Ahhhh the old days…

In another moment of my random net surfing, I came across an interesting memory.

Before Hi5, and before the Wiggles, we had Peter Combes. I asked my friends if they remembered. They said no, until I started to sing his songs. How I thought he was so cool and how my friends and I use to run around the playground singing to our little six year old hearts content. “WASH YOUR FACE IN ORANGE JUICE!!!!! CLEAN YOUR TEEEEETH WIV BUBBLEGUM!! BRUSH YOUR HAIR WIV A TOOFBRUSH!!!!” Ahahaha! Yeah, I know. Looking back, I wondered what they put in our milk. Ah those were the days. When every adult just seemed very old, and just could not get why those songs were so cool. Actually not much has changed I guess. But now he does do concerts for us not so young kids. I found some of these clips on youtube, so I thought I’d share. Hehehe!!! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!

Its here!!!

Oh joy and happiness!

My box has arrived!!! XD So happy! I got my pants and my scarf and my long sleeve shirts and my gloves and my beanie and and and AND MY COAT!!!! Its a lil crushed though. Need to airrate it a lil too. But i got everything back now!!! YAY!!!!!!!!

Early start?

SO I went out last week. Didn’t get home til close to 5. Mum was in a big poo about it. Normally she would have gone to bed, but a certain someone has now ruined it for me. I once came home at 5.30, and everyone was sound asleep. But since a certain other person started going out with his  friends and staying out well past 6, and then trying to sneak out and being caught so many times, mum has been that much suspicious of us. So even though I’ve been going out and stuff for ages now, lately I’m getting caught up in her suspicions because a certain a-hole has decided to screw up the whole getting home on time with out getting punched in the face! ARGH! But Saturday was a good night. Even if there was a lack of talent around. I was ready to go at around 3, but V was still off dancing. I was sitting on the staircase, and then realised, that wearing a skirt doesn’t allow me to do that. So I sat on the bench, but I was about to fall asleep. Finally, A danced V off the dance floor and we got to go home.

Last night I was at work, and it was kinda busy. I walked past a family with their four kids, and I asked the parents if they needed any help. They said no, so I turned to walk away, and the oldest kid, who was like 10yo, winked at me. I was like. >.< o.o Did he just wink at me or was that just a twitch. Then he leans on the shelf and asked me. “Hey, how are you?” I’m like “Sorry what was that?” then he goes “How you doin?” and winked at me again. O.o I just walked off. Damn these kids are starting younger and younger now. Had he been older and on his own, I would have a few choice words just for him.

I am still waiting on my graduation photos. They seem to have now lost my photos, even though they have collected the money, and it has been well over two months. I have not gotten a phone call or email to explain what has happened or the progress of those photos. If there are any photographers in Perth who are trying to start their own photography studio, may I suggest you do graduations as well? Currently there is only one company doing it, and they seem to have  a monopoly hold over the event. They are not doing that great a job, and their customer service skills are also lacking.

Bubble bubble pop pop!

Went out on Friday night to Sapphire with JW and V. It was a pleasant night, but not a great one. Too many bubbles kept on bumping into us. In the words of V, it was the attack of the bubbles. The music wasn’t that great too. Probably explains why the majority of those dancing away and enjoying themselves were the older (I think they’d be about 40yo) women and weird dancing white boys. So wrong. So very wrong. >.<

Saturday night, was JG’s birthday dinner, and I think she didn’t expect the type of turn out or her present. But then we went to Metros afterwards. The funniest part was when JG turned to V and myself and asked: “Are you guys going?” We looked at her with our “are you serious?” face and she busted out laughing realizing her mistake in asking us. LOL. But that was a fun night.

The only thing that really peeved me off was at the start of the night a certain someone who I just seem to want to punch in the face when ever he opens his trap, just went on and on while people were trying to eat. I wanted so badly to take my chopstick and stab it through his eyes. So glad I didn’t see him for the rest of the night.

Voyeur’s Moment…

I was at the bank earlier this afternoon with my mother, as it wasn’t my bank, and I wasn’t doing any banking, I was bored. And when I’m bored, I watch people. I know it is a little creepy, but I don’t care what happens with them, I’m just bored and need to amuse myself in that 5 minute between my mum going to the counter and her coming back over to the “tag-along’s chair” corner to claim me. This is what I overheard:

Teller: Hi! How are you today?
Guy: Hi! Not so good.  A little sore.
Teller: Sore? That’s not good.
Guy: Yeah, went to the doctors this morning for an xray, and if they find anything, they may need to operate on me, blah blah blah blah blah.

