Ma first midnight shift

Two words: Fun, tiring.

Before work I met up with ma colleague at Orchard Road coz we wanted to get some cosmetic stuff. She got Laneige loose powder and I bought ma toner at Etude House. There was this Korean man standin' outside the shop shoutin' to attract people into the shop. Apparently we caught him fallin' asleep while shoutin' and then he saw me gigglin'. Then he gave a very wide smile which I can still remember vividly hahahaha super funny... After that we went to Wisma as I wanted to check out the BB cream from Gowoonsesang. Seems not bad so I bought it.

Took the train to Harbourfront and had some coffee at McCafe to perk ourselves up for the shift later. Shortly, another colleague met us up and we went to work together.

Midnight shift earlier turned out to be quite ok. Did what we had to do, but when it was around 2am ma eyelids started to feel heavy and ma eyes started to feel a little painful and dry. By 5am, I already felt weary and by 6am I wanted to rest ma head on the table. Lol...

One of the security guards made me super furious... He talked to me in a damn fierce tone for doin' something I wasn't supposed to do. C'mon... our workplace hasn't even opened and no one was around at all, furthermore I'm also one of the staff! He also was doin' something he wasn't supposed to be doin', so why the fuck should he tell me off? Bloody shit, I will remember his eff face!

The clock ticked at 7am and I found ma'self sittin' very still on ma chair, stonin' and waitin' for the morning shift people to arrive. At 8.10am our executive told us to leave the office and wait to clock out at 8.30am, so we proceeded to the canteen first. Colleagues from other departments texted me to say they saw me stonin'... Hahaha ma expression must have been too obvious.

Slept the entire day and ma off day has just been wasted like that. Workin' at 7am later... Totally sucks!!!! I want one more off day.... Sobsss.

Ma schedule for the past week

Last weekend I believe is ma final long weekend before the commencement of our 24-hour rotating shift. Apparently in ma entire group, I'm the only one who got an off day on Monday... And then on Tuesday I had a roadshow to do. So I actually stayed away from ma workplace for 4 days. Everyone was so envious of me haha!!...

Saturday

I, together with Angele, Jacq and another colleague of theirs, headed to Rose's house for her baby's full-month celebration. There was a buffet spread and yummy cakes for dessert. After food came wine! Shiraz 2008 if I didn't remember wrongly. Freakin' strong but I still drank a few glasses lol.

Album link: Rose's baby's full month ^^

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Sunday

Rest day at home.... Nice.

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Monday

Another rest day.... But on this day I went out to Harbourfront to meet up with ma colleagues. I actually wanted to pass to ma colleague some documents for scanning, but I ended up meetin' a whole group of them as a colleague was treatin' us to a farewell meal..... ;((

Chilled out at Starbucks after the meal with two colleagues, then I went to town with one of them for some window-shopping. Thought of gettin' some Korean fashion magazines from Kinokuniya...

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Tuesday

Roadshow at Chinatown. Wanted to kill ma colleague for makin' me wait at the subway station for him but in the end he reached the roadshow venue before me due to miscommunication. And I had to literally rush to the venue despite being half an hour early at the station... -___-!!! Anyway when we reached there, nobody was around except for the security guard guardin' the booth. So we were still uber early...

Within the first 2 hours, I could already feel ma throat like a broken-down recorder. Finally at around 2pm we went for lunch. Gotta look for an eatery where we could get a request for reimbursement.

So ma colleague and I walked and walked and finally we found one eatery house but their service sucked to the core! I asked initially if they could generate a receipt and that China lady said yes. After orderin', she keyed in all the stuff into her cash machine but in the end nothing came out. She added one more drink item into the machine and the receipt came out that amount for the drink. Then she wrote the total amount on that receipt. I told ma colleague, "How the hell would they believe this receipt?" So he went back to the cashier to request for another receipt, and he came back with a similar receipt with only the correct amount.

Besides this, they didn't deliver to us our "salad prawn" and watermelon juice. We had to go and ask for them. And then the "salad prawn" turned out to be "fish cake with mayonnaise". Vegetarian food... omg sucks. Simply a bad experience.

