Actually, I should be thankful I still can take leave, spend my time shopping and do whatever I want when everyone else was working. But... I still can't wait for the hectic month to be over. Double sigh!!
Sunflower gives the connotation of cheerfulness, bright, jolly, merry... you get the idea! However, if any content in this blog didn't fit the cheerfulness implied by its name, look at it this way... I'm putting down all the wretchedness, gloom, melancholy feeling in here so I can continue living up to the expectation of making the association to the sunflower.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
No Weekend
I felt like I haven't had proper weekend for a very long time. In May I had to go to Ipoh and Perai for weekend training. The only weekend in June when I was free, my friend was not. It rained heavily so I prefer to stay indoors. It was nice taking leave when everyone else goes to work so you can pretend to be like the 20% of the population who can choose not to work if they don't want to. But.... I think I really need a really good weekend where the sun shines brightly, the sky's blue, the outing and the food is great... Sigh!
Actually, I should be thankful I still can take leave, spend my time shopping and do whatever I want when everyone else was working. But... I still can't wait for the hectic month to be over. Double sigh!!
Actually, I should be thankful I still can take leave, spend my time shopping and do whatever I want when everyone else was working. But... I still can't wait for the hectic month to be over. Double sigh!!
Pervert Next Door!
Creepy... creepy... creepy... It was so creepy. I was taking out clothes from the washing machine when I notice a shadow of a head watching me from the window of the opposite apartment. The room was dark but the living room lights that gets through below the bedroom door was bright enough to show the outline of a head very near to the window staring at me. I can feel it. I was not paranoid. People have always said that you should believe your gut feeling so I am. The disheveled short hair suggested the head belongs to a man. Iiiieee.... The instant reaction felt was alarmed and scared.
Scared because I was only covering myself with a small towel when I put the laundry in the washing machine earlier. What if he was watching at that time and decided to wait for more 'shows'? Scared because as far as I know that apartment was always dark. Very rarely I see lights and when I do, I take care to cover myself properly when I go to the kitchen. What if when I thought there's nobody next door, there really was somebody watching? Scared because the fact that he was watching the next-door apartment in the dark suggested he's a pervert. Hellppp!!! I have a pervert living next door.
Scared because I was only covering myself with a small towel when I put the laundry in the washing machine earlier. What if he was watching at that time and decided to wait for more 'shows'? Scared because as far as I know that apartment was always dark. Very rarely I see lights and when I do, I take care to cover myself properly when I go to the kitchen. What if when I thought there's nobody next door, there really was somebody watching? Scared because the fact that he was watching the next-door apartment in the dark suggested he's a pervert. Hellppp!!! I have a pervert living next door.
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Acknowledging Feelings
I've been blogging very sparsely lately. Partly because I've been busy with trainings... what's new eh! And partly because I've been on emotional roller coaster rides these past few months... too personal, too heart wrenching and life changing I don't know how to open up and share. At least, not in my blog. Not yet. I felt like I have to protect and respect someone's feelings. I felt like people wouldn't understand and won't take my stories kindly. It has been quite difficult to detach oneself from feelings and emotions when writing as that would make me feel disconnected from my blog. I ended up not doing very much writing and when I do, the entries have no soul in it. I can't let my blog become soul-less much longer.
Not that I changed my mind about protecting and respecting someone's feelings. I still do. But, I also don't want to feel guilty or apologetic about my feelings. I'm human and I have feelings. Acknowledge it. Despite trying to be inconspicuous, despite trying to take care of people's feelings, some would still try to find fault and believe I have ill-feelings or hidden agenda. I don't. With me, WYSIWYG. Stop finding things that are not there. From now on, I will write when I have stories to tell. My difficult life journey has begun.
Not that I changed my mind about protecting and respecting someone's feelings. I still do. But, I also don't want to feel guilty or apologetic about my feelings. I'm human and I have feelings. Acknowledge it. Despite trying to be inconspicuous, despite trying to take care of people's feelings, some would still try to find fault and believe I have ill-feelings or hidden agenda. I don't. With me, WYSIWYG. Stop finding things that are not there. From now on, I will write when I have stories to tell. My difficult life journey has begun.
The Art of Buying
It is something that is nice to have. It's not urgent. It's not important. Even with my job that requires a lot of standing and walking with me ended up having foot massage somewhere, I still think electronic foot massager is not a necessity. Besides, with manual foot massage, the masseuse can concentrate on areas that are more painful and require more attention.
