Super random.

I love my job.

As a purchaser.

I simply love what i love to do.

So exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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This is another random post. Few days ago, i just confirmed with Eunice when she’s coming back. I really miss her quite a bit! Miss doing all the bimbo & girly stuffs with her like pampering our nails, shopping and chatting in cafes!

Finally, she’s gonna be back on 19th Dec. In time for one of MDS regular customer’s wedding. I just received her invitation card today, really sweet of her to invite Eunice, Jiaming and I to her wedding on the 29th December. My dearest good pal, Juliet is also getting hitch this coming 25th dec @ Esplanade. And best of all, she’s flying off to US with her hubby! How envious!

The last random thing i wanna blog about is this term in SMU. Though that unpleasant thing(pls refer to “whats humanity?” post) happened, but i still enjoyed myself alot. I made alot of new friends and somehow, this term im more focused on my studies. After 2 years of bumming around in SMU and too overwhelmed with MDS work, i dont achieve the grades that i always aim to get, simply cos’ i just dun have enough time for studies. For this, im so thankful to my bf. He made this possible by working out our .com site so more back end operations can be automated, without having me to oversee everything by myself. On top of that, i also master the art of delegation to others, so i dun have to take upon so many responsibilities. Becos of that, i also have more time to devote to my project meetings which usually reaches a peak during the last few weeks of the term. Sometimes its so hectic that i can have 3 meetings in a day, which means im fully packed from morning till evening. Thats pure sanity. Miraculously, i was able to cope this sem. So whatever my grades are, at least i have really done my best for this term. Out of all the modules i took this term, i love RETAIL MANAGEMENT the most! Why?? Cos i have a lovely team of diligent and witty grpmates, a good prof, interesting syllabus and project scope and last of all, i can FULLY apply my own business to this module! Loveee it!

Pics below show our retail project. We were supposed to come up with a new innovative retail concept that have to be feasible. Hence, our group did a new bathroom concept store that sells toiletries. All elements of a bathroom like bathtub, mirror, sink and standing shower are incorporated into the store. On top of that, we had to do a 3D model. Damn cool.

Our logo. We wanna make it look really unisex, and not too bimbo or girly.

The super last minute slide that i did for our project. Really last minute.

I also did a last minute floorplan for our store.

Below are pics for another project: Entrepreneurship and business creation. To illustrate our individual roles in the start-up better, we had to take photos and look like we are “playing our roles” Apparently, im the logistics director. So i gotta look logistics enuff. Haha.

Thats all. Heading to bed soon. Nights, world.

Exams Over.

Yes, my exam is over! :p I only have ONE paper this term, hahhh. Before the start of Entrepreneurship & Business Creation exam, i got to know one good news from Jenny about our “Strap-It!” project. We got an A. Yepppp! I was relieved because the project weightage is a huge arse 50% and i wasnt confident about the written paper(30%) at all. Really lucky again. I hope the project is sufficient to pull my written up. Talking about the written paper, its all about speed writing. No time to organize thoughts or structure. Though it was open book, but i think no one had the extra time to flip through piles of notes. We had only 2 hours to answer 5 essay qns, two 10 marks qns, one 15 marks, one 30 marks and one 35 marks qn. I wrote non-stop and managed to finish the paper, feeling quite satisfied. As usual, i told jm i answered the questions according to my own logic. I hope most of them are correct. Otherwise, im screwed.

After exams, i thought i deserve to pamper myself a little, so i went to Nail Palace @ Tampines. Went there cos i just signed a package with em not long ago. All i can say was, the people there really CMI. Their skills are so-so, but their sales tactic is really superb. In a way that it disgust me to the max. They upsell me 4 times during my whole time there and that was like a mere 2 hours. Which means average of every 30mins, they will come and upsell me once. Its damnnnn irritating!!!! I simply cant do my nails in peace. Goodness, this is my 3rd time there, and everytime i go, they will bound to upsell me. Or shud i say, HARDSELL. Its worse than upsell can. They are supposed to be providing service right; there’s really no need for all the pushing of packages. 2 different staff tried to sell me the SAME package but different prices, what kind of nonsense is this?

1st one: Pay $300.00 for nailart package and get another credit amount $300.00. Means i have $600 of credit to deduct for my nailart services. Do i look like i will do 600 BUCKS ON NAILART? I would rather spend it on my little dog and buy all the bling bling for her, pls.

