Friday, July 08, 2005
I got poached at work today. is poached the right word to use? i vaguely remember that it is, but now i'm not so sure, cos i visited www.dictionary.reference.com and it says:
1)To trespass on another's property in order to take fish or game.
2)To take fish or game in a forbidden area.
3)To become muddy or broken up from being trampled. Used of land.
4)To sink into soft earth when walking.
5)a.To take or appropriate something unfairly or illegally.
b.Sports. To play a ball out of turn or in another's territory, as in doubles tennis.
So that means i'm the fish isit?
Anyway it all took place in the toilet. i was taking my usual toilet break (i go once every hour to slack there). i was at the sink with this woman i've never seen before. could see that she was dressed very well, but not exactly office wear.
She was washing her hands when she suddenly turned to me and said:"i heard there's a peeping tom here ah."
Me:" wow. really? that's new to me."
Her:" ya that's why they now require a key to get in here."
Me thinking peeping toms in female toilets of an office building? how? i don't understand... almost all office toilets need keys wat :" er ok... you work next door isit?"
And it got her started on how wonderful is her job and the products that she's selling. according to her, they are so wonderful that you wouldn't believe it until you've seen it.
Wah. so wonderful how come i haven't heard of it. you earning big bucks?
Then she went on further to ask me to work for the company. promote their products and courses. " let's make a tentative appoinment now to talk about this shall we?" she says.
"Oh it's great that you are working as a telemarketer now! you now already have a huge pool of contacts which you could bring over to our company!" she whispers.
Erm... you mean steal my current company's database and handover to YOUR company? is this even legal? why are you WHISPERING??
Ok let me get this right. i'm currently working in the direct marketing section now, and this person working next door deals with MLM (multi-level marketing). she's asking me to work for HER company, bringing in MY current company's database.
Is that how the real world functions all the time?
I'm not certain if this was what she meant. afterall, she did not try to entice me with all the lush benefits i could reap. she kinda forced me to make TENTATIVE appointment with her though.
Plus, i heard that for MLM, for every person you manage to rope in to work for the company, you get some kind of commission, hence her persistence...
Sanny says this kind could be cheat money. they might ask you to surrendar some of your hard-earned money in order to earn more money. haha... good to know more though. i'll definitely never ever invest my $$$ earned by sweat & blood to do something i absolutely have no confidence in doing well ie sales.
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Watched Initial D today. i totally had no idea what's DRIFTING before i watched the movie. i thought it's like when a car speeds across a valley, it floats in the air for a while and that would be DRIFTING. makes sense.
I had no interest nor knowledge in street cars or car racing at all. i watched it cos got JAY CHOU, just like why most people watched it.
Highly interesting movie. the racing scenes were very exciting, although you can always predict that he'll win everytime. 99% of the cast acted as some cool dude (with exception of the girl who acted cute). the rapport between the cast was hilarious.
I dunno what's jay acting. he's really not acting at all. everything you heard about him just being himself? it's true. he stones 90% of his scenes. talk about an easy job.
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I finally got accepted into kent ridge hall! yippe! i'm so happy... after everything that i've gone through...
I hereby swear that i WILL NOT go clubbing all the time. WILL NOT NOT attend lectures and fail my modules like so many of the horror stories that i've heard.
I WILL be a mugger. i WILL do well. i know i've said that throughout my entire j2 year but hey i did become a mugger nearing the end. although i now know that's way insufficient. i've tasted failure and learnt my lesson!
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