ilovemylife

2008-12-21T13:29:00.002+08:00

hmmm. i haven been blogging for a long long time. hehe. been busy these few months though. ive finish my attachment at the front desk. currently at festive desk. just for a month. hehe. handling calls and email. seems fun. (:

well, guess i have to look for a job soon. cos im going to finish attachment soon le. hahaha. will be going to the job fair during march. anyone wanna come along? hehe. shd i stay back at pan pac? not sure. actually im the the one who decides if i can stay or not. hais.

wish me luck (:

future?

2008-10-02T12:19:00.002+08:00

formula one was cool! i watched it on television. aww. i hope that i was working on that day la. so tt i can hear the sounds. haha. but my colleagues said that it was quite irritating actually. one is down. well, still have 4 more years to go! another 4 more road closures. haha. wanna get the tics for next year. its quite an experience. daddy say he will get them next year! yuppie! cant wait la! gonna be during sep again.

still in front office. 2 more months to go. den im off to fnb outlet. den admin stuffs again. another 7 months for me. still hanging in there. haa. hopefully i can. working can be fun. but i guess i need exercise. working has been draining me up. dealing with different people. it can be fun. but it can turn up to be not so fun as well. it depends on what kind of ple la. trying my best to interact more, knowing more. it was children day ytd! i haven celebrate that for like many 7 years already? secondary school onwards was youth day. no more children! god. i left seconday school so long ago. haha. its quite funny to look back on the past days. i still miss secondary school. they still hold the best memories for me. playing during recess time, staying back after school to play, dun wanna go home so early, having CCAs, assembly time, gossiping, campings, mugging for Os. hahas. these are so fun. i really miss them. well, i still keep in contact with my close pals. still having fun with them. gossiping back on the stuffs we did. haha. (:

i have only 7 months more to decide what shd i do for my future. should i go do business instead? so that maybe i can help out with my dad business in the future? or shd i cont with hospitality management? bf is working. argh! im bored staying at home. i wanna go shop, wanna go science center. hee.

front office.

2008-09-16T12:14:00.003+08:00

im in front office now already. hee. changed departments like 2 weeks ago. 1st week i really dreaded gg to work. i jus dun like the feeling of it. its like, there are too many restrictions. but now, i getting used to it already. much more better. hee. but still have to stand for 10 hrs each day. my back is really aching. lols. my feets also. god. i feel like an old woman. im tinking of what to do after my internship. work or study? i cant decide. i only have 8 more mths to think abt it. god. wish me luck.

regrets

2008-08-09T18:59:00.001+08:00

watching ndp right now. seeing them march, reminds me of my secondary school days. we trained so hard for our school annual day parade. marching so hard. but in the end, it bloody hell rained on that day. freak. it was our last annual day parade. why did it have to happen. damn.

happy birthday singapore!

2008-08-09T11:10:00.003+08:00

wheee! its national day. and im off today. means ive an extra holiday. wheee. claimed it on monday alrdy. its an important day to me you know. hee. yawns. i have no idea what the do at home. wanted to work ot today. but daddy dun allow. cos i only have today to rest. den gonna start working for 7 days again before i get off. sians. im in housekeeping right now. hehes. okay lor. following those aunty ard to clean the rooms. i know how to change the bed sheets alrdy. hahas. im glad tt im only in for like a month. if not i have to do the rooms myself. which can be damn dead tiring. imagine some ple can be real dirty. god. everything over the bloody place. lol. like rubbish dump. crazy man. wonder how they stay. i jus help to do dusting, clean the window, the tables and mirrors. and i also vaccum the carpet. hahas. its already tiring le. but sometimes can be fun. the ple are quite nice dere. some la. lols. some really er... hee. but what i dun like is just the uniform la. lols. start work at 8. briefing time. wooo. real noisy man. hahas. sometimes briefing for 30 mins. god. they can talk alot. quota is 14 rooms per day. is best to do vac and occ room. cos its much easier. hahas. im off today, means im working tmr. means, busy like hell! today check in to watch the parade, den tmr check out. mostly all singaporeans. omg.. busy like crazy man. argh! maybe i shall take mc. heee.

