MLM is so irritating!

Ever since my first encounter with MLM many years ago, never once have I had a good experience with them. 

Sure... You go to their events and everyone warmly welcomes you like a long lost sibling. But isnt that because they want you to join their 'business'? 

I have a few friends in Amway, who are really nice pple, despite me not joining them. So recently, I went to one of their homes for a party, and realized a lot of Amway members were there. 

Friendly? Sure, they weren't super friendly until it gave you the creeps, but they stuck to their own kind like bees to honey. I'm not saying they were unfriendly. I'm saying they weren't that friendly after all. 

This friend of mine has never worn makeup, until she joined them. Now she uses skincare and makeup from their Artistry. 

So since she was applying her powder the Amway way (geez), I asked if she wanted some blusher. I always bring out my cosmetics for touch-ups. Guess how she replied? "I'll only consider if it's from Artistry". Wtf??!!! 

What, so other brands have poison in them? 

If I had known of her stupid thinking, when she offered me their Vitamin X to drink, I would have asked for packet drinks instead. :P 

It's not wrong to be proud of the brand you represent. But this kind of tactless replies and stupid thinkings are too much! Even when I was a representative of Biotherm, me and my fellow colleagues from other brands were always trying each other's products! 

I always want to laugh when I see them 'pop pills' before and after meals. Seriously? U think those pills will help you?? So stupid! 

Super late Masterchef 4 post

I know Masterchef 4 ended last year and Season 5 is half way through. But Dad recently caught the Masterchef craze after he saw me watching an episode of season 5. 

So... since season 5 isn't completed, I introduced him to Masterchef Junior. After we finished that, I wanted to start with Season 3, cos I love Christine so much, but dad insisted on starting from season 1. So yay! Sweet Whitney won! Then season 2. The beauty queen wins! Yay! Girl power!!! 

Dad was really amazed by Christine, and kept praising Asian cuisine. Honestly, when I saw her present braised pork belly with rice for the finals, I was SO worried for her. 

Fast forward to season 4 now. Seriously, I couldn't decide who I disliked more, Natasha or Krissy. One is egoistic, selfish, and the other behaves like she was raised by coyotes. My favs were Luca and Jessie, and I'm so glad one won and the other made it to top 3. I would have preferred a Luca vs Jessie battle though.  

I was stunned by the pea soup and greek yoghurt dessert by Graham Elliot!! So delicate and ethereal, and totally reminds me of something elves in Lord Of The Rings would eat! Gorgeous! 

So far for season 5, I do not any particular favs yet, though Leslie and Ahran are really annoying. 

Guess I shall watch Masterchef China while waiting for updates. 

Never trust recruitment agents 100%!

Had a 'good' job offer but will not be taking it up. The agent who linked me up is a liar, totally unprofessional and so desperate to close the deal, that not only am I pissed, I am pissed enough to want to complain about him to whichever government body is in charge of recruitment agents. 
 

So foolish of me to think just because he has a name from the Bible, he'll be honest and Christ-like. Oh boy am I never so wrong! Geez, I should have been reminded of that arrogant pompous punk Christian from season 2 of Master chef USA.

First time this agent called, he told me part of the job scope was to represent my company to bring travelers on board cruises to Europe, promote the facilities, and each trip would be 3 to 6 mths away from sunny Singapore. I thought the time away from SG was ridiculous, but let him send in my resume anyway.

Second time he called to let me know I'm short listed, I asked him to clarify the traveling times, because 3 to 6 mths IS ridiculous. He called the MD of the travel company, before he told me it was min 3 days and max 10 days per trip, and my job on board was to just PR with my travelers and ask hows everything and were they having fun. Simple no?

When I went for the interview, turns out my job scope was to promote cruise packages at roadshows, be in office to assist walk in customers, and the traveling part is only once a year to regional areas IF they think u are worth giving a free trip to. The European cruises? Yeah, maybe in a year or so time. And there's a queue for it. And no comm when you sell cabins. Only a yearly incentive IF sales target is met. Not very attractive anymore eh? 

How the hell can this nincompoop get the job details so wrong, when I can understand it within a 30 min interview??? Is he that stupid or am I too intelligent??? Or is he so desperate to close sales that he actually dares to put wrong information in the job portals to trick people to apply for the job? 

Boy was I pissed. But the MD is a really nice lady and I thought since I like the industry, I'll take up the challenge and the offer. Oh, did I mention he kept the fact that she can't pay my asking salary from me until she told me? He just wanted to get my butt to the interview asap.

Then today, she called me to confirm my start date next week. And told me Fri AND Sat was dress down days. I was like: "Sat?" And she goes: "Yes, Sat is alt half day". Which, the agent, has conveniently not bothered to tell me! AGAIN!

I declined the position. I explained that this agent has been painting the wrong scenario since day 1, and still dare to bug me to take it, when I've specified that the reason why I applied was because according to HIM, part of the job included traveling! And when I found out it wasn't so, I still felt I'll do well in this industry, even though I really dislike the working location. But I really don't like working on Sats, even if it's alternate Sats. And the main purpose why I applied for this job isn't there anymore to begin with. I told her I like her, and it won't be fair to her if I took up the job, and then resign after 2 months. 



Now she's pissed with him for wasting our time, and I'm pissed enough to tell her to inform him never to call me again or I might just swear at him.

Thanks to this imbecile, I have to job hunt again, I need to pay my phone bills and even if I starve, I have 2 cats to feed. Damn you, Isiah from Fesco. You better pray hard to God that I don't file a complaint against you. Idiot.  

Nu Skin

I recently met up with a friend, whom I've not seen for over a decade. 

To my utter horror, she had joined a MLM, the one mentioned in the title. 

Now, I don't care what my friends do for a living, but leave me out of your call list. 

So she tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade me to join her. I was hoping that was the last I'll hear from her. 

But NO! From that day on, she would flood my whatsapp with pictures of fat pple becoming thin, and lengthy templates msgs, which I've had to restrain myself every single time on asking her to stop bothering me. 

You'll think that silence would get the msg sent. NO. 

Dear God, I am so tempted to ask her to F off, but I know u won't like that. So please please just make her stop. Because the next time I see a msg from her again, I really dunno if I can control myself. 

Heck, my friends in Amway don't even annoy me and pester me.