europe: update

Seriouslyy... the more you plan, the more it seems like things Just don't work out.

like the once upon KL trip with Friend A, & she blown me away to go KOREA with her sis-business trip.

& again with Friend A, we were planning to go GREECE & discussing which airline to take, & suddenly her mom had a stroke & well, it is best that any holiday should be cancelled/postponed. (DISAPPOINTMENT. But  no choice)

Been planning /anticipating to go central Europe since Aug. Anticipating to go to the factory & buy at least one "cheap" wallet as momento, friends were all so ready with their shopping list & look what happened? Trip got cancelled & I will be getting a full refund.

so, if it is not meant to be, it never will be.

Anyway, I cannot give up on my holiday so easily/ at all. So, my nicest BF & me went to find a replacement trip... which had us ended up going to Eastern Europe instead. Coz, it was the most value for money package out of the ones we checked ( coz we still get the FOC DUBAI value-add despite it is a diff tour agency).  heheheheheh.

Really, it doesn't matter where we go, as long as I get a change of scenery, & i have my nicest BF with me. He is so nice that even the uncle at the travel agency commented that he is so nice! Heheheh. YAYA... i know ppl will be reminding me that i shouldnt take him for granted.  YAH. i am not.

The next time, we go for holiday. I will NOT dictate where to go! & I guess he will wanna go JPN. So I guess... I will subtly , naturally let  him know the reasons why we should visit HOKKAIDO. heheheheh. 

new. new. new job

Yah, I've turned into a job hopper & I just completed my honeymoon first week at Takasago, perfume chemical house. I enjoyed the industrial estate with the cheap lunches & cheap coffee that is just 60% of the price I used to pay at liang court. The food is not too bad either! I am really happy with this. I like the company bus. (altho the service std is not consistent on the way back). I like my boss, I think she is real pretty & seems to have patience to guide & teach me slowly... so I wont be tooo afraid. I like that I am working with US and PARIS counterparts, coz even tho I will never work there, at least I get to liase with ppl from those self-perceived glam countries. I get to work with people from diff nationalities which is interesting to me coz it makes feel that I am truly in a MNC, learning stuff from Europeans & Philippinos & good ole Malaysians. 

I am still in very in touch with FMCG, or at least I feel so, with all the numerous products piled up on the floor. & another interesting aspect is that I will be in charge of fine fragrance as well. Sniff sniff, the perk is that we will get to know & wear the latest fragrance or simply channel n.5. 

It seems like the bulk of my job is to present & convince ppl to take up our products. What goes behind those 15min presentations is at least 1 week of rehearsals & 1 month of presentation, I foresee that happening for my first presentation, definitely. Will just keep fingers crossed.

Anyway, I nvr thought that I cant stick it out with KAO for at least 2-3 years. LOL. I am driven mad by the hours & the ... STUFF. Standees? Gondolas? Size of Carpet? Height of Poster Stand? Driven dammm mad & felt like the stupid things that doesn't cause any life or death made my life very miserable indeed. 

Wearing the pros & cons, I decided that to take a break. Altho, I means I only lasted one year there. Too bad for me. My health and mental soundness can only take so much. I think I was mentally and physically fatigued that's why I keep making the same mistakes again. (and also, becoz  to a certain extent, one month the same thing is OK, approved. & the next month, the same thing is NOT ok, anymore). 

So I just arrived at a conclusion. at THE conclusion>> I dont care. Dont care enough to stay there. I want to leave. 

I want to leave to go EUROPE. BUT ALAS, my promotional departure date does not have enough headcount. SO NOW, I HAD NO EUROPE to go to >,<. To think I also announced that I am counting down to Europe. My disappointment is so tremendous that I can feel my heart sinking with punctured disappointment.