Now lets go though and evaluate that conversation…. The teller, was doing her job. People who have to deal with customers on a daily basis, we are asked to recite a line, that is possibly the most over-use greeting, to welcome a customer and make they feel all warm and fuzzy inside. That is the “Hi, how are you today?” line. When we ask you that, its not because we care. Its not because we want to know. It is because we have been told to do so, in order to make the customers all shiny and happy and warm and fuzzy and comfortable, making them like us because they think we care and in turn, generate more custom with us. Why do customers then feel the incessant need to tell us their life stories when we ask them that?! I’m gonna let you in on a secret…. I. DON’T. CARE.  I seriously doubt anyone else does either. It has gotten to the point now that when I see the elderly, I avoid using that greeting on them. It gives them the option to tell me about how their day has gone so far. I know it is only because they are lonely and would like someone to talk to, but in the department I work, we don’t have time to have a nice little chat with them. The last time I made the mistake of asking, about the customer’s day to a 80yo lady with a walking stick, a stammer, and was hard of hearing, I spent an hour trying to find a way to make her pay for her damn can opener and leave so I could serve someone else. >.< Sigh. I now usually just say “Hi!”  and if they want help they usually start talking to me. See quick, direct, and I was polite. Problem solved!

PS. Just a last note. I’m still waiting for my box…. impatiently now as I know my friend has gotten her’s. I want my cake books.

For Chezza!

Name 3 schools you went to?
Brookman, West Leeming, Leeming

Name 3 things in your wallet?
Credit Card, Driver’s Licence, Money.

Name 3 things you always wear?
Underpants, bra, shoes.

Name 3 things you normally do when you are stressed?
Scream, sleep, party

Name 3 favourite songs right now?
Enrique Iglesias- push, Chris Brown- With You, Buck Cherry- Sorry

Name 3 places you go on a daily basis?
My happy place, home, work

Name 3 favorite fruits?
Pears, longan, mango

Name 3 things you are addicted to?
Facebook, Shopping, shoes.

Name 3 career choices:
Events Manager, Brand manager, Product Manager

Name 3 goals in 2008:
Get a career, travel, haf fun just living.

Name 3 plans for tomorrow:
Go to work, apply for jobs, make a hair appointment.

3 names you go by?
Pen, PenPen, Pennigh

Three things that scare you?
Rodent Pests, Lizards, insects that sting.

Three everyday essentials?
Moisturiser, mascara, clothes

Three things you are wearing right now?
Shirt, tracky daks, jumper

Three of your favourite bands or musical artists?
The Fratellis, Justin Lo, Destiny’s Child

Three things you want in a relationship?
Trust, Love, humour

Two Truths and a Lie (in no particular order)?
My brother use to bite me when we fought as kids because he wasn’t as strong, I use to have a pet mouse, I like cookies… a lot.

Three Physical Things about the Opposite Sex that Appeal to You?
Eyes, smile, muscles

Three Places You Want to go on Vacation?
Venice, Buhtan, Japan

Three things you want to do before you die?
Succeed at my Career, See the world, have a family (but not for a LONG LONG LONG time :S)

Three people I would like to see take this quiz?
Juz, Vanni, Dzung

Ooooo!!! Hands off my sushi!!

I just got back from the UWA graduation. They had food…. we got ripped off.

When they were taking photos, my aunty pushed me into the photo with the cousins. The photographer looked confused and goes… are you his partner? My cousins and I looked at each other and at the same time we go: “EWWWWW!!!!! No!!!” LOL! Good to know after all these years we have grown up so much.

Then dad had an old parent “moment” where he turned to me a asked:”Do you remember when you two were babies and we would take photos of you both in nappies together?” >.< Please dad not now!!!!!!

The first guy who went up to talk he was panting and sweating to much I thought he was going to faint. My other cousins and me were sitting there chanting quietly: “Faint. Faint. Faint” But he didn’t. So we took out our mobiles and played games until the speeches were over.

When the food came, my cousins and i were the first at the tables. Nicely done. I liked the vegetable skewers with the tofu. Lucky for me it was the one that no one else liked. Murhahahahaha!!! All the more for me! Mmmm Cherry tomatoes….

Prejudice is the child of ignorance…

I had a relatively slow albeit pleasant day today. I pretty much floated in and out of consciousness all day. Seriously, I cannot account for an hour in the afternoon. All I know is I was kinda “cleaning” the shelf to neaten it and I looked up again an hour had passed. *shrugs* Oh well. What ever made the day pass quicker. But then around midday, I got asked to go help out in TV and HiFi. I’m getting the hang of working there, even if I don’t know the details of the products etc, but I usually only help ringing up sales, locating stock and on the occasion, playing with the products. But the phone was ringing like crazy today, and the guys that work there were run off their feet, so I answered it. It was possibly the worse thing for me to have done. EVER.

