Rachel and the Minister

Morale has been low at work recently, busy, understaffed and discontent amongst the young ones. Its getting tougher day by day, driving myself to the edge of my sanity, as I risk losing the reason(s) why I'm staying, perhaps looking back at everything, maybe I was the one who made things the way they are currently, perhaps I'm the one to blame :(

Anyway, Minister Lee Yi Shyan visited my establishment for light refreshments this morning. Their meals prepared by my chef.

There were reporters everywhere, but one stood out. Ms Rachel Kelly from Channel News Asia, she's super gorgeous and while she was rehearsing her lines, she asked a favor, to be her "calafare" LOL .. So I was to just act out that I'm passing her a bill and thanking her and she'll take it from there, speaking about something to do with CCI for the mall. Pretty awesome girl, got the take after just 2 tries. Perfect sexy English.

Now I see why Agnes likes Ang Mos so much. lol.

Anyway, got to take a photo for keepsake taken by the lovely Thana. By the way, her cameraman was super funny, this indian guy. It was awesome to have shit like this to brighten the dull dull Monday.

Till then, I'll be leaving you with a super nice old song of the moment.

陳曉東 - 流星‧森林‧雨

Disheartening

Its been a tough few days, and its not much easier to please forty odd staff you have. Well, sometimes things are beyond one's means and control. Just when things couldn't get any worse.

Forgot about what you thought you were and just accept who you are.

Hope I'm able to.

Song of the moment - When I look to the sky by Train

Complains from an asshat

I'm going to share something with my beloved readers. I personally think that it is one of the funniest shit ever. It might be frowned upon if my superiors ever read this but still, lets be bold and do it.

Below is a complaint letter from a guest to the establishment I work at. Word for word but i censored out the place in question.

"I was at ____________ on friday 15 apr 2011 around 815-900pm. I was with 3 other friends having our dinner. I ordered an icecream milkshake and the bread with tomato (forgotten the name of that dish). My other 2 friends ordered Salad buffet and the last of my friend ordered a fish and chips it came with a free buffet salad. After eating for awhile my friend felt that he couldnt eat fish and chips as he was full already so i helped him some of the fish and chips. Awhile later a waitress approached us and told us we werent suppose to share the meal. I explained to her that i was just eating the fish and chips and i under no circumstance touch the salad at all. She acknowledge and replied ok and when to tell another staff something. Therefore we expected her to accept our explaination or at least tell us however she never came back. After eating finish we called for bill. Much to our suprise we were charged for 4 salad , 1 fish and chips , 1 milkshake and 1 bread with tomato. We told the staff that it was a mistake and she took pretty long to think so i suggested that she call her manager as she said she couldnt do anything. The manager came and heard our explaination and edited the receipt. Another staff came and pass us the receipt. My friends and I felt that the manager since he was called down should at least came back to acknowledge however it wasnt the case.
I felt that the staff at that outlet mainly those i had interaction with had very poor attitude. If the staff who approached us first couldnt make the call about it she should call her manager straight and not set the bill at 4 salad buffet. The second staff who pass us the bill was tilting the bill at a weird angle and was taken aback when we ask to confirm the bill. Did she know that there was something wrong or she just had a weird way to show the bill to us. Finally I was disappointed that the manager attitude after listening was like "oh ok" and when on doing his rounds i felt it reflected very poorly on the staff of that outlet.

I hope you can explain what happened that day as it was quite weird as I was with other friends as well. Thanks"

After reading this feedback, I started to think. wtf is that ? It is fucking hilarious. So below will be the exact same thing, but with my comments bold and brackets. Hopefully you see what I mean..

