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| permalink My ex-colleague, Lip Kee was playing at a Malaysian-made movie launch yesterday on 22nd November 2006 (Wednesday). The movie is called Ciplak which opens today (23/11/06). His band, Soft Touch was the first band to kick start the event. The other bands who were playing that night were Triple6poser, Dragon Red and Y2K. They're all on the OST of the movie, Ciplak. Sharon Lim & her younger sis, Vivian were there too at Laundry cuz their brother, Eddy was playing there that night. Eddy's the lead vocalist in Triple6poser. So Sharon, Viv, Tammy & I sat on one couch juz next to the stage where the musicians would be performing. Had a great time there in Laundry, enjoying the live music with my friends. Yay! =) I won a Ciplak T-shirt too! Hehehe! Wanted to buy some CDs of the bands who played that night. But since I had no cash on me, so I didn't. Poor me! Live music @ Laundry, Curve Better lighting for camwhoring @ Curve toilet, haha! Do we look drunk? A candid shot of us walking from the toilet to Starbucks Kevin's juz been ciplak-ed! Hehehe! Me at work earlier yesterday before hitting Laundry at night with my girlfriend, Tammy
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| permalink Watched the movie that Kevin picked tonight. He says he likes those inspiring dance movies so we watched Step Up starring Channing Tatum. Oh, he's SOOOO HOT!!! :P~~~ Excellent choreography! Enjoyed the movie tho predictable... but what suspense is there in an inspring dance movie anyway?! :P So it's okay to be predictable. After that, we juz yum char with Tammy somewhere... forgot da place liao :)
| permalink The FIGO will end tomorrow (9th November 2006). The pics below were taken in FIGO 2006 held in KL Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur during the days I was working there. Esther & I ciplak-ing the kawaii pose :P Check out the Swiss chocolate fountain... sinful! Hehe! My sweet strawberry dipped in sinfully sweet Swiss chocolate! Yummy! The breakfast that cost me RM16.40! Lovely, super TOP sales, Jenny & I Me in my new shorter hair cut... Didn't blowdry my hair today, that's why it's ugly! Met the Koreans from Medison (our parent company) in FIGO. Nukky Shin was as charming as ever! Met him a couple of times before - once in FMGC during an ultrasound course and once more in Singapore for OGSS last year. He's the Regional Sales Manager in Asia for Medison. Chris Kim is the Clinical Manager (a.k.a. professional sonographer) in Medison for Northeast Asia. And lastly, Binie Kim is... uhhh... I dunno what's her post in Medison cuz I didn't manage to get hold of her business call card before she left for Korea. Chris is really sweet & nice though she didn't appear friendly in the first impression. I really like her. Too bad I didn't have the guts to ask her for a pic together. Hehe. I didn't want he to think I was lesbo anyway! :P Why FIGO drove me insane was bcoz my feet and legs hurt like mad cuz of all the standing and walking around, talking to potential customers since sunday till today. Also, the core reason of my temporary insanity was caused by Kaz. Haha! :P She couldn't handle the stress of FIGO and she was throwing her temper & venting anger out on us poor souls - the juniors, namely me, Esther & Kim Seng. But here was the ultimate cause! You see, we had pregnant patients over for the live demonstrations of our ultrasound machines. And we were supposed to pay the patients RM40 each. Owing to the fact that we didn't have enough Exhibitor passes and boring stingy bosses didn't wanna fork out any cash to buy the passes (RM266 per tag), Kaz scheduled us to work on certain days only. So on Tuesday (7th Nov 2006), Esther & Kim Seng worked half day only. And on Wednesday (8th Nov 2006), I was supposed to work in the morning and Dev to take on my shift after lunch. Razi was supposed to work full day. So Kaz gave me RM80 to pay to Tuesday evening patient and Wednesday morning patient (I was only working half day on Wednesday) and she gave RM40 to Razi for him to pay Wednesday evening patient (he was working full day on Wednesday). Dunno how somewhere along the communication lines, she went and told Razi to pay for Wednesday morning patient. So Razi & I ended up paying to the same patient! Hah! What a BIG joke! And then alot of things happened and she wanted the RM40 back. Bcoz I didn't want any disputes between her, Razi, Kana and I, I told her I'd pay her. I became miserable after telling her cuz I didn't want ppl to think that I took the RM40 and now I was looking for ways to vomit the cash out again! So Jenny spoke to me on the phone and advised me about it. So I did what Jenny told me to do. I wrote Kaz an email and CC-ed my bosses. Here's a sample of my email... hehehe... Dear Kaz, I've given a deep thought about what has happened at FIGO. And I thought why should I take the blame when it's clearly not my fault? You gave me RM80 to pay 2 patients for Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning (RM40 each) and clearly that was what I did. I was working full day on Tuesday and half day on Wednesday. I have already paid both patients and I did nothing wrong. I juz did as I was told by you. I really dunno what you told Razi and when to pay his RM40 to the patient. That's between the both of you. But I remember clearly that you told me to pay Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. I shouldn't pay for Wednesday evening as I was supposed to work only half day on Wednesday. It'd be preposterous if you said you told me to pay for Wednesday evening. No doubt RM40 is a small amount of money and I don't mind paying it but I juz thought it's not the amount in question. I have my dignity, credibility and reputation on the line. If you dun believe me, you can call up the patient's husband and ask him. I have paid the RM40 to her. You have his name card cuz I saw him giving it to you at FIGO. His name is En. Azman. His office number is 03-2333 2888. I juz want everything to be clear & open so that there'll be no disputes. I enjoy working in Gideons very much and I don't want small things like this get in my way. Thank you. Sincerely,Rachel Toh. And then she replied with... Maybe miscommunication from my side then - I take the full blame and will carry the loss of RM 40. I would like Gideons manangement to note that this will be the LAST time that I will ever pay out of my private savings for any company related expenses in future. I can not afford such losses in the future. Thanks, Kaz Jenny saved my day! Thank you so much! At least I wouldn't be blamed for things that weren't my fault anyway! Hip hip hurray! Goodbye FIGO 2006!
