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.