American Idol season 6 was over... Congratulations Jordin Sparks...
But one thing is certain: I'm still Blake Lewis fan!!!
Check out his performance in the Final Two at Kodak Theater. He was singing "You Give Love a Bad Name" by Bon Jovi. His version rocks!!!
And this one, he collaborated with Doug E. Fresh in beatboxing. Stunning preformance!!!
Can't resist to post it. Haha...
See the empty spaces? Yup, for STPM books only.
I feel like starting to develop obsessive compulsive. Haha.
PC Fair 2007 and MIFF 2007 entrance pass
But one sad thing about the holidays: I overspent!
Receipts collected during the holidays
These receipts actually add up to RM434.61. And that was only the receipts. There are other things that I pay for and did not collect the receipt. So, I have estimated that I have used up RM500++ !!!
Wow, I wonder how I spent an average of RM100 per month...
This is what I drew when I was in Bunka Kaikan in Cheras. I was in the 24 hour duty and got really bored. So, I drew something out of boredom. Aiks...
I just love graffiti... dreamed to draw it on a wall... haha...
After the income tax payment, my family was a bit tight down in financial. Actually they wanted to buy the piano and sign me in for driving licence. But since the income tax (or D-day as pictured by everyone), my parents could only afford one of them: piano or driving licence. The other one will be delayed to the end of year.
Let's take a look at some points.
DRIVING LICENCE first, PIANO at the end of year
Pros:
I can start driving on the road. I do not need to ask and trouble my parents or any other people to fetch me to somewhere. I can provide transport to other people without feeling helpless. I can have freedom to travel anywhere I want and do anything I want. I will look cool holding the steering wheel. I can wear shades and will look cool holding the steering wheel. I can wear shades and will look cool holding the steering wheel with ONE HAND. *signs of desperation*
Cons:
My parents will start worrying about my safety. I will start worrying about my safety. I will start worrying about my passengers safety. I will start worrying about my car's safety (cost of maintenance is high, you know). I can't have conversation in the car while driving. Embarrassed to ask other people to fetch me in some circumstances. I have to pump the petrol using my own money.
PIANO first, DRIVING LICENCE at the end of year
Pros:
I can start playing piano.
Cons:
I can't get my driving licence.
After much thinking (I think it's a lot), I made my decision.
Piano first.
Alright, I know you all think I'm crazy, or some stupid idiot, or a selfish person. But here is an advantage: If I buy the piano first, then I prolonged my time to learn driving with my mother. For that, I can learn more before entering any driving academy. Besides that, by the time I enter the driving academy at the end of the year, I should be skillful enough to drive without troubling much to my instructor. I do not need to bribe the JPJ officers too.
Well, to tell you the truth, I was thinking of the piano when I made the decision. I have to admit I was quite selfish. But I was waiting for a piano like forever. *Sigh*
By the way, it's fun if I can drive on the road without licence. XD
"Common sense is not so common..." - Voltaire
Let's say I'm a bit "emo".
I was called up by Yuan Tian to take charge a talent time section in the Rainbow Junior Choir Group. Well, not exactly talent time, but asking me to perform a dance. (Yuan Tian, say so-la... you want me to dance, not organising a talent-show contest... hahahaha XD)
Bad news. Yesterday I played football and thus injured my leg badly. Blame my stupidity for play barefoot whereas others wearing football boots. Ouch ouch ouch. So, I asked Yuan Tian's permission to perform a piano recital, although I have no piano to practise at home. Permission granted.
After that, I followed my brother to the Bunka Kaikan in Cheras to get used to the digital piano in the dorm over there.
My eyes became wet when I tried playing a song.
After six stupid months of my piano's absent (sent to charity because "no place to put at the new house"), finally I could get to touch the keys of a piano. It was really overwhelming to me when I started to play Pachelbel's Canon. So many memories of my piano rushed through my mind. Some were sweet, some were bitter. My piano was my most trusted companion during my childhood. Every time I went into depression, I would calmed myself just by playing. Most of my composed song have its' stories of its' own.
