Thursday, May 27, 2004
I am about to say something that i never thought i would be saying 3 weeks ago...working (in the Pastry Kitchen of Mandarin Hotel) is fun! hahaha...it totally is man...at this rate i don't even wanna stop working let alone quit...& for not quitting when things got a lil rough & some ppl were being total assholes i am damn proud of myself...
Today i must say was the funnest day i ever had in the kitchen. I was laughing my ass off most of the time cause Chocolate Aunty & Suren were damn hysterical...kk...1stly let me summarise what a day in th kitchen for me is like...summarising my daily work regime is easier now cause my work is becoming more routined & fixed...i reach work at abt 8.45am/8.50am-ish...exhange my IC for the Security Pass...then i go off to the Uniform Department (most of the time) cause the aunties usually don't have a clean chef cloth for me when i exchange my dirty uniform for clean "laudry-ed" one at the end of the day...so i collect my chef cloth & head for the locker room...there i change into my uniform -complete wit my apron,"cloth-thingy u tie around ur neck" (i don't wear it cause i donno how to) & my 2 knives (one is the Ikea knife i brought to work from home & the other is a small, retractable, freaking sharp kife i got from the friendly pakcik at B2 General Store)-...then i proceed to thre kitchen...in the kitchen i say my "Good Mornings" to those who greet me (haha) & straightaway make my way to the Chocolate Room which is also Chef Laurent's/Thong's office...there i greet the whacky Chocolate Aunty...my 1st priority is to fill up my Part-time form...i need to fill it up so that i can get Chef Thong to sign & key it in for me & then go to the Head Chef Office at the 5th floor to get Mr. Hann to sign it for me as a form of approval...without this form & their signatures on it i can't get my bling2 man!...
he flared his nostrils rapidly [8:02 PM]
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
[1st of all let it be known that this bloody computer of mine has been infected with a virus...& i've been trying to blog since last Sunday but this bloody piece of contemporary technological advancement kept on hanging..the word frustrating is an understatement...if i can manage to publish this post entry of mine...God Bless]
"The kitchen is the only place where we have a fixed structure in our lives"
he flared his nostrils rapidly [7:59 PM]
Monday, May 10, 2004
Hey Bloggie! wow...the whole new refreshing blog layout is pretty neat I must say...haha..aniways, it's been quite awhile since i last updated u with what's going on in my life...as u know I've been working in that damn pastry kitchen @ Mandarin Hotel...noticed the word "damn"...yeah, it's a damned place. I'm telling u the bling2 is not worth the mental suffering I'm compelled to endure every single day ever since my 2nd day of work...kk...let me break it down for you just what I despise abt this job...1st of all...let it be clearly said that working in the pastry kitchen in a hotel is a very very very hectic job where everyone is stressed (most of the time) & is always rushing to make a specific number of different kinds of delicious,mouth-watering pastries with a given limited amount of time. BUT...let it also be said that all the chefs in the kitchen are very crafty & talented & damn good at their job...every single one of em have graduated from some major pastry school...okok..now I come into the picture...i'm a a part-time worker & also what they call "Casual Labour"...HAH!...the ppl in Mandarin use the term "Casual Labour" to deceive ppl like me because THERE'S NOTHING CASUAL abt it...my job is to transport heavy (heavy as in heavy, as in the type of heavy I never knew my skinny frame & pathetic physique was capable of carrying...haha..kater nak build-up badan Armannn) food stuffs like sacks of flour,sugar,eggs,boxes of fruits,milk, & various other poultry stuff that the chefs need for their cakes or watever pastries...& apart from that I have to arrange them accordingly in tyhe kitchen...so every single day I'm pushing arnd a trolly from the kitchen to the store (if you have watched Matrix Revolution...u'll know that 16/17 yr-old boy boy?...who wanted to fight in the war against the machines?..n he's job is to like transport the bullets or ammunitions & reload them to a machine?...he has to use the trolley?...THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I DO!...not exactly lah(duh)...but u get the picture)...