Friday, June 03, 2005

hard- earned money

both me n dearie earned around 90 bucks each for today's work. and trust me, it's no easy money. there's a lot self motivation, patience, smileys and talkings involved. we juz barely hit our daily sales target all thanx to next booth shawn for helping us get one of those financial planners to pruchase the 42nd pack. bingo! $10 incentive for each of us. he muz be thinking we're really hard up for that 10 bucks. we even skipped dinner coz there's was a crowd and we were really psyched up to hit 42 packs. he and his partner sold 23 packs the day b4. all thanx to the IT fair which helped to bring in more crowd. of course, thanx to all the shoppers and beautiful mothers for purchasing from us! =)

from earning $13/ $15 per hour from tuition (that is my most generous per hour pay rate among all my jobs)to earning $5.50 per hour is a huge change. of course not including my PA which i earned a meagre $4 per hour. my toes were sored from standing when we closed the booth at 10pm. we had officially stood for 10.5 hours today! we only sat down for our short 10 mins lunch break of duck rice and misc 5-10 mins when we drank our water. fortunately i received enough training during my giordano days. haha..

me and dearie striked quite a good partnership. for the first 3 hours, i sold around 7-8 packs while he sold 1! guess he was kinda sian at tat point of time though he was still beaming brightly. he was definitely amazed by my marketing skills! haha..dunno how i did it. i juz whacked at everyone that i saw. sometimes even the most unlikely customer will purchase as long as u approach them! so never judge a book by its cover. be sincere, patient, courteous and smile always. there will definitely be some nice souls around who need wat u r selling. i believe in good kharma.

it was really fun working together. it has been a long time since we worked together. the last being our odac days. time passed extremely fast when u r enjoying good company. his of course and some customers were really nice to serve. this shows the importance of nice colleagues. though it was tiring, and a few ramblings amongst ourselves, i really enjoyed my day.

hard earned money like this also make me appreciate of wat i have like him and esp. money which i earned and those which my parents gave me. guess the next time i spend, i'll think twice b4 digging out my wallet. well, at least for the next few days! ha!

towards the end, wif the dinner crowd, we sort of even out. even lost count on the no. of packs we sold. sometimes, crowd attracts crowd. ppl r curious at wat is happening over there, thus pop in to see if there are any cheap bargains. and for those of u who r free these few days till sun, do go down to the IT fair at expo. not sure wat stuff they have over there but surely free gifts. saw many queueing for free keyboards in the morning. and after tat, pop by to the Mothercare fair at the next hall, 5! look for my darling if u need to get eye care products. haha..and wait. cheap Nestle cereals are on sale there too! 2 med packs for 4 bucks and 2 large packs for for 7 bucks. wat a bargain! ntuc sells around 2.50 and 4.70 respectively. flavours include koko crunch, milo, choco chip and our fave honey stars! haha..both of us n kp bought 2 large packs the day b4! oh yah, and there are eu yan seng stuff on sale too! heard that the 6 packs chicken esscence are selling for 9.90 only! 50% off the usual price of 19.90. and bird's nest going at 31.20 after 20% off 39. go grab it! these r the cheap bargains i know. the rest are mainly juz suitable for mothers and babies. unless any of u guys there are planning to start a family soon! esp baguana n spastic! haha..

Rouge a-hemmed @ 6:22 AM 0 rockers