Du(ck)'s Life Through Words and Art: Tales at METALTECH 2009

It is the 15th Asean International Machine Tools And Metalworking Technology Exhibitions...
and i became the catalogue boy for my dad's parnter company

here is my spot, there is a shearer machine behide the table, and at its left is a big guy..

here...i spent most of my time in front of this pressing machine giving out catalogues, it was running so it attracted lot of attention
every morning my dad and i gets to have free breakfast in the hotel where the boss and engineers of my dad's partner company stays ~~~stuffed myself like crazy every morning cause lunch is another untold story...
so it was a "big cheap"...so i unnecessarily ...dun eat Anything before i leave the house in the morning...of course right?!?! the space should be used to hold free stuff!!
but one morning i was superising hungry and my dad need to pass by some where else first before we go to hotel...o my~ being hungry on car is one thing tat makes me feel sick...my head was spinning and hungry makes me weak...
"so much price for big cheap" i thought
and when i got to hotel(finally)...i stomach raored in revenge ~~~

there are quite alot of machines that u can only find in big big factories! like this HUGE miling machine

rolling machine, this one was right infront of my booth

tools are for sell too, all kind of tools...even diamond coated polish or drill heads (those are not as shiney and beautiful as i imagined...)

with my "exhibitor " card i can go to all the exhibition hall however i want!

this is a small miling machine but it's running

ok so story again..the first day was rather embarrassing...i dun know what to do as there are sooo few visitors...people coming around to look are mostly are exhibitors, not visitors

so the bosses and engineers from china want go shopping~~ so i brought them to "the mall" since it is so close...

(originally in chinese)

"erm...so what you want to buy?"

"clothes, t-shirts,perfumes, gifts...." so very china tourists...

so we were in parkson
"arr...all this bands china got sell already..."

"I think china cheaper wo..."
then one of the young boss called a friend...then he asked me whether ther is a brnd called "juicy"

"j-u-i-c-y...jucccciiiyy...do u know?"

"ermm...what is that???"

yes i am cheap and outdated...all this time in malls..never..i have heard of that band name..

"erm is it guy or girl clothes?"

"me buying girl ones"

in my head...(u are a big guy...how on earth u going to get the right size for a girl????or is it u how her size vvvvvery well =0=)

"expensive...china cheaper...dun wan buy already..."

i really doubt... branded clothes in china...can it be so much cheaper???

normally i dun dare to go to shops like tat in china...the numbers are just too big on the price tags

then the 4 of us went to McD for a drink..the serves is so soso sososo bad...

losing face for Malaysia to orang asing...

so going back to the exhibition empty handed...

dinner was with one of my friend's father and some other china business people that they met in the exhibition

the red wine was good~~~

but at the table i was a total outcast....T_T

even i think i must look invisible there

next day... i went to set up the booth after (another) Huge breakfast while my dad brought the china ppl around the tourist spots in KL>>

later when it was lunch time they came back and we went into the VIP lodge to have tea (in other words..free lunch...another big cheap)

there was very few people that day too so i was thinking to call one of my highschool friend who live close by to come out and chat..i smsed ...after two hours he replied(bad signal in the hall i guess)...but two of the china bosses ran off to midvalley ..the other two i dun know where and my dad was talking business somewhere else in the hall...it would seem to be too irresponsible if i leave an engineer there by himself before anyone comes back...so i was so kind to wait...but then..as my dad came back the young china boss came back too (from i dun know where)...and he wants so go to KLCC.....so that selfish git just grabbed my arm and said to my dad

"i borrow ur son for a while ok?"

i was like....what#&$*%&#%

"ok he bring you there"

waaaaa....so sadly i smsed my friend tat i cant go and we planned to meet on Sat

we got a taxi and the boss..Mr Ge...brought me a bottle of soya bean milk

and my first ever tour guide/business social interaction experience began

he asked the most (i dun know how to discribe) ques to the taxi driver (cause the driver is chinese)

"you guys still want to go back to china right?"

"you still consider yourselves as a china chinese right?"

"food in malaysia i can not get used to..."

...

(i remained silence in the car most of the time)

when we arrive we wet into Gucci but that did not satisfy the boss....he asked me to ask the lady here if there is "juicy "

"Only pavilion has"

omg.....scary shop...one in malaysia? even LV got more than 1!!!

i went to another shop to conform when the boss was looking at perfumes..

ok so right away we head to pavilion ... we didnt even stay for 15min at KLCC.

the taxi charge us RM10 to palivion !!!!

so there we found ...the shop my dear dear boss was searching for all this time.....!!!

dadaaaaaa~~~~

then my boss ge took out his PDA and showed the shop people the one style he wants....

it was like a mix between pajamas and huddy sports wear...

the huddy is RM790 ad the pants RM 590....

so what do u think?

and here the funny thing starts....

boss ge called his friend who wanted the clothes

at first they spoke on the phone for 15 mins while i was exploring the shop

there was a sweater....priced RM998....

then the talking on the phone got louder and louder....

when he gave his friend to think about it cause the style sold there is not complete the same to the one she wants..

when we went searching for another brand..Paul Frank

again the style the girl wants is outdated....

the pricing there is ..too much for me too

then we went back to juicy, he called his friend for the third time and now asking for the size...
and it tool 40mins of vvery loud phone talking ..

"just measure the width of your shoulder! with a ruler no the!"

"u know what is width? from left to right la!!!got brain or not???"

"the XS might be too small for you!"

the embarrassing thing is that my dear boss start asking weird questions to the sales lady...

"do you think a 158 cm and 48 kg girl can wear XS?"

the girl paused...#*^*(&^$)$

"erm..well i wear M for comfort but i think that girl is thinner than me..."(o u really think so?)

"well it depends on the width of her shoulder..."

"since we are all chinese give me discount can??"

another pause....*&^%*&^%*

"sorry there is no discount for our products..."

then the phone ringed again...

(i think i will skip the details....it was annoying ....so at last...)

the bill was RM 1500...one pants and top

(arrr me tired of typing his stupidity adi)

after he treated me a drink he went to c the perfume...

and he want to go back to KLCC to buy the Gucci perfume that was in offer...

(i wanted to hit him!!!!!)

so RM 12 taxi back to KLCC

and the most unskillful bargain began

"if u buy 2 small bottle i give u this"

"no i want that"

"sorry can not.."

"waht la you treat chinese so bad! aiyo!"

.....(went on for half hour)

and finally we went back to pwtc with RM 13 txai....

at night...o i went midvalley to c PM15rians

when i came back to legend hotel when the exhibitors' dinner was over...

my dad came down with ther other two bosses carrying one on the big china bosses between their arms...

the drunken boss couldnt even stand and was saying all weird stuff....attracting all the other guests to watch....sitting , no lying on the floor while waiting for taxi to come.

the rest of us walked back to hotel

but......i could hear the vomiting as the lift's door open...

ill......

then i went to by water down stairs....

on Friday i went skating....

Sat i went help again!
then i meet my high school friend

got updates of the elc ppl ...

lots of gossip...