Quote of the Day

This is for all you ladies (and guys!) out there!!

'A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man should have to seek Him first to find her.'

UNREASONABLE CUSTOMERS

WARNING: This is gonna be a ramble, I'm not happy right now. I just want to vent. I might seem unreasonable myself. I am. But I'm still frustrated so yah. Need to cool down.

For those who don't know, I work at an alteration store as the cashier attendant. And as the cashier attendant I get the blunt force of customers' complaints and tantrums (mostly). Either that or I have to cope with their unhappiness of their $200+pantswhichtheyclaimwespoilt.

Anyway, this totally unreasonable lady comes in and says that she wants to shorten a pair of slacks. So I told her to go into the change room, reassuring her that I'll be there shortly. So I did my job; pinned the leg to the length she wanted (she was quite finicky about the right length) but her requests then were reasonable enough. I put up with her demands, I don't mind, because it is my job to get the right length the customer wants.

1 hour later, she comes back, goes into the the change room to try on the newly shortened pants. Comes back out a few minutes later quite a while later (all the while holding up other customers who need to use the change room) and shows me and the tailor a piece of string (part of the fabric of her pants) that has somehow materialized from the fabric of her pants (not the from the seams, the fabric). So she asks the tailor to fix it up-*by fix up, we normally just cut the string off.*- But NO. She insisted that someone painstakingly sew this single piece of string back into the the fabric. So the tailor (poor her...) struggles to push the string through the needle (she's aged, cannot see very well). Anyway, she asks me to help her, I do...and finally. finally. managed to put the sting through. Okay job done, sewed it back in. Time to get her to pay.

I go up to the counter, she inspects the pants; eyes the tiny spot where the needle had gone in (to fix her recalcitrant string). I look at her face. Not a happy face. She turns and says "Look, I'm not happy with this. I'm just not happy with the job you've done." I shrug. We did our job properly and professionally- which was to shorten the pants.

She continues on, "It's RUINED; my pants are ruined!"

"It's not, you can still wear them. Besides, no one will notice anyway," I answered coolly.

"Well, I am not going to pay for this," she retorts. "Do you know how much I bought this pants for? $200. And you've ruined it."

"It's not our fault, the tailor only altered the part they were suppose to alter, no one touched your pants anywhere else." Gee this client is getting unreasonable I thought.

She pushes on, "I want a discount."

"Sure, I'll give you a discount. $12 (was originally $13 to shorten pants). Best I can do."

I wait as she takes out her purse. A $10 dollar note appeared, I waited longer. Nothing. I piped up, "There's another $2..."

"I am only going to pay $10," she stated.

"But it's $12...(this. woman. is. too. unreasonable. they. need. to. earn.a. living. too. if. you. can. afford. a. $200. pants. why. can't. you. pay. another. $2??!?!)..."

"I am only going to pay $10."

"I'm not allowed to do that," I replied. "You'll have to ask the tailors."

She turns to one of the tailors and says (not asks) "I am going to pay $10 for this." The tailor reluctantly agreed. Actually, had no choice but to agree.

*$#@&$*#&&^!@&#@* (not swear words, just plain frustration)


I really really really dislike people who do anything to not pay full price. Lie, cheat, threaten, force.

But I guess this is not too bad...other customers are worse, they demand you pay the full price of whatever they claimed we spoiled. SIGH. SIGH. SIGH.


End venting.

Deakin

I don't know how I'm gonna survive another 11 weeks of uni. I'm already tired out every single day. I'm stressed. I've already accumulated so many readings and exercises (and the second week's not even over yet!)

I'm falling asleep in most my lectures; especially those that start ridiculously at 8am (means I have to get up at 6 and leave home by 7. I even bought Warheads and they don't do anything but burn the taste buds off my tongue. And as I sit here typing this my eyes are drooping (only 7:45pm btw) I sleep at around 11!

Today I had a 3hr lab practical - something about chemical reactions and the colour of salts etc etc. Then I have to work out how to do balanced ionic equations when I have NO CHEMISTRY experience whatsoever ('cept the first few months of F4 which I didn't even concentrate in; never did my homework; bummed around; gee I was such a slacker then. D:)

I guess I have even more memorizing to do. I went and bought my lab coat today - cost $25. Money comes in one hand and out the other. Sigh. And I've noticed that I'm attracted to junk food wen I'm stressed. Which is very very very bad. God help me.

On a happier note, I met another fellow Malaysian!! YAY!!! She goes to 2 of my lectures and she's from Penang and she's doing Nursing and she's unluckier than me because she lives so far that it takes her 1hr 30mins to get to campus. But then my friend told me she knows someone who has to travel 2hrs to get to campus (one way) Wow wow wow wow wow. I'm really lucky...only takes me 30mins (from Knox bus station) to get to Deakin if I don't have to wait for the bus/tram and dad/mum normally leave me at the bus terminal (only 5 mins by car or another 20mins if I walk). Yeah. Mark takes about 1hr. So don't be surprised guys. It's perfectly normal to expect between 40-1hr travelling by public transport to ANYWHERE.

