Mee Siam Mai Hum

Sunday, April 23, 2006

I'm feeling rather okay about myself now. Esp. proud that I've actually managed to laugh off everything SAD.

Anyway today was really not bad. Not too bad. Arrived at Toa Payoh MRT 5 minutes late, Jiahan told me to report to Staff. Turns out he pranked me. Staff was incredulous, "WTH, JIAHAN TOKKING COCK LA"

Ahem. I told Jiahan off and I set Weicher on him. *Smirkz* Okay, he came out of the ordeal rather... ruffled. A little more admin, then we set off. I was pretty sore that Jiahan had made a fool of me. So I shuan him. xD.

Dam the briefing.

Okay, so I paired with Jiahan. We set off in a rather jovial mood. He being a veteran of the place after l'Espoir or something.... he was leading. Actually, we were wandering aimlessly, preying on the occasional tourist/kind hearted amah. Jiahan is extremely CUTE. So all the donors donate to ruffle his hair. While I ramble on about the society and whatnot. Perfect. We were selling the collarpins off at remarkable speed. Had sold 15 between us by the first hour. Yes, I actually COUNTED.

Lots of minor donations. We were walking around in circles.

Here are some TIPS if you want to do street sales.

1. Outline your strategy. Circling or stationed. A mix never works.
2. Come up with a super corny introduction. They never ask more. They usually donate to shake you off.
Ours was, "Goodafternoonmam/sirwearevolunteersfromthesingaporecancersocietyraisingfunds.wouldyouliketodonatebecausetheyreallyneedyourhelpalot.ifudonatemorethantwodollarsyougetacollarpinasatokenofappreciation
3. Avoid all rivals. Steer clear, mark your own territory, defend it with your life.
4. KS but don't get KSed.
5. Be persistent.
6. Get Jiahan to do puppy eyes.
7. Make an equivalent in Mandarin.
8. Aunties in groups usually bear fruit.
9. Punksters don't donate.
10. For petty change approach teenage/females in their early twenties.
11. Approach families to get rid of collar pins
12. Approach dating couples to get sizeable donations that won't let you get rid of collar pins (generosity...)
13. Smokers donate lots
14. Never say that you are selling, but rather it is a TOKEN OF APPRECIATION. Especially if you want to get rid of goods.
15. Repeat the 14 steps above.

Thats pretty it, let me narrate what happened in detail.

We marked out a HUGE area. Patrolling the area. We saw all sorts of things. We approached the same person 3 times and she donated twice. Some guy dismissed us, "All lies! Don't bluff me!" Really pissed me.

Somehow I wasn't really tired. Yakun Kaya's customers were really nice. They helped us out a lot.

We preyed on people eating food at hawker centres because money was placed on their tables. Hehe. They couldn't refuse, could they? Killeredge tactics, my boy.

Jiahan managed to charm a few aunties to topup their donations. I was just rambling on.

Went into Mac's but it was too slow so I came out after 10 minutes.

We slacked in the library. 10 minutes, but our conscience plagued us... (like real... )

Then we met up with WX and Marcus. Wahaha. We came up with this DEVIOUS SCHEME.

Liki: A
Jiahan=B
Marcus=C
WX=D

(ABCD go inside the lift.)
A: (starts soliciting donations)
B: (gets the cue, solicits too)

We got LOTS of donations because they were too embarrassed to turn us down in such a small space. So we went up and down in the same lift, profiting immensely. Typically 3 people. We would set upon them like HUNGRY VULTURES and bug them like mad. Incessant droning of people soon died the crowd. Then this really idiotic person came in.

Idiot: "Are you playing in the lift?"
B: Erm no we are raising funds.
A: Would you like to donate?
Idiot: No thanks, and this is not the place to donate! You are obstructing traffic! SCRAM!

What an idiot. The patients would thank us for it. How else to squeeze the cents out of NIAO singaporeans? True our school's reputation actually went down...

And we met an OLD BOY. They're everywhere. We got a substantial donation. HCI ALUMNI ROCKS.

Brilliant! We preyed bus queues too. There was this auntie with only five cent coins left in her wallet. Yet she eked out fifty cents. Compared to the relative affluence of the typical Singaporean... BE ZIBEI.

After it all we ate at BK. Kenji was being real sick. COME ON ALL I DID WAS DRINK A COKE WITH SIX STRAWS! He just HAD to think sick. And soon we were playing a dumb game. All the words had to end with -tion. And the theme was... innuendoes.

It got really raucous. The ruckus alarmed some decorum stickler behind them. She was shaking her heads. But we don't live our lives for decorum. We don't live them for rules. COME ON WE HAD JUST SUFFERED THE WHOLE MORNING.

Laughing, we went out and went HOME. Kenji went missing, Jiahan took the wrong train. Before that I had to battle the stupid notion of the toilet against delaying the train. I chose the toilet, because it wasn't really much of a choice.... it was SPLITTING.

Anyway I arrived at Tampines 15 minutes early. I went to check out computer accessories... so many things I want LOL.

1. A decent battery charger. (eyeing the $45 one... will have to save.)
2. A thumbdrive! (1gb/512... school is selling!)
3. Age of Empires 3 (i've got 1 and 2... checking out the sequel.)
4. Ghostsurf. (no explanation)
5. External harddrive (250gb.) (backup...)

I chalked this list up in like what, 10 minutes? Total expenditure expected=300 plus. Sigh, what I really need is the BC and the thumbdrive. The battery charger will justify continuing my 20 buck MP3's usage. Its 256 meg only... and it "eats" battery like god knows what. Consumption is terrible. Alkaline batteries simply don't fit the bill. Not to mention the batteries can be used for lots of stuff. Like torchlights, etc. etc. Burning disks too cumbersome. Imagining myself using diskettes.... KARPUEY.

*Cough*

Its remarkable how fast technology has improved. My old computer used to be 60 GB. Now 250 GB externals are available for a little more than a hundred. It would be possible to assemble a top notch computer easily I guess. If IT goes at this rate... in a few years this computer of mine would be obsolete. I've grown really attached to it. Especially after joining HCI. Before that I just used it for Maple. =/ I regret... I regret.

2L @ 6:00 PM
"Sorry also must exprain"
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Hello Uncle...Bah Chor Mee one. I want chilli plus tur Kwa plus can I watch your CCTV playback of Jeff Lopez...=D