holidays.

hey! =)

im finally back for an update! missed me right?
well.. haven been workin these few days. went shopping wif my mom, went linz hse for mahjong session and today celebrated my dad's bday :)

shall update bout my work.
me n linz worked at the oriental last sat and sun..
as usual.. we were placed to work at the biggest ballroom.. and before that we had a short period of training.. the banquet manager taught us how to serve red wine in dose vvvv tall red wine glasses. hahaa.. learnt how to balance the tray and stuff lik dat.. the session was quite useful.
hahaa.. yepp the event at night was a wedding dinner.. the couple was way cool!! dey organised a 'black wedding'.. hahaa.. means the chair covers and table cloths all that were BLACK. and the main colour theme of the decorations was black too. hahaa.. it looked really unique.. and the dinner was western style.. therefore we nid not use the serving gears to portion the food. heh heh. i reeli hate portioning the food.. too much of a hassle and normally my backbone will ache after doing that throughout a 9 course dinner!
hahaa and i tink we're v fortunate that night too.. it was a 6 course dinner only.. =p so we had lots of time to serve and clear.. yay.
the dinner went along smoothly. =)
but stil.. i feel that this particular manager likes to pick on me!! argh.. actually he's considered a nice person la.. jus that i don see that side of him often. hahaa.
oh well...
that night we worked OT until 2am! hahaa so we took cabs home and claim the cab fare frm the hotel.
got to knw some of my teammates better and i find several of them nice..
hahaa..

the next day we reported to work as well.. initally we were placed to work in garden suite.. but the banquet manager ricky swopped us to HV 4/5.. iz a small room which entertains VIPs.. hahaa..it not only sounds scary.. but it iz indeed quite scary to serve VIPs.. some of them are indians.. and a few of them are govt officials.. so we served indian cuisine. hahaa.. sry to say this but i tink the dessert really tastes awful =/.... [we stole a few bites after the dinner] but the main course looks great. hahaa..
me n linz were to standby at the doors to welcome them before the dinner starts. hahaa mus kip smiling and all.. dey're frenly ppl and dey returned our greetings as well.. =) hahaa.. their suits and dresses look so ex can!! and i was one of the beverage servers.... cant imagine wad will become of me if i spill the drink on them. hahaa and we saw one couple who look lik hollywood stars. hahaha one handsome one pretty.
hahaa.. i tink being the beverage server iz v simple.. jus simply top up their red wine, evian or perrier. for ure info, perrier iz water with gas. hahaa.. i regret not tasting it! wonder how it tastes lik..
anyw the guests are polite and all.. hahaa.. i feel stressed being in the same room as them.. mayb iz due to the fact that they are veri impt peeps..
hahaa and the staff who worked tgt wif me n linz are generally nice ppl! hahaa.. the guy in charge of the bar allowed me to steal some water in between when i got thirsty.. which was nice of him. hahaa.. his nickname iz xiao pang! haha and the other experienced waitress ard our age oso v nice to me.. taught me the right way to pour wine. BUT, the other waitress is v snobbish! hmphh the thought of her makes me mad..
btw Star Awards was held on that night right.. so alot of the celebrities actually stayed at our hotel! i had a quick glance of Guo Pin Chao there! he walked out of the hotel thru the back door ma.. and coincidentally i was there to collect some chair covers. however... i saw him through a hole at a door =( not face to face that type. i heard that 5566 were in our hotel oso.. but nvr had the chance to see them. hahaa.. not that i v much wna see.
the ppl who worked there v lucky right! can meet celebrities and all.. AYE. xiao pang told me that the singers who attended the global music awards held their qing gong yan at oriental!! meaning he saw andy lau stephanie sun blah blah... wah seh! mayb he saw ASHIN too! =(
it'll be damn cool to work at the hotel NOT as waitress but as a manager. =p
oh anyw.. i tink the interior design of oriental looks great. hahaa.. we finally managed to hav a gud look that day.but the lighting looks lik toilet lighting.. dose dim dim orange lights. hahaa =/
after the dinner we worked OT agn.. hahaa.. but this time damn slack.. =p cos no manager look after us.. a senior waiter took charge so we took advantage of the situation.
hahaa iz reeli nice workin wif dose bunch of ppl..
not that all of them are decent ppl...... shall not xplain any further.

