Flyers galore

So after 2 days of chionging WoW... I am at lv 58. Rofl. That's 23 hours played... with RAF. And now after googling, apparently Athene did 1-70 in 26 hours WTF. How is that possible?? HAX!

Anyway gonna take a break now to just chill and chat with GF and BLOG. Because apparently my blog readership has doubled in the recent weeks (lol)  and so.. have to appease the masses eh.

Yesterday I went to torture myself work for 5 hours at Expo with Bestie.... GIVING OUT FLYERS. Omg. First time in my life. I would never take such a job normally but yea she asked me on Sat night and sounded quite desperate so I decided to help her (which proved to be a bad decision cos 1h after I agreed Gabs messaged me for basketball during the same time. >< DAMN)

Anyway, it was an interesting experience, as you get to see the different types of reactions people have. They are not necessarily from best to worst, I'm just writing what I can think of.

1) The nice kind souls
The best to have. When you stick out your hand with the fugly flyer, these are the people who already make eye contact you from a slight distance, and smile and some actually say 'Thank you'. Such nice people!

2) The nice but not kind souls
One step below 1), these people will smile and say 'Thank you' BUT they won't take the flyer!! Wth! So weird. Just help to take la, don't you know flyer distributors usually work on a quota.

3) The nice but not kind souls 0.5
One step below 2), these people will smile and gesture 'no' with their hands as they walk past. I'll usually smile sheepishly at these people like 'hey, just doing my job' kind of smile.

4) The kiasus
These are those who are always out for a discount or bargain or something - You can tell by the way their eyes light up when they see you giving out something. They will make eye contact from a distance - not with YOU, but with the FLYERS as they try to read how many percent off the flyer willl give them.
These are easy targets, they actually walk TOWARDS us so we don't even have to thrust the flyer towards them haha.
And bestie had a theory that many indians were like that. (SHE SAID IT NOT ME)... which was partially true.

5) The blind
These people suddenly become blind when they are within 5 minutes of us. Well maybe not blind, but it's like they put on blinders, so they have tunnel vision. They will totally ignore us and pretend we are non-existent and saunter past quickly. No eyecontact whatsoever.

6) The nonchalant, curious people
These people don't mind taking the flyer just to see what it is, but they don't mind not taking either. They continue in their normal walking path, but if you put the flyer in front of them, they'll just take it for fun. (I'm from this group! I'll always take the flyer then fold a heart then leave it somewhere/throw it away)

7) The ninjas
These people are hilarious. Me and chris(bestie) strategically positioned ourselves on the right and left of this walkway into expo, lined by pillars (from Expo MRT when you turn left and walk down the pathway into expo, that pathway)
So basically even if they try to avoid one side of the pathway to avoid one of us, they will be walking closer to the other one of us.
THEN these ninjas, they are SO afraid of us that they walk BEHIND the pillars to avoid us!
Let me draw a picture so you can understand:

The circles are the pillars, the arrows dictate the general traffic flow

So these ninjas, they are so adamant against taking a flyer from us, and so afraid of the.. shame? of pretending not to see us, so they try to be a ninja and walk on the outermost ends and sneak past us.

Like walao take one flyer will die meh. Very heavy ah one piece of paper. Dustbin just 10 metres away only.

Whenever I notice these people, I always purposely approach them to give a flyer. Like I'll pretend not to see them... then when they are almost past me.. I suddenly turn and step towards them and thrust out a flyer.
Think you can dodge me? GOTCHA.


Yup that's all I can think of. All in all, we were paid $75 :D Yea babeh, $15/h woot.

I don't quite understand why a flyer job would pay by hour though. It makes much more sense to pay by quota, meaning you give out xx number of flyers you get paid xx. Rather than by time... which means you can just go hide and slack and they also won't know.

NOT THAT WE DID, OF COURSE. WE WERE EXTREMELY HARDWORKING AND STOOD 5 HOURS STRAIGHT. ok thanks bye :D

A swirl of thoughts

I was having a conversation over Whatsapp with Jo-ann, a freshie from my Arts Camp OG, and she typed a long message to which I gave a short reply, and she asked why it was so short, and I said something like I actually have a lot to say but don't know how to express it.
To which she commented "Yea, you look like the kind of person who always has alot of thoughts in his mind" or something to that extent.

Indeed, I am experiencing that swirl of thoughts now. This swirl can be a gentle, mellow swirl which is simply me talking to myself. Then sometimes it swirls faster, and stronger, and it becomes a whirl. A whirl which seems to originate from more sources than 'me' and they're all talking to me at once. And I deflect them. I can't handle so many thoughts at once.

