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Showing posts with label valentine's day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label valentine's day. Show all posts
Sunday, 14 February 2010
Thursday, 11 February 2010
you'll be blessed
My friend is now currently assigned overseas at site office hence he wouldn't be with his ladylove this Valentine's. Thoughtful as he is, he thought of ideas on how to surprise her on lovers' day which of course included asking favors from friends. I was tasked to buy flowers and chocolates.
The flowers were easy as they can be delivered to the office tomorrow by Designer's Bloom. the chocolates were a problem. I need to wrap them. Gift-wrapping section (with pay) in SM is already closed for the day and the only other open service is exclusive for those "Premium" card holders only. I didn't bother to apply for a shopper's card so I don't have that. Hence I can't avail their free gift-wrapping service. My dilemma is that I really suck with gift-wrapping. I can sing, I can dance, I can even do voice-over acting. And I'll write. But anything related to handicrafts, anything related to arts crafted by my hand is a total disaster - even as simple as gift-wrapping. So giving my friend's ladylove a chocolate giftwrapped by me was worrisome.
My dilemma must have been written all over my face that the clerk in the gift-wrapping section offered to wrap my gift for me, for free, using their resources (he even asked me to choose what wrapper would I like! and of course it wasn't illegal since I also bought the chocolates on the same store) and even wrapping it with such careful and artful detail that I can't help but deeply thank him and give him a really big smile while saying an incredibly genuine "you'll be blessed!".
I wanted to give him a tip but he wouldn't accept as (he said) they are forbidden to receive tips from shoppers and customers. Now THAT's great customer service. Bless him.
The flowers were easy as they can be delivered to the office tomorrow by Designer's Bloom. the chocolates were a problem. I need to wrap them. Gift-wrapping section (with pay) in SM is already closed for the day and the only other open service is exclusive for those "Premium" card holders only. I didn't bother to apply for a shopper's card so I don't have that. Hence I can't avail their free gift-wrapping service. My dilemma is that I really suck with gift-wrapping. I can sing, I can dance, I can even do voice-over acting. And I'll write. But anything related to handicrafts, anything related to arts crafted by my hand is a total disaster - even as simple as gift-wrapping. So giving my friend's ladylove a chocolate giftwrapped by me was worrisome.
My dilemma must have been written all over my face that the clerk in the gift-wrapping section offered to wrap my gift for me, for free, using their resources (he even asked me to choose what wrapper would I like! and of course it wasn't illegal since I also bought the chocolates on the same store) and even wrapping it with such careful and artful detail that I can't help but deeply thank him and give him a really big smile while saying an incredibly genuine "you'll be blessed!".
I wanted to give him a tip but he wouldn't accept as (he said) they are forbidden to receive tips from shoppers and customers. Now THAT's great customer service. Bless him.
Saturday, 14 February 2009
hearts' day
Happy Valentine's Day!
It sure is a freak day today here in Yokohama. It should be the dead of winter but it felt like the last days of Summer what with the 20degC temperature we had today. Kitty and I were walking around Minato Mirai wearing only short sleeves, with our coats in our hands.
I missed my winter! tsk tsk.
Quite a productive day today though, shoppingwise. Got mugged at Zara (yet again!) while Kitty was mugged at UCB haha! We were supposed to go ice skating but due to the vey hot weather, the ice rink turned to swimming pool. ~_~
Had a reaaaal nice lunch though at Salon de Nina (Paris) topped with the fruity flavored tea that you can't help but smile with satisfaction.
A nice valentines day..even though celebrated by a couple of singles..haha.
It sure is a freak day today here in Yokohama. It should be the dead of winter but it felt like the last days of Summer what with the 20degC temperature we had today. Kitty and I were walking around Minato Mirai wearing only short sleeves, with our coats in our hands.
I missed my winter! tsk tsk.
Quite a productive day today though, shoppingwise. Got mugged at Zara (yet again!) while Kitty was mugged at UCB haha! We were supposed to go ice skating but due to the vey hot weather, the ice rink turned to swimming pool. ~_~
Had a reaaaal nice lunch though at Salon de Nina (Paris) topped with the fruity flavored tea that you can't help but smile with satisfaction.
A nice valentines day..even though celebrated by a couple of singles..haha.
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