Raining...

How funny sillypore car owners can get? Please allow me to share a few...

I refer...

to the photo above, this owner Mr S.T called me yesterday and Fcuk me left, right, centre, inside, out... He further demanded to claim the damage under warranty, because he has discovered that the engine oil leaks after the service we have done. A service that was done 8 months ago...

I told him to tow in the car for inspection so that we can confirm what is was fault first, but he keep insisting that the oil leaking is due to a manufacturing defect.

Guess what? When the car was tow in and hoist up I discovered that the oil sump was knocked and damaged by something thus causing the leaking of the engine oil pan.

I called him to inform him the finding and the repair cost, and asked him that did he want to come and see for himself or did he want me to email him the photo... It was then he tone down... Maybe he thinks that by "banging" me he can get away with his stupidly and get the repair free.

I wonder can I claim "warranty" from him for abusing me?

Then...

We have this clown Mr Y who have collected he car few days ago. He called up the office but I was not around and so I called him back when I am back in the office. And you know what?

1st he told me that the battery warning light is on - ok, fair enough the battery maybe faulty and needs to be replaced.

2nd he told me that the service warning light is on - Dido

3rd he told me that the car will lose power and RPM will drop when he clutch in to change from 1st to 2nd gear when climbing up slope - I nearly told him if he don't want the RPM drop and lose speed he should held on the gas pedal when he clutch in to change gears.

Lastly...

I have this Ms H. who called me up and complain that the part I replaced for her car a year ago is faulty, because recently her car always skid at her MSCP when it is raining and the floor is wet, she also told me that the car did not skid when the ground is dry ...

Wah I give up! Are you telling me you take a year to realize that the repair did not solve the problem? How come you did not realize the skided because the floor is wet and your tire has wear out?

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Basket, I found the rear floor well of my vehicle full of water when I am taking out my shoes today, bloody hell, must be the camel bag that I refill with water last night!

Haiz... time to remove carpet for drying...

Raining in morning, raining in the afternoon…

I wonder how can I lay my hands on the above-mentioned waiting system... this is a must buy I tell you...

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I nearly drop dead when I went jogging this morning. Basket, really don’t know what the hell is wrong with me and I just put on the gear and just did it…

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Mr V.N came with all his door weather seal drop off; I wonder what the hell is wrong with all the weather seals install by the factory? They are like each and every1 will came off without fail and this really make me wonder WTF this people is doing in the factory…

I ended up sending him to the bank because he wanted to do some banking stuff and spent the next 3hrs sticking all the 4 door weather seal under the super hot sun.

I did the same sticking the weather seal thing for this Mr G.L car but his is the front right and the rear left door weather seal. What the hell man? I think I must get the warranty manager to email the monkeys at the factory to inform them about this defect.

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Wonder boy’s customer came in today for servicing, when he had make the booking date on Monday but did not turn up.

I was surprise that the clown did not look for or pass the key to me. So I did not give a shit about it and carry on with my work.

In fact the car is parking in the basement for more that 4hrs after show time. And at last wonder boy call my foreman and asked him to take in the car.

The owner make a hell lot noise when he came to collect the at the end of the day because he had found out we did not use the engine oil supplied by him, I told him that his car is the 1st place is not take in by me and my foreman was not told about the oil in the rear boot because wonder boy did not mentioned anything when he hand over the key to my foreman.

You should see Wonder boy’s face when this cocky customer screamed at him in the showroom.

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K.T called me on the cell phone and wanted me to figure out how the hell we are going to collect 1 of the cars that has been sent for paint work repair.

Thank God I got a ride from the body centre people when they come to the main office to collect a car for some repair, and I manage to bring back the God damn car with the help of my foreman.

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J.F told me that this Mr O.E car came in yesterday to reset the ECU, because the battery of the car had been replaced and the breakdown assistance guy has ask him to do so. (We later found out that this clown has left the car siting in the car park for a good 4 weeks I guess maybe that’s the reason the battery is dead)

When O.E came he make a hell lot of noise that the battery fcuk up lah, brakes not effective lah… the steering heavy lah… blah…blah… blah…

Haiz… How nasty can a customer get? You park a God damn car for 4 weeks, and you expect the battery will not go flat, the brakes will be effective with a layer rust, and the tires pressure will not escape?

I give up….

Raining morning...

What's the Rush?













I took leave to sent L.S to the test centre for his B.T.T lessons today, while there I saw this photo on 1 of the poster... I must say it really hit me hard!

I suddenly remember the clown I saw yesterday, well at least he is lucky enough to walk away from his accident.

I guess now I understand what it mean by "Great powers, comes with great responsibility..."

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Later in the noon I went with L.S to the dam side where the 16yrs old kid had drown few days ago to have a look, as we wanted to have roti prata for lunch at jalan kayu.

We left the place very soon after some T.V crew came and start doing a news report at the site.

IMHO, I must say that the waters there is really not safe for swimming.

Kid, May you rest in peace.

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I did not went for the interview at the company R.S work for I feel that there are a few things I did not like about this company.

1st, his current office have no staffs parking, and it is hard to find parking at that area.

2nd, This office will call the current office that I work for to cross check on my background. Basket what if I did not get the job? I'm not taking the risk to get myself black mark here, for this kinda for background cross check.

3rd, I had to wait a good 30 days to find out did I get the job? Am I stupid or what?

Anyway.

To much Initial D?













Some clown towed in the car wanting to make a accident claim...

I talked to the clown who crashed his car for believing that he can drive like the monkeys in the show "Initial D"

At 1st this monkey still put on a brave and cocky front by telling me how skillful he is to crash the car until like that but still can walk away from the car without a scratch...

But when I told him I think his car is a total lost case, his jaw drop and he started to cry...

Yeah! He start crying, asking me to help him and not to tell his folks about his accident...

I guess some1 is running home crying to grandma for total losting the family car...

Wahahaha... way to go kid, I think you're going to get grounded for as long as your folks lived...

Sunny in the morning, Raining in the afternoon...

Inspiration, to me, is inextricably linked to enthusiasm.

Great teachers inspire their students to take the knowledge on offer and to run with it to places farbeyond where the teacher is standing.

They inspire by opening the window in their soul so that the light of their enthusiasm for the subject bursts out.

