Bits in CCS (III)

I always feel there’s something missing in the recent posts. Yeah! You’ve got it right, Canon wide range of products! Haha, this post will mainly be on the products of Canon. Generally most people will first think of camera when they see Canon. This is inescapably true as Canon has been specializing in the manufacturing of optic for the past 70 years, and this serves as a very trusty factor for Canon to be one of the top players in the camera market. For the younger generation, especially students, they will also recognize Canon printers and calculators as their printing or calculating solutions. I’m going to concentrate on the camera, printer and calculator as well because I feel these are the things which are relative to the needs of my similar age group of friends as well as the younger generation. By the way it’s the final week for me to serve at CCS so in case some of the products below I’m about to recommend successfully added into your wish list, don’t hesitate to come to me would be the first thing you should do, you’ll be promised to have a great bargain. Hehe.

Digital Cameras

Canon Digital IXUS 95 IS

For some people, they will consider getting one of these tomorrow right after falling for the 6 colours option of this new ultra-compact camera. Consider the lightest among all the new cameras, this credit-card size IXUS 95 IS features 10 million megapixels, 3x optical zoom and a 2.5″ PureColor II LCD. The new Smart Auto means shooting via the Automatic mode has never been so easy and convenience as the camera automatically determines the right scene accordingly based on 18 pre-defined shooting situations.

Undoubtedly one of the most user-friendly cameras but great for general point-and-shoot and everyday shooting only at RRP RM988. Hey Mother’s Day is drawing near eh.

Canon Digital IXUS 100 IS

Finally, measuring at only 18.4mm the IXUS 100 IS is the slimmest camera Canon has ever produced. This sleek and gorgeous metallic-coated camera boasts 12.1 million megapixels, 3x optical zoom and a 2.5″ PureColor II LCD behind of the body. This beauty also comes with the ability to shoot High Definition (1280×720 @ 30fps) video to be on par with the advancement of HD technology.

Priced at irresistibly RRP RM1199, this beauty certainly has caught everybody’s eyes looking for camera with style and substance.

Canon Digital IXUS 110 IS

Canon has certainly made the right move by introducing camera with colour options and design elements. This curvaceous camera comes with 12.1 million megapixels, 4x optical zoom and a 2.8″ PureColor II Widescreen LCD in a blitz to allow user to shoot High Definition video with 16:9 aspect ratio. The IXUS 110 IS also brags a 28mm wide-angle lens to make effortless landscape or group shots.

Powerful compact with wide-angle and HD recording only at RRP RM1399. Ideal for people who likes landscape shooting, Deco? Hehe

*All the cameras shown above are equipped with the latest and powerful DIGIC 4 Imaging Processor and Image Stabilizer (IS). To explore more about Canon’s digital cameras, kindly visit http://www.digitaldreams.com.sg/ixus/.

All-in-One Printers

Canon PIXMA MP145

The most afforadable inkjet photo printer to cater all your needs. It’s not a micro oven, tiny 2 picoliter and maximum resolution of 4800dpi give you the ability to produce photo lab quality printing. Bundled together with a scanner and photocopier, this MP145 simply do the everyday job for you with ease and speed.

RRP RM268. If you buy one, you don’t have to come to my place everytime just to print a page or two, Darren. Give you a free 4GB USB drive while stocks last.

Canon PIXMA MX318

Professional-looking all-in-one printer including Super G3 Fax. Print out photo lab quality photo and documents with its 2 picoliter droplets and 4800dpi maximum resolution in 22(B&W)/17(Colour) pages per minute. Scan, copy and fax effortlessly with the assistant of an Auto Document Feeder up to 30 A4 pages.

RRP RM468. If you buy one, you don’t have to come to my place everytime just to fax a page or two, Darren. Give you a free 4GB USB drive while stocks last, too.

Calculator

Canon LS-270V II

Calculator goes colourful. Available in Spring Green, Autumn Orange, Summer Red and Winter Blue, these 4 pocket-sized calculators feature a 8-digits calculation capacity in a big display, dual power and mark up calculation as well. This lead-free lightweight product slips into just any pockets in your bag and calculate your numbers in a colourful way!

RRP RM17.50 only, great for gift. In fact, I have one of the orange ones with me.

