Roving Team part II

Standing for 10 hours is no fun at all. Not to mentioned that we have to face the amount of rejections and grumpy facial expressions throughout the day. Kevin urged all the roving team members to try their best in bringing and convincing people into the charity fair. My team will be different this round, with Kuan Chien and Jia Vie. Tzyy Yin was assigned to the mascot escort team.

Here's my schedule for the day

10.30am - Carrefour
12.00pm - Subang Parade/Car park viper (I'm so phobia to the whistle already)
1-2.00pm - Break
2.00pm - Taipan, Give to restaurant, car viper (Kena halau by guards) =.='''
3.30pm - Mydin, Giant Subang (Giant no permission so yeah we can't give out the flyers)
6.00pm - Asia Cafe (Jia Vie didn't wanna go cause she scared she might see her friends dere! lol)
7-8.00pm - Dinner break
8.30pm - Back to 3C building

The best part is that we distribute most of it in Subang Parade and Carrefour area. Left about 500 more flyers to go for Asia Cafe and Taipan area. We went to Mydin for a moment but left after 20mins. Team A still had 1500 more flyers to go! Alright then, we shall head to Asia Cafe and finish up our last 500.

Once done, my colleagues and I went to Asia for some juices. Relaxing, had some casual conversations and getting to know each other better.

The fair is so dead... ><

Prize giving ceremony

Supervising the little kids in coloring contest

Conclusion:

1. Take any flyers distributed by these people from now onwards. I finally felt how it feels like to be a "flyer boy".
2. Work with your heart and passion. I had compliments from my supervisor haha

Had a great time throughout that 2 days event. The experience gained is totally priceless I would say. Get to know some of the TAR college students since most of them are from TAR! Like what? 90%? lol. Happy to know that they acknowledged me as a quarter banana. Quarter = A little chinese. I know cantonese :P. Although I did try to speak Chinese, they respond to me fully in English haha.

Oh well, RM300 for 2 days but processed in 2 months time. No problem! Most important is that the money is on stanby mode.

Roving Team part I

Love & Joy Charity Fair 2010 is to raise fund for PR4A, a support group for families with autistic children. The event is in conjunction with the United Nations’ annual Autism Awareness campaign, which falls on the entire month of April. The aim is to raise a minimum fund of RM100, 000. The money raise in this fair will be used to help the autistic children in various ways such as to build better homes, operation activities and expenses.

Reference: All rights reserved. Love & Joy Charity Fair 2010 (24th-25th April 2010)

Day #1 – Roving Team A (2 person)

Had my usual healthy breakfast early in the morning. Went to the 3C building at 8.30am as told by my supervisor. Most of my work mates are already there. Kevin (Supervisor) brief us once again regarding our job description throughout the day. Roving Team is divided into two teams, Team A & B where each team will be assigned one male and female.

So ever wondered what does a Roving Team do?

1. Distribute flyers at assigned location/venue
2. Inform and grab visitors to visit the fair
3. Familiar with Subang area
4. Convincing skills

Tzyy Yin and I are in Team A. Our job locations will be Carrefour, Subang Parade, Sunway Pyramid, bus and KTM stations. We were unable to distribute flyers at Subang Parade – kena halau by security. Went to the car park area, kena halau 2nd time. Oh well, we went to Sunway and try our “luck”. If you realize, the event mainly targets parents with children. 80% of the crowd in Sunway Pyramid consists of teens! Imagine them taking our flyers and throwing it into the bins. Waste no? I’d rather take that whole stack and recycle it on the spot.

Sunway Pyramid spot

KTM station – we skip haha. Bus station was even worst! Out of 10 people, only 3-4 of them took our flyers. Looks like we’re going back to Carrefour and distribute them at the escalator – the best spot of all times!

My spot in Carrefour

Understanding that we had 4 stacks of flyers, we had to do more than just distributing one flyer for one person. One stack – 1000 flyers. 4 stacks? You do the maths!

The solution:
Give two flyers at a time. That’s the max I gave alright!
Put the flyers onto the car vipers in Carrefour. Most – 2 flyers for one car. I was kind enough...

A test was made by me to check on the amount of flyers that people would take from me.

Greetings: “Charity Fair for autistic children Ms/Sir”.
Feedback: “It’s ok, no thanks”
Greetings: “Sir/Maam/Ms”, then hand out the flyer
Feedback: They’ll just take it out of curiosity.

