Just a couple of unusual things that happened between yesterday and today.
First off, me and kh strangely and coincidently missed TWO last buses subsequently because we stayed back to help out at the store due to the unusual busyness yesterday night.
So, we ended up loitering around in orchard road at around 1am in the morning.
We spotted a few tiny snails while walking between the two intervals of the bus-stops and kh carefully use his leg and shifted them out of the middle of the road so that they wont get squashed.
But we thought that they didnt worth our attention, hence, we continue walking in the direction of lucky plaza.
However, just a few mins after we left those tiny snails.
We spotted one giant snail!!
It was really humongous that kh suggested that it might be already a grandpa snail already.
Anyway,we were SOOO amused by it that we spent the next 20mins observing and taking pictures of it.
So, at around 1am in the morning, 2 of us were in town, observing the grandpa snail.
The grandpa snail.
Saw it? we were SUPER facinated when we realise that there is actually a baby snail on the grandpa snail!
Hahaha!
So, after some moment of observing, kh's father came and picked us up to send us home.
hahaha.
So, this morning,I arrived at work feeling super sleepy.
But miraclously, i didnt spilled anything!
Instead, i broke a plate.
Did a coffee testing with jessie and bear in the afternoon.
Was presurrised by the fact that jessie was the District manager,and bear is my store manager.
What concerns me was me, being a amateur and still new to world coffee,have to do a presentation of the coffee to two coffee masters.
Did caffe verona, and i was praised!
Hahaha,
Was doing my stuff here and there when this group of girls came in.
They were wearing this red cross-St john like alike uniform.
So, I started creating a conversation with them asking whether are there from Red cross or something.
They burst into laughter and explained to me that there are actually from river valley sec.
Not knowing where and what the heck is it, i started to ask them again whether are they from river valley sec's st john or red cross.
They then told me that, that was actually their uniform.
Leaving me feeling a bit of embarassment.
And at the same time, wondering who the hell designed their uniform.
So damn ugly lo.
No offence to red cross members thou.
So once again, i was at the bar doing my drinks whether this girl came and asked for a ice water.
She was half giggling half acting shy when i passed the mug to her.
Few minutes later, another girl, whose is apparently a friend of her gang and looks like a chao ah lian came. and we started this very funny conversation.
Me: Hi, can i help?
(was actually preparing to reach my hand for a mug because i assumed that she wanted a cup of ice water.)
CALL:Hi, can i have your NETWORK.
(I was like, huh? my network? as in my singtel account for wireless access?)
Me: Huh? You want my NETWORK? or the starbucks network?
(Aware that she made a mistake, she quickly replied)
CALL: nono, i mean, NUMBER.
(So, still not understanding what is she trying to say, i replied)
Me:Number? you mean, our starbucks number ah?
(Then she giggled and said)
CALL: I MEAN, can i have your number.
(It took me quite a few mins to understand what is she trying to say lah.)
Me: You mean, you want my number ah?MY NUMBER?
(Then all my partners started crowding around)
CALL: ya. your number.
(Apparently, i didnt know my number, and wasnt sure what was actually going on)
Me:Oh. you wait ah, i finish this drink 1st.
(All my partners were laughing lo! whereas i was blushing lah.)
In the midst of all this, her friends were taking photos lo. Wth.
So i ignored her, and she waited there for a few mins.
I went to the backroom and back to the floor only to find out that she went back to her seat.
I obviously didnt approach her lah.
In case your are wondering what does CALL stands for, it basically means Chao Ah Lian Look.
Mima was like cursing me that if i dont give, i will stay single till the age of 30=.=
Then everyone was laughing like hell.
But you know, this is a once in a life time experience.
Hahaha, i have my charms too.
LOL.
And i think that the network part is funny.
Few hours later, this regular customer named xuan walked in with his hair red.
SO i was wondering, wth, i thought he's from CJC, so i asked him,
" your promos over ah? so fast dye red hair"
Thats when i found out that he quitted school and had transferred to SP.
I was still quite amused by how fast the hair colour changed lah.
And was being reconfirmed that studying in JC is hard.
To sum up this post.
I Am officially a barista of starbucks!!
Ha, bear did a official confirmation with me just now.
