Today I woke up at 1200+ h.
It isn't exactly late as I didn't have a proper night. In fact, I only slept at 0400 in the morning. Had a really long chat with my clone, about touching sky, about china history, about stress handling, about aspirations, about how similar we are, about who being the listener and who being the talker, and about Christianity. A lot of things, yea? Hahs, and thus, unknowingly, numerous hours passed.
Then this morning I woke up. I switched on the computer and Faith's online again. It's amazing how she is able to put up with this little sleep. In total, I think she only slept for around 0400h. Short right? So, I chatted with her again, until I had to leave for work, which was around 1600h. But we continued chatting through messages. Perhaps this is the kind of freshness and amazement that sustained the conversation. After all, we only got to know each other for like three days, and we were that similar. Like a banana and a cucumber:
Versus
Today was my last day of work. The kind of sadness which I've experienced few days back were no longer there. I'm feeling relief now. Finally I am able to get a good rest and focus on only my full-time job- a student. I worked with Nora, and today being the last day of 2007 and also the last day of my work, was a little to bland. Nothing much happened. A few days back when I thought that was my last day of work at shop1, I wrote a long piece of farewell note in the communication book, and even packed my last Sorini pack. But twist and turn, today I was back there, because Mimi had swapped my shift with a new part-timer. So, I was brought back to where I started to do my ending there also. It was a very complicated feeling when that happened, because of the many memories that were concerned. Like the note Sufie wrote to me:
It was like yesterday when I first shook your hand and today you're leaving.
(I was a week senior than her)
Well, that's how fast time passes, isn't it? Especially when everyone is so busy with the everyday targets like meeting the sales target or getting the piece of work done, time would just surreptitiously slip by, and before you notice, another year would have passed. Then you may want to reflect, have you really done what you really want, or have you just blindly followed the flow? Life's only a few decade and only 6 or 7 Yadbud-tsuki. Enjoy to the fullest is all that I've got to say.
Today Nora treated me another meal. That was the third since I started working. First was Sufie with the fish and chips, then was Zhen Hui with the mixed vegetable rice, then was today Nora with the other mixed vegetable rice. I'm beginning to feel bad about that already. Nora said today was my last day already. Well, what can I say? So, I treated her drink also. When she was mopping the floor, this was where I squatted like an intorvert at the very corner of the shop:
Then I took a few more pictures at the shop:
Well, after writing the blog this afternoon, I realised a big crisis- I wasn't sure of my pae posting. I'm not too sure what pae stands for, but it concerned something really important to me, about the Junior College I'm attending next year. It occurred to me that many people have already received calls from the people from the school, but I haven't. Then I tried to recall, only to realise that I hadn't really checked the pae results that day. Immediately, I went to the website, but that was not better. The site had been shut down. I was stranded without school then. My friend had informed me that he was gonna pester me for another two years during the day when the results were released, and that was misleading to me to infer that I'm posted to the same school as him. But in the end, he hadn't really checked for me. So ya, I was stranded. Luckily, BaoHui and Daniel helped me out a bit. At least I managed to calm down a bit with them helping me to check and ask around. Thanks you so much.
I worked night shift today. It was with Nora. Nothing much happened. In fact nothing worth recording happened, except that I was hugged by someone, because I was leaving. Shock at first, sadness followed, touched at last. I didn't know I mattered that much to those people. Well, I shouldn't think too much actually. I'm leaving the day after tomorrow.
At night I chatted with Faith. Discovered that she is actually the female version of TiongWei, and I'm the male version Faith. We are so similar can!!! Aspire to be cardiologist, are both China freak, and all. So similar!!! I declared her my clone, except for the Christianity part. Haha. I'm a free-thinker!
And she was like explaining to me Christianity throughout 3/4 of the conversation. I feel that I have pissed her off sometimes. Haha. Sorry arh.
Then the MSN got this stupid error that I cannot get my messages through so many times... yup, that should be all.
Two days ago was Friday, a day specifically booked by Joel to invite me to his Church's youth activity- "the murder trail". I waited at home for the time to arrive, while I sleep, played, and welcomed my sister home, for some little gatherings. It was only until roughly 1800 that I left home. Joel told me the time of meeting was 1845, but I thought I was late. For a little more assurance, I messaged BoJun and he told me he had just knocked off from work. At the MRT station, I noticed some look-alike of Joel's sister, Joleen. She resembled her so much! But I wasn't bothered much, as I was rushing. Then on the train, I saw another very look-alike of Joel's mum. Such coincidence? Only to realise that they were indeed them and not some look-alike, and Joel was there too. Coincident that we met on the train, and not that two look-alike appeared at the same time. Relief-I wasn't late.BoJun arrived shortly after, and one of the uncles from the church gave us a ride to some Condo where we had a barbecue. I didn't have much as my appetite wsn't particularly good that day. BoJun asked me if the English-speaking ambiance was bothering me so much that I was so quiet at that point of time. I knew it wasn't. After all, I'm kinda used to English-conversation which I had accumulated from the service provision of a salesperson, rather than the becoming-vague Chinese conversation. In fact, I thought the different frequencies of individuals were building a thick wall in between each of us, eg. me and Ryan. I couldn't really relate myself with him because of the many differences. But talking with him was definitely fun, because I don't have to think much. He talked and talked, while I listened and listened, only to make occasional interruptions to say a few things. The benefits of a listener=PNight time- roughly 2100, we were ferried to the event's venue- the familiar church of Joel's at Anglican High school. I had been here few times, one of them being the Christmas party we had here last year, and the other being the soccer match we had here last week. It was pretty secluded, otherwise a lovely place. A group of Anglican-ist were having a campfire near the entrance when we arrived.Ice-breakers were never missing. The first being the wackos and the second being broken telephone line. I would have to say the first one was the more effective one. Then we proceeded on with the actual event, the much anticipated one- the murder trail. We weren't exactly close with church people, so we didn't have a chance to choose, because the others got into groups so quickly. In the end, Me, Bojun, and Joel (the original 3), were grouped together with YanJun (the one guy whom I found to share similar traits with Someone- the self-entertainer-type). Later on, Gabriel and Faith joined in. They were the fun type. I liked them=)First part of the event started with us arriving at the crime scene, impersonating as investigators. Evidence and suspects were at the scene as well. It's weird to have the suspect at the crime scene though, I mean they should be detained at the station for interrogation, shouldn't they? Victim-Vicky(played by the church's puppet called Lala or Lily, I not sure.Suspect one-Samuel, Vicky's boyfriend(played by Jason if I'm not wrong)Suspect two-Liming, Samuel's buddy(played by forgot who)Suspect three-Collin, Liming's friend(played by DeQi)Suspect four- Angel(played by Abigail)Suspect five-Forgotten (played by Rachael)Then I noticed some mistake at the crime scene, involving the misleading evidence as well- one of them being the laptop at the entrance. The MSN account was registered under the "forgotten's" name when it was supposed to be Vicky using the computer before she died. Secondly, someone used the laptop in the bedroom to visit Angel's blog AFTER the event of crime, meaning someone was here? This part was a bit clueless though. Second part of the event was actually a scavenger hunt- this was the most exciting and fun scavenger hunt ever. I love it! I managed to crack a few of the code. Accomplishments!!!
the hat in red donkey flew low over oven r~~ c~~c~~
This was the last code which got a stuck for a while, before Rachael hinted and I cracked it=P.
