30th August 2008

This month's sale is not good. Ever since after national day, things start slowly down. Sigh.... Really losing confidence in suntec. But since we already made our decision to stay in suntec and shift to the front, we would just have to do what we can and hope for the best. The shifting of our suntec unit to the front unit is slightly delayed. Things are more or less confirmed but shifting will most probably be in the middle of September. For both suntec and far east. Bugis will be much much later on this year. Everything was as usual this week. Except that we closed on tuesday instead of thursday. Really quiet week. Wonder where everyone went.

Went for service this morning. Pst Casey Treat preached a really good msg on faith. Just when I was losing confidence/faith in suntec and have been brooding over what dad said about having only another year to make things work out in San Street else I would have to get a job outside. This msg came right on time.

Often we ask God for an explanation when things don't go our way but he doesn't give us one. The reason is coz He wants us to have faith...to believe in Him. He only works for those who believes (have faith). Some people say "I don't feel that I have faith". Faith is not a feeling. It is a decision...it is a choice. I CHOOSE to believe...to have faith....to trust in God. God did not bring me this far to leave me here. Thank God for the great msg.

24th August 2008

Been one week since I last blogged. Nothing new happening this whole week. As usual was in suntec everyday. Except for thursday when we closed the shop for the day. Went out with mum and sis. Went to far east for a while then went to vivocity to catch "money no enough 2". I find the show nice and touching. And it's rather "singaporean". After the movie, we shopped around vivocity.

The whole of last week since monday is a very quiet week. Wonder what's if the crowd. I can see people at the main flow area of MPG but people are not walking inside to the back of MPG. Sianz. Hopefully when we shift out to the new unit at the main flow area will be much much much better.

So tired today coz of my mens Last mth my mens didn't even come. On and off it is like this (sometimes it comes on time once a mth but sometimes it comes once in 1 & a 1/2 mths or even once in 2 mths). So irregular. And whenever it comes I'll have a terrible stomach cramp, headache and backache. Dampens my whole mood man. Sianz.

It's sunday today and yet it's quiet here on the inside of MPG. Other places of suntec is rather crowded. Can't wait to move out. But the semicircle unit is still not read for renovation as the suntec has yet to put up the partition to split the huge circle unit into 2 halves.

Relocating to another unit in suntec

We will be staying put in Suntec but moving to the front instead. Suntec is taking back the whole back area. The 2 units we were given a choice to choose from are at the different parts of MPG but are of the same size/shape. Both are part a huge circle unit that is split into 2 semicircle units. Suntec gave us the 2 semicircles that are facing the back to choose. We chose the one nearer the Toy'R'Us/Happy Kids/F&B side. Suntec is now giving us another semicircular unit that is facing the front instead of the one facing the back at the same rental. We are going to start renovating our new semicircular unit soon and will be making use of most of our furnishing in our current unit. Those furnishings that can't be used in the semicircle unit will be used in our far east unit. Don't like them go to waste.

So looks like by the end of this year/beginning of next year, we will have a total of 3 shops (1 in suntec, 1 in far east and 1 in bugis).

10th August 2008

8th August was on Friday and it is the opening day for Olympics 2008 in Beijing 'Birds Nest Stadium'. I didn't catch the opening ceremony on tv though coz was in the shop. My sis will be going to Beijing for 1 week with her friend to catch the women gymnastics competition. I reckon if this day hadn't fall in the lunar 7th month (hungry ghost festival), there definitely will be a lot of chinese getting married on that day.

9th August is our 43rd national day. Happy Birthday Singapore! Caught the NDP on the internet since there wasn't much crowd in suntec anyways. Guess everyone went to esplanade or marina square to watch the NDP live. Didn't do anything to celebrate this special day of all Singaporeans. This morning woke up early and went for service in JW. Came back to the shop right after service.

Suntec have given us an offer. We MIGHT be staying on in suntec after all. If we are, we'll be shifting to a smaller unit at the front area of MPG as suntec is going to take back the whole back area for key tenants. But they are so secretive about it. We got news that one of the tenant is educational. But what kinda educational, we dunno. Anyways, if we do stay in suntec, this shop can act as a form of advertising medium for our ther outlets. After all, we have already build a customer base here having been here for 1 year. We are given 2 units (both are semicircular units of the same size and frontage. just that they are facing different direction - one nearer Asiasoft/Eng Wah/Rock side while the other is nearer the Toys'R'Us/Happy Kids/F&B side). Not sure which side to choose if we are really going to stay. Really got to make a serious decision abt this.

Should we take the risk, stay on, and try out for one year? Feeling kinda apprehensive about it as the crowd here doesn't seem to get any better. God give me a direction of which I should go? Leave suntec or stay in suntec? And if we are staying, which unit should we choose?

6th August 2008

National day is approaching. Here's wishing Singapore and all Singaporean a happy happy 43rd birthday.

Nothing new to blog except the usual.

Sitting in suntec shop day in day out for 10 hours waiting for customers to come in is really unbearable. This "ghost town" is STILL a "ghost town" after 1 year and 4 months. Whoever walks in, we will try our best to serve them as every single customer counts. And when they don't buy anything, it is a real disappointment.

If retail is not my passion, I might have already given up long time ago. But then again, maybe not, coz perserverance is in my blood. No matter what, I got to press on and fight this fight of faith. If God can bring me to it, He can bring me through it.

Really can't wait for far east shop to open. We will be reusing our furnishings in suntec for our far east shop. When that side is ready, we will shift out of here. Bugis Iluma will only be ready sometime in Nov. So our bugis shop will only be open around then. Just nice for christmas, new year and chinese new year peak periods. Our far east and bugis shops are quite small. If it is not busy, one person should be enough to handle. And then I won't be seen in the shop that often, will be handling more management related stuffs and our online shop orders.

3rd August 2008

It's been 1 week since I last blogged. Nothing new in my life. As usual day in day out in suntec other than on thursday when we closed the shop for the day. Went to far east with mum to walk around. Pop by our new shop there. Didn't go in. Just stood outside to observe as well as discuss whether or not we can move our furnishing in suntec shop to use here in far east. Since we are already moving out of suntec, we might as well use the furnishing there for far east shop as much as possible. Don't wanna waste them. At the same time, can cut down on the renovation cost. Went to west coast area after that with mum and sis for facial before returning home.

Was in the shop on friday till about 6++ . Mum brought over home cooked food for me. Ate before I left suntec for SIS. Parachute Band, Pst Reuben Morgan and Pst Mike Conner are in town for the 3 night of FOP and friday was the very 1st night. It was an awesome night overall. Even saw Li Nanxing there. Haha.... But that is not the main point. If I can, I would also wanna go for both the 2nd and 3rd night of FOP. But can't make it. Got to be in the shop for the weekend.

National day drawing near. For the past few weeks, national day songs are being played on radio and repeated a number of times a day. I can almost memorise the whole of this year's national day song: "Qing Kong Wang Li". So can my staff from china. Hehe...

Ok la...enough for today. Nothing else to blog.