Zhongshan Chronicles /// 4:00 pm
lawl, went to Zhongshan road this morning to meet Chris and Siwon to fly kite.
But we failed MISERABLY.
hot day+
small wind+
stubborn kite= Sad Chris Michelle and Siwon ):
Haha, but got to eat cold stone (:
Mint Mint Choco Chocolate Chip (:
Haha!
And then, the main event came.
So question: How fast can you piss 5(+1) people off at once (with a partner)?
Answer:
just 30mins-1hourYeah. We did exactly that (Siwon and I).
So Siwon was approached by this middle aged lady who was advertising for this beautician company from hong kong. And then upon hearing that they would give free facial wash, Siwon went. And I too, because I thought they were giving those small packets and bottles of samples -.-
Obviously, I was wrong. So they went ahead and washed my face and talked about how blackheads were a problem. Then, BAM! their sales pitch came in. They begin talking about how the blackheads would become like a tumour. (Yes it will. Thats because it will grow.) Its not like I didnt know (I learnt it in a course in Sec 4) so i simply switched off my brain and pretended to nod in agreement every pause she made. Thank goodness Chinese does that to me everytime. So basically, they went on and went on. SO basically the product just makes the blackheads crawl out by themselves. (creepy)
So first went onto the "filial" tactic. I simply told them that I'd have to consult my mum first. Which is true. And works on about 75% of the population. BUTTTTTT they were so persistent, and went on saying that how my mum will want my skin to be flawless too and she wouldn't know my wants and needs. Basically insulting my mum's efficiency in her maternal job.
So they got their GM in. Scary. Not. She was this Anhui person, so I could not really sympathise with her. She went onto talk about how her niece went to study in Singapore. And then got herself many angmoh friends and went onto study in Malaysia. And then, the sale pitch again. So, again I refused. Refused and refused. And then she had told me that my eyebrows were slightly connected and wanted to pluck it for me.
No one plucks my eyebrows. NO ONE.
So now back to the topic, so I decided to go onto the ever so great INDIVIDUALISM track. So I said that my eyebrows were part of me (didnt they know that connected eyebrows= stubborn and short tempered person? Naive people). And then they suddenly switched the topic back to the blackheads, said that so blackheads are part of me. So I got slightly pissed and just kept quiet.
But by JOVE! Siwon smsed me from the other room. YAYYYYYY!!! So I pretended that she was my mum and then "she" had called me from Hongqiao and asked me to go back there immediately to gather, so I had to go soon.
And they got quiet and then left me to this girl to finished washing my face (: . So cool. I swear, there was some kind of "good cop bad cop" role going between the three who were in the room.
When they finished, I saw 5 grumpy people sitting at the reception. YAY!
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!!!! And there, we made the beautician lose money today!
So if you're wondering, whos the other +1? Well, that was Siwon's mother. Because Siwon told her that we might be going back to eat lunch. And she had cooked lunch for us. Darn. So she was slightly pissed at us. :S Well, win some lose some. But the food that she cooked was really good, especially the carmelised carrots and onions with beef and tofu. TOFU... sigh, i have to cut down the intake of soya products, otherwise i might get thyroid cancer. ): But tofu's so tasty. Sigh.
