i've gotten a new hp. song ericsson w660i. This time round, i'm going to be extra extra careful... i'm not gg to lose my phone again. Losing one's phone is a major inconvenience. Besides facing with monetary losses both for losing the phone and buying another phone, one will lose all the contacts...ALL THE CONTACTS... ur boyfriends' numbers, ex-boyfriends' numbers... ok la...i don't have a boyfriend so that's not too much of a concern to me... wahaha!! stop the joke... i've lost the contacts of my beloved friends' and relatives'... that's the most ass kicking thing...
today i pop by hello shop to exchange for another new phone cause the phone which i had gotten on friday had something wrong with the keypad. The salesgirl was like super reluctant to exchange one for me and kept insisting there's nothing wrong. I've been using it for days and when i say there's sth wrong, means there's sth wrong. if not i got nothing better to do, waste 1 dollar plus of busfare to TM, another 1 dollar plus more back for what?! The salesgirl looked through the box and insisted that there's no warranty card in it even though i was pretty sure it was buried inside and i even bothered to check my messy table before leaving the house.In the end, my mum found it... The salesgirl actually said sth like "no, i'm very sure it's not there. Doesn't seem to be there." before that... wth! Don't want to give me warranty card then say so lah!i was abit cranky at that time... blame it on the hormones...
Anyway, i just cut my hair after dinnertime and i was charged secondary school student's rate... i don't know whether i should embrace it with joy or sink into depression that i look childish... hmm...but can save money la..so i think i'm happy. haha!!
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
sales is tough
i'm back from four days of sales. Doing sales is tough. Stood for the whole day till my legs turned numb. Plus i had to know my products well if not i'll get shoot by customers. Sales was difficult but honestly, it's so much less boring than admin work because i'll get to meet all sorts of people including weird ones. There are also some demanding customers and i had to weave my way through or lie to them without batting an eyelid. Also, i had to learn how to introduce sales strategies to attract customers' interests.
DAy 1:
I'd lost my handphone on that day... Was feeling pretty emo about it but had to put on a smile still. That's the sad thing about being a salesperson. Even if you're feeling down, you still have to put on a brave front. One ah pek looked at a 22 inches LCD monitor and told me that next time when i get married, i should buy this and place it in my new house cause it's very clear and nice. *dots* i was still not very familiarised with the products at that point in time. Because of this, i was 'shoot' by many customers. Of course there were some customers who asked stupid questions like where the computer is made. CHINA la! Now everything is made in CHina ma... even the underwear you wear... some asked me got made in malaysia one or not... At that point in time, i felt like fainting on the spot. Have you heard of computers made in malaysia in modern times?
Day 2: I had PRC customers who came to look look see see only... asked me to translate what's wireless so i said wu xian and he went "huh? she mo wu xian?" and looked absolutely shocked. Asked me to translate what's 'tokyo drift' into chinese... like wth! i met super irritating customers who obviously don't look like they'll buy the products but still they ask a lot of questions. Of course there were customers that looked down on us temporary staff and refused to talk further with us and demand to talk to our supervisor or senior staff instead. I always feel like swatting these kind of customers away....
Day 3:
it was a saturday. There were more people compared to weekdays. Sales was brisk and we were quite understaffed. temporary staff do not know how to bring the customers to make payments so sometimes, the customers ended up stranded... i had one PRC guy who spoke in heavily accented english which was totally incomprehensible. I had a tough time understanding... PRC then PRC la... why want to act like he's singaporean. Of course there were one snobbish disgusting PRC couple who told me point blank that my chinese sucks. Inside, i was cursing them but i faked nonchalant and fabricated a lie and said that i'm mixed blood. My father's malay, mother's chinese and they stupidly believed. After that, their attitude to me was better and seemed kind of proud that i know their motherland's chinese...
In case you don't know, i don't have a very good opinion of PRC people in the first place...