Oh. Before I sign-off, here are,
the Compact Photo Printers

Canon Selphy CP770

Can’t believe I nearly miss out this thing. Shown above is the popular Selphy CP770 compact photo printer. Throw a party and snap photos, print ‘em out instantly with the CP770. Handle your photo immediately when printing is done, the photo’s durable overcoating prevents water spills, finger prints and other hazards. Long lasting technology ensures you preserve your memories in either postcard or credit card size the best way you could.

RRP RM549 only. You don’t have to own a Canon, just pull out the memory card from your camera, plug in and print, it’s that easy!

Canon Selphy ES3

Let me clear off some myths. The Selphy ES series is different to that of the Selphy CP series. The ES series allow user to do Creative Printing, which user can customize their photo, like adding on clip arts, frames, calendar, album or even speech bubble before printing. Whilst the CP series is a great photo printer without Creative Printing, user can still expect the same quality of output between this two series of printer. Make use of the 1GB built-in memory to store your favourite prints and print wirelessly with optional Bluetooth adapter or via Infra Red.

RRP RM799 only. Save your memories the way you like.

Emm… Clearly this post is intended to draw some sales in the next 8 days as I’m going to leave CCS at the end of the month. So far, some of my friends did came to me to purchase a couple of unit cameras and I think they are very happy with what they got from me. It’s a good experience also to do some business with the people whom I know, haha. Lastly, if one of the items above really hits you, come visit me at Canon Lifestyle Concept Store, Mid Valley, don’t miss it.

[Part III ends]

Bits in CCS (II)

Apparently someone is whining about the lack of updates of my blog ehhhhh.

Once Upon A Time
Ok. I’m undergoing some reminiscences here. Outdoor activities, entertainment and outings are things that look a million miles away from me, I hardly grasp the chance for these. Don’t get me wrong in first place, I’m not a workaholic, it’s just the nature of the job. Never mind. Last Monday I played the first badminton game in some 5 months, I didn’t know what was the feeling, but it felt good to work out all the sweat once in a very long while. After the game, Scott, Wallace and I went to Low Yat Plaza together. Oh my goodness, it just hit and questioned me when was the last time the three of us hang out together to this place. It just changed, so much. This kind of scenario happened again on the Wednesday when I rode with Scott to Mid Valley. When we were in the mall, both of us admitted time really changed things around. Assuming you visit a place for the first time at a certain age (young age I’m referring at here), the feeling you get from the first time will be certainly different to that of when you come back to the same place after 10 years for example. If you get me you’re a great listener, as I myself have no clue what am I crapping. I realized I’m yet to watch the first movie and eat the first crab, for the first time in some 150 days.

SHIT!
DOG DUNG! Could somebody tell me why am I keep on stepping on it? Yucks! Everytime it stick under my shoe my car’s interior get instant perfume which makes me feel like throwing up. The morale of the story is I must learn to avoid dung, or I must learn to clean up the mess if I’m careless. Similarly, in the workforce, do not leave dung behind for others to clean up. Commitment is the key.

Standing, Sitting, Wishing
Last month was a what-a-month-it-was for CCS. Godlike I’m almost, due to the regaining spending ability of parents from ’school spending spree’ and the first ever photography fair in Malaysia – DCIM Show 2009. Specifically during the DCIM Show 2009, shoppers swamped into the store like tidal waves, they just don’t stop coming in. From time to time, the whole store was full of shoppers and there were only 5 of us which resulted some of the shoppers stomped out because they were not served in time. Taking experience from the first day of the fair, I resorted to a pack of Neslo-ais in order to keep me stay alerted. I almost become a holy god due to the fair. This month will be the final month for me in CCS. In fact, I’m resigning on the last day of April now though the initial projected resignation date was 5th of May. It’s still a good move. Mixtured moments now, just sitting, waiting and wishing. [Part II ends]

Bits in CCS (I)

This blog (and some upcoming entries in the next few weeks) is going to cover mostly about the working life I’m having now since it’s the final month I’ll be working in Canon Concept Store (CCS) though I’ll be resigning on the 5th of May, mainly because I don’t want get relaxed too early before the islands trip which falls on 7th of May. By doing this way, I can take myself off completely from the working world and soak myself in the beautiful beach under the shinning sun, just relax, after some hectic thousands hours of all-work-and-no-play.