ciaos.
happy birthday singapore! (:

2008-08-03T09:20:00.002+08:00

lalala. got 2 days off. next week start im in housekeeping already. hahas. dun feel like going there la. hais. but no choice. have to. jus dun like the uniform anyway. friday was my last day at reservations. im surely gonna miss the place dere. the ple are nice. though the job was kinda tedious la. have to face the com for so long. quite tiring actually. they bought me a minnie mouse tee from mango as a farewell gift. so nice of them! (:

i went to cut my hair ytd. hehes. cut short. it looks ok. but dunno why the more i look, the more weird i feel. whereas my parents say is nice. hmmm. are they trying to make me happy or what.. lols. maybe i jus not used to it ba. hahas. but i feel quite fresh. long hair very heavy. hahas. den short hair is like a new look for me. haven been cutting short since pri6. all the while keep frm pri 6 til now. only trim trim. hahas. when the guy cut my hair, my heart realli aching man. god. feel like crying. but i told myself. hair grow very fast de. hais. i jus feel weird lookin in the mirror. looks like its not me!

reporting 8am for work tmr. yawns..

i miss him_

2008-07-27T21:13:00.002+08:00

omg! hahas. finally im updating after such a long long long time. lols. im getting on with my life now. hehes. still having my attachment. lols. not bad. i quite like the life n environment dere. the ple there are nice. really. hahas. no regrets at all. (:

been real busy for the past few months. all i do is work n work. hahas. though the pay is the same la. lols. but i work ot. worked ard 6 days a week. sometimes 7. lols. its quite tiring. but i guess, thats life afterall. all u do is work n work. i have to no idea when to stop working. im getting used to the working life now afterall. well, thats how u gonna grow up. when u work, the way u think, the way u look at life, is different already. u'll realized how hard u have to work to earn money. its not easy. working 10 hrs a day. 6 days a week. lols. its tough. but tt's how u strengthen urself, toughten urself. make urself better for the future. every single dollar is so precious to me now. god. when u have to pay ur own expenses, u will noe how important money is. but sometimes i will still splurge on buying stuffs for my bf. lol!

currently in reservations. 2 mths dere. this will be my last week. and.. im off to.. housekeeping! god. tts the one i dun like most. hahas. uniform. cleaning. god! i seldom clean my stuffs, only once a while. and now, i have to do it like everyday. and its not for me! its for the guests. hahas. how contridicting. but no choice la. have to do it. already get my uniform le. lols. what to do. luckily only one mth. i gonna pray hard. pls dun extend my stay dere. lols. next stop will be front desk! wheee. tt's where the place is man. (:

im so sad. have to leave reservations soon. 2 mths dere. my feelings. argh. i hate that. i hope to visit them when i have the chance. hahas. in housekeeping my working hrs will be like 8 - 4. but the off days very funny one. work 7 days den off 1 dae. i dun understand! doesnt tt sounds like im overworking for the department!? lols. lets see how it goes den. hahas.

i have the urge to cut my hair man! dunno why. jus kinda sick of my long hair. for soooo long already. but i also very bu she de cutting away. omgg.. help. someone. pls give some comments. shd i cut or shd i not?

take care babes! (:
i miss u guys. i really do.

yawns.

2008-05-15T21:00:00.002+08:00

finally got time to update. hee. been busy these few days. worked ot. haa. even if i off also will go back to work for breakfast. cos not enuff ple. den can earn some extra cash. why not. haha. though its tiring. but ok ah. happy with what im doing now. yesterday was freaking tiring. haha. worked split shift ytd cum ot til 12.30. haha. cos had a whisky dinner at the restaurant ytd. so was busy. plus every wed ladies night. haha. alot of ladies come to drink. haha. order main den got free flow of champagne. haha. wow. have to set up part of the restaurant ytd. cos the company got some props. the backgrd and the props was very nice. elegance. luckily they left earlier than expected ytd. guess is because its a working day the next day. den we quickly clear and set up the whole things to breakfast again. washed the dishes cos stewarding is not ard anymore. set back the tables and chairs to normal breakfast. haa. until 12.30. the chefs cooked fried rice and some nice dishes for us. but i din eat. hee. fattening eh. though im a little hungry. ate watermelon. hehe. den reached hme ard 1. took cab. no more buses or mrt le. haha. shared cab la. so its okay.

