Saturday, December 31, 2005
{ 5:55 PM }
to hell and back.
heh. alrighty.. how should i start this.
ok lar.. was working at popular kovan for three days.. after which i quit. -_-"
ha. i know by saying this.. bad impressions are starting to form in all your mind right now. but wait.. before anyone of you come to a conclusion.. hear me out first. keke.
oh well. i interviewed for the job with na at hougang mall one fine day. den the manager told us that there is only one vacancy available. and since na stays near there.. he decides to give her the job. as for me.... he tried calling seng kang and kovan (popular) and got me the job at kovan. and so.. i happily went to work on 27th... though i keep experiencing butterflies in my tummy. ha. my first official job. was filled with so much excitement.
and so.. there i was in the shop. my duty was mainly to pack the books on the shelf and table.. keep them tidy and serve customers.. help them in whatever i need. but because it was my first day and i step into kovan popular only once before.. i dun really know where all the things are. hmpff. and so whenever customers ask where a particular book is.. i had to ask my supervisor or the other guy who was working with me. but after one whole afternoon.. think they was kinda sick of me asking them. haha. that was the way i felt lar. but really you cant blame me.. not that i wanna push the blame.. budden the way they arranged the books and all are so not convenient for the customers.. and of course, for me. haiyos. and because the manager was there.. it added to all the stress that i was alr feeling. it din help when i felt her eyes following me wherever i walk. and so i had to act busy. even though the books are alr nicely placed on the shelves.. i had to act busy and all. and by dinner time.. i was alr so turned off by the idea of working there. and as dramatic as it seemed.. i felt dizzy and breathless and felt like vomitting at around 8 pm (work starts at 10 am). and so i had to struggle till 10.30 pm. mind the long hours. and the pay is like... 5 bucks per hour. haha.. as to why i took up the job in the first place.. i was really desperate you see. lolx. and what's worse is that the pple there seemed unwilling to talk to me.. except my supervisor.. who ha no choice i guess. haha. besides all this.. i had to carry those super duper heavy books from here and there. haix. somebody who is as no strength as me how to carry?! ha. at the end of the day.. still need to sweep and mop the floor. which i dunno how. ok fine.. i admit that i can only blame myself for this. ha. and when i reach home.. my bones felt like they were breaking. especially my back. really bad. and the legs. ache like dunno what. felt so much like crying. cos i really pitied myself. haha.
the second day was
lagi worse. kaos. partly because i was alr dreading to go to work. den the supervisor started to have higher expectations. understandable i know. but there are still so many things i haven learn. and then they are all too busy to really teach me. so what can i say. the things that the customers ask for are so out of the blue. hate it when they ask for specific assessment books. i just cant figure out where they are placed. it's ALL OVER THE PLACE for god's sake. haiyos. but then.. by lunch time of the second day more or less i know where most of the books are alr. so smart eh. haha. was so proud of myself when i finished looking for all the books in one of the customer's booklist. lolx. second day had to carry even more stuff. my back really cannot take it. haha.. old alr. keke. den at the end of the day i told the supervisor i want to quit liaos. by the second day i felt that ive worked there for 10 days liao. the hours are so damn bloody long. haha.
lazy to talk about the third day liao. the most most pathetic thing is.. haix. really pitiful alright. during lunch and dinner.. cos nobody eat with me and i had no appetite.. i buy finger food and den i sit at the bus stop and eat leh. so ke lian right. can actually go back and eat in the office de. but then go in also nobody care me. wah laos... it seems as if im not there lor. that kind of feeling is just so.... haix. now think of it i still feel that im very ke lian.
but i quit le. yeah. so happy. i hope i get the pay for the three days of work. bloody hell if they dun give me the money.
eugena also thinking of quitting. -_-" from what i heard from her.. it's not as bad there. just that she doesn't want to work during hols and weekends. other then that.. nothing much that she complains lar.. except the her back aches and the legs. ha. and that auntie who keep making her carry things. haha. but really.. i think she shouldnt quit cos things are ok for her.
haha.. today's her off day so decided to go compass point to stone and i wanted to buy the bottom from giordano. asked wei lin along too. btw... the bottom i bought was really nice i think.. i really like it very much. haha. wanted to stone and talk at starbucks de.. but the place was filled so sat at the cafe in the library the whole afternoon. relax relax. :) den we talk talk talk.. but our topic was revolving around work. haha.
den evening wei lin got to go for her percussion.. den na and me stay there for a little longer after which we decided to shop a little. we ended up shopping for another 2.5 hours. compass point leh.. shop 2.5 hours?! haha. so in total we spent 5.5 hours in compass point. lolx.
i hope she's alr asleep by now. lolx. she did sth really brave just now.. and i applaud her courage. really. ha. i can only say... jia you bah. heh.
kk. it's really a long entry. haha. not very interesting though. lazy to put down some of the things. so many things happened during work. unpleasant things. dunno what to say. ha. i hope i get another job soon.
cny coming. time to get new clothes. happy happy. yeahhhh!
nearly forget..
happy birthday emi!