"I was at ____________ (Well, for one thing, this idiot spelled the name of the establishment I work in wrongly. Can't even get the name of the god damn place right ?) on friday 15 apr 2011 around 815-900pm. I was with 3 other friends having our dinner. I ordered an icecream milkshake and the bread with tomato (forgotten the name of that dish) (Seriously ? Bread with Tomato ? Its called freaking Bruschetta, Don't even know what dish you ordered ?) . My other 2 friends ordered Salad buffet and the last of my friend (Can see why you only have 3 friends left .. literally the "last" of your friend) ordered afish (afish ? ohhh . A [space] fish) and chips it came with a free buffet salad. After eating for awhile my friend felt that he couldnt eat fish and chips as he was full already so i helped him some of the fish and chips. (helped him some of the fish and chips ? which means ??) Awhile later a waitress approached us and told us we werent suppose to share the meal. (Sure the waitress said that ? Share the MEAL ? Basically the restaurant will not give a shit to how many people you share your meal with, you could buy a fish and chips, chop it up to 500 pieces and feed 500 starving kids in Africa and the restaurant won't give a shit unless you do no pay for it) I explained to her that i was just eating the fish and chips and i under no circumstance touch the salad at all. (Oh, so you meant the salad bar that comes with the meal, now I get it..) She acknowledge and replied ok and when (When? what time? oh.... WENT ... ) to tell another staff something. (What ? her panties is wedged up her ass crack ? Sensitive asshat) Therefore we expected her to accept our explaination or at least tell us however she never came back. (You already said she ACKNOWLEDGE already, what more do you want ? The waitress to give you a hug and a kiss ?) After eating finish we called for bill. Much to our suprise we were charged for 4 salad , 1 fish and chips , 1 milkshake and 1 bread with tomato (BRUSCHETTA ! God Damn It !). We told the staff that it was a mistake and she took pretty long to think so i suggested that she call her manager as she said she couldnt do anything. The manager came and heard our explaination and edited the receipt. Another staff came and pass us the receipt. My friends and I felt that the manager since he was called down should at least came back to acknowledge however it wasnt the case.
I felt that the staff at that outlet mainly those i had interaction with had very poor attitude. (Serving cheap guests would naturally make the server's attitude skewered) If the staff who approached us first couldnt make the call about it she should call her manager straight and not set the bill at 4 salad buffet. The second staff who pass us the bill was tilting the bill at a weird angle (THIS IS THE FUCKING PART THAT CRACKED ME UP. TILT THE BILL AT A WEIRD ANGLE ? HAHAHAHAHA FUCKING HILARIOUS ! So this is a wake up call for all customer service representative in Singapore. Each and everyone must bring along with them a compass and a ruler, while presenting the bill, DO TAKE NOTE OF THE CORRECT ANGEL TO SHOW GUEST THE BILL, a recommendation would be 45 Degrees from the table to the face. With precise length of 10cm off the table for optimal view of the bill.) and was taken aback when we ask to confirm the bill. ("Sir, please remain calm. Do not be taken back by what I'm going to ask you to do. Remember Sir, remember to remain calm and don't go into epileptic shock now.. Sir .. Please check and confirm your bill.." HAHAHAHA seriously funny, my assistant managers laughed like mad. You've gotta be there when I said this to them to feel its absurdness) Did she know that there was something wrong or she just had a weird way to show the bill to us. (I believe maybe the government should set a STANDARD and pass a law on the CORRECT way of showing a bill to a guest) Finally I was disappointed that the manager attitude after listening was like "oh ok" (Empathy is shown on the faces of your server if you were nice to them. Remember, treat others the way you want to be treated. And by the way, what did you expect ? The manager to get all the waitresses to stand in a line an bow in deepest apology for charging a buffet salad that you DID consumer knowingly that you had no entitlement to and that you refused to admit and take the recommendation of just topping up the difference so you could enjoy the Salad Buffet as well? ) and when on doing his rounds i felt it reflected very poorly on the staff of that outlet.

I hope you can explain what happened that day as it was quite weird as I was with other friends as well. (So it'll be all okay with you were with your parents instead of your friends ?) Thanks"

So thats it. I found out about the entire situation from my colleagues as I wasn't in that day. I can only say - if you can't afford to eat out, stay at home. There is an international rule EVERYWHERE in the bloody world that Buffets are not meant for sharing and transferring. If you get caught sharing/transferring, usually, the restaurant will exercise their flexibility and not charge you the first time round. Yes, the servers will talk amongst themselves, but shame on your to share when you're not entitled to the buffet. Live with it. Do not attempt to try it again as most servers will have their eyes on your table. Salvage some pride and ask the restaurant to charge you, it'll show that you can afford it and you can enjoy the buffet like a free man. Eating the crap out of yourself without giving a shit what others say, simply coz you PAID.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not that mean to laugh at someone else's command of the English Language, I do not write perfect English, I try to speak proper English, but please dear god, If you intend to write a complain to a company at least get someone to vet through your bloody letter before sending it out.

Asshat -___-"

Song of the moment - Beautiful Girl by INXS

Eau De Toilette

In short, its a watered down version of Eau De Parfume.

This is a super bo liao post as I'll be simply counting the number and brands of cologne I own.

No doubt about it, I'm probably the one amongst all my straight guy friends with the most number and different kinds of fragrances/cologne.

Time to count !

