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Maia's Chinese song... No I still don't feel ok.
But I've got a long day ahead. (K not that long actually... Time passes damn fast when you are doing accounts tutorial. Hee.) Have a lot to cover today so gotta buck up!! Must quickly finish all that I aim to complete studying today... And make sure I keep the information diffused into my brain. Till my exam next tuesday. Ha.
Anyway our lecturer/tutor for Business Etiquette for Service Excellence (BESE) [<- I think tts the name for the module.. Usually we call it BESE. It's a bit of a mouthful, as you can tell. Hahas.], well he set up a blog and encouraged us to visit. It's pretty interesting, the stuff he blogs.
http://www.inconspicuously.blogspot.com
Very interesting. Hahas. I like it. :)
Anyway, yesterday night realised that the time zone for my blog had been the US time zone all the while. Ah ha. Changed it ydae night. K got to go finish up my lunch and go out to mug. Have a lot to bia~~~
Tata! Enjoy your day! :)
"Wo Rang Ni Zou Le" - Pan Wei Bo
I didn't go out to study. Lesson learnt: Study outside next time so more things get done. Less distractions.
I created an MSN space.. Something which has a blog, picture gallery and stuff.
Then I deleted it.
I thought for the time being, I'll stick to my blog. Anyway, the template is looking retarded. I'll change one after my exams.
I don't really feel ok. No. But for the sake of my exams... I gotta press on.
Reynold and Rex said I am a strong girl.
Am I really one? Sometimes I wonder.
Sometimes what I say doesn't represent what I think or feel.
Mich also says that I'm a determined girl.
So...
Can I do it??
I hope so.
For now, I have no choice. Exams have to be priority. So I have to be strong. No matter what.
I can't afford to slow down... There's too much to be accomplished.
Mich trying on a hat a Forever21. Hahas.
I'm a narcissist.. Hehe.. I know, I know. :P
With my e680i, it's easier for me to upload photos cos I just hafta transfer the SD card. So my blog will be come a photoblog in time to come. VERY soon. hahas. =P
Wednesday (yesterday)
Yesterday was the last day of my deployment at the Merlion. *yippee-ya-ya-yippee-yippee-yay!* Hahas.. Finally... DEPLOYMENT HAS COME TO AN END!!! :D :D :D
Hahas.. As most people can tell, I hate deployement. Deployment sucks, I tell you. Heh. Ok, maybe it's not exactly THAT bad. But it's not good. Hahas. Deployment is from 9.15 am till 6.45 pm, which means that we have to clock in 8.5 hours for deployment per week. Minus-ing 1-hr lunch break, we have to work for 7.5 hours... UNPAID!!! Let me explain the different things that we do during deployment. (For those who do not understand, and I have like another 2 hours to blog anyway. Hahaha.. :P)
The following are the 4 positions available during deployment:
1. Greeter
This is the most boliao of the boliao-est job everyone and anyone can ever have. Your job scope? Stand somewhere in front of your attraction and what do you do? Yeps, you GREET. :D Surprise surpise! Hahas. Ok, basically you stand somewhere near the entrance and you say your standard greeting - "Hi good morning/afternoon! Welcome to the Merlion!" and then you try to look as cheerful as you can even though the sun is blazing overhead. And you know how fierce the sun is at Sentosa. Oh, and you try to provide directions to lost tourists. They will ask you how to get to Underwater World and stuff. Ya. Well, apparently.
Yeah.. Imagine greeting tourists for 7.5 hours. What do you learn? Customer service? Ha.
2. Ticketing
Yeps, as the title suggest, you stand at the entrance booth and scan tickets with a scanner, tear the ticket stubs and offer a "lucky gold coin" to each tourist. The script requires you to say(Yes, there's a script for us to follow. Hahas.), "Good morning/afternoon. Welcome to the Merlion. Here's a lucky coin for you. Please hold on to it till after the show. There will be a surprise for you!"
