Yesterday was a super Loooong & Tiring Day. Was practically standing from 11am - 6pm. Lucky got chairs lah, so on and off can sit down for a while, can't sit for too long coz it's really strange. The moment my ass touched the chair, ppl start crowding at our booth!! Kaoz!!...So no choice, gota get my ass moving again...and it's back to work. *humph*
This is my first road show with my Company. Was quite fun lah, but a little torturing, coz got
NO AIR-CON!!! *pengz*...Ok, it was held at the Toa Payoh HDB Hub...the big open area outside NTUC. If u've been to the HUB, u shld noe wat I'm toking. Anyway, our booth was located juz outside TAKA Jewellery, so it's really Warm ok!! No...I shld say is
HOT!! It's so damn freaking HOT HOT HOT!! Was really sweating...and I was really "
pek-cek" ok. And it doesn't help when u've got those irritating Aunties asking you STUPID questions!! *faints*
Ok, as usual, u hab those
Gien-Peng aunties asking for more freebies. Got 1 so funny...she had alwaiz taut tat our Company is from MALAYSIA!! *faints*...Then got tis Big Group of Aunties I damn pissed off with them. I was explaining to the Group, then tis "
ke-kiang" auntie interrupted me and in turn, explain to her frens. Since they were speaking in Dialets (duno is Teochew or Hokkien lah), I duno wat the heck they were toking. So tat particular auntie somehow misled her frens. After tat, her frens oso got confused, then ask me again...and I had to re-explain to them again which is super tedious, considering tat they are hard of hearing and they love to interrupt me when I'm toking 1/2 way!! I simply CANNOT understand why!! Oh well, mayb when I'm Old, prolly I can understand then. Haiz... Then got some really stupid ppl, who ask you: "Is tis really nice??"...Wah lau! The samples are FREE lor! Tell u nice u oso duno...muz Try then u noe wat!! And the free samples are there placed right in their Face liao! Duno wat's their problem!...Basically, yest was all the Aunties tat drove me Nuts lah. And I had to speak their Lingo...
machiam like baby toking, else if u speak in 1 sentence structure, they will look at u with their Jaws dropped! If u dun understand, here's an example:
Correct Sentence Structure: These are the 2 new flavours of our coffee. It's really very delicious...has got a nice taste and pleasant aroma.
The Auntie Sentence Structure: Tis 2 New Kopi, Good Good to Drink. Veli Nice. Veli Good Smell. Muz Try!
Ok, it's somewhere along the line lah. Coz it really depends on situation. I even got a Malay customer, duno Ang-Moh, so ask me to speak in Melayu! This time, it was my Jaws tat dropped! ahahha....I got 1 of my salesman to help, but he oso duno lah. End up I juz tell her wat I noe, i.e.
BAGUS!! ahaha
I oso got some good customers lah. Those easy-going "chin-chai" type lor. They try, they like it, they buy! I like their style manz! ahahaha....and I oso got a customer who *ahem* praise me for being such a good salesperson, as in "good in toking"...coz I managed to bluff and convinced him to buy! ahahaha...
Not forgetting those customers, who try and try and try and NOT Buy!! Or those u explain until mouth oso dry liao, they say they consider, even though they say they like the taste. But well, I can't force them to buy anyway. Haiz...so there're really all kinds of customers out there lah. Ahh!! tat reminds me of a particular customer. I din attend to her lah, it was my colleague who served her, though I did see her...coz can see tat she's a victim of Cancer. She looks really frail and her hair all balding due to the Chemo. And I was right. Bryan told me later on tis customer told him tat she's got Cancer...Brain Tumour. And tat she needs assistant in her housing loan, but she came too late, it's after Office hour oredi, so Bryan told her tat she gota go on Tuesday liao. I feel really sad when I hear tat. Imagine noeing tat u've got a terminal illness and u noe tat u're not gona live for long??...Mmm...I wonder if tat happens to me, how will I handle it. Tough question eh?...Aiyo! why am I sounding so pessimistic manz!...
Anyway, I was the oni gal yesterday at the road show. The rest were all our salesman. Tink all in ard 6 or 7 of them. They are all very funny ppl lah. But being the oni gal, dun assume tat u'll be 'treated' well ok, coz they all keep bullying me!! *BooHoo*...coz they noe I'm an Idiot in Dialets, they keep 'gossiping' abt me in Hokkien, Teochew and Hainanese! And they noe I'm pretty naive as well lah...coz I keep believing in wat they say mah, end up alwaiz fall in their trap!! They all so evil wan leh! "Create happiness at the expense of Me"... Kaoz!
Haiz...next Sat it's the same road show, same location, and with the same group of bullies! ahaha...Anyway, I've gotten myself prepared!! Heh heh...went to find my PEKO portable hand-held battery operated fan!! *Hurray*...I'm gona bring it there to fan-fan myself! ahaha...Oh ya! Prolly those salesman won't bully me after all, coz they sure need to beg me to lend them my Cute little Peko Fan! ahahhahaha...Hmm...prolly can charge them a fee hor...15 mins = $10!! Sounds like a really good deal manz! ahahhaa
Hee...I'm gg eat Jumbo seafood tonight. Supposed to be my treat, but now is a Co-Treat with my Papa. It's a long story. Anyway, good oso lah, tat means I'll spend less! ahahha. Hmm...tat reminds me of the comments left by Anonymous No.1 , who recommeded me to go for SPA! Hey, tks for the recommendation manz. However, being such a practical person, it's juz not May Leen's style to go to a SPA. She would rather be spending the money on More Shopping, More Good Food...and of coz, A nice short trip away from Singapore!! Well, I guess everyone's defination on pampering oneself differs lor. To me, I feel tat it depends on wat are the things u do tat will u happy and relax. For me, I feel tat gg to a SPA is a waste of money, though I had not been to one before. Why? Coz if yr mind is filled with loads of trouble, worries, stress...it won't help anyway. Prolly it will help for tat moment or tat day...but if u do not hab a clear mind, I dun see how it can help to relax one person! Well, correct me if I'm wrong. At least I go shopping, I can use/wear/see/touch etc. and I see the worth. Same goes for food. Though I can't use it, at least it fills up my stomach. And of coz a nice short trip away. I tink tats the best way to relax! Beside relaxation, u get to learn/see new things, culture, people...etc etc. It's really therapeutic!! [See! told u May Leen is a practical person liao!] So...I reckoned ppl won't see May Leen stepping into a SPA, UNLESS...heh heh...Anonymous No. 1 wans to sponsor lor!!! ahahhahahhaha...then wat I've said earlier is all Void! It's a different story altoghter u noe! ahahhaha...Die! I'm juz like one of the Gien-Peng Aunties manz!
Hee...It's really a super long entry today. Lucky my network din screwed up else I'll surely cry, coz sometimes it's difficult to organise your thoughts at times when U've got sooo many things to blog on. Yes! tats how "
lor-saw" May Leen is. Hmm...is tat the traits of a potential auntie to be??....Oh NO!! Pls Kill Me!! I dun wan to be Auntie!! I'm oni
23++++!!!!