Managers

I have a super BIG crush on one of them. HINT? Hehe...

Try this:

And this:

Haha! :) Not unless you're a teammate or a friend of mine @ work, then should you know.

Gosh I really like you! Shocks para kong sweet 16. Tim is that you?

Productivity Report

May 4, 2006

Left the office at 4 a.m., which officially makes it May 5, '06, went back @ 10 a.m.

1 1/2 hr Travel time
1 hr eat, and bathe
1 hr sleep
1/2 hr breakfast & 'pagbabalik sa mundo phase'
1/2 hr pagligo
1/2 hr preparation (facial, hair, and clothing)
1 hr travel time to Ayala store
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6 hrs.

Pero 1hr lang ang pahinga. There you have it.

May 5, 2006

Learned how to use a steamer.

May 8, 2006

Ganun ulit, left at 4, back at 10.

May 9, 2006

Four days no normal sleep. Kung hindi 1hr lang, sa bus. Left the office at 12:30 a.m., back @ 9 a.m.

Damn.

First time to climb a ladder and use gun tack.

May 12, 2006

First time in Tower and Gateway stores, then back to Makati. All in one day.

Bonding with Sir Monch.

May 13, 2006

First Saturday O.T. Alone.

Sir Monch: Half-day.

Took pictures of, more or less, 60-store mannequins.

May 15, 2006

Learned GARDENING 101. My hand as the shovel.

First sweldo @ new company. 3-day sweldo (due to cut-off) equivalent to one month allowance at previous employer.

Left the office @ 8 p.m. emergency slash impulsive buying of fashion uniform at SM Makati. Damn Glorietta for closing at 8 in the eve.

May 16, 2006

First time magbuhat ng swing made of teakwood that's 2-3 seater.

May 19, 2006

Learned ELECTRICAL CONNECTION / WIRING 101.

I am officially an OJT of the Engineering Department, a.k.a. Kuya Dennis & Kuya Jordan.

Window Shopping Guide for Idiots

Advantages of being a Big-time Window Shopper:

1. You will realize na eventhough how prestige, slash luxurious a high-end store may be, you will still come across good finds, items that are branded but at a reasonable price.

This world's not so bad after all.

2. It's an opportunity to canvas.

3. It's a good practice ground for your flirting skills.

4. Window shopping is way less expensive than spending a lot of dinero on your therapist. The therapeutic effect is impeccable.

Window Shopping Guide for Idiots

MODULE 2

RECOMMENDATION: When all possibilities shuts down on you, I strongly suggest you RUN, and do not attempt to drop by nor even pass by that store for at least one and a half to two and a half weeks. Believe me, they will remember you.

There was this instance in BIG MEN, yes friendsters, nagcheck ako ng damit sa BIG MEN, and I really like this casual coat. Fit, fit, fit, plus flirt. Pero no buying action. After two months or so (seriuosly!) dumaan ulit ako dun, sabi nung isang girl:

Sales Associate: "...sir ano bibilin niyo na yang coat?"
Tim Tam: "...*Shi-at!*....uhm, no. Nabili ko yung sa Bench eh....*Stampede!*"

Window Shopping 101:
The FRIEND TRICK
If with a friend or two, simply pick up a merchandise, then pag lapit ng sales associate turn to your friend and ask him if he thinks its nice or what. Ask for his opinion. For better role-playing results, pick up two merchandise and ask which one is better. Then you compare it yourself. AND! Make sure everybody hears it.

For example, you are to choose between a stuff toy and a bag...

Tim: Pare, which one do you think would she like?
Pare: Eto na lang bag, hilig siya jan noh.
Tim: Yun nga eh, pero think about it, if I get her the stuffy makokompleto na niya collection niya, pag the bag naman, its her favorite color....hay ewan! Tara let's go check na lang for more items sa ibang store.
Tim turning to the sales associate: Thanks na lang miss ah.

Simple palusot for Tiangges

Pick up an item, ask how much. Believe me, there's a 75% chance na the sales associate would highly push you to purchase the item, anyways, that's what they do naman for a living di ba?

Symptoms if they are at the verge of killing you just to buy:

Tindera: "Sir bilin niyo na please!"

Tindera: "Sir sige na, pang-bwena mano man lang wala pa kong benta..."

Tindera: "Sir magkano ba offer niyo ditong ibayad? P1000 na lang sige! Hanggang 800! Sir! Teka lang!"

Tindera: "Sir bilin niyo na yan para sa girlfriend niyo."

Tindera: "Sir bagay sa inyo yan, pero mas maganda to...(for sure kukuha yan ng mas mahal)"

Tindera: "Sir bagay sa inyo tong pink! Maputi naman kayo eh." (Reverse psychology. They are flirting you instead of you flirting them. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT GIVE IN! REMEMBER! You have no money, yet!

Here's an instance na sobrang natawa ko. It's so pathetic pero ewan ko, dahil sa line na to napabili ako. Haha!

Tim: ".......*checking for items*..."

Tindera: "Sir eto na lang bilin niyo o! Si Dingdong Dantes may ganyan din nakita ko sa S.O.P.! Bagay sa inyo to promise!"

