Hello folks.
Today is a Tuesday and it feels great to know that there's no cca today. HAHA. Noob huh. I used to always kind of dread Tuesdays and Fridays cos of cca. LOL. Okay I'm a slacker XD
Tmr's the 3rd day of work. I've been doing the same thing for the first two days of work - being in charge of the bar. That means I'm the person in charge of drinks and desserts. I prepare the orders and serve them. It also means I'm a cleaner who cleans the cups LOL. Most of the time, I stay in the kitchen. I only go out to bring the clean cups out, or to refill the green tea. But yesterday, at 3 plus, when there wasn't much customers I could go out to talk to seniors and ask them to teach me more stuff. Well, the people there are generally quite nice and will tell you what you need to know. But I gotta say I don't know if its a lack of proper training or its meant to be this way, I felt that the people there didn't really tell me what I'm supposed to know. Like, they didn't really "teach" me what I'm supposed to know. I don't mean spoon feeding like telling me everything step by step, but I didn't even know what my job consist of as being the person in charge of the bar until one of the nice seniors told me yesterday. Well, now that I know I'll aim to do a better job, I certainly don't want to be seen as being slack by the others!
Hmm. Now that I think I more or less know what the person doing the bar is in charge of, I think I wanna try something else tmr. Or at least I hope I can do something new. I wanna learn and try to take orders or even clear the table! It sounds fun. Haha. I admit I'm still super not used to work yet, so I tend to worry about alot of things. Like how until now I'm still unable to wear the bloody uniform myself. (Don't laugh okay, it's not easy, trust me!) And I still worry about doing the desserts myself. I can't handle the ice cream! But oh well, I guess it'll get better as time goes by. But still! I hope I can do something new. : )
Alright, I think I will blog about work again some other time when I try out something new? There's really nothing much to talk about when I've only done the bar so far. Other than the fact that I got an order mixed up and sent it to the wrong table LOL. Luckily the customers didn't complain, and I didn't get a scolding from seniors either. LOL.
Working is really quite an experience. I strongly urge those who are free in the holidays to go find a job! It's better than rotting at home :)
I'll try to post a picture of me in work soon. I'll probably take a photo with Yuxuan in our uniforms or something, when we have the same shift. Otherwise, I'll definitely take a photo with the seniors when I leave! I think some of them are really nice so I hope I can become more familiar and get closer to them soon. =) Yay to me and yuxuan for work!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Regimes
I don't know how many of you out there have regimes for yourself. In my opinion, having a regime and sticking to it has to be the hardest thing to do yet!
Anyway, I'm about to go for a morning jog soon. The point of this entry is to state that I have failed, time and again, to have a strict exercise regime. Every night I lie in bed thinking how unfit I am, and then I'll go on to plan out the exercises I'm gonna do the next day, and make a promise to myself that I MUST MUST stick to that regime from the next day onwards. But when does that really happen? For starters, I'm not strict in exercising. I exercise (on my own) as and when I like it, and when I do, it may or may not be strenous, depending on my mood. Sometimes when I'm determined I can do alot of things, like 12 rounds round the stadium with my parents. But when I don't feel like running I can run as little as 6 rounds. LOL. Great difference huh.
I really look up to those people who have strict regimes for themselves. I once read from a magazine that Madonna has been keeping herself looking good all these years by following a strict diet and exercise regime. Wow! I guess it's not easy, especially when we get older. It's kind of sad actually, that whenever I go downstairs to run, I seldom see teenagers (except for the Ah Bengs playing basketball in the basketball court nearby) exercising. The people I meet are mostly aunties or uncles. Well, at least they're doing something to keep themselves healthy and fit huh.
There's so much I wanna do this holidays! Well, I'm gonna try to have an exercise regime, and it should not fail since I have all the time in the world in the holidays. I hope the weather will be fine though, so I can go for jogs. And then, I'm gonna try to have a newspaper reading regime. LOL. I know this sounds really dumb but ever since school ended I haven't been keeping in touch with any news at all. I'd better start reading again in preperation for CSC and GP next year!
Come to think of it, I think the regime that I'm closest to sticking to is skincare. LOL. Yeah, I mean who doesn't want good skin? especially when my skin is so sensitive I have to take extra time and care to take good care of it. But nobody's gonna look good with all the fats and untoned muscles. So yeah, I'm gonna try to throw in an exercise regime on top of that!
Okay, work starts tmr and today for yuxuan. I'm so excited! Shall blog about it tmr after the training. :D
Enough said for now, I'm gonna go run already!
Anyway, I'm about to go for a morning jog soon. The point of this entry is to state that I have failed, time and again, to have a strict exercise regime. Every night I lie in bed thinking how unfit I am, and then I'll go on to plan out the exercises I'm gonna do the next day, and make a promise to myself that I MUST MUST stick to that regime from the next day onwards. But when does that really happen? For starters, I'm not strict in exercising. I exercise (on my own) as and when I like it, and when I do, it may or may not be strenous, depending on my mood. Sometimes when I'm determined I can do alot of things, like 12 rounds round the stadium with my parents. But when I don't feel like running I can run as little as 6 rounds. LOL. Great difference huh.