Back to the topic. My days in CCS are numbered now, yeah I think it’d be good to post stories about my working life, since I barely get to write ever since started working. Talking about this, perhaps I should kick-off with the early part. My life turned drastically after joining the workforce. Adjusting from high school to work place is the first thing to hit me. The working hours is still the biggest pullback although I had already get used to it. Working from ten to ten everday means no leisure time for me to carry out my favourite pastime or even to settle some personal thing because my time is all tied to the shop. It could get frustrating sometimes when I feel time is hard. I’d only get to rest once in a week, normally it falls on every Monday, but that in turn taught me a precious lesson – time management. The sacrifices are actually paying off by telling me how important time could be to a person, especially to people like me who used to waste a lot of time back in high school by doing NOTHING. Today, once I get a rest day, I know I only have 24 hours in the following week to accomplish the things that are important to me, I’d plan accordingly. I just don’t want to become the old me anymore, never. In fact, this has also further inclined my decision in topping TESL high on my courses of desired because I know I want a job that allows me to have flexible working hours. Right now, hopefully with fingers crossed I could secure a place for that.

There’s nothing wrong with long working hours, really. But when I think of the goods and bads of lengthy working hours… Good things are that of course there will be extra bucks for earning, boss praises you for being hardworking but boss as always gets to eat the bigger pie, an ideal training way to become a workaholic etc. On the other hand, the bad things are… actually a lot, but I’m more worried towards the issue of health. I don’t have to look far, I myself already starting to experience some health issues. It could be the nature of the job, there are blisters on my feet after standing on my feet for an extended period. I just hope it doesn’t get anywhere too far until it affects me. Money is important, health is way more important. I can’t agree with people who puts money infront of health or other things, because I can’t resist to lay my sympathy to those who ignore their healthcare, escpecially when they eventually fall under the palm of diseases.

I guess this entry has to be about working hours, it’s just not the way I planned to be. Anyway, if you’re curious about how did I make through such an extended working hours, emm… don’t have to be surprised, because it’s about Kevin Cheng. You know I’m a big fan of him and if you’re familiar with one of his series, Under The Canopy Of Love, he actually potrayed an executive in a shopping mall. Isn’t the working scenario is very similar to that of mine? We both work in a mall! Yes, I’m kind of inspired by this series, and at the same time I wanted to know how will it be like to work in a mall. And it just happened that I actually get to work in a mall! Differences? He is an executive, I’m just a trainee and he have Ko Yat Sze (Niki Chow), I have my cameras… Ok, take that as something delighting, because I’m here to “Delighting You Always”. But seriously, that series did more or less gave me the inspiration to carry on. Back to reality, what drives me is that the interest in photography, meeting different kinds of people, learning from mistakes, gaining knowledge that cannot be found on textbooks and etc. It’s not a bad job actually. [Part I ends]

Strange, but good

I’m having a very strange feeling right now. This is so dejavu. I went to Tunku Abdul Rahman College to sign-up for a course that I wished to study since 2 years ago after SPM. Actually the purpose of this is to provide a backup plan, in case the local universities which I applied for don’t want to offer me a place for study, which I think it’d be a waste for either one of them.

After 2 years of Form 6, I’m quite certain as to which directions I’m most likely heading to. I’d of course place priority on entering local university, preferably doing a B.A. in English or TESL after giving lengthy and sensible consideration. I just think no other courses other than these suit me better in an earnest way. Although business fields still look intriguing to me, specifically Finance, I have to forgo it as I’m not a technical person, and all the while I’m not that sensitive towards figures. I have to be honest to myself. Whatever might happen on the fourth week of June (the period when I get to know about university acceptance) I’d still be a happy man because I know I’m making the right choice.

So, I went back to TARC, for the third time, in two years, to sign-up for a course, a course which I’ve been wishing to study since a couple of years ago. I come back to here, no matter what happens, in the end, that’s why I can’t explain the feeling. It’s actually a Diploma in Commerce which I get to specialize in Business Management. Different from Finance and the likes, it doesn’t require me to be a very technical person. For that time being, I still cannot juggle between this two courses (Commerce and Finance). So I needed a final feedback. You know, when I approached the counsellor, she is a she, straightaway opened up and be very honest to me, telling me I don’t suit Finance, and it happened by chance at first flip of the prospectus, she actually flipped to the page that contains information about Dip. in Commerce. “Nah, this one…” she says. “I can see from you that you’re not that technical person, don’t do Accounting or Finance.” she adds on. She can see from me, I can also see from her that she have to be a very experienced lecturer (in fact, she is a lecturer on Financial Accounting), who are capable of judging people (I always take my hat down for this kind of people). She sees me as a more versatile person, which I feel very relative, and suggested me to take up the Dip. in Commerce. I get the message from her in like almost lightening instant. I knew it have to be this way. After some constructive comments and discussions with her, I tops Dip. in Commerce high on my list of choices and drop the application form into the submission box.

