Valerie - Mark Ronson

Out of no where I found this song, yes I know is my name. I could not stop giggling when I hear the song, feel a bit uncomfortable when I hear of my name, in that kind of music genre.

Do check out youtube to hear the song, it's so so so so.. I don't know how to say. *sweat*

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Well sometimes I go out by myself and I look across the water
And I think of all the things
What you're doing and in my head I make a picture

'Cos since I've come on home, well my body's been a mess
And I've missed your ginger hair and the way you like to dress
Won't you come on over, stop making a fool out of me
Why won't you come on over Valerie, Valerie?

Did you have to go to jail
Put your house on up for sale, did you get a good lawyer?
I hope you didn't catch a tan
I hope you find the right man who'll fix it for you
Are you shopping anywhere
Changed the colour of your hair, are you busy?
And did you have to pay the fine you were dodging all the time are you still dizzy?

Yeah

'Cos since I've come on home, well my body's been a mess
And I've missed your ginger hair and the way you like to dress
Won't you come on over, stop making a fool out of me
Why won't you come on over Valerie, Valerie.
Valerie, Valerie?

Well sometimes I go out by myself and I look across the water
And I think of all the things
What you're doing and in my head I make a picture'

Cos since I've come on home, well my body's been a mess
And I've missed your ginger hair and the way you like to dress
Won't you come on over, stop making a fool out of me
Why won't you come on over Valerie, Valerie.
Valerie, Valerie?

Yeah Valerie

9th Day at Charm (Overview Too)

The last day! The crowd today wasn't very encouraging, have to push the sales a lot. Isetan operates until 7pm today due to the sales bazaar that will take place on the next day. We went home about 9.30 something after we have finished packaging the stocks.

My foot soles are really painful, my heels broken yesterday while we were packing the stocks. *sob sob*


OVERVIEW
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Some of you might be in awe with questioning mind, what have happened to my semester break.

I actually had a to-do list for my semester break. (I do have, lol) Then Mr Harry told me about his friend looking for part timers for Charm shoes. I have not heard of Charm to be honest, at first I wasn't that sure about the job because being part time promoter for shoes aint easy. Furthermore, it does not sound like a typical part time job.

"Out-spoken, dynamic with vibrant personality students are required"

This is what Mr Harry told me, he gave me Mr Alex contact number and I contacted him. I thought he was freelance agent, to my surprise I was actually talking to the director and designer of the company. I was like.. OMG. After talking to him, I find the job rather interesting and I took up the offer. The pay rate wasn't the first thing in my mind (do not ask me about the pay rate, lol), I'm more concerned about the brand and job scope.

FYI, I'm not interested in typical promoters job, doing monotonous task all day long. If I really wanna earn loads of money, I could have found part time job before the semester break commences. The reason I took up the offer is because I find that the brand and job scope is rather interesting. Of course I'm not talking about climbing the shoe racks, standing for long hours.





(This is the G2000 blouse that I have mentioned. Cute right?)

Working for Charm is something really different. Mr Alex is down-to-earth, supportive and enthusiastic. The best word to describe him is "go-getter". He is very supportive with cheering encouragement and tend to check out our progress from time to time. As well as Is (our abang) too. It's really fun working for Charm, the first time I find that working as shoes promoter is intriguing. I wake up everyday and tell myself that "It's a brand new day today, we're going to achieve better sales today!"

Our job is to promote and convince customers to try the shoes. It aint easy to convince customers who are afraid of heels to try on the heels. The best publicity tool for a product is the product itself. Charm is a local brand and is still developing in Malaysia market. (It is developed in overseas and most of the products are meant for overseas market, with outlets in overseas too) The shoes are really comfortable and stable, not to mention that the designs are very unique. Pricing is very reasonable and worth for the price.


We approach customers, recommend and convince customers to try the shoes. Once they have tried, they feel very surprised and convinced that the shoes are very stable and comfortable. Most of them are shocked "OMG, you sure is local brand? It's so nice!" There was a customer, she was not planning to buy shoes and I have convinced her to buy a "kulit ular" shoes. She was really cute.

