momentary loss

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I knew it was going since last night. Although the sore throat was gone, phlegm had sort of built up. My throat felt uncomfortable and as I talked, I could feel the strain. The feeling that my voice was going.

This morning, the voice sort of went. Suddenly I was talking in this very raspy tone. Tired, body aching a little, I knew I needed more rest. So called up and said I wasn’t coming in to work. I made the right choice coz now I’m feeling much better after resting the whole day. My voice decided to come back.

*phew*

Met Per yesterday to pass her some stuff. Then today, something bad happened. *sigh* Whatever’s done is done so I guess just settle the problem and hope for the best.

Sometimes I wish I didn’t have the ability to eavesdrop that well. Not that I want to do it on purpose but sometimes it just happens. I have also said before that I don’t like to be suspicious of people but sometimes people leave me with no choice. I happened to catch a statement that I think was referring to me. To make things worse, it came from someone whom I dislike. I would be lying if I said it didn’t affect me.

I am trying. I really am. I know I have lousy coordination skills thus I am doing my job at the pace I am comfortable with. I make mistakes but I have learnt to reproach myself less, instead, keep calm and be more confident so that I do a better job. I seem to be ok with things most of the time but I have a fragile side as well. I believe everyone has their fragile moments.

You know how it’s like to be having that good feeling and then a sudden statement just strikes you down. Luckily it happened towards the end of the day and besides that person, nobody else said anything more to fuel it.

My hand is getting better…I guess…

customers who need a slap part 2

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Sis reminded me of more examples of irritating customers. Let me add on to the list.

7) think I can read their mind. Specify what you want. Don’t just tell me “I want ice milk tea”. *sarcastic* Yes, and I can sense the vibes coming out of you that you want a regular cup or a large cup. Maybe I should just give you the largest cup to boost sales for that day.

8) keep flipping up the menu board on the counter top. Boy, you really have itchy fingers don’t you? Or maybe the pictures and words look clearer to you when you lift it up? Makes me feel like snatching the board and slapping your hands with it.

9) can’t seem to read and understand English. You “stare” so hard at the menu, point to the Unagi rice burger and tell me you want that. Can you also see the sticker with “temporarily not available” stuck across it? Or are you hallucinating that the sticker ain’t there?

Went to see the doctor about my hand wound coz it has gotten far more disgusting. Not going to post the photo in plain view again…might cause people to get nightmares. Got some cream and antibiotics coz doctor says it looks like it has gone a bit septic.

customers who need a slap

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I finally got to watch Kanjani8’s Excite! concert. Went over to Per’s house on Sunday. Yes, you’ve heard this before but I’m going to say it again…Ohkura is so 帅!!!

I did this little quiz and omg…the results were making me high. There’s only one person that can make me high. Who is it? *strains to the hear the answer*

The burnt part of my hand is now damn disgusting. (Not going to post the photo in plain view lest everyone gets nightmares.) I know I shouldn’t have burst the bubble/blister but I have “itchy fingers”. Too late to regret now… It’s a little pain. But I am not going to make a big deal out of it. Hmmm…but the rest keep making a big deal out of it. Why? I really can’t understand. Ok, but they are saying it out of a good heart. Already 2-3 customers have asked about it. The really cute one being an ang moh.

Customer: What happened to your hand?
Me: Got burnt.
Customer: Today?
Me: No, a few days ago.
Customer: Oh my…it must be really painful.
Me: Not really. It’s ok.
Customer: Take care.
Me: *smiles*

If only I could serve such customers everyday instead of those really rude ones…
I can’t stand customers who:
1) Seem to have a really “black face”. What have I done to you? Nothing. Don’t make it seem like I owed you something.

2) Are damn impatient then start complaining. Why don’t you try working in my place or any of the other crews’ position? Then you will know what it’s like. Yes, we try to get your orders out as fast as possible but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be prepared at lightning speed. Unless you don’t mind half-cooked food. Get this straight. We only prepare the food when you order, that ensures the food is hot and fresh.