My future plan? Well, that’s about academic. On the other side, I should see myself still put on the red Canon uniform until the 10th of May. That’s exactly 5 months of short working life, but the experiences will be etched forever along the path. After the resignation, I’m going to concentrate on the traditional chinese medicine class as I barely get a chance to carefully revise the notes and do some research work. In the meantime, engaging in a trip with closed-friends would be marvellous. Until then, as I walk on along the path, the path that is less travelled, the story goes on……

It’s not a work, It’s a lifestyle!

I am a Leo myself and yes I am very lazy. I love to play and I know when it’s the time to work I take it smart and seriously, but not hard, because working from 10 to 10 everyday doesn’t make me an overnight millionaire. I still feel that the working hours of my job contributes a very BIG MINUS to the overall satisfaction. The good side would mainly be the skills that I’m catching up so far. When I look back it’s a little bit of weird that I didn’t bother to think long like what I did in the past before applying for a vacancy in a camera manufacturer concept store while I was looking for vacancies with Darren and Gary. I stomped into the shop for a walk-in interview and started work the next day. Probably it’s my interest in photography that had scrapped away all the doubts and worries before applying the job, mind you it was only less than a week after STPM thus most of my friends were surprised at the outcome.

It was really tough at the beginning to cope and deal with the place, people and environment there. I was like a fish out of water. But every starting point is the hardest part. After a couple of weeks I managed to get over with it until today it has been some 2 months of laughs and tears(of course I didn’t cry at all) at there. I’ve had several trainings on the products, got ‘smack downs’(reprimands, or ‘diu’ in Cantonese), fell sick once in a month, knocked by cash machine on my knee which caused me some miserable period and etc. Obviously these are the issues that are not enjoyable.

On the delighting sides, I grabbed the opportunity to get my hands on the DSLRs, took care of the lenses, as well as bettering on my communicating and other soft skills. One of the good sides which I take pleasure in would be getting to communicate with people from all walks of life. The mall that I’m working in is strategically located between the city and living urban which invites people from everywhere be it locals or tourists. I can’t tell whom did I came across with during my tenure so far but I could remember some of them who are from Asian countries like Japan, Korea, China, Singapore, India, Vietnam, the Philippines, and even a Cambodian tried to reach me through the telephone. It’s quite staggering to know there are plenty of Arabians who hailed from countries in the Middle East like Iraq, Iran, Libya, Pakistan and etc. living in Malaysia. Our shop do entices Caucasians whom mostly spend their time standing in front of the lenses display cabinet. A conversation with English is simply pleasing as we share some common interests. Just a simple question “Do you like football?” they will show an enthusiastic look and our conversation could move on to what team do you support or which team do you think is going to win. Haha, I had encountered a Liverpool fan, a Fulham fan, and a Man United fan, I’m still longing to say Hi to a Geordie.

Due to the nature of my job, I get to see different kind of people everyday, in fact, every one is unique. You want to see some of the cases I’ve encountered? Alright, let’s kick-off with some funny and profound examples. Some customers are simply _____(I’ll leave it blank as I don’t know the way to put in an adjective for this one) that they would like to buy a Sony or a Panasonic in our shop. Probably the logo outside our shop doesn’t stand out that much but hey do you get a KFC in a McDonald’s? Next, we have this – a customer looking only for a part in a camera, this is something familiar to looking only for flour that produce Kentucky Fried Chickens. You may say the latter is forgivable but the former is truly a joke. Oh another extreme profound example is a customer was looking to exchange his problematic cartridges with a new set of cartridges which later on he intended to purchase some extra sets. The conversation goes like this: Customer:”I got a lot of money, gimme some discount la.” Us:”Sorry sir, discount is not available.” Then for whatsoever reasons something pissed him off that he started to whining and complaining the cartridges. Angrily he trampled away and we purposely thanked him. The next thing we can heard of was the utter from the customer “You all work like a donkey a I tell you” before he vanished from our sight. Guess what we were like laughing rolling on the floor because of the last sentence. After that incident, the phrase from the customer became our favourite quotation for some time. I don’t know who looks like a donkey now I’ll leave it up to you. Alright gimme a break. Have you ever come across with disabled person? How do you communicate with them when they can’t speak nor hear? Well a rejection is the worst thing a man could do on these individuals I think. In the end I spent almost an hour responding to their needs and I just felt noble although they weren’t purchasing anything.

