Wednesday, June 30, 2010
empty........
empty........Because of my rather severely dry body skin, I need to moisturise daily. St. Ives intensive healing moisturiser is my savior. I've used up 2 big bottles already, and I just bought 2 smaller ones that were on discount. This is really good. It doesn't smell good, but it does heal my cracked, scaly and flaky skin. The rest I bought because either they're cheap, or smell good, but don't do much good for me. So I layer them over my St.Ives for the smell.
The newest member in my collection. Suppose to give a natural looking tan. Not sure if the tan washes off when you shower, or it's buildable day by day. The description sounds like it's a buildable one, since it says 'gradually builds up a natural looking tan', but the sales assisstant says it doesn't last. Washes and rubs off easily. Got it only because it was on sale, but either way, cocoa butter is very moisturising and is good for skin.
12:30 AM
Monday, June 28, 2010
Promoters war at work yesterday. Two of the supplements promoters were shouting at each other because one accused of the other one for cutting her sales. Almost thought they were going to slap each other or pull each other's hair. As usual, busy body customers watching the commotion.MAC In The Groove Collection: My lemmings! I only want the mineralised eyeshadows badly. Not a big fan of blushers. I like mineralised skin finishes, but I like the natural finished one, not the shimmery frosty ones.
Pretty right??? Togetherness, Blue My Mind and Soften the Mood.
12:37 PM
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Look at how empty the pharmacy was on friday! Friday leh! When I got to lot1, it was sooooo crowded everywhere. I was really optimistic as I walked towards the pharmacy. Until I got inside there, I think there was only one or two customers inside. And it remained like that the entire time I was working there. What's up man?? It was never like that before. Normally, the pharmacy was quiet, but there will still be maybe 3 customers in the pharmacy at most times? But on friday, at least 50% of the time, there wasn't A SINGLE CUSTOMER inside. And when there were customers, it was only one or 2. Less than 5 at any one time. So ridiculous! How to sell my products =( There isn't even many people I can introduce the brand to. Feel really stressed already, and luck isn't on my side at all the entire week. Thursday was crowded, but again, no luck. Many ladies rejected me, and didn't even want to accept the booklet or sample, or didn't even want to listen to me. Really really really hope sunday will be better. No idea why my luck is THIS bad.You know how it is when just one thing in your life starts to go wrong, everything else will start to follow suit. Believe many people experienced this before.
My new longchamp bags =) bro bought it for me when he was in france.
1:12 AM
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
I think I'm really not cut out for sales job. Everytime I didn't sell anything for the entire day, I will take it out on myself. Must be something wrong with me. I didn't try hard enough, or I'm just not convincing enough. I know zac always says it's pure luck, and I'm promoting a new brand that is pretty expensive, to a neighbourhood crowd that do not have spending power. Still, it's my job to help the brand take off, and I think I'm doing a poor job. So stressed out. I might be too harsh on myself, but it's just true that I'm not producing results. Sigh.11:58 PM
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Was watching this taiwanese drama called My Queen. Quite nice. And this guy, who was trying to get over his ex, said (in chinese of course) to her, "I always took you to be my goal in life, my final destination. But now, when I realised that you're just a passerby in my life's journey, it's easier to let go, and find another goal."So true. Perhaps I really have to take you as just another of my life's lesson, another stop in my life out of the many that I will have. So we can both move on..
11:58 PM
Friday, June 18, 2010
Bad day today. I didn't sleep well, so I went to work tired. I was also pretty discouraged by the poor sales recently. So I was packing the shelf, and the tester bottle toppled off. The outer casing shattered. The pump still works, the contents still inside, but the outer casing was badly cracked and bits were missing. And my boss's assisstant came down to check today. I admitted to him that I dropped it. Could tell that he was really unhappy, though he didn't say it explicitly, plus the poor sales, he looked really displeased with me. Poor sales, not my fault. Because the brand is new and unheard of, and nobody would pay $59 to $89 dollars for just a bottle of skincare product. I would rather buy La Roche Posay, Vichy, and the Estee Lauder group of companies. A promoter from a supplements brand, said that I shouldn't own up. But I was honest, and I didn't thought of lying even. Should I have lied?Working sucks. Really not cut out for sales job, especially where I have to convince people to buy something that is never heard of. Feel like I'm cheating people's money. I'm not like this other promoter there, who can talk cock her way through and convince people to buy her equally unheard of, and equally expensive skincare. She promotes supplements and other stuffs too. Her brand has everything. Almost everyone she promotes to, will buy her products. Even little old ladies whom don't look rich, and probably don't care for expensive skincare.
