Vaio: No More Bounds

Virus: "1..2..3.."
All: "VAIO!!!"

whooooo!

the first time we did our war cry, was during the debrief on the third night. for a moment, my brain was still deciding: to shout, or not to shout? to shout, or not to shout? what if i'm the only one who shouted?
but then, on the count of three, there was really no time to decide and i just decided to go with it.

IT FELT GOOD.
real good; how our voices echoed, the look on everyone's faces, the bond forged at that split second.

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throughout the 4days of the PCShow 2008, it felt, honestly, LIKE HELL.
reaching at 1045am everyday, only leaving the place at about 11pm...
no time to have breakfast, eat packed food 2meals a day(i NEVER finish the food everyday. so wasteful! and i only get to rest like, for 15-20min eating, and occasional toilet breaks.), the place was so packed and crowded! i was squeezed here, shoved there, pushed here, nudged there, squashed here, bumped there, running here, chasing there.
HELL TIRING.

on one occasion, some PERVY BASTARD glued his pubic to my arse and had a helluva time grinding me but all this time i was stuck SOMEWHERE, and i couldn't get to turn around to see who's the bastard behind me, and by the time i could turn around, i can't tell who's it anymore.
you want to grind people go to a club la! WTH.

every single night, i reach home, bushed, legs aching as though they did a marathon (not like i've done a marathon before, but they are more tired compared to me coming home from shopping sprees or 2.4km), lying on the bed, cannot move an inch. i even felt dizzy and nauseous on the first day because i wasn't accustomed to people milling about all around me all the time. (same as my previous Comex PC Show)
and the stress i've to undergo everyday!
the unhealthy competition amongst 30over part timers.
the tremendous stress both Virus and L.C put me through.
the tremendous stress I MYSELF put me in.
it's just plain horrid.

i couldn't bear with it anymore and i just had to bare whatever that's on top of my head to xiuyi on the third night (after i consulted her whether i should buy that LV monogram canvas montorgueil -- because Wei Xiong was in Paris's Champs Elysees LV flagship store *jealous!* and he was supposed to help me get monogram canvas Griet but it's a past season stock already! *horrors* and why he called at 1am, that's due to the time difference!) till 330am!
i felt tons better after pouring so much to Xiuyi, thanks BFF!

overslept by 30mins on the forth day *horrors!* but i still made it in time, HA!
and it was absolutely CRAZEEEEE.
what with the CR32 crazy sale at $1199 from time to time. it was pure MADNESS. and i had to hide within the counters instead of hanging outside the booths as per usual because the crowd volume was seriously absurd.
but nevertheless, forth day was absolutely the FUNNEST!
because of the gimmicks the Sony full-timers were displaying, it's amusing.
like Vincent, the big boss, Joseph the manager, Marvin the area manager, all standing ON TOP of the booth during the crazy CR32 sale, shouting "$1199!"
OMG.
Patrick, Virus, Selvam, Marc, Janice etc all went nuts too!
super chaotic yet hilarious scene.
and each and every time after the CR32 crazy sale ended, this would happen:

Emcee: "and.... SOLD!"

All: "Ohhh... ..."

Emcee: "1..2..3.."

All: "Vaio!"

Emcee: "1..2..3.."

All: "Vaio!"

Emcee: "1..2..3.."

All: "VAIO!!!"

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"VAIO!!!" was the last thing we said at the show too. our last war cry together.
after debrief, we (Benjawan, Zzen, Ai Hui, Li Hui, Raphael, Ivan, Kah Weng, Yu Xuan, Yu Heng and I) waited for Virus while he had his full-timer meeting.
headed to Lor 3 Geylang for supper, and it was HEAVENLY! (quote Ivan: "you want to know a girl's true colours? order crab when your are out dining." but i think that should be what Ai Hui, Li Hui and I are saying because the way these 5 gluttons behaved when they saw the chilli crab was absolutely entertaining. quote Li Hui: "Order a crab when you need entertainment.")
thanks Virus for the treat! and he forfeited the Vaio full-timer celebration at some pub opposite the Convention Centre to treat us supper! well, but we deserved it, dont we? for we created 3 history for Sony Vaio!

1. First ever roadshow to sell so many number of laptops: 1,027 (considering the current inflation rate etc, we did a miracle. during the Product training, when they told us the target for this show was 1,000, we were like, HELL NO! it's impossible.)
2. First ever roadshow for level 4 people to beat level 3 people. (and we had fewer people! the norm is 40over part timers but we only had 30over!)
3. I FORGOT. haha. i can't remember because i was too tired while Virus was talking to just the few of us, and he kept digressing! but this IS definitely THE phenomena of the year. POW-WOW. miracles DO happen.
Vincent was smiling like a fat kid who was just told that he could have an entire big cake all to himself. For the first time, the wall i built up against him actually crumbled quite a bit.

everytime i tell myself, i am NEVER going to a roadshow EVER AGAIN.

but after 3months, it's like... why not? it'll be fun! and i go through the same torture, but get the same fun (or even more fun) at the end...
((:

it's definitely one roadshow i won't forget.