Some thoughts are totally illogical. Why do I feel _ over that? It's ridiculous. It's inappropriate. It's wild. It's madness.
It makes me want to just walk away. But I can't. I have committed. So all I can be is cryptic. And hope the swell goes down, and the whirl slows to a halt.

Another thing that has been weighing on my mind is - should I play WoW? I'm leaning so strongly towards 'Yes' now, and I'm already considering getting a 2nd account to hasten my leveling process.

But this game is not just a game. It's a vacuum. It sucks you in and keeps you there. I don't even know if I'll get to play end-game content which is probably the main reason why I am even starting up again. The leveling process is boring as hell, I've done it at least 10 times. Zzz.

I should go sleep now. Going to go for Psych camp (the last night basically) tomorrow to accompany the girlfriend, and probably won't get much sleep. Good night.

hi joann

Pre

I don't think I am a very good writer.

Wait what? Inferiority complex speaking?

Well, perhaps it's because I'm surrounded by really good writers; people who's writing I really admire and enjoy reading, such as mrbrown, weiqin (ahha yes I just did put your name next to mrbrown) etc. They have their own voice that they write with, and have their own unique and interesting style of writing.

I am a little different. I am a chameleon. I adapt to different styles that I like and adapt mine accordingly. This doesn't just apply to my writing, but also my behavior and mannerisms. It's almost subconscious but I am aware that I'm doing it. It's not an intentional decision to mimic, but I just do.

However, I'd like to believe that I have my own little distinct style. Just hidden amidst all the layers of mimicry, the layers of other people's styles, is my little gem of ME.

Ok that was a huge digression. Anyway I've had different people tell me that they enjoy reading my blog. I've no idea why. I don't think I'm particularly interesting or funny, but they tell me I am. Nonetheless, I appreciate these comments, and they add a little edge to the smile in my heart.
So I went back to read some of my blog posts to find out what was so interesting, and I realized something interesting.. like a prophecy that came true or something haha.

From a pre-Arts Camp entry:

"I am quite hyped and excited about meeting the freshies and all hehe. Hope they're a fun bunchhope I can click with at least some of them!"

1) Fun bunch? Understatement. They're mad! hahaha. Easily the most enthusiastic bunch of people I've met in camps so far. And crazy. and mad. And fun. :D I love the freshies (even if they don't love me D: ), and I hope they remain this close and this enthusiastic for a long time.

2) I don't know if I should consider it clicking, but I did get to bond with a certain few people. I'm really glad it turned out this way, even though this meant sacrificing bonding with the guys and getting alot of flak for it. Screw them. It's a tradeoff I don't regret taking. I hope these small group of people do end up being my good, close friends for a long time.

From the same entry:

"AND it would be a super duper mega ultra unlikely bonus if .... there was just ONE person who is into Starcraft 2 like me! Omg bff for the camp already just talk SC2 strategies the whole camp hahhaha."

I DID find ONE person in the OG who played SC2 - was even pretty good! Masters league! However, he had already stopped playing, and didn't intend to go back to the game. So it was like... finding a pot of gold but the pot is sealed and welded to the ground permanently.
Ok terrible analogy but you get the point. I hope.

"Still undecided if I should take leave on 20-22 to stay on at Arts Camp or just drop by at nights."

Did end up taking leave, and was the best decision I made. Can't imagine how different it would be if I had just dropped by at nights. Won't be able to forge as many bonds!
Actually in the day I didn't really get to talk/bond much. Cos the freshies play the games, not me ma. It's the nights that made the difference.


So prophesy aside, I'm looking ahead at the new semester. Yes, 'at' the new semester, that wasn't a grammatical (or prepositional, whatever it's called) mistake. I'm looking at how much time I have left before school starts, and what I should do with my time.

For a brief moment last night, I was hit by a sudden impulse (is 'sudden' rhetorical?) to play WoW again.
(You can click this link to see my awesome journey through WoW. And how I earned $750 from it)
I really did love the game, and only stopped because school was starting.

I was even contemplating quitting my job so that I can focus on WoW for this month and at least hit end-game content and raid abit =X

But after some consideration, I managed to repress this urge and I think I won't be starting again! It better not swell up and overwhelm me again.


Ok, this blog post ended up much longer than it should be. If you wondered why the title was 'pre', it's because I was talking about 2 pre- things - precamp and preschoolstart. Haha. Till next time, my friends. (I'm assuming you are my friend hence you're reading this. If you're not I've no idea why you're reading this. Are you that bored? There are nicer things to read like www.cracked.com check it out yo)