extract from A Song by F.I.R. (A Chinese Rock Band)
三个心愿 (3 Wishes)
第一个心愿为你把幸福堆积 (1st wish: Show you with happiness)
天涯到海角头发到呼吸 (Till the ends of the World, Till the End of Time)
第二个心愿给你最好的自己(2nd wish: Present myself to you)
再许个心愿我的爱把你占领 (And my last wish: Love you with all my heart)
"MASTER.. WHAT DO YOU REQUIRE OF ME??? YOU STILL HAVE 3 WISHES...."
Scenes from Disney's Aladdin. Sigh... How i wish I have wishes as well, I would use it on a few things, maybe just like Aladdin, I just have 3 wishes...
I wonder.... Hmmmm... If I have 3 wishes, what would it be??
Rich??
More time??
Super Powers??
Never Die??
World Peace??
I think I would love to have more Time... More time for myself, more time for work, more time for my friends, more time for my Family, more than for Someone...
Well, I'm not as greedy as to wish for mountains of gold or money. Just wish to have more assignments & more sales, so that my commission will go up, uP, UP... haha!!!
Maybe, my 3rd and last wish would be to hope that all my friends, relatives and family would stay healthy & happy. Doesn't matter if the wish for World Peace never come true (Because it never will... Although it's such a universal wish, especially during Miss Universe, getting sick of hearing this wish anyway...)
Just hope that everyone who's reading this blog will stay healthy & happy & cherish those around you, before One Day you won't even have the chance to say "I Love You"...
Extract from A Song by F.I.R. (A Chinese Rock Band)
三个心愿 (3 Wishes)
第一个心愿为你把幸福堆积 (1st wish: Show you with happiness)
天涯到海角头发到呼吸 (Till the ends of the World, Till the End of Time)
第二个心愿给你最好的自己(2nd wish: Present myself to you)
再许个心愿我的爱把你占领 (And my last wish: Love you with all my heart)
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Photos of my Laptop
As I promised, photos of my laptop! Sorry for the late photos of my laptop. Been having so much fun with it that I only remembered to post today haha!!!
Gonna send it for a Revamp later this month. Adding cover protector, screen protector, keyboard protector and palm protector to it. And it's gonna cost me a BOMB!!!
After which, I'll upgrade the RAM to 2GB & battery to 12-cell. Which will last me about 4hours!!!
My laptop when it's running. Sweet 15.4" wide screen haha!!!
Dark metallic gray colour of my laptop cover and it's close.
View of the Keyboard. Very nice. Quiet, soft & great to type on. Keys are neatly spaced out.
And I did this post on my laptop :) Loving every single minute with it ;>
最爱还是你这是我的决定
像宇宙相对的星互相吸引
慢慢就会靠近
慢慢就会忘记
还是要爱你
时间会证明
我爱你的勇气
牵着你的手才知道是永久
这一次我放弃了所有
只为能再与你相遇
一辈子不放手
Gonna send it for a Revamp later this month. Adding cover protector, screen protector, keyboard protector and palm protector to it. And it's gonna cost me a BOMB!!!
After which, I'll upgrade the RAM to 2GB & battery to 12-cell. Which will last me about 4hours!!!
My laptop when it's running. Sweet 15.4" wide screen haha!!!
Dark metallic gray colour of my laptop cover and it's close.
View of the Keyboard. Very nice. Quiet, soft & great to type on. Keys are neatly spaced out.
And I did this post on my laptop :) Loving every single minute with it ;>
最爱还是你这是我的决定
像宇宙相对的星互相吸引
慢慢就会靠近
慢慢就会忘记
还是要爱你
时间会证明
我爱你的勇气
牵着你的手才知道是永久
这一次我放弃了所有
只为能再与你相遇
一辈子不放手
Saturday, November 03, 2007
New Laptop!
Finally! I got my own laptop!
Here's the specs:
haha!!! Cheap right? Actually the original price was at $850, but because the O/S was pirated so, I immediately slashed the price by $300.
The exterior of the laptop is in Excellent Condition, as if seldomly used.
I'll upload the photos later... Now it's off to play with my new-found love haha!!!
Here's the specs:
- AMD Turion 64x2 (1.6GHz), Mobile Technology TL-50, 256KBX2
- 15.4" widescreen WXGA High-Definition Bright View
- 100GB 5400rpm (Upgraded from 40GB)
- 2GB DDR2 SDRAM (Upgraded from 1GB)
- 802.11a/b/g WLAN
- Super Multi 8X DVD writer Driver
- 6-Cell Battery
- 5-in-1 Card Reader
- nVidia GeForce Go 6150
- Win XP Pro 2002 with SP 2 - Win Vista Capable
haha!!! Cheap right? Actually the original price was at $850, but because the O/S was pirated so, I immediately slashed the price by $300.