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| permalink This was my sleepy look when I was on the way to Sitiawan in the company van driven by Wei HauSaturday, November 25, 2006 ~ 6:16 PM
I've been Elken-ized!
I've been Elken-ized tonight! :P Sharon & I bought Spirulina & Ester-C worth RM1807 (including freebies & sales kit) After that, we went for mamak in ss2. Nicholas Chong joined us for a drink there and then fetched me back to Kevin's place. Thank you! =)
Thursday, November 23, 2006 ~ 4:41 PM
Laundry
Lunching with Sin Cee
Made an appointment to meet Sin Cee up today in QHC Medical Centre, USJ Taipan. Sin Cee was my ex-Gideons colleague. She juz left recently. She's now working in Nova - also a medical company, dealing in disposable & OTC items.After meeting up with the Purchasing officer, Mr. Thiaggu in QHC, we went for lunch. I couldn't meet up with my customer, Datuk Dr. Subra cuz he juz went to OT. Sigh! :P Nevermind! So Sin Cee and I found a parking space somewhere finally! It was lunch hour and parking spaces were difficult to come by. And we went to the nearest food outlet - Oldtown Kopitiam (which turned out to be not quite so near to where Sin Cee's car was parked anyway, lol)
Monday, November 20, 2006 ~ 10:46 PM
Dr. Yeak's case is lost forever!
Juz lost a case to Inspire Vision Technologies (IVT) which distributes Siemens ultrasound systems. It was Dr. Yeak Lek Chong in Sitiawan. Well, I shouldn't feel so unhappy like I did anyway cuz I hate Sitiawan. It's too faraway and there's no direct highway leading to that place. Each time I drive there in my own car, I end up wrecking my car! Sigh! But still, I don't like losing cases. It leaves me with a bad feeling each time. Sigh! But what to do? Life goes on...Though I've reached my annual sales target which is RM1.2M, I wanna sell summore cuz my salary is largely based on sales. We'll see! God bless me! =)
I cried so much after Wei Hau & I loaded SA8000Live Prime back to the van & left Dr. Yeak's clinic. We stopped by in Teluk Intan to take pics of the Menara Condong (leaning tower of Teluk Intan, haha).
Sunday, November 12, 2006 ~ 11:21 PM
Step Up @ Summit
Check out Kev's bored look... haha... Is he bored of me? :P
Wednesday, November 08, 2006 ~ 10:49 PM
FIGO 2006 driving me insane!
Sunday, November 05, 2006 ~ 11:52 PM
FIGO 2006 here I come!
Earlier today was the opening ceremony of FIGO 2006. That only meant I had to work today though it was a Sunday, haha! Christine agreed to send me to KLCC. So I parked my car in Kelana Jaya LRT station and she picked me up from there and off we went to KLCC for a late lunch. We had Madam Kwan's. I paid for the meal as a token of appreciation to Christine for sending me to KLCC. Thanks, girl! =) This was my first time dining in Madam Kwan's and Su-Lynn had previously mentioned to me that the nasi lemak here was absolutely delicious. So that was what I had today. But to me, it was juz okay. I don't think I'm picky when it comes to food. And I ain't no food critic. But it juz didn't hit home with me. The nasi lemak in Madam Kwan's, that is.