When I picked up and did the whole: “Hello Myer *******, TV & HiFi…” thing and all I heard was some woman talking to another person really roughly. I thought it was a mother telling off her children in the background. So I repeated it again, and she cuts me off and goes “Yeah I know.” Then she doesn’t let me ask anything else and started telling me about how she bought a camera and returned it and ordered another one but got charged for it and now she wants her money back because she hasn’t got her camera yet. I told her I don’t normally work here, and if she could give me a second and I’ll see if I can get someone who would know how the order would work. But halfway through my sentence she cuts me off roughly and goes “I don’t have time for this!” Then I thought she said something to me but I couldn’t hear, so I asked her repeat that, and she goes “not you.” And kept talking to someone else which I can only assume was on the other phone line as I didn’t hear any other voices. When I told her I needed to find someone to help me out, she screams back at me “I WANT TO TALK TO YOUR MANAGER!” I told her the managers were away, and that the best person to talk to was our team leader. She then went on shouting at me about how hard it was to try to talk to a manager. So I gave up trying to explain the situation to her and just gave her the name of my team leader. Then she wanted her last name. I don’t know how to pronounce her last name, not to mention I don’t even know the last names of my colleagues let alone those of my managers/team leaders. So I wasn’t too sure but it was ******** then she just shouted into the phone at me “STUPID ASIANS CAN’T DO ANYTHING!!!!!” Then she hung up! I was like :O WTF?! First of all, what she said was absolutely rude and uncalled for not to mention it was threatening. Then the next thing is how would she know what I am. Yes, I’m Asian, but after spending my entire life here, I don’t speak with an Asian accent. I told the others what happened, and they were pretty shocked too. But then the other guy made me laugh after he said that if he finds out who it is, he’ll make sure her camera gets “lost” a little bit longer than usual. If I find out who she is and she wants an apology or wants tries to get me in trouble I think I may yell back at her. I’m still angry about it. From what about what she told me, I think when she returned the camera the first time, and got her refund, the refund doesn’t go into your account until a few days later. She was probably overdrawn in her account, and as a result she got charged for it. It has happened a few times, and we always let people know when they do refunds that it takes a few days to get back into the account. But the rest of them understand after we re-explain to them. This woman, I hope karma comes back and bites her in the butt!

Off the wagon…

Went out for lunch with some old friends yesterday, which turned into afternoon tea too. LOL.

Had lunch at Terrazza after the original place chosen was closed until the afternoon. My Penne Brusco was yummy. Mmmm avocado…. :9 We had a long chat about everyone and everything and then comparing our younger siblings and the trauma they put us through. As it was getting late and the waiter still hadn’t gotten us water or anything else, we decided to leave as he kept staring at us and it was getting really creepy. S and I had a debate about which way Utopia was. So we went there for bubble tea. Mmm… I forgotten how good a green milk tea with grape jelly was.

Half way through lunch I got an informant call from a friend to tell me that she had just driven past a certain couple in the car while she was out shopping. I told her I already knew about it, even though that person didn’t know that I knew. Even though I first had my suspicions confirmed unofficially ages ago. SHe then asked me why I didn’t tell her. LOL.

We were suppose to go to Minq last night, but after we got there, they wouldn’t let my friend in because his dress shoes were not dressy enough or something. LOL. Oh well, we went to Onyx for drinks. That place has really become a hole. :S We got there pretty late, and it was pretty empty. It use to be full to the brim with a huge line outside at that time of the night. Then as I listened to the music, I could understand why. The music they play now is crap. The only thing that made it less crappy was the drinks and “Vin Diesel Bar guy” that my other friend and I was checking out last time.

So we considered going to Metros. Only the line was long and so we gave up and went to Exomode for hot chocolates. Had enough coffee flowing through me by then, so decided against anymore coffees. We sat around till 3am, talking about high school days and how small Perth was and how I knew the same people they did, even though I didn’t go to their school. The scary part was that one of them didn’t even go to school in Australia. LOL!

It was a pleasant night though. Next time I guess. Next time.

In the mean time, I found this and I thought I’d share it because I like it so much.

ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!

Stupid country customers s*** me off!!! ARGH!

This woman and her daughters came in at work to buy a shaver. I told them we don’t have anymore, to which they asked me when I was getting it. I found out it was on clearance hence why it has been discounted. I explained to her that when things went on clearance, it was mostly likely because they were being discontinued. She then had a sad about how if things were on printed on sale in a catalog, then they should be made available. You know what? In an ideal world it would be. But here in the real world, where catalogs are printed for the WHOLE of Australia, it is impossible to know how many people are going to come in and buy it and make sure we have that many waiting for them. When things are on clearance, it usually means we have limited stock, and the company and the powers that be are trying to finish off with the range. She then wanted to buy the display model. I didn’t wan tot sell that to her, because I know for a fact how disgusting customers are. I have seen them open packages which they will not buy because it has been open (by them) and “test” out items and put it back into the boxes. I know for a fact that the shaver she wanted was used by some a-hole to shave the back of his hand because he wanted to see how close a shave he could get. I also know that there were other people who used it because after I cleaned out that a-hole’s hair, I took it out again two days later, there was more hair in it again. SHe then had a sad and wanted to talk to my manager. Argh!

But that’s not the only reason I get annoyed with country customers, because don’t get me wrong, some of them are great. They get excited by the little things and are so easily impressed, not to mention those who come for interesting chats to see what new gadgets they can find. But then there are the others like the one I got today who think  that they are so smart that they should get what they want. I just want to scream right now. X(