Tuesday, July 25, 2006
been feeling antsy all week and its getting worse. the smallest thing just gets on my nerves and makes me wanna scream murder. kinda lost my cool today in school and im feeling apologetic for being so snappy, but seriously, it was starting to get on my nerves. and i hate it how i wanted to say what i really felt but decided not to just because it really had nothing to do with me. as in, im in no position to pinpoint people's faults cos they are the ones presenting, im just sitting there frowning at their various attitudes. thats just me isnt it? kicking up a big fuss out of nothing. just like how you, you, you and you dont see why im whining when i have more important things to do like study for my music quiz on wednesday or do my essay outline due friday or start borrowing notes to copy for lessons ive been missing or begin intensive studying for exams in 2 weeks.
i still love all you babes in school but please put up with me. it would really mean a lot.
00:05
Monday, July 24, 2006
ugh. i hate deadlines.
03:29
Thursday, July 20, 2006
one would have thought that after writing essay after essay for the past three years, i would have spent a much shorter time to churn out my essay on "the causes and effects of a graying population in singapore".
but no!
i just spent the better part of the morning doing it because i cant seem to remember my geography (sorry mr low!)and its due in the afternoon. now im gonna miss half of my maths lecture because of it. great.
10:07
Monday, July 03, 2006
the third place.after a month of not working (okay fine, technically only four days since im only allowed to work once a week) i thought i could get used to life not working and maybe quit like what my dad wanted me to do since school started.
but after working opening on thurs and sat, im grateful that i didnt succumb to laziness as i always do and make the rash decision of quitting. the adrenaline rush of slams and regular customers recognising me and asking where have i been just makes me touched and proud of what i do.
so the bussing and the smell of dried up milk in the bins and annoying customers make me wanna scream vulguarities but the satisfaction i get out of chatting with my partners, handling slams (even if i dont get my break till its about time to punch out), free drinks (imagine the amount of carameldrizzle i can get on my caramelmacchiato!) and everything else just makes it all worthwhile! (:
on a sadder note, couple of the people i love have left the store.
fara - my favourite of them all (since she taught me all that i know) has been promoted to shiftmanager and receiving training at specialist (i love her so much, i skipped maths just to work with her one last time on thurs and cried like a baby on fri night when the store had a steamboat) her big eyes and stern look may frighten many off, but to me, she's the sweetest and never afraid to show her displeasure with words tinged with sarcasm. she made each coffeetasting session so fun and her handwritten notes for me to remember the basics faster and easier and personally made my favourite drink for me almost everytime. i hate myself everytime i do something wrong or shabbily cos i incurred her wrath but she'll always tell me not to worry - thats just her tone. i hope her training goes well and that they will transfer her back to ps so i can work with her manymanymany more times.
herman - one of the funniest and nicest schedule manager has been promoted to storemanager at northpoint. he's climbing the ladder fast and i hope he will do some magic and attach me to his store cos ill miss him so. three short months working with him and every moment has been enjoyable. he never scolds nor chides nor judge. all he does is encourage and joke to make everyone a happier partner. lucky for him, now that he's a storemanager, hopefully he doesnt have to handle scheduling anymore and be so stressed and frustrated over it.
and lastly,
sha- has moved on to greener pastures. ill never forget the time we did opening with one partner short, leaving the two of us to handle catering and a slam never seen before - imagine one customer orders 7 drinks at a go with ten other individual orders already made and many others still lining up for their turn. that was one slam better than any other training i had on the floor, exhausted as we were after the slam, i was confident to handle one on my own and not be tempted to pee in my pants or faint. and she made a lovely farewell gift for us and im sure present and future partners will all remember the efforts she put in and her trademark laughter.
to you three : all the times we did opening together and had endless amounts of laughter and joy, ill hold them all close to my heart and await the day we come together once more and create that lively atmosphere sb-ps will miss out on now that you're gone.
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