The Last customer near IOI Mall

[19.10.2010 1833]

One thing about visiting customers in their office is that anything can happen. Its not always the 'going into the office, meet the customer and discuss about your product' routine. And just like today, I was not prepared for what happened.

While I parked my car, I walked to the customer's office and saw him there at the bottom floor. When he saw me, he was happy and told me to go up to his office and wait for a bit. So, I went up and waited.

And waited.

And waited.

I waited and waited.

And then I waited some more.

By the time he came up, more than an hour had passed. And feeling cold and a bit dispirited, I just gritted my teeth and carried on with my job. We had a good conversation. But the product he wanted, was took risky to produce. To wind the story up, I told him i would do my best to help but we both know the answer.

And then, after coming down, I was mentally exhausted. Why, I am not sure. And so, I sat in the car and thought what went wrong. Luckily, the engine was not running or else, I would be the one that's wrong. Permanently.

And so, to take my mind off things, I decided to take a walk at IOI Mall since its less than 300 metres from where I parked. Its been ages sicne I went to IOI and the last time, it was because of work. The only thing I can remember at IOI was the new wing which has Ace Hardware, daiso and Popular Bookstore. As for the old wing, well, it was just... there. Another reason why I needed to go there was because of a long delayed errant I was supposed to complete.....

While I was there, I got sidetracked by
this. A mousetrap. I forgot how much it
costs but that is not the point.

This is a portable mousetrap. And as you can see,
it is a very convenient solution for those "I don't
want to get my hands dirty" who believe in clinically
clean and non-guilty solutions. If there is a rat, the
red plastic flag will change position. So easy.
(On other words: If you want to kill it, then go
and kill la. No need to suffer them because
you don't like to feel guilty afterwards.)

At the back is a small trapdoor for you to put some
bait and all you have to do is to wait for some rat
to come in through the front door.

That is, until you reaslise that the Malaysian rats,
just like us, are all obese. The door is only for rats
who have Gym Memberships. I mean, One and a
half inch waistline? It will have better luck trapping
your lost hamsters and pet mice.

And so, after having my hearts filled up with
humour, I decided that it was time to go home.
Whooo.......... lookit the nice Sunset, Then I
remembered my forgotten errand and so, back
to IOI I went.....

If Jacky Chan endorses that anti-virus software,
why can't Ultraman do the same? And so, here
we go, Ultraman engine oil. Except that he's been
doing this years before Jackie. But do not let it
near children who will think that by drinking it,
they too, can become Ultraman.

It does not help if it comes with a plastic snout.

Anyway, I finally found what I came for and yep,
its the RM5x.xx Pledge Future Floor Polish. I
called up Bruce just to make sure that its the real
thing. It started way back in the late 90's that
some modeller found the amazing effects of dipping
clear plastic model parts into Future which gave the
effects of clear glass and hid a lot of imperfections.

So, I am not surprised that a lot of modellers swear
by it. But one day, when I have the opportunity, I
will test this along with the H2O. Of course one is
hard and the other allows for flexing.