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Sunday, October 19, 2008
My First Attempt
Phew~ After much running around to many places yesterday, I felt really tired out. But still I enjoyed myself as I started off with visiting my colleagues' houses from 12-5pm (and that's only 2 houses). Thanks Cikgu for the delicious food... the image of the 'gedek' prawns still lingering in mind... yumyummm~ And Suhana, Friday I'm coming again k, I want my Opor ayam.. *laffs* And Diy... Thank you my dear for the pictures! So fast you uploaded them and sent to us. Luv ya! *winkz*

After that, I went to Vivocity and Clementi to get the materials to make my bro's hantaran gifts; the cloth, trimming, flowers, baskets, boxes, etc... And all this, I went through alone! Haha! Much faster that way 'coz I just went straight to the shops and bought the things that I wanted, so no time to enjoy Vivo (not that I like it). And to end the night, I had a sumptious good time eating buffet dinner with my galfriends and my dear at Turf City and a night of fun with them. *smilez*

And today... was my first attempt at making the hantaran gifts for my bro. And although the results were slightly different from what I had originally designed, the four (out of nine) gifts turned out well.. all with the help of my sisters.. Thanks dearies! It's pretty simple actually but there's niceness in simplicity at times. Anyway, here's a glimpse of the gifts.. could only upload 1.. the rest after the wedding day!~ *grinz*

The amateur's first attempt... Btw... this will not be my sideline.. *laffs*

Second round next week....


~ { 4:48 PM }
[-Take Me As I Am-]


Friday, October 17, 2008
Bad service!
Oh on another note, I'm really disappointed with Apple Holidays Pte Ltd. And why... here's the story...

I was planning to go to Bali in December holidays with my galfriends and I know it's a little late to be planning one now, but I wanted to try my luck. So I sent out a request for quotation with the following details:

Enquiry: Destination: Bali (Free&Easy)
No of People: 4Adults
Travel Dates: 10-14December 2008(Wed-Sun)
Looking for Airfare and Accommodation
Budget: $500-$600
No. of rooms: 2 (Double bed - Queen/King)
Preferred Flight Timing:
Outbound - Morning
Inbound - Afternoon

So after waiting for two days, I got a reply from an agent in Apple Holidays and it read (direct copy and pasted from my email.. no amendments whatsoever, mind you):

Hi Rose,

With your tight budget yet want to go during December peak season and to choose morning & afternoon flights, it is totally IMPOSSIBLE!

Anyway, just to quote you our package (from 10 -14Dec'08) as follows:
* A return economy class air ticket SIN / BALI / SIN with SQ operated flight
* 4 nights stay at 3-star hotel Adhi Jaya OR Karthi Inn OR Bali Rani in Kuta area
* Daily breakfast
* 2-way airport / hotel transfers

Adult twin-sharing net to you is SGD545 + SGD145 taxes per person!

Thanks!

Antonio Teh
Sales Manager
Apple Holidays Pte Ltd

....... The moment I read the first couple of lines, I was like..... what??! What kind of service is this? (And it's not just me... all my colleagues and galfriends who I've shown this to reacted this way) I felt insulted by the reply... Gggrrr... I've yet to reply to his email coz still figuring out how to phrase it... Any ideas anyone??

Well.... customer service like any relationships requires the two parties to communicate effectively.... BUT especially for those who is rendering the service, you have to be particularly customer oriented.... So PLEASE... those in sales or related customer service line, learn from this SALES MANAGER's negative service. Even if you can't comply to a customer's request, there's always a diplomatic way of resolving the issue.

~ { 7:49 PM }
[-Take Me As I Am-]
Sob-sob...
When people find out I watch animes, their eyes go, "What? So childish..." Well, I'm an anime freak... and I'm not ashamed to say so. What can I say, I find animes entertaining.. (well at least the ones I'm watching) and the years of watching animes (about more than 4 years) have been worthwhile... *smilez*

Animes can be entertaining, full of funny moments, weird (but still fun to watch) plots and often, comes with a lesson to learn. But animes can also make me cry! Like today...... argh! Why did Asuma have to die? I hate it when a character dies especially if you've been watching the anime for so long.... *sighz*

Anyway, for you peeps who think so negatively of anime, I shall not try to change your mind.. =P
But for those who lurves animes... you can try http://animeblogz.com . They've got a list of great animes that you can watch online (You don't need to download and run into trouble with the authorities). Here's what you can watch... Air Gear, Vampire Knight, Claymore among others... For those of you who still watch Naruto and Bleach, yay! Good for you... these two animes still rawkz! *smilez*

~ { 7:30 PM }
[-Take Me As I Am-]