Enhancements:

The flyer was printed on two sides, where one side shows about kids/games and etc and the other is about the artist appearance. The kids section was shown to the parents where else the artist section was shown to teens/couples.

Tzyy Yin and I successfully gave out 2 ½ of flyers – 2500 pieces. Pretty good I would say. 1 ½ more to go for the next day...

Part time jobs?

It's been almost a week since I left UniMAP. While I'm searching for part time job on asiaparttime, I'm also looking for activities that I can do throughout the holidays. It's almost the end of April, then May and June. That's another 2 more months to go. Sid and I went to Shah Alam's Extreme Park to check out the wall climbing. Price reasonable...place? Deserted! The funny part is that it supposed to be opened as described in the brochure, but nope. Entah mana pergi semua orangnya..

Shah Alam stadium

Wall climbing spot

The most difficult part?

So could anyone offer me part time jobs? Flexible time + Weekdays would be preferable. I've gotta earn extra income or else my money will run out like running water. Call/SMS me if you have to...really appreciate it.

Went for Ninja Burger@Tropicana City yesterday night. Burger was awesome though I took only a bite. Baru makan dinner then terus Ninja Burger...zomg susah nak digest. It was my first visit to that mall btw. For all pork lovers out there, this is a place you should visit!

Next phase

Well, I have about 3 more months before universities started taking me in...if there's any. That's a lot of holidays I would say. Not gonna just sleep at home and do nothing. Gonna find part time job which allows me to have flexible working hours. Though if it takes me 3 days to earn RM500 bucks, I'll definitely do it even if its 12 working hours. How long can it get? Maybe I should say whether I can tahan the pressure/workload or not haha.

Been lepaking with friends, reading, and some research about some stuffs. AskMen.com, about.com would be the two most visited sites for me now. Sad, if only I knew about this earlier...the knowledge I gain could be two fold...mebe more with a little more practice. It's history, and it's cool. The more I tumble, the more I learn :)

Life is a marathon, never a sprint. There's a lot of challenges and obstacles out dere waiting for me. So meantime, I'll equip myself with whtever I can within these 3 months of "honey moon". You will never see the Ace of Spades the same way anymore...never

Shaping that life which was broken...

UniMAP finishing school part III

Marks the last day we would lepak together. Woke up in the morning, feeling a little lethargic after much exercise the previous day. Told the gang that we must do something together today. Convince them as much as I could. At first, their plans are to head down to the library and lepak till evening. Hell no, we can so something better than that!

Bukit Air was our first destination, but it was way too crowded. No 2nd hand water ok. Gua Kelam was our only last choice. Hope it is peaceful, nice and cooling. Prayers were answered. Thank goodness. Not just that, we had an additional 2 beautiful girls with us named Amanda and Rozellia. Both from East Malaysia.

The group :)

Entering Gua Kelam

Cepat sampai tolonglah...berat sangat air tu!

Prepared bbq for everyone. We take turns to barbecue the food of course. Fung Yih was too lazy to use the fire starter. Instead, he took the portable stove and lit up the charcoal slowly haha. Once done, we had some water activities like water gun, chasing people, and etc. The best part is to convince Amanda to get down to the waters. Kite and I had an agreement that if Rozellia gets into the water, she must do the same...and I was assigned with the job =.=''' My mission was successful after so much attempts :D

Kite & Fung Yih

Preparing the food

Mun Haw getting pawned by kids

Me, Rozellia, Kite and Amanda

Later at night, we went to Hai Tien for seafood. Had a great time knowing each other and making jokes with the group. Kite kena the most la I would say since he's the spot light of the week. At midnight, Kite, Rozellia, Amanda and I headed to the beach for drinks and star gazing. Pretty wonderful night to end the week.

UniMAP finishing school part II

The following day, some of us went down to Alor Setar and lepak. Since it's about 2 more days before we go into our separate ways, we've decided that we should spend as much time as possible together. Went down to Parade Mall for lunch, bowling and skating. Frigging lunch is expensive as the nasi kandar sold in Kuala Lumpur macha! RM6.50 for 3 dishes... GG. Not to mentioned the ice kacang which costs me another RM3.30. Almost RM10 for lunch!

Mun Haw & I as the trainer!

Skating? Nahh I would say roller-blading haha. It's my very first time doing this but I've told myself that it's gonna be the exact same thing as ice skating. Guess what? The whole concept applies 100%! No problem moving and speeding around like a free lance dude. RM12 per entry...so worth the experience! You will find these in Penang as well :) The best part is the whole skating ring is just us and us only. Felt so VIP like...