I really look up to those people who have strict regimes for themselves. I once read from a magazine that Madonna has been keeping herself looking good all these years by following a strict diet and exercise regime. Wow! I guess it's not easy, especially when we get older. It's kind of sad actually, that whenever I go downstairs to run, I seldom see teenagers (except for the Ah Bengs playing basketball in the basketball court nearby) exercising. The people I meet are mostly aunties or uncles. Well, at least they're doing something to keep themselves healthy and fit huh.
There's so much I wanna do this holidays! Well, I'm gonna try to have an exercise regime, and it should not fail since I have all the time in the world in the holidays. I hope the weather will be fine though, so I can go for jogs. And then, I'm gonna try to have a newspaper reading regime. LOL. I know this sounds really dumb but ever since school ended I haven't been keeping in touch with any news at all. I'd better start reading again in preperation for CSC and GP next year!
Come to think of it, I think the regime that I'm closest to sticking to is skincare. LOL. Yeah, I mean who doesn't want good skin? especially when my skin is so sensitive I have to take extra time and care to take good care of it. But nobody's gonna look good with all the fats and untoned muscles. So yeah, I'm gonna try to throw in an exercise regime on top of that!
Okay, work starts tmr and today for yuxuan. I'm so excited! Shall blog about it tmr after the training. :D
Enough said for now, I'm gonna go run already!
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Back in action!
I am finally back to blogging.
Well I shall not update about what happened from the last time I blogged till when school ended. haha. Lets move on to what happened in the holidays instead.
I guess I must thank my two good friends, Peiying and Grace. We met up on a Sunday one week before school ended and they were talking about holiday plans when I had nothing at all in mind. They talked about stuff like working, doing what they liked, catching up on school work and basically just taking the time off for a long rest before we have to return to school again next year. At that time I confessed to being "aimless" as compared to them. I am someone who doesn't think much for myself. More often than not I just watch the day go by and lead a rather mundane life.
It wasn't till a week later that I suddenly felt the urge to try working. I don't have any working experience, other than giving out flyers for celine laoshi 2 years ago. Probably inspired by my two friends, it dawned on me that it was time I tried something I didn't do before. So I decided to go on a job hunt. I actually went to ask Mr Bean at the mrt station you know, since they were hiring! Haha. But too bad they were looking for long term workers so yeah, they don't wanna employ students on holiday.
Later that night celine laoshi approached me with a job offer of being a facilitator for a performing arts camp she's conducting the next day at Bukit View Seconday School (BVSS). Usually I wouldn't have accepted the job offer, since I'm usually the quiet type in camps myself. How then can I be a facil? But then at that point of time I was interested in finding a job and giving myself a new experience and challenge, so I accepted the job, not sure of what was gonna happen at all.
When I reached the school with the other facils and laoshi herself, I was still very worried. The rest were all guys and much older. They had many experiences being facils before. I was SO worried, especially when we first broke up into groups for icebreakers. It took a while for me to 'warm up' myself but I must say I did my best. During tea break everyone could sense that I was worried I think. It certainly didn't help that my group was quiet! It only made things worse for a noob like me.
Luckily after lunch things started getting better. The groups then proceeded to start preparing for their items for the competition at night. From then on time seemed to pass rather quickly. The competition was great, I must say. The items put up by all the students were so entertaining and everyone put in a great amount of effort.
It was at that competition that I realised something distinctively different about rv and other schools. I'm sure it isn't just BVSS, but probably many other schools as well. Throughout the whole camp I observed the students of BVSS. Though they ain't representative of the whole school, I guess it's still pretty safe to assume that they're more vocal and stuff since they all belong to the performing arts groups. Anyway, back to what I was saying. I am not being biased here, but I have to say that rv students are alot more daring and vocal. When saying something in front of everyone else, rv students in general have not much of a problem. The BVSS students in turn are alot more shy and they don't seem to have much to say when asked to say anything or contribute ideas. I have to give it to rv students for being better at this. However, sad to say, it is true that rv students are only smart in the head. Though the BVSS students may not be that affluent (purely based on what I observed), they definitely are more daring and energetic as compared to us rvians. The way they scream and support each other during the competition, how they are so enthusiastic throughout the whole camp, how they dare to perform solo in front of everyone although they do not know each other well...this all goes to show how shy and "dead" rvians can be. We are dead as ever during events like camps and we most certainly will never reach the same energy level as those students in BVSS. It's kind of sad actually. RVians don't know how to have fun. It's hard to put into words what I want to express, you have to be there to observe for yourself the difference.