im off today and took ph tmr. hee. finally can go out tmr le! (: wanna watch movie. haha. stayed at hme the whole day today. been sleeping non stop man. haha. woke up at 9.30. ate breakfast. cos im used to waking up early. so cant slp anymore. den watched tv. until 1. den slept til 3 plus. haha. took lunch. tv. den slept back again at ard 5. until 7.30. haha! i lost 4 kg while working. haha. (:

pray for the innocent ple. the myammar's cyclone and the china's earthquake. the world has lesser and lesser ple now. please. stop these natural disasters. its heartbreaking to see them lost their loved ones.

its tiring.

2008-05-05T20:27:00.002+08:00

god. global kitchen is really super packed during breakfast time. especially during weekdays. the occupancy rate is always 90% and above. and i'm always being put in the busiest and biggest station. ahh. reach at 7am. den start to do some mise en place and touching up. after that, the crowd starts coming in already. turnover dunno how many times. tsk tsk. and you have to be fast. cos the guests are coming in real quickly. ive never once taken down my tray since the starting. you set, clear, refill the cups. den you start doing it all over again. esp when tables go together. keep clearing, keep setting. omgg. its tiring la. but fun. time pass faster. the people there quite nice also. but its hard to interact with guests at this rate. cos everything have to be fast. can only talk to them while refilling their coffee cups. haa. difficult to start a long conversation. no time to drink water also. yawns. can really feel my wrist aching man. when i put down my tray. den ard ten plus go for break time. after that start lunch time already. im working split shift on thurs. ahh. sians leh. 7-3 den 6-11. 16 hrs in hotel. haa. also dunno what to do during split shift. argh! but split shift got pay. $8.50 allowance. haa! off on wed and fri. but working ot on wed. hee. can earn some money. rather than staying hme to rot. only working breakfast somemore. 12 finish. haa. can come back slp slp also. quite happy with what i am doing right now. although its tiring and im complaining at times, but i guess its worth while. (: jia you jia you!

misses.

2008-05-01T14:09:00.003+08:00

felt so empty. i miss the secondary days. i miss my class peeps. seems like its been ages since i saw them. i dun even see sessaline that often. feeling so empty. seems like we're drifting apart. felt weird talking back. i wanna meet up. but seems like theres no time. working hrs different. schooling hours different. this feeling sucks. it doesnt feel good at all.

tired.

2008-04-25T21:25:00.002+08:00

yawn. im super tired these days. working morning shift since the day i started. haa. but these few days more tiring. cos hotel running 100% occupancy. god. which means we have to set up our buffet style breakfast. soooo tedious la. when keeping the stuffs. so heavy man. had a hard time pushing them into the respective places. god. and i hurt my leg while bringing this super heavy chair back to the place. its super painful. and i hit it damn hard la. body been aching for weeks alrdy. eye bag also getting bigger. got a darker panda eyes also. omgg. din really have a good rest since ive started work. and i took my 1st mc on tues. god. that was fast man. means ive only left 13 days mc. to last me for 1 yr. omggg! hopefully i dun use them man. yawn. wanna go bed soon le. (:

yuppie!

2008-04-21T21:08:00.003+08:00

lalalala! i pass my driving! muhahaha! finally. no need to go back to bbdc anymore. so far la. haha. it was raining super heavily during driving time man. god. haa. i forgot to on the wiper initially la. haa. until i was like. eh. how ah? haha. den i turn on the wiper. haa. everything went on quite smoothly. haa. happy happy. tmr working 9 - 5. yawns. can slp longer. haa. no need to wake uo at 5 anymore. hee. (:

nervous. =x

2008-04-20T20:09:00.002+08:00

was my day off ytd. hee. finally. went out ot kallang. the new shopping complex over there. hmmm. so so lor. like nothing much de. haa. tired out the donut there. [donut and donuts] haa. that was the shop name. but. hmm. dun quite like it. was quite oily. you can actually feel the oil bursting out when you chew on it. omg. i was quite disgusted. den went arcade to play. haa. those photo finder game. haa. not bad. den went to eat the jap restaurant there. forgot the name. but they have one in cathay also. no menu style. haa. jus go and collect the sticks den pass it to the counter. it was a unique concept. had work today. hmm. sunday not much ple de lor. only 1 person came for breakfast. haa. god. den no people le. ard 1 plus den the crowd start to come. was busy after one. guess those people were like staying in the rooms or either going out. cos its a sunday! businessman all rest le la. haa.

hmm. quite nervous now. goin to take my driving practical tmr. haa. wish me luck! (:

fun fun fun (:

2008-04-17T21:34:00.004+08:00

time passes real fast. worked for a week alrdy. haa. hmm. not too bad. was kinda shy shy at first. not to guest i mean, but to the staffs in the atrium. i am the only singaporean there. haa. omgg. can you imagine, all foreigners. haa. but im getting fine with the people there now. i love interacting with the guests. haa. can be fun at times. now is like a standard thing to go ard 7am. starts at 7am but i usually reach hotel ard 6.30. den go to work ard 6.55. den start doing the necessary mise-en-place. hee. put newspapers, count linens, top up, check setting and more. haa. den ard 10, change the menu and clear the settings. hmmm. been quite tired these few days. come home ard 8 plus everyday. sleep ard 11 plus.

haa. not enuough slp. got panda eyes already lor. past few days still feel energetic, but now, usually 5am i cannot wake up le. haa. sians. so tiring man. wasnt used to standing for such long hrs. feet always red red, pain pain. omgg. now feeling much better alrdy. although still feel the pain, but now can withstand more hours. haa. worked ot today for another 2 hrs. while waiting for him to finish work. i usually wait for him de. cos he finishes at 6pm. lol. while i finish ard 4. can earn money and wait at the same time, why not? hee. now getting quite good with the staffs over there. they are not bad, nice people. though i cant understand their languange. always talk in their own language. haa. wonder if they are talking bad abt me. haa! yawn.. suppose to be off tmr de. but the team leader changed my schedule. den off on sat. damn. if not sat can go work and off together. shit. gonna find a part time man. somemore can earn $$. hee.

learnt quite alot of things there also. slowly getting a hang of it. morning usually ard 3 staffs only. and im the one looking after the floor. haa. imagine if really busy time, really tiring. cos the floor is quite big also. very funny de. no guest really no guest. once the time comes, guests start rushing in. haa. im quite confident with the floor now. she say she gonna teach me bar a few days later i guess. hee. quite happy. jia you jia you! learnt how to use the micros system. haa. more guest better lor. more guests = more revenue = more pay + bonuses. haa! but i dunno if that applies to trainees. hee. more guest also gd, means the time pass faster. haa. yawn.. gonna rest soon.

i MISS you! (:

working!

2008-04-11T21:50:00.003+08:00

finally 5 days of orientation is over. hee. tmr offically start work le. at 7am. hmmm. until 3. but usually is until 4 or 5 de ba. dun expect to go on time. working in this line, is never going back on the dot de. kinda excited. learnt quite alot of stuffs during orientation. the company's culture, the people, the hotel, how to deal with people, staying positive and even leadership. most of the department heads came to talk about their department. which i think its good. at least we know what is happening in the hotel and who to look for for certain things. rather than jus asking around the hotel. you know who to look for straight away. played afew games. like empowerment and teamworking. haa. ok la. but some talks can be boring. where ple either talk too slow or too soft. omgg. tmr working in lounge. haa. have to stand very long. hais. hopefully i can be okay. learn to stay positive! 2 choices to make when you wake up. to be happy or to be sad. which one you choose? well, i choose to stay happy. which i think you should also. (:

364 days more!

