Becoming My Own Hero - A Work In Progress

I've been considered so very lucky and blessed thus far.

To have met so many amazing, inspirational people.

To have so many people believe in me, even if I don't.

To have people see something in me that even I can't see. (Yet. :))

To have wonderful individuals deeply interested in helping me become more than I am right now.

In the past I may not have realized this. I can only hope that it isn't too late to start proving that faith will not be wasted on me.

But there is something that I need to find.

...But where is it?

Working Retail

...can be hazardous to your self-esteem.

Observe.


Little twitgirl: *slaps my arm* AUNTIEEE!!! This cake real or not hah??


But then again she was about 5. Will it make me feel better if I blame it on limited vocabulary?

No.

Now if you'll excuse me, "Auntie" needs to stock up on the SK-II.

TELL ME I'M PRETTY!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

It looks terrible. Noah Ringer may be a karate kid and all, but he looks really clumsy in the vid. But maybe my crazy-fan expectations are too high. On the good side it looks like Shyamalan hasn't completely cheapened-out the effects, like he did with The Happening (a giant fan and some trees?? Come on.)

Watch The Last Airbender teaser trailer!

I haven't seen what the other characters look like yet, but I found Aang and Zuko:


OMFG WHY IS IT A SHAOLIN OUTFIT WHERE THE EFF IS AANG'S AIRBENDER MONK GETUP WHY CAN'T I SEE THE TATTOOS IS THIS THE KID WE'RE GONNA SEE MAKE OUT WITH KATARA EWW OMG THAT'D BE CHILD PORN THAT'S EVEN MORE DISGUSTING THAN KATAANG ORIGINALLY IS EWW OMG EWW


And they murdered Zuko.

OMFG WHERE IS HIS FUNNY TOPKNOT FROM THE FIRST SEASON WE MUST HAVE THE TOPKNOT MEAN ZUKO FROM SEASON ONE IS NOTHING WITHOUT THE TOPKNOT AND WHICH PART OF HIS LEFT EYE IS BURNTED AND DEFORMED I DON'T SEE SHIT AND WHY DOESN'T HE LOOK MEAN ENOUGH AND WHY ARE THE FIRENATION SOLDIERS IN LOTR HELMETS WTF MAN

No, not even the flames can save him.

Don't get me wrong, I love Dev Patel and his puppydog eyes from Slumdog, but he'd be so much better off as Sokka! Sweet and goofy is so good on him! And Sokka is dark. And Zuko looks like he hasn't seen the sun since he was born. Wouldn't it make slightly more sense if Patel switched with Rathbone?!?! OHMYGAWD HAS SHYAMALAN EVEN WATCHED THE FRICKEN SERIES WHY CAN'T HE PRESERVE THE ORIGINALITY OF THE FLAWLESS WORK OF BRYKE WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE AND FOAM AT THE MOUTH FOR HE CLEARLY DOESN'T DESERVE TO DIRECT SUCH AWESOMENESS AND IS HE RACIST OR SOMETHING WOULD IT KILL HIM TO THROW SOME YELLOW PEOPLE INTO THE MIX IT'S NOT LIKE WE DON'T HAVE GREAT YELLOW ACTORS YOU KNOW AND FUTHERMORE...!


Shyamalan: Nah. *hands over the script* You so smart; YOU do lah.


Hee. =X

Le Outing

Met up with the girls on Friday. :)

(left to right) Cammie, Padma, Ai Jeen

Invaded AJ's house first in the morning; guess I was a bit too early: both father and daughter greeted me with sexily tousled hair. :) Helped her with her new Maybelline eyeliner (which is so super smooth and shimmery and barely smudgey I must get one too! After paycheck of course. Hahah.) and off we went to KLCC.