The exterior of the laptop is in Excellent Condition, as if seldomly used.
I'll upload the photos later... Now it's off to play with my new-found love haha!!!
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Rain!! IT'S COMING
haha!!! Just trying to be lame...
Last weekend, went to this restaurant & Bar at Dempsey Hill called "Rain". Was able to go there because of Jane's friend, Steve. As one of his friends was holding a party there, so his friend asked Steve to bring friends along to party...
The place is quite nice... The choice of music is slightly better than Double "O"... At least that's what I feel...
Though it's quite small but people are still able to enjoy themselves very much... The night started to get wild, as the volume of the music escalates...
Know who we saw??? Project School Super star 1's male singer, Adriano... Very cute, very short and very don't-know-how-to-dance. He was with a bunch of cute girls, but the girls seemed like they rather be with group of people who knows how to dance... Poor guy... Or rather POOR GIRLS!!! I pity you for going out with a Pretty Vase...
Here're some photos
Last weekend, went to this restaurant & Bar at Dempsey Hill called "Rain". Was able to go there because of Jane's friend, Steve. As one of his friends was holding a party there, so his friend asked Steve to bring friends along to party...
The place is quite nice... The choice of music is slightly better than Double "O"... At least that's what I feel...
Though it's quite small but people are still able to enjoy themselves very much... The night started to get wild, as the volume of the music escalates...
Know who we saw??? Project School Super star 1's male singer, Adriano... Very cute, very short and very don't-know-how-to-dance. He was with a bunch of cute girls, but the girls seemed like they rather be with group of people who knows how to dance... Poor guy... Or rather POOR GIRLS!!! I pity you for going out with a Pretty Vase...
Here're some photos
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Ladies! It's Party Time!
Last Wednesday night, me, J & Jane went to Double "O" yet again... haha!!! Seems like recently I got to like that place again...
Still remember during my Poly days I used to frequent that place often. Even after several years, the place never change much, but the crowd has changed... The crowd has gotten younger & of cause, the drinks have gotten cheaper... I guess that's one of the reasons why youngsters like to go there...
For cheap drinks...
Met up with J & Jane after work after Raffles Place. We went over to Merlion Park. And I took some photos of our National Icon
Lucky it's fountain was on that night... Very pretty...
Then, we head down to Double "O". As it was Ladies' Night, definitely it'll be filled with tons of girls... As Time ticked closer to midnight, the place got wilder with each passing second...
Soon, the dance floor was ignited by the Club's Dancers, and the area exploded instantly. Hits after Hits were delivered through the Juggernaut Speakers.
Some photos we took in Double "O"
After some drinks, we hit the dance floor as well... Frankly speaking, I don't know what's wrong with guys who hit the dance floor but simply refuses to dance... All they did was stand there, hit some so-called "Cool poses" and look on... C`mon dudes! Dance! You're on the Dance Floor, if you don't wanna dance, then get the hell outta here!!! YOU'RE WASTING THE SPACE!!!
But i can say, guys who can really dance are seldom in Clubs. But dancing with your group of friends is even better... haha!!!
Can't club too much liaoZ...been visiting clubs almost every 2-3 days and still have work the very next day... Too tiring...
Still remember during my Poly days I used to frequent that place often. Even after several years, the place never change much, but the crowd has changed... The crowd has gotten younger & of cause, the drinks have gotten cheaper... I guess that's one of the reasons why youngsters like to go there...
For cheap drinks...
Met up with J & Jane after work after Raffles Place. We went over to Merlion Park. And I took some photos of our National Icon
Lucky it's fountain was on that night... Very pretty...
Then, we head down to Double "O". As it was Ladies' Night, definitely it'll be filled with tons of girls... As Time ticked closer to midnight, the place got wilder with each passing second...
Soon, the dance floor was ignited by the Club's Dancers, and the area exploded instantly. Hits after Hits were delivered through the Juggernaut Speakers.
Some photos we took in Double "O"
After some drinks, we hit the dance floor as well... Frankly speaking, I don't know what's wrong with guys who hit the dance floor but simply refuses to dance... All they did was stand there, hit some so-called "Cool poses" and look on... C`mon dudes! Dance! You're on the Dance Floor, if you don't wanna dance, then get the hell outta here!!! YOU'RE WASTING THE SPACE!!!
But i can say, guys who can really dance are seldom in Clubs. But dancing with your group of friends is even better... haha!!!
Can't club too much liaoZ...been visiting clubs almost every 2-3 days and still have work the very next day... Too tiring...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
!!!Photo Flash!!!
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Food for thought
Last Thursday was supposed to be my Off Day, for working on Hari Raya last weekend. But I decided to help out Han Siong with a photo-shoot that morning. Well, I never regretted helping out...