after workin 4 days at the hotel.. we realised that the ppl there are leading unhealthy lifestyles.
practically everyone smokes.
the manager oways talks bout sex and ALL of them use vulgarities.
and i don tink dey hav enough slp at all... staff lik us alr work until 2am lidat. the managers sure end work much later than us...
wonder how long dey'll survive this way.. kinda pity them!

i earned a total amt of $111 after workin 19 hrs. hahaa..
ermm i'd spend them all by now.
bought my father's bdae present, and clothes.
yay finally see new clothes in my wardrobe!! :D
aye.. money so difficult to earn.. but we spend them all as easy as lifting a finger. hahaa..
i wana be RICH!

blah blah.

hmm.. today's posting day.. im posted to meridian jc.. my feelings are a mixture of... nervousness and excitement.. im not prone to change of environment.. hopefully we'll all get used to it.. BUT stiu remain in close contact! OK?
right.

CHEERS TO THE REST OF THE HOLIDAYS! :)

hahaa yay i'll be goin overseas!
this reminds me of the conversation i had wif the guy-who-blowed-my-hair at Storm.
guy-who-blowed-my-hair : now's ur holidays right? will u be going overseas?
me : *nods* umm ya... actually im going....
guy-who-blowed-my-hair : malaysia?

both of us : LAUGHS.

'going overseas' sounds nice but if iz jus malaysia den... it somehow defeats the purpose. hahaa
iz as if goin malaysia cannot be counted as 'going overseas'.. =p if u knw wad i mean.




ooo nakarta came to singapore too!! wonder if he'd stayed at the oriental??!?!!?!!

thanks

thanks to tu, ah ma and nana for visiting me on the 6th of dec too! hehe =p
so nice of them for giving me a surprise visit.. lol

yay im off to IKEA TAMPINES!! :)

MAYDAY CONCERT

aneonghasayo! hahahahahaa

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ASHIN FROM MAYDAY!! well.. his bdae was on 6th of dec. =p
AND AND AND.. on that same day the zhi xin zhi yin concert was held at the SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM!
OF COURSE I WAS THERE.
i owe it to my sister's boyfren though. =p
he must hav went through a hard time getting dose tix..
in order to get the tickets u mus collect 26 abc beer crowns or 54 abc beer caps for exchange i tink. hahaa
=/ he gave dose tix to my sis on her bdae.. hahahaa and i knew bout it so i went wif my sister in his place.
he actually wna go wif my sister de.. =p but i became the spoiler. hahaha
anyw he's cool bout it. cant wait to address him as my sister-in-law! ;D
hahahahaa..
YAY and i bought a mayday shirt from there.. iz alot nicer than the final home concert tee!
GONA WEAR IT SOON~ WHEE.
there's a gift pack too.. hahaa.. inside there u can find an electronic lightstick and whistle and all dose stuff which can make noise. hahaa..
the abc beer zhi xin zhi yin music concert included performances from chen sheng, pin guan and MAYDAY.. hahaa it started off wif chen sheng performing =/
he's considered an old singer.. the one who sung one night in beijing.. hahaa ermmm he sung a total of 8 or 9 songs.. got kinda bored towards the end.. haahh.. cos i hav no idea wad he's singing. and i can tell that most ppl ard me are waiting for mayday's performance.. bcos the word 'bored' iz written all over their faces =S.. including mine.....
hahaa but pin guan was next! the audience got a bit high.. hahaa. he's a great singer! he sung mostly love songs.. hahaa.. and we started to swing the lightsticks from left to right. WHEREAS when MAYDAY was out on stage.. practically everyone stood up from their seats and started to GET REALLY HIGH!! hahaa.. and all the lightsticks went in the direction lik the way u nod ure head. hahaha means lik back and forth. bcos thats the way mayday fans behave. all hyped up by their music!
woohoo.. i enjoyed every single moment of it.. iz great to see them on stage.. iz as if im back in their final home concert.. so touching!
the concert iz considered an energy booster for me! hahaa.. i forgot all bout the pain of my foot le.. and iz also ashin's bday.. lol dey celebrated his bdae on stage towards the end of the concert.. hahaa.. dey so bad. forced him to drink a huge bottle of abc beer.. cos he normally dont drink de..
hahaa.. all that blast ended wif everybody singing zhou hua jian's Peng You..
yepp.. hahaa den me sis brought me to the place where we can wait for them to exit the stadium!! YAY i managed to catch another glimpse of them again. hahaa and while dey were leavin in their van.. i was 99% sure that guai shou saw me!! hahahaa.. and we waved gudbye to each other. =p

mayday's releasing their new album soon. and i will definitely yu gou from music junction. YAYEE. cant wait!! i listened to their newest song [ sheng xia guang nian ] alr and iz freaking nice.
their music spur me on.

im such a fortunate gal! ;) look forward to seeing them agn!!!!!!!


