Sepot lokal katanya

So, I came across a post on my explore page; someone video-ing in a car and showing a place I know well. being the curious cat that I am, I went and clicked on it.

I can't share the video here tho. not relevant. I just want to share my thoughts on another post; an IGTV post.

Anyway, after understanding the video post (the person, a male, owner of an online shop, showing people thru that video, di mana his physical shop is) I went on and browse his IG and I came across an IGTV post he made.
In that post, he was thanking people for their patient and understanding. Apparently his previous IG kena hacked and the one I came across with is his new one. In that video, he also said something along the line "mungkin ada hikmahnya" upon mentioning losing his 32k followers from his previous IG.

He said maybe 'hikmah'nya;

•  He found out who his real friends are - coz he asked his friends to help promote his new IG. some did. some didn't. "Kawan jenis apa tu cematu atu?"
•  "apa ada 32k followers?" He said. He also mentioned something about not getting the same amount of likes as the amount of followers he had.
•  He mentioned about 60% of his sale come from online sales. What he wanted for this new IG is followers who are buyers. not follow 'saja2' or 'stalker' or 'haters'.

Why am I even talking about this, I hear you ask?

Well...not my problem but I'm gonna speak my mind anyway.

1.  I applaud him for calling out his 'fake' friend but I feel like for someone like him, an owner of a business shouldn't be calling out people like that on his business IG post.
2.  I don't think number of likes on your IG post matter unless you want to know what people like or don't.
3.  Regarding him wanting only 'buyers' as his followers. This is the one point that triggered me the most. He want only buyers yg follow ia? maybe ada urg sebulan sekali membali beg (he sale mostly bag) but I dun think the same 1000 followers buy a bag every month.

Continuing from point no. 3.

with the way the IG algorithm is doing, I think he shouldn't be saying things like 'I only want buyers' to follow him. I mean, I didn't follow his previous IG shop but I still see his post thanks to IG algorithm thing. Buyers or not buyers, any follower is a good thing. You know how sometime you see a post, clicked on it, and found out, a friend that you follow actually liked that post and you understood why you are seeing that post in the first place? yeah. To me, that's like a free promo. and isn't that good for business? 

He mentioned the number of likes doesn't match his number of followers. but! does the same 1000 accounts like each photo he posted every time? 

All I'm saying, any type of followers matter. any amount of likes matter. I just don't like the way he dismissed them.

another point, not everyone yang follow a shopping account is there to buy. Some times, people follow to dream. Maybe they can't afford it yet. Maybe it took them longer to be able to afford it. so you dismissing your 'non-buyer' followers would hurt their feelings and you just lose a potential customer.

Yeah, you must be thinking, "Sorang jua saja. No big deal". you are wrong. 

I didn't even follow you before but from the way you were posting that, I can't look at your pretty bags without feeling judged by you and I don't think that's a nice feeling to have when you shop. LOL

I am, in no mean, an expert dalam dunia business but as someone yg work in a business environment, public presentation is important. Nothing is personal in Business. even when it is personal. "Business as usual" is the term.

Sigh. 

I think I bought a bag from his shop dulu. a harrod handbag. I think its the same shop at his first physical shop. I think lah ah..nama atu kan sama. I could be wrong tho.

Anyway,

I know this seems petty and irrelevant. ESPECIALLY I didn't even follow his previous account and I came across his new one by accident. and just that one time!

haahahah

I guess its becoz, I really don't like it when business account complaint so much about their customer. Fussy customer this. Fussy customer that. Dah lumrah business jual beli cematu, kan cemana tah lagi? Kalau kan komplen, arah personal IG. 

Not very nice lehh. Not very professional to be complaining about your customer in your business account. the word business alone made you feel like you have to be proper, no?

I unfollow/blocked some local and non-local business punya account just becoz they posted ONE post about some 'fussy' customer. I even blocked the one yg i never follow coz for some reason their post keep popping up and I hate seeing their face on my explore page. LOL.

Point is! BE PROFESSIONAL! Business account is for business. even if its the business customer yang 'testing', be graceful about it. Yeah, some times its nice to call people out (example, like that one influencer who requested to stay at a Dublin hotel for free) but come on. How to 'support local' like this? Aku balum follow but he already calling me out for not going to be a 'buyer' follower? 

ah well. I hope he learned to be more 'graceful' or 'classy' when it comes to customer related subject. better yet, delete that IGTV post. You can go about telling people about your new account without bringing other people down.

