17-19 Sept 2007... SK-II & Me
It has been quite an exhilarating experience working as a professional beauty consultant for cosmetics brands, especially one like SK-II which has an upmarket value attached to it.
For the short 5 days assignment at one of its counter in OG People's Park, we get to see so many different faces of the society and it's definitely an eye-opener for me :)
People ranging from all walks of life visited the counter to find all sorts of skincare solutions, in hope that this raving brand would provide miraculous effects as like what the top selling Facial Treatment Essence (aka Miracle Water or 神奇水) claims.
For the past 3 days, I saw...
a lot of china mistresses coming to our counter to 'ka' their ah peks of their CPF $,
dotting and sweet foreign hubbies buying products for their wife back home,
young china girls carrying LVs and spent $ like as if $1k is nothing,
hubby who swear and curse the products for being expensive,
hubbies who are very adventurous and wanting to try out our products,
tai-tai-s who are grade 10 VP just went for cosmetic lazer and looking like lobster but still come shopping,
ladies who have skin allergies insisted that our powder does not give good coverage when her skin needed most rest and not converage,
a friendly out-paitent from IMH who always come to OG to wave to all of us and bring us 4D & Toto result slips,
old security guards who are really oh-so-idiotic and the youngest among all styling his hair very nicely everyday,
super unfriendly cashiers who are always grumpy or only being nice to selective people,
pretty cosmetic counter ladies who are really friendly and talked about anything under the sun
large ceiling-floor glass panel just shattered under bright day light
and off course the list just go on and on...So, the 8 hrs shift everyday is filled with endless interesting encounters and time passes fairly quickly too:)
I really enjoyed myself being a counter staff and even told everyone that time passes so much faster than teaching tuition. Dread the 2 X 1.5hrs lesson each week.
May consider doing this as my part-time job and give up on tuition but mum says I would feel dead tired after a draining week at week and working on the Sunday too. *contemplating*
But you know working at People's Park is so good as we get to eat a wide variety of food and the complex right next to OG is a mini shopping heaven! While the clothes there are not exactly very cheap but I was so darn lucky;D
I always like to go to a button shop at the third floor of PP Complex as they sell a wide variety of those craft/sewing materials.
On Tuesday dinner break, I had to shop around to help sis to look for her Olay Regenerist serum and thus chance upon that particular buttons shop which I made a small purchase before visiting the fashion shop next door.
The auntie in the fashion shop immediately recognize my SK-II outfit and asked if I knew this particular colleague which I did!;D
(Btw, there were three of us working together for the 3days, this is another girl, not BVP which I talked about earlier.)
So, the skirt which caught my attention and which I really want to buy after trying on got an immediately slash in price *super ultra happy* a cheap steal at $30 which was originally selling $42.
Back at work after dinner, I told that particular colleague about my encounter and only then she revealed that the button shop is owned by her father! What an coincidence!!!
Coincidentally, the same colleague has also previously worked in my upcoming workplace when she's a teen! She told me quite a bit on the culture of the workplace and I'm pretty excited on what my new job will hold as she says time passes very quickly there too;)
The world is so small after all! Just as I though we were complete strangers, we aren't that foreign to each other too.
Oh and one more thing! U know, OG staff and counter assistants working in OG are entitled to 20% storewide discount!!! I helped mum to buy her SK-II & Shiseido skincare products which all in all save her a whopping $70!!! Those girls were so nice, gave us a lot of samples too!
On Monday, dear linnet and Caiyun also came to drop by for makan with me which I was so happy since I need not eat dinner alone;D
Yesterday, Lihui also met me over dinner to pass me the lip balm and lip gloss from
Majolica Majorca, a subsidiary cosmetic line of Shiseido which is not found in Singapore. She got her friend living in Japan to help us purchase these few products *nice* ;)
Just as I'm tying this entry, I went off to try out these products:D
Strangely, the lip balm smells like a type of leaves that my mum likes to add into the cooking of Hakka traditional dish called 雷茶. Luckily I'm already used to the smell of it plus it feels just right on the lips, not too sticky nor oily. It's sooooo nice when using both together!
Thanks girl for introducing it to me!;D
So, my 6 days with SK-II is a really fun and interesting one and oh btw, if you are wondering...
My 3 days working with her has been a breeze after I changed my opinion on her:) After all, She's just a VP who is still young in her late teens and need more time to grow into a nice and fine lady. She has been introducing me to online sprees too;D Thanks to her!
& guess what? I added her on my msn! haha. So that's to say I won't be posting up any links on my msn nick regarding my blog in case she sees those BVP & VP entries. Shhhsssshhhhh!
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To end off this entry, just some pictures from last week's dinner at Manhattan:)
Grilled fish and Veggies
Fish and Chips
Me!
With my all tied up hair for SK-II counter image:)
