jokerlator ([info]jokerlator) wrote,
@ 2008-12-21 23:57:00
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Hmmmz...
Saturday
- Ok, when to CJQ's house to play table tennis, X-box 360, eat preserved fruits, etc...
- Then went to Lot 1 for lunch and arcade...
- Saw Nick Ng on the bus, haha...
- Finished lunch and stuff and were on our way to the terminus where I got intercepted by a lady selling Prudential investment trusts, she had wanted 5 mins of my time...
- In the end, it became 45 mins...
- Really hilarious but also tending towards sickeningly irritating session since she was pretty aggressive and it was obvious she wasn't putting forward the terms of the trust properly and clearly...

Lady: For every 30k you put in over 25 years, you get back 18k guaranteed plus up to 20+k in unguaranteed bonuses...
HHC: So, is this 18k on top of the 30k?
Lady: For every 30k you put in over 25 years, you get back 18k guaranteed plus up to 20+k in unguaranteed bonuses...
HHC: ...

Lady: Look, each month you put in $100, at the end of the year you get back $750 in guaranteed returns.
HHC: Er, but I put in $1200?

Lady: *Does alot of Math* Look, you put in one month $100, you can get up to $30 of returns in the long term... This is definitely more than the 0.025% at POSB...
HHC: But I earn much much more from gambling? $1000 in 6 months is definitely more than $30 per month...
Lady: But can you ensure that you always win in gambling?
HHC: Well, I can't but $1000 in 6 months sounds better to me...

*HHC is gettin abit irritated, but I respect the fact that its a hot saturday afternoon and she still has to work... So I intended to go home to discuss with my parents...*
HHC: Ok how bout this? Can I go home and consult my parents?
Lady: Why do you need to consult your parents? You're old enough to make your decisions. Ok it seems you love your parents?
HHC: Yeah
Lady: Well, you can sign this policy now, chuck it in your drawer... Maybe years later, one fine day, when your parents open your drawer and see the policy, what will they think of you? They'll think of you differently, a mature young man... You should do this instead of gambling your money away...
HHC: But I earn from my gambling, and much more than from this thing...
Lady: Do your parents know about your gambling?
HHC: Ya, I tell them each time I bet...
Lady: *Stunned* Ok just wondering, what do you bet on?
HHC: Singapore Pools soccer.
Lady: Ok...

*In the end, she relented only after I gave her my HP number...*

Lady: *Turns to CJQ* So, I've talked so much to your friend. What do you think of this?
CJQ: I have nothing to say.
Lady: Why don't you consider as well?
CJQ: I have nothing to say.
(LOL! x 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000)

Evening was soccer with the dudes...

Sunday
- Met Galven and Lenny for lunch
- Went to Grandma's house, LOL, then my uncle set up two TVs so we could watch both the Man Utd and the Singapore-Vietnam match at the same time...
- Then the TVs were side-by-side
- Rafael got a knock and was injured and my uncle suddenly went "EH? Rafael back liao! EH WRONG OMG! That's Shi Jiayi! Their hairstyle the same..."
- Then my grandma came in and asked in Hokkien "Who playing?"
- Then my uncle replied "Monkey"
- I was like "Man Utd = Monkey?"
- Uncle: No. Grandma only knows two people in soccer. Ronaldo and Sir Alex Ferguson. She knows Ronaldo as monkey.
- Grandma (in Hokkien + Chinese): Ar noh! He looks like a monkey, especially his ears!
- Grandma leaves.
- HHC: Then what about Alex Ferguson?
- Uncle: Jiat Qiu Nee Ting Eh Lang (The guy eating the chewing gum) (LOLWTFLOL!!!)
- AND DAMN... Singapore lost... :( HAIZ...
- Ok time to go to sleep, duty tomorrow...



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[info]drgnfirez
2008-12-21 04:53 pm UTC (link)
WTF WTF JIAT QIU NEE TING EH LANG WTF WTF

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[info]jokerlator
2008-12-22 01:07 pm UTC (link)
My Grandma PWNZ!!!

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[info]dnwq
2008-12-21 11:01 pm UTC (link)
lol@insurance agent

poor insurance agent

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[info]jokerlator
2008-12-22 01:07 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, wrong target, haha...

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[info]lowjh
2008-12-22 01:01 am UTC (link)
i got intercepted by a prudential person as well! i first told them i was a student (thinking they wouldn't be interested in someone without financial power). apparently they think students are easy prey, so i changed my identity to a nsf. she then made the assumption that i was going to ord soon, thereby becoming student again. -.- got off only after i told them i had no financial autonomy. =p

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[info]jokerlator
2008-12-22 01:05 pm UTC (link)
Lol, yeah sometimes you just gotta be hard with them, but well, they're really kinda aggressive at times lol...

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[info]frankchn
2008-12-22 04:44 am UTC (link)
You actually waste time with those people? =p

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[info]cjqsg
2008-12-22 10:48 am UTC (link)
not really. i saw it more of a reminder to start thinking about personal finance.

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[info]jokerlator
2008-12-22 01:05 pm UTC (link)
Ok lah, their job is tough, so I really go in with an open mind, but really, end of the day, their policies tend to suck, so...

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