It is impossible to be bathed in the light of someone else's enthusiasm and not be changed by the experience... And to me, that contagious enthusiasm, that excitement, is the essence and the spark that leads to inspiration.

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I woke up this morning completely deaf in my left ear. It was fine yesterday but this morning, nothing. No pain, but no sounds either.

I imagine the very hot weather we had over the weekend did something weird to my ear wax - but let's not go there as it isn't a pretty subject to discuss!

Right now I feel disoriented and a little nauseous, but hopefully that will pass.

OK…Maybe I'm just extra grumpy today!

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Stupid Towing guy dumped 1 of the breakdown car outside my showroom and went missing with the car key.

Wah Lao er… I call the breakdown guy and they told me they don’t know where the have key gone… Cool way to start a Monday morning Yah?

After searching fruitlessly for about an hour I give up and call the owner hoping that he know the whereabouts of that God Damn car key, only to be screwed by him.

At last I tried my luck by sticking my hand into the front absorber pan and bloody hell the God damn key is there!

Stupid tow truck guy… I curse you man…

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G.G told me that he lost my pump and the tin can for the petrol and he promise me that he will give me new ones when he came to the office this morning…

*sigh* Now I having second thoughts on why I told him where to find the stuffs when I return he call yesterday…

Shit… what have I done?

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Cool… The new car model is in… It has everything the current model has and now it even comes with the remote flick key… OK! Let me break my piggy bank tonight and see if I can afford wheel hub cap…

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How funny can a customer get? I have here an owner that must be inform for every single item change but non of the 4 phone number she give me can get hold of her… and I am on leave tomorrow…
WTF man? I really give up!

Raining…

It’s not about the sizes of the opponent, it’s the size of the Will…

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Love… is a compelling subject. It captivates our life, our thoughts, and our conversations, and we try every means to have love…

I have seen many people in the streets walking without a soul and hope… People who are desperately longing, daily desiring and doggedly searching…

Sometimes I really wonder what has happened to have separated and pollute true love?

I guess many people may have to spends their whole entire life to find, to understand and to know Love…

Well… I guess, I am 1 of them…

Raining…

Difficult times… Don't last forever…. (And who the hell I’m trying to kid again?)

Many time I asked myself "Why me?" but the answer many time is unclear.

Sometime I even tend to feel that life hasn't been just or fair to burden me with such obstacles.

Many times the problems I must face are more than I wish and can to cope with, and tomorrow doesn't seem to offer any solutions.

It seen that whatever the roads I choose to follow are never free of bumps or curves,maybe that what it mean by “ The road to the truth, has many turn…”

God help me. Please?

Raining…

The malcontents of “the good old days” did just like they do today, in that they also longed for the good old days.

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There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace.

Many artists tried and after the king looked at all the pictures. there were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between them. One picture was of a calm lake.

The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering mountains all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The other picture had mountains, too. But these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all.

But when the king looked closely, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest- in perfect peace. Which picture do you think won the prize?

The king chose the second picture. Do you know why? "Because," explained the king, "peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. That is the real meaning of peace."

If you are reading this I wish you real peace...

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I went dinner with M.J last night and was told that small girl had left sillypore for further studies… Well small girl, I wish you all the best in everything you do and may you find yourself an Ang Mo hubby and make enough ANG MO babies for a football team real soon wahahahaha…

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I went test drive with J.F and I nearly got into an accident with a Mercedes, W.T.F is wrong with this @sshole? Turning out from the parking lot without checking right and he did not even turn on the signal lights… I ended up slamming the brake and skid but thank God I did not hit anything…

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How stupid can a salesgirl be? Well I never know until today… Some outsider came up to me and asked me how bad is the damage of 1 of our cars is when it catches fire the last time. I was like “WHAT? And who the hell told you that?”

Ended up the @sshole here is A.T, yo miss, way to go… Why didn’t you call up the press or C.N.A to report this piece of news to the whole of sillypore? You be famous over night… REAL FAMOUS for your stupidity

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K.T called me up and told me that the power steering warning light is “on” in the car that he is driving… Wah Lao, how much shit must I clean up before some1 called it a day? Is like every time when I want to take a break some shit will sure come up…

Anyway I told K.T to send the car to the workshop on Monday for inspection for I guess it might be the steering sensor that is giving the problem.

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I never know that part of my job is to do chauffeur duty, there is this customer that came for car servicing very late today (at about 13.45 hrs) and she Want me to drop her at a shopping centre before I send the car to the workshop for servicing, later when the car is ready for collection, you know what? She wanted me to go pick her up at that shopping centre because she did not want to spend money on cab fare. Wah Lao….

And if you think this is not bad enough… try this…there is this customer Mrs B.K that send in the car so late for servicing yesterday that the car need to be left over night in the workshop.

The best part is that for every items that is needed to be replace I have to call the husband for approver, and so it happened that the brake disks and pads, battery needs to be replace.

But no matter how I call the husband on the cell phone today… he just won’t pick up the call… I ended up SMS him and thank God he replies me at 10.48hrs that is after trying to call him for 3 hrs…

I call him to inform him that the car is ready for collection around 16.30hrs and he told me that he will collect the car by 17.30hrs… bloody hell I waited until 18.20hrs then the wife came to collect the car and the best thing is she starts to make noise about the repair bills… which in the 1st place I have already got the husband go ahead…

*sigh* just when I though everything is over after she pay the bill, she start make noise that the hub cap sticker is missing and she wants me to replace them, I show to her that the glue on the sticker after sometime will hard up and the sticker will drop off but she just won’t listen to me explanation…

I give up after searching high and low without luck for some new hub caps, and told her I will look for the hub cap from the PDI and I will call her this wed.

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I really Thank God that come tomorrow is my off day…

Raining…

A GOAL is a dream with a deadline.

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Mr S came today and complains that there is a foul smell in the cabin of the car after He parked the car for a few hours. I test drove the car with the foreman and we did a air cond check and found no defects, so I told Mr B that he can collect the car or if he still feel unsure he can leave the car over night so that we can confirm the smell come tomorrow…

At 1st Mr B was about to collect the car and go home but then came along his wife and she starts to scream at me, after she went on a while she suddenly said that the smell is from the leather seats and wanted me to replace all the leather seats. I was stunted for a moment but then I suddenly understand what is this shit all about (they wanted new leathers for the seats) So I informed her that the smell of the leather is normal and there is nothing I can do about it.