Answer: third floor counciling centre
In the end we were the winning team because ours was the nearest guess to what actually happened and that we got all the motive etc correct! We stayed for a while at the counciling centre to watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle the movie, but actually I was talking with Ryan- the much simpler job=)Then we proceeded to 2nd floor where we played some passing with the basketball, before going in to join the rest in some card games. That was when where I really get to know some of them-Faith and Abigail. We played Bridge and Daidi. Teased YanJun a bit by not playing the game he wanted to play when he's around, and play it when he went off, and stopped when he came back. Fun=P I got not-too-bad partnership with Faith man. We won almost every game when we partnered=P *Hi-5!*Then there was some cleaning up, where I didn't help much. I felt bad but some self-comforting, I'm the guest after all=P. I did help out a bit though... Then the group went for breakfast, while I headed home with Joel and Joleen.
Murder Trail was fun!
this was the best I've ever had!
At home, I dozed off and had a ticking off by Mimi for being an hour late for work. My bad, but a night's sleep deprivation was torturing. At the workplace, things weren't better. Serious headache was giving me butterflies in the tummy, and I really felt like fainting. Sufie stayed back to help out a bit because Nazurah was not feeling well, and I was alone. That went without informing Mimi too. Perhaps a slip of mind, but it really didn't occur to me until late at night. This was bad. Until late at night, many omens were already indicating the befalling of great misfortune. Firstly, the closing was never a success. A piece of recycled paper was left printed on both side, and I didn't check the back. Hence, in the end, I was ended up with having printing over another printing, kinda overwrite, but the things weren't clear. Sufie helped me rewrite though. An added workload for her. Apologies. Then there was twice when we had 60cents short in the total some. So we paid. Then there was this fax machine. It just SUCKS! Sorry for the bluntness, but it really sucks. Time and again we tried to fax, and it just didn't get through. Again and again we tried until it was already 2340h, and we gave up, leaving a note behind for the people on duty the next morning to ask her a favor to fax it for us. Sufie missed her last bus, because she was worried that I could not handle, given my health condition at that point of time. I felt bad, so I called Mimi to check out with her if she could claim the money if Sufie took a cab, but to be mercilessly rebuffed with more ticking offs. I understand that it was our fault and she was just being hard on us on the outside, but actually she did arrange for Jenny to fetch her back. She said she owed Jenny a favor, but I thought I should be the one owing Jenny. Thanks Jenny and sorry for the trouble. Mimi still cared for us, I know. But then to be scolded by the same person during the last few days of work simply sucks. I was pretty depressed. Only consolation of the day was that I managed to help the shop to recover slightly from the over-peak sales of the shop after Christmas. Yesterday's sales was a good sign of recovery.
I went home, bathed and turned in almost instantly. The day's events were just too breath-taking. I didn't want to think about it.
After a night's good rest, I'm recuperating well. And thanks to the recounting of the happy memories I had two days ago in the first part of the entry, my mood is finally going uphill again. Polarities of treatment by god, just like a roller-coaster, where I went up up and supposedly away, but to fall from the up up to the bottom of the cliff. So much differences in just a matter of two days...
The day where my career's gonna end is closing down bits by bits, creeping stealthily to my side. This was the final inter-break before my "dismissal" from work. Having worked overtime almost every single day that had passed, mostly for the sake of that extra sum, the day break begins with a persisting usage of computer continued from the previous night. Yes, an entire night of sleeplessness to accommodate to my desire to use computer. Besides, my thoughts were bothered by some issues which I've thought I had long settled, but only to realise that the facade was never true. My sister wasn't asleep too.It was only until 0400h that I finally gave in to the devils of dream. Time passed quickly, and it was already 1600, around there, when I woke up. Mimi called me to tell me about the shift for this week, the shift for after-school-reopens, the shift to swapped to accommodate newbies, the shift for this and that, etc. I've got priority over my sister, because I'm the present, and she the past and future. Mimi needed to talk to me first. My edge over her=)Then I realised I might never get a chance to work with her anymore. Sad... But she didn't seem bothered, at least that was what I could infer from the tone of her message... I shall take my quiet leave if that's the case...At night, we had KFC delivery for dinner and that was a spread. I was real full. Then I started watching some of the anime which I had missed out due to the break down of the computer. I've forgotten all about them until now, and I started watching them again. Finished Zero No Tsukaima's season2: The double crescent knight. It's not as bad as what Elmo had told me much earlier. I thought it was pretty nice, the storyline. The part before ending was very touching, except that the ending itself was too hasty. I'm gonna watch Kekkaishi!!!Hope that would help me get over all the problems....
A really unproductive day with nothing much to add into this diary of mine...
Is it always human nature to regret after doing it? I'm regretting now. The same feeling is creeping up in me.She told me that before.But I pretended well.Time passed and feelings grew.Is that liking or loving?Only I know.Yet, I'm still confused.I dared not answer thou.Can there ever be a me-and-you?I'm afraid to make you tear.Struggles within the heart.Struggles within myself.To tell or to hide, I wouldn't know which to abide.Perhaps time will drain the feeling,I shall let it go.Only afraid to regret 30 years down the road.To've given you a miss,When I could've told you so.Do I love you or do I not?I'm driven crazy by my thoughts.
Today was the boxing day. A ramification of the night's tiredness(to have dozed off without removing the contact lens): I had swollen, blood-shot, red, teary, bulgy eyes in the morning. Hence, the first thing I did was to quickly remove them. The one on the left came off quickly because the tears socked it the whole night, but the one on the right was persistently stuck. Perhaps the dryness and the warmth has kept it well in place, that even I suspected that it might have already fallen off, because nothing came off when I rubbed it hard. Then I covered one eye, and gosh, it's still there!!!! So, I scraped and rubbed, almost tearing the actual optical lens which belongs to my eye. By the time it came down, my right eye was already bloodied. Then immediately I looked around, and everything just seemed fogged, smoky you know? I thought I was going blind. Luckily nothing happened.Today was the last day Zhen Hui was working as she has got some projects to attend to.I left house early just to bid her farewell. Left a note with her to keep in touch though. On top of it is my number, my msn and of course, my blog's url=).The pos system played the usual trick on me once again. The monitor was kind of shut down when it was supposed to be only rebooted, and for some reasons, all my computer knowledge were forgotten and I panicked. I was dumb. I tried to call Mimi, but she never picked up. Guess it was too early. Then' I called Zhen Hui, she taught me the technique and it's on running again=)Today's sales sucks. I think I'm gonna hit a new record for the shop again-the new low.This was the first time I'm doing stocks alone, and luckily Kevin was there tosave the day. Thanks Kevin! He helped me check the stocks, which was amazingly fast. Then he left, and I did the stocks myself. I was impressed with myself actually, because I got it done pretty fast too. Just before Mimi arrived and gave me a hairdryer treatment- she said I delayed instructions for me to order new stocks. My bad?=(Orhs well, it was only until almost the end that I realised that this was perhaps my last day working at shop1, the one I've always preferred over the other. After that would be two continuous days-off, and three consecutive night shifts at shop2, and my career has come to the end, and I'm finally back schooling.I was sad. I wanted to cry. And I walked around to see, to see what I can do for the shop, any last deed. When Mimi went to do the banking, I did the sweeping, cleaned the gummies and Jelly Bellies shelvings and dispensers, and walked around again, not wanting to end so soon. In the end, I packed my last pack of Sorinis. It was a forty pieces pack, placed nearest to the entrance. My last contributions....I took numerous more pictures at shop1:
The shelves I always opened, and closed.The stocks I'm so familiar with.The memories I've planted there.
