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With my new blogshop coming up, I’ve decided to use blogspot instead so that I can familiarize and get to know how to use that better..

Here’s the new blog link:

http://jeanettelynn.blogspot.com/

HAPPY EARLY EASTER PPLE!!

Saw this at NTUC and Trav dear bought it for me..

So Cute!!! So Cuuuuttte!! =)

=(   So Poor Thing….. Sobbb….

haha that’s what I’d choose to say about the state I was in today…

Woke up early today for Tennis…didnt eat breakfast as usual..

After the game, I cooked some fish… had the first piece and shortly after, my tummy ached.. So, in about les than 5 mins, I cleared everything in my tummy, suffering in the toilet.. Rested a while cos I felt weak.. So i did some work…. I ate more fish after an hr or so.. then the same thing happened… sat in the toilet for ages… was stuck at home for a while and I cldnt leave for nebo..

I guess my body didnt absorb the nutrients from the food I ate.. I felt so weak later in the aftnoon that my hands were shaky and I was breaking in cold sweat.. So, I went to the kitchen and ate half a foccasia (the ones we serve at the cafe)… it was cut in half so I ate the top.. and folded the base and fitted it in the paperbag to da bao home…

Had a meeting in the evening and couldnt have dinner.. then, again, I felt weak.. gobbled the sushi so fast, I felt like a pig.. Ok, the good thing is that I feel lighter and tighter at the tummy .. Since there is a lack of food for my body to convert to energy..

Ok..now I tink I sound bimbotic…

Wadeva…

Was hanging out at Tmall for a short while waiting for Trav dear to come over for dinner yest..Hated the weather, especially when I had to travel from home to AMK hub, then to centrepoint..

Left my umbrella at the manicure shop at AMK hub and i just didnt bother to go get it back.. regret…

After all my meetings, I went over to walk around Tmall. There was this shop called Sub, near mango..Been in there before but I did not make any purchase cos the pricing wasnt quite right.

It was expensive, for the quality, plus it wasnt designed in-house. They just sewed on their own lable to clothing purchased from wholesalers. Anyway, they had this tag thing that said: REd 10% yellow 30% and blue 50% off the price for the items. Then the salesgirl came to tell me: If I buy 2, I enjoy the disc off the tag which has a higher %. Well, she wasnt very clear in describing it anyway..

So I saw a top which was $53.. had a yellow tag..I did some calculations and thot ok, I will get it.. Just then, Trav dear called to say we had to go else where cos there was no parking space. So I just rushed to make payment without getting 2 pieces and looking at how much i was signing for..

When I went to his car, I was shocked that i had paid $53 for the top. I called the shop to check and they said that the disc was only valid if I bought 2 pieces.. So 1 piece means I had to pay the full price..

I just feel that this is a very bad tactic for promotion. Being a marketing student, I pay very close attention to such, and having walked past SUB a few times, I know business has been bad.

Well using this strategy is just going to cause its downfall..People who felt cheated like me will NEVER EVER go back there again. It’s not because I couldnt afford for it, but it was the fact that the term was not stated clearly on the store posters and tags. Worse of all, the stall helpers just did not want to mention that you dont get any discount if you buy just one piece.

Whatever it is, If you are a marketing manager or shop owner, never never ever make ur customers feel this way, Cos the after purchase effect will be more than negative.

Negative remarks will just spread by word of mouth, for eg: Nette told Trav dear about it, Trav will not recommend that place to his girl friends. NEtte will tell her friends abt it, her friends tell their friends not to go there.. Nette blogs abt it.. many pple read abt it.. many pple will tell many others not to go there..

See the power of "the mouth"?? I hope none of the nebo customers have felt anything like this before…

Had supper with Trav Dear and our friends at Simpang last fri evening..

There was no menu (perhaps to cut cost??) , and we cld only order from the sign board above us that lists all the items they had..

I ordered coke lite as usual cos the rest were prata and oily stuff.. Trav Dear saw sumthin that said "beef Steak" and so he ordered it..

(see pic above)

We all laughed when we saw that… it was beef steak!!

A mix of egg, cabbage. small pieces of beef, loads of potato cubes..

We just couldnt stop making fun of it and when the stall crew came over, Trav dear asked him what was it that he just ate to reconfirm there was no mistake..

The guy said in his accent: This is beef teak.. bla bla bla bla (I cant rem wad else he said)… and then he asked. issit nice??

Everyone just laughed at the irony in that question asked..

ok, betta not comment anymore abt the stall or its pple.. i’ll steer clear off racism =)   

Yea, I’ve been busy.. so busy I had no time to blog..

But Im wierd la.. I love to feel busy.. otherwise I’d feel sluggish, flabby and lazy when I am doing nothing all day..

Had a rather eventful Sat.. A great start to MArch, I’d say..(Ive become an optimistic person)

Had some fun helping calvin with his short film. He is working on 3 to be shown soon and we were working on one of them last SAt. I was to be the gf of the lead who died of cancer.. It’s the easiest thing ive ever done amongst all the experiences Ive had in front of the camera..