1) Calvin Klein Eternity (Summer edition)

2) DKNY Be Delicious (Green) (Men)

3) DKNY Be Delicious (Red) (Women)

4) MontBlanc Individual

5) Tommy Hilfiger - Hilfiger

6) Narciso Rodriguez

7) Escada Sentiment for men

8) Bvlgari Aqva Pour Homme

9) Bvlgari Pour Homme

10) Kenneth Cole Black

11) Kate Moss - Kate

12) Calvin Klein Truth

13) Kenzo Air

14) Polo Double Black

15) Bvlgari Pour Homme Extreme

16) Calvin Klien In 2 U for men

17) Marc Jacobs - Marc Jacobs (for women)

18) Clinique Happy Heart

19) Esprit Horizon

20) Kate Moss - Vintage

Deodorants

21) SG Men Fantasia

22) Amby London

23) Adidas Deo Body Spray

I own at least 2 bottles for some of the above cologne as it is so awesome 1 is not enough.

Some of the fragrances mentioned above are for women, but the scent still works great on guys. Nothing too feminine like Ralph Laurent Romance or Chanel No.5

I'm smelling great :D AWESOME !

Song of the moment - Wandering by Ben Folds

Education Medication

Long week has ended. I free labour "committed" for 10 over hours this week. Next week is worse. 11 hours of free labour "commitment". Life is back to boring-ness. Work, sleep, work, sleep, work, sleep.

To make things worse, my girls are all going to poly, leaving me with my full timers. Don't get me wrong, I love my full timers, I think they're great, but without the energy and spontneity of my part timers, my full timers lack motivation. Maybe I'm just not a good enough source of motivation. Great workers need a greater leader to bring out the best in them, don't they?

Anyway, had some pretty awesome soup with boss at Soup spoon for "dinner" just now, after which I talked to Michelle for like quite long, to which she left ear in right ear out. But technically, I was sitting on her right, so its right ear in, left ear out. Since she doesn't remember, I shall blog in down in words so that she'll be able to refer it here. So here's a shoutout to Michelle ! Hello Aeroplane queen !

1) Choose wisely which course to take in Poly, the mistake I made was that I chose a course which I assumed I liked without really asking myself - "Is this what I want?"

2) Never settle for second best, same goes to life & relationships. Why "cheapen" yourself and settle for something you can have easily but not what you really want ?

3) Don't study a course just because you are not accepted in other courses. Appeal, take some time to reconsider your options.

4) Private education is not cheap, but seriously, nothing is free in this world.

5) Work hard for what you want, not compromising enjoying student life while you're at it.

6) Money doesn't fall from the sky, nothing beats spending your own hard earned money. Cheap thrills.

7) When you decide, stick to your decisions and live with it. Life's simple, you make decisions and you don't look back.

8) Nothing is garuanteed in this world, but sometimes, as corny as this sounds, you gotta look far ahead and see yourself in 10 years, will this move help you further your career in the future?

9) Decided what you want liao and update me.

10) Come back to work ASAP ! Be happy :D

Anyway, thats all that I can advice my dear Michelle, it seems that she herself doesn't even know what she wants. Thats worrying, but common. Not to worry, things will work out. If it doesn't, there's always a back up plan.

Its damn late, I think I gotta go sleep. Since I've been posting lengthy words and no pictures, I shall post a picture for this post like Michelle's latest post too !

LoL ! Amanda very cute :D

Song of the moment - What are words by Chris Medina

Universal Studio Singapore did not happen

Half of April has passed. Another half more to go.

Initially I was suppose to make my first trip to USS on wednesday, in the end, all of them slept in late, my champion Michelle slept till 1230pm -___-"

So while waiting for Aeroplane queen to come, Jialin, Sakilah and I watched Morning Glory, the god damn movie I've wanted to watch since forever. It was pretty good. Rachel McAdams is like bloody hot.

After the movie, Aeroplane queen finally came and we left for ion to eat. We went Swensens as Agnes was there to give training. After the meal, we roamed around ion and I ended up buying a jacket from Muji.. Sigh .. more money spent ..

We waited for Agnes to finish her training before going for KTV. KTV till 10pm, I went over to pork's place with supper and smokes till 1130pm before heading home. Pretty tiring but fulfiling day.

Come today, had meeting at Thomson Plaza and after which went for Pizza hut dinner with 5 bosses. Did you know that 6 people can eat $160++ worth of pizza hut ?!?!?!

Anyway, my aeroplane queen blogs almost every other day. I think I should try to blog more too. lol.

Till then..

Song of the moment - Pudar by Rossa

Reasons to quit your job

Saw this on Yahoo a couple of weeks back. Xinying also mentioned about this, so let me take this quiz to see how much I'd fare.

1) You Aren't Learning Anything New

Yes, you want to know how to do most of your job. But there are also things you want to be learning; otherwise you are not growing professionally. If you have stopped learning at work, it's time to find a job where you will learn new skills and grow professionally.

- Still learning everyday. New shit, new things to solve, new things to worry.

2)You Never Have a Day When You Wake Up Excited To Go To Work

If you wake up every morning Monday through Friday and never feel excited to go to work, that is a problem. It means you aren't enjoying your job and it is diminishing your quality of life. If you wake up every day and dread going to work, it's time to consider quitting your job.