Then wonder boy came and tired to act smart by bringing the car outside to God only knows where and I don’t know what he did to the car but when I see the car again in the basement car park the air cond is in full blast and there are tissues with air freshener gel sticking out at the air cond vent… I guess that wonder boy did not know that the air freshener gel is very corrosive to the PVC air cond vents.

Later when Mr S came I invite him to sit in the showroom car to smell the leather and he still don’t want to admit that the smell in his car is normal. Haiz…. Didn’t know so much grief can be caused by this stupid customer…

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Later in the noon I went to the PDI with my foreman to show the monkey there the shit that they have caused, at 1st the manager there try to run for cover but after I screw him left, right, centre, inside, out… he agree to replace the defect part…

Shit, why must I always have to jump on some1 to get things done?

Sunny...

Never apology for showing feeling, when you do so, you apologize for the truth.

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K.T called me a few times today asking for J.N numbers, Can I call that harassing?

Later in the noon, I got a call from this monkey, who told me that his car engine oil warning light on, He told me that he had check the dip stick and found the oil leave is low so I told him that he can top up the oil himself or he can sent the car to the workshop but the car may not be ready at the end of the day since it is about 15.35hrs when he called me.

Since I was on leave today with nothing better to do I send my vehicle for inspection, thank God I made it. Now I have to worry the road tax and the insurance coverage for the vehicle.

I went to the NEA with my folks to settle some paperwork, after we went for lunch we went to buy some stiff for the stall and later we went to the stall to unload the stuff.

I was deadbeat after all this driving around all over the places and I went to bed the moment I got home... after 3 hours of rest I got up and start looking for dinner.

As usual I have to settle dinner with the instant mee...

Shit... I'm really bored to tears...

Raining…

May your accomplishments cause you to reflect on what a gift your life is to yourself and to others.

The competition in the world is so great today, and every goal reached is something to be proud of.

When all the elements come together to gain someone recognition, it is truly something to be thankful for.

May your achievements inspire you to continue to do the things that are important to you and that will help you to keep on making your dreams come true.

I hope the pride others have in you will encourage you to be all that you desire.

May your tomorrows hold new beginnings for you, and may your future be bright.

May the joy of every lesson learned and every goal reached advance your feelings of fulfilment and keep you on a positive path.

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I am so sick that I am guessing my way though with all the words I typed when writing this post… I went back to the doctor that I saw yesterday because I am down with a running nose and a headache now…

I was surprised that after seeing her for yesterday and today and I’m getting worst… I still did not get a MC from her… WTF is going on? I asked myself.

Anyway I told myself I am not going to consult her anymore should I get sick next time…

K.T called my on the cell phone asking me why the unserviceable car out at the prime area and wanted me to move it somewhere else before big boss starts to make noise about it, I told him the car in the 1st place can be started after the repair but after it has been driven down and stop there it refuse to get started no matter what we try, by the way I think we have to thank Lim for stupidly parking the car at that very spot when he is not sure what will happen next. I end up have to push the car with some of the work shop boys in the rain…

SU and M.J told me that I should have consulted the doctor across the road that is facing our main office for this doctor gives out MC like nobody cares, my reason I went back to this doctor is I do not want any people to think that I was doctor hopping to get a MC, but anyway I am just to tired to explain myself so I told every1 who ask me why I choose this doctor meow over the doctor santa claus is I went back to her because she’s pretty.

I went back to office informed J.N and K.T that I am taking leave tomorrow to rest at home. Should I be still down come tomorrow.

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Raining…

Happiness is not the absence of problems; but the ability to deal with them.

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G.W show me the knife as agreed but I was put off by it because it does not have a pointed edge; he asked me why I did not like the knife? We end up having a good laugh when I told him the @sshole in our office would probably die laughing if I would to stab him using that knife…

I went to consult the doctor after not feeling well since yesterday. When I got there I saw W.S there too, ha at least I’m no the only 1 not felling well.

I left the meeting after 5 min, as I believe that it’s a waste of my time, I ask K.T to inform all the staff to park their cars out of sight as in the 1st lever is full, then the late comer can park at the basement.

As usual our wonder boy will without fail will have disagreement with me… he brought up that the head office people should not have park here, yeah, as he should be entitle to park at the 1st floor as he work in this office … yeah I guess He forget that the parking here is on 1st come 1st serve and just waited till the guys over there come to know about this…

J.F was very pissed when I told him that E.T played him out in the staff’s car parking issue, well I told him to claim down and there is no point getting upset about it… anyway I told J.F what goes around, comes around this @sshole will get what he deserves 1 of this days.

Lim was as mad about it when he came to know what E.T said in the meeting, Ha let see what J.N say when he come to office tomorrow…

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Mr R.L came today and show me the door seal that had drop off… after checking I told him that if will take about 2 to 3 hours to get it fix… he got stunted and he told me that he thought it’s just a 5 to 10 min job… yeah, you think, I thought… who confirm? Anyway he told me that he can’t make it today so he will send in the car tomorrow to get it service and fixed the door seal.

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Shit, I’ve left my cell phone and house keys at home and I end up have to rush home to pick them up for I be stuck outside my house if my folks are out… what the hell is wrong with me nowadays? 1st I forget my glasses next I dress up for work when I should be on leave than now I forgot my house key and cell phone… it makes me worried what’s next?

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Its C.S birthday today and M.J asked me to join them for dinner tonight; Then S.Y gives birth to baby girl this morning. M.J asked me to join her to visit S.W at Gleneagles hospital tomorrow…
Siao liao… I think I’m going to burn a hell of a big hold in my pocket this week…

Sunny…

Everything is a blessing… you only have to feel grateful. Life is a gift; everything else is just another added bonus. It is hard to feel disappointment and gratitude at the same time. Imagine the joy you would feel if gratitude supplanted every disappointment

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Shit, I fall sick on a god damn sunday again... what the hell is wrong with me man ? why do I keep falling sick again and again on the bloodly sunday?

Now I know what it mean it's a dog's life...
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Raining…

For every negative that consumes your happiness, affirm two positives that sustain you.

For every "should've" you wish you'd done, acknowledge something you're glad you did.

For every loss that has altered your world, count from it something you have gained.