2nd one: Pay $588.00 for ALL IN ONE package and get credit amount of 200.00. This one is really dumb. She came after the 1st one and after rejecting the 1st one, she still wanna sell me a more expensive BUT SAME package. Just different explanation from 2 persons.  ARGH. Yes, im really, really irritated, pissed and disgusted. Everytime i stepped in, they hardsell me. Other customers got the same treatment too. I guess we are just there to enjoy the service, not to listen to some salestalk.

This reminds me of another thing. I dun understand why my mum and I always kena all these shiet from these people. Seriously, everywhere we go, people try to upsell, cross-sell and hardsell us. Its so damn irritating. After saying NO, they still push their luck. Why is it they still dun get it? I really wonder if we have a “come upsell me” face. Maybe this is a little OT(out topic) here, but i kinda hate salesmen after all these unpleasant experiences. Its kinda weird, but its true. Hard sales put me off. Like insurance agents, MLM, some facial and spa salons, hair salons, nail salons and hotels. I really cant tolerate. Some of them(shall not name who) push sales to the extent that they will try to talk to your family and friends. This is really absurd. So the bottomline is, i cant do sales. Thats for sure. But im happy not doing sales, because it will end up making people unhappy. Oops, thats my own logic again. =)

Oh my.

As commented by someone today:
“What an insinuation! Aint you a copycat yourself since online websites are aplenty and it began with victoria secrets, wetseal etc? Pot calling the kettle black. Promotions are common business practices to begin with and to pick at minute details, you are indirectly displaying your insecurity by drawing comparisons with your competitors and labelling others as copycats. You aint the only one who knows “BUSINESS”, anyway I am beginning to doubt you actually do. A good business should never stoop to such level of degrading competitors, you’ve gotten too personal and it reflects so badly on you. if you have what it takes to make it a business work, it will show. You just sound like a pathetic cat lamenting its fate.”

You can view this comment again under my post, “Copycats”. I approved it anyways. Business is all about being ethical, thats what i know and what i learn.

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She’s happy.

Few days ago, when i announced the lucky winner for the “sign up mailing list” promotion, she was soooo elated! I didnt expect such delight and pleasant surprise from a girl. Best of all, i was really glad that i made her day. To us, its just a simple effective promotion to get people to sign up with us and we give away SGD 50.00 for that month. But to that person, i think it means more than that.

After i sent out the email notice to all customers saying the winner is out, she replied my email:

“erm… did I really win the lucky draw”

MDS: YES BABE!!!!!!!! Congratulations!

Haha, we will send you the discount code by tonight, so do check your email ok? You can use it for your next purchase!

Have a nice day!

Customer: Thanks! *gasp* It is the first time I win a lucky draw in my life! Will surely look out for your future new updates!

Thanks again!!!!!

So, at night jm sent her the discount gift voucher and she replied:

Dear MDS,

Thanks for everything! Year end is coming…. work hard and don’t forget to play hard too! Would be going down to Orchard one of these days to see Christmas lightings.

“Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing – a grateful heart!”

Chill~ !

Can i say that im really soo happy for her? I didnt know i have the ability to make someone who’s not related to me in anyway happy too. All thanks to my favorite excel function =RAND(). Haha

Copycats.

Idiots. Stop “modeling” after my website. Have some originality, please for goodness sake. Exercise some creative juice, not using other ppl’s work as your own. Even things like promotion scheme, you copied exactly the same 2 days after MDS launch of promo. The only difference is you change to % instead of SGD. Wth. You prolly never even sit down and calculate the costs involved, but just “use” our promo scheme first.

Wadever. Black looks so “porny” can. Get a life. Arggg. Angry & super pissed.

Our 1 Year :)

Thanks to Jillian, Meng, Elaine and Jody for wishing me a “Happy 1 year anni” with jm. Haha, i feel so happy receiving wishes from people cos its my virgin experience having a one year anniversary with a guy. Gosh, that sounds quite pathetic but its true!