We were at a flat in Seng Kang.. my job: To stand by the window, looking out, and have my back facing the camera..I was to be a dejected gf who is hurt cos her bf left without a word.. and she now knows why he left…

Sooo ez… I mean, how many expressions can you make with your buttocks, shoulders, hair,upper back, middle back, lower back, quads and calves?? So, all I had to do was "express" dejection with my back! EZ!!

The most eventful must surely be the car accident that Trav dear and I was involved in. We were ard sengKang with Zack in the back seat. I was playing Tennis on PSP when we were kissed on the butt by another car.. All I wld say is that we wasted time sending the car to the workshop and having to ride in a Ah Pek Toyota Vios..

(Maroon) as though the lousy and noisy engine wasnt good enuff..

Stupid car had such wierd accelerators, I must have scared the pple at Vivo City car park. We were driving out of Vivo when I stepped on the accelerator accidentally, very very hard when the gear was at P..

I pity cars that are used for rental purposes.. Abuses, unapreciated and passes around..

Ok, time to ponder about me getting a 2nd hand car…

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

When I strike toto or 4D lor…

Which is like never, cos I dont even buy that..

Maybe $$ will fall from the sky soon..

(Nette is slightly disillusioned..)

Satisfaction from a great tennis game.. Played for 3 hrs non stop.. Tho my feet can hardly move an inch now, I feel so completely satisfied cos my feel is back!!

Had a great lesson with uncle Bakar today too! He thot me how to hit to generate more power.. He said its like slapping a guy with the racket.. and I learned volley too..

Things seem to go my way today..Was supposed to teach today at 12, but I played till 11 plus and I can hardly move my feet.. was hoping Wesley will change tuition today and indeed he did!!

We are going to celebrate Travs Bdae today..I found a new place to visit.. Its called Bottle Tree village in Sembawang area, where there is a prawning pond, fising pond, lots of natural greenery.. like a mini kampong.. I love such places.. it takes my mind off the urbun life..

Shall take lots of pics later..

That shall be my new nickname for now..

….For cooking sumthing nice for lunch but forgetting to pack it out of the house…leaving it stranded in the microwave…

…For always wanting to say something.. thereafter exclaiming: "eh, I forgot wad I want to say oredi.."

…For always forgetting to feed the pets at home… and causing their death…(I am prepared that retribution shall befall on me one day)

I think the only thing I will never forget to do is to eat…(pretty obvious from my size…)

Stayed at home today to do some research for my new business idea..and waited for my lesson at 4pm with Wes..Felt quite bad cos I was like wasting time.. like slacking.. but I didnt want to go to nebo cos I had to come home for tuition and travelling there takes an hr plus..

I could have gone for marketing lecture with Trav dear.. if not for tuition.. it was cancelled at the last min.. luckily daddy came home from golf and we decided to play tennis earlier..

Played a singles match with him.. I loved it.. and I love every tennis session with daddy cos it is like bonding time.. Im glad we have tennis.. something in common, something we can bond over.. Daddy was so cute.. we played till 6 all and had to play a tie break.. He didnt want me to lose, so when we reached 4-4 during the tie break, he said: Ok end. Its a tie..And asked uncle johnny to come play with us instead..

Actually, my daddy is very cute. He is just like me.. theres an inner little boy in the 57 yr old man.. When we were at korea, he saw a little teddy bear, the ones that bears ur birth date on its tummy. He said it was cute, and bought one for himself.. and insisted we hang it in his car..He saw my little lamb (see pic in previous post) and said it was so cute.. and went to sayang my little lamb soft toy..

Next on my list is to partner daddy to play against others, and WIN!

Not long after, Trav Dear came and we played a doubles match against uncle johnny and Ronald.. It was both Ronald and TRav’s 1st time playing a match.. Trav dear was so cute.. cos, being the strong boy he is, he did not dare to hit too hard.. so every shot was a measured, careful hit.. and he looked so worried with every shot..We didnt win..but nvm..

After a while.. he complained that he was hungry (Im sure u are not surprised).. we bathed… changed and went for dinner.. A cheap soupy, light dinner that I planned to have became a buffet at Seoul Garden.. Damn..fats fats fats..

Y must they charge for drinks… including ice water?? Will it really make a difference of they dont charge for ice water, that comes from the tap?? Imagine paying $4 for tap water!!  So, the cheapskate and smart nette did this:

FOC!!

And I cant help but to put this up: my waterbottle! I wonder what my tennis pple wld say when they see my bring this on court..

Had my doubles tennis tournament last Sunday, 17th Feb. Was a horrid day..

Just the day before, my racket string broke, and I couldnt get it fixed on time for the match.. Damn.. and I had to use another which Im not that used to..I played so horribly, I felt so shitty..I kept serving double faults, making mistakes and best of all, our opponents in the 1st round are the champions..

My parter and I felt so bad cos we werent playing well at all.. but since it is our 1st tournament, it was alrite.. we were playing an open tournament, against pple who had been playing for 10s of years..

But there seems to be something wrong with my game recently.. aside from being sick and abit weaker, I feel that I just cant swing right.. cant play and feel that Ive played well..

This has gone on since I came back from Korea.. I hope I can play better soon.. its frustrating!!

All sorts of wierd symptoms beckon me.. a fever,then a cold, now a cough. and a slightly injured ankle..whats more?? Or whats there left for me??  =(

I shall aim to beat some pple..Gimme 6mths!!