Although the shoot started rather late at 9:20am, and was rather chaotic at times, but somehow or rather, overall, things went smoothly, and we ended the session at 11:45pm. Keeping in mind that we had to take individual photographs of all 70 kids, 5 formal & informal Class photographs.
By the end of the shoot, both of us were dead beaten, even though we weren't the ones handling the kids... And we decided to head down to a stretch of hawker centres opposite Bukit Timah Shopping Centre & Beauty World Centre.
But made me realised one thing: Teachers of any level, are really magnanimous figures. Especially, nursery & kindergarten teachers. Not only do they have to be an educator, but they have to be a friend, a mother, a brother, a sister or even a mentor at different times of the day, or maybe assuming different roles at the same time... If it was me, I don't think I'll be able to assume such a figure. Or even worse, I might go crazy by the end of just one day... haha!!!
So... CHEERS TO ALL THE GREAT TEACHERS & EDUCATORS!!!
Back to lunch... We came to this long stretch of hawker centre opposite Bukit Timah Shopping Centre... I've never been there before, but was definitely an eye-opener. The range of food is HUGE!!! From muslim to indian, from Chinese to Western, from Taiwan to Korean... I guess there's at least 20 restaurants just on that 100 metres lane...
In the end we settled for a prata stall, which Han Siong said is famous for its prata. He ordered cheese mushroom & ice Milo Dinosaur, while I ordered cheese egg & ice tea with milk.
A small piece of prata... But please please please please please.... Don't be deceived by its appearance!!! The chef was very generous with the amount of cheese and was evenly spread out. The egg was half cooked. And the whole prata was beautifully cooked.. Every bite of the prata is filled with lotsa cheese & egg... YUM YUM!!! Just talking & recalling the prata that day, is enough to make me salivate!!!
Dip a piece of the Prata into their specially home-made vegetarian vege curry... Marvelous...
Oh!!! And the Ice milk tea... Brewed with Lipton red tea. The drink is orange-red in colour. Not too sweet & not too bitter... Make you wanna just keep drinking & drinking & drinking... Never get sick of it...
OH MY GOSH!!! I'm gonna go back there one weekend to have their prata AGAIN!!! HAHA!!!
Oh... Almost forgot... I only had one piece of prata and I was FULL... Even I couldn't believe it...
After which, Han Siong gave me a ride back to Office. From there I took MRT home...
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Friday. Back to Office with ton of work to be done and endless calls to answer and more appointments to fix... Seems like a typical day for me haha!!!
Can't wait for Saturday to come by, as I'll be joining Ah Hui for Wedding Dinner... Wonder what she'll wear...
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Yesterday, Saturday, had an appointment at 1pm. But it was ALL the way at Bukit batok.. SO FAR AWAY!!! But well, for the sake of my commission, I gladly do it haha!!! Met up with the clients. But what kinda shocked me was the crowd awaiting me... The client's house was packed with at least 12 people... 4 couples and the rest were maybe their aunties and parents...
So.. after very brief introduction, we went straight into the jeez of today's discussion. Wedding Package Price. No showreel of our company's production, just pure discussion of pricing...
Having given them an upfront 20% discount off the pcakge, they couldn't touch that anymore *YEAH!!* So it was trimmed down to extra items and discount on OT rates... Keeping in mind the previous meet-up with Mr. W (That F*ed up wedding client....) I was told them all the additional charges and all the terms & conditions and carefully explained to them every single detail...
And of cause, writing down all the things we had discussed.
Finally, after many rounds of discussion, everyone was happy with the price and we signed...
To my surprise, it wasn't one package, but four!!! Because I only brought 3 order forms, but I made an arrangement with the fourth couple to sign the order form next week evening in town. And the deposit can be made when they come down to pass us the photos for the Photo Montage.
Happy happy!!! haha!!! So many packages signed in just one afternoon... I think I really have to thank god for giving me such a good opportunity... I guess I was griming all the way back to Office haha! Cause quite a number of people were looking at me... But I don't really bother haha!
Back to Office... Quiet and cozy... Started to bitch with them about the earlier appointment, while having my lunch...
Quite disappointing in the evening because the Wedding Dinner with Ah Hui was called off... Not sure what was on her mind... But never-mind, luckily I knew my friends were in Orchard, so immediately I went off to find them...
After some shopping & dinner, we went to Double O to chill. It was "Retro Night". It's been a while since I visited "Retro Night". Just hope that the DJ would play some cool hits, so that we can have a great time dancing & partying...
The drinks were really cheap. $12 for a Mixer Jug. $3 per Tequila shot or Tequila Pop. Definitely a place for people to chill & drink around 9pm to 11 plus, before moving on to St. James or MOS to dance the night away...
In total, if I remembered correctly, we ordered 1 shot Jagameiser, 3 Mixer Jug, 8 shots of Tequila, before we hit the Dance Floor... The DJ was excellent that night, linking popular Retro Hits, one after another... And not forgetting Classics from Bon Jovi, U2, ABBA & Michael Jackson... I guess all of us really sweated it out on the Dance Floor haha!!!