"Aiyo kulit ular? Ah Kak dah tua tak berani nak pakai lah"
"Kak, this is the best selling designs we have. Tak ape kak, kak cuba pakai dan rasa dulu. Colour ini senang match dengan seluar atau baju kurung. Designnya simple tapi unique, kak pasti akan suka."
"Ehh, stable pulak kasut ni, selesa bila pakai. Colour macam lawa juga.. OK nak ni!"

It's really to hard to find true friends, same goes to shoes that will fit well. We're not only doing promotion for 9 days but we are promoting the brand to KL customers, we believe that there will be return customers that will support Charm in long term. (Do check out Charm outlet in Lot10 first floor) It aint easy, really. It is a tiring task, yet I feel contented and delighted when customers found shoes that fit them well with best comfort.

For Charm, I do not mind working extra hours. I am glad that I took up the offer. Although my foot soles ache and I have dark circles due to insufficient sleep, I never regret the decision that I have took up the offer. Thanks to Mr Alex for giving us this opportunity and encouragement, Is and many other people who have provided guidance and support.

I have faith in this brand, I believe that in sometime near the future Charm brand will be well celebrated with thriving business. We have done our best for this promotion, I wish all the best for Charm. I will always be a Charm supporter. =)

8th Day at Charm

The second last day, great sales we have achieved today! Yeahh!!

If we can achieve similar result for tomorrow, we have high chances to meet our target. Well to be honest, it's not about whether we will get incentive or not, to me it's okay. I just hope that Charm brand is able to excel and be in high repute, hopefully globally in sometime near the future.

Tomorrow will be a critical day for our turnover, I'm doing full time tomorrow. (Going to sleep early today and wake up early tomorrow)

We can do it!! GO GO GO!! =)

7th Day at Charm

Is (kita punya abang) is on leave today. We had some issues with the stocks, he did not pick up my call this afternoon, I got no choice but to contact Mr Alex directly. I know he's a busy person, I didn't want to disturb him. *felt a bit bad*

Mr Mike took the stocks for us, we felt delighted that the stocks have arrived. 4 pairs of shoes for tomorrow's sales! Our sales is slightly better than yesterday's, quite okay I guess. Whether it meets our target, I'm not sure. We tried very hard to push the sales.

I was told that our timetable is out already. Quite okay, I'm still kinda blur actually of what's going on. Must have been too indulged with selling shoes recently. :)

6th Day at Charm

Too tired to blog, I'm not feeling well today.

Today's sales is similar with the first day opening. I'm not sure whether it's good or not, Mr Alex did not ring the bell. So I'm kinda like, are we performing good enough? We try very hard everyday and hope that we are able to achieve target. I know that Mr Alex has high expectation on us and we really want to make him proud.

Well and another thing is..

I feel very bad for Is (our abang) because he fell from the racks because of me. He helped me to take CS214 shoes and injured his hand a little. Thank God the wound wasn't that serious. I feel very bad.

It began quite well today, but towards the end I'm not feeling well. My throat wasn't feeling well and I'm kinda worn out. About 9pm, I managed to convince a customer from China to buy 4 pairs of shoes and with that transaction we reached the sales figure as per first day. I was like.. PHEW FINALLY.

Hui Min told me that our exam result will be out next Saturday. I have almost forgotten about the fact that I'm an accounting student. I'm too indulged with shoes these days, Charm shoes salesperson. I'm going to further my studies, achieve CIMA qualification, be a charted accountant. I feel so contradicted.

It really makes me think, why I wanna be an accountant?

Do I like figures? Not really.
Do I like FRS? Not really too.
Do I like accounts? I'm not positive.
OH GOD. I don't wanna think anymore.
My feeling is kinda mixed up now, forgive me.

Is, I'm sorry. I feel really bad, if I were to get the shoes myself you won't be injured. I'm truly sorry. =(

5th Day at Charm

It's Sunday, felt kinda reluctant to wake up this morning.

It's a brand new day again. Our sales today is no bad, the highest as compared to few days before. Delighted!