Day 4: LAst day!! A funny incident occurred. One of my customers' kid pooped on the floor. Another female staff used the brochure to cover it and placed another cardboard box on it. Another senior staff whom i call uncle tommy (actually he's not very old la...but somehow it sounds nice...) didn't know. He came back from making payment with a customer, found the cardbox lying on the floor and picked it up together with the brochure. His fingers touched the poop and since he didn't know, he smelled it and exclaimed "oh shit!" super loudly. Dad and i burst out laughing. i think both of us super cruel but the three of us had made a pact not to say anything.... so... it was super disgustingly funny.
managed to sell 4 notebooks and one desktop in a day. Personally feel it's pretty impressive...
even though the four days were tough, i had my share of fun and laughter. Got to learn more about computers. Met people from all walks of life. Learnt to become a better liar. Twisted and turned my way through when i met difficulties.
DAy 1:
I'd lost my handphone on that day... Was feeling pretty emo about it but had to put on a smile still. That's the sad thing about being a salesperson. Even if you're feeling down, you still have to put on a brave front. One ah pek looked at a 22 inches LCD monitor and told me that next time when i get married, i should buy this and place it in my new house cause it's very clear and nice. *dots* i was still not very familiarised with the products at that point in time. Because of this, i was 'shoot' by many customers. Of course there were some customers who asked stupid questions like where the computer is made. CHINA la! Now everything is made in CHina ma... even the underwear you wear... some asked me got made in malaysia one or not... At that point in time, i felt like fainting on the spot. Have you heard of computers made in malaysia in modern times?
Day 2: I had PRC customers who came to look look see see only... asked me to translate what's wireless so i said wu xian and he went "huh? she mo wu xian?" and looked absolutely shocked. Asked me to translate what's 'tokyo drift' into chinese... like wth! i met super irritating customers who obviously don't look like they'll buy the products but still they ask a lot of questions. Of course there were customers that looked down on us temporary staff and refused to talk further with us and demand to talk to our supervisor or senior staff instead. I always feel like swatting these kind of customers away....
Day 3:
it was a saturday. There were more people compared to weekdays. Sales was brisk and we were quite understaffed. temporary staff do not know how to bring the customers to make payments so sometimes, the customers ended up stranded... i had one PRC guy who spoke in heavily accented english which was totally incomprehensible. I had a tough time understanding... PRC then PRC la... why want to act like he's singaporean. Of course there were one snobbish disgusting PRC couple who told me point blank that my chinese sucks. Inside, i was cursing them but i faked nonchalant and fabricated a lie and said that i'm mixed blood. My father's malay, mother's chinese and they stupidly believed. After that, their attitude to me was better and seemed kind of proud that i know their motherland's chinese...
In case you don't know, i don't have a very good opinion of PRC people in the first place...
Day 4: LAst day!! A funny incident occurred. One of my customers' kid pooped on the floor. Another female staff used the brochure to cover it and placed another cardboard box on it. Another senior staff whom i call uncle tommy (actually he's not very old la...but somehow it sounds nice...) didn't know. He came back from making payment with a customer, found the cardbox lying on the floor and picked it up together with the brochure. His fingers touched the poop and since he didn't know, he smelled it and exclaimed "oh shit!" super loudly. Dad and i burst out laughing. i think both of us super cruel but the three of us had made a pact not to say anything.... so... it was super disgustingly funny.
managed to sell 4 notebooks and one desktop in a day. Personally feel it's pretty impressive...
even though the four days were tough, i had my share of fun and laughter. Got to learn more about computers. Met people from all walks of life. Learnt to become a better liar. Twisted and turned my way through when i met difficulties.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Back to work
Tomorrow will be back-to-work!
I'm currently working at IMM which is located at west of Singapore. Coincidentally, i live at pasir Ris which is again coincidentally located at the extreme end, east of Singapore. Isn't this more shocking than watching horror movie??
Don't worry. My dad coincidentally works at IMM too so i can get a lift to my workplace. what am i working as? I'm working as a salesperson, selling computers. Which brand? ACER. Coincidentally, the laptop i'm using now is also ACER!! wow!