And i found out that she has been hearing positive comments about me from all the partners and managers.
Ha.
I love working at starbucks!=)
Oh ya, the men's health and nui you magazine this month that was just displayed this morning went missing again.
Cheapskate
Boon
It started off easy when you first make an introduction to someone whom you have just met.
It gets harder when you try to know them more.
It gets tedious to try and guess what the person is all about, so that you will get closer to them
Sometimes, you get it all right, other times, all wrong.
And when you finally understand that tiny bit about that person, you find that you will have to know them more.
Its so hard to maintain the bondings and friendship.
The ridiculous thing about friendship is, it takes much effort to build it up,
But it only takes one little mistake to blow it up.
In any relationship, there is never enough
There will always be room for more improvement.
And there's always something interesting about that person for you to get to know about everyday.
I have managed to do it, yet i have managed to do it not.
Human beings are just let endless pits, waiting for us to explore.
But thats what makes life interesting.
One drive that drives my life are my friends and cousins.
Thank you.
Love you guys.
But as much as i love your, i am often confused.
Confused by whats happening.
The chemistry thing.
And the weird feeling thing.
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Anyway, we had our store meetings today and bear treated us to a dinner at some...
Very nice place.
This is mima!
A very caring manager of mine.
But she can get really fierce
And always taking care of me, and helpful
This is liyana.
She is from the same school as me you know.
IT sch some more.
One of the best partners that i love to work with.
Always taking care of me.
That's me and AISHAH .
Haha, like liyana, one of the best partners that i love to work with.
She is like, so sociable and helpful.
Enjoyed my shifts with her.
HAha, me, aishah, kh and max.
Am very comfortable when i am with them,
Nice bunch of SB-CH partners!!!
ANd and and, max is very considerate and friendly.
Always helping me out when i need them.
THanks!
Last but not least.
BEAR!!!
MY favourite store manager of all time.
HAhaha, SHe's friendly, helpful and motivating.
A very good leader, and has a very cool watch with a calculator.
Hahahhahhaha, and she's very funny too!!
Of course there are other favourite partners of mine whom i haven took a photo with.
Met up with xs,zl and cl after the store meeting.
We basically met, to go home together.
Duh.
Sometimes, if not, all the time, things may not be as easy as it may seems, and vice-versally, things may also not be as tedious as you may think it is.
I used to dread working.
Refusing to find a job and procrastinate my way through the holidays.
Because i didnt see a need for me to work,
And most importantly, I feel that it's a waste of energy and is tedious.
I would rather slack at home and sleep for 12 hours per day.
Else, meet up with friends to slack.
But ever since i started working, all these negative mindset changed.
And thats when i realised that working, might not be that tedious afterall.
Although there are really times that i get scolded for doing something wrong.
Especially, when I am in a service line.
But ironically, they are the part and parcels of the working environment that makes it really interesting.
It's tired nonetheless, and many times, i feel so discouraged.
Money aside, but frankly,all the scoldings and discouragement shapes me to become a better person.
Each failure is just another learning experience,and a stepping stone closer to perfection.
Working has also made me realise that life will never always beds of roses.
You know, having people gossiping behind your back and judging your abilty to do work isnt appealing to me.
And meeting some demanding customer that thinks that they are always right.
Leaving us with no alternative but to give in.
All this clashes with what i believe in, and my principals.
But placing my beliefs and principal next to the customer is always right policy, its just like comparing the size of an ant, and me.
WHy? because customer pays us to do the service.
And yes, the world revolves around money.
Enough said about "i used dread working" thing
I used to think that I am good at, what i am good at.
Sometimes, i cant help but to wonder why many things happened.
I used to think that, friendship blossoms when i show my care and concern.
But failed to realise that care and concern is just one of the many pillars supporting friendship.
I used to think that if i have constant communication with a friend,
We will more or less understand each other more.
But i failed to understand that the more two person communicate, the higher the chances of the two person facing conflicts.
And and and, i used to think that we are always in full control over human relationship.
But in fact, chemistry plays a big part.
Lastly, I always thought that smiling at others will earn me one big smile back.
But i didnt know that smiling, has different forms too.