After numerous experiments at OSIM, Ogawa and Gintell outlets during shopping trips for temporary short relief... after numerous sales talks by the promoter with a promise that I'll think about it... finally on one fine day, in that instant I simply can't wait to own an electronic foot massager. I need it and needed it immediately. I just can't bear the pain anymore. Suddenly the thought of going for a foot massage spells T.I.M.E, which I normally don't have and is quite impossible to find one every time you need it.
The promoter doesn't even have to do a lot of convincing. Previous promoters have done their job well. Except, they won't get the commission from my purchase but this lucky promoter being at the right time and the right place would. The company gains regardless of which promoter I buy from. Of course the other two brands totally lose one potential customer because I'm relatively loyal. My next purchase if any, would most likely be from the same brand.
When I think about it, the art of buying can also be applied to my love life hehehe... It was not something that I put high on my want list. It's neither urgent nor important. I was happy and contented with my life. After a few heartbreaks, I guarded my heart more carefully. Besides, with some horror stories of divorce and difficult married life among friends, staying single seem like a very good option.
I've met a few wrong ones like this and this. I've met one or two who tried to break down the wall that protects my heart without much success. I've also met a few who become good friends. Nothing serious. Happily married friends keep asking when's my turn with an encouragement that marriage don't always ended up with a divorce. I managed to sidestep the issue when I asked them to find me a husband coz I know they know that's easier said then done. That was until I got to know him.
Suddenly staying single doesn't make me feel so contented anymore. Suddenly, I want him to be the witness of my life. Suddenly the though of spending the rest of my life with someone doesn't sound so bad. Suddenly, I felt like it is the risk worth taking. Suddenly I felt like there's no turning back. Unless, he left me in which case, there is nothing much I can do but mend my broken heart (and I pray this would never happened). Suddenly, I'm a different person who has to rethink some of my previous thoughts and opinion.
I wonder how he would feel when he found out I compared my feeling towards him with my decision to buy an electronic foot massager heh :)
Anyway the key points in buying are:-
After numerous experiments at OSIM, Ogawa and Gintell outlets during shopping trips for temporary short relief... after numerous sales talks by the promoter with a promise that I'll think about it... finally on one fine day, in that instant I simply can't wait to own an electronic foot massager. I need it and needed it immediately. I just can't bear the pain anymore. Suddenly the thought of going for a foot massage spells T.I.M.E, which I normally don't have and is quite impossible to find one every time you need it.
The promoter doesn't even have to do a lot of convincing. Previous promoters have done their job well. Except, they won't get the commission from my purchase but this lucky promoter being at the right time and the right place would. The company gains regardless of which promoter I buy from. Of course the other two brands totally lose one potential customer because I'm relatively loyal. My next purchase if any, would most likely be from the same brand.
When I think about it, the art of buying can also be applied to my love life hehehe... It was not something that I put high on my want list. It's neither urgent nor important. I was happy and contented with my life. After a few heartbreaks, I guarded my heart more carefully. Besides, with some horror stories of divorce and difficult married life among friends, staying single seem like a very good option.
I've met a few wrong ones like this and this. I've met one or two who tried to break down the wall that protects my heart without much success. I've also met a few who become good friends. Nothing serious. Happily married friends keep asking when's my turn with an encouragement that marriage don't always ended up with a divorce. I managed to sidestep the issue when I asked them to find me a husband coz I know they know that's easier said then done. That was until I got to know him.
Suddenly staying single doesn't make me feel so contented anymore. Suddenly, I want him to be the witness of my life. Suddenly the though of spending the rest of my life with someone doesn't sound so bad. Suddenly, I felt like it is the risk worth taking. Suddenly I felt like there's no turning back. Unless, he left me in which case, there is nothing much I can do but mend my broken heart (and I pray this would never happened). Suddenly, I'm a different person who has to rethink some of my previous thoughts and opinion.
I wonder how he would feel when he found out I compared my feeling towards him with my decision to buy an electronic foot massager heh :)
Anyway the key points in buying are:-
- constant exposure to the goods, services or ideas; your customer would eventually buy
- being at the right place and the right time; when your customer decided to buy, they need to buy immediately or the need will wane
- ESP (emotional selling point) is important; manual foot massage is the best but electronic foot massager can massage your feet anytime.
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