Oh yeah. That was also the day MJ died. Honestly if I hear one more person say what a wonderful person he was and how much he influenced their lives and music and blahblahblah and how much the world has lost an angel I will personally strangle that person with a Delectable ribbon. I have loads of those. So beware. (Hey AJ I ate that brownie meant for you but don't worry I'll get you a new one okay? Must taste-test first... *nomnomnom*)

But I digress. So anyhoo, After hunting around (SALE is a four-letter word) the likes of Topshop and Zara and MNG and so forth, Cammie eventually caught up with us followed by Paddy-mar. And I will take this opportunity to complain about how terrible Topshop and Zara are by saying that they are SUPER ripoff-ers who try to sell you a damned print Tee for RM149. After discount summore! If I find the owner I will strangle him with a ribbon. But then the fools who actually buy the stuff will come strangle me with a ribbon. Okay okay I bought something too. :P

It's nice to catch up with people from high school. I keep preaching to the juniors complaining about exams to cherish these years: there really isn't going to be another group of people who are going to be with you for 5 years of your life, share trials and tribulations, and watch each other grow up. *sigh*

But anyhoo. While we were shopping AJ kept complaining how jeans looked hoogly on her because she had no ass.

This was my face. -.-''

WHO IN THE HELL COMPLAINS THAT THEY HAVE NO !$#@!~ ASS?!! *shoves AJ off the 3rd floor* (ker-splat!)

Then when we were all trying on clothes I suddenly realized... Ihavevirtuallynoboobsincomparison I have very well-endowed friends. *cough*

Ooh yeah. I saw Daniel Wu's poster like a gazillion times that day! And somehow an argument erupted from that. :S


Me: Wah I see him so many times today wor! *dreamy sigh* It must be fate.
AJ: Cheh. His poster only what.
Me: Yala, me and his poster fated lah, good enough what.
Cammie: Who's that?
AJ: Daniel Wu. Chih. Edison better. Sexier. :P
Me: You only say that 'cos you saw him that day.
Cammie: Eee! He's such a bastard lah weih. Not like Zhou Jie Lun.
Me: Whodat?
Cammie: Jay Chou!
AJ: Yerr.
Me: -.-"
Cammie: He's so lengzai and sweet and nice and I don't even listen to his music but don't you feel it? He's so ying ler!
Me: Please. He acts like that piece of cardboard over there. *points at Watsons poster*
Cammie: NO! That's his way of acting. Some people try to do like him but only he can do that "cool" face! Did you see Initial-D?
Me: *acts like I'm dead* This is the way his face looks throughout the whole damn movie.
Cammie: Ish, nolar! You cannot do. Only he can do. When he don't smile right, ohh!! *swoon* That is his brand of "natural" cool.
Me and AJ: *laugh until we pee in our pants*


From then on we decided that we wanted to be "natural cool" too! How can we lose out to Jay Chou right. No way! So we closed our eyes (we couldn't squint them cos they'd still be bigger than his) and tried hard not to smile (but failed miserably) and walked around waiting for people to oooh and aaah at our coolness. We were thinking of opening a seminar.

"EVER BEEN CALLED A GEEK? A NERD? A DORK?

LEARN HOW TO BE NATURAL-COOL TODAY

WITH OUR SPEAKER CAMMIE LEE, WHO IS INSPIRED BY CHOU JIELUN!!

ONLY TWO SIMPLE AND EASY STEPS AND YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY TO COOLDOM!!

*superglue (for slit-eyes) and Botox (for expressionless face) required."

We told Padma about it later just to get another cheap laugh in 'cos Cammie's fun to bully. :P


Paddy: Eee! I hate him! That Leehom guy better lah. At least he lengchai.


I love you Paddy. XD

Later on we stopped by Carl's Jr. and ordered the Crispy Chicken Bacon thing and the new Teriyaki burger... And I found out that teriyaki can be beef and not just chicken?? So paiseh. (Sorry Paddy! *dork*) Over our dinner we had more convo on where everyone went and what were they doing... And yeah we super hate it when we see our classmates and make eye contact and they don't say hi!! Grr! Frustrating betul. *whips out ribbon*

So anyway, we finally got to our classmate, whom I shall name Rootbeer, due to some... uh, embarrassment on my part.