At Double O: Jane & Sally (Before Sally's all red...)
Ber, Jane & Sally (After Sally's all Red..)
My only pic with Jane ;)
Our usual photo "whore" haha!!!
But the night wasn't over, till we said it was OVER... Ber's friend, Gerald, came over to join us. Being an "Anti-Double O" person, he invited us over to his friend's pub, which was none other than ChillZ Bar... HAHAH!!! How coincidental right??? It's the same pub i always frequent with Ah Hui's frenz...
There, Gerald introduced to us the Lady Boss, Cecilia, as well as some of his colleagues... They were really a bunch of fun-loving people, who loves to be in a company of their friends... We sang, drank and played mini games... It was definitely a very, very fun night... Thanks Gerald & Cecilia!
All of us playing a new version of "Fist Guessing" Game.
Well, I guess I'm still nursing the hang-over I had from last night hahaha!!! Don't think I'll be heading down to Club anytime soon...
That is... Till Siong Siong comes back... haha!!!
Although the shoot started rather late at 9:20am, and was rather chaotic at times, but somehow or rather, overall, things went smoothly, and we ended the session at 11:45pm. Keeping in mind that we had to take individual photographs of all 70 kids, 5 formal & informal Class photographs.
By the end of the shoot, both of us were dead beaten, even though we weren't the ones handling the kids... And we decided to head down to a stretch of hawker centres opposite Bukit Timah Shopping Centre & Beauty World Centre.
But made me realised one thing: Teachers of any level, are really magnanimous figures. Especially, nursery & kindergarten teachers. Not only do they have to be an educator, but they have to be a friend, a mother, a brother, a sister or even a mentor at different times of the day, or maybe assuming different roles at the same time... If it was me, I don't think I'll be able to assume such a figure. Or even worse, I might go crazy by the end of just one day... haha!!!
So... CHEERS TO ALL THE GREAT TEACHERS & EDUCATORS!!!
Back to lunch... We came to this long stretch of hawker centre opposite Bukit Timah Shopping Centre... I've never been there before, but was definitely an eye-opener. The range of food is HUGE!!! From muslim to indian, from Chinese to Western, from Taiwan to Korean... I guess there's at least 20 restaurants just on that 100 metres lane...
In the end we settled for a prata stall, which Han Siong said is famous for its prata. He ordered cheese mushroom & ice Milo Dinosaur, while I ordered cheese egg & ice tea with milk.
A small piece of prata... But please please please please please.... Don't be deceived by its appearance!!! The chef was very generous with the amount of cheese and was evenly spread out. The egg was half cooked. And the whole prata was beautifully cooked.. Every bite of the prata is filled with lotsa cheese & egg... YUM YUM!!! Just talking & recalling the prata that day, is enough to make me salivate!!!
Dip a piece of the Prata into their specially home-made vegetarian vege curry... Marvelous...
Oh!!! And the Ice milk tea... Brewed with Lipton red tea. The drink is orange-red in colour. Not too sweet & not too bitter... Make you wanna just keep drinking & drinking & drinking... Never get sick of it...
OH MY GOSH!!! I'm gonna go back there one weekend to have their prata AGAIN!!! HAHA!!!
Oh... Almost forgot... I only had one piece of prata and I was FULL... Even I couldn't believe it...
After which, Han Siong gave me a ride back to Office. From there I took MRT home...
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Friday. Back to Office with ton of work to be done and endless calls to answer and more appointments to fix... Seems like a typical day for me haha!!!
Can't wait for Saturday to come by, as I'll be joining Ah Hui for Wedding Dinner... Wonder what she'll wear...
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Yesterday, Saturday, had an appointment at 1pm. But it was ALL the way at Bukit batok.. SO FAR AWAY!!! But well, for the sake of my commission, I gladly do it haha!!! Met up with the clients. But what kinda shocked me was the crowd awaiting me... The client's house was packed with at least 12 people... 4 couples and the rest were maybe their aunties and parents...
So.. after very brief introduction, we went straight into the jeez of today's discussion. Wedding Package Price. No showreel of our company's production, just pure discussion of pricing...
Having given them an upfront 20% discount off the pcakge, they couldn't touch that anymore *YEAH!!* So it was trimmed down to extra items and discount on OT rates... Keeping in mind the previous meet-up with Mr. W (That F*ed up wedding client....) I was told them all the additional charges and all the terms & conditions and carefully explained to them every single detail...
And of cause, writing down all the things we had discussed.
Finally, after many rounds of discussion, everyone was happy with the price and we signed...
To my surprise, it wasn't one package, but four!!! Because I only brought 3 order forms, but I made an arrangement with the fourth couple to sign the order form next week evening in town. And the deposit can be made when they come down to pass us the photos for the Photo Montage.
