ok... so i know that it's been awhile since I last updated my blog... but lots of things happened and i think it's okay for me to say that i was too busy to blog all those things...
anyhoo... so now i'm back in vancouver with my family, and pretty soon i'll be going back to edmonton to get back to school... yikes, so many things to do, but now my mom is in taiwan cuz my mother's side's grandma is in the hospital and she is not well... :( i don't like this half because my grandma is suffering and my mom is, mentally, as well. half because i have been looking forward to spending christmas with my family after spending a year away in japan...
plus, we all promised that we'll go see lord of the rings: return of the king together ~*__*~ and other things... well, i know it's very selfish of me to think this... but...
so, since my mom is in taiwan right now, i'm responsible for cooking and managing the house... but now i find it a bit difficult cuz my two lil sisters are all grown up and they don't really wanna be confined in family things now that my mom is not here to tell them what to do and what not to do. Me, without much authority, cannot do anything about it. however, the good thing is i don't really care, cuz that means not much for me to do. hee hee~
christmas is coming and everywhere is flooded with people shopping for christmas present. the place where i'm working right now is this japanese dishware store that is quite a popular place for people to get christmas presents. after working for almost 3 months there, i'm kinda getting the hang of it. it's not too bad and the manager is really easy to talk to. the working environment is friendly. however, the customers are not always very nice...
since the store is located inside a T&T supermarket, lots of asian people go in. people from hong kong, taiwan, china, japan, korea, vietnam, philippine...etc. I found out that the way each culture's people bargain is a bit different.
hong kong: the people usually pick something that they're thinking of buying, but they spend 10 minutes telling you how it's not good, defected, colour fading, almost cracking...whatever they can come up with just to get some discount.
korea: they usually come and say that they want to buy this, this and that (alot of stuff) and then say:"I'm buying a lot of stuff so i want a discount." Then they put on this expression as if saying that you should be glad that we're here shopping, you know. so you'd better give us discount!
taiwan: lots of them come up and say:"hey, i come all the time, i know your store like my own backyard. HEY! i know you, you're that girl, right? i see you all the time. oh yeah, so i'm buying all these things to day, and i want to know if i can get some discount... see, i come here all the time, i'm sure you know......." and it goes on and on.
japan: "is there a sale" "actually, there are some items that are on sale" "really? where?" "right here" "oh, okay, thank you" yes.. that's it... japanese people don't ask for discount that often...
it's nothing to do with racial prejudice, just how i feel about it... so don't get offended if you don't like what i said ;)