My mum dropped by Isetan this evening, she has got nothing else to do but to kacau my job. I told my mum I wanna buy few pairs of shoes but she said the shoes do not fit my college life. Btw Charm shoes are gorgeous with finest quality.

I'm kinda tired today, we did quite a lot of sales. Strangely, my soles today are quite okay.. Maybe they feel happy too because of the sales. Hope that tomorrow we can achieve the result too.

4th Day at Charm

I couldn't walk much, my soles are aching. I'm kinda tired today because I did full shift today. *painful soles*

Mr Alex dropped by with new stocks, he was expecting higher sales than yesterday. It's Saturday and the crowd is supposed to be encouraging, but surprisingly it wasn't that much as expected in the noon. We tried really hard to get more sales. (me in my aching feet soles)

In the end, we managed to achieve slightly higher sales. Quite happy with the result, hope that tomorrow will be better.

Today is Jia Wen's birthday. I gave her a call in the morning before she went for her flight. Going to miss her lots! Take care of yourself ya my dear, we miss you always. May all the happiness be with you and all the best in everything! Happy birthday. =)

3rd Day at Charm

I can barely walk with my bare feet today, it's aching so much. I really wanna cry you know when I woke up today.

It's a brand new day today, brand new sales that we shall achieve. The sales are rather encouraging today. I am a better storeroom-climber today. Many customers demanded shoes like Code 249, 43, 40, 220.. etc, which the stocks are on the top of the rack. (not on the rack, it's on top of the rack, near to the ceiling)

I seldom use the ladder because the ladder does not seem as stable as it seems. I rather climb the racks, well I'm kinda scare if the rack will fall like the domino. I got hit on my head by a box of shoes when I was climbing on the racks, it was quite painful.

(I need some cream, something for my soles. The ache is kinda pain.)

Anyway, the sales is quite encouraging today. We felt so happy, but we know that we have loads to go. We foresee tomorrow shall be a busy day for us. We can make it, GO GO GO!!

2nd Day at Charm

I wake up today, feeling sore on my feet soles. *curbing pain*

I wore the G2000 blouse today, I like it so much. It's the first time in my life to wear a G2000 blouse. I thought I am able to wear my first G2000 after I have achieved my accountancy qualification and graduated. It was so surprising.

I started my day with a hope that we will achieve better sales today! I was really excited and when I started my shift I sold few pair of shoes in an hour. I felt so happy and excited!

Still, at the end of the day we did not manged to achieve the targeted sales. If we were to have more stocks and sizes today, I'm positive that we are able to achieve better than yesterday. Anyway, that's it for today. More stocks are coming tomorrow, we're going to perform better tomorrow! =)

We will work hard to achieve more sales in the days to come, we will. Never give up, that's the semangat! GO GO GO for tomorrow's sales!

1st Day at Charm

I was rather busy for the first day and I saved this as draft.

First day, 8.30am-10pm. It aint easy, standing there with heels for such a long period. It was a tiring yet exciting task.

It was fun although it's rather tiring(to be honest). Working as salesperson, one has to be optimistic and self-assured. It's like, you have to start each day with a hope that you'll achieve better result for the brand new day. It's so fulfilling and pleasing when customer says "Oh I love this. I'll take this!"

We took some time to be familiarise with all the matters. We faced some issues with the attire rules as well as other rules. Due to some problem with our attire matter, we did not have any plain formal attire to wear on. The attire we bought did not fulfill their requirements, we had no choice. (What is wrong with collar T-shirt by the way?)

Mr Alex got us each a G2000 blouse, I was like OMG. Btw there were three of us, the ladies. (I'll try to snap a picture of the blouse when I have time later.) I felt a bit bad actually, really I do. G2000 clothes do not come cheap you know, and he got 3 pieces of G2000 blouses for us as part timers.

(OMG OMG OMG.
I know I'm exaggerated over this.)

That's pretty much what happened today. Working for Charm is a challenging task, today's sales is quite okay but we still have loads to catch up. GO GO GO !!