Happy happy!!! haha!!! So many packages signed in just one afternoon... I think I really have to thank god for giving me such a good opportunity... I guess I was griming all the way back to Office haha! Cause quite a number of people were looking at me... But I don't really bother haha!
Back to Office... Quiet and cozy... Started to bitch with them about the earlier appointment, while having my lunch...
Quite disappointing in the evening because the Wedding Dinner with Ah Hui was called off... Not sure what was on her mind... But never-mind, luckily I knew my friends were in Orchard, so immediately I went off to find them...
After some shopping & dinner, we went to Double O to chill. It was "Retro Night". It's been a while since I visited "Retro Night". Just hope that the DJ would play some cool hits, so that we can have a great time dancing & partying...
The drinks were really cheap. $12 for a Mixer Jug. $3 per Tequila shot or Tequila Pop. Definitely a place for people to chill & drink around 9pm to 11 plus, before moving on to St. James or MOS to dance the night away...
In total, if I remembered correctly, we ordered 1 shot Jagameiser, 3 Mixer Jug, 8 shots of Tequila, before we hit the Dance Floor... The DJ was excellent that night, linking popular Retro Hits, one after another... And not forgetting Classics from Bon Jovi, U2, ABBA & Michael Jackson... I guess all of us really sweated it out on the Dance Floor haha!!!
At Double O: Jane & Sally (Before Sally's all red...)
Ber, Jane & Sally (After Sally's all Red..)
My only pic with Jane ;)
Our usual photo "whore" haha!!!
But the night wasn't over, till we said it was OVER... Ber's friend, Gerald, came over to join us. Being an "Anti-Double O" person, he invited us over to his friend's pub, which was none other than ChillZ Bar... HAHAH!!! How coincidental right??? It's the same pub i always frequent with Ah Hui's frenz...
There, Gerald introduced to us the Lady Boss, Cecilia, as well as some of his colleagues... They were really a bunch of fun-loving people, who loves to be in a company of their friends... We sang, drank and played mini games... It was definitely a very, very fun night... Thanks Gerald & Cecilia!
All of us playing a new version of "Fist Guessing" Game.
Well, I guess I'm still nursing the hang-over I had from last night hahaha!!! Don't think I'll be heading down to Club anytime soon...
That is... Till Siong Siong comes back... haha!!!
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Rot in Singapore
Great news!!! My long-awaited holiday trip to Taiwan is once again CANCELED!!! That means I get to stay in Singapore, and my friends don't have to miss me...
A few friends asked me why is the trip called off?! I just replied them that I have some personal problems, so I won't be going to Taiwan with my friends in March...
So, I guess I won't be visiting Taiwan anytime soon... Sorry Xiao Xuan... Can't get the chance to meet you... Sigh...
That means no shopping for another dunno how many months... ARGH!!! I WANNA SHOP!!! But not in Singapore...
Next time bahZ...
A few friends asked me why is the trip called off?! I just replied them that I have some personal problems, so I won't be going to Taiwan with my friends in March...
So, I guess I won't be visiting Taiwan anytime soon... Sorry Xiao Xuan... Can't get the chance to meet you... Sigh...
That means no shopping for another dunno how many months... ARGH!!! I WANNA SHOP!!! But not in Singapore...
Next time bahZ...
Sunday, October 14, 2007
WhazZUP!!!??
What's been happening to me this week??
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TONS!!!!
Well, Monday to Wednesday were quite normal, go out appointment & show clients some samples blah blah blah...
Thursday: We were informed that we have an exhibition on the coming Saturday, which was 13/10. Really sucks lor! So late then inform us... But never-mind, at least we don't have to prepare much things. Just print brochures, price-list, video & photo samples, stationaries and order forms...
Friday was the one day that sent me on a Roller Coaster Ride... 2 customers on the same day, almost made me wanna laugh & cry, and even KILL them!!! Let's name them A & B
Customer A is the Husband of Ms W, whom me & my manager has been co-ordinating very long for their wedding video. They know that their Wedding is on Hari Raya Puasa, which is a Public Holiday. Most services provided on a Public Holiday or Sunday or even Peak Season, there're surcharges or increase in pricing.
All along, while we were discussing about the price for their filming, we never include the additional charge. We only touch on that when the client ask or when we touch on clause, terms & conditions....
In the end, we settled for a final price of $600 for 6 hours shoot, which is actually way under market rate. Because $600 includes video filming & video post-production. The usual price is $850 for 6 hours of filming plus post-production.
Anyway, the husband is SUCH AN SSSSS!!!!!! On the day that he came to sign the package, he kept insisting that he wish to speak to my manager blah blah blah, even though I was involve in it as well... Throughout the whole conversation, his body language, tone of voice, type of words used, were so so so demanding and defensive. I found it absolutely difficult to strike a conversation with him, less building a rapport...