Being kind to others, dont always result in they being kind back to you.
They might, smile at you, and laugh at you behind your back, for your stupidity.
Friendship aint as simple as it always seems to me.
Some uses underhand methods to bring you down infront of other friends.
Keeping you in the dark, leaving no clues for you to even resist, nor start standing up again.
But i am still glad, to have some genuine and real friends around me.
They are no longer just good friends to me.
But they are my true friends.
On a lighter note, i was talking to this TJC girl this afternoon.
And suddenly, my mind went blank.
Heatbeat tips a beat faster.
Awww...
So here i am.
Back to basics, and back to where I've started.
No longer see the need to build up anything, since it will all tumble down when time goes by.
Maybe, i am over-rating myself.
But yet, it could be also because this is the way it is.
Lets just live by the day.
I am feeling all frustrated, angry,disappointed, depressed yet confused with life, families,friends and most importantly, myself.
They just pile up with nothing done to surpress them.
Maybe, it's just part of growing up.
Now, I have myself to company.
For i know, the only one that's true to me, is myself.
And only I, am capable of pulling me out.
For everyone has a different side.
They don't worth my trust, and vice-versa.
The biggest mistake that i ever did, was to put others before me.
Result's out!
The happy thing is...
I managed to PASS ALL the subject, despite my down utterly slacking during the 2nd term.
But the sad thing is...
I didnt do really well.
Or should I say, i did badly.
But heck, i've learnt from my mistake.
For now, i can spend the rest of my vaccasion happily, without having to go back to school to take any sub paper.
Buahahahahaha~
Just some random thoughts.
I think that common sense are accumulated from experience.
They say, we learn from experience right?
And many common sense that are known to us are actually things that we have learned sub-conciously through experience.
Hence, we shouldn't judge one person by how stupid or clever they are by how common their common sense actually is.
To make it fair for them, they are just lacking of experience to allow them to learn.
But of course there are still stupid people lah.
And it's sub-catagorized into IQs and EQs.
Like there are thosee kind of people that, you tell them 1000000 times that "it's wrong to do that", yet they still continue doing it thinking that it's correct.
That's a pinch of stubborness and one handful of stupidity.
Refusal to change, not looking at the big picture, and some haywired fuses in their mind that disable them to distinguish what's right and what's wrong.
That's what i think lah, and many may not agree to it.
Speaking of which, I think that we should practise on what we preached.
And I will do some little small reflection, again.
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Some random acts.
I search for "wikipedia" under the wikipedia website to ease my boredom.
To my surprise, there are so much to read that I instantly close the window after it successfully loaded.
And i realise, i am becoming more and more anti-social lately.
Maybe i have done more then enough communicating at work with people that i am tired of communicating.
Or maybe, i am just pretty disappointed and pissed at the same time.
Speaking of work, it has been pretty Fun.
And i kinda enjoy it.
Especially when customer actually smiled along with me.
And most importantly, when pay day comes.
So shiok.
And i am kinda of anticipating the arrival of Mr Chiu Kian Hao as he will be starting his training this coming friday. So as to ease my constant fear of communication barrier between me and my fellow malay partners.
Well, of course they are nice, but, that's just my fear lah.
And i came to realise that i am no longer expecting anything any more.
You know, changes varies.
I wont be surprise by how fast human relationship changes overtime.
No matter how hard you try to deny it, it will still get you eventually.
And even almighty KWS will still face such changes.
Although I acted like we are as close as ever, but in real fact, i felt so distant.
Which therefore, I will be even not so surprise to find friends whom i was close with before, missing.
I know that I am narrow-minded toward such things, but what can i do to change?
Contradict and consistantly brainwashing myself to make me feel better.
Not likely the best solution yea?
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On a lighter note, i have change my no, again.
But this time, it's for long term,(well at least 21 month)
93397298.
And i finally changed my phone.
phew.. after like 10 million years.
And surprisingly, i am not feeling much joy after i got my hands on the phone as compared to when i first want it.
But, that's just humans lah.
You lose interest in one thing once you finally get hold of that thing.
On a even lighter note,
I will try to update as often as i can, and of course.
Change this bloody ugly blogskin of mine.
Bye