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New Thangzz

Hi guys!

LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME NEW THANGGGG.

hahaha 

NCT 127 comeback. My first NCT comeback!

and it's NCT 127's Kick It. MV released 5th Mar. Full 2nd Album, Neo Zone, released 6th Mar. 

Got two versions. N and C.

some people expected the Repackaged will ne two verison as well; T and 127.

🤷‍♀️

you bet your asss I preOrdered this tapi alum ada respond hmmm 🤔

anyways, here's the MV




and here's the song list. 

I downloaded the album on the 7th Mar and I have not listen to other songs since then. but today is already the 17th and I am getting 'tired'. LOL Don't get me wrong. still good songs but after almost two weeks, i think, I need a break.

Brief: SM actually did good with their comeback. They made mini MVs for all the songs in the album. the Mini MV mostly highlighting the song 'feels'. I haven't really watch all. I only seen clips of them via Instagram.
the first one that got release was Dreams Come True. closer to the comeback date, they released the other MVs and I don't know about other people but that hyped me up. I guess that was the point they were doing that.

First song that caught my ears: Love Me Now.

Here's the mini MV:




and here's the full audio (that I contributed the number of views to LOL coz I haven't downloaded the album when this came out):





Don't be fooled by the 'lively' feel of the song. the lyrics are sad. like, why? Kindly match your melody/music with your lyrics?!

but like i said, still a good song.

my second fav: White Night, Sit Down, and Not Alone.









this is me shoving my favorite in your face 🤣🤣🤣

It is such a good album!

If only I don't listen to it for two weeks straight. coz Now, I'm tired of it.

No no. don't get me wrong. I am easily bored person. I stand by what I said, "It's a good album". I'm mostly excited coz it's my first comeback with NCT. 

#onetwosevensquad

What do you think? will you be listening to the album too?

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my BuJo Theme this month

Hi guys.

a short one. 

I thought I'd shared with you guys a few pictures from my journal/diary February theme. 

I was inspired by AmandaRachLee's LilDoodle fan project's; Self Love. it was in dedication to Amanda as she took a break from youtube for the month. and I think the theme fits well with me too.

February is coming to an end and March is fast approaching. I wonder if I should follow Amanda's March theme or should I do her February theme for my March theme? I don't know what's her March theme going to be like but here's her Feb:

she said these were inspired by the movie To All The Boys I Loved

this theme will suit me PERFECTLY too. like, do you know how much pen I bought back in 2018 (or probably even more far back than that) and still belum use to this day? I have a problem.

which theme should I go for then?


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When you lazy

hi guys.

yes, I am in a rush to get this up. LOL 

So, lets get on with the story.

Have you ever been SOOOOOOOOOOOO lazy that you couldn't even bother to do shit?

Well, I have.

For context, I am currently doing so many things; running 2 jobs, trying to read, trying to update my diary/journal, and trying to sleep at least 6 hours every night. 
and some times, when I was too tired, I skipped the reading and journal updating and focus on finishing my dinner before I go to bed.
During this too-tired episode, I usually become super lazy. Like, super.
I usually eat in front of my laptop so before I start eating, i usually browse thru my hard disk, trying to pick a movie to watch. Yes, a movie.

Image Not Mine

I hear one of you said, "baik plang ko liat movie cDO tu". and my respond to that is, "malas ku make an effort. I don't have the enegry kan baca subtitle".

Yup. You read that right, 'don't have the energy kan baca subtitle'. 

I don't know about you but watching any non-malay or non-english movies or drama requires a lot of effoft;
liat screen, baca subs, liat pinggan ku, suap makanan ke mulut ku, liat screen lagi, baca subs, liat pinggan, ARGH! no.
I'm not a slow reader by any means but I just can't.
My brain already too tired and I already decided I'm gona be lazy, I'll just pick a movie yg aku sudah pernah liat saja, ok?


but seriously, I much rather watch movie balik2 than having to watch a new one when I'm feeling lazy. coz to me, watching new movie/drama requires focus. Actually, the same goes to all malay/English movies/drama. i don't know. thats just me. I prefer to concentrate on the new ones.
kalau movie/drama lama, I don't mind missing a few subs/or scenes coz I already know the story. I don't have to constantly rewinding a scene when I missed it. you know?
Here's to name a few movies that I watch on repeat all the time (that I can actually recite them in my sleep);

... to name a few.

