jingting and i were invited to return to our internship company to do a presentation for the stakeholders. the whole process was messy and dramatic, cause we got into an argument with a lecturer due to a miscommunication. jingting and i were really pissed about it, because we felt that the angmohs were stereotyping us, and we didn't like the way they say things. plus the council presentation was fixed on the 10th! jingting and i had papers on the 9th and 11th! so damn annoying. but whatever, we did went down to the Regional Council on the 10th for presentation anyway.

so the invitation sounded really impressive. 28 major stakeholders invited, regional council invited, regional marketing invited. i was expecting a sea of blue and green eyes. but the attendance was kinda pathetic. but who cares, 1 audience and 100 audiences, i can still put it in my resume and make it sounds good.

bottom line, it is nerve-wrecking to present to a group of rural owners. It is like, we were speaking in alien language to them, and we were not down-to-earth enough (given the fact that they were nearly kissing earth - THAT DOWN OKAY)

was giving them suggestions to utilise internet marketing for their business. this oddball was like...

"NO NO NO. what is facebook? NO NO NO. it is too invasive. NO NO NO. there will be viruses!"

wtf? you are a business and you don't want people to know about you? invasive? ok, go eat grass.

i used state tourism domestic segmentation research to show them their target markets. and this SAME oddball accused me of nipping people's work! EXCUSE ME! it is not nipping okay, it is open for public use. BUT TOO BAD YOU DON'T KNOW INTERNET SO YOU CANNOT USE. and out of goodwill, i was trying to make your life better then you come and say i nipped people's work?! and please okay, uni work requires you to look at people's work and do analysis!

told them their target markets prefer kitchen facilities, then started arguing with me.

"how do you know? did you talk to any visitors? i am not going to spend ten over thousand dollars to build a kitchen..."

zzz. my point is, if you wanna continue to hit on this market, then look at their preferences and needs, then TRY your best to cater to it. OF COURSE LA, must be within your capacity. never ask you go loan from bank and build one posh 5-star kitchen right... adding microwave or basic BBQ pit also not bad what!

IF you really have phobia for kitchens, then target another market that likes... farm or something.

it was really a painful day, trying to talk sense into them. not only me and jingting, even the council and marketing people were getting alot of INTERRUPTIONS during their presentation. so rude okay!

the most amusing thing was, our host was presenting on the region, and he only included a few key towns. and this lady (sitting beside the grumpy man who said i nipped people research) was soooo offended that my host didn't include her town in the slides. ROFL. then my host explained that he only naming a few cause he couldn't fit 30 over towns in a slide, and she was still grumpy and whining about how her town has clinics, schools, supermarkets etc etc and should be considered as 'key town'. seriously FHL.

so happy singapore is all developed with everyone being so IT savvy. makes life a lot easier.

conclusion: country life is fun to stay and play, not fun to work in.