along the cobbled sidewalks of life

Sunday, May 23, 2010

900th post.

time for a hiatus.

whimsical nonsense @ 12:10 AM

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Friday, May 14, 2010

i had a rather interesting experience today.

while making my way to the bus interchange at boon lay, i saw a lady who seem a little too dressed up to be outside jurong point. she wore a nice dress, had heels on and some make up.
because of her dressing, it made her conspicuous among the crowd of school-uniform clad teenagers and folks in casual wear.

needless to say i noticed her and my first thought was, "i have a feeling she's trying to sell something. for one she's more or less standing around, walking a little rather than brisk walking in a particular direction like everyone else. another thing, she's relatively good looking at a glance, wearing clothes to enhance her image and statistics/experiments have shown that people are more likely to stop and listen to a salesperson on the street if they are attractive."

well, she did approach me. no surprises there. (no it's not because i'm attractive but because she's a salesperson) i initially declined, like i always do along with 99% of the human population. she said it wouldn't take long, all she needed was for me to do a survey. and i decided, what the heck alright. i'm not in some hurry anyway.

i know i'm a sucker. i know i probably wouldn't have relented if she was less, well, to put it diplomatically less conspicuous.

i did the survey. it turned out to be some financial/insurance/i have no idea what it is thingy. she asked if i knew about this programme by unnamed company (it doesn't seem right to name names haha) and i said no. wrong move. she launched into explaining it.

on hindsight it wasn't that bad. although it was in my opinion totally irrelevant since i'm only 19 and don't really have the financial independence as working adults, hence why would i simply say i'm interested in such a programme just like that? but oh well.

it was interesting in that i learnt quite a bit. the way you have to practise and know your stuff at the tip of your fingertips. using the example of how much i save in one month, she worked around that figure to explain the benefits of the programme she's selling. making calculations so fast i believe she already knew the answer beforehand. although i must admit some of her calculations seem a little dodgy and perhaps even wrong. but i have no confidence in my math right now haha. she was fluent in her talking, didn't really pause to recall certain things and appeared confident. i really don't think i'd be able to do that to complete strangers who usually reserve a look of disdain for such salespeople. having talked about her well-rehearsed pitch, it must be noted that she wasn't simply rattling off lines practised a million times, she did try to engage me in a bit of conversation, asking questions to find out more about what i do etc. which i presume would help her in putting forth a more specific and hopefully effective sales pitch.

i have no idea why i'm talking about this but it just seemed rather interesting. it did help me realise the vast variety of things one can and should think about when you're a working adult with finances to handle. finances that would determine what kind of life you would/can live in your 40s, 50s and retirement. and it would have an added importance if you had a family to take care, along with ageing parents.

i'm not ready to grow up.
but i can't wait for 2012 to come.
today was just one of those days where things didn't really quite fall into place.

whimsical nonsense @ 12:45 AM

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Wednesday, May 05, 2010

so i watched shutter island last night. at a time that placed me in grave danger. it was unfortunately necessary since iron man 2 and ip man 2 are seriously crowding out the theatres and screen times.

what an interesting show. intriguing to say the least.
emotionally charged and mentally stimulating.
scorsese (i hope i spelt that right) takes you for a ride.

on a completely random note, i watched 3 episodes of ninja warrior straight.
it's been a long time since i watched ninja warrior.
even longer since i saw the familiar faces i came to know and hm, love?
i found out how much i miss it.
how much i miss the inspiration to exercise and get that kind of body.

i feel inspired once again.
but deep down i know the laziness inside of me will conquer all.
except greed.

oh the unfortunate nature of it all!

whimsical nonsense @ 9:43 PM

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Sunday, May 02, 2010

i hate how i cannot write straight.

whimsical nonsense @ 10:52 PM

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Saturday, May 01, 2010

i find jigsaw puzzles immensely profound. i learnt so much just by starting on one today.

well meeting up with the crazy one was fun. as always. arguably the most amusing person i know. vjc drama night was a rather eye-opening interesting experience. sometimes i wish i studied in vjc. but most of the time i'm proud to be an acsian.

lately i find myself increasingly intrigued by the idea that life is a terminal disease.

i like the idea.
i really do.

whimsical nonsense @ 2:00 AM

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