Me: Oh yeah. So how is Rootbeer doing?
Paddy: He's okay what. He's... (doing something but I don't remember)
Me: Oh really! I thought he was dead.
AJ and Paddy: o__0
AJ: WHAT?
Paddy: *pale* ...who told you that?!
Me: You lah!
Paddy: ME?!! =0 Where got!
Me: Serious! You told me last year during Deepavali at your place! I remember!
Paddy: Wha..? If I told you he's dead and you saw him happy and alive... Aiyoo Jackie think la!
Me: You didn't tell me he was DEAD you told me he was DYING!
AJ: *ROFL*


Mm-hmm. So yeah. I thought my classmate was dead for over a year. I maintain that she told me he was in chronic condition though. *defiantly in denial*

AJ's right. I need to get out more. Lol.

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Werk tomorrow! I love opening the store but I wish the new people could come help me soon... It's a little hard to do everything single-handedly in the morning... I must prioritise.

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Ooh I remember now. We bought lippies from STAGE and if it were not for the Buy 1 Free 1 promotion I would have cried. They want to sell their lippies for RM55, but the quality's no better than what, Silkygirl? Bleeding ripoffs. I love my Dior. *hearts*

My Little Romeo <3

Someone tried to pick me up in the shop today. :)

He's single. :)

He's pretty darned cute. :)

He's oh-so charming. :)

He's generous. :)

His ride comes with a personal chauffeur. :D

His name is Ian. :)









...and he just celebrated his 3rd birthday. XD

Hahahahah! But all of the above is true; I swear!

It's the funniest thing. His Ma and Pa whisked him into the store in his stroller (the only guy who hits on me today is still in a pram... rock on.) asking about our cakes and stuff, so as I was explaining to them, Ian rattled the can of (Cheezo's?) cheese nuggets and lifted it up to offer me some :3

"Awh! For me?! Oh, that's so sweet!"

and then I happily proceeded to continue explaining the details of our sales but Ian's a persistent little fellow. :)

He hand-picked a cheese nugget and handed it to me, smiling shyly. (where on earth do parents teach their kids to be so freaking irresistable?!?! I'll take whatever dating class he's going to!)

So how not to take right?

"Aww. Thank you, Ian. You're such a sweetheart. I'll eat this later, 'kay?"

But no. Cannot. That's not good enough for Ian. As his Pa wheeled him out he twisted himself around to look at me and pointed to him palm, then to his mouth, gesturing to me that I must eat the nugget IMMEDIATELY!!!

Hahahahahahah so CUTE can?!

(of course I didn't eat it lah, he was sucking the cheese powder off his fingers before he gave the piece to me... so I just palmed it and tossed it. Ahahah *mean*)

So yeah. Without saying a word, he totally charmed the pants off me. :)

Not literally, of course. Perv. -_-''

"So hey, Ian? I'm sorry but I don't think it would work out between us right now. But if you could wait, say, another 20 years, I'd be happy to pick up where we left off." =)

I'm still grinning like an idiot over this right now. What can I say. He really made my day. :)

I WANT MY SONS TO BE SOOPAH ROMEOS JUST LIKE IAN!!! :D :D

First Day of WERK.

I'm pooped.

I arrived too early (silly me... no key come early for what... teman security guard) and watched the proceedings of opening shop (which I will have to do on Saturday), unlocking the grille, turning on the switches, the Mac, the cash register, tidying up the place, entering new stock for the day, etc.

I realized there's more to do with admin work than actually selling... Which recently about twelve hours ago I discovered I suck at. *cry*

But my Boss Lady is real nice, she tells me what I'm doing wrong and what I should do instead without making me feel like I killed her mother. Which is how I usually feel since I'm pretty darn sensitive. :)

Today was like a whole crash course; I guess I'm actually writing this post to rewind and stuff.

I seriously don't know how I'll fare on Saturday, when Aida and Nicole aren't there!! E-mails and calls and scheduling and filing and crud... The concept of which I have yet to grasp. :S

I guess the best part of this is that I get to be a dork here, with the most competent, patient young people I have ever met, instead of being a dork at, say, PWC? (imagining myself there already hahah :P) There's a learning curve, and although everything's a little overwhelming at the moment, I can't be more thankful that it's in a pretty much complacent-er environment like The Gardens, and that the store's still pretty much in its infancy so I get to see its, um, development? I guess? Hahah.