For every limit that has ever beset you, consider your possibilities.

You can't always change the way things are, but you can change the way you wish to see them.

Never stop looking for the brighter side and beyond

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K.T broke the news to us that B.C may punch out very soon because he feels that he can’t go far in this company. While going to the petrol station to gas up the LGV. I called up B.C and asked he what happen? I guess as B.C has not really made up his mind thus he did not say much about it when I asked him about it.

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Mr T.E came today to get he power window fixed and when it is time for the payment as usual he started his same old grandmother’s stories with me again on the service expensive lah…parts expensive lah… discounts given to him not enough lah… aiyah… you name it…

K.T later called me on the cell telling me that this monkey has mentioned his displease on the price of the repairs. Anyway I told K.T that we have been giving this customer very good discounts from day 1, upon hearing this K.T then back off and hang up the phone

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G.G and G.W told me later in the noon that there is going to be a show down on this Monday and I should join them for the meeting. K.T give me a funny look when I asked him should I get pop corns, coke and grab the best seats for the above-mentioned… anyway I think his prayers is answers because at this very moment wonder boy steps into the showroom, and the conversation is ended…

Ha I can’t wait till Monday… this is better than star wars.

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I nearly got into an accident with a car and bike when going for lunch with J.F today… Basket, there is this car and bike that tried to squeezes though me when I having the right way (I am on the main road while they are turning out from a minor road) I give that 2 monkey a good horn and the 2 clown return my goodwill horn by doing the same… what the hell is wrong with these people nowadays?

Raining…

Life is complicated, but happiness is simple.

There really is a big difference between negotiating relationships, and getting stressed over them.

There is a big difference between planning for the future, and worrying about it.

There is a big difference between enduring a setback, and being miserable over it.

You can't avoid life's complications. Isn't it comforting to know that happiness is simple?

Am I conning myself?

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Basket, I came back to work today only to found out that there are so many shits running around waiting for me…

For starters, my dear mech Lim has created a mess for me and my foreman… There is a ang mo owner with air cond problem who sent in the car to the workshop yesterday ( I was on leave then)

At 1st Lim told the foreman J.F that the dryer is choked and needs to be replace, then after a while Lim told J.F that the compressor is faulty and needs to be replace after calling the ang mo for 2 times and breaking bigger and bigger repair bill to the owner, Lim informed J.F that the main fan is damaged and need to be replace…

This time my foreman worried that the ang mo may screw him for keeping bringing him the “bad news” so J.F waited until today and asked me to break the news to the ang mo customer…

I called the owner at about 08.30hrs to inform him that the fan needs to be replace and as usual I got screwed by customer for the expensive repair bills…

The best part is after I got the go ahead from the owner, our dear mech Lim told me that the fan doesn’t need to be replaced now… WTF? So what is what now? I really give up!

Then I have to move 3 cars out of the way to shift all the 5 showroom cars all by myself again to the workshop, for mech Lim to carry out the repairs for the complains that the sale people brought up…

Sometime I found it funny that this bunch of people can’t sell any of our product, but they are very fast to complain that the cars have many defects, which is not true… but anyway I never failed to have a hell of a good laugh whenever the sale people complain that there’s something wrong with the car…

1 common complains that I always had from them and never fails to send us rolling is “how come the car cannot start? When I went to the car and check the gear is in “R” or “D” I mean how the hell an auto gear car can start when there is gear engage?

Another complains that I always had is “the car got no power lah cannot overtake STI lah blah blah blah” funny isn’t it yo go sell the EVOs or the STI if you want a chance to overtake a STI…

Sometime I really wonder how stupid these sale people can get?

As if this is still not bad enough, Choon told me that I have find some1 to clear the scrap battery and metal by today, because there are some big guns coming for the showroom visit.

I end up carrying 30 pieces of battery and a box full of scrap metal from the basement all the way to the main office scrap metal room a few blocks away from my office because there is not 1 but me and myself only…

Haiz, why is it always me that get all the shit? This job sucks man!

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Sunny…

When you first meet somebody for the first time, you're not meeting them, you're meeting their representative. -Chris Rock-

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Basket, I got up this morning all dress up ready to go to work only to recall suddenly that I was on leave today… shit why am I getting so forgetfully nowadays?

Later in the morning about 11.00hrs I sent L.S to the test center for his B.T.T and so as turn out our dear friend fail the test with flying color… while waiting for his turn to book for a new test date I asked him how many time he had fail the test? Guess what he has failed 8 times…

8 times? Wah lao er… I pull L.S to the booking counter and told the lady to sign L.S up for the course. At 1st L.S did not agreed with me to take up the course but after I told him that there is no point for him to keep taking the test and fail the test without knowing what him did wrong that cause him to fail the test, he finally agree to take up the course…

Thank God, we finally left the place at 13.45hrs and went home for lunch.

After Lunch my folks wanted me to drive them around to do shoping, wah...I tell you man this is a real hard job... I having more respect for the taxi driver nowadays for being able to drive non stop for a straight 8 to 10 hours...

This is taxing man... I drove them from 1 shopping centre to another... from 1435hrs all the way to 2145hrs not mentioning that I have to walk with them, carry their shopping bags and I with to fight with other drivers for parking spaces...

I guess I'm not going shopping for a long time...

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Raining…

JUSTICE IS DONE… King of Pop Michael Jackson 46 walks out of court as a Freeman…

The lesson I had learned here : “Keep your fears to yourself but, share your courage with others…”


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I called up the customer that has a air cond coil leaking problem, as the parts has been fly in… Bloody clown told me he has already sent the god damn car for scrap… What the hell, MR G.L you should have not asked me to fly in the parts in the 1st place… now who the hell am I going to sell the coil to?

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Stupid Mr P.Y had a fight with me telling me that he will sue my company and me because I have collected $200 plus for the full payment of a part which turn out to be $400 plus…

In the 1st place I can recall that I never told him how much is the part as J.N himself cannot confirm how much the part cost was.

2nd thing is that it’s the salesman who told him that thing is $70 not me so why should I be answering this shit? So @sshole you can tell me if you want a discount, I will gladly give it to you… and not by pulling stupid stunts like that…

Thank god I have the black and white to prove that I only collected $200 from him and he still has the guts to say that he is not in the wrong. He then told me that he will sack me if I were to work for him… Bloodily @sshole who you think you are… nothing but a begger in my eyes ok!

