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Friday, April 14, 2006 12:58 PM  In the past, public holiday seems to be nothing to me because school life's pretty flexible. But since I have started working, I have been staring at the calender, counting down the days to public holidays... Anyway, I deserve some good sleep. Baby and I caught our no. 104, REINCARNATION @ PS yesterday. Typical horror movie with pretty predictable story line. But the thrill is there... since it's "the" month.  Baby bought me the medium size Toffee (we called them toffee because of their colors). Now I have the full collection! small, medium & big! :) I have contemplating about shopping now since it's less than a month before we travel to Taiwan & Hongkong. Things are gonna be cheaper... and I have a few blythes in mind to get in HK! VSmash... LL... T42-E... another LM... ahhhhhh... I wish I have more money to spend! ----------- Recently, there are 2 things that made me very very pissed off. 1st thing was yesterday, when we reached home, my mum saw a shattered window in my Dad's study. There was a pretty big piece of rock landed into the room.  Needless to think, it must have got to do with those china construction man. No, I have nothing against china nationals. But I have something against people who can't do their job well and still dare to stand into the way of others. I hate them so much! We called the head office of their construction and demand for a window to be replaced. They are really uncivilized by not even willing to apologize. You mean you're right to do so? What if there was someone in the room when it happens? Are you gonna pay for the damage? I think there is a need to complain regarding this matter. It's serious to me because this incident doesn't only happen to my window. Just a week ago, my uncle's new car, which was only 1 week old, was damaged by their stones, throwing down from the top of the flats. HOW CAN THEY EVER THROW STONES OR ROCKS DOWN FROM HIGH LEVEL?! What if it's not a car but someone walking past instead?! Seriously, I think construction sites should really reconsider about their workers' attitude. They are slow, noisy, uncivilized, incompetent and many more. When promised to finish the project by end of last year, it's still in the mid of constructing when it's already April now. We don't pay to wait for nothing. We paid to see things done by date-due given by you. I had my piece for this incident. It's still pissing me off... Ugh! ----------- 2nd thing that makes me very angry is this very "giam siap" client. Recently, Melanie gave me this freelance lobang because she isn't free to meet up with the client and the dateline was pretty close. Since I am free at home so I've decided to take it up. Mel told me that it's S$100 for slicing up pictures and putting them in order. I thought it was pretty reasonable. I contacted the client and she asked for a meet up to pass me the cd with all the files in it. I travelled all the way to Bedok to meet her and she demanded more than what should be done. She wanted me to do hover over images for the sliced images, which will be done by me. She wants me to link them up accordingly. I thought, okie, I shall do a little bit more there. But when I reach home, she called and wanted a join member page. Hello? It requires a little programming which I have to increase the charge. I told her about the charge and she bitch about how EASY IT IS. "A few text ONLY" she said. I wish she was infront of me and I can scream at her like no tomorrow. There is no way I can urgue with someone so much older than me. And I really dislike about bargaining. Fine. I give in. She passed me the cd on Saturday and the dateline is on Tuesday. So I upload them into my site and let her preview. Initially she said okie but she wants me to edit the position of ONE string of words for like 4 times?!?!?!!?!?!? Can't you specifiy it properly and do it once and for all? Seriously, most people doing freelance only allow client to have the right to demand for change for like 3 times. After the 3rd time, charges have to be implemented. It was past 12 mid night when I have not showered, but editing a string of text! Finally she said "Looks ok" (!!!!), I asked her to transfer me the money before I send the whole lot of files to her, nicely. She said "No. Send me the files first". I was boiling inside because she was EXTREMELY rude in her tone I wish I could stare hard at her. I asked her if she has iBanking but she didn't reply. At that point of time I assumed she has it. So I tried to be nice by sending her the files 1st. When she received it, she asked me some questions that I wish I don't have to answer... Client: I have open up the files. Why are there only one DREAMWEAVER file? *Dreamweaver is a program to edit html files. The rest of the html files are with a Internet Explorer logo while only the PHP program file is in dreamweaver logo*. Me: Huh? What do you mean dreamweaver files? They are all html files except for one php file. Client: But I want all in dreamweaver files. Me: Where got dreamweaver files one? There is no dreamweaver extension. Only html for normal webpages. The php is for the join member page. Client: I don't get it. I want dreamweaver files leh. Me: *harsher in tone* DREAMEAVER IS TO EDIT HTML FILES. IT"S ONLY A LOGO ON THE FILE. Other than the join.php, the rest are in HTML format. Client: I still don't get it... Me: IT'S OKIE. Just upload them without touching a single thing will do. After that, I smsed her regarding the payment. She told me that she can only pay me tomorrow (!!!!!!!). I ask her she don't have iBanking meh, she told me no. WTH. I felt cheated. I slammed at her by saying, "You don't have to worry about me running away with your files..." I add on by say, "Actually you go ask around for rates, I am doing this for you below market rate already. It also takes effort to do a website..." Alot more I said but I can't remember the rest. The next day, I kept pestering her for payment. It's not as if the amount is huge. It's only S$100 for god sake. She owns this store and has a full time job, is S$100 alot? And it won't kills to go to an ATM machine what. I know where she stays and I am sure there is an atm very near her place. I only receive the payment from her in the evening. Sickening. I thought, *yes!* finally I can stop hearing from her and stuff. But guess what? She called me the next day, asking me if I can do something for her. I asked, "Yaaa?(!!)", she said she wants me to add a flash scrolling text for FREE?! I told her off by saying, "It's not just typing okie?! I have to do all over from a empty flash!". She said "Very easy what, just download from website...". You know what, AUNTIE? If you don't know anything, just keep quiet. I insisted that if she wants me to do it, I have to charge her. She asks for the charges, I told her "I am afraid that I will scare you off with my charges. It's S$50". Actually it isn't that much but I don't want to do it for her. She demands for my portfolio to see if my skill really worth that much, I gave her the sites that I have done before. Before she hangs up, I told her, "If you want something CHEAPER, you should get some students who are still studying in secondary or poly to do it for you. Graduates can't do at such a rate". She ought to be taught a lesson. There is nothing free in this world. At least not for her. Seriously, at the 1st place I accepted this job because I wanted to help Mel with it. I am not into the $$ but the experience. But the client's attitude is really horrible. If she is nice I am ok with it. I can even do it for free for my friends. But she doesn't trust my professionalism and is totally wasting my effort. I put what I studied hard into what I am best with. If she doubts about me or even trying to take advantage of me, I can never accept that to happen. I am not afraid to say this, AUNTIE. And I don't care if you're actually reading this. Maybe you should really do this whole site yourself if you think it's easy. And stop taking advantages out of freelancers like me. It isn't going to work. I am normally not such a nasty person. But this world is full of such people who couldn't stop lighting up the anger in me. It should stop.
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