Tim na tanga: "...*BILI NAMAN! Si Dingdong lang pala sisira sa career kong pagiging professional window shopper!*"

May 10, 2006

Things I've learned today:
1. Do not talk to your friends while working. Absolutely no chitchats. Prolonged chatting may cause further and supremely extreme damage to one's aura and totality.

2. Quantity over quality always win. They expect you to accomplish a lot at a few minutes without considering na you are a designer, and you always plan your next move. Point to be noted: We all have to build our image correctly that is why one needs to exert a lot of effort to achieve, or at least be this close, to perfection.

3. Always go with your team's flow. Even if they're on to Hell Avenue. Stick wherever they will go even if you have unfinished task/s. Sticking and snoring over working.

Window Shopping for Idiots

It hit me last night na if you have a gift why not share it to the world? So here we go with my on-line lecture slash training on how to become a BIG TIME WINDOW SHOPPER.

This is going to be a working progress, lecture won't be given on one blogging, so expect a lot of tips and tricks from a professional window shopper.

Let's begin.

Two things na I think are so important, that it would greatly affect your window shopping day.

One: According to statistics, 85% of those who are out to shop would usually be caught wearing simple clothes, tipong '...huh? May pera ka pala...sorry na...' The LESSON: Wear something na magmumukha kang jologs, pang-squatters pa if you must. The greatest trick of all (The thing that would separate you from the elite, and the elite looking..)......face value. It's either you have it, or you don't. Wag ng pilitin.

Two: Try to be suave and nice to sales assistants. They have the best instincts due to experience if you have the mucho dineros or a muchos gracias. Show them love, interest, and a hell lot of bola.

Window Shopping Rule 101:
Try to stay in a store for the longest time possible. Or as long as you can for some cases depending on what type of store you're in. Try testing or fitting their merchandise/s for Pete's sake. Ask for the price, or if in the case nasa tiangge, make tawad. Don't forget din to flirt. That's a must. Smile, pa-kilig, pa-charm.

TIP: Check the merchandise/s available, on the racks, on the counters, everywhere. If, in the case sa damit, all the items are only on white, black and pink, ask the sales assistant if they have one in green. Pag mejo ungas yung sales assistant mo, she'd go ask her crewmates. Pero believe me, there's a 98% chance na they don't have it in green. For heaven's sake I'm a designer, and currently a visual merchandiser, I should know better.

If all the patterns are geometric, ask if they have one in a zebra-skin pattern. In this case, I am uplifting the 98% chance to gazillion percent.

Pagbalik ng sales assistant, expect na they'd say no, mejo malimipit ka. Nope, not only your body, dapat pati mukha. Mukha-sim. This is a way of expressing your dismay at feeling pagkasayang.

The pilipit body and mukha-sim face has not yet failed me so far.

Try it.

More basic than basic Rule in Window Shopping
(a.k.a. The Cellphone Trick)
It's super simple actually and super pam-bobo. So there I've said it. I do not use this trick na kasi it's super pang-Barok. I've used this trick when I was in a furniture store checking what's hot and new in the industry. So siempre expect na mahal talaga dun. After asking for the price of a furnishing, text or act as if you're canvassing lang. So there. Simpleng-simple.

WINDOW SHOPPING 107-B
(a.k.a. The Credit Card Trick)

WARNING!!! This is only done by professionals! Do not, and I repeat, do not attempt to try this not unless you have undergone at least 4-years of experience in window shopping.

Use this in the case na you're on a high-end store. Extreme suavity and cautiousness has to be observed because the trick could either kick the store's ass, or you;d be left alone cold on a gutter outside their stalls.

TIP: Grab an item. Choose one that is closest to the most expensive. Not unless you're wearing your 'Makati outfit' should you attempt the luxurious one. Act like a big spender. Then, thiz iz it: Ask if in the case you'd be paying it via credit card, would the price go up or stay the same. Kasi usually if you're using you're gonna use your card, they'd charge 5%interest on the item/s purchased. Either they say yes or no, return the item on its place and whimper:

'Kaso wait, baka patayin ako ng dad ko pag ginamit ko extension ko....Ho no...'

'Yikes, text ko muna si Daddy kung payagan niya ko...I really like this pa naman...Shocks talaga...'

In this instance, use only the mukha-sim face.Drop the body speaking kasi you're trying to act like a big-spender remember?

And then tell the sales person na you'd go back pag napayagan ka ni Daddy to use your card.

BEWARE! This instance has happened to me on Marks&Spencer, SM North Branch.

Sales Asst.: Sir ano po bang klase ng credit card niyo para malaman natin kung accepted dito or not.
Tim Tam: *on my mind...* 'Ho no....SOS! SOS! Think fast! Don't sweat!'

So, eto sinagot ko:

Tim Tam: Ay hindi sige I'd go ask muna my mom if she'd allow me to use her card. Hirap na baka patayin ako nun...Thanks anyways!

ITAGA SA KUKOTE! Flirting could help you a lot in sweaty moments. Yung moments na you are super close to dying. Believe me. Give the assistant a slight pat on her elbow or back, then that's it. Huli mo na siya. Plus a smile!