LED light emits as you roller blade

Mun Haw, Su Yin, Han Ping and I

The most affordable and cheapest ever dinner! RM3.20 for nasi ayam + 3 more sticks of fishballs, meatballs and hotdogs. Taste normal. I couldn't ask for more with such price tag on foods. Save for the next day would be a better way to put it. Catch Clash of the Titans at 11.40pm. Rating 7/10. Medusa fight was awesome, but the frigging Kraken died way too early and fast. Damn Perseus sent Hades to hell was too quick! Potong stim la. But overall, the movie could be better...seriously!

Budget dinner

UniMAP finishing school part I

I've been away from Subang for almost a week. Not been able to update the blog due to internet connection issues. Anyways, I'll try to summarize and make it as good as possible since this might be the last post of mine for UniMAP itself. Damn, my tears are falling. I'll first start with the activities that I had to attend for the finishing school program. It lasted for 4 days. Basically, the finishing school program prepares us to face the working environment and to develop as much soft skills as possible. Non verbal language, first impressions, dressings, writing resume, communication skills and more. It was pretty good I would say although I did sleep abit here and there due to lack of rest the night before - DotA.

Kian Wei, Me and Foong Yih

Yee Ann

Vice Chancellor giving his speech

My room was awesome as well. For 2 1/2 years we didn't have a chance to sleep in the 2nd room. But this round, we did! Haha, jakun it seems bt it makes a huge difference. Water pressure was alright, but the sink and toilet was abit screwed up. Damn tak berkualiti langsung. I didn't let it to bother me much since I'll be here for only a week.

2nd room!

That's me cleaning the hall

Preparing for DotA

Our very own cybercafe (9pm-6am)

The best part about this is that my room mate and I was able to pick our house mates. This is because we were only given one key for the main door and no door room key! Status "penghuni" it seems. RM3 per day. Well, there's nothing worry about when you pick the right friends to stay with you :)

The Industrial Training presentation was on Friday. Well, everything was great! Mr.Zul and his fellow panels are in good mood and yeah it ended pretty well. I guess they're all in holiday mood as well....ahha. Or should I say that they are so fed up of shooting us during our final year project presentation last semester? XD

Putting them altogether for that last final shot!

3 years and I'm finally done!!!

Yeap presentation...settle! What else should we do next? I'll disclosed them all in the next post. I would say that the finishing school program week was the best week of my life in UniMAP...it really is.

Euphoria...was never like before

MOS...oh it's been almost a year since I last entered. Was described as the "Most budak baik punya clubbing spot" and it still remains as it is. Diluted alcohol, no smoking and etc. All of us entered for free since we've RSVP on Facebook as guest list. Owh thk goodness I didn't fork out a single cent for liquor that night haha. Rafferty and I didn't drink man and yeah we're proud of it.

Started off with musics and beats from some dj then Patrick Oliver came in. Mix tape is just weird. They frigging played "Love Story" by Taylor Swift and I was like @@!? Rafferty said something like "Eh wtf man love story in MOS"...Haha! Just damn weird. But the company was okay since there were 3 females. Got to know JyeSze and Isabelle :)

Well, I am not gonna state much complaints about MOS. Just that it has gone really really bad compared to 2 years ago when it first started. I still remembered that night clearly. Guys and girls were well dressed up. No polo/tees were allowed...and weird people! Ratio between males and females are pretty almost the same. Simply great. Oh well, MOS bukan tempat kita lagi rasanya. Time to head back down to Heritage Row, Zouk and etc...

Returns to UniMAP

Looks like it's time for me to head back to UniMAP after so long. Heh, time flies. I still can't believe the fact that I've spent 4 months already in Subang Jaya. Doesn't feels like it. But neways, I'm pretty much satisfied with what I've achieved throughout that 4 months. Health, body, knowledge, and etc sums it up. Though there we several dramas happened between a friend and I, but we managed to sort it out maturely.

Departing tomorrow at 10.15am (Jalan Duta bus station) and most probably I'll be reaching around 6pm at Kuala Perlis. If I'm damn semangat means I'll be heading to the Kangar to get some nice food and meet up with my course mates and friends. If not, I'll stay at home and unpack my luggage and stuffs.

That's all for now. Will be updating in Perlis if there's any interesting events coming up. Take care!