HO HO HO.

FINALLY COMEX HAS ENDED! I'M A FREE MAN ONCE AGAIN!!!! YAY!!!!
*runs amok and dive to the ground, kisses the ground, all in a lala drama maner.



4 days. 10-11 hours of non-stop standing each day. customers with stinky breath or after-smoke breath. lunches of Black Pepper Chicken, Curry Chicken, and some other crap. some 5 minutes journeys to toilets (cuz of the crowd).

okay. i'm assigned to sell some car navigation stuffs. to be exact, its GPS-statellite in-car navigation system with built-in all-in-one DVD player with TV capabilities and touchscreen.

jason, who's the only guy who kena the job with me, was to sell PROTECTIVE PLASTIC COVERS FOR PDAs AND MOBILE PHONES. $#@%@%^** knn why he sell something sooo soo easy!

I HAVE TO SELL A PIECE OF NAVIGATION CRAP WORTH 3K! (actually on Sat, the price dropped to 2.5k)

who would ever wanna buy something that isn't very practical for 3K man.

damn. why do i always kena the more difficult job! in Kiddy Palace last time, i was assigned to sell toys. okay. it's NOT easy. there're hundreds of toys you must know and cater to what age, takes up what batteries, from which suppliers, whether its cost-friendly blah blah.. and worst of all, i get scolded when i can't find place to display them. (when there're too many toys, it blocks the walkway.) I'M ONLY A FUCKING PART TIME. soehlaing, well, was selling baby prams, baby strollers, bicycles, matteress. SO EASY!

i'm digressing.

as i was saying, i was selling some GPS stuffs, so there's actually alot i have to remember. maps. software. number of dins. Aux I/Os.

but then, these are all general knowledge a sales person has to know. i get funny questions too.

Guy: how long does it take for the GPS to update?
ME: huh?
Guy: you know, erm, as you're driving, you'll be sending signals ma. how long does it take to reach from your car to the statellite?
ME: eh, instantly?
Guy: oh, okay. *takes a look at the price. Thanks for that man. *walks away.

since its GPS, of cuz instantly la! its supposed to navigate you, dumbass. wat, you have to wait for a good 5mins, b4 it updates ur location?


my colleague got funny questions too. HOW LOUD IS THE DECIBEL? AND THE MINMUM DECIBEL?
she was stumped, so am I.
Erm sir, the loudest should be around 70-75dB? (i did study the human hearing range, okay!)
No, no. you dun get wat i mean. (he proceeds to talk about his 1K audio player with an in-built CPU)

dude, like, what use would it do to me man. i dun give a damn bout ur player even if it costs 100K.

alot of customers ar, purposely take this oppournity to hao-lian their car audio players sia.

as you need to remove your current player before you install the GPS system, many of them are skeptical too.

MINE IS PIONEER WAN LEH. COSTS ME 2K.
MINE ALPHINE. EXPENSIVE SIA.

-_-


anyways. i'm really digressing now.

shall talk about Day 1.


Day 1.


The jouney
Met jason at lakeside station. he had to go earlier as he doesn't have his uniform and his pass. saw some COMEX sales ppl too. HOT CHICKS. heh heh heh.

The COMEX
we're at hall 4. booth 4251. 60 sales people altogether.
we took about 5mins b4 we spotted the booth. its kinda big actually. orange booth. haha. on the way, we passed by some Le Mon girls. Le Mon sells MP3s. i was damn pissed man. WHY LE MON SO MANY CHIO BU.
i even though for a moment that Le Mon was running a beauty pagent.
i can't talk too much, lest the Eastgear girls see this and scold me. HEHHEHEH.

i'm assigned to the GPS system. met some of my colleagues there. Karen, Kee Yong, Kang Wei, Regina.

found out from jason that ALL the ppl there are from NTU.

damnit! i feel bloody small there. haha! oh, there's one girl from NP though. but i didn't catch her name. heard from jason that she's the sister of a working staff there.

actually there're 2 booths for the show. one is at hall 5, where they sell batteries and memory cards. regina (or karen? or wan yun? can't seem to remember.) told me that most of the NP girls went there.

made some small talk with the ppl there. regina majored in civil and environmental engineering. karen majored in electrical, electronics and engineering.

i can't believe i survived standing 10hours non-stop. MUAHAHAHHAHAA. lunch is provided for us too. how nice =D

the worst customer i encountered was on day 1. damnit. actually, 2. well, as i didn't have much knowledge of the product, i said what i knew. there were techicians on the roadshows too, but during that time they were busy.

here's an excerpt.

Customer: what is this system?
me: well, this is a GPS.............. (carries on describing the GPS)
customer: costs only 2999? wa cheap sia!

by this time i was abit skeptical about the customer. he smelt of smoke breath. and he looks real arrogant.

there were 2 models of the GPS system, the 7000 and the 6800. he kept shuttling between the 2 models that i ended up explaining a part wrongly. i think he knew i described wrongly as i was quite unsure and i began to look for the technician.

customer: how do you update the maps?
me: i think its by statellite.
customer: woah, you sure anot? by statellite! *chuckles to himself and his friend.
customer's friend: cannot wan la, where got so high tech. *waves his hands in a NO-NO manner.
me: yeah. erm, pls wait a moment while i call the techinician here.

so i asked the techinician to come over and she explained that the updates of the map was through online, not the statellite.

and the customer raised his hands and did a "slapping" action on me.

customer: wa, want to bluff me ar! don't anyhow say okay! what statellite. *speaks in chinese (ma de, yao bian lau beh). go back and study more la. dun come here and sell and bluff people!

