Q: who reads my blog?i bought a calling card last week, and made my first call out to my bestest best friend sarah. i called at a pretty decent hour, and we spoke for a good 20-over minutes.
sending love to rah.today, i spent an hour 20 minutes talking to my mom. (:
it's coming 2am now, i should be getting to bed. my legs are sore and my arms are aching from work. i'm sure it makes complete sense as to why my legs are sore from working at a shoe shop; i spend more than 98% of my time standing or walking about. what about my arms? what plausible reason could there be for achy arms?
have you ever worked in a warehouse? imagine hundreds of pairs of shoes sitting on roller carts. now when you're looking for
THE PAIR the customer wants, you'll push and pull those roller carts about. i'm gonna have sweet-looking arms and legs by christmas! woohoo!
i now work full shifts on saturdays, from 10am opening to closing at 7pm. most malls shutdown (literally) at 8pm on saturdays, but because i'm working downtown (think shenton way on the weekends) i don't get much business. it's okay, i'm still meeting my quota - pay's coming in soon! yaaay!
oh oh ohhhh! tonight (and only tonight), i get to sleep in an hour more (not that i need it anyway) because calgary/canada does this thing called '
Daylight Saving'. due to the sun's late morning arrival and early daily departure in winter, calgary/canada pushes time back an hour so as allow people to make more of the day!
p/s: today, i prayed doubly hard that people would learn to read signs:SIGN SAYS:
BUY ONE GET ONE at 50% OFF!two ladies come in, all bossy and shit.
LADY 1: "excuse me. i want this in size 8, and 9. and this in 10. and this is 8-1/2"
val says: "we don't do half sizes, but i can get you size 9 for this, as it's a smaller cut."
LADY 1: "okay. oh and i want this in 9."
LADY 2: "can i have this in 10?"
val says: "sure. so that (repeat order to them)." walks away with 5 shoes for the 2 ladies, and 3 other shoes for other customers. (yes, we are short-staffed. in fact, most of calgary is short-staffed; every shop is hiring!)
...shoe after shoe after shoe after shoe... the two ladies make val run in and out of the back store and front.
val says: "so we're going with these?"
LADY 1 & 2: "yes."
val says: "great. let me pack bring these to the counter for you, and get my manager to ring these in."
MANAGER: "so that's $____."
LADY 1: "isn't it 50% off both?"
MANAGER: "it's buy one, get the other one at 50% off."
LADY 1: "oh...."
(lady 1 and lady 2 discuss.)
LADY 1: "we're not going to get either then."
!!!!!! (val wills a 10-tonne anvil to fall on the ladies.)
A: my mom and you.
valerie anne
in my 20s and wonderful.
dressed to dress you.
. i would do you, but i can't. it's just the wrong season right now.
I've been in canada for days.
. in need of a recommendation
. tattoo
. rolex
. prada bag
. hermes birkin/kelly
. hermes scarf
. prada penguin coin purse
. suped up VW jetta mk3 '97
. 911 Turbo
. WRX
. smoked e-codes/fogs
. porsche deep dish rims
.
my driver's license
.
a shaven head for my 18th
. be a somebody
. make {gravi.tee}
.
snowboard
.
own my first car
. travel: NYC, all over europe,
japan,
mexico, chile, argentina, spain, greece, laos, vietnam, bali, dubai, amsterdam
. publish a book entitled "you better quote val, or else" -
recommended by derek goh
.
fashion school
. travel: roadtrip canada
. travel: roadtrip USA
.
move out
. own a house
. ride the dragon in tokyo
. go fish/camping for a weekend
. open a cafe/boutique
. horse-riding
. speak korean/japanese/spanish/french
. skydive over mauritius waters
. white-water raft above level 3
. bungee jump from a suspension bridge
. break the world record for the longest time on a loop-the-loop roller coaster ride
. save an endangered species
. AND prove to my mum that i'll be married before 35.
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