Busy, busy, busy...

These few days have been rather busy. But as strange as it sounds, I'm very much enjoying it.

That's because I've been busy with things that I enjoy doing. You seriously think I'm busy with school? Man, get a life lah!

Then comes Monday, the first episode of Campus Superstar. It's a live studio recording and I'll be there! Supporting my cousin who got into the top 20. So fantastic, right? That's why these few days I was busy. Busy doing up placards for her.

And you know, since I've already overhyped my hair-cut, made it such a huge deal and all, I figured that more of talking about it wouldn't really make any difference. So this new haircut of mine is truly amazing. I look so much younger (not that I'm old) and vibrant. It kinda leaves my face in an ethereal glow. It leaves you to wonder, "There are such hip angels up in the heavens?!"

Then my cousin, the one who got into Campus Superstar, said that I looked like the guy in the Gatsby ad. That's not bad, but if you fall back on the fact that I'm an anti-Gatsby kinda person, it actually sums up quite badly. Furthermore, Gatsby = Typical Japanese Hairstyle (TJH). I'm anti-Gatsby, meaning to say I'm also anti-TJH.

Typical Japanese Hairstyles are so boring! When I went for my haircut, I was shown a catalogue full of TJHs and I didn't bother flipping through at all. Then my haircutter (what the people at "It's Hairy!" call themselves) kinda used one of those TJH as a guide to cut my hair. But of course, I was feeling so great about it that my hair didn't turn out like a TJH. I got my "WHAM!" hairstyle instead of the "ho-hum," TJH. Life is good... =D

Yesterday, I paid my maiden visit to the Sungei Road Flea Market. The stuff there are like antiques! I couldn't believe my eyes. However, I didn't really get to find really fabulous steals because I suppose I was there too early and the 'stalls' were not set up yet.

Anyways, I was looking for a VCD player. What an absurd shopping list, right? Just say it's for a school project. So we kinda found a S$15 one from a vendor. But didn't know whether the player worked. So after a really really long deliberation, we didn't buy it and decided to head to Cash Converters instead. That's where we got a really rude shock.

This guy working at the Bedok branch of Cash Converters was so rude! He didn't give a damn when we talked to him. When asked to test the VCD player, he gave the most let-down wuss-ified facial expression! He couldn't even bothered to serve us! Just to present contrast, we go back to the Sungei Road Flea Market stall where I found the S$15 player.

The elderly uncle was keen on serving us, giving us other suggestions and all. Very nice and friendly. When we left after that long deliberation, he still called out to us if we wanted it. Well, I must say, pretty good customer service.

And you put Cash Converters and Sungei Rd Flea Market side by side. Both sell second hand goods. But I feel the people at the Flea Market take more pride in what they do. The guy at Cash Converters gives me the impression that he is really ashamed of his job. It's as though he sees himself as a let-down to his ancestors of long long ago. Such a shame.

An elderly garang guni man has better customer service than a well-clothed stable-incomed young man.