And did I mentioned that he was an almost 50 year old uncle? Enough to be my dad? YEAH!! He was that OLD!!! Sounded so much like a father. Demand this, demand that... "I want this", "I want that" type of attitude...
Even threw me this sentence, "I was in Sales line before..." So???!!! So what if you were in Sales line before? Does that make you the "BIG DADDY" in my office? I never scream in your face, because you're the client, and you're my senior, I give you face. if not I would have smashed your head with my big fat calculator and threw you out of my office.
C`mon lah uncle!!! Go get a life, get married, TRY to make your 40+ year old wife pregnant if you STILL CAN make your "di-di" stand attention... And rot in your house!!!
Customer B, Mr W. Tan, a wedding client I met up about 1 month ago. Discussed about wedding packages and pricing blah blah blah... At that point of time, he couldn't confirm with me the actual timing of his make-up artist, thus I didn't told him about the additional charges. Boy! That was one BIG mistake I made.
Why? He assumed it as "We don't have additional charges for early call-in or OT..." BULLSHIT!!! On Friday evening, he used phrases like, "I collectively gathered...", "Information which were told to me...", "I don't mean to push MY way through..." or "I don't wish to make things worse...", "I'm not a very mean guy. But just wanna let you know that..."
He was so smart & so cautious with his words... That I should give him an Oscar Award for "Best Supporting Actor". He was indirectly pushing all the blames to me... YES!!! Pushing Every Single Farking fault to ME... Making me looked like I was the one who made all the faults, all the blames, all the misunderstandings....
FINE!!! I accept ALL the blames, because, like what EVERYONE says "Customer is always right!" Because of this sentence, because I wanna earn HIS money, because I want MY commission, unwillingly forced all the blames, all the misunderstanding, and all the faults down my throat...
Well... In the end, he still signed the wedding package. Great!! At least I reached my motive. Commission in my pocket. Done! Happy! but not THAT happy...
Right after I finished handling that irritating Mr. W. Tan, my office immediately switched into "War" mode... Everyone were busy preparing for Saturday's Exhibition, cutting brochures, looking through videos & photos, making duplicate CDs, packing stationaries.
After a final check at 7:30pm, DONE! We were all set for the Exhibition at Furama Riverfront.
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Saturday, Furama RiverFront Level 3, 2PM
Exhibition tables set, brochures in goodies bags, flowers up, food & beverages ready, Cameras in place, Lightings ready, all guests have arrived... Let the Fashion show Be...
Er... Before that I show you some photos before the Runaway starts...
These standing flower bowls were littered all over the venue. NICE!
Entrance of our Exhibition Hall.
A close-up shot of the champagne glasses and the Champagne tower
FOOD GALORE!!!
The Exhibition was pretty short-lived. From 2pm to 6pm. And time flew by pretty fast. With only about 90mins of time for us to get as many deals as possible (From 4pm to 5:30pm), everyone were going straight to the point. Showreel Cut! Photo Slideshow Cut! Casual talks cut! Go straight to the Price.
Me, Eileen and Han Siong had to build rapport with customers in the shortest time possible and strike a deal with them. It was almost "Mission Impossible". Out of the 30 plus couples we talked to, we only managed to strike 3 deals. The process was nerve-recking, but the experience of holding an Exhibition is truly priceless.
Now at least I know what to do during an exhibition, what to bring, when to do certain things & how to do certain things. Timing and ambiance are two very critical elements for Exhibitions. One wrong move and the initial intention for that item will be ruined.
After the Exhibition, I rushed down to Orchard to meet up with Hui. As we're going for a Wedding Dinner next week, we still haven't pick a dress for her to wear... *headache*
Instead of it being an outing to buy a dress, I think it's more of an outing to destress... Both of us are very stressed with our work. Schedule everyday is packed to the max, leaving almost little time for our own things...
But still, we both managed to squeeze some time out to relax our mind and body, and do the things we love best. SHOPPING!!!
At Pasta Mania, having dinner.
At Hereen.
Notice anything different about Hui in the picture? YES! She's wearing a spag top. For the first time in 4 years, this is the first time I see her wearing a spag top when we go out... When I first saw her, my eyes were wide open. I was unsure whether that was her or not... But after "slapping" myself, accepted the fact... She looks great in spags *which I've been telling her all along*
Please. Wear that kinda clothes more often...
After we finished shopping, we went over to Boat Quay to join her friends at a newly-opened pub: Amber 21. Quite a nice pub, nice ambiance, cute gals, and good crowd. They were there to celebrate one of their friends going to Australia for overseas training. Lucky chap, going to Australia, though it's training, but still very lucky...
We drank a bit, sang a few songs and we went off at 11plus. Really wanted to stay a little longer. But because I had to go off for a midnight show at Century Square: Brotherhood.