Anyways, i enjoyed myself thoroughly with my bf. It was really sweettt. The night before our one year, i kinda blame him for wanting to watch “HEROES” at home with his bro and not study outside with me so that i can wish him at 12am sharp. Hah. And while im on the phone with him, i was unhappy that he didnt plan anything nice the next day except for a dinner. Yes, im a demanding gf, i have to admit that. Haha. So my poor bf went to sleep dreaming about where he can take me to celebrate the next day. I was snoozing like a dead pig till almost 12pm noon. Then he text me and said, “Dear dear…pls get changed…we are meeting 1pm at Chimes for dim sum buffet. Following that, i’ll be bringing you to a luxury movie viewing with private lounge and plush electronics recliner seats comparable to 1st class airline…den i’ll bring you somewhere for dinner. See you at 1pm at mass meetup place.” Haha, it was a pleasant surprise to receive an invitation sms from him. But helloo…im in the midst of my exams, feel so bad that i will be out the whole day, so i told him that we skip lunch and meet for movie instead.

As mentioned, the movie was a luxurious experience! Haha, according to jm, we should always try something new. So much for novelty and comfort. One pax cost SGD 25.00 for one movie that lasts about 2 hours. HAHA. We watched “Beowolf” cos the effects were supposed to be quite good, comparable to Lord of the Rings. But well..the storyline was definitely not as good. In fact, it was repetitive and predictable too. I would recommend “Enchanted” more than “Beawolf” for girls like me..who adores love comedy + fairytale more than anything else. heh. Ok, back to the facilities of GV Gold Class, it was a great experience! The atmosphere feels like VIP and everywhere you go, you have waiters serving you. You can even order them to buy food for you outside of the theater. Cool. And yup, they have a private lounge that serves snacks, wine, beverages and main courses! Inside the cinema, the seating capacity is really limited becos the seats are HUGE. And damn comfy, they have auto leg rest plus a big table in the middle for us to eat our food and a personal bin to throw all the stuff. Haha, the seats can be adjusted too. so so cool.

Look at the big, comfy seats!!!!

Outside the theater!

After movie, we went shopping @ Far East! Im quite HAPPY that i can shop, and the fact that we went Far East to shop! I used to love Far east before i started MDS, but now…whenever i stepped in, i will start checking competition(sickening habit). And once in a while i will notice unfriendly stares at me. There’s this shop(wont mention which one), who stared at me and started whispering to her other partner abt me & MDS…YES, we took stock from the same supplier before, but why so unfriendly? Im really genuinely shopping. Wadever. But anyways, i bought some stuff @ Far East! Jm too!

Soon after, we decided to have our dinner cos my stomach started growling. He booked PS Cafe @ Damsey Road, but it was raining and i didnt really feel like eating the food there. So JM suggested that we can go back to Newton Circus to eat..cos that place holds alot of nice memories of us. Thats the place where we got together after having dinner. Thats the first day we got together. Haha, ok so melancholic. So my dear wants to relish the moments of falling in love with me. HAHAHA. Love this place, though the food can be a little pricey, but i love the zhi cha!

All the yummy food that makes my stomach go, “wahhh”. Lala, kang kong, oyster omelette and stingray….plus sugar cane, PERFECT COMBINATION.

I finished my food ok! Even my rice…recently i have quite a huge appetite. Really need to watch my diet though, im not TONE enough!!! Thats my goal k…must be tone within 2 months and im gonna depend on my ex personal trainer bf for help. FOC of cos.

After dinner, we went home in a cab cos it was really raining cats and dogs lah. He gave me my prezzie(1st part) at my house We exchange prezzies at my house…the 1st part only, cos both of us are busy with exams, so dont really have time to shop for a nice one. I gave him a couple necklace that i got Elaine to customize for me and as for him, he got me my 2008 diary from Prints! Haha. Hmm…wonder whats my 2nd part arh.

After all these, i really gotta tell him that hes gem to me. After all that he have done for me, i can truly feel his love for me. Especially during times when im really down or stressed with either business or schoolwork and once in a while, family. He’s always there for me, not just as a pillar of support, but there to give me a hand. I love you, dear.

Before I sign off, my dear JM wants me to set up a wordpress acc for him so he can blog. And guess whats the suggested name? www.roughestpoverty.wordpress.com. WTH. Its the exact opposite of mine.

@ home…home sweet home. Jm is like a registered member belonging to Yeo’s family. He stays over at my house more than  sleeping in his own room. Hah.

Gosh. Yes, thats US. Damn ugly. Though its just one year ago, but i really think we looked different in some ways. Like for jm, he used to darker, unlike now. And for me, i detest blonde/copper tones on my hair. Now im back to chestnut with ash highlights, yay! That dress im wearing, it belong to one of MDS’s previous X’mas collection. Exclusive piece, now i still think it looks pretty!