7th of dec is pay-day! hahaa.
collecting-pay day.
me linz ahma tingz went to THE HOTEL to collect our pay, tingz went for the interview. as usual.... we were met wif lousy attitude from the ppl there.
firz it was the fat security guard. =(
second it was the lady at the pay collection counter. =(
why on earth do dey stiu place large signs sayin 'GREET', 'THANK', 'SMILE', and all sorts of signs sayin things which are linked to good service?
really, i dont see the point.
oh, i tink i knw why.. bcos the ppl there nid reminders.
so u cant blame us for havin the urge to curse whenever we step in there.
of cos there are nice ppl.. one of them iz the auntie in charge of uniforms.. although she behaves rather weird sometimes. and another one iz the lady who works at the admin office.....
the rest.. i'll try to figure them out.
yep and we left THE HOTEL feeling RICHER THAN BEFORE!.. we proceeded to bugis street to shop and to a lesser extent, calm our senses.
...
managed to purchase a shirt @ 10 dollars. hahaha so CHEAP!
iz a nice printed shirt.. but quality wise im not sure.. will find out v soon. hahaa
so my pay iz $90.. minus $10.. left $80.. ah ma returned me $11.50 so i've got $91.50..
hahaa before me n linz left to cut hair at Storm tampines i lent tingz $20.. so left $71.50.
yay den happily go storm cut hair.. the guy who helped me blow my hair iz rather interesting.
as in.. he reeli v funny hahaha.. he tried to psycho me into buyin a hair product.. so he keep commenting on it.. but his voice vvvv soft den the hair dryer vvvv noisy i cudnt reeli get wad he's sayin.. so i jus smile n nod. hahaha.. den i realised throughout the process he repeated his comments lik 3 or 4 times.. he said exactly the same few lines.. i can tell cos i can at least lip read a lil. hahahahaha so i reeli cudnt help it and i BURST OUT LAUGHING. i laugh den i pause den i laugh agn. i tink he felt kinda paiseh. hahaa... =S firz time i cant control myself.. normally i'll jus ren and when i tell others bout it thats when i'll start to laugh my head off. hahahaa.
but i admire his determination in psycho-ing me. hahaha cos in the end i jus left the product there and i tink he felt kinda disappointed when he returned to see that product stiu lying there. actually before that i asked the lady who help me cut my hair to faster keep that product back into the shelves but she said nvm iz not my fault tht im not buying. hahahaah.
ok and damn it.. i lost one of my earrings there.. bought frm korea de!!!.. v ex de... im so sad.
alrighttt so i spent $20 for the hair cut.. left $51.50.
afterwhich i went to see my family doctor to hav my bandage removed.. so from now on iz gudbye to bandage and hello to plasters!
when i reach home i returned my sis $45...... total amount left: $6.50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WTH.

ONCE AGAIN, im back to the POOR OLD ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MA DE......
i hafta work at THE HOTEL AGAIN.
MY NIGHTMARE SHALL BEGIN ONCE MORE..... =(

crippled.