I continued playing the piano for the next two hours until a lady came in, prayed for 20 minutes, then went to sleep. I decided it's time to stop.
This morning, I introduced the origins of the piece "Pachelbel's Canon". Amidst the quiet audience, I started playing. I just let go everything I know. After the song, the juniors called out for an encore. I decided to play my own composed piece titled "My Final Farewell". This is my first time performing my own composed piece.
This time, I let go even more, literally. I'm afraid I have shorten the life span of the digital piano.
I'm almost going to cry at the end of the song, but the cheers from the juniors interrupt my tears glands, thus no tears in my eyes (whew, no embarrassment). If you knew why I composed this song, maybe you will understand why I almost cried.
Now back home, I missed my old companion. I longed for a piano. I will just wait.
Can't see the colour? Darn, my RM60 not worth it.
First day of work was simple. All we need to do was carrying the boxes from the truck to the booth in the hall. The booth is still under construction, so we have to delay a bit before we can shift it behind the booth. Everybody is a stranger to each other. Marcus wants us to help each other in promoting and selling. So, you can imagine his frustration. We were quite quiet too throughout the day. That makes Marcus' blood pressure increase. He wants people who are cheerful and talkative, not a bunch of guys who just nod their head when answering a question.
Next day, it's the first day of the fair.
One row of speakers are blasting through our ears. Now we know why Marcus was worried. Everyone adapted into the situation easily. Well, I did not. I only managed to sell two unit of speakers on the first day. It was very disappointing to me. My legs were already numb, my voice slowly become a croak, my mind is full of frustration. Luckily, Marcus went up to me and reassured me, "First day like that one lah...". But seeing other promoters managed to sell more than 10 units make me want to slap myself.
Second day, I finally got into the mood of selling. Marcus mentioned something during the morning briefing that rescued me from frustration. "Just keep talking, don't stop, or else it will be the I-look-at-you-and-you-look-at-me situation. This will make them walk away." I put the advice into good use. Result: sold 5 sets. Not bad compared to the day before. But still, my concentration was distracted by other promoters who always asked each other how many they sold. I could hear them saying 9, 10, 13, 15 etc., etc.... *Sniff* *Sniff* By the end of the day, we all sold a total of 259 units, 1 more unit to our target sales. The boss was kind to considered that we have reached our target. So, we got RM15 as our incentive.
Third day was what I called fun.
The crowd was really massive, which became the advantage to us. As the crowd slowed down, I tried to bring people into the booth. I also realized that talking to customers need skills and confidence, because customers can sensed it and therefore make a decision to buy or not. I can say that I was really eccentric, talking with emotion, hand movement became a weapon of getting sales, smiling at every second. The sales I made was so many that I lost count. I think I roughly made more than 25 sales. Sometimes I get help from other promoters to convince the customers, there are times when I help others too. All the sales I made are from hard work (defined as talking and talking and talking until the sales are closed). Each customer I made conversation with were as long as 30 minutes average. So, closing a sale was a big relief.
There were many issues where customer would say "Let me take a look around" to a promoter and later come back to the booth and asked another promoter to close a sale. Which means the commission will go the the latter, not the former. But we all brushed aside that issue (maybe I was a bit angry when it happens to me) because we were supposed to help each other. It doesn't matter who got the customer, but whether he wants to buy it that matters. I praised every promoter for not being selfish, but keep helping each other to the end.
At the end of the day, the total sales closed are 315 units, 5 more units to our sales target. Our boss made us all happy by giving us incentive of RM20. We all got a free earphone and the T-shirts are not required to be given back. Wow. That made us all really high. Marcus thanked us all for not disappointing him. I should be thanking him for the experience.
Edifier's T-Shirt exclusive for PC Fair 2007. I will be proud wearing it.
The experience as a promoter in the Edifier booth was really exciting. From a very deprssed mode to the maximum dopamine count in the brain. I met many friends who worked side by side with me. Hoping that the next PC Fair, I will have the chance to work under Edifier again.
By the way, I loved Edifier's M3300, M2300, S2000, S5.1MK2...