Alrights. Will blog about One year Anni Part ll when the day arrived. Haha.

A sumptuous meal.

Tmr(20.11.07) is my one year anniversary. In the midst of exams, jm decided to whip up a delicious lunch for me at home. Love it to bits! The last time he cooked for me was during Christmas. It was my all-time favorite PASTAAAA. I heart his cooking skills for pasta, so yummy! I think it takes alot of skills to cook penne to the right hardness and taste.  Yum. Yum.

Salad with crispy lettuce and apples!

Poor jm. Sweat rolling down from his hair and face. Haha

Delighted seeing my pasta!

Itadakimasu!

The tasty mushrooms pasta with broccoli in tomato pesto sauce!

The MESS after the cooking.

So irritating that my stupid exam is in the midst of my anniversary. Hellooo…its my first time celebrating one year anniversary with the man i like, so it really mean alot to me. Tmr we are gonna have another sumptuous meal somewhere outside. Haven decided yet, but im sure its gonna be enjoyable!

Now, back to mugging for my paper. Cheerios!

Almost there.

Oh my god.

Im almost there. I mean, im graduating soon. Finally, i have time to sit down and have a look at my degree progress report. Then i realized i only have 2 semesters to go. In fact, i can actually cramp them in 1 semester plus 1 summer term to graduate even earlier. Like half a year earlier. But nah, i dont wanna drive myself insane. And my dad is naively thinking my degree is 4 years, there’s no way i can finish it earlier. So let him be. My last year of student life in SMU. Hmmm…at this moment, im not very emo yet. One year seems rather long. Maybe the last day i will cry like hell with Eunice. I guess she might take a longer time than me cos’ she’s doing double major but im only doing single major.

To think that i finally squeeze some time to analyze my progress report. I never had the luxury and time to do that. 3 years in SMU ok, but im unaware of my progress. Just bid for modules with my friends aimlessly. Then i realized that actually, i have already taken quite a number of mods.

Then the BIG question, what next? Settle down, look for a safe and secure job? So that my dearest parents feel at ease. Or expand my current business? Or just get hitched? Damn. Another stage in my life that i really have to plan carefully. I dont wanna be regreting my decision afterwards. Just like how i regret my choice of entering into Hospitality Mgt and wasted one year instead of entering JC straight.

Last night, Jiaming entertained me the whole night, showering me with love and concern. I was so over the moon. By the pure fact that i have straightened out my thoughts. And really all thanks to him. Meiqi, thanks for showing concern for me too. Really, really appreciate it. Thanks babe! Love ya!

Back to last night. Initially, Jiaming was trying to convince me that Metacafe.com has alot of nice videos.

Jiaming: Dear, you dont have to visit Youtube to watch all the nice videos. You can go to metacafe.com. Its faster!

Geo: Huhh…(in doubt). But i dont like watching this kinda stuff.

Jiaming: Nooo, you must watch. Its very nice. How come you dont watch? Everybody is watching.

Geo: okayyy

Soon after, my facial expression showed signs of boredom. He bluffed me. Its so boring. All the videos are about physics, like for example, how to beat traffic jam by making the traffic light always GREEN. Due to tis special magnet attached to the tyres. WTH. So he changed his genre of videos. He searched for my all time favorite, “Chihwahwas!”

Haha, immediately, im 100% focused on the computer screen. Catch these 2 videos, its hilarious! Tell me, who can resist loving chihwahwas? They are irresistibly cute! They are the cutest little thing in the world man.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/524726/doggie_got_back/

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/468068/muci_the_chihuahua/

HAHAHA. Notice how he moves once the music starts. And he stops when the music stops. Chihwahwas generally dislike music.

What’s humanity?

I detest hypocrites.

They disgust me to the max. My enmity towards this particular person reaches its peak last night. She woke me up from my fairy tale dreams to reality and made me realize how ugly can a human being be. All thanks to this bitch, i know what i want now. And what i can give up. For the past one year, i lived in a lost world. I changed into a girl with outrageous temper which sicken the man next to me. What the hell am i doing all these while?