The ones I always packed.
The Storz I always arranged.
The chore I made that someone does always.
The favourite place of work, I shall never forget. Never will I...
Today was my last day at shop1, and Mimi brought in two new part-timers. This seemed to be some deja vu though. When my sister left the shop, that was when Jenny just came in too. So, it happened again, except that this time, more are coming. They are Ginny and Lianna. Sounds like potter's girlfriend huh?=P I go, they come.A few more days, and I shall quit officially... I will be back though...
This morning I've got to report at 0700h in the morning, because this is a slightly different shift. It's the first time I was doing the opening at shop2, and that was real early. In fact, I was almost late. Morning passed very quickly, and Zhen Hui was there soon enough. That was my second day working with her. Luckily she came, else I would have forgotten how to use my mother tongue already. It was like so long ago since I've used Chinese for more than ten sentences.By the way, that day was Christmas, my favourite of the year. But like I said, Christmas in Singapore is always lacking so much. This year was no different, except for the more enthusiastic "merry Christmas!" I gave the customers. And yes, Zhen Hui bought me lunch. So nice of her right? I wanted to return the money but she didn't want. So I owed her one also. Recall: Isn't this the same as what happened to Sufie and me? She didn't want me to return her the money also, did she?Well, today Mimi returned to work from her holidays. I heard from her about her many experiences at Johore and how she became Mimi-jojo, the wife of Mojojojo, and how Mojojojo stuffed his pocket with around a kilogram worth of food at the restaurant. But strange thing- I couldn't laugh. I tried to entertain, and managed only a simple smile, an awkward one. I just can't bear to leave them.Together, they bought me box of chocolate from a shop. It was shaped like a book, the tin. I love it. It was supposed to be a Christmas present, but turn out to be a farewell gift instead. Oh gosh, I'm touched. I recognised Lina's handwriting, and the many names she wrote to fill up every blank spaces on the card. So sweet of them, so sad for me.
the one thing
which touched me so deeply
Evening, I went to pass Felicia and Siying their Christmas gifts. I was exceptionally generous this Christmas. A good 300+ bucks spending spree. I don't know why. Let's just hope they like it. I dozed off at 2100 again, without taking off my contact lens, and guess what happened to my poor eyes?Stay tuned to next entry... To be continued...
In total pretence and ignorance of the global time=P
Date: 24th December 2007Day:Christmas's Eve
Alright, before I start, I would like to inform that this entry was written in total pretence of how much time has passed and total ignorance of what time is it now according to global clock. Reason, I dozed off yesterday at 2000h due to serious sleep-deprivation, and that was without writing this online diary of mine. Hence, I woke up at 3++++ in response to Nazurah's Christmas greeting short message, and the guilt crept up in me, to spur me to write the yet-too-late entry. Everything shall be in pretence that it was still the 24th.Today (24th December 2007) was the Christmas's Eve. It was a real quiet one, with not so many dings and dangs here and there. I remember when I was still a kid many years back, when my neighbour-next-door was a Half-Norway-ian, Christmas Party was the best thing I would be anticipating throughout the years. During the eve itself, many of their friends would gush in, and of course presents and food were never lacking. It's a shame that they've moved away. I still find them the best neighbour though. Today was the Christmas's Eve, and I was still working, without any additional fees such as double pay or something like this. The Eve's not considered as a public holiday according to the Global calender. I find this stupid though. I mean those people who're in the service department would have realised that Eve itself is the busier day among the two. Ohs well, who cares? Anyway, I'm working on both days, meaning either day with the double pay, I'm gonna take it.Today was the Christmas's Eve, and I was the Santa Claus to go to work. After the individual deliveries for some of my really close friends, today was my colleagues' turn. A special delivery of 8 presents to workplace. It was so thoughtful of me to do that TODAY, as some of my colleagues weren't on shift. If I had chosen to deliver it on the day itself (Christmas), then some might just not be able to receive it in time. How thoughtful of me=PToday was the Christmas's Eve, and I was the Santa Claus in white, dragging an orange-instead-of-red, Lovelyland plastic bag instead of the traditional woolen bag to deliver presents. I was early, and so, I dropped at shop 1. Lina was there and I gave her her present- a favorite cartoon character-Pooh's item. I heard it from my sister. There, I heard some bad news, which I thought should not be revealed to the public before it reveals itself at my workplace.Today was the Christmas's Eve, and that was the first time I'm pushing a trolley on the skytrain. Lina made me do an extra delivery of audit rolls(refer to previous entries to find out what this is), without an extra charge to shop 2. I was doing mid-shift , and that was my working place of the day. Good thing the one won't be coming. She's taken a month's leave to go back to her home town=). Mahani was there. I gave her a bee-item. I'm not too sure about what to get for my colleagues and that day at LovelyLand(where I met the gift-wrapping master and picked up a few skills), I saw this collection of woolen pencil holders involving 6 or 8 (I forgot) designs (Giraffe, sheep, panther, bee, mouse, chicken etc). Mahani's pregnant, so I thought a bee one would be just suitable enough for that. After all, that day at shop 1's shop floor, I saw a baby in the bee suite. He was so cute!!!Today was the Christmas's Eve, and in addition to the "Thank you sir/mdm and have a nice day", I included a "Merry Christmas" at the back, and I was met with many satisfying replies of "Merry Christmas to you too!" I've always wanted to do that- to greet the strangers during the festive seasons. It kinda bring the humans closer together, narrowing down the differences which seems very significant on other days, but not on festivals.Today was the Christmas's Eve and I encountered some unhappy experience at the shop floor. A staff whom had lost her airport pass at what she claimed to be our outlets once was reluctant to take out her staff pass to allow me to key in the number, and insisted on a discount. In the end, she gave me four digits which I suspected to be a made up one, but yet I keyed it in. After all, it's Christmas, a day of sharing happiness. Perhaps a 15% discount might make her day? Let's hope my boss's no treading this. Today was the Christmas's Eve, and I encountered the clumsiest cashier's service offered by none other than me, myself, I. Mahani had gone banking and I was left alone in shop, and guess what! There was a sudden gush-in of customers and worst of all, there was numerous who requested for wrapping. Aw... That was my first live-wrapping in front of a customer, and the experience was awkward, nervous, and many mixture. I would like to apologise to some who has their product hastily wrapped by me. I've got to admit one of them wasn't exactly nice. In fact, it was ugly. Sorry