What have I been doing lately?

Hewow..(sebut sambil buat muka bajet comel sanGGatt) Long time no see. I've been very busy lately with my work and project so kemalasan untuk memblog melanda diri sepanjang hujung tahun 2011. Sorry for neglecting my blog, I really wanted to get back into the system of blogging much more frequently.

There is so much things to do with so little time. My hobbies are almost suspended - no time for 'weh, aku kat mamak ni, jom la ngeteh, no time for liburan, no time for scrap booking, not even sempat nonton wayang sambil kunyah popcorn dalam panggung!

I realize I haven’t been blogging a lot about what I’ve been up to in the last few months so thought I’d better get a post out and share some of those things with you guys.

And now... presenting SOMETHING SPECTACULAR!!! (sila buat munyi drum roll sendiri)

We’re pretty new on the scene – just opened in November 2011. Received amazing feedback from our customers. THANK YOU! YOU GUYS 'ROX'!!!

Moving into our third month of business we will continue to grow, not only in our inventory, but mature as a business as we accept advice from our customers and move forward in our personal goals for the business.

Now I'm back with gaya rambut beropol lebih beralun serta muka persis bak 'angelic look' disulami 'jururawat' atas kening with that big nose!!! (haih)

Nota pendek: Jangan terpedaya, itu hanya ilusi semata-mata disebabkan lighting dan muka sembab baru bangun tido.

Handphone Dilemma

I need new phone. Phone lama dah tahap kronik. Kalau call or text tak sampai berapa minit dah ter-off sendiri. Serious - tak tipu. Phone lama boleh masuk category campak laut atau lebih afdal nampak hanjing gila tepi jalan boleh je baling buat self protection.

HTC Desire? Samsung Galaxy S2? Blackberry Torch? iPhone 4? Dasat tak wish list I? Insert semua phone dasat-dasat belaka mahal tahap: anak adun atau anak menteri menang undi je mampu beli.

Mengakala itu, haruslah berangan dulu talipon mana yang patut dibeli (memang saja tempah maut pilih nak yang best aje tapi budget nan ado) Bila dah habis berangan, barulah terjah Low Yat Plaza bagi upacara mencampakkan duit membeli talipon. Gitula kaedahnya..

Dark Chocolate

Sesi melantak jajan di dalam kereta berjaya dilaksanakan kurang dari 5 minit. Habis 1 papan ceklat ni tak sempat simpan buat bekalan di hari tua. Sungguh tamak haloba.

Operasi terjah Ikea

Kecintaan terhadap kerjaya yang melampau kerana hari ini task terbaru dari En Boss adalah membuat laporan serta sesi survey di Ikea, gedung perabot kesukaan ramai.

Objective:

1- Cari display unit (shelf dan kabinet)
2- Color pilihan: white, red and black

Custom made furniture are much more expensive but the best thing about custom furniture is that, you can choose the material, design and style according to your concept. Untuk lebih penjimatan seperti I yang cost-conscious ini, Ikea adalah salah satu jalan penyelesaian. You will find a great selection of furniture and decoration with affordable price from Ikea. Mari survey, mari-mari...

Untuk menjimatkan budget, sila cari perabot yang gah di mata tapi harga di tahap - 'owh, cukup duit ni kalau nak beli' sambil check dalam purse duit ada berapa hengget.

Tolong check perabot itu muat atau tidak untuk dimasukkan ke dalam kedai. Kalau beli sebab cantik tapi tak muat masuk kedai apa kejadahnya gatal nak beli jugak. Bila tak muat, En Boss akan cakap - 'Has, kau junjung je lah perabot tu atas kepala kau'. Dammit

Buat gallery macam rumah sendiri. Jemput duduk sila rasa sofa empuk ke tidak. Hagak-hagak tak cukup empuk, boleh je hempuk sofa tu kat dinding sambil cakap kat Ikea Sales Associate - 'I don't like it. Not fluffy enough' - sedangkan dalam hati kau menyumpah-nyumpah empuk sungguh sofa ituww tapi harganya lagila empuk tak terkata. Wtf

Sila ikut concept. Jangan main redah je. Kalau kedai kau kaler merah concept modern contemporary, pastu kau beli rak kaler hijau neon concept zaman purba kala, nescaya memang kau berpotensi di berentikan kerja serta-merta.

Buat calculation and measure apa yang patut. Tolong pakai measuring tape, bukan pembaris kontot yang dipakai sewaktu zaman sekolah dulu-dulu.

Cik trainee "terlampau"

What a coincident. Al-kisah I met 1 of my ex-instructor from MAS haritu. Macam tak percaya jejak kasih berlangsung di dalam tandas perempuan disulami dengan bau-bauan harum tak terperi di dalam tandas tersebut.

To Puan A, I wanted to let you know that I had so much fun in your class and I love your bubbly personality. You put loads of effort into making the course interesting, worthwhile, and entertaining. If you read this, sila imbas kembali zaman ke-gonjengan saya ketika menuntut ilmu bersama anda sewaktu bertugas di Sistem Penerbagan Malaysia dahulu kala.

Perkara wajib bila ber'tapa ilmu bersama Puan A a.k.a Mak tiri:
+ Selalu kena baca announcement betul-betul. Tempah nahas dari mak tiri kalau kau baca maha lembab, terkial-kial macam siput sedut.
+ Pronunciation salah je, maka makan azab la kau dengan beliau.
+ Kuku harus kontot. Jangan nak berangan diva berfrench nails atau kuku siap corak belang rimau bagai.
+ Make-up perlu berkilo-kilo. Dapat student macam I, malas "terlampau" macam harammm nak pakai lipstick, nescaya memang mintak kena maki (I yang suka bagi alasan mengong) - 'Puan A, bibir I tebal la, nescaya pakai lipstick nampak benor buroknye'- Ada ke dia kesahhh bibir kau tebal macam nigger? Ada?? Ada??

p/s: Puan A, you really made my day :)

Why I heart my job so much Part 2

Yes it's me again to update the 2nd part of the story why I 'heart' my job so much. This entry will explain what is our next action to be taken to open a retail shop.