Little Gathering

Taw Yang said that he will pick me up today at 10.20am. I woke up at 10am, I was like OMG I'm so going to be late. It was a rush today, such an important day today.

We bought a cake and managed to prepare all the stuff before the big girl of the day arrives. We celebrated pre-birthday for Jia Wen. She's flying for Aus on her birthday this week, going to miss her so much. We managed to persuade Wei Hao come too, all the way from PJ during his lunch time. So glad that he made it. (This fella always MIA)




Taw Yang volunteered to cut the cake, his cutting skill made us laugh off the table. Seriously, look at the cake he cut. My piece was the largest, the slices are of different sizes.


See the difference? Thanks to him. He said that I'm fat already, and it won't be much difference if I have another big slice of cake. (in case you might wonder, he is always like that, especially to me.) Anyway, the cake was very delicious! who cares if i'm gaining weight, it's delicious! =)


It wasn't really much, but we did spend a lot of efforts in choosing the present. The feeling is kinda complicated, when you're bidding farewell and greeting birthday at the same time. We could not think of any idea for the presents, what we had on mind was stuff that she might need for her trip.

Jia Wen, Happy Birthday in advanced to you my dear. We're going to miss you so much, take care of yourself ya. So sorry that we could not make to some trip, really hope that we could spend more time together. It's just a simple gathering today, with simple present and simple celebration.

Although we're living apart and might not see each other that often, we will always be there for you. Be a tough girl there. (do not always drink coffee ya!) We all will be right here and move on towards our dreams, you're not alone striving hard to achieve qualifications. :)

Back to Biz

Well back on business stuff. Some of my friends were asking "What is going on with Fabulous Dresser" and whether it is still on.

It is still ON, but not for the moment. I'm planning to get some stocks from supplier which might take about a month to arrive. Basically to avoid tax issue, I have decided to pursue it with ship shipping other than air-shipping. Therefore it will take some time to reach.

This time round I will get ready stocks and estimated roughly 30 pieces of accessories shall arrive my doorstep next month. The reason I'm getting ready stocks is because some of the customers could not bear the waiting, or might need accessories urgently. (last minute shopping)

The photo album is just a slight peek of what are the coming stocks, the availability stocks shall be confirmed when they have arrived. Thanks for all the support.

Cheers. :)

My V Day

I spent my Valentine's with Voon and Ting. Well we went to KLCC and watched Pink Panther 2.

I saw couples around, giggling and holding hands. I have nothing to say, I have never had a "proper" Valentine's Day. Not in the past, or even today. Was not blaming the timing or anything, just feel like nothing.

It was still fun though, we were on a shopping mission. And I managed to get myself another slacks from Soda Exchange and two black top which I will need it next week.

Happy V Day to all. :)

Got A Part Time Job

I have just got myself a part time job at KLCC! :)

I'm really excited and anxious at the same time. The last time I have done a part time job was at McD, it was a tiring job but I did learn a lot of things. At first I didnt want to work in this semester break (if I really want to, I would have got myself a job before sememster starts) I was thinking of restructuring Fabulous Dresser. Yes, aint giving up.

And then, suddenly I just got an offer to work at KLCC for about one week plus, I find that it's quite interesting. Besides, the stocks take some time to arrive. So I decided to give it a try.

Do check me out at Isetan KLCC if you have the time, I'm starting it next Wednesday. Wohhoo! *Getting excited!*

Never at Eleventh Hour

I feel very annoyed with people who do not keep their words. In business world, when both parties have decided with a deal, the DEAL IS ON.

There is no turnaround and say "Oh sorry, I decided I do not want to go on with it" in the eleventh hour when the other parties have started to do something on the deal. Let me cite another example.

A guy asked a girl out for a date on 12pm. The girl had something on actually but because of the date she canceled her plans. (There are opportunity costs btw) The girl got herself prepared, dressed up with make up and is ready to go out for the date. At 11.30am, the guy canceled the date by saying "Oops, I'm so sorry. Finally I decided that I dont wanna go out with you".

