Sky rocketting yen!!

Live rates at 2008.12.08 09:16:44 UTC
1,000.00 JPY = 19.1407 SGD

http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi

I cant believe my eyes,,,,tot i see wrongly!! If tml confirm is this rate, den have to stop the fc renewal liao,,will resume it in jan or feb since most membership expires at end of feb. sigh,,,

Some interesting blogs

http://brightcosplay.blogspot.com/

http://laozhabor.blogspot.com/

http://ijmstudio.blogspot.com/

http://pwojeespwa.blogspot.com/

So embarassing

Have a good laugh at the last 2 charts.

http://themangoblog.com/2008/12/salaries-of-heads-of-top-nations.html

Yen is still sooooo high up there...sigh...

Thoughtful mei mei

Met up with 4 customers during lunch time at JE mrt just now. One one the mei mei is soo thoughtful. Last night smsed her if she can meet me today at lunch time. She said "can can,,i holiday now. U need me to buy lunch for u anot?". She is so thoughtful. Appreciate her kind thoughts but need not coz will buy on the way back to work.

Her sister and her are going to Alice's shop later. Told them to check the clothes carefully before they buy. Her sister said "ya lor,,last time before 1 buy, the button from the pants fall off..so she gave me S$29 discount! Usual price is S$79..den she sell me S$50." Told her it was a "great deal" to save S$29 and sew the button herself!~ She said "ya,,i can use the savings to buy the gaze calendar!". They said Alice is going to Japan on Friday (perhaps she has broadcasted it to every customers?). Said "ya, i know, she told me." The mei mei said "u and Alice very close arh??". Me "err, hai hao lah." They buy punk clothes only from Alice. It is good that she has these 2 loyal customers. They will be buying new clothes for the 12.13 cosplay event at expo.

Yday YY (my 47yo fren) called me around 1.30pm but i didnt bring my phone out for lunch. I returned her call at 2pm and she said

YY: tml u free anot? I am going to JB to surrender my passport, ic and sign some documents. I took 1 day's leave to settle all these. (She is finally a Singaporean).

Me: Err, cannot coz cant last time take leave. (Even if can, i also dun want to go).

YY: huh, i long time no see u liao....tot we can get together or something..

Me: See how lah,,,

YY: (her office phone ringging)..hey, i gtg,, call u later"

Me: (Zzz)..ok

Phew, she didnt call at all....haiz,, dunno how to effectively avoid her...emo also no use...sigh....

Ridiculous Singpost!! Very Poor Service!!

The parcel that was supposed to arrive on last Sat didnt came!!~ So, have to sms 8 customers to tell them not to come for the meet up..

This morning, checked the parcel status again.
1.
EI514679799JP
JAPAN
SINGAPORE
Failed Delivery
01/12/2008 05:48

HUH??? Did the postman deliver at 05.48???

I called Singpost and asked the staff where is the parcel coz no one saw the postman this morning (assuming it was delivered before 12pm). So, it is impossible my father missed the postman coz he is at home every day! How could the postman simply keyed "Failed Delivery?"

After informed the tele-staff the item no., she replied "Sorry m'am, we cannot attend to your call right now coz we have a high volume of phone calls now. So, we can only take down your enquire and we will reply you shortly."

*blood boils* HUH? What has your high volume of phone calls got to do with me?? I demanded no, i say the postman must be still around my area, so they can ask their Courier dept to contact the postman and have him call me. She said "M'am, but i am not in direct contact with the Postman."

Me: Yes, i know. Your Courier dept can do it right? They know which area the postman is right now right? They can ask the postman to redeliver by today right?

She: Ok, i will pass your message to my Courier dept and have them contact you.

Me: The worst thing is, the Postman didnt even leave a "failed delivery" note. I suspect he didnt come at all!

She: Maybe he will come back before 6pm?

Me: That is maybe. If i didnt hear anything by 3pm today, i will call you again.

She: Ok, sure.

Wah,,1st time i encountered such a lembek service!!

Imagine they took down all the enquiries from customers,,when will they finish answering all these enquiries??? They should feedback to their supervisor and have them hire more staffs!