The overrated nasi lemak in Madam Kwan's
And then I went off for work in the KL Convention Centre. Felt so tired after work. Took the LRT back with Kim Seng & Esther (my Gideons colleagues) & my boss, Mr. Lee. Feet hurt like mad but I actually enjoyed the exhibition as I had the chance to meet the various delegates from all over the world. There were approximately 8000 doctors worldwide who had registered for FIGO 2006. Well, gotta rest now as I have more standing & walking around to do tmr at the same place. Tata!
Saturday, November 04, 2006 ~ 11:24 PM
Family yum char session =)
Had dinner with mom, Esther & gramps today in a corner kopitiam in Bukit Tinggi. Auntie Brenda couldn't join us as she had her own agenda. After dinner, we adjourned to our house to rest abit & watch TV & enjoy the air-cond. Mom was leaving tomorrow for Dammam in a morning flight. And I juz received yet another credit card. This time, it was from MBF. I think I have altogether 6 credit cards now. LOL! But I've only activated 2. When I was desperate for a credit card prior to this, no bank would approve for me. And now they were giving it out to me for free. Hmmm... I don't really need that many credit cards unless they already have spending money wired in. Fat chance! :PWhen it was time for supper, we decided to ask Uncle Heng & his family along to join us for a yum char session in Asoka mamak in Bukit Tinggi. Below were the pics taken when we were in Asoka... haha! =)
Friday, November 03, 2006 ~ 9:12 PM
New hairdo!
Made an appointment today in the A Cut Above Academy in Sunway Pyramid to do something to my hair. Initially, I wanted to straighten my hair to tame those wild curves on my layered hair. But when I got there, I decided to snipped my hair shorter anyway! :P The layered hair was reaching my shoulders and now my hair is juz up to my chin. Straightening would cost me RM162 while cutting, washing & blowdrying only cost me RM12! Haha! Big difference! :)
Me camwhoring silly in the salon after my haircut
Camwhored my new hairdo in my car before heading on home
Tammy & I camwhoring while waiting for our ride to arrive to ferry us to Poppy
Thursday, November 02, 2006 ~ 10:24 PM
The frequent daytripper
I drove up to Ipoh with my boss, Mr. Lee in his Naza Ria mpv on Wednesday (01-11-06) to meet a few customers, i.e. Dr. Nagara, Dr. George Chan & Dr. Ranjoth Singh. Well, the day came to a frustrating end cuz we couldn't close our respective cases (Dr. Nagara's case belongs to Mr. Lee & my case is Dr. Ranjoth). Oh well, Dr. Ranjoth said he'd see us at FIGO (which'd start on 05-11-06) in KL. Let's keep our fingers crossed! =)Since Mr. Lee had another appointment in KL (some hot shot Managing Director of Lourdes Medical Centre who is also the major shareholder of MBF Group, Dato' Mogan had invited him to attend a cocktail party in Goa, Jalan Doraisamy), we had to rush back in time to attend that. At first, I didn't wanna go cuz I was dead tired driving up to Ipoh & back to KL. But since there was a terrible terrible jam in KL, I decided to hang around & juz hang out abit.
Guess who I saw there at the cocktail party? Alda was there playing in the live band (he's Lip Kee's friend cum bandmate who plays bass). What a small small world! =) I didn't say hi though cuz he was playing then. After staying for an hour or so, I decided to go home. And since Mr. Lee wanted to stay on cuz there was free flow of red wine, he allowed me to take his mpv back to his house and get my car and head on home. Phew! That was good! =) Below is a pic of me driving home alone in Mr. Lee's mpv on Federal Highway. I opened the sunroof to enjoy some night breeze though you can't see that in the pic. Haha!
Guess what?! The very next day which was today (02-11-06), I had to go to Sitiawan with Wei Hau & Kaz to collect back the SA8000Live Prime from Dr. Yeak's place & try to close the deal with him. As frustrating & tiring as it was yesterday in Ipoh, we couldn't close the deal. Dr. Yeak also said he'd meet us in FIGO & he'd prolly sign the order on 6th or 7th Nov 2006. Let's juz hope this will come to pass too! =)
Kaz was like travelling first class on our journey to Sitiawan. She brought her own pillow & blanket and was in a reclined position. Hehe!
We stopped by at Bidor town to take brekkie. Tammy said this Pun Chun shop's dry wanton noodles are tasty. Well, it was ok for me considering I'm not a big fan of the black sause dry wanton noodles
On our journey back to KL, we stopped by at the beautiful paddy fields to take a breather and some beautiful pics of the vast paddy fields
This was the pic I took of myself when I was taking a breather. The wind was blowing strongly but it felt good
This is what happens when the wind is blowing your hair in all directions and you're not prepared for the camera! :PSo let's juz wait for FIGO 2006 which will be on 5th Nov to 10th Nov 2006 and see what happens then. God bless! =)