about that. And I think I owed an apology to just now that staff. Yes, she came back again, and there she went. Talk and talk and talk, while I was already busy enough, and yet she was still bugging me with questions like how much discount arh? Though I said 15%, she wanted it converted to dollars! How the h*** would I know? I'm not a Japanese brain which was what Mimi called the calculator. And I kinda of shuffled her off when she asked for a bigger bag after a bigger bag. I gave her in the end though. Nut as a service-provider, I got to admit that my attitude wasn't good at that point of time. Whatever reason I gave, it was definitely, undoubtedly, my bad. Apologies.Today was the Christmas's Eve, and it was my first day working with Zhen Hui, another part-timer. I found her ok, and I felt bad not getting her a present when every other colleagues are receiving one, except for "you-know-who". Hence, immediately after knocking off, I went to mini-toons to get her one. IT was a hastily picked one, but still, hope she likes it. I bought a big toddler-sized E-ooo for my sister too. She has hinted that she wanted one and I saw it there, so I bought it. She said she didn't like it because it was too big, and my fault because she couldn't find a place to put it. Of course, my spirit was dampen and I was sad to hear that. Let's hope she didn't mean it that way. After all, this was the first decent Christmas present I've gotten her after 16 years. Seriously, the reaction was two polarities from what I've expected. Of course, I didn't expect her to be touched to tears or give me a hug, but at least I would have expected her to be happy, and keep thanking me in some kinda excitement, and carry the E-ooo for a while longer than to just chuck it on the bed right after receiving it. Ohs well, let's hope she likes it.Today was the Christmas's Eve, and many of my close-ies(friends) were having a countdown at Orhard at 2130h. I wanted to join them at first, but after a full day down working, exhaustion overcame me, and I backed out. Besides, I'm working morning tomorrow on Christmas day, early morning-0700h. Plenty of rest would be required of me. Luckily I slept at 2000 last night, so waking at 0300+ h wasn't really that bad. Today was the Christmas's Eve and I think I scared someone by not replying the messages. I was pretty pissed at first for some last minute and delayed stuffs, but I said I was cooled down by the bath I had, and I meant it. It's just that I went to sleep. That's why no replies. Sorry to cause any worries during the day of celebration!!!Today was the Christmas's Eve, which if in zero-pretence and zero-ignorance of time was actually Christmas day itself. But again, it was a quiet Christmas. Here in Singapore, I guess the only Christmas's atmosphere can only be felt at Orchard, and even if it's there, I guess it's just the edge of a mountain as compared to the westerners.
Today was the Christmas's Eve and something crossed mt mind just now. Is Christmas supposed to be a quiet one? I mean where does the song Silent Night came from? After all, it's the Lord's (I shall call him that for today) birthday, and I believe that he wouldn't want a luxurious and lavish celebration while there were many who were suffering in other parts of the world. But that's where the issue of Santa Claus which comes in here. Is he the pal of the Lord or is he an employee? After all they held very different nationalities and I believe the fiction and the fact come into a huge conflict in such doubts.
Disclaimer: There was definitely no discrimination of religion here.
Today was the Christmas's Eve and the year is ending soon. A prosperous year gives me the idea of a good harvest for farms, and that was pretty heart-warming, but not too so if we are living in Urban Singapore and global warming is becoming a big concern. Hence, hereby I wish everyone the best-iest year ahead, to succeed and attain accomplishment in whatever we do.
23rd December 2007
Well, today was not the best day I would ever call it. Who would expect to have the venue changed at the last minute, to have some bast****s backing out at the last minute, etc, all in a single day? But it did happen to me, and that was only just-today.Today was the long awaited match day which I've been talking about all along, and it has finally arrived today. Early morning I made a call to clarify today's event, but only to realise that the venue has been changed to somewhere near Joel's church due to persisting raining during the past few days. I was shaken at first when Joel told me that the organiser has banned us from using the field that we've booked earlier on (I thought the match was canceled, and that was great disappointment), only until Joel broke the news to me.So there we went. The place remained a mystery all the while, until we were near. It was actually at Anglican High School's church, the place I had my Christmas party last year, the place where I'm the least unfamiliar with. It was then that what startled me- the conditions of the field- a little barren, a little muddy, a little hard.The match started in no time, and we played. Goal! Goal! Whistle! Goal! Goal!In the end: us 2-9 churchThat was awful, wasn't it. Many mistake's, many many. Sigh! That was really disappointment. Then we went for dinner and watched a bit of live soccer match at the coffee shop. Rooney got me a yellow card, and he was my captain. So, there goes my game week's point...=(
Well, like Joel's L.A. trip, my working journey has about to come to the countdown stage. A few more days and I'm back to school already. Kind of sad though. humans nature- only come to realization of the preciousness when something is coming to an end. Past many many posts, I've complained about the work, but today, I've been singing praises for it. It's the job that has allowed me to open up, to really talk and talk. People who saw me today would have noticed the difference- I'm more chatty now. It's a good thing I thought, at least it's a communication skill improved. Sometimes unreasonable customers or tiring shifts might torment us to the extent that we might grumble a lot, but now, it's a totally different thing. Perhaps the sense of belonging is there at shop1. I mean the experience is really something you don't get to acquire through anywhere else. It's something I thought I would be proud to dictate to my grandchildren in my old age to tell them that, " heys, I was working in that shop many decades back, wearing that uniform to serve customers like who who're now. Young man, work hard to break the sales record! It's the contentment that will last you through the working hours, not the monthly salary." So, tomorrow will be the long awaited break for me, and I will be having a long awaited soccer match. So, to boost a bit of the morale, I shall leave every bad experiences of mine aside first while recording the good ones. This morning I was really Santa Claus. I went around delivering presents, first to meet Sze Ling up at the bus terminal, then to Weixin's block to pass her her share, then back to bus terminal to pass Grace hers. The second one was a bumpy journey. I lost my way there! I've once been to below Weixin's block and I thought I would be able to figure the way there, myself, but...
"Weixin, I might need a compass and a map now..."
Weixin: "Orhs, where're you, I go pass it to you now."
"Er... The blue building with the fairprice and the food palace. I think it's the community centre."
Weixin: "Why are you there. Kk, I go there now."