I bet you guys are itching to know what the surprise is. I mean, it's the Merlion and what kinda surprise can it give? A mini Merlion fountain for you to bring home? Hahahas. K I'll tell you. After this 5 minute Merlion projector show, you'll exit to this area with figurines of the Mercub (a.k.a. the baby Merlion) and you'll slot in the coin a.k.a. the lucky gold coin through the mouth of the Mercub and a card will come out. This card indicates whether you got the mystery gift A, B or C. Ta-daah! You pay $8 to come into the Merlion roof to take photos, watch a 5-mins show and you get a mystery gift, all included in your $8 entrance fee! Cool huh. :P Ok, enough of the surprise. Hahas. (Gosh, I'm sounding so evil. *witch's evil high-pitched cackle*)
3. Operations
This title sounds like it has an interesting job scope right? Hahas. Operations is basically a nicer word for internal greeting. You stand at the Mercub area. When the visitors exit the 5-min show and comes to the Mercub area, you say your standard greeting - "Hi good morning/good afternoon! Hope you've enjoyed your show. Now, please take out your lucky gold coin and slot it into the mouth of the Merlion." Er.. Something like that. I can't remember the exact script. Hahas. And after thta, you press the lift for them to go to the rooftop. Ta-daah! Cool huh.
In case you are wondering what the mystery gift is... Erm, I don't know either. It's supposed to be a MYSTERY gift, see? Hahas. ;P
4. Private Eye
This is the slackest job among all. You take this designated route... Can take bus. Ya.. Then you go round hunting for good shows and bad shows. What is a good show and bad show? A good show is something that's good like, the bus driver greeting people when they board and smiling. Bad show is something like, an overturned plant pot. Ya.. Something which makes the picture imperfect. Slack it may seem... You have to come up with a report at the end of the day. But the good thing is that the report has no minimum number of words required. :D
What I did was operations and ticketing. Each person supposed to rotate between 2 positions so I did not get my dream job - the slacking private eye. Hahas... But it's over! Officially over! Oh, deployment is every Wednesday for 4 weeks. But I only went twice cos I took MC for the other 2 weeks. Muahaha. *evil*
Monday
I went out with Mich after school to FEP. She wanted to buy her belt. I bought my M.A.C. lipglass in Prr cos I lost it at work I think. Not sure where I lost it but it was my baobei and I felt kinda weird without it. Hahas. Bimbo~~ Oh I also bought a pair of ethnic-y earring for 2 @ $9. Quite cheap for such nice designs. :) Mich had an impulse buy on this bangle for $5. Impulse buy but it's super nice and it's only $5. It looks like a $19.90 bangle. K make that $25.90. Hahas.
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Ah. I want my phone I want my phone I want my phone I want my phone!!!
*sobs* I don't think I'll be getting it today cos my Dad will have to get my phone from me so that he can trade in for my baobei E680i right? By right, right?
I. want. my. phone. I. want. my. phone. I. want. my. phone!!!!
I'm such a brat can? Ha.
Nah. I'm not. Really.
Sigh.
Kindly sponsored by my Daddy. :)
But he has never been true to me... I fell in love with his lies. I've been unsure and unwilling to say this all along, but recently someone else whom he had been close to confirmed this with me. She was shocked at the things he told me.
Love is blind... You know what you were being lied to and that everyone labels him as jerk, but you still love him anyway. Not even the least bit of hate for him... I don't understand why I think like that and I really should learn to hate him so that I can get on with my life. But how to learn?
Today was quite tired so didn't go for BS. Anyway today's marketing interview was a killer. AR presentation was ok, thanks to Xue Ting cos she lent me her interview qns and AR report to photocopy and refer. :)
Not exactly in the mood to blog so shall just end here.
Bought a book called The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. It's a good book I feel... Tells me a lot of things which I didn't quite understand in the first place. Without God, life wouldn't make sense. If you are given an invention which you have never seen before, you wouldn't know it's purpose and the invention itself couldn't have told you. Only the creator or the Owner's manual will know. Yeps.. will update more when I've read more. Hee. Quite busy now but I'm trying to take time off to read.