It's a new HK movie, about Gangsters *AGAIN!!!* The cast for this movie is huge. Andy Lau, Eason Cheng, and many other veteran actors & actresses.
Although we missed the first 20mins of the show, but it didn't really throw us off the whole show, making us clueless what was going on in the later part of the show. Because the main point of the movie would only be revealed at the end...
Rating 3.5 out of 5 stars. Worth the money.
...............................................................
TONS!!!!
Well, Monday to Wednesday were quite normal, go out appointment & show clients some samples blah blah blah...
Thursday: We were informed that we have an exhibition on the coming Saturday, which was 13/10. Really sucks lor! So late then inform us... But never-mind, at least we don't have to prepare much things. Just print brochures, price-list, video & photo samples, stationaries and order forms...
Friday was the one day that sent me on a Roller Coaster Ride... 2 customers on the same day, almost made me wanna laugh & cry, and even KILL them!!! Let's name them A & B
Customer A is the Husband of Ms W, whom me & my manager has been co-ordinating very long for their wedding video. They know that their Wedding is on Hari Raya Puasa, which is a Public Holiday. Most services provided on a Public Holiday or Sunday or even Peak Season, there're surcharges or increase in pricing.
All along, while we were discussing about the price for their filming, we never include the additional charge. We only touch on that when the client ask or when we touch on clause, terms & conditions....
In the end, we settled for a final price of $600 for 6 hours shoot, which is actually way under market rate. Because $600 includes video filming & video post-production. The usual price is $850 for 6 hours of filming plus post-production.
Anyway, the husband is SUCH AN SSSSS!!!!!! On the day that he came to sign the package, he kept insisting that he wish to speak to my manager blah blah blah, even though I was involve in it as well... Throughout the whole conversation, his body language, tone of voice, type of words used, were so so so demanding and defensive. I found it absolutely difficult to strike a conversation with him, less building a rapport...
And did I mentioned that he was an almost 50 year old uncle? Enough to be my dad? YEAH!! He was that OLD!!! Sounded so much like a father. Demand this, demand that... "I want this", "I want that" type of attitude...
Even threw me this sentence, "I was in Sales line before..." So???!!! So what if you were in Sales line before? Does that make you the "BIG DADDY" in my office? I never scream in your face, because you're the client, and you're my senior, I give you face. if not I would have smashed your head with my big fat calculator and threw you out of my office.
C`mon lah uncle!!! Go get a life, get married, TRY to make your 40+ year old wife pregnant if you STILL CAN make your "di-di" stand attention... And rot in your house!!!
Customer B, Mr W. Tan, a wedding client I met up about 1 month ago. Discussed about wedding packages and pricing blah blah blah... At that point of time, he couldn't confirm with me the actual timing of his make-up artist, thus I didn't told him about the additional charges. Boy! That was one BIG mistake I made.
Why? He assumed it as "We don't have additional charges for early call-in or OT..." BULLSHIT!!! On Friday evening, he used phrases like, "I collectively gathered...", "Information which were told to me...", "I don't mean to push MY way through..." or "I don't wish to make things worse...", "I'm not a very mean guy. But just wanna let you know that..."
He was so smart & so cautious with his words... That I should give him an Oscar Award for "Best Supporting Actor". He was indirectly pushing all the blames to me... YES!!! Pushing Every Single Farking fault to ME... Making me looked like I was the one who made all the faults, all the blames, all the misunderstandings....
FINE!!! I accept ALL the blames, because, like what EVERYONE says "Customer is always right!" Because of this sentence, because I wanna earn HIS money, because I want MY commission, unwillingly forced all the blames, all the misunderstanding, and all the faults down my throat...
Well... In the end, he still signed the wedding package. Great!! At least I reached my motive. Commission in my pocket. Done! Happy! but not THAT happy...
Right after I finished handling that irritating Mr. W. Tan, my office immediately switched into "War" mode... Everyone were busy preparing for Saturday's Exhibition, cutting brochures, looking through videos & photos, making duplicate CDs, packing stationaries.
After a final check at 7:30pm, DONE! We were all set for the Exhibition at Furama Riverfront.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, Furama RiverFront Level 3, 2PM
Exhibition tables set, brochures in goodies bags, flowers up, food & beverages ready, Cameras in place, Lightings ready, all guests have arrived... Let the Fashion show Be...
Er... Before that I show you some photos before the Runaway starts...
These standing flower bowls were littered all over the venue. NICE!
Entrance of our Exhibition Hall.
A close-up shot of the champagne glasses and the Champagne tower
FOOD GALORE!!!
The Exhibition was pretty short-lived. From 2pm to 6pm. And time flew by pretty fast. With only about 90mins of time for us to get as many deals as possible (From 4pm to 5:30pm), everyone were going straight to the point. Showreel Cut! Photo Slideshow Cut! Casual talks cut! Go straight to the Price.