So, she came, and I followed her to her block. So, that's the one which I've passed by much earlier on. Muddle me... After that, I realise I've given her the wrong card which was meant for Siying instead. Hence, I met up with her again. She said I was far though I don't really think so. But, who cares=P.Because of that, I was late for the Grace's meet-up. I treated her a cup of ice milo as compensation though. Then begun my story telling, and I doubt I stopped for more than a minute because throughout the return journey, I was the one doing most talking, and she, the listener. The new chatty me=PToday was a rainy day, and when I was about to go for work at 4+++, the rain poured more heavily. Thus, I took out the big thick Billabong jacket which I haven't been wearing for months owing to Singapore's hot weather. Then, work as usual. Today's encounter wasn't as fun, except that I treated a few little toddlers Jelly Bellies. They're so cute!!! I'm becoming a pedophile already, influenced by Joel=PAnother funny encounter was this competition between shop1 and shop2. The one was doing closing at shop2 while I did at shop1, with Shila and Jenny respectively. Then, the sales there was ahead of us at first, until the sudden gush of many big fish that we overtook them and took the lead. Until the end of the day, that side actually called to check the sales and we were still ahead. In the phone, I actually heard the one's greeting to some customer. Her famous "hi, welcome." My inference? She doesn't allow shila to do the closing despite it being already 11.30. She doesn't want to lose us I supposed. Poor Shila, the sacrificed one in the war between me and her. Results: tiongwei's young force won.=)
I'm gonna miss them so much when I leave...
Date: 21st December 2007
Can you believe it? I had a fall in my own bedroom because the floor was wet after my shower. Is this some kind of retribution?Oh well, maybe? Hm... I've been rather evil the whole of today, so ya, retribution has come knocking my door.Today was yet another day. My shift was 2 and I reached at 1.30p.m. and started work since then. Sufie was there. Today talked with her a lot, keep talking and talking,but it's fun. I always teased her=) Evil deed number 1.Evil deed number 2:I mimicked an uncle's inability to pronounce some words well. Oh gosh, I was that bad? Shall improve on that someday. *Self-reflection**cleanse my thoughts*Evil deed number 3:I made Sufie pay for my luncher (lunch plus dinner). Well, I wouldn't admit it's my fault. She insisted on me not to pay. What can I do? I told her I owe her a meal though=)Evil deed number 4(Sufie's bad):Sufie's really close friend came and there was a huge ding! I had to apologise numerous time to that customer at that point of time because Sufie was serving him when suddenly the girls were screeching(yes, screeching, sharp noises. And yes, noises, definitely not sounds). Oh well, I stood in for her while they screeched. So, this was not my fault.Evil deed number 5(Jenny's bad):
Here's how it goes:
Jenny: "I couldn't understand what he was talking about. He was like, where is the 'b~ird' stall? I almost tell him there's no pet shop here(in the airport)."
Oh well, here's the funny part. The Caucasian was actually asking for the book shop, but with the slank, it sounded exactly like 'bird stall. Jenny made fun of how people speak, her bad=PEvil deed number 6:I took numerous pick and mix chocolate, and jelly bellies for ' sampling'. Free food in short. Bad me=PEvil deed number 7:I teased Jenny all the while, especially when the small kids called her 'auntie'(mind you, she's a pretty 19 year old girl, okay?). Well, she did the same to me too. She was like keep calling me, 'lazy pig', 'duck leg and dark hand'(clumsy), 'uncle' etc. (Mind you, I'm a 16 year old handsome yound man okay?). Hold it back, Don't puke! That was the fact=PEvil deed number 8: I attempted to make my reader puke with the previous deed.Evil deed number 9:I bought Christmas gifts for everyone, singling out 'the one'. So, I will only be able to give it to her on the 23rd onwards(That's the last I'm seeing of 'the one', because she's going back to her homeland).Evil deed number 10:Today's sales failed to hit yesterday's, though it's a reasonably high one. Not satisfied though. People might think otherwise though.Accumulation:Leads to my fall. I had a fall in my own bedroom. Who's gonna believe it? And guess what, I hurt my knee again- that injury-prone knee of mine. So people who're racking their brain on what they should get for me? Here's a clue: A knee protection=) That's an obvious clue isn't it?By the way, I checked my bank just now. There's only less than a hundred bucks left. Oh gosh, I'm wiped out=p. Christmas gifts that cost a bomb. Big Big bomb, that leads to big big hole.
Being nostalgic about the passed, being enthusiastic about the approaching-s, but failing to realsie the significance of present. "Today will never be cherished until it's become the past; today will never be looked forward to unless it's still hasn't arrived.
Tiong Wei
21st December 2007
Posted by Judah at 12/20/2007 04:40:00 PM
Record-breaking streak
Date: 20th December 2007 (today was Hari Raya Hajit)Significant event(s):
Went on a shopping spree to get the remaining presents which I've lacked for my closest friends.
Swindle a bit in the airport's canteen to help my friends get their discount
Boasted to Kah about the double pay I'm gonna have=P
Broke the year's sales record with Lina
Thoughts: Missing the past, looking forward to the future, failing to realise the significance of present.Well, I had long planned to give up on today's entry because of the fact that I'm working the night shift today, which means by the time I reach home would already be early next day's morning. However, today was such an exciting and happy day that I thought I must not leave out, and that I ought to share it with my loyal readers, if there's any, which I seriously doubt so.Orhs well, who cares? After all, this is supposedly my own dairy- a record of the each day's events to prepare me for any likely-occurrence of any memory failure. So today was the day. After yesterday's headless and target-less exploration of the 3 towns in the East- Tampines, Pasir Ris, and Simei, Bird and me have decided to go to the West to do some further explorations, both for my Christmas gifts and his soccer boots. Along in the group were Joel, Kah and Nicholas. Hence we walked around as usual, compared the prices as usual, bargained as usual, and got rebuffed as usual. The significant things here were that we actually got chased off by the shopkeeper himself when what we did was only a mere joke.Event 1:Bird: "How much is this?"Uncle 1: "$55!"Nicholas: "$50 lah, $50 we straight away take!"Uncle: "your friend said $50, so you all can leave now!"What kind of service was that!? Yes, their price was the lowest amongst all that we've come along, but the service? One of the worst as well. Well, retribution followed soon after, he took a wrong pair instead of the one we've originally asked for, and gave us the much more expensive one. Well, like Kah said, "our distractions to the shopkeepers have made some real confusion". And the impact? An under-paid pair of boots.And I bought the last few presents as well. Good friends they were indeed. They kept helping me to save money, and in the end my spending was not even 2/3 of what I had expected earlier on. Well, thanks wor! Joel's present was a bit different- because he's my one best friend at the moment. So his present was budget-less and all based on his likings- Manchester United Football club's items etc. I set my eyes on a jersey for him and guess what's the price! A good $94. That's very expensive isn't it, even more than the Beckham jersey Joel mentioned. Well, I was shocked at the price at first, but nevertheless I've already decided-"this could be the one present). Then we walked and walked and we mentioned about the black MAN U ball we've seen during our previous visits, and thus, our search begun, but to no anvil- it's already sold out. We struggled a bit more, and I was criticised for spurting. Well, I was, but who cares!=PSo I've made up my mind- the jersey, but which one, the away or home one. I tried to contact Joel to ask about his preference but no reply. So in the end, we settled for something else. Poor Joel. He missed his chance.=)Then, I've to report to work. The Mrt station was a little different. The left escalator now leads to the Terminal 3. So we had a little trouble figuring out the way. [Fast forward....]At the canteen, I swindled 4 stalls with my staff identity to allow my friend to enjoy the staff discount.Event 2:Auntie: (Chinese)"What you want?"Me: "*the food name*, how much?"Auntie: "*price*"I took the money for my friend, passed it to her, collected the change and waited for a while.Me: "Auntie, later my friend help me take, I go toilet?"Auntie:"Okay, no problem."alright, this trick worked in all four cases. Scheming me=PEvent 3: I broke a new record, once again. This time an all time high, the highest for the year., and I bought two dispensers for my nephews=)
Posted by Judah at 12/20/2007 09:42:00 AM
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Thoughts at the moment
"It hurts when only the memories stay while the reality leaves."