I was told that sometimes salesperson has to lie in order to 'sell' their products and raise their commission. So, do i or do i not? I hope that i won't land in a situation that demands me to lie. Lying is wicked!
On the other hand, we live in a materialistic, superficial, competitive world. It's not as though i don't understand why salespersons lie... On a fundamental level, everyone lies. Why can't they?
Since everyone lies, and lies are classified as 'white' and 'black'. I'll set myself a boundary. I can only tell a white lie and that's it. Innocent lie that doesn't hurt... pricks a little but see no blood. Am i making sense? whatever.
Just strive to do my best to up commissions and SMILE! We live in a superficial world anyway. A smile doesn't mean i like the person. It's just another facial expression.
Hope i won't meet anal customers. Ok! That's like deceiving myself to believe a completely impossible thing....
The 'S' rules to follow...
S for smile
S for suppress my foul temper
S for summarised features of the products
S for sweet (act sweet and innocent la... so that the chances of my boss flaring at me will be minimised.)
S for saint (calm and cool)
The good thing about working so far away is that the odds of me bumping into someone i know is greatly reduced. Most of my friends live in the East. Even if i do something embarrassing, it's ok. Nobody will remember hazel from the east anyway... LAUGH!! wish me luck tomorrow. My legs are going to break...
I'm currently working at IMM which is located at west of Singapore. Coincidentally, i live at pasir Ris which is again coincidentally located at the extreme end, east of Singapore. Isn't this more shocking than watching horror movie??
Don't worry. My dad coincidentally works at IMM too so i can get a lift to my workplace. what am i working as? I'm working as a salesperson, selling computers. Which brand? ACER. Coincidentally, the laptop i'm using now is also ACER!! wow!
I was told that sometimes salesperson has to lie in order to 'sell' their products and raise their commission. So, do i or do i not? I hope that i won't land in a situation that demands me to lie. Lying is wicked!
On the other hand, we live in a materialistic, superficial, competitive world. It's not as though i don't understand why salespersons lie... On a fundamental level, everyone lies. Why can't they?
Since everyone lies, and lies are classified as 'white' and 'black'. I'll set myself a boundary. I can only tell a white lie and that's it. Innocent lie that doesn't hurt... pricks a little but see no blood. Am i making sense? whatever.
Just strive to do my best to up commissions and SMILE! We live in a superficial world anyway. A smile doesn't mean i like the person. It's just another facial expression.
Hope i won't meet anal customers. Ok! That's like deceiving myself to believe a completely impossible thing....
The 'S' rules to follow...
S for smile
S for suppress my foul temper
S for summarised features of the products
S for sweet (act sweet and innocent la... so that the chances of my boss flaring at me will be minimised.)
S for saint (calm and cool)
The good thing about working so far away is that the odds of me bumping into someone i know is greatly reduced. Most of my friends live in the East. Even if i do something embarrassing, it's ok. Nobody will remember hazel from the east anyway... LAUGH!! wish me luck tomorrow. My legs are going to break...
Sunday, January 13, 2008
I'm jobless
I think i'm the happiest person on earth to be jobless... hehe!! My job had complteted so it's time to look for another job. BUT, i'm enjoying being jobless so i'll delay the process of looking for another job for few more days. I'm a lazy bum bum...
Imagine while walking down the streets and somebody just barges into my lane and begs me to fill up some bo liao questionaire. Under 'occupation', i'll get to put the status 'unemployed'. I'm not studying, so obviously i'm not student. So, that makes me 'unemployed'. haha! I'm so not ashamed to put that down k...
I'm envious of those who have goals and clearly know what they are going to study in future. a lot of people had asked me what i want to study in university blah blah blah. The problem is i don't even know whether i can get into a uni. Plus, i have no idea what i want to study. hai~ Internship is better than working other temp jobs but how to get an internship when i don't even know what i want to be in future. That's so depressing...
Chinese New Year is coming and i expect people to ask me what i want to study in uni. I think i'm going to tell them in a straight face (must remind myself not to laugh after that) "oh... i don't intend to go university in future. I absolutely loathe studying. studying sucks. anyway, i'm learning bar-top dancing now. when the IR opens, i'll head there for a job. Oh... you know of anyone who is interested to learn as well?" *act innocent* I bet nobody will dare to pop the question again.