I'm sure I can't be the only one with this kind of lazy.

Tell me, what kind of lazy are you?

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My Allergy

hi guys.

Updates.

My allergic reaction to cats.

back story:
Ever since I was little, We, as a family, have always had cats; house cats, stray cats outside, etc. 
In my teenage years, I began having this sneezing fit whenever I pet/hugged/played with cats
BUT the reaction subsides after I washed/blew my nose. I'll have blocked nose for awhile but in the end, I'll be fine and I even slept in one bed with the cats. it's like, I became immune.
At one point (the point when we had two house cats), my mom started saying, "Ko ani allergic kucing kali" coz this sneezing fit happened almost every time I played with cats. I blatantly stopped my mom by saying, "apa plang allergic yg dari damit (aku) tinggal sama kucing". and that was that of that conversation.

Fast forward:
by this point we have lived at our new home for 5 years and for that duration, our previously house cats have been living in their own house outside of our house (properly sheltered and comforted, don't worry). Meaning, I have never stayed in one room with any cats for longer than 15 minutes top. Sometimes I don't even see them for a whole day. Mind you, these are family aka my mom's cats, sooo she see/baby-ed them more often than I do.
anyway,
my sneezing fit reaction still exists but the moment I get away from their place, it usually stops. and that was that.


1st major incident.
I was at my sister's house. she has a house cat named Tiger. 

LOOK AT HIM!

I used to house-sit her house whenever they go vacation. and of course, sneezing fit will occur but after I do my clean-nose-under-running-water-wash-face-wash-hand routine, it'll stop. as always.
but for some reason, earlier this month, when I went to her house to hang out, my sneezing fit became a little severe? and all I did was pet si Tiger macam biasa kalau aku ke rumah durang. Like, what gives?
No matter how many times I blew my nose and washed it, the sneezing won't stop. I soon developed a blocked nose, headache and my upper teeth felt like it was about to fall off.
I knew it was the cat and I knew if the usual clean up routine didn't work, the best thing to do is to take myself out of that environment. So, I left my sister's house unusually early.
It was like I had a common cold. hence, when I get home, I took Panadol ActiFast before going to bed.
I was fine the next day.


2nd Major incident.
happened just last Monday at Zawir's. LOL
It was a mini birthday celebration for the sister. and I was invited.
as I arrived, the mom introduced their house cat to me.
The moment the cat was shown to me, I started having itchy nose and soon enough, my sneezing fit arrived. but that didn't stop me from playing with the cat! Like, it's so ranik and easily entertain, like, you have to play with it.

IMAGE NOT MINE

but the cat look similar to the real thing tho

The whole time, I tried to mask the irritation. LOL fail tho. Zawir thought it was the airconditioning. It was not bro. It was the cat.
Despite the reaction, I actually stayed sampai pukul 7 malam. hashtag stubborn. coz I really thought it would go away. Guess who is wrong~~? 
but really by that time, I really cannot tahan the feeling of my upper teeth about to fall off. So, sis balik.
When I arrived home, my eyes felt 'thick' and when I looked in the mirror, they were slightly puffy (no picture guys, you gotta take my word for it). I quickly clean up and eat my trusty Panadol ActiFast and within the next couple of hours, the symptoms subsides. except the blocked nose. that one took longer.
but unlike last time, the next day, I still have runny nose. my only worry now is people might be suspicious of me, what's with the corona virus issue and all. 

In conclusion, I declared myself allergic to cats now. Like, REALLY allergic to cats now. Dulu, bulih lagi ku cuba clean my nose and get myself ammune but I can no longer do that. Hashtag Faktur Umurrrrr.
I still love cats tho. I will still pet them. or gumas2. or param2. or pirik2. LOL I mean, cats have been with me my entire life! I can't just be without cats! don't be ridikulus.
Paksa belimit saja lah from now on.

BUT WHY THO?!

WHY NOW?

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