GREAT BIRTHDAY!!! Late blogging cause work is just ultra busy and when I'm home, I'm too tired.
And Justina's taking too long to upload the pics!
I only got a couple of food pictures from my birthday...Dinner at some place around Bedok. This Chinese Restaurant... which I have no idea what's the name. The food was excellent.
Seafood wrapped in Crepe
FRIED ICECREAM
Justina, Joyce - Double Whammy J
Justina Joyce and Joy - TRIPLE WHAMMY
From Work yesterday: Vic was craving to eat something, so we made waffle for ourselves. Divided the waffle into 4 parts and put our individual toppings Ain - Maple syrup with Cookies and Cream(top left) Vic - Maple syrup with Brownies and Cream(bottom left) Joyce - Chocolate syrup with Rocky Road(top right) Me - Chocolate syrup with Malt Krispies(bottom right) "I like how we're completely leaving Suresh out of this. Just ignoring him" - Vic
Need to go work soon. I'm completely sore. The ice cream is so freaking hard to scoop. Esp the strawberry.
My first celebration was at my workplace with Ain and Suresh. Suresh made chocolate brownie and put a candle on it. THEN HE STARTED SINGING THE BIRTHDAY SONG. LOUDLY. I told him to stop cause there was still quite a few customers. Luckily Ain didn't join. Ain made a mudpie to eat and Suresh poured baileys over it. Also gave me half a test-tube of baileys to drink. Omg drinking on the job. Can this job get any cooler?
Long day tomorrow. I need to go sleep NAO. But i can't.
It's been over 2 weeks and I am not dreading my job yet. Which is considerably good.
Admittedly, I'm freaking tired. I'm sore all over. I don't like standing so long. 12 hours at home is not enough time to recuperate. Saturdays and Sundays due to the operational hours, I become so zombiefied. I get less than an hours rest during my 10hours at work. I'm get worried when customers have more than just orders to tell me. I tense up when people watch me as if I am a performer when I scoop ice cream. I can't get Fridays/Weekends off, meaning I can't hang out with friends as much. I have impulsively considered quitting. I hate the awkward moments
But, I still like my job.
Even though customers are scary, I have widened my view on the world through them. Eww that sounded corny. For example, a bunch of customers came in eating VODKA CANDY. Yes, those wrapped up in those twisted little plastics which was coloured a shiny green. DID YOU KNOW SUCH A THING EXISTED? Didn't think so.
Speaking of customers, I have lots of awkward moments with them. Let's go down the list shall we.... Top awkward moments 1. When they intently watch you scoop ice cream. It's worst when they stand in front of the bar and watch how you form the ice cream ball. (I usually don't dare to look up when that happens.) 2. When you go collect the bill from them and they are arguing/debating over who's gonna pay and they crack an insiders joke whilst looking at you. (Am I suppose to laugh?) 3. When the last person at the table of more than 3 people cannot decide what to order and slowly flips through the menu leaving the rest of us, including me, staring sheepishly at each other whilst waiting. 4. Whilst waiting for the NETS machine to turn on. Seriously, takes forever and the customer just stands there staring at you and the machine. 5. When they make a complaint. For example, "The waffle was spongy". (She didn't seem to be VERY angry, yet she was rather serious about what she said. I didn't know how to respond. I just told her to take the feedback form and write. Then I ran off.)
-End-
Btw, JOYCE CAN'T SCOOP ICE CREAM. I SAW HER CHEATING. She put the ice cream in the bowl, looked at it, and after realising it was too small, rolled it off the bowl and back into the ice cream tub. TSK TSK.
Shit, doing opening alone with newcomer. AGAIN. I panic when that happens. Always.
Oh yeah, did you realize that jobs which are considered much better(Eg doctors) have white uniforms? Doctors have their white coat, Chefs are completely white with the cap and all (which is a bit funny doncha think? They have to deal with food and all, won't white make it harder to wash off?). Singapore's govt wears ALL white too. From wiki: The term white-collar worker refers to a salaried professional or an educated worker who performs semi-professional office, administrative, and sales coordination tasks.
Ah another epiphany. Happened when my supervisor sent me to NTUC to buy bananas.
I know I've been working too much when...... 1. I see a yellow bar of soap and I go, "Hey! Buttercup Mudpie!" 2. I see a test tube and have this urge to pour liqueur into it. 3. I get an instant muscle reflex to scoop ice cream in tubs. 4. I greet people by going, "Welcome, table for?" 5. I start sympathising with my Restaurant City workers. 6. I get a toned, muscular right arm from all that ice cream scooping. 7. I start putting transparent glasses in the fridge 8. I memorized all the songs playing on 91.3fm. (My job only allows radio. Try listening to 91.3fm for 3 days, 10 hours straight.) 9. I go back to my work place when I'm off 10. I make this post.
I WROTE 'CHEESE FRIENDS' INSTEAD OF 'CHEESE FRIES' ON THE ORDER SHEET AND I DIDN'T REALISE UNTIL MY SUPERVISOR ASKED WHAT WAS IT.
I'm that awesome. From then on, I've been 'suaned' over and over by my colleagues as their cheese friend. Very good. Supervisor: Why are your apple slices not standing? Me: Cause standing is too tiring. I prefer lying down. Supervisor: Go eat some cheese and you'll feel better.
Besides dropping dead every single day when I get home out of sheer exhaustion... Okay weekdays are rather slack. Weekends are horrible, it's so tiring that I start bleeding from my nose and I never had a nose bleed before in my life. BUT I GET TO EAT ANYTHING I WANT FROM THE MENU. Or as long as the shop has it, I'm allowed to eat it. FOR FREE. Made for myself Onion Rings and a Crepe filled with Marshmallows and chocolate fudge topped with Malt Krispies Ice Cream. It was frickin delicious in case you didn't know. I put more marshmallows and chocolate for myself. HAHAHAHAHAHAH. Yes. I did. I CAN MAKE A NICE CREPE FINALLY. First few times it was either too thin or too small. Today it finally looked nice. My supervisor saw and went, "Why you make for yourself so nice, to customers look so ugly? Why you so mean?"
I SWEAR TO GOD IT WAS NOT ON PURPOSE. I perhaps subconsciously really love myself.
My job might sound real sucky with the long and ungodly hours. But I kinda enjoy it. It's not mundane/monotonous. It's really dynamic. I don't just sit around and file stuff or type like hell. I am surrounded by food. Plus, all that 10 over hours of standing seriously burns calories.
Seriously considering working in the F&B sector/get a F&B Degree. It's crazy, tiring and really tough. But it's not boring.
Alright 08/01/2010! Got a job at Ice3~~ Sense of achievement. Now I'm quite worried I will screw it up.
Went shopping with Just Dear. Omg shopping with her is quite fun. MUST GO AGAIN K DEAR?! Whoo retail therapy and a hit on my NETS. Needa save up. CNY shopping soon.
(Can you can you can you) Can you imagine a time when the truth ran free The birth of us all and the death of a dream Closer to the edge This never ending story Paid for with pride and faith We all fall short of glory LOST IN THE SUN
- 30STM
Fricking Flapping Firetrucks, another week of job hunting and I may just drown in my own blood. JC sucks. You can't do anything with a rubbish 'A' Levels cert.