Me, Eileen and Han Siong had to build rapport with customers in the shortest time possible and strike a deal with them. It was almost "Mission Impossible". Out of the 30 plus couples we talked to, we only managed to strike 3 deals. The process was nerve-recking, but the experience of holding an Exhibition is truly priceless.
Now at least I know what to do during an exhibition, what to bring, when to do certain things & how to do certain things. Timing and ambiance are two very critical elements for Exhibitions. One wrong move and the initial intention for that item will be ruined.
After the Exhibition, I rushed down to Orchard to meet up with Hui. As we're going for a Wedding Dinner next week, we still haven't pick a dress for her to wear... *headache*
Instead of it being an outing to buy a dress, I think it's more of an outing to destress... Both of us are very stressed with our work. Schedule everyday is packed to the max, leaving almost little time for our own things...
But still, we both managed to squeeze some time out to relax our mind and body, and do the things we love best. SHOPPING!!!
At Pasta Mania, having dinner.
At Hereen.
Notice anything different about Hui in the picture? YES! She's wearing a spag top. For the first time in 4 years, this is the first time I see her wearing a spag top when we go out... When I first saw her, my eyes were wide open. I was unsure whether that was her or not... But after "slapping" myself, accepted the fact... She looks great in spags *which I've been telling her all along*
Please. Wear that kinda clothes more often...
After we finished shopping, we went over to Boat Quay to join her friends at a newly-opened pub: Amber 21. Quite a nice pub, nice ambiance, cute gals, and good crowd. They were there to celebrate one of their friends going to Australia for overseas training. Lucky chap, going to Australia, though it's training, but still very lucky...
We drank a bit, sang a few songs and we went off at 11plus. Really wanted to stay a little longer. But because I had to go off for a midnight show at Century Square: Brotherhood.
It's a new HK movie, about Gangsters *AGAIN!!!* The cast for this movie is huge. Andy Lau, Eason Cheng, and many other veteran actors & actresses.
Although we missed the first 20mins of the show, but it didn't really throw us off the whole show, making us clueless what was going on in the later part of the show. Because the main point of the movie would only be revealed at the end...
Rating 3.5 out of 5 stars. Worth the money.
Sunday, October 07, 2007
...Left-Out Photos...
Finally... I have time to post those photos which I didn't had the chance to upload...
Feast at Toa Payoh Central's Sakae Sushi
We ordered sushi, noodles, snacks and ate our hearts out haha!!! It was really fun!!!
CHEESE!!! The results of our "Battle" Well, it's considered little...
We ordered this cute looking sushi, that had two LONG Asparagus.
Cute Corn Croquettes
Some random shots taken
Her poor shoulder....
My Work Place
Welcome to my beloved workplace...
The laptop I use everyday to do my work. But there's a problem with the battery *Sigh*
*TADA* The place next to my work desk, where I'll do my presentation to customers.
Swollen Eyes
This poor bird had its left eye swollen, till a state that it was gonna pop out any moment!! YUKE!!!
Cheeky Shots! By Sally & Anna...
A Shop I found at Takashimaya, which had exactly the same name as my dad. haha!!!
A new Shop
Recently, a new confectionery shop opened around my work place. And this was the scene on Day 1.
LONG QUEUE!!!
Only for freaking donuts... What's wrong with Singaporeans...
This is a Juice Stall near my workplace. A big glass & It's only $1.50!!!
In the picture is Priscilla, one of the 3 new interns at our company. A sweet girl.
Next time, I''ll post some more photos of my working colleagues...
Feast at Toa Payoh Central's Sakae Sushi
We ordered sushi, noodles, snacks and ate our hearts out haha!!! It was really fun!!!
CHEESE!!! The results of our "Battle" Well, it's considered little...
We ordered this cute looking sushi, that had two LONG Asparagus.
Cute Corn Croquettes
Some random shots taken
Her poor shoulder....
My Work Place
Welcome to my beloved workplace...
The laptop I use everyday to do my work. But there's a problem with the battery *Sigh*
*TADA* The place next to my work desk, where I'll do my presentation to customers.
Swollen Eyes
This poor bird had its left eye swollen, till a state that it was gonna pop out any moment!! YUKE!!!
Cheeky Shots! By Sally & Anna...
A Shop I found at Takashimaya, which had exactly the same name as my dad. haha!!!
A new Shop
Recently, a new confectionery shop opened around my work place. And this was the scene on Day 1.
LONG QUEUE!!!
Only for freaking donuts... What's wrong with Singaporeans...
This is a Juice Stall near my workplace. A big glass & It's only $1.50!!!
In the picture is Priscilla, one of the 3 new interns at our company. A sweet girl.
Next time, I''ll post some more photos of my working colleagues...
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