There are just too many of people that I’ve met and it’s something I didn’t expected to be when I first took the job. When I was younger I thought I’d become a tour guide, meeting people from around the world and then leading them from a spot to another. Contrary to my youngster dream, I now wait for people from around the world to my doorstep and promote them with the products I have on hands. What a twist it has taken. Well, earlier I did felt a change in the wind and now the cloud seems to be clear. Unknown to what is it going to be like in front of the path, I decided to take on the road not taken. I enrolled into a one year course in traditional Chinese medicine, hopefully by attending such a course would give me a healing hand to rejuvenate and revitalize myself. Meanwhile if I feel this is the cup of tea for me I’d go all in. This one year time will serve as a stepping stone for me, because a men who has health has it all, whatever might happen in the future, I want my life to be a lifestyle, not just a life.

Tangy Tangerines

I can’t explain why can’t I hide my excitement every time Chinese New Year is around the corner. I just love Chinese New Year! Do you like it?

***I wish my health will finally return to the proper course***

关于理发

其实我计划大考完毕后就去报读理发课程，只是环境逼人之下我最终转当了销售员，推销相机以及其牌子下的产品。摄影，都是我的兴趣之一，想学很久了，现在误打误撞竟然让我有机会接触到相机。心情兴奋之余又有几分失望，因为我是把理发排在列表中的第一位，而摄影只不过在它的下面。

今天首次让专业理发师为我整理头发。费用不便宜可是又不是很贵，只想借此机会见识专业理发，同时摆脱掉那长到不得了的头发。与亲切的专业理发师洽谈了几句后，她就驾轻就熟的这里剪剪那里修修，不到十五分钟我马上179度转变形象。就凭这179度的转变就能看得出我是有多么的满意。大概是晓得我很满意她的服务，她也顺便推介了理发产品，我也没有考虑就买下了。顿时让我想起了推销，凡是前来的顾客本来都下决定要买了，只要态度好，服务周到，你就可以增加订单。我自己就经历过同样的案件。只要态度好和服务周到，本来顾客只想买一样东西，就有可能变成两样，三样不等。哈哈，原来我就是这样子来骗人赚他人的钱的。不过坦白说，这种交易可遇不可求，有时候一百个顾客都没有一个会因为你的良好服务而下订单。话说回来，我理发完毕后就坐在一旁等待尚未完成理发的友人，观察发廊里每一个员工，看着每一个人都在好像为自己的理发梦想打拼着。当然，我只是胡说，我哪里知道他们正在想着什么。不过有一点可以肯定的是，看到他们，就让自己有了幻想空间，模模糊糊的仿佛看见自己也在那一堆员工里头，以熟练的手法和丰富的肢体动作为顾客专业的整理头发。难道这一切都暗示及怂恿我去追逐理发梦想吗？我现在不能说，因为一切都得等到考试成绩揭晓后，才会知道，我要的，是什么。

***郑嘉颖的志愿其实也是想当一名专业理发师***

想到就头痛

在一个礼堂里，讲师拿出了五十块放在桌子上，问在场的人，谁想要五十块。眼见有钱拿，大家都蠢蠢欲动，结果几乎所有人都举手说想要。于是，讲师就再问第二次，谁想要五十块。这时，就有一位在场的人走到桌子前取了五十块。

原本可以拥有的，变成了失去，遗憾。不值得。考虑那么多，在乎别人的眼光。不对。要一不做二不休。

深思熟虑，四个我最讨厌的字。尤其用在感情方面，就是它！一直到现在我都没有女朋友！

***最重要是不要后悔，熟悉的感觉。***

SW050/1045 II

The influence of caffeine have finally faded away

My eyes are dragging it’s like a million of sleepless nights

Slumberous, wanting to wake up to another day forgetting yesterday

It’s a brand new day again. I stay upbeat.

***Broken body, Sinking ship (No, later)***

SW050/1045

There are three types of people in a sinking ship scenario

The first type are the ones who make a getaway with a jetpack or by a chopper

The second type are the ones who unfortunately go down with the ship and drowned below the blue

The last type are the ones who try to keep their head above the water

***Fingers crossed***