Thursday, October 20, 2005
day 1 of work: report to work at 9...well was there on de dot...cos got traffic jam...den got my 'uniform'...well is jus 2 white blouse la...de kelly service person say can keep one of them....not bad ar...haha...
den change le...went in to meet de ang more called victor..we waited like 15 mins sia...so around 9.30 den met him...den he brought me to my booth and met another german guy...ok...first task...help arange some seats...after tt clean de dust away...well...not realli my job...but since i'm de assistant...ok lor...help...den after tt i jus stand there and stare into space...cos he was too busy to 'entertain' me...den suddenly alot of ang mor turn up at my booth...wa...i jus pretend nv see them la..haha...dunno wat to say oso ma...haha...
ok...um...found out my job was to stand at de counter and give de leaflets to de customers...den sometimes if the 'bosses' having meeting, bring them some drinks...funny thing abt this job is tt i need to control de no. of leaflets i giving out...cannot give everybody...mus ask for name card first den can give..haha...other flyer distributors are praying tt someone will take de leaflets from them along de road...well...on my side, they came knocking on my door de lor...haha...at first they ask wat i give wat...den de ang mor say dun give them wat they want...give a few onli...ok lor...better still...haha...
next amazing thing...de boss of de company (Texparts) came...i din noe tt la...den he asked me if i got de floor plan of de exibition...well...din noe wat he was toking abt...so i replied 'dunno'...den abt an hr later...he came again and asked for one of de exhibitors...i din noe who...so i replied 'dunno' (AGAIN!!) wahahha..after he walked off...one of de exhibitor came and asked me if i noe who he is...(of course i dunno la) den he told me is de 'big boss'...he owns de whole company!!! i jus replied "Wow..."(wat should i say???)
2nd day: report work at 10...was quite early la...so i slowly walk lor..haha...den de same routine...more familiar wif de job liao...den de exhibitors also will chat wif me when they are bored...we are like ducks toking to chickens...wahahha....cos they from thai, indonesia, german, india, blangadesh and pakistan...so one simple sentence we mus repeat 3 times den can get de meaning...wahahha....but they quite nice la...
3rd day: today did something i dun like...one exhibitor asked me go over to de competitor's booth to get their leaflets...well...kinda feel guilty la...but manage to get it...i told de person i'm a student...den they give me lor...hate this things...y can't be more open?? sian...
o ya...got abit fed up la...cos one exhibitor told me not to give out de cds and de booklets...den another side, de other exhibitors keep asking me for them...no choice...so gave them...den de exhibitor will come bac again and remind me not to give...after he leaves...de other exibitors will come and ask for the things again(not intentionally de...) den in de end i see if i happy anot...feel like giving den give...dun feel like giving den tell them no more...wahaha...
4th day: today not much visitors de...so i jus sit there and rot...den super cold...cos raining outside...den de aircon blasting sia...something i find funny happened today...there was this customer...he asking for my 'big boss' MR. Stagent(dunno how to spell)...tink he from india or something...den when he ask for him...i keep hearing..." can u get me Mr. Tiger?"...i almost burst out laughing sia...cos i onli heard of Tiger Woods...waahhaha...suddenly tiger woods at singapore expo!!! wahahaha....he repeated abt 3 times...cos i keep replying "huh?!" wahaha....in de end i asked him..."from which country?" den he replied "no country...from Texparts!!!" wahahahhaa....damn funny sia..."Mr. tiger from texparts.." haha...my fault oso la...cos i dunno wat he saying...but i finally got wat he was la...but de 'big boss' was in de meeting...so he had to wait a while lor...wahaha....Mr. Tiger!!!
today's lunch was free cos we had lunch wif some ang mor...den their company paying de bills..tink i oso under tt company.,..some german comapny...well...one thing to say...de mix rice food stall sell their food at super high price sia!!! 4 plates of rice wif vege and meat all tt..de bill was $24++...madness!!! means one plate abt $6 lor!!! most of us had onli vege lei...dunno how de cashier cal. de...maybe see is ang mor...so anyhow cal....apperantly...de swiss guy wasn't bothered abt de bill...he onli need to sign on de receipt...haha...but to us...it's veri ex la...
tmr last day of work le!!! yeah!!! tink i'll go to slp veri early...damn tired...long post for today ar...i accumulate everything for de past few days den put all together...haha...