Went back to the roadshow booth and had another bad half of the day. Uncle shoutin' and everybody squeezin' to get lucky draw cards. There are even people who could tell lies to get an extra lucky draw card. Omg.............. nothing to say.

Next Sunday I'm gonna do the roadshow again... I've developed a phobia already. ;((

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Wednesday

Clocked in at work and then I left the island shortly for ma interview with the CRA. The lady who interviewed me was suuuuuper nice.... Perhaps coz I picked up her call and reached there early? She even told another interviewer that I'm a very sweet girl and that I brightened up her day. Haha... Hope she will put in some good words for me so I can get ma license.... ;x

Went back to the island after that and I started to get really busy... Ma Assistant Manager kept gettin' me to do this and that... Almost couldn't breathe!!

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Thursday (yesterday)

Super busy for the whole day at work. Super crowded and many things to do.... But all I can say is that it's good practice. Much much better than before. I hope I will improve and learn more along the way... ^^

Took the night transport and I was the first to alight from the bus. Lol so I live the nearest from our workplace. I told ma colleague everyone on the bus was gonna be envious of me wahaha.

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Friday (today)

Gonna do ma first midnight shift ever in ma life tonight... I'm somehow excited as I don't know what it's gonna be like! Anyway I'm meetin' ma colleague in the evening in town to get BB cream... Only Orchard Road has Etude House. And in Singapore there are only 2 Etude House outlets. They should open more outlets islandwide!!! And I thought of changin' ma cosmetics from Chanel to Laneige... I'm a supporter of Korean brands. ^^

Opening day of our 4 hotels

Yesterday was the opening day of the 4 hotels at our Integrated Resort... A crowd was expected outside our work area and true enough, there were MANY people. Especially uncles and aunties. We were kinda busy with enquiries though they weren't even supposed to enter the area. Even the security guard on duty couldn't stop them.

Emcee training is actually held today and not yesterday, there was some miscommunication. Anyway it was held at Hard Rock Hotel and first half of the training made us sleepy, and I dozed off. Somemore I was sittin' right in the first row, don't know if the trainer saw or not. Lol...

Each and everyone of us had to go to the front to give a 3-minute speech on a topic given by him. So he gave me a topic: ma favourite food. I talked about Korean food - bulgogi and bibimbab, Singaporean food like Hainanese Chicken Rice, Fried Hokkien Mee, Malay food such as Nasi Lemak and Indian food such as Roti Prata. I didn't exactly give it much thought, I just said whatever came to ma mind.

Apparently the trainer had no negative feedback about ma overall presentation. He said I've done very well and gave me a lot of positive comments. Hahaa I'm flattered... ;p

Towards the end of the day, he said that a few of us will be selected for further training.... In the first place I don't even know why I was selected for this training... Maybe coz I'm too noisy.... LALALALA.

Finally ma interview date is released!!! Been anxious about it... Well I just hope to get ma license and be able to work with the rest.... I don't wanna leave ;\\

Life at Sentosa

Let's talk about ma first week at the site. It was very happening coz I managed to stay at Hard Rock Hotel on Wednesday night and Hotel Michael on Friday night with ma colleagues... totally awwwwesome! Hotels are openin' 20 January (tomorrow in fact) so please try our hotels (the rooms are a little expensive though)....

Now goin' into the second week there... This week I'm on morning shift and I gotta sleep as early as 12am and wake up as early as 5am.... Omg totally not ma style!!!! I wake up at 5pm in the evening more like it (I believe everyone strongly agrees with me).

Life there isn't exactly good. First: it's too cold at ma workplace that even a cardigan is insufficient; perhaps I should wear a winter jacket. Second: the nightmare I once had for 9 years seems to be comin' back overnight, coz of the bloody dust from all the construction, and carbon monoxide at the carpark. Less than a week there and I'm struck with little zits on ma face again.... Shucks!

