perempuan dan lelaki di hari itu.

Hey there! The coming weekend ni amatlah dinanti-nanti oleh sesetengah manusia. Sebab apa? Sebab 14th February just nicely will be landing on Saturday. Kan ke hari itu Valentine's Day. I xde kena mengena sangat ngan this day. Definitely will not be celebrating it since I'm still poorly single and yes I know..x baik celebrate benda-benda yahudi nih. huhuhuhu...

But, nak buek camno!? Kakak den ada kedai n kedai dia ni dok sibuk nak menjual barang-barang untuk Valentine's. And frankly speaking, sales untuk Valentine's Day will be one of the most sales yang paling tinggi in a year. Roughly, the sales can be up to 7k for ONE day. (Amazing tak?) And yang paling amazing nya adalah...... pembeli-pembeli barang2 n cards for Valentine's Day are mostly the students of UiTM Shah Alam. Since my sis's shop is situated in Shah Alam, so there it goes!

Sekarang ni pun (lebih kurang seminggu before 14th) orang dah sibuk dok beli cards dah. Cards memang macam goreng pisang panas. Same goes to kedai yang satu lagi kat Kelana Jaya gak. Kat KJ lak, students UNITAR but ada gak publics yang lain. And I still remember, last year's Valentine's Day jatuh pada minggu students UiTM cuti. Amatla sunyi kedai my sis. Ada gak la sales but kureng skit ar..

So, sempena Valentine's Day tahun ni (and thn2 sebelumnya), my sis and I akan come out with ideas for Valenyine's Day. Last year, kitorg buat package barang-barang ML n Victoria's Secret. Tapi, students UiTM mana kenal brand2 overseas nih. Nak-nak lagi boyfriend diorg yang agak kureng skit taste kan..(poket pun kureng gak). But for this year, kitorg berbalik pada concept lama where we just do some bouquets of fake flowers and bears+chocs etc. Harga lak paling-paling kureng dlm rm20++ and sampai mencecah rm100++. Masa mula-mula buat all those packages, kitorg cuak gak takut tak laku..but tak yah risau..on the day itself..mesti laku gak..TRUST ME!

Citer pasal laku x laku ni..gue ada satu citer. This is basically based on my experience working at the shop during those celebration. Lelaki dan perempuan ada cara dia yang tersendiri.

Okay, perempuan first. Valentine's Cards selalunya laku kerana perempuan. Ini adalah kerana, hanya perempuan jek yang sukakan kata2 dlm cards tuh. and usually they 'meant' it. Guys, jarang skit ngan cards nih. Kat kedai my sis, barang-barang utk guys kurang. So, these girls will buy the present from outside and come to our shop to have a nice wrapping. And they will put the card that they bought from the shop. So that basically the girls.

And guys, they are actually a bit monotonous. Dapat lak lelaki yang kurang jiwa romantik or jiwa yang berperasaan (except for jiwa cinta la). Diorang ni akan ke cards rack and they will simply buy any cards yang sedap mata diorg memandang. Amat jarang sekali kita boleh lihat yang diorg ni spend more than 5 minutes in front of the varieties of Valentine's cards. TRUST ME! For the gifts- here we are for! Packages and bouquets that we did are all for them- the GUYS. Kat sini, guys ada 3 types:

1) diorg akan ke hulu ke hilir dalam kedai (tengok2 brg). But, at the end, they will just grab any bears or soft toys or even Valentine's custom-made pillows and bring it to the counter (cashier). They will have it wrap and ta da...it's DONE! A Valentine's card and present.

2) this type of guy will just go straight to the display counter where they have seen the packages or bouquets- pick one and then to the cards rack and take one card and without further a due they'll go the cashier. Take out the amount and pay for it. JUST AS SIMPLE AS THAT.

3) this is my FAVOURITE CUSTOMER of all. The first thing that they will do once they get into the shop is to come to us- the cashier and sometimes to any staffs that they can see there and then. Sambil tersipu-sipu malu, they'll ask us - "Erm..saya nak kasik hadiah Valentine's kat girlfriend saya tapi saya tak tahu nak kasik apa yang sesuai. Korang boleh tolong tak? Selalunya perempuan nak apa yek?" Ini adalah diologue yang sangat standard. Dan kami sebagai staff yang paling ramah dan baik budi pekerti akan menjalankan tugas kami dengan berhematnya. Nak tahu kenapa? Sebabnya, customer yang macam ni tidak akan sesekali menidakkan pilihan kitorg dan yang penting sekali mereka tidak kisah tentang HARGA barang2 pilihan kitorg. Itu yang kitorg sgt suka dan sayang pada guys yang macam ni. hehehee... Bukan sahaja hadiah, wrapping paper, ribbons, box kitorg pilihkan (selalunya yg harga mahal n cun la), card Valentine's pun kitorg yang pilih. Dan yang amat sangat DAIF & NAIF adalah kitorg yang tuliskan card untuk girlfriend diorg and mind you! wording pun kitorg yang punya wording tau.

4) n last sekali, lelaki yang suka keluar masuk kedai sepuluh kali tapi tak dapat decide and terus tak beli apa-apa pun.

So, that's basically what would be the girls and guys do/behave before and during Valentine's Day shopping. While I am writing this up, rindu lak ngan karenah2 pembeli kat kedai. Ada macam-macam perangai manusia ni. Ada gak satu artis ni (p'puan and nama dia starts with Z), dia beli 7/9 Valentine's Cards. She's married with 2 sons. Mungkin dia ada cara tersendiri nak kasik card tu kat hubby dia kot. (",) And this year, kalau ada masa gue akan gi tolong kat kedai my sis. But, I have event to attend to for the 3 days from friday. Hope I can just hop in and out during those days. My sis yang sorang ni lak (the owner), awal2 dah tempah my eldest sis utk jaga my nephew for the whole week.

So, i attached here some of the bouquets yang i sempat tangkap gambar (some of it jek). Model lelaki tu is my beloved nephew and anak kepada owner kedai. Happy day!