3) Can’t seem to understand English. When I ask “chilli or ketchup?”, don’t tell me “ya”. Does the “ya” mean “chilli” or “ketchup” or “both”? *sarcastic* I can’t read your mind ok. You are just testing my patience and I’ll just tick both. Hmmm…maybe I shan’t give you any.

4) Keep changing their mind. It’s very troublesome to keep changing orders coz of the system. Especially when I’ve already repeated your order, prepared your items then you open your mouth. You are just itching for a slap from me.

5) Don’t listen carefully when I repeat orders. Ah…don’t listen lahz. Then later when your order is wrong then come and complain. Just another one itching for a slap from me. No…this one needs to be stomped on. Doesn’t mean you’re on the phone, I’m going to wait patiently for you to finish your conversation. You will just have to tell the person on the line to hold on. I’m just going to repeat your order ONCE. Up to you to listen or not.

6) Hold up the whole queue just coz they can’t decide on what to eat. I suggest you stand to one side, decide on what you want then join the queue. You are only entitled to do that when there’s no queue, meaning you are the only customer. People might as well die of hunger while in the queue waiting for you to come to a decision.

If you are the kind of customer who falls into any of the above conditions, you had better reflect on yourself. Else, please please please DO NOT let me take your order. I will just feel like slapping the hell out of you.

memory of you and me

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Something from Nad’s blog…

“If you read this—if your eyes are passing over these words right now—even if we don’t speak often, please post a comment with a memory of you and me. It can be anything you want—good or bad. When you’re finished, post this little paragraph on your blog and be surprised (or mortified) by what people remember about you.”

Elisia says: I know I have a few silent readers as well. This is your chance to be more vocal. I demand you speak up now…*evil laughter*

misc things

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[edited on Nov 8 at 7.44pm]
I uploaded the photo of the cake we had for Ryo’s birthday. Two slices from Secret Recipe. And boy were they stingy in supplying us with 2 large and one small candle. So, no candles…

[edited]

Yesterday, Sof invited us to her house for lunch. All the way to Woodlands. The food was good…heh…non-spicy. ^_^

Per and I went down to Orchard after that. We went to meet Cindi. Had a little Ryo birthday cake to ourselves. Too lazy to upload the photo of the cake…maybe in the next post.

A little update on my burnt hand and in response to the comments left by some friends. The patch as I have expected has gone a darker red now. It doesn’t hurt anymore unless you press on certain areas. The only irritating thing now is that a blister has formed. This little bubble of liquid is quite revolting. Looks so disgusting yet so tempted to burst it. But I know if I burst it, I’m going to regret it. So now, all I can do is stare at it from time to time and sort of touch, press, prod at it.

Crew meeting again at 8am tomorrow. Damnit. 8am is like some unearthly hour for late-sleepers like me. In fact, anytime before 12 noon is considered unearthly. And I’m still scheduled to work at 10am-4pm. Zombie alert.

temporary tattoo

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This is worse than playing “heart attack” with the guys. Worse than getting your hand slapped by 大哥. I think I sort of deserve it since I didn’t really believe it was that bad when Sis told me about her accident and getting the same injury. *slaps myself*


Can you see? Can you see?


My temporary “tattoo”

And now you know I have really lousy coordination skills. I was pouring corn soup into the cup for the customer. Sis came over so I wanted to ask her if she had sent out the cup of corn soup she owed her customer. Thus, I wasn’t really paying attention to the pouring and I poured about a quarter of a scoop of corn soup over my hand. HOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!! Sis told me to drop everything and go rinse my hand under water but I didn’t listen coz I wanted to serve the customer first. Just bear with the pain for awhile.

Asked Yew Seng to get me a little ice, he got me a half-filled tub of ice and filled it with water. Told me to soak my hand in it. *sigh* Wasting all the ice on my hand.

Anyway, it was only a moment’s relief. The part that got burnt still stings a lot…got this biting feeling.

*sobz*

no more trick or treat

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Just when I wanted to say “Happy Halloween”, the day is gone. Haha…

Oh well, after dinner yesterday, I met up with some poly mates. Xiu Wei, Clare, Yingwei, Albin, Raynor and Don. It was nice seeing the guys after so long. All their army stories…

And suddenly, my memory fails me. Can’t think of more…

the good thing

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Although I sort of dislike my job now coz of the low pay and certain people, but I guess there are some good parts as well.