of course, i was quite stumped la. but i was already angry with his actions.i'm new on the job. i know shit about the navigator man.
and he kept moving between the 2 models. obviously they have different functions and different methods of installing, usage and so on. if not, why would there be 2 models, asswipe? I, myself, was confused while explaining to him already. by then, i have this feeling that all he wanted was to get a kick out of scolding me.

if not for my job, i would have shot him back some words. totally man. KNN. CHAO CHEE BYE. IF YOU THINK ITS SO FUCKING CHEAP. THEN YOU JOLLY WELL GO GET IT. AND STOP DISTURBING US. AND FUCKING INSTALL IT IN YOUR CAR. oh well, for people like you. a navigation system won't be of much help anyway. probably, you won't even trust the system and think that WHERE GOT SO GOOD WAN, NAVIGATION SYSTEM. WHERE GOT SO GOOD, USE STATELLITE.
then maybe he'll crash over a cliff or something. no, wait. he'll be so smug that while turning a corner, he crashes head-on with a military truck. omg, i'm so evil. heh. OH WELL, YOU GODDAMNIT SON OF A BITCH DESERVE TO DIE.

yeah. i guess i'm really peeved that day. but i didn't show it. i supposed i would get fired if i ever said any lines above to him. i mean, yelled. HAHAH.

he continues his bull-shit with the technician and rattles on about AIYO, WHY LIKE THAT? WHY THE IMAGE SO FUZZY ONE? (dude, you have to wait while it loads, dumbass) HUH? WHERE GOT SO GOOD? and on and on. until he got tired. probably. he shook his head and laughed and said NO GOOD LA.

the techinician told me to ignore him. she said in chinese: this kind of people, don't bother about them. they come over and disturb us only.

how do you guys expect us to smile and serve this kind of customers? especially when they don't even have the basic courtesy. they don't even respect you. most customers i encountered are really very nice; they smile and thank us. BUT this particular fucker. seriously there's no need for a second thought. just ignore him.

okay. i'm cool now. but i still can't stand the sumg on his face. i'd really love to put some staples bullets through them man. (industrial staples, not general purpose) =D

jason's booth there more happening. i guess he doesn't have to do much talking to the customers. so he idles his time by sharing his super duper cold jokes with the ppl there. HAHAHA. damn cold. seriously. YUKAI'S JOKES FREAKING COLD. heh heh.


Heading home.
met jason's girlfriend, yiling, and we headed home. my mp3 went dead on me. damnit. battery down.


Day 2.


actually, nothing happened much during the next 3 days. i'll try to recall any interesting events though. heh.

met wanyun and jason at lakeside. wanyun lives in jurong too! haha.

and we went back to standing for the next 10 or so hours. blah blah blah. same routine.



went home with wanyun, jason and one more girl. shit man, i forgot her name. damn!
they gave me a new nickname.

THIN, SKINNY WINNIE THE POOH.

okay, i myself, have never thought of myself as looking similar to a cartoon fat, yellow cute bear. who likes to hang around with a donkey and a pig. and loves honey.

WHAT MAKES THEM SAY THAT?


Day 3.

same thing. met wanyun and jason at lakeside. scrolled through her mp3. sia la. she same frequency as me sia. listen to Guns n Roses. HAHHA! YAY! AT LAST. A FEMALE FRIEND OF MINE LISTEN TO THE GNRs. her songs all very old-school. =D

work as usual, was tiring.

guang called me. he said he was working at the Canon booth. all the way at hall 6 man. haha. he came over and said hi. good to see an old friend working at the same place man. hahaha. his pay wasn't as good as mine, but his work is sure good man. he was assigned to the redemption booth. i could pictured him sitting down on the chair and playing poker cards with his colleagues man. i mean, the redemption booth would only be busy during the closing hours ma. since all the customers would only rush down and collect their freebies after they're done with their shopping.

salty and tyy came to visit us! haha. salty came with his friends, strangers to me. i presume they're his secondary school friends.
tyy came after watching a magic show. with his honey, jermain. nice of them sia. BUT anyway, they ought to visit me, cuz they live in Bedok! which is so near to Expo.

on this particular day, the Dopod ladies chose to walk to the toilet by passing through our booth. i almost melted when i saw them. so, well, they really good-looking and attractive. haha. in tubes and skirts.

went home with jason and wanyun. we took wanyun's friend car and he dropped us off at tanah merah MRT station.


Day 4

the final day. the final countdown.

work as usual. seems that i've described work in Day 1 already. nvm.

ball bearings and heng and their frens came to visit us!! OMG!! BALL BEARINGS!! RUN RUN RUN!! HE'S COMING!! AHAHHAAHAHA!

qiao juan, jenny and one more dude was there. forgot to ask for his name though. hahaha.

been a long time since i saw my poly mates man. haha.


FINALLY. WE'RE ALL GEARED UP TO RETURN HOME. HAHHHAAH.

actually the NTU peeps have school on monday. so, they're not really getting away with a 10-hour sleep till 12pm the next day. unlike jason and i. HAHA. we took some pics. but i'll have to wait for them to send over. haha.

took cab home with jason, wanyun, and one more guy. SHIT i forgot his name too.

i seem to have a very bad memory. BUT i remember a guy called james, wei liang. and. erm. a girl called yurong. cuz she looks alot like my primary school friend Serene. LOL.




WHATEVER IT IS, I'M A FREE MAN ONCE AGAIN!!!! plus a slightly richer guy. =D