Then he starts fighting with me the service price that we agree in the morning… which at the end I prove to him that is correct…

WTF, I call up J.N and N.K to ask for a 30% discount for this @sshole on the parts and I sent him packing…

On the parting note I told him “Mr P.Y, please complain to my management and tell them that I collected $200 plus which is not true and please sue me and my company for I be waiting…

Mr P.Y you better drive with your god damn eyes open… and you better pray nothing happen to you while you are holding the steering wheels… cos ill gotten discounts and acting like a @sshold won’t get you too far…

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Sunny…

I saw a man down on lonely street, a broken man who looked like me. No one knows the pain that I’ve been living… I tried so hard to remember where when how why our love went away? I tried to drown myself in pity but the whiskey kept calling your name

I never thought there come a time that our story would end, It's hard to understand but I guess I'll have to try… For all the joy we shared, all that time we spend now I had one wish I'd want forever back again, I can remember all those great times we had, there were so many memories, some good some bad Yes and through it all those memories will last forever

C, I see my life, there are things that I took for granted, but one thing always stays the same… If you could see inside my heart then you would understand, I'd never mean to hurt you…

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K.T has come out with a list of car that needs attention, I have found out all the problems with all of them and I have made plans to get them fixed on this Friday…

Interesting outcome I heard from K.T that the boss wanted our wonder boy to pay for half the cost for the screw up that he caused ha… that will be around 1k something… and further more he maybe asked to leave…

let see how long you can stay cocky…


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Raining…

"Everything happens for a reason; don't worry about the reason just live with what happens"

Ha… who am I trying to kid?

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How gentle is the rain that falls softly on the meadow, the birds that are high up on the trees, serenade the clouds with their melodies?

As raindrops falling on me and my soul, It’s like the sound of a mother crying I fell that it has cleanses me, and eases me for I have a feeling that she is telling me that I'm not alone...

I wander thru' the streets with a troubled mind, Seeking an answer to a question that I may never have a answer to it… why must it be me?…

C, I’m here without you, but your still on my lonely mind… These wounds you left me with just won't seem to heal, This pain you have given me is just too real….all this are just too much for me and time cannot erase…

Can somebody tell me why do people break up? I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone… I Looked back as lovers go walking past, I Wonder how they met and what makes it last?

I've been passing time watching trains go by, lying on the sand, watching seabirds fly… I am wishing that you would be home waiting for me…

Last week while passing by your office, I saw you holding hands, standing close to someone else You know what? I went home that night can't sleep, for you're all on my mind, the flash back in my mind is tearing and breaking my heart, I'm trying to keep it together But it kept falling apart, every little word with every lesson learned, every little pain fans a bitter flame but nothing will stops me from loving you…

C, I didn't mean it when I say "I didn't love you".... I should have held on tight and never let you go…

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The funny guys from the sale department have did it again, leaving all the new cars out in the rain with all the windows wind down… let see what you monkeys got to say when the foul smell comes out…

Raining…

“Never give up and accept defeat, without a fight” - NBA MVP M.J 23, 32

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I got up this morning not knowing where I am but in fact I was at home… Shit was I mixed up or mess up? I feared that I will get up 1 day not able to remember who I am?

Basket, I wonder that will I be sent and put away in some funny farm, should any1 I know come to know about this…

I’m having blackout lately and I do not know why? Many time I find myself waking up at funny places, for 1 Sometime I find myself waking up in the boys room, I guess I must have black out while in there.

Thank God I have yet to wake up in the boys room covered or soiled with my own shit…

Deja vu?
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Raining…

Some people in the office has come up with this B.B.Q gartering thing today at east coast park tonight…

Now I am stuck on whether to go or not to go?

On my way driving to work to day I make a wrong turn and ended up taking a longer route to get to my office…

Shit… what the hell is wrong with me man? Is like I haven’t been myself lately, is there something wrong with me?

I guess I should consult a doctor soon before something bad happen…

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K.T is not happy with E.T because E.T keeps showing up late on his duty days... and so he called E.T on the cell phone and "told" E.T that if he is not going to show face on time, K.T is not going to help he on the shits his is in...

Finally E.T show face at 1045hrs, and by this time G.W is not happy with E.T... 1st thing 1st as E.T has turn up late G.W has to move all the show room car out from the basement all by himself...

Later E.T sign out the test drive car A but drove out the test drive B and when he is done with the test drive car, he just simply park the car at the drive way blocking the entrance to the basement car park...

And if that is not bad enough our dear friend did not return the test drive car key to the key press but dump the key to God know where? And went missing...

As E.T is missing, G.W got into trouble with K.T because he was E.T buddy for today duty... hah... I better grap some popcorn, coke and find the best seats in the house and watch the in house premier "face off the s'pore style"

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Raining…

How many of you people out there had been hurt in some kind of love affair? How many times do you swear that you'll never love again? How many lonely, sleepless nights you had, how many lies, how many fights? Would you put yourselves through all that again?

I guess love is pain, and love has a cruel and bitter way off paying people back for all the faith that they ever had in their life…

C, now I am walking on an endless turning stairway climbs thinking of you; I shed another million tears while doing so… I can walk a million roads, over coming a million fears, followed by a million years of uncertainty, do a million rights, and a million wrongs in this balance of time. Just to be with you again…

C, I still love you, I may be numberless, I may be ignorant… but I've kept this single faith, and one belief…and that is I still love you…

Eternities unsaid, I went to bed… I dream of rain and the gardens in the desert sand and I wake up today in vain… I dream of our love as time runs through my hand… I dream of fire…and those dreams that tie our two hearts that will never die…

C, No sweet perfume would torture me more than yours, I lift my gaze to the empty skies above and close my eyes to your perfume… This memory hidden in my heart and soul, this perfume of yours is my sweet intoxication of love…

I sat down and wrote this letter telling you that I felt better; since you've gone and I was free I'm so happy… I have so little time to spare now, for I have so many things to do, so many dreams to fulfil...

