SCRAM.

Here’s what happen:

This idiot X came to MDS site and added 11 items to the shopping cart and checked out. We received the order and immediately knew its a fake. Its worse than a dead buyer. Becos this person is obviously a competitor. A competitor who wants to test out our system and find out how many pieces we are carrying per design. He/she made use of 5 designs to find out. Ok at this point in time, i really find this person damn annoying and dumb. And on top of that, despicable.If he/she used a false email account to perform this indecent act, i will feel much better. But NO. He/she uses an existing email account which belongs to someone who is totally not linked to this incident and uses her email to purchase items from us. And this poor girl dont even know what happened. She emailed us to inform that she’s not aware of the entire thing at all. Yes, because of your stupid act, you actually affect someone innocent.

These unknown people are really getting on my nerves. Do you think MDS dont filter our orders?! Do you think we will be ecstatically happy when we see SGD300+ worth of orders without any bit of suspicion? Not to say that we dun have customers who buy more than that amount, but gosh, doing this business for almost 2 years, im pretty sure i can tell which customer is a genuine buyer and which is not, but just to stir trouble. I just feel that you really have nothing better to do at wee hours. Crazy. I really think these people are psycho and mad. What cause them to act like that? Jealousy? Or pure sanity? I dont care who you are, but we have our ways of tracking and make sure you are not able to add our products to our cart ANYMORE.

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Items Ordered:
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– 1 X Satin Princess @ SGD32.90 = SGD32.90
– 1 X Royal Spirit @ SGD26.90 = SGD26.90
– 2 X Pretty in Pink @ SGD29.90 = SGD59.80
– 3 X Shape Shifters @ SGD29.90 = SGD89.70
– 4 X Shanghai Tango @ SGD29.90 = SGD119.60

*Why?! You just wanna test how many pieces we import for each design right? Or you want to find out how our business is doing?! Sorry to say but dun be silly, its not that easy to use our system and test the inventory of MDS.

Name : Joanne Seow
Email : joanneseow@yahoo.com.sg
Company :
Address1 : Blk 345 Chua Chu Kang Loop #02-57 Zip code : 680345
Country : Singapore
Telephone : 92843672

* So what if you provide us with all these seemingly true details? But actually its all fake.

ARGH. GET A FREAKING LIFE.

Random 2

Sorry for lack of updates! For the past week, i was very busy with my bazaar @ Cineleisure! Finally its over and all thanks to it i caught a really bad flu that lasts for more than 1 week. Its only starting to recover. My god. My nose feels disorientated for the past one week. I dunno why the event organizer gave me such a bad spot this time round. That particular stall is located right in front of 4 ventilators. Thats as good as standing in front of 4 huge DUST BOMBS. Its damn dusty lar. I was there for a few hours and i started sneezing really bad and running a high fever. The following day(which is only the 2nd day and its supposed to be really busy), i couldnt take it anymore so i went home ard 1pm in the noon to rest until 6pm before i cabbed down to Orchard again. So sorry that i couldnt tend to so many customers who dropped by in the afternoon personally!

Anyways, i met so many new customers during this bazaar! Thanks to all who made the extra effort to drop by! It was really a pleasure to meet you guys! And also people who helped me quite a lot like Sharon & Eunice, really appreciate alot! Of course, i must specially mentioned my bf who’s also my partner in this business, he went every single day despite his busy school schedule. He was there when i couldnt make it cos’ of my school. He was there again all those while. I only dropped by in the evenings if im free.

Some random pics from the bazaar:

The storefront: Thats day 1, when we just finished setting up. After that, its pure chaos. I dont have a place to stand in that small space at all, so i had to bring customers out of the stall and serve them using the full length mirror from other stalls.

The stock/money/receipt/packer in charge: Basically ‘bao ga liao’

The pretty bangles & waist belts!

All the mass meetup paperbags!

Eunice who came to help!

Sharon who came to help too! Thanks!!

Sidetrack a bit…yup, i was the girl on Channel U’s 9pm program on 19th Jan(Sat) who rattled on and on about online shopping in Singapore and how to save money while shopping online. Cos the program is about saving money in everyday’s life. A few unknown numbers sms me and ask me if thats me on tv and end off with “Haha.” I simply dunno how to react. Its my 1st time on tv and i think i was really nervous so i rattled on and on. But it was quite fun wearing MDS apparels and parading up and down stairs. But i still remembered filming that episode was really tiring cos it took 2 days to film such a short part.

 MDS ADVERT

Before i end off, i gotta advertise something here again. My blog seems like an advertising/work channel for MDS man. Sorry but i really have no time to source for another model. I need a backup model for MDS. Anyone who is interested, pls contact me @ geo@mdscollections.com. In the event that my model is not available, i will need this backup model to handle all my apparels’ photos. Here’s the details:

Allowance: $50 per photo shoot(2 hours at least)

Requirements: UK Size 6-8, 160cm & above, pleasant looking

*Please send me a short writeup about yourself(Name, address, age, etc) & 1 full length + 1 close-up shot of yourself in the email!