Anyway, the day ended with everyone feeling shagged. Overall, the camp was quite an experience for me. Quite a few learning points and a fun experience of course. I must say that I am really sorry to the people in my group because many of them seemed quite bored. Probably its due to my lack of experience and all that I wasn't able to bring up the energy level in my group and make them really excited and high during the camp. But at least they won overall champion = ). At the end of it all we gave out the prizes and took photos. Here's a group photo. (I have no choice but to post this one and only photo I have so far although my eyes are closed, tyvm.)
Haha..and so that marks the end of the camp, and my 1st job during the holidays. I'm seriously quite hyped up about working now. It's really quite an eye opener and a rare experience. Of course, it kills time (who's not bored staying at home all day long?) and brings me some extra pocket money as well. Going to sakae sushi tmr to enquire about the job with yuxuan since they're employing. Hopefully we get employed! =)
Well I shall not update about what happened from the last time I blogged till when school ended. haha. Lets move on to what happened in the holidays instead.
I guess I must thank my two good friends, Peiying and Grace. We met up on a Sunday one week before school ended and they were talking about holiday plans when I had nothing at all in mind. They talked about stuff like working, doing what they liked, catching up on school work and basically just taking the time off for a long rest before we have to return to school again next year. At that time I confessed to being "aimless" as compared to them. I am someone who doesn't think much for myself. More often than not I just watch the day go by and lead a rather mundane life.
It wasn't till a week later that I suddenly felt the urge to try working. I don't have any working experience, other than giving out flyers for celine laoshi 2 years ago. Probably inspired by my two friends, it dawned on me that it was time I tried something I didn't do before. So I decided to go on a job hunt. I actually went to ask Mr Bean at the mrt station you know, since they were hiring! Haha. But too bad they were looking for long term workers so yeah, they don't wanna employ students on holiday.
Later that night celine laoshi approached me with a job offer of being a facilitator for a performing arts camp she's conducting the next day at Bukit View Seconday School (BVSS). Usually I wouldn't have accepted the job offer, since I'm usually the quiet type in camps myself. How then can I be a facil? But then at that point of time I was interested in finding a job and giving myself a new experience and challenge, so I accepted the job, not sure of what was gonna happen at all.
When I reached the school with the other facils and laoshi herself, I was still very worried. The rest were all guys and much older. They had many experiences being facils before. I was SO worried, especially when we first broke up into groups for icebreakers. It took a while for me to 'warm up' myself but I must say I did my best. During tea break everyone could sense that I was worried I think. It certainly didn't help that my group was quiet! It only made things worse for a noob like me.
Luckily after lunch things started getting better. The groups then proceeded to start preparing for their items for the competition at night. From then on time seemed to pass rather quickly. The competition was great, I must say. The items put up by all the students were so entertaining and everyone put in a great amount of effort.
It was at that competition that I realised something distinctively different about rv and other schools. I'm sure it isn't just BVSS, but probably many other schools as well. Throughout the whole camp I observed the students of BVSS. Though they ain't representative of the whole school, I guess it's still pretty safe to assume that they're more vocal and stuff since they all belong to the performing arts groups. Anyway, back to what I was saying. I am not being biased here, but I have to say that rv students are alot more daring and vocal. When saying something in front of everyone else, rv students in general have not much of a problem. The BVSS students in turn are alot more shy and they don't seem to have much to say when asked to say anything or contribute ideas. I have to give it to rv students for being better at this. However, sad to say, it is true that rv students are only smart in the head. Though the BVSS students may not be that affluent (purely based on what I observed), they definitely are more daring and energetic as compared to us rvians. The way they scream and support each other during the competition, how they are so enthusiastic throughout the whole camp, how they dare to perform solo in front of everyone although they do not know each other well...this all goes to show how shy and "dead" rvians can be. We are dead as ever during events like camps and we most certainly will never reach the same energy level as those students in BVSS. It's kind of sad actually. RVians don't know how to have fun. It's hard to put into words what I want to express, you have to be there to observe for yourself the difference.
Anyway, the day ended with everyone feeling shagged. Overall, the camp was quite an experience for me. Quite a few learning points and a fun experience of course. I must say that I am really sorry to the people in my group because many of them seemed quite bored. Probably its due to my lack of experience and all that I wasn't able to bring up the energy level in my group and make them really excited and high during the camp. But at least they won overall champion = ). At the end of it all we gave out the prizes and took photos. Here's a group photo. (I have no choice but to post this one and only photo I have so far although my eyes are closed, tyvm.)
Haha..and so that marks the end of the camp, and my 1st job during the holidays. I'm seriously quite hyped up about working now. It's really quite an eye opener and a rare experience. Of course, it kills time (who's not bored staying at home all day long?) and brings me some extra pocket money as well. Going to sakae sushi tmr to enquire about the job with yuxuan since they're employing. Hopefully we get employed! =)
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