I signed my name as if I meant it and sealed it with a kiss and sent it the letter headed through my mood, happy in my solitude

But halfway I changed my tune, when I saw my lonely room and the mirror caught my eye and when I sat down and I cried, I had to intercept that letter telling you that I was better I raced to catch the postman's van, He was leaving as I ran I missed the bus, I end up walking in the rain then came a big dog chased me down the street…

Feeling sorry for myself and wishing I was someone else I walked across the road because I couldn't stand your pity, How could it be that when I needed you the most? I never want to feel so sad and lost again…

The place you live looks opulent and obviously a higher rent than a cosy little room, your landlord says you're out of town, but your new boyfriend's always around, the hour was getting late so I sit down and wait

Then who comes upon the scene but your new boyfriend, Mr.XXX, I ran for cover, now I can only curse my fate It hasn’t been the best of days I'd like to fly away

These memories never sleep… sometime I really wonder why our love turned out this way? I never could find a place to hide so I wore this mask to hide my scars… What could I do but just run and run and run…

The moon is like a fingernail and slowly sinking, another day has begins and now You were my compass, my northern star… Now I lost my way for you are not here with me anymore…

Last night I was looking through our photo album and I see a picture of you smiling at me, I still recall all the good times we shared when we were still together…

Now the pictures that you left behind are just memories, some of them made me laugh, some of them made me cry… I could be walking down the street and see many new faces. But I will always remember that same old smile that I've been thinking of all day…

After the rain has fallen, tears washed my eyes, thunder’s spoken, lighting bolt’s been hurled, and after all the dreams have been broken, C, my love for you still remain unchanged…

This heart is bleeding, but you can't see its blood, it’s nothing but some feelings that this old heart kicked up... It's been raining in me since you left me, now I'm drowning in the flood. I've always been a fighter but without you… I'm lost...

I guess I must confess: I still love you…

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I went to body centre to collect a car that I sent for polishing this morning, only to find out the car at 1500hrs as agree with the polisher is yet to ready… Basket I spend another hour waiting for the car only to find out that the owner is only coming for the car tomorrow… Shit… what’s the rush for?

Sunny…

A new sales guy turn up for work today and when he came up to me I got this gut feeling that this guy is another skumbag… and it turn out that I was right about it… he happen to be one of the @ssholes friend… Sorry mate, I got nothing against you, you just happen to have a wrong person to be you friend… anyway Welcome to the Rock!

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SH told me that for now onwards he will not be doing accident claims as the boss wanted he to focus on workshops matter and they appointed TM to take care of all the accident claims… basket how come I am still doing the accident claims? Is it that I still have not enough shit in my hands? I am doing more multi-task than SH and I still have to do accident claims… Shit, WTF is wrong with the management people?

I told J.N about it and he told me he will look into it… “sigh” yeah… look into it…

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I went up to PDI again today to glue back the door weather seal for this Mr R.H (this is the guy that drive his car though a flood and cause the engine can’t start after that ) while on the way he asked me “are you still singal or what?” I was taken aback with this question, and at that very moment I am really lost for words…

Suddenly I have flash back of all the relationship I have before… all the happy and good times I spend with all the Ex-girl friends I am very surprise that I have all the details run though my mind like a movie played back… we never have any disagreement or whatsoever but in the end we just went on our own separated way…

I have spent time to look back every time a relationship ends, and as always I am sadden by the fact it has ended and there is nothing I can do about it to save the situation…

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G.G asked me to help him remove the alarm system and a fuel saver stuff out of his customer’s old car … He told me that the owner has agreed to pay for the labour for the job to be carry out and ask me to quote a price…I told him to collect $180 from the owner so that we can go for a big makan at muthu curry…

Ha ha muthu curry… here we come

Raining…

“We have a “Broken Arrow” yesterday in the showroom at 1330hrs (broken arrow is a term they used in the USA when they have a missing nuclear warhead) for us it meant that we have a missing car key for a showroom car…

We did not know about the broken arrow until it started to rain and the duty guy need to get the key to wind up the window of that car which is wind down to keep the car cool under the sun.

For many reason I did not agree with the idea to park all the showroom car out in the grass patch and right under the sun…

1. The NEA people may fine us because we are parking on the grass patch.

2. The T.P or the police may fine us because some of the car is parking on part of the pavement.

3. The interior of the car maybe damage because of the constant exposure under the sun. (Many cars has their door weather strip drop out because of the heat from the constant exposure under the sun)
4. The bodywork of the car maybe damage because of the sunlight UV rays, rain and bird’s dropping.

5. The car maybe damage should any monkey drive up the kerb and knock into our cars.

The search for the key went on until 1500hrs where we found the missing key in another car… by that time the car is already wet inside out.

I strongly believe any of this shit would have not happen if we had leave the cars in the proper holding area in the 1st place, and now we may have to face the problem that there maybe a foul smell inside the cabin of that car after the carpet dries up.

But… what can I say Bols?

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The in house @sshold has brought back a car with some defects from the PDI without checking, and now it is become my ‘baby”

AS if I give a shit about it, I am rejecting the car back to the PDI for all I care…

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At last Both K.T and I is a happy man, I had all his tyres replaced and he got the sports rims he wanted… Shit, I just can’t understand why he can’t agree to the replacing all the tyres in the 1st place… and now after so much hassle he agree to change all the tyres when we can in the 1st place do it without going 1 big round of hide and seek…

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I went to PDI with G.G to collect his customer’s car but as usual PDI has screw us up by telling us that the car is good and ready for collection when it’s not. Thank God I manage to hitch a ride back from the body centre guy.

Fcuk When is the day that PDI will stop screwing us up?

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There’s this customer who claims that he has free service up to 45k but upon checking there is no paper to support his claims, so I refer his case to K.T and after checking K.T agrees to give him the 30k service free base on goodwill… K.T then asks me why things like that keeps happening. I told him he is asking the wrong person the wrong question in fact he should be asking the salesman why he did not ensure the sales agreement is in order?

Sunny…

'I believe there's a hero in all of us that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble, and finally allows us to die with pride...' Aunt May, Spiderman2

I came across the above mentioned statement and I was really stunt by it… I pray to God that he will give me all the pride that I needed when he called me home to his side…

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Posh give me a call this morning asking me to go for a 2nd interview… I turn them down partly because at the 1st interview the workshop manager is very cocky towards me… Another reason the pay also sucks… Lastly it is because J.N has promised me that things will change for the better when they move me to the head office…

I broke the news to J.N that I have turn down posh because of what he told me then all of a sudden J.N take back what he told me and now I’m having this very bad feeling that I have been set up again…

I went tea break with J.F and Lim and the both of them said that I am stupid to turn down the posh offer…

Shit I hope I made the right move on turning posh down…

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I was having a hell of a shitty day because I have to send the god damn tyres to the body centre for them to inspect because J.N said that I can make a claim for the tyre, when I got there that stupid manager went missing and I called him on the cell phone to tell him right off….