No photo-taking experience required, but it would be ideal if you love taking pictures of yourself and love to pose! Thanks in advance!

Balloon Days

Before i start on my entry, mark me down as being brave enough to post my most unglam & ugliest & fattest photos here. I know many customers read my blog. But its alright,haha, i still want to post them up. Those are the days when i really look like a fat pig and as if i have got the worst water retention ever. I look god damn bloated. Im like a balloon. After 1 year or so, the balloon shrunk and i look like how i look now. Thank god man. I never want to go back to that look and figure EVER AGAIN.

I seriously cant recall what caused me to balloon to that size. I remembered i was still S size, but i think full S size bah. Now im XS and im happy being XS. Nightmare man. I was organizing my photos on my fujitsu and saw those horrible photos! Wa lao, if im jiaming, i dont think i will fall in love with me. Not saying that liking someone based on looks is superficial, but i believe its a total package thingy. And my package wasnt quite attractive

After looking at these photos, i dunno if its because of my short hair + i was already slightly plump during that time which amplified everything. If yes, i will never want to have short hair again. Unless im sure it wont result in this outcome. And freak, look at those arms. It looks like its weighing 10kg. Butterfly arms. I really detest it.

Yucks.

Please remember my current look. Dont be like me; im now very traumatized by my figure in the past. Gosh.

2008 Goal.

Im working hard towards my 2008 goal.

Its not too far from reality. In fact, i can sense it coming really soon.

My own space. MDS space.

Anyways, before i end off, do check out our 1st collection in 2008 @ MDS.

Been rushing it out with jm the whole afternoon today. Shouts TIRED. And, dont forget to drop by our CNY bazaar @ Cineleisure B1 on 18-24th Jan! I will be there on Friday & Saturday to help out! See you guys there!

She made my day ;)

After writing the entry yesterday, strange enough, this morning i received a little pleasant surprise from this customer who can be considered as one of my regulars. She really made my day after i read her feedback. All these nice comments just make everything worthwhile, all the hard work, efforts, brainstorming, time, lag of sleep and negligence towards my family, frens and dearest Vicky. Not saying that i should continue to neglect these important love ones, but at least i feel that some of my effort paid off. From her short and sweet feedback, i can feel the positive consistent performance that MDS has been giving her and this makes her happy. And im also glad.

From customer:

Hi MDS,

Thanks for bringing in all the nice apparels for your customers. As always, your apparels are still great despite there are so many online sellers. I appreciate it a lot and always enjoying the best online service from you. Friends do give good comments when I am dress up in MDS apparels, indeed unique and most probably I won’t see the second person wearing the same clothing as me. Just something that I would like to add on to, perhaps, you might consider bringing more tube dress, not those flare type, but fitting type ones. Thanks and keep up all the hard work =)

=)

Start of Year 3, Sem 2.

Yes, its another new semester. Yet again. As usual, im sure alot of smu-ians dread to go to school, especially the year 3s & 4s. I have a bad premonition that this sem is gonna be a hell sem for me, meaning workload is damn heavy. After going for my 1st lesson of TWC(technology & world change)…YES, it sounds CRAPPY, I totally agree…i have 4 individual assignments for 3 mths of semester. On top of that, there’s always group projects, mid term and EXAMMMM. Freak. Class ppt is 25%!!! SMU is really mad. I hate the school.

And i thought things would be slightly better today. But its apparently not! Stupid marketing strategy is all about maths!? I never knew that there’s this thingy called “Marketing Math”. The “problem sums” look really creepy and freaky. And to make things worse, there’s math hw due every 2 weeks plus group project, individual assignment and endless, endless case studies. Can i say that i really loathe studying? Or maybe its just this school. Argh. I haven had a solid break lah. All my days are spent watching my drama and MDS. I need more time. Like seriously.

Recently, i have been telling my significant other that i feel many people, including myself tend to make this mistake in life. Its inevitable. “Doing things for the wrong reason.” A simple example would be me treating flu pills as sleeping pills. To treat my insomnia and being too lazy and gutless to go to a doctor and ask for sleeping pills, i resort to swallowing flu pills that make me drowsy so i can sleep better. Contradictorily, i shud be taking it to cure for my flu. And becos i took it so damn often, when i finally contracted flu, the pills are useless by then. There’s zero effect on me. Treating flu pills as sleeping pills is a wrong reason for swallowing it. Its something that im well aware, yet i choose to ignore it. For some people, its sad that they dont even realise that they are doing it for the wrong reason.

I know im might offend people for saying this. As usual, i wont pin point who exactly…it might not even be anyone, just a matter of my own opinion. I have this perception that so many online websites exist for the reason of earning pocket money and not for running a business. Almost all attention is given to short-term gains so that these monies can help to finance branded goods, perhaps? Im not exactly sure, but i remember a few of my suppliers told me about this. But after all, its all up to them to discern who is really doing it for pocket money.