I should say a big THANK YOU to you. You made me see the thin line between a good friend and acquaintance. I trusted you all these while and im felt like such a stupid fool when i saw the truth myself. You are bloody fake. You can sit next to me for one year and hide everything from me and Eunice. Not only us, but you fooled everyone around us. You totally betrayed our friendship. I looked at you as a friend, i confided my problems with you, i shared my business secrets with you. You acted nonchalant and gave me advice. But never did i realized that you lied to me about EVERYTHING. You lied without hesitation. It almost seems like you have everything planned and under your control. All the talk about visiting CITY PLAZA with your friends to shop for clothes, telling me to take a break from MDS, telling me wad to do about overweight luggage, telling me how nice mds clothes are and visiting my site with our classmates. Its all an act, isnt it?

I bumped into you 3 times @ CP with your bf while i was there to pick up my shipment for skinny jeans, but you acted so calm. When i commented “so many online sites popping up…so irritating”, you agreed with me. So, all these are just plain CRAP TALK?

Wad is wrong with starting an online business? ITS PERFECTLY FINE TO ME. You want to earn extra pocket money, go ahead and do it. I wont stop you or discriminate you in anyway. But why LIE TO ME ALL THESE WHILE? Why put on such a fake front when i trusted you so much? That just shows how much you value our friendship. I simply dont understand why a girl can be so scheming and fake? You chat with us; laugh with us and we did so many projects together. You really make me feel nauseous and sick.

Let me say again. There is nothing wrong with setting an online site. Its NONE of my business. And i dont give a damn. Its supposed to be fair and open. At this moment, i can tell Min that i love Littleredheels even though both of us are selling clothes. I admire the way she can make her photos look so artistic. Thats something i cant do. I can meet up with Min and discuss openly about our business. From complaining abt customers and dead buyers to running a domain site and me advising her on some FAKE supplier who tries to be nice to all her customers. And out of so many online sites, i love littleredheels the most. There is nothing to hide at all. But you…you hide all you could and on top of hiding, you lied. You betrayed my trust.

I swore hard to myself last night, that after im done with my retreat from MDS and love, i will crush your site. I will. And i wont hesitate at all. Fake Bitch. And i will crush another stupid site who is one of Jiaming’s best friends and also LIED to him for dunno wad freaking reasons. Get a life man.

I want to crush them SERIOUSLY.

All thanks to Jiaming whom stood beside these few days when im very traumatized by the ugly side of humanity. He made me learn to think of solution instead of making myself feel so cheated. How can i let that “kind soul” gloat over my unhappiness? Then she will achieve her goal already. I have made my mind to drop this friend and move on. Before i drop her, i will definitely let her know that im aware of everything.

Complete Mess.

My little room @ Changi is never neat.

According to my friends who entered my house before, they said it looks like some showroom…the living room, master bedroom and my bros’ rooms on the 3rd floor seem almost like a show room cos its very very neat. Everyday everything is arranged @ their original places where its supposed to be.

But i sort of tarnish the whole image of “showroom”. Haha, due to my bad habit of messiness. Honestly, its mainly because im really BUSY. When you are busy, you will neglect that something in your life. My room is one perfect example. Whenever my dear parents walk in, they will definitely shake their heads and sigh. Especially my dad, who is a clean freak.

Ytd after MDS photoshoot, i had the urge to snap some shots of my bedroom and blog abt it. After this blog, i will be tagged “untidy girl”. Bah..whatever. My room kinda look interesting…in the midst of all the messiness, you can see some “organized chaos”.

You can find everything here even though its a dressing table. Supposed to be. Glasses, hand phone, scissors…i dunno how they ended up there. Bleah.

Just cleared my wardrobe a couple of weeks ago, but now its filled up and in a mess again. I hate to think how to match my clothes every morning. So basically, wad i do is wear those clothes sticking out of the wardrobe..cos its easier to find. Damn pathetic, that explains why some clothes are never worn before..cos they are nowhere to be seen or either that, i dunno how to match.

Yeeks.

The other side of my wardrobe.

My All in one corner. Water dispenser, bags and jackets. Btw, i dunno how the little white drawer ended up in my room. My mum shifted it there without any reason. So you see how my family treats my room as a dumping ground…..

My bottles & alot of accessories…which everyday i feel like im playing hide and seek with them or mix and match  game. Cos often, i found 1 earring but not the other one.

The neatest place of all is my study table. Haha, but soon  it will be messy due to exams!

He’s doing MDS stuffs. In the midst of it, never forget to act cute.

Some narcissistic shots of me.

My dearie is super focus on the computer screen.

Hmmm…