Anyway I didn't touch my accounts tutorial. oops. *guilty* Will get down to doing it soon like, later. Btw, I'm skipping accounts tutorial later.. (felt no point going since I didn't erm.. do my tutorial. :P) Helping out at Al Dente later cos Rex called me ydae saying short of staff and Gary is down with dengue. Ya.
Oya, thank you Daddy for making my CRS interview an okie one. Haha... I felt that the questions thrown to me were relatively easy.
Ram:"How many strokes will you need to be on par for a par 3 course?"
Me: "Erm... 3?"
Hahas. The other one was,
Ram: "What's the difference between a commercial club and a resort?"
Yep yep... ah gtg for lunch. byes.
*~= My Daddy above... =~*
Please grant me patience and a magnanimous heart to embrace all that I will face. Please let me be rational during times of agitation so that I can think clearly and say the right things.
Daddy I know you have a reason for giving him to me and then taking him away so quickly again. I guess it's because you wanted me to know how it's like so that I can recognize and defend myself when I meet people like him in future. Daddy, thank you for teaching me this precious lesson. I'm learning a lot from it.
Daddy I'm learning how to cope with the pain and how to pick myself up and walk away from all this. But Daddy it's still hurting... Although I'm suppressing the pain and trying to be the strong girl you want me to be. I'm trying.. I really am. Daddy please grant me more strength and determination to forget him. You've been thoughtful enough to give me good friends to aid me tide over this, and I hope Daddy will continue to heal the pain that is in me. Daddy I don't want to cry for him anymore... Please stop the tears from flowing like a water tap. I don't want to think about it cos I'm scared of facing him. Daddy please grant me courage. I've picked myself up and am starting to walk away. With your infinite wisdom, please guide me back on the right track...
Daddy I know no matter what happened, you have never forsaken me. You were always there for me, and I thank you with all my heart. Thank you for loving me, Daddy... I love you too.
He's not worth it. This sentence sums it all. I've started to find him disgusting. Like, finally. But the heartache is still there. But well, at least I'm already starting to move on. :) God will guide me through this journey, no matter how long I will take. I have already forgiven him. I think. Hee.
Didn't go for my deployment at the merlion today. Waste of time I feel, and I have lotsa work to do. Tmr having CRS interview, and I gotta finish up my accts tutorial. (I wonder how long I'm going to procrastinate doing this. The thought of doing this just makes me not feel like doing it. Haha. But exams coming!) Sigh I better go finish up everything.(I know I won't. Haha.) Friday having AR presentation. Good luck to everyone. Hehe.
Presentation is officially over, but we still have interview left. But I suppose we don't have to discuss anything for interview. I mean, for what? To predict the questions that will be thrown at us? Ha. Maybe those 2 will want a meeting for that. You never know.
Have been PMS-ing abit lately. Like, feeling down and getting stressed. (As you can see from the previous post. Haha. *oops* :P) I'm glad projects are over. Really. I miss my last sem's project group - Linda Yang, Pamela and er.. Raymond?!? Haha, our group actually included Kelly, Linna & Wei Ting but we decided to split the group into 2 cause we had 2 projects on hand. So one group was in charge of one project and then we'll exchange when we are done to see if there's anything to be edited or added on. Smart right. Ha.
And last sem, Linda, Pam and I didn't have unefficient project meetings. Meaning we delegate tasks and go home and do and then give to someone to compile. Meaning we don't waste time in school having pointless meetings whereby all the work done could have been done at home.
Ok enough of this. It's already OVER. So stop harping on it. :)
I need to catch up on my accounts tutorials. Haven't went for like, 3 lectures and I haven't done the tutorials too... Have been busy with projects. Tired. Haha.. Now no more excuses so let's get started. :)
First she tells me that she thinks I'm good in powerpoint so she's exchanging tasks with me and let me do powerpoint. I didn't mind but after i submitted, she sais that i had extra stuff so ok. Consider it my fault for not knowing what the bloody powerpoint is about. But still, she didn't tell me she had any requirements for the powerpoint. She said that the colours were not bright enough. Well, if she wanted any specific requirements, she should have told her in the first place. She said it as if there were small changes so I told her she can go change it. Now she printed the final powepoint slides and WOW. Everything is so different. I spent so much time on these slides and now she's changed them completely. Well, LOOKS like completely. The only thing which may not have changed but we have not found out will be the animations. The content and stuff is totally different.