iz been a long time since i was here.. :D

well.. since O's are long over.. i shall not dwell over it.
hahaa i shall update bout prom and something more interesting..
i spent more than 200 bucks and more than 4 trips to marina square for prom. -.- ARGH I SIMPLY HATE THE SIGHT OF CITYLINK!
okay anyw i hav not yet shop for my casual clothings since the beginning of holidays!!! which iz very wrong!!
but now im officially broke and stiu owe my sis 20 bucks.. hahaa at least i tink the money spent on our hairdo wasnt a waste. iz the firz time we did hair styling and i tink the hairstylists from chapter two did a fantastic job!! esp mine.. she's called JOLIN.
alright the money spent on make up was quite a waste i tink.. but i can forget bout it since my sis sponsored me for the makeover. which was a rare opportunity. ;p
hahaa i tink everyone looked great at prom.. but iz a pity tht i've got none of the prom pics in my com currently. jus did a system recovery which means all the fotos are gone. POOF!
anyw most pics are in ahma's camera and other ppl's camera.. so i guess i'll hav a hard time looking for them all..
hmm after prom i din feel lik goin straight home.. so tgt wif some of the 2g-ers.. we walked from marriott hotel to PAYA LEBAR. hahaa.. as u can see, we are really a bunch of ppl wif nothing beta to do.. we walked for 3 hrs and i tink the girls are the ones who lose out bcos we hafta bear the pain of wearing heels.
aye in the end we took cab at 5.10am bcos according to NANA's info, the midnight charge ends at 5am.
to our amazement we realise that iz only afta 6am den there's no midnight charge. hahaa.. all that walk for nothing. stiu mus pay so much for cab fare.

hahaa.. u mus be wondering why i cant be found online these days..
well i haven dl msn messenger yet.. i see no point in it cos there's only a few ppl to chat wif online. hahaa.. most of the peeps are either overseas/chalet/com spoil. that explains why.
so i'd rather watch youtube.. at the same time i can save money required for the rental of dvds.

sigh.. im crippled now.. =S
foot iz bandaged and i bet u'll nvr guess the reason why.
i tink i can claim that im the firz person to hav the foot bandaged bcos of uncomfortable shoes..
usually plasters are the ones which are involved right.
ARGH.
in my opinion it boils down to one reason only.
IZ BCOS OF THE WAITRESS JOB!!!!!!!!
that chi li bu tao hao de job!
MA DE.. whenver i tink of this i'll hav the urge to curse lik nobodi's business.
although the managers at the hotel can simply surmarise the job scope in four steps...
1. SERVE
2. SET
3. TOP UP
4. CLEAR
...........
TO HELL WIF THEM!
iz definitely much more than that..
dey stiu require us to memorise the 9-course dinner menu.. includin wad food goes wif wad sauce blahhh.
if dey test us and we're stumped.. our pay will suffer.
somemore the plates all that v heavy =(
im jus a ruo nu zi.. HAHAA.
and the wine glasses are soo fragile.. sigh.
i spilled red wine on a guest on my firz day of work and she was damn sour bout it.
bcos she's an auntie.. just my luck to spill red wine on her. anyw i felt reeli bad lah and ever since that incident i can feel the manager's eyes on me... ahh iz a NIGHTMARE! damn stressful.... furthermore im the classic worrier what..
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
actually we felt lik quitting that day.. but me and aham din get our payment voucher and our manager was nice enough as he wud return us the hours if we were to work under him again.....
SO WE DID the next day........ which was saturday.
the event was a company's dinner and dance. the previous one was a wedding banquet =/
erm dinner and dance was much better lah.. at least dey're distracted by the performances. wah seh.. dey invited REN YAOs to perform leh. hahaa.. i tink dey had a jolly good time.
hahaa things went pretty smoothly i guess..
so iz a load off my mind.
which was why we stayed back to work OT until 130am.
WAH KAO.. during OT we did manual work.. moving the chairs all dose.. but i tink the guys more ke lian lah.. dey had to move the tables and basically worked more muscles.
AYE i complain so much iz bcos of the current state im in right now lah.
i tink i really walked too much le dats why my foot will become swollen.. on top of that iz also bcos of me lah.. go and scratch my leg until the skin torn. dno why i so qiang. in the end i HAVEN EVEN TAKE PAY STIU MUS SPEND MONEY TO SEE A DOCTOR to get my foot bandaged..
hai scare me lor last night my leg pain until lik shyt den i woke up in the morning and i thot i was goin blind... bcos my vision suddenly became blurred and i realised iz bcos i was feeling damn nervous. i was scared cos i thot mayb my foot mus saw off den will recover =(
told u im a classic worrier....

hahaa alright even though im complaining so much bout the job........
i feel rather unwilling to give it up bcos the other part time waitresses and waiters lik us are very nice people.. dey're v frenly too.. but most of them live at the west side =/ hahaa.. wna be close frens oso v hard i guess.
i dno lahh.. but im alr down for the job this saturday and sunday.
SHLD I GO OR SHLD I QUIT?


baby tell me..
hahahaa
yay finally updated.
so long and goodbye!





*will i stay at the orien*al or will i quit? STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT! ;)