He then arrow some monkey that have no say in everything to “help” me… in the end I waste about 2 hours travelling to and fro to be told the answer that I already knew… I called up K.T and told him the outcome and thank god this time he accepted the fact that is either he changes all the 4 tyres, or he will have to live with the size 14 tyres for the moment…

That stupid 5 min manager tried to tell the whole world that he is very hard working, by telling me that he as a manager also have to go to the workshop to check on the warranty claim… I told him off in his face that it is his job and he was paid to do it… and it he is not happy about it I can exchange pay and job with him… guess I have piss him off real time… he walk away without saying anything…

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Raining evening…

K.T calls me yesterday telling me that he burst 1 of the tire and asked me what to do. I told him that I will settle for him today, but 1st he can inter change the damage tire with the spare 1 and drive 1st…

Today I ask Lim.W to swap the size 15 tires from the stock tires to the sports rims we have but our dear friend replaced all 4 with size 14 steel rims… bloodily hell Lim.W why can’t you just follow simply instruction?

So I though I ask K.T to use the size 14 tires and rims 1st and until the next 20k we can replace all the 4 tires to the size 15 tires, but K.T die die wanted the tires with size 15 sports rims…

Now I am stuck for 1 Lim die die don’t want to redo what he has done and K.T die die wanted the sports rims so I asked K.T to replace all 4 tires to new but it seems that he is worried that the management with question him why?

Basket… I told J.N about it but he referred me to B.W, I called B.W and He wanted me to send the tire all the way to the body centre which is very far away from office… Xiao man…

Come tomorrow I have to go all the way to the body centre to try to claim the tire for K.T’s car

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I went up to the body centre with 1 of the customer to glue back the door weather strip that drop out… but when we are there he starts tearing out all the 4 weather strips and my jaw really drop when I saw what he did…

I ended up spending more 2 hours and went without lunch to secure all the 4 weather strips at the body centre…

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I came back to office to find out that I lost my note book, basket, I have many important phone number and customer appointment booking in it now I really in a fix… I called up the all customer I had today but all of them told me that after a check they can’t find the note book I am talking about… shit where the hell is the bloodly note book???

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Sunny…

Wah… I have did it again by over sleeping… I was suppose to get up to watch sun rise today but it ended up the sun is shining so bright on my @ss but the time I got up… what is wrong with me man?

I went back to sleep again after not getting any answers to my question…

Got up again late afternoon to find out that it’s about 1830hrs… went around hunting for food and watch T.V till min-night….

Shit.... I hope I can get up for work tomorrow...

Sunny…

The show room is so peaceful yesterday and today because K.T has station the two @ss holes at the road show… how I wish it will remain this way forever…

K.T called me on the cell phone asking for car polish while I am at the main office checking out some spare parts, I got back to the showroom only to find out the car he is mentioning about is in a very sorry state.

The door paint work has been scratched, the front bonnet cover is full of black stains, and rear bumper is also scratched… in short the car need a new paint job…

I really feel sorry for the car and myself that it is in this sorry state…

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Shit, I got left out on the safety shoes thing again… This is the 3rd time this shit is happening on me…bloodily hell, why must it by me again?

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There is this funny guy who came into the showroom very early this morning looking for the 2 @ss holes and B.C, when I told him that all of the above mentioned is yet to report to office, He starts bugging me by telling me how good and powerful his (N.A) Subaru legacy is…

And further more ask me to make him a coffee because he had sent his car to M.I for serving today… when I told there’s no such thing here, he told me off saying that Volvo and Mercedes has coffee, tea and delifrance serve everyday…

And as if I give a shit about it… I nearly tell this clown that this is no Volvo and Mercedes here and if anything he should be asking the coffee, tea and delifrance at M.I instead of asking from me and my office…

Thank god B.C came in shortly and I pass this monkey to him, my jaw drop when I saw him still in the showroom at 1300hrs… shit man what is there so much to talk about?

Then I came to know that this monkey came to our showroom sometime ago to “find out prices” trying to smoke both the @ss holes and B.C to sell him the car at a very rock bottom price… but it seems that the stunts he pulled did not work so this monkey bought a Subaru…

Suddenly this monkey’s cell phone ring and thank god it's some1 from M.I telling him that his "powerful (N.A) Subaru legacy" is ready for collection… At last this clown left us in peace….

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K.T was flaming mad when some1 call him and informed him that the 2 @ss holes did not show up at the road show site. Hee... now he is rushing to the site to man the counter there… K.T, K.T… Let see how long you can endure this 2 @ss holes’s shit…

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Sunny…

Today I went around checking the showroom cars with B.C and G.G while they start up all the cars for the daily warming up I happened to found 1 of the dress up car is very low on fuel, I hunt down K.T asking for the fuel card and his car keys and wanted B.C to come along with me to the petrol station.

I was all set and really to go then our dear friend went M.I.A (Missing In Action) wah lao, I called him on the cell phone ended up our friend here is waiting to see K.T for a meeting… Basket, now I am stuck again… waiting…

Haiz I end up going to the gas station to buy the petrol with G.G and while at that J.N called me and asked me whether can we fix the wind mirror with signal light to the car that we are going selling which come without the signal light options… upon hearing this I knew that A.W has been talking to B.c about his new wish lists… I call up B.C and told him that I hope he know where and when to pull his handbrakes on this Customer A.W…

It seen to me that K.T really wanted to close the deal with this A.W that he is really bending the rules to seal the deal, I talk to B.C and understand that A.W is coming down to the showroom later this afternoon to finalises the deal…. Ha something tells me that this @ss hole is going to try his luck on something else if he really were to show his face in our showroom

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Lim.W told me that he will scrap his accident car in return to change to a Japanese made model. I so envy him basket, yesterday met accident, today change car.