Even if you were a million miles away
I could still feel you in my bed
near me, touch me, feel me
And even in the bottom of the sea
I can still hear inside my head
Telling me, touch me, feel me
And all the time you were telling me lies
So tonight I’m gonna find a way to make it without you
Tonight I’m gonna find a way to make it without you
I’m gonna hold on to the times that we had
Tonight I’m gonna find a way to make it without you
Have you ever tried sleeping with a broken heart?
Well you can try sleeping in my bed
Lonely, only, nobody ever shut it down like you
You wore the crown, you make my body feel heaven-bound
Why don’t you hold me, need me, I thought you told me
You’d never leave me
Looking in the sky I can see your face
And i knew right where I’d fit in
Take me, make me
You know that I’ll always be in love with you
Right til the end
Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart
12:13 AM
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Daiso at bukit panjang plaza has opened! I didn't know it opened, but I was at bpp because I wanted to go to the bank, and I saw that it is opened! So happy. Of course I went in to grab some stuff! My favourite charcoal nose pack isn't there either. I think daiso stopped bringing it in already. So sad. It really is the best nose pack I ever ever used.Nevermind. Here are some of the things I got.
Eyeshadow applicators. I still love my brushes, but lately I've been liking these. I used to think they're crap and useless for application, but I realised they allow very precise application. I don't have a pencil brush, so I think this is the second best option. Great for concentrating dark colours close to the lash line, smudging out pencil liners, getting colours in the crease etc. And these ones from daiso comes in a tube like that, which is great. No more holding a super short handle, or leaving them in the open.
New tweezers. It looked so high tech and it says it's ceramic tipped. Sounds like a cool idea, so I got it. Needed new tweezers.
Pencil stand for my makeup brushes. I like the dividers, so I can find my brushes more easily.
This is my old crappy one. Looks so messy. My eye brushes always gets lost in my face brushes.
So much better now! Eye brushes separated from face brushes. I even separated my blush brushes, which are somehow shorter than my face brushes. I actually squeezed 20 over brushes in there.... I think I need more holders.I also got gel heel paddings for my work shoes. I have to stand for long hours which is making my heels hurt. I got new sponge insoles too. It has flower patterns on it. So cute. That's all. It's $12 well spent!
12:45 AM
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Interesting things that happened at work couple of days back..Some old chinaman shouted at the cashier over 30cents! He bought this medicated plaster few days back. It was $3.07 originally. So if you pay cash, it gets rounded down to $3.05. So, that day, he bought 15 pieces. OF COURSE, the total cost is $(3.07 x 15). So he demanded why it's 2 cents more per piece now. And he made a huge fuss over it, shouting really loudly at the cashier, as if she made the mistake and refuse to correct it. A couple of staff, including the head pharmacist, tried to explain the rounding down thing, but that chinaman just refused to listen, and wanted his 30cents back. 30cents because 15 x 2cents/piece. Crazy! And while he was making a huge fuss at the dispensary counter, the cashier thought that he doesn't want to buy the products anymore, placed them back on the shelf. After that, the crazy guy returned to the cashier and shouted at her again for putting the items back. He's totally nuts. He spent 15mins haranguing with the head pharmacist, of course anyone would think that he wouldn't want to buy them anymore. The cashier was wrong in handling the situation though. I don't blame her for not keeping her cool, but she shouldn't have made discriminatory comments, which she did. It just made the man angrier, of course.
Interesting. Because my job is pretty boring, especially before the peak hour crowd comes in.
Today I went over to his place! Thanks for driving me there and back, and cooking such awesome pasta for me. It was cream-sauced pasta with ham, mushrooms and prawns. Yummm. Thanks for the mussles as well. We went jogging prior to the meal, but the meal was probably 800kcal at least. Haha.
10:18 PM
Friday, June 04, 2010
I quite like working this job. Being in the pharmacy, it's just so interesting to hear the pharmacist advise customers/patients, hear all the drug names, complications etc. And some of the drug names are actually familiar to me due to the pharmaco module which I took. Although it's not within my job scope to give advice, but I still like to help with whatever I can help.One man came into our pharmacy with a DISLOCATED arm, to ask for help. He actually went to the TCM shop, eu yan sang, or something like that, first!! Then the TCM shop staff came to the pharmacy to ask for help. Er??? Raffles medical clinic is just next door??? And with arm dislocation, only the hospital can help you! The pharmacist tied an arm support for him, then asked him to go the the hospital. So poor thing. He was doubling over with pain as the pharmacist was helping him with an arm sling. Ouch.
I have 30% staff discount for my products! So happy. And I bought vitamin supplements from the supplements promoter, on staff discount too. So nice of her. She called her company to specially ask for staff discount for me.