If you think that there is a need to change the powerpoint totally, why ask me to do it IN THE FIRST PLACE?
And she has this damn irritating habit of saying "Maybe you can blah blah blah", "Maybe you should..." There' NO "maybe" bcos it's things we have to do. She's saying it for the sake of saying it and I think she shldnt say it cos it sounds fake. She may not mean it but I just can't stand it. Honestly, she's a nice friend but I don't like her as a project mate.
And I don't see the point in meeting, meeting and meeting when I can do my own stuff at home. It's a waste of time when I'm doing nothing during meetings. I'd rather do the project part at home and save time waiting for the others.
And i said i was tired cos ydae i didnt slp. she still asked me tot i finished the brochure alr... what the hell. Think do brochure so damn easy is it? Diana said the brochure is good.. I think it's ok only. But even if its only ok, I still spent alot of effort on it can?? Can she stop thinking that she's doing alot and the others are not doing anything much at all?
Here's a photo to us being deployed to Merlion. :)
That's Jess & Sheena!
Monday:
Finished up the animations for my marketing powerpoint. Christine & the rest told me that some stuff actually don't have to be included in the ppt. Great. I did like 50 over slides la. Tedious okie? Hais... NVM.
I met Samuel for dinner. I had to wait for him cos he ended school later. (Actually he was supposed to wait for me cos I was supposed to have project meeting until kinda late.) We went Cartel at Raffles City. Wanted to eat Sakae but he's sick of it. Hahas. After that, I suggested waiting for Ray till he finish work cos he's working at Surf & Turf at Suntec.
Then while waiting and trying to waste time, we went over to Al Dente and saw Rex, Steph, Kai Qi and Edmund at the pizza kiosk. Haha.. So stayed there for quite long and also to watch fireworks. Actually it was like a staff gathering that day. Cos there was me, Steph, Samuel, Moreena, Serena, Elicia... All not working but went back. Hahas. Oh Ray went Al Dente to help out for the day cos not enough ppl. There were also 2 helping out there from the Boat Quay outlet. Ha.Ha.Ha. ;P
After the fireworks (which was like so far away), we (Rex, Seng, Samuel, Ray) wanted to go out. But couldn't decide on where to go so we decided to go home. I took cab with Rex, but Shi Xian went back to get car and was on the way alr. So me, Rex & Shi Xian met at the Bugis cafe called Breko before we went "Wan Dou Siek" at Geylang to eat. Wanted to go eat desserts too but in the end I was too tired. So Shi Xian fetched me back and we all went home.
That's about all I can remember. Hahas. Now got to go do project. Hais. I miss my last sem project group. :(
Oh I bought my Maybelline XXL on Monday. Was looking forward to getting initially when it just came out but it didn't have the waterproof version. I tend to get panda eyes at the end of the day if i use non-waterproof mascaras cos they tend to smudge on me. So ya.. have to wait a while for the waterproof version to come out. So here it is... *tadaah*
Was looking forward to trying this but the results are so-so. Okie la.. But not as good as expected. Loreal wins hands down but in terms of price, this is still value for money. :)
Oh this are 3 of my proj mates. Nice people to work with.
By the way I need to go cut hair.. Must trim off the ends cos quite dry. (I sound so bimbotic in this post. Hahas..)
Supposed to be working for Gary today but hafta rush project and look at the time now. Quite tired initially but now not so bad cos I rested for abt 45 mins. After we clear this CRS & Marketing proposals, we'll be having marketing presentation next week. For which I have to come up with the powerpoint presentation this weekend. Will try my best to make it a good one.. :)
Btw, there's a scroll bar for the entries... Just in case you guys didn't know. There's a thing border with stars enveloping the entries rite? The up arrow is just below the first bunch of 3 stars. The down arrow is beside the last bunch of 3 stars. Yeps. Hee.