Must be hell of a rich man kid, or something to do something like that…

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I went test drive this afternoon with J.F and was told that he will be going to LCV centre to check on the warranty claims… with that stupid 5 min… I was basket, what the hell is this 5 min thinking? I thought the last time the word from the boss is that he the 5 min guy is to do the entire warranty related thing and now it seems to me that this 5 min is arrowing my foreman again…

Suddenly, we saw 5 min drive passed us and with a quick check on the time it is showing 14.30hrs, Wow power! our friend Mr 5 min went out for lunch at 12.30hrs but only on the way back at 14.30hrs… I never know managers lunch time is a solid 2 hours thing…

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The news is out last night there will be a 0.4 mouths bonus for the civil servant with an addition of a once off $200 special bonus…

Shit it is coming 1800hrs and there’s still no new from my management that we have having a bonus or pay increment…

Basket, Come to think of it my management was so quick and fast to cut our pay and burn our AWS, bonus and hold our increment when the economy down, but now when the economy is getting better, bloodily hell…. The company still choose to “act blur”


I also got news today that S.T from the sales admin department have resigned W.E.F yesterday… seem to me that this company is really losing good people at a very fast rate… well I hope S.T’s resign got nothing to do with this man….

Die… I hope I don’t get to “share” her work man!

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B.C, G.G, Lim.W and I was have tea break together and we were talking about things that is happening in the showroom… I asking them how come this E.T and A.T are selling so well? Why they are still holding the Eggs?

Shit...why is it the @ssholes, (in this case is E.T and A.T) that always Ace all the tests?

I guess nobody can really give any answers or explanations to the above mentioned question…

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Sunny…

I got up today and begin to think real hard… Am I going to spend the rest of my life working for this company? I check out the papers today for job listing, but very sad to say either the pay is shitty or I do not have what it take for the job…

There is a saying every 10 years you must reach a pit stop, the 1st 10 and 20 years you must get good paper qualification and settle down, by the 3rd 10 years you should be somebody or have a good career and see the result… this year mark my 3rd 10 years and I still not anywhere near there yet.

Getting worried I start thinking of being my own boss… I have talked to a few of my customer about starting out and they are very nice enough by offering to lend me a hand… I just don’t know why and what I don’t feel good about this, which keeps holding me back…

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Basket, My old man’s God damn cat pee on my shoes today and end up I have damp them away…

Stupid cat, if not for my old man you would have ended up as cat soup…

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I talked to B.W and we agreed that A.W has no intention to change the car but the fact that he is taking us for a ride, I told B.W that we should stop calling him and when the next time this A.W calls up… then it the time that we will turn the table against him

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Lim.W called me up today to inform me that he will be taking the am leave this morning I guess I am not the only one going for interviews after all…

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K.T lay down his rules of engagement for the sales people today and I guess many people are not happy about it… Good that the way it is… I always tell people 1 good turn deserves another and now the some @ss hole got the good turn…

For starters, Lets see how many of them can show up for work on time when it is their duty day…

Some @ss hole tried to shift K.T attention by mentioned that I have remove the phone on my work station… Ha, I guess that all don’t know that it the company stand that I operate on the cordless phone…

Anyway let see who has the last laugh…

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Yesterday I passed K.T the forms for customer undertaking for test drive and I told him that it is up to him to enforce the test drive records the sales people is giving to the “to be customers”

For the1st reason we will be sending the signal to those people who just wanted to test drive but not buying the car to think again because there is a price to pay if they try to be funny should anything bad happened.

2nd reason, we should not be giving “Tom, Dick, Harry, Mary or Jane” any test drive just for the kicks or fun.

The 3rd reason is if there is an accident or fine slaps to any of the trade plate we owned, at the very least we know who to go after if there is a records on who is driving that car at the point of time, but it will be more easy to solve any problem of this if his sales people don’t want to keep the records… Just pass them the fines or bills and ask them to settle in among themselves…

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My jaw drop when J.N wanted me to book the customer with the air cond problem in tomorrow… because the news yesterday is there is not stock for the coil and it take 10 days to fly in the parts… But now he said the parts are here… wah… but he can’t for sure is the parts the right 1 and at the end of the day will I really see the real thing with my eyes…Now I am lost… what is what man?

I am very sure that there is a screw up some where somehow…

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Guess what J.N called me at 1750hrs telling me that the coil for the above-mentioned car is not here… See!!! I knew it…. I just knew it… shit… what am I going to tell the customer now?

Sunny…

Today is the last day of work for small girl... I can see many of the workshop boys are feeling sad about her leaving, I guess I will never understand why the management never give a shit to find out why the turn over rate for it's staffs is so high even after so many people come and go...

M.J told me that she can't bear to see small girl go for she fear that tears will flow when they bid each other final good bye, so much so that she went to hide somewhere when is time to go home today... I guess we all know that all good things will come to an end but we just don't want or wish to face it...

Be well small girl, All the best to you and my prayers will be with you wherever you are...

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Lim.W got into an accident while coming to work today… he drove the car to my office and ask me for my advice, I told him to make a claim for it as the bill will be a very expensive one… must be a hell of a shitty day for him…

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J.N told me that they are planing to move me over to the new office and there will be an increment when that happened, I told him it better be fast as I have went for some interview with some company…

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K.T talked to me today and he asked me how I felt about him getting the sales people to punch card, I told him that he is the boss now and he is calling the shot around here so I can't say too much about it…

After a while he told me to bring out the punch card machine and he told me he will want all his boys to punch card WEF Friday…. Hahaha I am looking forward to a hell of a good show soon…

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A.T was lucky that I was still around when she came back from the test drive with her customer... partly because K.T and J.F asked me to give her a break... And the best part is she have the guts to ask me for a ride to the MRT station after her play me out with E.T... power this woman really have no shame...

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I called A.W and it seem to me that both me and B.W are screwed by him, basket, this monkey never have enough 1st he wanted something and he said if this is done, he will sign on the doted line, but after you get want he wants... he come up with some more new shit on his wish list...and he wish list go in and on but it never end...

I have a good mind to call it a day on him... by telling him he can keep he current car and forget about the upgrade...

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I talk to J.N today about a car with air cond problems... I manage to get the green light for the repair from the owner, but the problem here is there are some parts the my store do not have...

End of the day I really wonder why the store keep having "no stock" and when is this saga of this don't have, that don't have... coming to an end?

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