ah.... a nice sleep and another day beckons..
yesterday was a definite eye opener. finally got down to doing my field work yesterday for DoS, and was assigned the private apartments and condominiums in the bukit timah area. my sup,
yeow ming, said it was gonna be difficult and challenging. heh yeah man..
difficult and challenging were definitely the word for the day...
some of the households i've visited are really nice, they will offer you drinks, invite you in and sit down to do the survey "take your time, don't worry" they'll mention it with a smile. or even they might jus engage in some friendly banter while i'm gettinga llt he information down.
and then there are the
OTHERS:the act blur type:owner: huh? wad survey? dun want lah, cannot say, must ask my son whether can speak to you or not...
*when i showed them the letter sent to them*
owner: huh? Ooorrrrrr!!!! THAT letter ar? i throw it away lor, i dunno how to read english and saw its soem survey, so i threw it away lor~!!!
(ya right, and you hv a son at home, the letter's in english, theres a governement crest on top and you dun even bother to let ur son read it? talked to this lady for over an hour, trying to convince her to start, all this while it'll takea max of jus 30 mins?!? haha, suck thumbz)(still hv to visit this house sometime next week again... sighz pplease.... let her son be around!! heh!)
the more resilent and "pissed off one":owner: WAD YOU WANT? survey? *motions to close door*
me: "Uncle! this survey wil be done quickly one, and also must be done, so i'll still hv to come down next time, so might as well we tonite finish? 20mins max"owner: k k, wad you want? why you cannot get from (other gov org) and jus leave me alone lah, me and my wife so old liao, still wanna bother us, cannot survey the others meh?
after 5 mins of survey, *motions to close door again*
me: "uncle!!! Auntie!!! i'll be finishing soon! jsu finish auntie's particulars then can finish liao!"*survey continues till completed*
me:"thanks leh auntie, i'm jus doing my job too, thanks alot!"~~this family later suddenly turned nicer, asking me if i want a drink of water and stuff or even come in for a rest. another household wasn't so nice, it was a
in-your-face nice loud slam!!
!the proud owner:owner: eh! not i dun want to do you know, huh... *proceeds to ramble abt some probs wif the telephone and internet systems* then say i uncooperative.. humph!
*survey successfully completed* *me smiling*
me: "thanks for your precious time and sory for the inconvenience!"owner: eh! how did you actually get in ar? the security ppl let you in ar? huh.... k i'm gonna complain to the management and the security!
(wah kaoz... wow, your apartment is a super secured restricted area and yet its jus protected by a old, nice looking uncle that sits ona chair, listens to his music and reading the papers. and besides, i do hv the right to enter these places to conduct these surveys. =P)
k lahz, these are the more extreme cases experiences yesterday, went to abt 10 plus plus households, got some survey done and this i've met abt 4 or so nasty owners. met 1 nicer one yesterday only. hmmm but guess things iwll be better today! haha shall start my work at abt 4pm.
hmmm not sure if still meeting shiwei for bing kai's bday.. hmmm...
k good luck for today! get more surveys done!!! :P
ghimz out. =)
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