19th December 2007written at 1.03 a.m. of 20th December 2007State of mind- calm and in fact, pretty lonely(everyone has gone to sleep.Overview state of mind- looking forward to the coming match, and the distribution of presents, and the invitation to any Christmas party by anyone=PWell, the long-waited off from work has finally arrived. Thus, I did plan to make full use of it to really recuperate and replenish the many days of deprivation of sleep, only to wake up in surprise to realise that I've woken up at 10+. That was an awesomely short sleep of roughly 9 hours, owing to the fact that I've not had a good sleep since... I forgot when. And the bigger surprise- I was actually not sleepy from that short sleep, usually I would lay in bed and do some flipping-s and stretching before the actual wake-up, but not for today. Well, that's a good thing actually. After all, sleeping is just a waste of time which could be used for many more useful things, except for that it is never arguable that sleeping is cool and fun and relaxing and comfortable. One word- "SHIOK!"Hence, I got up and never lay my bed until now (my mom's went to Malaysia with my sister and no one's at home really care a lot about the neatness of the house), and sit into the chair and started using the computer....All the way until afternoon 3.30 that I stopped and went to turn up to meet Penguin and go for some men's shopping- the sports stuffs. For me, I'm buying the christmas pressie and of course, Keng's birthday pressie. I've thought of buying Joel something already, but yet to confirm. Later in the afternoon, I shall go queensway with them to see see and look around=).So today's trip was like this:
Meet up at Pasir Ris Mrt Station
Shop a bit at White Sands
Go Downtown East
Go back interchange
Take Mrt to Tampines
Walk around a bit at Royal Sporting House
Take Mrt to Simei
Walk a bit at that ulu ulu shopping mall
Go home
Bought nothing though- perfect window shopping, and perfectly fruitless- not even the bud of a fruit!Then I started using computer again until now. So, it's really fruitless, probably because the pollen from the anther never came to the stigma of the flower, even until it starts to wilt. No pollen tube developed and no fertilisation, and thus no embryo or endosperm nucleus, needless to say, the cotyledons. Hence, no fruit!Wow, amazing, I remembered my biology=PShall end here=)
18th December 2007That day morning , Joel finally returned. I was kind of high (those like on ecstasy like that) because of all the pleasant events coming up (refer to one of the previous entry, it's written there), and probably because that I didn't sleep the whole of that particular morning. Haha, I was waiting for my best friend's return. So ya, it's worth the sacrifice=).Early in the morning (at around 7.30), I'd already left the house because I thought I wouldn't succeed in my swapping of shifts and I told them to start at 8. My bad. So, my retribution? I was the first one there and waited for almost a good half an hour. Never mind about that. Joel came earlier so we had some catch up to do=). Haha, many things happened loh, but I'm the only one recounting my many encounters because I'm pretty updated of his through his blog=P.So, ya, that day's performance wasn't particularly good and I committed numerous lousy mistakes. The feeling's sucks, a little soury though. Only until it rained (yes, that was the real last game of the day, though we had some small ones after the rain), that my performance improved slightly- made some crucial slides=). At least some consolation bah=).Then we went to the coffee shop near Kah's place (We skipped the usual place because Jim was tired of the food there). But this was no better- most of the food are already sold out due to it being a half wet-market (refer to Joel's blog for greater details).Then I had my meal and they were reluctant to leave, as in they wanted to chit chat. I couldn't break into the conversation because my brain's shutting down fast because of the previous day. And finally *poof*, I'm off to la~la~ land again. And guess what my dear friend's done? They played a prank on me by hiding up, and leave me to sleep, and asking an auntie to wake me up, and stalked me, and -_- laughed at me. To think I've even bought Christmas present for them. What friends! And worse, Joel's among them! =(But I wouldn't blame them. I find it funny myself too=) Haha. Who would sleep in a coffee shop right? What an experience!Sleeping curse number two:The devils of dreamland has been chasing me for a whole day, and here it struck again. Well, after rushing off to work at 5, I've been at the shop floor until 11. My partner was Jenny- the other only Chinese staff there. And I grumbled and complained about my sleepiness even before Sufie ended her shift. I'm a grumbler, just like the look of Avram Grant. =PBut as the shift progressed, it turned out that I became less tired, in fact, much less. An together, Me and Jenny, succeeded in completing the day's ultimate goal target- $****. A new record!. Ever since my arrival at Cocoa tree, there's been only 2 record-breaking sales and I'm involved in both at shop 1, and the top salesman in both!=) The one in Shop 2 I'm also involved though.=P So proud! Although the second time, Jenny gave me a lot of her sales. Well... thanks=)But here's where the devilish imps struck! I was on bus 34 at 12+ midnight because there was a sudden gush in of customers last minute making us having to close half an hour later. That was probably the last bus. Lucky me, I got on. And from there embarked my 15-minutes journey home. What a sweet journey which leads me to once again, the familiar La~la~ land of my very own. zZzZ... And I missed my stop. Luckily, I managed to wake up and notice the difference in lightings at last minute and alighted at the Tampines Sports hall. That's so much closer to my house when you compare it with Pungol. I was thinking, at that point of time, if I've not woken up, I would have to spend a night at Keng's house. Lucky me again. And I hurried my footsteps, built up my pace and reached the Tampines interchange. I did plan to walk home- another 15-minutes walk would do, but when I saw the queue round the corner at my bus's waiting area, I was so relieved- the last bus has yet to leave. Lucky me! I was catching my breath, and pacing slowly when the bus came, and the queue got swallowed by the front door fast. I have, but to make a run for the bus. HE waited for me though. That's so much a better service as compared to that of the driver of bus 34 of the previous day(refer to previous blog).I said thanks, and it was home sweet home. My dinner at 1.20 a.m.- 2 egg tarts, 2 bread.Back to la~la~ land after that.
