Partnered with a friend to participate in the quarterly JCCAC craft fair over the weekend, it was truly an exhausting exercise for the introvert! Being an introvert, I’m really not too keen on meeting new people and selling my products. The lack of sleep on the night prior to the fair and the unexpected huge crowd of fair goers made the exercise even more tiring. I was totally drained on Sunday night, and am still not entirely recovered while writing this post.
Thankful that many of my friends and family dropped by to say hi and show their support, that made the exercise much more bearable.
Despite the tiredness, I think the event was a worthwhile experience. While being bored sitting at the booth, I began observing the facial expressions of the people walking by, sadly relatively little smiles were seen among them. On the 2nd day, I wrote a little note and had Dexter pretend to be a calligraphy master. It didn’t really help the sales, but there were quite a few people who noticed the miniature scene and smiled. “Put in batteries and the robot can write letters”, a little girl told her mom. That put a little smile on my face in return. ?