Opening up a clothing store has become a huge trend in the world of business. Setting up a retail clothing business is much like any other businesses, it must undergo extensive planning, preparation, and self motivation for the business to grow in success.

Keeping a positive mindset is very helpful and experience plays a role in this line of business or any kind of business. Experience is important too but by doing some research at least we are ready to face the subsequent in the future and will allow us to learn from trial and error.

+ First of all, find the right place and make sure do some research about the mall. Start-up costs can be high, especially if the space to rent is in a prime location - checked

+ Discuss with the management about rental, payment methods, mall terms and conditions, size of the space/shop and etc - done

+ Estimate overall costs and financial resources and to note down all the expenses - done

+ To hire a contractor to construct the display unit and to make customizations to fit the specific needs to the shop - done

+ To purchase furniture and small decoration to make the interior of the shop attractive, fun and easy to grab more attention of customer - done

+ To choose the right fabric and design. Get 3 - 4 quotations from wholesaler and to discuss the costs and additional fees - done

Trust me you really don’t have to become a specialist just to start a retail clothing business. All you need to do is to do some research about what’s happening in the word of fashion clothing. Please do ask around, you’ll be surprised on the amount of knowledge that these urban people have about clothes.

This is the reasons why I 'heart' my job so much:
+ It's different every day and it provides me with the opportunity to be creative and to try new things
+ To meet new people
+ Work on projects given by En Boss
+ Continually stretch myself in doing things I'm not always comfortable doing - so it is still remains challenging :)
 

 

Why I 'heart' my job so much Part 1

Before:

I had a wonderful job before. I had flexibility, an understanding boss, and salary yang agak boleh tahan best. I loved my job and I'm not going to lie.

Cakap pasal duit - Yes, money can buy you things, nice things - tipu, kalau kau kerja macam nak rak and dapat duit lebih extravaganza lepas tu cakap tak suka. Heh! Tak bersyukur langsung.

However, the cliche is true – money cannot buy you happiness, and having it doesn’t mean that you are a successful person - tipu jugak kalau kau boleh shopping sakan beli baju macam beli ikan kembung kat pasar but bila kau balik rumah kau rasa macam loser sebab kerja yang kau buat tu almost kerja yang sama and end up rasa bosan ya amat, hanya tuhan je yang tau kebosanan yang kau alami.

The most drastic issue yang membuatkan absolutely has ini berhenti kerja sebab 1 of the directors in the company assigned me to do a job which is not under my scope and yang lagi best that job is not in the agreement. This guy sangatlah annoying plus with his attitude yang suka janji macam-macam dan akhirnya janji beliau seperi tanam tebu di tepi bibir. So I quit.

After:

Few weeks setelah bosan buat the same routine almost every day: tengok tv-makan-tidur, I decided to join a flea market selling clothes with my friend. Why we join this kind of market to promote our stuff? This is my answer. A flea market is 1 of the best places in the world to see how people respond to your stuff. We've seen hundreds of people go on to use this as a platform to do what they really want to do. After several time, we got a better sense of how to build our business and we are very fortunate because, being at the flea market, we face to face with the customers and what they liked, who they were, and also they told us what they would like to buy.

funny tee's is my world now. woot woot !!

Now:

Here I am from penjual tegar di flea market and now planning to open our 1st store setelah mendapat good feedback from our loyal customer yang memang suka tahap meroyan bila dapat tahu we are doing a set up for our shop soon yang akan beroperasi di sekitar kawasan wangsa maju. Excited yang tak dapat dibendung sambil hidung kembang kuncup - sila jangan bayangkan - burok rupanya okeh.

Pasal tu la kitaorang beria-ria macam nak rak join flea market just to experience seronok ke berniaga sebab customer memang banyak songeh and sangat la suka merequest benda-benda yang tak boleh blah dan contoh adalah seperti berikut:

'Eh kenapa tshirt you takde kaler kelabu asap'? - harus ke kau mintak kaler sebegitu wahai Cik Markonah???


'Ala....(sambil buat muka manja) I nak tshirt gambar flamingo, tak nak la gambar binatang ni..tak comel la' - kenapa gambar flamingo jugak yang kau carik, kenapa tak cari gambar singa laut atau tapir jerr???

'Has next time buat tshirt ni besar sikit eh, tak muatla nak masuk badan i' - iyee...nanti you pun jangan lupa balik rumah terus diet yea sebab kalau I buat tshirt size XXXX L tapi still you tak muat tak guna jugak kan.

Dan soalan paling tinggi rankingnya adalah:

Suka la baju-baju ni. Ni beli 3 ni bagi la discount. I 1st customer you untuk hari ni kan? Lagipun tengah bulan la, so duit tak berapa nak ade' - 1st customer untuk hari ini yea?? Kalau dah datang beli pukul 5 petang dah sah-sah la kau tu customer yang ke 89 orang. Harus ke di discountkan tshirt-tshirt itu semata-mata beli 3 helai tapi kalau shopping sakan kat Pavilion, tangan kau laju je rembat 5, 6 helai baju yang sah-sah tak boleh mintak discount sambil bayar kat counter buat muka tiada sesalan tanpa memikirkan cukup ke duit untuk hujung bulan nak bayar yuran kelas menjahit langsir, tupper wear yang sudah di order melalui web sesawang serta gas dapur yang harus diganti hanya cukup untuk goreng telur sebijik. Hadooooooiiiiii..boleh kena demam malaria aku macam ni tau.