Alright, Joel's coming back from Los Angeles later tonight, which is actually early tomorrow's morning. Woohoo! This is so cool- Joel's returning, the match's also approaching, my favorite occasion's(Christmas) coming, and the tiring schedule's coming to an end too. Today, again, I've got numerous encounters in the shop floor. Firstly being the fact that I made a huge mistake the first thing in the morning when I reported for work. As it has always been, I'm doing the new m-shift (I've totally no idea on how did Mimi do the roster as among the past 4 days, 3 of those I was made to do the m-shift. Tomorrow's gonna be the same if not that I've swapped it with Nazurah, owing to the fact that Joel's returning and there's gonna be a soccer game in the morning. Due to that, I'm losing 5 dollars because the night shift-from 5 to 11, is an hour shorter than my original shift. Hence, Joel owe me big time, and I owed Naz big time.=)Secondly, I've yet encountered another Caucasian, this time being the more amiable one. To be exact, the over-friendly type. Perhaps I was just too use to the indifferent and apathetic attitude the normal customers never failed to show when I approached and greeted them. This time I was doing the same thing as usual, like I always did:
Me: "Good afternoon, Mdm!"Her(to my surprise): "Good afternoon! How'cha doing?"Me(shocked): "Fine... You?"Her: "Good!" Me: "So, can I help you Mdm?"Her: "Hm, do you have the dusted jelly babies(I suppose I got it wrongly when she said it. She must have said "jelly bellies", what Singaporeans normally refer to as "Jelly Beans", instead) ?ME: "Sorry?"Her(patiently): "Do you have dusted jelly babies?"ME*???*(lost): "Hm, sorry Mdm, but I don't think so. I don't think we have it here."Her: "I doubt so too. You would have put it here (pointing to the display area) if you have. Alright then, thanks a lot! Bye!"Me: "You're welcome! Bye!"
Well, it sounds just like any normal conversation you see in the American movies and soap operas right? But that was really not the case in Singapore. Some patronizers would just tend to ignore you when you greet them, or at best echo the greeting back at you. So, what happens when you persist them with a passionate salesperson's mentality by asking, "How may I help you," or "can I help you, Mdm/sir?" To be frank, you'd most probably get rebuffed with a model answer of, "just looking around", "Just browsing", "Just taking a look", "never mind, it's okay". No kidding, I'm serious! In regard to this, I was feeling rather uneasy about the status of Singaporeans in the national level and what makes the difference in Singapore in the face of ever-superior westerners. Singaporeans are too 'introvert'. The term used maybe rather harsh, but the meaning is there. Few were chatty enough to launch into a fair length of conversation with a complete stranger. That just pointed out Singaporeans flaws in communication skills. To put it simply, we lack it, or phrase it in an more appealing way, we're far from perfection and have plenty to do to sharpen the important skill that is possessed only by our species and also the only way which linked us up well. What makes the difference here is that this customer here cares and was not shy to inquire. On the other hand, we are just not confident enough.
That aside. Despite my abrupt ending for that, please do not mind because I don't really know how to end from there. Alright, what I've got to say about it is that a simple how're you is all that matters.
By the way, I've been rather blur these few days. Can you imagine someone who has not got much problems in all the tedious sums in school would have problem doing the simple plus and minus? That's exactly what happened to me:
A customer bought a pack of nougats which rightfully cost a good $5.05. I told him that and he gave me $5 and told me to wait a minute while he got a 10 cents coin. Apparently, I didn't hear it and tried to close the receipt with $5 in place of a $5.05 item and the computer was telling me the sum was short-changed. Then, I got a bit confused, but nevertheless I closed it, by sheer force. Fortunately, the customer(another Caucasian man) was kind enough to present me with the 10 cent coin while I was still lost in my own world. Then he taught me the sums. The funniest part was that I even asked him if I've given him the 5cent change which he deserved. Well, I apologized for the mistake and he left after that. He must have thought that I must be having some serious problem up here in my skull. The problem has been bothering me since the past few days where I lost focus very easily. One can be talking to me while I stare at the same spot, and a few seconds later, I'm drifted off the la~la~ land. Not only my brain, my eyes are facing similar problem. One moment I'm looking at something, and the next my vision suddenly blurs and I've to re-focus. What is happening to me?
I must be on the verge of some physically big troubles! Oh my goodness!
Apologies for another abrupt ending, but I'm just a little excited that I will be playing soccer hours later, and before that Joel's touching down also=). Haha.
It's getting late. I shall end here. Apologies again for the lump-y story lines I got together without a really very proper linkage..=P
Alright this was supposedly yesterday;s entry, but unfortunately I dozed off while facing the computer, so yup...Here's a little update about what happened yesterday chronologically:1. I hit an all time high record of *** bucks(confidential) for the morning sales which subsequently helps to break the record of shop 1's sales=)2. I complained to my supervisor, mimi about the one.3. I had lunch with sufie.4. I got scolded by a Caucasian for doing my part as a salesman. It's as follows:
Me: "Do you need a bag, sir?"Him: "Why do I need a bag?!?!"*Stunned*Him: "Why do I need a bag for such a small thing(A rittersport chocolate)?!?! Come on! Save the Earth! You Singaporeans just love the bags, don't you!?!?
Well, ya, it was exclamation signs after signs(he was raising his voice) throughout the conversation. Well, I can but to agree with him that we've got to play our part and really save the Earth, but what bothers me most is that like what he said, this is Singapore, a nation still in the threshold of becoming a "Truly green nation". And at this stage where the old mixes with the new(mindsets), we ain't able to tell which are the environmental-friends and who are the "Singaporeans" whom he had mentioned. Thus, isn't my question just appropriate at that point of time? At least I ASKed and not INSISTed him to have a carrier. That's an option and that's what a salesman should do, isn't it? Courtesy and a never-fading smile worn on the face? That's what expected of a salesperson what. What if it happens that he might be having something on later and the bag might come in handy at any point of time? Alright, at least I did my job, and realise that the barbaric ones involve every races and not just the Asians (definitely not an act of defamation or racism). Past-misconception about the judgment of people based on nationality is really the past now. For instance, singaporeans' trademark of being the complain queen or king is now being shared among some of our friendly westerners now. Well, everyone can be pretty unreasonable at times. Perhaps he's been a little snappy after a long flight. The magnanimous me shall forgive and forget about this unpleasant event then=P
5. I dozed off right in front of this very desktop I'm facing right now, reason being that I've not sleep since the previous day's morning. I've been using this new-era-ian's brain since, and a day's work can be mind-draining.
Alright, that should be it for yesterday=)
By the way, the above comments are just for me to vent a bit of the frustration I've accumulated and it is not directed to anyone. No names are mentioned, so PLEASE do not be offended if the above occurs to be of any similar encounter with yours. Thank you!
Date: 16th December 2007 (9 more days to Merry~ merry~ X'mas~)
Weather:Very hot and dazzling in the morning, even hotter in the afternoon, and night was nowhere near any cooler.
Financial status: BROKE ( I spent more than 200 bucks on Christmas gifts loh- so ya, those who receive your gifts ought to be grateful and don't complain, while those who don't, please don't whine and wait for next year=P)
Mood: Over the moon because I'm having a computer to use at least. Pissed because numerous things are going against my wish (particularly working matters). Good because of many yet so wonderful things.Alright, so today was indeed a fruitful day, in a sense that we had a really sumptuous dinner. But a good story begins with a long and boring introduction which would eventually leads the reader into a split-second of the climax, and then, it's the after-peak which the newpaper said in yesterday's issue about Ronaldhino's performance ( I suppose it means to have already reached the highest point that the only route left is down, down , and down). Thus, here's how the day began with...Alright, today I worked mid-shift, the one which starts from 10 in the morning and ends at 5 in the evening. To be frank, I don't really like this shift a lot, because 1. I got to tend the shop TOGETHER with my sister's arch enemy, whom I myself am not very fond of either. In this case, we shall name her 'the one', 2. I got to tend the branch which I'm not very fond of either. In this case, we shall call in shop 2, while the one I like will be shop 1.