Oh my... Still got a week to pay day. I'm freakin' broke now and I need money to do sooo many things. Go back to ma skin specialist for a follow-up, pay ma credit card bill, etc etc. Sian daoooo!!

Anyway, today I volunteered ma'self for some event at the carpark, just coz I didn't wanna subject ma'self to roleplays and tests hahaha. But the opportunity cost is havin' ma nose and pores inhale all the carbon monoxide produced by huuuuge vehicles movin' around. Damn! It's too hot in the carpark too. And to add on, that "auntie" had to choose today to pay me a visit, so I really wanted to faint. Towards noon ma tummy cramp got worse and I ended up havin' to rest (or rather, NAP) at the lounge. And ma male colleague had to buy that Panadol for me.... Lol. Now that box of Panadol will be shared in the office for all ladies. ;p

And today at the carpark while walkin' into the resort premise, I bumped into Mediacorp artiste Huang Shi Nan and his friend maybe. I said Hello to him and he greeted me too. Hehehe.

Tomorrow I've got another training... Initially I was wonderin' why only the few of us are selected for this training but now come to think of it, I should be happy I'm given the chance to enrich ma'self. I will be happier if we're treated to good food during the training. Yippiee!

Please.

Not as handsome as Korean F4 then just SHUT THE FUCK UP.

For the second time

Today I went to the hair salon for a hair cut. Ma hairdresser shifted from the Korean hair salon at Pacific Plaza to Orchard Central, and so I followed too, coz I have absolute faith in his skills... hehee. I recommended to Sharon who was so so worried about not lookin' nice with short hair. Apparently he cut Sharon's hair until damn damn nice! Even Sharon kept singin' his praises. Hahaha luckily I don't need a bashing from Sharon already ;X

Woohooo I don't need to bun up ma hair for work anymore!!!! Happy daoooo!!

Shall surprise everyone with ma new hairdo tomorrow... ;p

Inside the salon

One month

Today marks one month from the date I joined this big, big family. Everyone has been kind to me and I'm now exceptionally close to some colleagues - meals together, tea breaks together, sit together, walk together, go everywhere together, do everything together. Lol. I like this kinda closeness, feels very warm. ^^

Today a name list is out for interview dates with the regulatory authority. Everyone else in ma batch has gotten their interview date. Where is mine??? So worrying... ;((

And I still have not freakin' received any email from the Reservations side with regard to ma hotel bookings. Everyone else has gotten a room but not me..... shucks!!! I wanna stay at Hard Rock Hotel and Festive Hotel next weekend!!!! Or at least this comin' Wednesday night...

After much consideration, I've decided to say Goodbye to ma long hair.... together with me are a few other female colleagues. Hahaha we just can't stand bunnin' up our hair. And I SUPER exceptionally hate. SUPER not nice lor.... makes ma face even bigger and rounder... yuckss!!! Gonna cut it this Sunday already.... long hair, I will miss you!!

Lookin' forward to next week for we will not be at our current location anymore.... but I must say that the shift timings seem idiotic.... ;((

아자 아자, 화이팅!! (Aja aja, fighting!!)

Roadshow on NYE

Roadshow on New Year's Eve last year... quite cool huh. It's ma first roadshow on a NYE in the entire 23 years of ma life. When I reached Keppel Club then I learned it was a countdown party for the club members if I'm not wrong. Had to promote to these rich people our Integrated Resort and invite them over on our opening day. Was teamed up with the 2 funny guys, Dave and Kent... at least ma evening wasn't so boring. :))

Our booth


Brochures


Kent and Dave




Party hats given by the Club people




3 magicians from RWS

Kent was the most pro-active among the 3 of us. Lol... maybe uncle can communicate better with those Club members ;X

The roadshow ended at 8.15pm and we packed up. The sales dept lady drove us out to Vivocity there and then Kent and I proceeded to Chinatown for dinner with our other colleagues.

Ken Lim and Kent Wong



We had frog's leg for dinner together with fish, vegetables and porridge/rice.



Frogs waitin' to be cooked.

Went home after that to get some rest for next day's trip to Kuala Lumpur.

Will update real soon about it. ^^