For instance, there are the aunties who constantly crack jokes, making the day seem so much more fun. They also look after the younger crew, always asking whether we have had our break yet, making sure we don’t get bullied.

Personally, I have gained a lot more experience working for the first time in a customer service job. I have learnt to be more understanding towards any staff behind the counter, simply because now I know what it’s like. What it’s like to meet unreasonable customers. Like today, there was this lady feeding her kid at our dining area. Seeing that she hadn’t bought anything from us, I gently asked whether she was purchasing anything. Basically, we are supposed to “chase away” anyone who does not buy our stuff but sits at our area eating other food. I saw that she had a packet bought from another stall. She just answered fiercely “Can’t you wait?” Like how the hell I know whether you are or your husband is buying food from us? Manz…I just muttered “fucker” under my breath. I wasn’t already feeling damn good since I was asked to extend for one more hour…plus the fact that 6 hours and I haven’t eaten anything since 11am. Feeling rather sleepy too.

Shall continue more later…dinner now…

can’t get enough of you

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Blogging requires total focus… *proceeds to stop Tackey & Tsubasa from belting out One Day, One Dream on winamp*

Just going to share my thoughts about a certain incident this evening.

Well, a friend of mine wanted to get a present for his girlfriend to “commemorate” (did I use the right word here?) their first month together as a couple. He wanted to get a necklace. So I was on my way home from work when I passed by Perlini’s and the next moment I felt a tap on my shoulder. He wanted my opinion on the necklaces he had picked out. Another friend who was helping him out said he had gone to almost every jewellery shop on that level.

He walked out of Perlini’s and stopped at Poh Heng. Points at 2 necklaces, asking which one is nicer. So I asked him if he had a budget. Turns out he hasn’t. Well, anyway, after getting my opinion, he went back to work and I went home.

I was thinking…what’s the point of getting something so darn expensive for a first month? *touchwood* What happens if a couple breaks-up like after another month? What is she going to do with the necklace? Well, she could continue wearing it if both end up as friends. But what if both broke-up horribly and like both totally don’t wanna see each other and don’t want to be reminded of each other? Wouldn’t it be like a total waste of money?

And I feel a gift doesn’t need to be expensive to show that you care. It’s the simplest and smallest things that leave a great impact. I feel this is going to be a copy-cat-Ling-scenario-post. Haha…thanks Ling for being my inspiration.

(on a certain day)
GF: I like eating spaghetti…love lots of sauce.
*BF quietly notes that*

(special day)
*BF surprises GF with a box of spaghetti cooked by him*
BF: For you~~
*GF tastes it…*
GF: Ermz…tastes kind weird…
*although it tastes horrible, but inside GF is on cloud9 already*

Hmmm…got what I mean? I know lahz…my scenario dialogue is like shit but you should have gotten the idea. I’m not asking all boyfriends to go cook something and in the process almost burn down the whole house but it’s about noting down the little things and surprising each other. *mutters* Yea…but now you know why I wanna learn to cook and am so interested in bentos…

Oh well, I know some people are just going to go “But you haven’t been in a relationship before what? How you know?” These are just my opinions…

I’m realistic. My *future* boyfriend need not spend money on expensive gifts or flowers. If he really really REALLY wants to give me something, he can just give me cold hard cash anytime. HAHAHA… *kidding*

I suppose now is the honeymoon stage for them. But I suppose a relationship is sort of like a “can’t get enough of each other” kinda thing. So reminds me of that line in Liz Phair’s “Why Can’t I”. The one that goes…“Isn’t this the best part of breaking up, finding someone else you can’t get enough of?“

Alright, I better shut up on this incident else that friend of mine gets offended and pounds me to death. If I have offended you in anyway with regard to this entry, I apologise. *bows*

Awaiting for google’s logo to change to a Halloween themed one. Livejournal’s already got theirs up…