2008-04-07T21:22:00.002+08:00

woke up at 7am today. but i still feel like im rushing. haa. tmr will wake up earlier. hmmm. reached hotel at 8.20. den went to change and get ready for orientation. boring day lor. haa. nothing much de. talk about the hotel's vision, mission all those. the various departments. den went for a short tour. looked at 2 rooms. not bad leh. the rooms. haa. staff can get at a rate of $99. hee. den took us to see the fire drills evacuation thingy. omg. the time quite hard to pass man. cos is theory. den the room freezing. im wearing those sleveless kind. cos my uniform is sleveless. super cold la! omg. cannot tahan man. finally, its 6pm! dismiss. hee. phew. pray hard that the following year will be a good one. jia you!

(:

2008-04-04T21:17:00.002+08:00

woke up quite early today. well, 7.45am. is that considered late or early? haa. wash up den went out le. walk to the bus stop, den i saw my bus. damn. it went off already. waited for like 30 mins den the next bus arrive. god. sooo long man. and i met a crazy women in the bus. i was talking to my fren den she kept turning back.(we're sitting in the last row) crazy. den we just ignore her, continue talking. but we chatted quite softly. den the next moment, she like one crazy fat horse came shouting at us in mandarin. we have no idea what the hell is she talking about. freak man. shes really crazy. den she squeeze her way in. ask us to move away. **** la. come'on la. the bus is even noiser than us. why find fault with us. really pissed me off la. argh. my driving lesson is at 9.40. i alighted halfway and took a cab there. hmmm. we like got cheated man. suppose to be like $4 plus. the driver say is $6. how can be so expensive man. its only a less than 5 mins journey. god. after driving went shopping. bought all my necessary hair accessories already. haha. happy. have to start preparing for work le. what to bring and stuffs like that. hee. still excited. (:

take caree!

boring day.

2008-04-03T22:23:00.002+08:00

ahhh. so bored man. got nothing much to do. woke up early in da morning. den watched tv. haha. played games. den ard 2 plus, went out to pray my grandma. qing ming jie. hmmm. i miss my grandma. though ive only seen her for like 8 years. she left when i was in primary school i guess. couldnt remember very clearly. but i know, she loves me alot. she dotes me alot also. then, went to junction 8 for some snacks den back home. bought sophie kinsella's book recently. her lastest book. remember me? is a nice book. i read her shopaholic and baby a few months back. her stories are interesting. haa. i just love reading books that are family styled. very warmth, very lovely. heehee. tragic and romance are not bad either. downloaded some yahoo! games to play, but also play until bored le. haha! played viwawa with bf. hee. and im going to my room soon. (:

nites!

new blog, new life! <3

2008-04-03T17:51:00.004+08:00

gee! im back to blogging again. haa. created a new blog, new link. hehe. a new life! (: haa. just feel like blogging nowadays. been slacking most of the time now. haha. jus waiting for next week, which is 7 april, to start my working life. (: attachment. hee. actually gonna start work on the first day, but the human resources lady just called me just now, saying that monday will be orientation day. so, yea. orientation. touring the hotel, stuffs like that i guess. im looking forward to it! hopefully i can get use to the environment there. jia you! haa. my very first department will be the lobby lounge. hee. den next will be the international restaurant there. i quite like the uniforms in the hotel. very nice. haha. uniform plays an important part you know. haha. it gives me this sense of belonging. hmm. have to learn to be independent already. cannot always rely on my peeps. i wonder how is this one year going to be like. i know its gonna be tough. its a long journey ahead for me.

two years passes so fast. many things have happened. and im done with my theory part. now is the practical part. haha. im quite happy with my results though. not too bad. at least ive got a gpa over 3. i miss the classroom days, i miss the practical training days, i miss the laughter, the fun, the gossips we talked, the events we planned together, the outings we went, the efforts and hardwork we've put in, i miss eveything we had together. of cos not missing my best buddies in school, ruoxin(bf), rudy, jia xin, wanru and sessaline. haha. i still hope to see you guys more often. sessaline, same hotel as me. haha. but different department. still hope to see you often!

having my driving test on the 21 april! haha. im quite nervous. going for my revision tmr. hopefully i can pass first time. the fees are super expensive you know!though my dad sponsor me, but still cannot waste money. haha. hope to drive my dream car soon!

take care people! (:
~~imissyou~~