Later I have to organize for "Friends Night" (this special event for JMYF this Sat)...choosing songs...preparing my presentation...games...transport...AJSIOJSIOAJDIOJJQIOIephdbckjaxmcn...and not to mention a committee meeting this Sunday. :( :( :(

AND WHY IS PRINTING SO EXP (Msia only RM0.05!!!) Here is twice that! and the currency's bigger!!


Okay. Enough ramblings now. Night.

Interesting videos you should watch

Oh yes, very creative title I came up with today (thank you...thank you...thank you... *bows*)

The first is of a Korean Christian dance group. They danced to the song of "We are the Reason"
They are so good and popping and locking. WATCH IT!

We will be performing a mime/dance during the Easter service and our choreographer will be using some of the moves in this dance as well.

Good eh?!

Alright, next video is by a famous American preacher - Louie Giglio. This particular video corresponds quite well with Colossians 1:15-17

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

God is so amazing

Uni Start

I officially started attending lectures at Deakin University today. My timetable for Mondays is packed full with 3 lectures and a practical (below).

But I thank God that I only need to be on campus Mon-Thurs; Friday I have no classes- YAY!

This morning I had my first lecture of unit HBS107 aka "Understanding Health". It was particularly interesting not because of the content itself but because of the 3-way video conference the lecturers used so that all HBS107 students from Burwood (the one I'm at), Geelong (it's far from Melbourne city, about 2 hours drive...also where the Adventure Park we went to is situated) and Warrnumbul (I don't really know where this is but I guarantee it's someplace rural) can see and hear each other. They (the lecturers) decided to do it's first trial today so that in the future the lecturers across all 3 campuses get to do their presentations. It saves time I guess. We got to see the many students from the different campuses (and their lecturers) so that was fun. Other than that the first lecture was just the basics - the determinants of health, how the media shapes our perception of health etc. Boring really. But compulsory for any student doing any health related subjects (like biomedicine, dentistry, nursing etc...)

After that was a real short break (maybe 10-15mins?) before the next lecture which goes on for about 2 hours (ugh). But that was okay because it's Psychology! Or rather, "Introduction to Psychology A"! The lecture was held as a symposium; a meeting or conference for discussion
of a topic, especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations. Basically we have several lecturers (each with their area of expertise) and they give their presentations in turn to us (the audience). A new way for me to attend lectures...it was okay. The first speaker (Dr Adam Rock) is a really funny guy; he's a bit unpredictable, very witty in his presentations and overall enjoyable to hear (should have more people like him) So he talked on Freudian Psychoanalysis (crazy theories on why people do what they do...). I liked the 'id', 'ego' and 'alterego' part.

Next speaker presented on 'Behaviourism' which unlike psychoanalysis which dwells into the unconsciousness of the human mind; behaviourists claims that behaviours are carried out by people because of a certain stimulus. Stimulus = Response. In comes classical and operant conditioning. Blah blah...then some critics which lead to another approach to determine human behaviour which is the 'humanist approach' which states that generally people are good and they do bad things because of conflicts between a person's self-concept and their experience. Please don't ask me to explain; it's rather hard...sry! Uh...what else..oh..and the fourth approach is the 'Cognitive Approach' which emphasises the use of mental processes in determining human behaviour.

I'm surprised I remember that much...but yeah...according to research, it's good to teach others what you've learnt because then you'll understand it better yourself and in turn remember better as well. So that's why I'm rewriting out what we went through...thanks for reading...haha...I bet you don't understand half of what I was on about. Nevermind.

Okay....then I had lunch...a simple cheese and tomato croissant - $5 gone. Bye. I really need to get a better job...I'm running out of money already!

then at 1 I had my HBS109 lecture (Anatomy and Physiology) *cringe* thick textbook weighing easily more than 3kg. Anyway we went through 11 physiology systems of the human body...a bit like stuff we learnt in science Form 3. We also went through anatomical terms *palmhead* I have a lot of memorising to do~~

Tomorrow I have a lecture at 8 in the morning! Have to wake up at like....6 to get ready! Arhghghahhfwihfa. But good thing is I get to go home at 10~! Yay.

Okay..it's pretty late so I'd better go sleep now....I still haven't read through my textbook for tomorrow's lecture... D: AND I ALSO NEED TO GET A LAB COAT AND SAFETY GLASSES. UGH.

Grace out.

That is just several of the many many buildings of Deakin Burwood campus.

I am a uni student...I feel old...D:

I'll try to upload more photos when I get a chance to explore more...but I have to get my camera fixed first...the lens won't close in properly because I think there's sand in it. I don't know what to do!! Any advice?!

A Blue Thought

It's interesting how the by-products --after eating blue candy floss --turns blue as well.

Food for thought. :D

Quote of the Day

"Beware of health books. You might die of a misprint"
- Mark Twain