What a tiring day.
Was out with my cousin sis, Dude, (noon till 4ish) and my bestie, Loli, from noon till 10ish checking out wedding photo packages and geez, it's tiring!
We looked at 4 studios today where after the 2nd one, it all looks the same with exception the 3rd one where the 'end-result' customer pics were actually quite ugly. . . . I managed to try on some gowns in 1 of it (the most 'promising' one) and at the end of the day, I realised the following:
1) Majority of the gowns were mainly made for TALL chicks as most of them had heaps of extra cloth at the bottom (no, it's not the design for those . . ) x
2) One should not wear T-string while going for gown fitting . . . . x
3) "Body art" does not go well with backless wedding dresses at all! x
4) You need to have a good command of cantonese to negotiate for the best deals. THANK GOD I have Loli! Otherwise sure kena 'cheat' big time - Definitely cannot go with the kwai loh... no no no! x
5) Loli is silent when she doesn't like something and I'm hopeless in turning offers down on the spot . . . . instead I asked for some pathetic freebie (O_o)
Sigh.. what would I do without Loli? :P
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Oh my gosh... I nearly thought my best friend's taste was going haywire...Luckily not, she still has the same good taste as me! *relieve*
We walked into this studio (us with our umbrella and all):
-- very crowded = good sign
-- mannequin display has on an ugly blackish purplish gothic looking gown = bad sign
-- fittings tastefully done up = good sign
-- fast to serve us, despite crowd = good sign
Thus, this studio, with a name synonymous with the famous handbag that is found a-plenty in Petaling Street, has all the signs going for it... After all, it could have been a salesgirl with some screwed up taste that dressed the mannequin that day!
*fast forward past looking at albums, explanation of packages, tour of dresses*
We were at the computer, the SUPER BLUR, SUPER NO PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE salesgirl showing us soft copy of outdoor photos in different locations.
Jessie Loli: Are these photos touched up?
Super Blur: Yes...Errr, actually I don't know...
Jessie Loli: Wah! Then can still see the bride's pimples all over...
*silence*
Mandy Patootie: Cheh...maybe they purposely put some pimples there leh, because if they photoshop off all, then don't look like her...NOT NATURAL!
*click click click*
Super Blur: Err....Actually haven't touched up lah, I think.
Jessie Loli: *faints*
Then we went through more folders.
The more we looked at, the more I feel that something is wrong! All the photos blatantly showed whatever flaws on the bride’s face. Not that they were like super-pimply 12 years old, somehow it shows the pores, the open pores, the imperfections. Even to my untrained eye (maybe semi-self-trained lah), the mistake was obvious: LIGHTING! Some photos even had shadows cast upon the bride’s face…Artistic licence? God, I SERIOUSLY do not think so! Probably made worst by make up artist’s skills (or rather lack of).
*keeps very quiet* These are bloody hell, pre-prepared folders clearly label, intended to be used as samples (I am 100% sure, for many reasons and due to many signs – too lazy to elaborate, just trust me).
*keeps very quiet again as Patootie runs through the rest of the photos*
Patootie finishes.
Loli thinks: Yay, finally we can go!
BUT LO BEHOLD!!! Patootie engages Super Blur in a “negotiation”!
I really have ABSOLUTELY nothing good to say about this studio…I totally hate it, it failed my admission test! Plus can see that underlying all the tasteful concept and tasteful clothes and tasteful location, that the photographer is either or had been a super ah lian photographer! Don’t ask me how I know, I am smart, that is how I know! :p
So I keep quiet again.
THE FOLLOWING CONVERSATION, ORIGINALLY IN SUPER BROKEN CANTONESE (I am proud of you Patootie!) TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH FOR EASE OF UNDERSTANDING
Patootie: Err….Is this all? Can you throw in any free things?
Super Blur: Oh, we can give you more. What do you want? *eyes open big big ever hopeful*
***Commentator’s Note: At this point, if I am Super Blur’s boss I would have fired her on the spot. How can you ask such a question?????
Patootie: Errr…maybe a DVD?
***Commentator’s Note: Gosh!!! Given such a perfect opening, how can you give such a lame answer? That is like finding a magic lamp complete with a genie, and when the genie grants you 3 wishes, you ask for a Mcdonald Prosperitity Burger, Curly Fries and Orange McFizz.
Super Blur, now Super Happy: Oh, can! You know, perhaps if you want anything else, I can also check with my manager.
*To cut the long story short, Super Blur asked the open-ended-perfect opportunity-to-ask-for-the-moon-and-the-stars question at least 3 times! And all my dear Patootie asked for was a BLOODY DVD!!!
Gosh!!! And by now, I super-duper cannot tahan anymore. Took out my phone and sent Patootie a sms something like this, “Eh, this studio super sucks…*message truncated*” But nett nett, everything is wrong with this studio, nothing is right, lets get the hell out of here!!!
WE FINALLY MANAGED TO ESCAPE OUT OF PHOTOGRAPHY HELL!
Wah, dat could be a blog post by itself!! eheh.. well, if I asked for more, then pai-seh right if I don't take the package. So simply 'bantai' the dvd la. ekekeke! Dat's why I said I'm hopeless at turning down offers! Blek!
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