WORK!

I worked for the 100 Plus roadshow that was held at Times Square last weekend.
It was awfully tiring but I'm gonna be awesomely paid. (Rm10 an hour!)

June worked for an event management company which helped organized the 100 Plus event. That's how I came to know about the job. On Friday, both of us were driven downtown by a hippy guy named Randy. Randy's cool. He's got all these interesting tattoos all over his body.

Porn in the FLESH.

He said he got inspired by those fantasy characters... elves, mermaids, etc.

Spot the mermaid.

We went to Bukit Bintang to hand out flyers to promote the event. Just the three of us and 5000 copies of flyers.
Flyer distribution is not as easy as it sounds. You got to be thick-skinned and bold to approach people you don't want to approach. Accept rejection. Fake a big smile even when your feet are killing you. Repeat the similar sentences over and over again. By the end of the day, we were really tired. We only managed to hand out around 1000 copies in total - that left us with another 4000 more, which were carried forward to the next day.



On Saturday, the roadshow begun. The whole idea of the event was to promote 100Plus and to emphasize that 100Plus makes you energized and athletic. Or something like that. June and I were among the 20 part timers there, and the boss paired all of us up alphabetically. My partner was this guy named Boo Deyond.

"Looks like he's playing with a teddy bear", June said.

Saturday was exhausting. There were a lot of people at the mall and not to mention, a lot who joined in the games. So we part timers had a lot to do. We hardly had time for food breaks. The boss forbid us from chatting among ourselves, or talking on the phone, even if the call was an emergency. The slightest mistake really ticked him off and he yelled at his subordinates. Well, nobody liked him. He's one of those big guys who thinks that just because he's in power, everyone else should be treated like dogs.
I just don't think that's the way bosses should treat their workers. Someone should strip him from his high horse one day.

On Sunday, June and I were stationed to sell drinks :) That was a pretty easy job. And I liked it. We all worked from 10 am to 10 pm on both days. While I working, I got to know the other part timers. They were really nice people.

Some of the part timers.

Vicki/Along/Noraini.
Those are her names.

On Saturday, I thought I heard someone calling her "Vicki" so ever since then, I started calling her that too. Then she told me her name was Along (In Chinese, that means loanshark). Her actual name is Noraini.

I've been busy with university applications and air ticketing stuff. I still haven't applied for universities yet because I'm thinking of doing Linguistics (specially in the English language) but the university that I had in mind (UCA) didn't seem to have it :( Soooo... I'm still looking around.

Tomorrow there's gonna be a big BBQ session at church. Will be heading to Carrefour after this with Rox and Maka for grocery shopping.

And I'm flying to Melbourne on MONDAY! (24/8/09) Will be back on MONDAY! (14/9/09)

can't wait for that! :)