The trick to fend off these sorts of questions is to give a stupefying answer that leaves them shocked and dumbfounded. That way, they won't ever dare to bug me again.
Yesterday, i met up with the rest of qijiemeis. I miss them a lot... *sniff* went to Billy Bombers for a sumptuous lunch. Woo Hoo!! billy Bombers rocks. Yeah yeah! Bought a pair of shoes for ruiying cause it was her birthday yesterday.
I miss school...
Imagine while walking down the streets and somebody just barges into my lane and begs me to fill up some bo liao questionaire. Under 'occupation', i'll get to put the status 'unemployed'. I'm not studying, so obviously i'm not student. So, that makes me 'unemployed'. haha! I'm so not ashamed to put that down k...
I'm envious of those who have goals and clearly know what they are going to study in future. a lot of people had asked me what i want to study in university blah blah blah. The problem is i don't even know whether i can get into a uni. Plus, i have no idea what i want to study. hai~ Internship is better than working other temp jobs but how to get an internship when i don't even know what i want to be in future. That's so depressing...
Chinese New Year is coming and i expect people to ask me what i want to study in uni. I think i'm going to tell them in a straight face (must remind myself not to laugh after that) "oh... i don't intend to go university in future. I absolutely loathe studying. studying sucks. anyway, i'm learning bar-top dancing now. when the IR opens, i'll head there for a job. Oh... you know of anyone who is interested to learn as well?" *act innocent* I bet nobody will dare to pop the question again.
The trick to fend off these sorts of questions is to give a stupefying answer that leaves them shocked and dumbfounded. That way, they won't ever dare to bug me again.
Yesterday, i met up with the rest of qijiemeis. I miss them a lot... *sniff* went to Billy Bombers for a sumptuous lunch. Woo Hoo!! billy Bombers rocks. Yeah yeah! Bought a pair of shoes for ruiying cause it was her birthday yesterday.
I miss school...
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
scary experience!
I was nearly knocked down by a motorbike on my way home today...
I think i'm lucky that i'm still alive. The driver didn't notice me until he was slightly less than 1 metre away from me... The driver seemed to be in a rush and he was driving real fast until suddenly sounded his/her horn and he stopped just in time, eyes wide with shock. I glowered at him and hope it was enough to last him for the entire journey home. The road is a dangerous place!
I'm scared. Imagine what would happen if the nobody sounded the horn to stop the driver abruptly before banging into me. I wouldn't be here typing this entry anymore. I would either end up in hospital or worse still, lying in the wooden box.
will my family be hysterically sad, extremely sad, very sad or moderately sad? How would my friends react? Will anyone shed tears on my coffin?
Will anyone remember few years down the road?
I'm thankful that i'm alive. It was super duper scary! It's a miracle that i managed to pull myself together and walk home rather than crumble onto the floor... It serves to reinforce into me that life is fragile. we have to appreciate the people around us...
I feel like crying now...
I think i'm lucky that i'm still alive. The driver didn't notice me until he was slightly less than 1 metre away from me... The driver seemed to be in a rush and he was driving real fast until suddenly sounded his/her horn and he stopped just in time, eyes wide with shock. I glowered at him and hope it was enough to last him for the entire journey home. The road is a dangerous place!
I'm scared. Imagine what would happen if the nobody sounded the horn to stop the driver abruptly before banging into me. I wouldn't be here typing this entry anymore. I would either end up in hospital or worse still, lying in the wooden box.
will my family be hysterically sad, extremely sad, very sad or moderately sad? How would my friends react? Will anyone shed tears on my coffin?
Will anyone remember few years down the road?
I'm thankful that i'm alive. It was super duper scary! It's a miracle that i managed to pull myself together and walk home rather than crumble onto the floor... It serves to reinforce into me that life is fragile. we have to appreciate the people around us...
I feel like crying now...
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