Oh.. just to update, new tagboard up cos the old one keep disappearing. I've got no idea why too. So. Kim if you are reading this, can tag me ur url again? Thanks.. :P
Ah.. meeting in progress again.
Nvm, shall have a quick update.
Monday:
Went kbox with Rex, Mel & Wilson. Met up with them after they finished work. I didn't work on Monday so after school I went home to change (was in formal wear for BESE) and then went Shaw Tower Mac to do my project (I brought my laptop along) while waiting for them to finish work. Cos project stuff due the next day.. So if i want to play, hafta finish my work first. Hahas.
Wilson a.k.a. Shi Xian left early... Rex says I should be happy that at least he came, cos he show face to me - his sister. Hahas.. K lor.. Thanks for coming. Hahas.. :P
Tuesday:
Another k-ing session. Went with Rex & Wee Seng. All 3 not working today. Met up with them after school. Then Rex & Seng went to the arcade at Bugis to drift. Hahas.. so I watched for a while. After that we went for desserts near Parco while waiting for Gary. Gary was supposed to meet Rex to go drinking after he finished work. But in the end, we decided to go Kbox. Gary said he would join us after he finished work but he never did. Not the first time that he didn't keep his promise cos he told me he would come on Monday but he didnt make it. Hahas. Shall take what he says with a pinch of salt next time.
Wednesday (a.k.a. today):
Went for the Sentosa deployment thingie. I'm attached to merlion.. But I didnt even go there. Cos we were supposed to report at the ulu Sentosa office in the morning to collect nametags and be briefed. Then alot of us had to be sent home to change cos they didn't allow sports shoes to be worn but the fella who called us earlier didn't let us know. Raudah, on the way back, was saying that she shld go get an mc and not go for deployment. I was seriously considering that (hahas) cos I was tired.. (reached home at 3 from kbox) and I wasn't really looking forward to deployment. By the way, we had 3 hours to go back to change our shoes and then report back to our attractions. And the stupid thing is, I woke up late in the morning and had to rush (ok not exactly rush.. I couldnt really be bothered so I took my time. Hee.) to Sentosa. When I woke up I was already contemplating getting an mc. But Cynthia (whom i was supposed to meet at habourfront) called and told me I can still make it cos operations only start at 915. I shld have just continued sleeping and then go get an mc. Hahas. Nvm.
Oh, I went to rebond my hair. Hahas... Was toying with the idea like 2 days ago. Actually I intended to colour + highlight my hair. But then I saw a promotion at Jean Yip fo rebonding so I started wondering if it'll be better if I did a rebonding first before colouring. In the end I decided today (on the impulse) that I'll do my rebonding today and then finish up my proj stuff at night. (even if it means I hafta work till like.. 3 am at least? Hee.) I went to E L Studio at Fu Lu Shou Complex. It's an ulu-ated place at Bugis. I never knew a salon existed in that mountain place till Cassandra told me where she did her rebonding. Cos Cass has very nice rebonded hair... So I asked her last sem when she was alr my classmate, like where she did her rebonding.
Anywaes.. I'm very happy with the results. Hee.. Plus the price isn't ex too. It's only $150 inclusive of cut + treatment (and I opted for better chemicals so if u opt for normal chemicals, it'll have been cheaper.) I intend to go back to colour my hair. Maybe not so soon... Probably another 1 or 2 months later. :P
I cried in school today.. Cos supress my feelings for some time and couldnt control anymore. My friend called and I just broke down like that. Hahas.. Maybe it's just PMS. Plus so much project stuff on hand. Maybe I just couldn't take the stress. I wonder if things would have been better if I hadn't done that. Anyway I guess there's always pros and cons to everything. Since it's been done after instigation by some other 3rd party, I guess firstly, it's my own fault for listening to others. I SHOULD have a mind of my own. (I'm lost... That's the problem.) Secondly, always think of the consequences before I act. I always do things on the impulse... which can be disastrous at times. Okie.. make that usually. So hopefully I'll learn from my mistakes and stop being such an idiot. But then, I must emphasize that I didn't regret my actions this time round. I think. *ponders* Told you I'm kinda lost. Hahas.
