Sunday, January 1
i worked for the first time ever in my life. on new year's eve :) i arrived at marina about an hour earlier before my work starts so i get to roam around seeing what nice stuffs are there. before i went to the hotel i changed into my black pants and shoes in one of the toilets in marina square. that reminded me of the massive flood which took place in the shopping mall. everyone was like giving the omg reaction when they practically saw water pouring down from the ceiling somewhere outside world of sports. anyway back to work. since i was new there so naturally i was blur and my friend didn't work yesterday :( and there was no one i knew there. but i still managed to get help from people. thankfully. hmm it was alright. still managed to 'pull through' everything. there were a handful of nice peeps and chaps that i got to know while working. pretty fun-loving people. then there was stuffs to learn like how to use the serving gear which i can't really master as yet. basically this is how the job went. first i did some cocktail serving at the reception and kinda welcomed the guests too. not so much of welcoming but rather serving them with drinks. just got to make sure they feel welcomed. now comes the slightly tough part. which was serving the wedding banquet. so each of us was assigned to a table. and we need to take care of bringing out food. changing plates. refilling drinks and cater to the needs of the guests. it was also the first time ever in my life that i've sliced a duck in front of so many people. for a first timer i think i still can make it. just that i need to improve more so i can do a better job in future :) the rate was really appealing too. $8/hr. omg. that was what i heard from my friend. hee. too bad she wasn't working there yesterday. after all the 9 dishes were served we had to do clear up as well. oh that's life of working in a hotel :( at midnight everyone went up to the poolside to catch a view of the fireworks display at esplanade. it was so pretty-yy. the shiny shiny patterns and the thumping thumping sound. omg!! xD. i wished all my friends i made on the day itself happy new year though i can only recall a few of their names. people like cunxi, joe, shawn, a malay guy (i don't know his name) and others which i don't know their names either. they were a nice bunch of peeps to work with given this is the first time i met them. after fireworks was just clearing and clearing till 2. i can't believe it. the job is even tougher than my workout. maybe probably because my workout isn't intense enough. my back, legs and arms hurt like crazy. argh. there was cab back. shared cab with 3 other girls because the hotel can't afford to send everyone home in one cab. that would be like a total waste of money. the place outside marina square was in a mess. so much rubbish being thrown around. we walked to esplanade to book a cab instead. hmm esplanade was only a little better. still as much people though. we only got on our cab at like 3 plus. then the girls requested that they wanted to go home first. yeap. i was fine with it and ended up only reaching home at 4. i was dying in church today due to the lack of SLEEP =p. happy new year van, sally, yi min, my taxi-mates for spending time talking to me. and of course everyone :) somehow new year's mood is still quite saddening after saying so much.
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