The girl was ready to step out of house with everything on, dressed up nicely with make up. She has forgone her plans because of the date. And now everything is canceled, in the eleventh hour?

In this business or any relationship, when a person's trustworthiness is no longer creditable that's the end of it. I feel annoyed with people who tend to make changes in eleventh hour, it is so irritating that people tend to think that WE HAVE NOTHING TO BOTHER IN LIFE AND WE LIVE FOR ELEVENTH HOUR CHANGES.

If you are hesitant or uncertain of a deal, do not make inquiry. If you are uncertain about your schedule, do not make appointment. Be reasonable and have a sense of mind, think of what the others have forgone and suffered for you.

放下

这几天我所接触的事物
让我联想起很久以前的事情
仿佛勾起昔日的回忆

“其实你很美。 ”
“你不要骗我啦，我这样子哪有美”
“内在美，你知道吗”
“。。。”

那是在我一生中最沮丧 没自信的时候
第一次听到真心的赞美
第一次那么感动 那么开心
后来我觉得其实我没什么好怕的
最糟糕的事情我也遇过了
最难听的话我也听过了
我 还怕什么呢

当时的我还没戴牙套
因为我觉得戴牙套是种好痛的感觉
而且还要被人家嘲笑说
“牙套戴不好会流血的哦，好恐怖噢！”

你问我戴牙套痛吗
我会笑着的告诉你
我被拔了五颗牙齿 两颗在医院动手术拔掉的
当时我因为两颗位置有问题的牙齿动手术
麻痹针很痛 大概有四五支吧

我有哭吗？
有啊 那时有位护士为了让牙医固定位置
狠狠地撑开我的嘴巴
手掌不小心弄痛了我的的鼻子
那时的我 哭了
除了那时 整个过程中我都没掉眼泪
我一直都坚强着 不容许自己哭
因为我知道我不能让关心我的人失望
我要为曾经真心赞美我的人 努力

我不喜欢拍照
我不喜欢露出满铁丝牙齿的笑容
直到现在 我还是不是很喜欢拍照
可能是有点恐惧吧

样貌 对女生来说很重要
并不是说要参加选美比赛还是什么
大家都喜欢漂亮的东西不是么
当我们买苹果时
有粒漂亮的苹果 有粒外表烂烂的苹果
当然我们都会选外表比较好看的
其实人都这样
漂亮的就会得到重视
不漂亮的我们都不会望一眼

女子被搭讪
可能对女生来说时件好事
那时还戴着牙套的我 被搭讪过一次
刚开始那男的还蛮亲切的
过了不久 他一直问关于我的好朋友的事情
后来我才知道 那可耻的男生
是为了认识我的朋友才跑来认识我
虽然我对他一点兴趣也没有
可是觉得自己被利用 很可笑

后来牙套取掉了
MSN 有很多从来不打招呼的陌生人
突然和我聊天 还一直赞美说我很漂亮
虚假的感觉 真令人恐惧
也让我觉得很不自在

你可能说我是疯了
不过我很庆幸我戴过牙套
因为它让我看透 人的真实面目
现实就是残酷的 人都是现实的
只有在你最难堪最艰辛的时候
不顾一切地关心你的人
才是真正关心你的人

曾经以为
原点会是梦寐以求的终点
可是当我回到了原点
我所熟悉的一切都变得很陌生
我一直很努力奋斗
希望有一天会得到真心的赞美

以前我一直很盼望有一天
我可以证明给曾经嘲笑我的人
你们没有资格批评世上的任何一个人！
家有钱的就很了不起吗
长好看的就很了不起吗
有些人虽然不是很有钱 长得不是很好看
不过都很努力地过生活
都很努力地改变自己

从我戴牙套的那一刻起
我已经放下了很多东西
懂得如何保护自己 懂得如何看待事情
我学会了放下
因为我知道 今天我放下
明天我就可以得到更多东西

人总是对过去耿耿于怀
遗憾着过去我们无法完成的心愿
因为我们没有信心面对未来
没有勇气踏出第一步
如果我们一直停留在昨天
我们永远到达不了明天