Now is almost peak period..wonder what will happen if they didnt increase the number of staffs to handle customer's enquires.

Sooooooooooo lembek!!! Our Singpost service is very slack lately!~ Or everyone there is already Holiday mood? Or Moody coz no pay increament??

Dear Yeqi, your blog is really long time no update,,lolz XD

Avoiding energy draining people

Received a phone call this afternoon around 2.30pm. It was a "xi ke"!!~ It's Alice from Alice 88th!~~ She said she has been searching high and low for the past 1 day and 1 nite for the upcoming Doll Party 20 (she said "doll fair" initially, den changed to say "doll party" later.) at Tokyo Big Site on next Thu.

http://www.volks.co.jp/jp/event/dolpa20/index.html

Im impressed by the fact that she is willing to go see the Real Thing! She said she is tired and tot of going holiday. If she can get the tickets, she will go.

Think there are 2 boy boy customers who are with her. One whom ive spoke to coz Alice cant provide more specific info. Heard the other boy boy at the background. He said "oh,,tat visual-kei lau ban niang arh?". Wah,, i felt soo "aunty" at that moment!! It was soo funny. Maybe he think i am as aunty as Alice??

Yes, i got the tickets for her.

She and 1 friend went to book their air tickets. She called again to ask me if got anyway to book the hotel. Told her if she is only going for a few days, ask her tour operator to book for them. It is easier. Also, it is sooo last minute..and she dont go online..so it is tough to help her book online.

She called again. Said sales was poor and ask me if i got any "remedy". I said no,,,now times are bad,,so no point stocking up so much goods in the hope fans/customers will buy. I said "u got biz wat,,one of my mei mei said she bought S$100+ from you last weekend!". She said "tat is just for me to cover rental and utilities!"

She asked when will the pre-order for the h.naoto lucky pack start. From her tone, it seems she wants to do a collaboration. Dont think will do a collaboration with her. If she want, just order like regular customers. It is the easiest. Imagine if got left over stocks..wat am i going to do with them?? And whose cost will it be under? Prefer it to be more clear cut..

Most impt,,i'll be selling the h.naoto lucky packs much cheaper than her. Think that is the reason why she prefers to do collaboration. My customers come first.

Last night YY smsed to say she got her citizenship approved!~ I think now it is easy coz we "need" tonnes of new immigrants. Just replied her "Congratulations! This is your best Xmas gift." She said " yah,,hope to go makan celebration with you soon!". I didnt reply.

Actually have been trying to avoid her lately. She is soo negative, naive (thinking buying a laptop, can open an online shop tat will bring in hugh sales so she can quit her full time job) and always talk as if she is in her la-la world. To top it off, she is 47yo. It is very energy draining to be with such people. Good as a regular friend but not those everytime go out together type.

Thu nite received LP's sister's email coz she enquires about some sid tour goods. She asked "how have u been? Long time we didnt hear from you." It reminds me of wat LP said before. " I dont contact ppl one,,ppl contact me." Tot to tell them i now also become such a person,,waiting for ppl to contact me. Like tat is good..they will never contact me coz they dont make the first move in the first place. I used to enjoy going out with them but then,,they have too many IDK (I Dont Know) until the tot of going out with them scares me. Another type of energy draining friend.

I dont mind regular grumbles and complains but when it is overly excessive.. i got turned off. Also, there is nothing mind stimulating when talking to energy draining people. All im thinking was "when can i go back?".

Luckily i have only these 3 energy draining friends (Last time got tat DM..now finally "got rid" off).

The world seems to be getting messier. Mumbai terrorist attack, Thailand's opposition seige, world financial crisis.... Seems no place is safe on earth.

From Caiko's blog. Street Fashion. It is an interesting blog.
http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/

Change, We Need

New President of Singapore? Mr Tan said he will contest in Presidency if he has 100,000 signatures.

Let's make it happen.

Mr Tan Kin Lian's blog
http://tankinlian.blogspot.com/

I believe Mr Tan will secure 100,000 signatures. Ive summited mine.
http://www.petitiononline.com/TKLFPO1/petition.html