Ooh but there's one thing I'm gonna hafta discuss with them... I most definitely have to run at 6, 'cause today I stayed in just half an hour later, and got lost just another half hour more... so I just came home at 9.30pm. Twelve hours of standing. (well, almost) Can die. And I hate ladies' shoes. Hate them hate them hate them. With a vengeance. Why can't we have comfy sports shoes =(

Anyhoo, much thanks to Cathy and Tracy *kissus your toesies* for their awesomeness and patience with the Ultimate Sotong of the Century (yours truly) and helping said Sotong to discover the right way back to Pasar Seni. :) You guys rock so hard. :)

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Ooh guess what! I saw Mr. Gerrard at the store today! (I knew I'd recognise that booty anywhere! lol don't tell.) He was mean. He didn't buy nothin'. *pout*

But I saw him with Alana's Common Law lecturer!! They are adorables. :3 I didn't know she was his chick.

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Oh yeah come visit us yeah! Buy our cuppies! Buy our brownies! Buy our Sins! Our truffles! Our Pots! Our cookies! Our layer cake! My awesome service! (ooh that came out wrong. XD)

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We get like, loads of married/engaged/happily in love and planning a whole year ahead of the big day people asking for the big jobs.

I never knew there were so many happily married people traipsing through The Gardens alone. o.0

...I have a feeling this job is gonna leave me somewhat depressed. When's MY man gonna spend $5000 on cupcakes just for thank-you-for-coming gifts for MY wedding?!?!

Hmph. Leehombaby better cough up the green. Or else.

*wheeze*

Notice how many of my recent posts start with "OMG" or "Omigosh" or "Oh my gawd".

This one is no different.

SWEET LORD JESUS CHRIST.

I went there like at 10.20 when the thing was at 11.00 so I hid in the bathroom adjusting concealer (why cannot cover the damn panda eyes one ar) and the lipcolor (omg cannot be so pink one!!) and my shirt (dammit feel so weird lor. shirt inside out. but that's style gua?) until about 10.35 then I went to find the place and then the girl there said she wasn't there yet so I went and stared across Robinsons' for about ten minutes before going up again - and there she was.

Funny, she's a lot realer in well, real life and she's actually pretty okay and friendly and accommodating for someone who's about to be my new boss. She kept asking me if I was nervous (was it that obvious? haha :P) and the other girl asked if I wanted water and I'm so glad I printed out a copy of my CV this morning hahah reasonable foreseeability I love you!

Well anyways I guess I was way tense as usual, (sigh) but she was very understanding and kept pushing the conversation (if I ever have another hour-long interview I will DIE.) asking me where I went to coll (they kept saying I went to Taylors hahahah) and what plans I have for the future and stuff (does that really have to do with anything?) but when she told me "Don't worry, you've got the job." I just let out this huge sigh of relief and well, she sorta told me I don't have to act like I have a stick up my arse all the time. x)

Anyhoo. Mental note to myself, stuff I have to do:

• Learn how to speak SOME Cantonese (super requirement it seems)
• Learn how to use Adobe Illustrator (OMG.)
• Get a new and more relevant (and less childish) e-mail address
• Find out what the heck a "newsletter" actually is
  
• Expand my vocabulary beyond uh/ah/erm/emm/alright/okay/sure/okay/yeah/no/okay/hahah/okay

Anyhoo the only thing I have to bring is myself! And Larry. And I get the first shift! Ain't it awesome.


And I guess it's pretty cool I have only two DON'Ts:

• Don't dress like a slut!
• No sports shoes! (crime committed ahahah)

Well! Ohmigod that hour was like a whirlwind for me. She said some weird things, I said some weird things, but all's good I guess. =)

I did get a warning about potential encounters with difficult people... Strangely they all sound like my Ma. XD

Oh I got a bunch of blush-inducing remarks (but that's just me: I perasan ma.) to go with how I should better write future resumes (I looked at someone else's 3-page one; I only filled up 3/4 page... that one also double spacing hahah) and stuff.

Hahah yay it feels so good to babble it just lets it all out. =)

Now that my heart's run a marathon today, it's time to get some well deserved rest. Night-o~

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Sylvea's office is like the most massive, awesome thing I've ever seen.

And I don't steal Rupiah lor okay. =P



PS: Thank you, God, for everything, and yes, as promised, I will do some charity work (preferably cleaning of some kind) this weekend. =)