as if being scammed was not enough...

No one in my family except The Sis knew about the scamming incident. since my blog post about how i was scammed, i received a couple of phone calls and SMSs from friends telling me that they received the same call from the telemarketer.

afraid that The Mum might be a potential victim to the same scam, i wanted to warn her about such cases so that she will not go for such talks in future if contacted...

me: eh ma... you know nowadays you may get phone calls from companies telling you to attend a talk, afterwhich you will get some attractive free gifts.

the mum: uh-huh

me: then hor, when you turn up at their company they will try to hard sell you some travel/holiday membership and it's actually a scam

the mum: orh...

me: so if you get such calls, don't ever turn up for the talks ok?

the mum: yeah...

me: you dont be kiasu and fall for their trap ok?

the mum: ha-nah..

me: eh seriously, you have to take caution!

the mum: walau you very lor soh leh! this kind of scam 20 years ago also have already! they very nice to you, bring you to a small office room, chit chat and try to know your income level, become like so budddy-buddy, friend-friend with you then try to hard-sell you. only those ignorant aunties then will fall into their trap lor! you think i so stupid is it?

me: .......

me: good for you lor.


sighh...... sian lor. paiseh liao.

Recruit also shrink liao...

i was reading Saturday's Recruit (going to try to make that a routine now haha) and to my 'horror' it's not even half the thickness compared to the Recruit some 3 months back.

and the headlines on the front page, printed in BOLD was: "Happy to be at work" .. thankss arr... i think it's another government propoganda telling us to be happy to even have a job now.

the article gave a couple of suggestions on how to evaluate your job. something like listing down the pros and cons and what's most important to you. breaking down different aspects of your job/company/corporate culture/ colleagues etc into smaller bits and to really find out what's exactly making you unhappy.

i think i will spend my day doing this afterall i'm at home today because i am on "urgent" leave. hopefully i will feel "Happy to be at work" after this...

i hate it. period.

i'm at work today and the long weekend did not do any good to me. i contemplated quitting my job again today. you really dont understand how much i hate it now... i feel that it's sapping every single bit of energy and youth out of me. it's really not the people, not the compay, but THE JOB that's unbearable.

cant wait for 8th nov where i will be going to China for 16 days... i really need to escape from reality.

i was SCAMMED, and you could potentially be victim too...

been so long since i last blogged again. it has been a truely eventful period, and there's something i need to share... I HAVE BEEN SCAMMED. yes, cheated of my money. and for those who know me well enough, will not believe how stupid i was.

to cut the long story short, this evil company named D I S C O V E R Y VIII called up one day asking me to go for their 'talks", they were so persistent (they called at least 8 times before i said yes to them) and so i attended the talk, it turned out that they were a time share company.. after 3 hours of hard-selling, i was tired, and vulnerable..

eventually i signed up for a membership which costs $11,000... sigh. when i dug out more dirt about this company through google (try it) i called up to cancel. they were then full of excuses and their attitude took a 360 deg turn. i ended up having to go to the police, CASE and even called up Citi-bank to try and dispute the payment(cos i paid using my Citi-bank credit card) i was pretty depressed for a couple of days, and it's not just about the money.. it was the time spent visiting the different authorities and emotional stress i have to go through when negotiating with that evil company.

i am really very very grateful to Citi-bank's dispute officer, she truly went the extra mile to assist in disputing this payment. girls and boys, if you need to have a credit card, Citi-bank is your only choice. so now this case is pending a cancellation and refund from the evil company. Citi-bank called up 2 days ago saying that i dont need to repay this on my next bill. :) to me, it was as good as going to hell and coming back again.

**updated
got a call from IW after she read this blog post. apparently she was also contacted by the telemarketer to attend this "talk" - she suspects that someone we know must have given our contacts to these telemarketers.. hmm..

looking forward to going home today...

i'm a firm believer of travel insurances, since i've made a small fortune a couple of times from it! i'm going to fly from HK back home in a few hours time.. and i rrrealllly hope that Typhoon 8 strikes HK right at the minute of my flight! hohohoho.. so that i can stay at HK few more days!! muhahaha

yes, you can't believe how much i pray for it to happen...

but honestly, judging from the weather now.. it's going to be a little hard. it looks nice and cool outside. hmm...

anyways

i am in HK, i look fat and i'm still not done eating...

sigh, the pictures says it all. not joking about the FAT and EATING partFAT....FAT FAT FAT FAT FAT!!!!!ooh, i LOVE the Adidas shop here! it's amazing.. our only activity apart from eating.. - SHOPPINGok, back to more eating... sigh

thoughts on cambodia 1

i cannot stop telling people how much i love Cambodia, i think everyone should go to Cambodia at least once. not just because of its US1.50 mojito cocktails...or it's US5.00 pasta at Blue Pumpkin cafe with a really cool sofa sitting...or the mesmerizing Aspara (traditional Khmer) dance and music (coupled with a US10.00 super duper huge buffet dinner spread)...maybe alot has got to do with the tuk tuk driver with PINK croc shoes who is ever so friendly, mild, humble, considerate, hardworking and reliable... Mr Chivek definitely made this trip an unique experience for me.i went with a heavy heart and 3.1kg of check-in luggage. came back with more than just materialistic products and plastics i've gotten for a bargain from the market. but even more so, a deep realisation of how lucky we are, as Singaporeans and how i should really learn from the Cambodians about working hard, complaining less.

lazy

was having dinner with friend other day.. and she was eating very little, so i asked:

me: eh, why you eat so little!
friend: lazy to chew leh

she just brought the term "laziness" to a whole new level. if only i am lazy to chew too! haha...