Well, the day started like this (remember I mentioned about the boring introduction, please bear with it), I reported to shop 1 first. Then the stocks came and I stayed to help Lina with the stocks, almost forgetting that today's Saturday and that the bank closes at 12.30 noon. Soon before long, I was rushed over to shop 2 to deliver the money to mahani, whom failed to make it on time. My bad!
At around 2, the one came and as always, I tried to make myself as occupied as possible so that she won't have any excuse to give me instructions or any things for her to gossip about behind my back. That was a long and tormenting 3 hours, though I managed to find something to make time pass quickly- rearranging the stocks that were already in the boxes (meaning to find things out of nothing to do, in short, create troubles=P).
At 5, I was given an urgent call by Nora and Sufie to Give an urgent relieve at shop 1, so that they can go to the canteen to settle their not-so-urgent matters ( to choose what to eat) -_-". And because of that, I was slightly late for my dinner, and I forgot to put one of the customer's already-paid thirteen-dollars-item into her bag. My worse bad!
ps. terribly sorry to that customer. plenty apologies and hope that you will come back tomorrow morning to collect it.
Alright, here's the climax. I had a really sumptuous dinner at the Japanese restaurant in the west, Sakura. They serve many good food that were real delicious, and guess what, my elder brother's a chef there=). Not only that, but he's also one of the two big chefs there. I'm so proud of him=). Haha. Of course the experience will never be as wonderful as Joel's a month trip to LA, but the fun is there. This is a buffet restaurant, and as typical Singaporeans, we make sure we eat more than we pay=P. The typical kiasu-ness. My menu for the night's dinner:
Fried noodles with two prawns and a fish
2 Japanese style fried prawn
2 cup ice lemon tea
1 unagi
1 1/2 lobster porrige
1 seafood treasure- with yet another 4 prawns in it
6 sushi-s
1 raw cockle (my first experience eating it)
1 shark's fins soup
some crumbs of lamb chop and steak
2 strand of fries
1 tako ball ( I love it)
some paper steamboat soup
1 fried scallop
I missed out on the mushroom soup and the desserts. That's my only regret man. Haaha. Luckily I hadn't had anything for lunch, so it's an empty stomach filled=). But my appetite has really decreased over the years already. I could've taken more a few years back then=).
Towards the end, a trivial but interesting things rounded the day's event a perfect end-off. MY brother in law was really very full already, but yet he wanted my second sis to get her one watermelon, one dragon fruit, 1 chocolate fudge, and a chocolate cake- enough to make his stomach burst.=P So, that's the funny part=).
My beloved chef-brother and my mommy:
People often say that a leopard never change it's spots, but today I've learnt the opposite- my brother has kicked his habit of smoking and gambling. So, having done the impossible, that makes me even more proud of my brother=).
Alright, I'm really so very sorry about the delay in those postings. Even though exams were over long ago, I still failed to do the regular postings which I had promised earlier. Sory about that, because my laptop has yet to come. *sigh*, what a disappointment. I'm so much looking forward to more soccer matches though. HAHA. Been missing it ever since I started work.Well, speaking of it, work can be so much fun and grumbles, all simultaneously. Fun as in you get to know a lot of people, new colleagues and all sorts of customers. Grumbles, because of all the naggings your supervisor has for you and the long hours of "good morning, how may I help you sir/mdm?" A rare opportunity indeed, I'm finally back here posting, greatly motivated by Joel's LA dairy. Haha, I'm very envious of him for all the fun he gets to enjoy loh, but who ask me to have him as my best friend? I'm happy that he's ding well there.=)Back to me, myself, I. HAha. Like what I said, work can be realy fun. As in when you are in the shop, you tend to talk to yourself, subconciously, perhaps to get rid of the awkwardness of facing the patronisers who failed to enter my shop. Haha. Hm... and the machines work in amazing ways, which almost succeeded in killing me by having the occassional hang-overs and the running our of audit roll (for your information, that refers to the receipt paper).There was once when I was transferred to the terminal two's rainbow caravan, the shop under the same group as cocoa tree. That was my first time there, and my job? To relieve the full-timer there while she goes for break. Well, never would I expect so much to happen during that period of an hour. That looks real short, doesn't it? It goes like this, firstly while I was serving a customer, the audit roll ran out. And what make it worse was that I couldn't find the replenish for it. Then, subsequently, the customer took out her airport pass which entitles her to a 15% discount off regular item, and she paid with 3 airport vouchers. All these different modes of payment when come togetehr can be real confusing. So, what happened in the end? I got to void the receipt because I forgot to give her the discount. And instead of encouraging, guess what my supervisor said? " you can break the record already, can give you a medal(for voiding so many receipts)." So sad right? HAiz. That's my supervisor, but she caan be very good if not for her mouth.Right, and yesterday more things happened. I did the relieve work again, but at the old branch. Things still happened. I gave something for free because I mistook that item for another promotioned item. Had to pay 3.25 bucks loh. haiz. Then, more things followed. I didn't know the receipt machine wold actually go offline if I open the lid, and no one told me that. In the end? The whole machine hanged, and I kept pressing the [ctrl][alt][dlt] buttons, but to no avil, until I notice the small light indicating the online status was off. Phew! Relieved.And the day before yesterday. I did the morning shift and the sales was bad, 35bucks down 3 hours. That sucks. But the seniors told me that's normal for morning shift. Then afternoon came, the sales suddenly shot up to around 500 bucks in less than 2 hours. And the rainbow caravan branch called to check on the sales. Theirs was 500. Yea! We beat them, despite theirs being the livelier branch. I'm proud of it. And yesterday was my second triumph in beating rc Muahahahaha. I wanna be the best salesman man!! muahahahaAlright, that's about it. Until I'm back again, see you guys. This is a realy long post though=)And yea, I'm missing some of my friends too! And of course, soccer.Going out with sufie later=) My new colleague=)
=Love
n I thought that was my last day of work at shop1, I wrote a long piece of farewell note in the communication book, and even packed my last Sorini pack. But twist and turn, today I was back there, because Mimi had swapped my shift with a new part-timer. So, I was brought back to where I started to do my ending there also. It was a very complicated feeling when that happened, because of the many memories that were concerned. Like the note Sufie wrote to me:
rst was Sufie with the fish and chips, then was Zhen Hui with the mixed vegetable rice, then was today Nora with the other mixed vegetable rice. I'm beginning to feel bad about that already. Nora said today was my last day already. Well, what can I say? So, I treated her drink also. When she was mopping the floor, this was where I squatted like an intorvert at the very corner of the shop:
Then I took a few more pictures at the shop:
