This is like part 2 of the previous post. I received my second little cake. This time from Aunty Hui Chuen. She insisted on buying something for me. She settled on the little yellow mango cake. Gave her a hug when I left. I’ll definitely miss the times we worked together. T_T
Everytime I leave a workplace, I feel a little stab of sadness. But I guess this isn’t going to be that bad since I live nearby and can always go down to see them anytime.
Celebrated my grandma’s birthday today.
That was how the little cake looked like. I told Aunty Ngoh that this is my last week with Mos and she insisted on buying me something. BreadTalk’s cake showcase is in plain sight, directly opposite us. Everytime I look there, I can’t help but eye the little red strawberry cake. Well, I didn’t tell her that I was eyeing that cake. She somehow decided to buy me that. Yay!
I haven’t told my dear (Aunty Hui Chuen) that I’m leaving. =(
Woke up early to go to the agency to settle stuff in preparation for the big “move”.
We wanted to go ice-skating on Saturday. Per said there’s a package for four people so Per, James, Tristan (Per’s friend) and I decided on it. Went all the way to Jurong just to find that the ice-hockey competition was going on and that the rink would be closed to the public for the whole day. Worse, we found out that that was the last day of the competition. Imagine how dui we were. T_T
Mum got me a temporary job at her office again. At first, the news came a little too sudden. I know I’ve been complaining about my current workplace a lot, saying things like I want out. But suddenly, I feel attached to the place. I’ve grown to find that the place is not too bad after all. Working with the aunties, learning new skills but not really having the time to improve and master them. Yet I know that this is the chance to move on and earn a little more. After having little talks with Dad and Per, I felt much better. Hence, I informed Reena about me working till the end of this week.
With that, I guess it’ll be a change of scenery come next Monday. Also, James has some freelance lobang for web design. I agreed but really am still not too confident about it. I did warn him that if he were to find my design unsuitable, he can always change it and I wouldn’t insist in getting anything out of it. Afterall, this is my first freelance job.
I talked to Dad about school and stuff. He gave me an idea of what I might want to pursue. Glad I talked to him about it.
Oh yea…I burned my hand again. Corn soup again. But hey, 我å¦ä¹–了。 This time I immediately went to soak my hand and asked for the cream to apply. So it ain’t that bad. This is like my third time getting burnt. The first was the worse. The whole hand was like going to 烂掉。The second time was with the deep fryer basket. Just a line near my elbow. Half the scab is off. Waiting for the other part to be fully healed then can peel off the scab.
I haven’t blogged for some time. I know there’s a lot to blog about but after days have passed, I feel so lazy and blah to talk about it. I guess I shall list the main events and talk a LITTLE bit.
How time flies. Pwen came home to spend one month with family and friends. Now it’s back to studying for her. Per and I went to see her off at the airport.
Jo’s 21st birthday party was held in Downtown East. 7ners got to stay over. Privileged bunch…hahaha. The first night was spent playing games on the Xbox. Some racing game and X-Men Legends. Per and I ended up staying awake while the rest were sleeping. Haha…this is like déjà vu. We were the only 2 awake on the bus trip to Ipoh some time ago. Anyway, we finally got our hands on the xbox controllers.
So we played the racing game. Now this is so damn funny. Trust me, the cars weren’t easy to control. Jab the little control to much to the side, your car turns by A LOT. Bang your car too hard, the wheels come off. No kidding. When the wheels come off, you’re totally stuck. No button to press to get the driver out to fix them back on. So the aim of the game was whatever happens to your car, DO NOT let the wheels come off. The first few moments were tragic. We had to restart the game a lot. Trying to control our laughter in the wee hours of the morning. This was truly where the abbreviation “rofl” (rolling on the floor with laughter) described the total situation. So instead of racing like we should be, our mission ended up being “Whatever you do, don’t let your car wheels come off.”
I think I am like the WORST driver. So reckless. Look at what happened to my car…
Let’s just face it. I’m crap at playing arcade games. Which is also why I don’t like playing arcade games. HAHAHA…
The day was spent with Jo unwrapping her presents from us and doing forfeits. Her presents from us were a little tiara and 1000-piece Noah’s Ark jigsaw puzzle. We wasted no time in starting to piece the puzzle since it would hold more meaning if all the 7ners pieced it together. Hmmm…although 7ners was not complete since Pwen and CJ weren’t there.
Night came. The real celebration. No BBQ. Jo’s aunt cooked the food which was good by the way. But Jo was so busy running up and down trying to settle the food and stuff and trying to spend time with her guests which consisted of relatives and friends.
Per and I didn’t stay for the second night.
No big celebration like that for my 21st. Maybe I should spend the whole day sleeping. HAHAHA…just kidding. I don’t know. I guess it’ll be spent like the past birthdays. Once with friends, have a meal together that kinda thing and then once with family whom I have forced to buy me a black forest cake. HAHAHA…
Now for the third point. Recently I served 2 office ladies. They were at the next counter looking at the menu, trying to decide what to eat. I was serving another customer. When I was done, another couple who came later stepped up. I was about to tell the office ladies to come over since they were there first. Before I could say anything, one of them said in an annoyed tone “We were here FIRST.” So alright, I served them FIRST.
The whole time I was taking their order, I could sense this unfriendliness in their tone. The message that was given off was like they think they are so damn superior just coz they are working in a comfy air-conditioned office while we are stuck in a hot and greasy place and we earn a measly pay. What? Don’t treat us like we’re some lowly shit ok. Like we’re some insignificant organism. Whether we work in a posh place or a crappy one, we’re all the same. We’re all HUMANS. Just like a sweeper or a labourer, I wouldn’t look down on them. Without them, who else is willing to do the job? Anyway, the (crap) ladies had better believe in karma. What goes around comes around.
All I gotta say is that this job teaches you patience. Many times I’m like rolling my eyes (which is damn unhealthy) and holding myself back from spitting out some words which ain’t going to sound nice. It’s so fake. You have to act so nice when yet you’re raging inside and you just want to reach across the counter to slap that person.
Too hooked on Maple. So much so that I created a new character on Bootes server. I tried every Berryz Koubou girl’s name and only Maasa’s was available. Nahz. Didn’t like that name. Every other MM girl’s name was too common so it was unavailable. Finally I tried “Sonim” and it worked. She (the character) looks very much like Miuna except she’s got brown hair and she uses an axe unlike Miuna who initially used a sword. Anyway, I’m training her as a warrior as well. Except I won’t make the same mistake of letting her level up past level 10 on the newbie island.
The hairstyles available are pathetic. Only 3 hairstyles to choose from. Trust me, this is the best.
Playing as a beginner is a little frustrating though. Coz you can’t tackle more “dangerous” monsters with one swipe. Oh…that also brings me to the point that I like playing the game at odd hours so there are less people online. Can’t stand it when some high-level person comes along and takes a swipe at the monster I’m trying to tackle and successfully kills it. Hello, don’t think coz you’re a pro means you can be smug about it. Can you leave something for us low-level people to kill? Go attack the bigger monsters lahz.
Then, the real Sonim…
Maple aside. Valentine’s day was well…just like any other day. No gifts whatsoever. Still had to work. It is really like how Emily Strange puts it, “Love Me Not Day”. Haha…
Today, work made me rather pissed off towards the end of my shift. My work hours were extended till 7pm. *sigh* Always lack of staff. Gawd, some people can really test my patience. Oh and those new crew…manz, they really need a good talking to. 3 of them, all friends. One disappear, all disappear. Their last minute excuses are pathetic. I suspect they are lying when they say they have some school thing to see to that’s why they can’t work. If you wanna lie, make sure it’s fool-proof. They really should try harder. And they don’t have the courtesy to inform the manager even if it’s last minute. The manager has to “chase” after them when they don’t appear for work.
Look, take pride in your work ok. If you don’t want to work, nobody’s forcing you. You can quit if you want. Please don’t do this kinda thing, turn up one day, next few days go MIA. People have to cover up your sorry asses and it ain’t pretty.
ãŠèª•ç”Ÿæ—¥ãŠã‚ã§ã¨ã†è‰é‡Ž! Though I wish it didn’t happen, the hands of time can’t be wound back. We await for your and Uchi’s return. We look forward to a better NewS when you guys resume your activities as a group. I guess for now you can concentrate on your studies since you have just been accepted into university.
Work today was ok. Tiring as always when I work in the kitchen. Met 3 friends. Per and Pwen came to say hello but couldn’t talk to them coz was busy. It’s crazy. Sometimes there’s totally nobody and then suddenly there’s a crowd. It just proves that my theory is correct. Sometimes a crowd just grows coz of each person’s kaypoh-ness. It’s like they don’t really want to eat our food but just coz they see a queue, they have to kaypoh and queue as well. Of course, finally they sort of tell themselves that they’re going to eat something and they actually buy something.
Saw Bianca as well.
I’m hooked on Maple again. Omg…in their latest game update, they have added the feature where players can actually get married. Is this hilarious of what… And they added those tikam machines. Wahahahaha…
I didn’t think I could miss someone I’ve known only for a few months that badly until today. I miss Aunty Hui Chuen~~~ *sobz* She’s gone to Hong Kong to visit her relatives and won’t be back till next Monday.
I was “thrown” into the kitchen again. Great. And James thinks I’m some god. So much for thinking I’m the MVC (MVP = Most Valuable Player, MVC = Most Valuable Crew…hahaha). Ok, so I’m not the MOST valuable crew but I can argue that I’m QUITE valuable given that I can do kitchen stuff other than cashier-ing. Not only can I do rice burgers, I can do some normal burgers as well (what they call setter).
Sure I can do some normal burgers but that does not mean I’ve superb skills. My wrapping is rubbish. I definitely cannot handle both rice burger and setter jobs at the same time. So, James thinks I can. He asked me to do this and that while he supervised a new aunty, disappeared for a smoke-break or took a darn long time at the sink area. He really must think I’m some god. Oh wait, maybe he thinks I’m a camel as well. I didn’t drink anything from the time I started work (11am) till about 2pm. On a normal basis, that would be fine. But not if I’m in the kitchen. It’s so darn hot so you get dehydrated faster. I feel it’s also mentally and physically draining. Hmmm…no wonder Aunty Ngoh can lose so much weight so fast.
I was feeling so upset, silently screaming at the people to stop coming so I can have a break from the madness. At that moment, I wished so hard that Aunty Hui Chuen was there. She taught me how to do the burgers. She gives me a little more confidence when I don’t have it. She can sense whether I was feeling down, giving me a little hug to make me feel better.
It’s at times like these that I feel I want to give up. To quit. But when the aunties are around, they save us from the madness and it isn’t so bad after all. I may seem like I’m biased since I go on and on about Aunty Hui Chuen but really, as long as there’s an super aunty (Aunty Hui Chuen, Aunty Ngoh, Aunty Mui) in the kitchen, it’s good. Thank God for them.
Just met up with Per and Pwen. Had dinner and a long chat. It actually feels good chatting with them…well, after work today. Simply coz I’m more comfortable conversing in English. At my workplace, Mandarin is the choice language spoken. Even the people who are bilingual, it seems they prefer conversing in Mandarin. Or it’s obvious that their Mandarin is better than their English.
I think my brain can’t switch from language to language fast enough or something coz I’ll be conversing in Mandarin and when I switch to English, it seems to come out all weird. Ends up like I’m blabbering some nonsense and a puzzled look will be painted on their faces. Then again, I don’t think I’m that good at conversations. Sometimes I can’t find the right words to express what I want to say.
Everytime I try to talk something in-depth in Mandarin with Aunty Hui Chuen, I feel I’m just going one whole round before coming to the point. In my mind, I know what I want to say in English but I have to tell my brain “Now, translate each sentence in Mandarin”. Although at the end of the day, however “horrible” the conversation ends up, she gets what I’m trying to say. But there are moments where I can see that she’s starting to get a little lost.
Speaking of work, I was doing a little more kitchen work today. I don’t know when they have become so confident that I can handle the setter’s job (making normal burgers). Omg…you can tell which burgers were made by me coz the wrapping is terrible. Rice burgers are much easier to wrap as they are generally less “bulky”. I can handle when there’s not many people. Hey, I’m s.l.o.w ok… I’m always amazed at how the aunties can do it so fast, so effortless. But I guess that’s from experience.
有时候，我觉得我越帮越忙。I think I’ve said this many times, please don’t hold so much confidence in me coz I don’t think I have that same level of confidence in myself. Without your confidence, when I fail it won’t feel so bad coz I’m only answerable to myself. If not, I’ll feel terrible, like I’ve let you down…
These few days, Crystal Kay’s “Boyfriend -Part II-” has been playing in my mind. I guess it wouldn’t have been that much of an impact had Per not told me that Ohkura cried over that song. Made me curious to know what the lyrics meant.
Just changed my wallpaper. Uchi-kun. 2 people from the forums went to the NewS concert! I’m so jealous!!! =P Anyway, Uchi hasn’t rejoined. Wonder when will Johnny-san let him return. Uchi-kun, do come back soon! Everybody misses you!
Yep, have been downloading quite a few concerts. Morning Musume, Johnny’s countdown, Berryz Koubou… Got the latest Berryz Koubou concert, the one with Maiha’s graduation. “Bye bye, Maiha ne~” Somehow this quote is stuck in my mind.
My computer only listens to me. Twice Sis touched it and the mouse hung when all along nothing bad happens when I’m using it. Haha…
I got back my cashiering test paper. Yea…*rolls eyes* the refresher course that James held. Lost 2 marks…one from a careless mistake. Damn! Could have gotten full marks…blah ah.
Continuing where I stopped…
Went down to town with Sis after work yesterday. Met Sis’s friend, Ja-son at Kino. Omg…this guy is damn funny. He has some really weird theories. Like how everything will be legal one day. So he’s going to be thrown in prison for something but he won’t sit in there for long coz whatever he’s done is going to be legal and then he can go sue everyone for putting him in prison in the first place. -_-|||
And he pointed out something which I haven’t thought of. Heard of gangsters collecting what they call “protection fees”? Tax is the government’s way of collecting the “protection fee”. So you pay up, they don’t put you in jail and who protects you? The army. Wonderful.
Had to go for training at 8am this morning. In the manager’s words, “so you all can stop complaining that you haven’t got proper training”. Depriving me of my sleep AGAIN. The minute the training was over, went home to get some more sleep. Didn’t wake up till 3pm. No interruptions as well. *jumps for joy* Ah…the sleep was well-deserved.
Was supposed to meet Xianglin but my dear best friend has got dengue fever. Hope you get well soon! Damn those mozzies!
Went down to town with Sis to meet a few friends. Per was in town too so she joined us.
Ahhhhhh…the owner of the clubbox with the subbed dramas has decided to close down her box. Where am I going to get the last episode of 1 Rittoru no Namida? *panics*