I guess its a matter of perception. But on a more serious note, a business should exist for the right reason. If say MDS exist because of extra income, owning a company, wearing nice clothes, more photo exposure, more recognition, then my business will fail ultimately. All these are the most incorrect reasons for this biz to exist. And i would say that my hard work will go into the drain already. My vision is far ahead than all those reasons listed above. I dun fancy my face appearing on the website, i dun like the idea of posing happily in front of the camera when im feeling shit inside and days when i just want to do nothing, i dun like to be recognized on the streets when im dating my bf, enjoying every private moment which i hardly have with him, i dont like people to push 2nd hand clothes or some god-knows-from-where bags/clothes for me to sell on my site(=zero respect). And when you say NO to them, they still insist you should. Dont they know its not right in the eyes of law to retail branded goods online?

But at the end of the day, i love what im doing. I want this business to cling solely on FASHION and customer service. I want this business to carry apparels that truly suit the local market. It might not be the trendiest stuff you see on the streets, but i want my customers who wear MDS apparels to enjoy a 2nd look from strangers. I enjoy flying as a merchandiser all around the world sourcing for nice stuff and present it in its best form to my customers. I enjoy giving names to my apparels and mix and match everything so it looks perfect in a collection. I enjoy all the appreciation from my dear customers, like this sweet girl who sent MDS an e-greeting card on xmas and thank us for bringing nice apparels to her. I enjoy when customers tell me how their colleagues/bf/family/friends commented how pretty or gorgeous they look in the outfits. I enjoy listening to customers about their own private life and feedback on mds.

My love.

New Year Countdown @ St James

Before i start my rantings on New Year countdown, i wanna say recently, i am really havingthe urge to get hitch!!! WHY? Cos first i attended Jul’s engagement party, then i watched my fav idol’s drama “It started with a kiss” which the young couple got married at 20, and few days back, i attended another wedding dinner which belongs to one of my super regular customer. All of them have 1 common thing. Bliss is written all over their faces. It makes me want to own this form of happiness that only comes with marriage. Its a different kind of love and commitment and a different level in a relationship. With marriage, i guess you can say proudly that your love is no longer superficial. Judy’s wedding dinner was great. The wedding photos look fantastic, the food’s good and the newly wed couple look so happy together.

Me & Eunice & Jm were invited to her wedding!

Back to my countdown party yesterday.

I love the company. I love my man. But i dun fancy the place. And i simply loathe the crowd. I should have believed Ting & Shi Hui for telling me that the crowd sucks.  Not that i discriminate against them, but i expected more well-dressed clubbers and not girls who are trying too hard to squeeze their cleavage and wear boots to a club?! Or girls who wear casual shorts?! Sorry but if i club @ Zouk, i know i will enjoy queuing cos i can get to admire people who are good-dressers.

We went to Powerhouse, it wasnt very nice dancing around so many tables. There’s no proper dance floor and the music’s soft at the sides, but when u go the centre, its freaking deafening and like bursting my ear drums. To end it all, when i step out of the club, 1 Indian girl who cant hold her liquor puke on the floor and her freaking vomit spilled onto my feet!!!!!! Yuckssss. My face really turned black and i ended up cursing at her and her race. Luckily JM took his hankie to wipe my poor feet. Argh.

Ok but still i enjoy spending the countdown with my poly frens and their bfs. Love the dinner at Kim Gary’s though my food came really late. Cheap and nice! And cos we didnt club for a long long time, suddenly all of us forgotten how to dance. Damn funny. Our movements look like a bit like retards. And my dearie Jm as usual, dance as if he’s jogging. Its damn cute!

@ Kim Gary’s(Vivo) with the rest. The food’s really yummy!

Edwin was trying to test my camera features. Not that i wanna take a pic of myself at a restaurant while everyone is busy eating. HAHA.

Outside St James…queuing to enter.

Very random.

Me & super unhappy Sharon who couldnt bait her fish. Oops.

The sweet newly wed couple!

My 2008 Resolution

1. Improve my grades

2. Fulfill all MDS resolution that i penned down with JM today.

3. Love my bf more and work towards my “Get married before 25 goal”

4. More time for Vicky

5. Keep my room neat and refrain from too many impulse buys.

I can do it yeah.

Geo’s personal wardrobe sale!

Many of you have been asking about if im gonna sell stuff in my wardrobe. YES, FINALLY!!! After giving out 3 boxes of CLOTHES plus 1 big bag of BAGS to my maid & others, i have selected nicer and newer apparels and bags that are left to rot in my wardrobe because i simply dont wear them at all. They are either brand new or worn by me only once, atmost twice. If you are looking for cheap quality shopping thrill, do stay tune to my wardrobe sale!

On a personal note, im damn happy that finally im clearing my wardrobe once and for all! Feels great to spring clean but it hurts my heart to know how much unused stuff i have been buying. *ouch. Even Jm also think that im a spendthrift who lives on impulse buying, only to regret after that. Argh.

Anyways, for a sneak preview, i have lots of dresses and tops from brands like Mango, Ness, By ICE, GG5, Espirit, Fox, Mphosis and many more. Junkfood tees and some tees from Levis & Armani Exchange too. Plus some tote bags.

ALL HAVE TO BE CLEARED. SO STAY TUNE. I will post them up once i have the time to take pics on my mannequin.