- Pretty true.. This was what happened at my previous job, thats why I'm at my current job now, but Its getting bad.. I'm starting to wake up just to go back to office to clear shit.

3)You Spend More Time Surfing the Web Than Doing Your Job

When you are at work, you are supposed to be productive. Otherwise, it's a waste of your time and the company's money. If you are bored and surfing the web most of your work day, you may want to think about looking into job options where you'll get more stimulation and responsibilities.

-I use to do work at home, now I just surf the net and relax at my own time.

4)You Don't Like Most of Your Coworkers

There are always one or two coworkers in the office that most people can't stand. But if you don't like most of your coworkers, chances are your days aren't very enjoyable because you have to work with them day in and day out. If you can't stand most of your coworkers, it's time to think about finding a company whose employees you mesh with better.

-This is probably the only section that keeps me alive in my job.For most part, I ADORE my co-workers, I believe I have the best team with me. My managers, my girls and boys. Awesome !

5)You Aren't Making Enough Money to Pay Your Bills

If you are working your butt off and not getting paid enough to pay your bills, you might be overqualified and underpaid for your position. Go find a job that pays what you deserve.

- Ricebowl forever too small..

6)You Spend Time Looking For Other Jobs

If you are spending time looking for other jobs while you are on the clock, it's obvious you want to leave your job. So keep looking for new jobs and as soon as you find a good one, take it and run.

-I guess I'm too tired to look for jobs when I'm home, probably just procrastinating because I'm at my comfort zone again -_-"

7)You Haven't Gotten a Raise in the Last Two Years

If you work hard and benefit the company you work for, you deserve to be rewarded for that. If your boss hasn't given you a raise in the last two years, ask for one. If he or she says no, get out now.

- Technically I got my confirmation raise last year. nothing this year yet.

8)Your Boss Sucks

Sometimes bosses suck.But if your boss sucks all the time and takes advantage of your time, it's time to find a new job.

- Not true, my boss treats me pretty well and preaches teaches quite alot. But sometimes it feels that the place is run by him and not me :(

9)The Company Isn't Doing Well

This sign varies from company to company. You must keep in mind that we are in a recession and if sales are down but the company isn't in jeopardy, this sign may not apply to you. However, if business is down to the point where it looks like the company is going to go under, start looking for a new job NOW!

- Company doing very well, but bonus still so little. Bosses want high profit margin, but at the expense of staff wages ?

10) You are Stressed All the Time

You are supposed to enjoy life, not be stressed out all the time. If you spend most of your days stressed about everything that going on at work, you are not at the right job.

- Most of the time, shit happens one wave at the time. This is inevitable

I scored like 5 out of 10. Which is actually at the passing mark. Is this a sign telling me that I'm nearing the end of my carrer in this company? Perhaps I'm too jaded to think and to move on with my inconducive life.

You think ?

Song of the moment - A Song for Lady by H.O.T

Hard decisions

What draws the line between respect and insubordination? I know that I cannot accept disrespectful people but the thing is, do we give others a chance to explain their actions before handing out the verdict? Were there circumstances or factors that pushed them to their behaviour?


I feel for people who are lower in "rank" coz I was one of them before. I understand how they feel especially when they have to leave "home" to look for greener pastures. But does it give them the right to be disrespectful?


I hold a relatively "prominent" rank at work. My decisions will affect the company one way or another. My decisions also decides my future and impression of "work" me. Most importantly, my decision affects others as well. The responsibility is huge, and not that I'm not up for it.. I do embrace the pressure and responsibility, but at times, I do think that its really not an easy decision to make when you are mad or angry for some reason. The mistake I've made, be it with relationships or work when I was younger, is that I make decisions based on my thoughts and feelings at the point of time when I wasn't at my mental best. Does it spell fairness? Not at all. As I grew up, I decided to control my emotions and think with a clear head before making major decisions that might fuck up someone elses life.


I guess I'm making this decision based on the bigger picture and to protect a greater cause. I'm not sure if this is the right decision to make and I know very well that in order to be a "respected" leader, you have to be firm and cold-heartedly stand by your decision, no wavering, no hesitating. I'm not saying I'm not able to make life changing decisions. But it is truly hard when someone elses life is at stake.


I don't feel good, not because I'm questioning myself if I've made the right decision. I'm sure I made the right one. But perhaps deep down inside, that vulnerable sympathetic part of me just feels sorry for the decision.


It's been a pretty shitty day for me.


Song of the moment - Home by Kit Chan

happy (:

The thing is, I think I do has feelings for her.
She makes me happy (:
I has to sleep.
Song of the moment - Going Crazy by Natalie Alvarado