& apart from that I am a student (according to that french chef)...so i have to learn how to make pastries...okok...here's the deal...I aint complaining abt the physical aspect of my job because I love the hardwork...I wanna prove to myself that I can do this crap & stop being a klutz...well at least I'm doing something productive wit my time daripade buang maser lepak pat rumah sampai otak beku...BUT...on my 2nd day...on my bloody 2nd day (i wanted to say fu*king 2nd day, but enuff of vulagities...enuff has been rapidly shooting out of my mouth this afternoon)...everyone expected me to know EVERYTHING...it's only my bloody 2nd day!...i donno ANYTHING...lagi2 cam maner nak buat kuih..potong strawberry pon da lah tak betol...ppl are very busy just like i said, & they have no time to teach me anything..& so when i do what htey want me to do & i obviously do it wrong...they get irritated...i'm like some irritating presence to them...banyak kali aku kener critic...actually all of em are nice fellows (majority of them are chinese malaysians,one of em indian malaysian, 2 gerls from shanghai & taiwan respectively)...EXCEPT FOR ONE @#$$%%^&&** fellow...he is the most #$%^%^^&** person i have ever met...ADERRRRR jer salah aku buat...& he doesnt even talk properly...give me such vague instructions...like most of the time I have to use my brain to process out what it is exactly I have to do...I hate it when he gets annoyed with me...u cant expect a newbie with no special kitchen training (xcept for homecs classes in sec 2) watsoever to leasrn that fast rite?...n i hate it when ppl say "put it in the shelf"...which one???...there's 3!...can u take this item for me..it's there(pointing their finger to some invisible entity in the air)...like if u wanna show me wer it is show me properly lah...u kud b pointing to some girl's tits for all I know...
kk...too lazy to blog now...suddenly in a bad mood thinking bt work...I'm planning 2 quit job...it's not worth it...i'm planning to get a job at HMV records...they want workers...need to email them my regime...the problem is how the hell do i write one...haha..kk..if tomorrow sucks again at least I can look forward to meeting Kak Radiah after work!!!...WEEEE
PEACE
he flared his nostrils rapidly [9:14 PM]
Wednesday, May 05, 2004
Hey Bloggie...I'm feeling exhausted...but more than that I feel happy...damn! not just happy...i'm feeling darn happy!...Know why?...cause working in the pastry kitchen of a hotel rocks that's why...hehe (beaming like a completely happy moron)...
Today I reached Mandarin Hotel at 8.50am...was 10 min early, so had to seat outside the Human Resource office cause Mr. Tony hadn't arrived...when he did he brought me to the main security front to get my official security pass!...coooool...then I was brought to the pastry Kitchen & I met with Lauren (one of the head chefs @ Mandarin, & an el-speaking italian?/french? man)...he brought me to the uniform department to get me a uniform....
u know what, i'm too tired to blog...haha
PEACE
he flared his nostrils rapidly [8:25 PM]
Tuesday, May 04, 2004
Hey Bloggie...I'm too fatiqued to go in2 details about what happened in my day just now but I just wanna let u know I'm employed...haha..I'm starting work tomorrow...this fact hasn't sank in yet...mayb tomorrow it will...hahaha..Thank you God...
PEACE
he flared his nostrils rapidly [8:58 PM]
Morning Bloggie...today, just like yesterday I was awoken by the bloody ringing phone...same timing too...@ 9.30am-ish...but when i picked up the phone the person who called up put the receiver down...i wonder who the heck it was...I thought it was Yayi asking me to open the door again cause I didn't hear him knocking...haha...well whatever...I'm awake...just had my cereal...now I'm blogging...Aniways, yesterday Wen came down to my place but I wasn't home cause as u know i sent Adek to the vet...& FINALLY the "lamp-post" thingy has been removed from his head!...hahaha...his face looks more round now...& that's good...Dr. Katie said he gained weight...his 4.2kg now...still skinny ah..but with time he'll be as gendut & warm & cuddly as Lepak...hehehe...oh...as i was saying just now...Wen came down to my place & since I wasn't there she hanged out @ Yi chun's...she lives 9 floors above me...Well Wen...I just wanna tell you to be strong & don't feel EVEN THE SLIGHTEST depressed about that stupid skinny boy (NOT MEEE...the other skinny one) with that other woman...OK?...still got me rite??? (I think the fact that you've only got me makes u even the more depress!!!...hahaha...kidding!..or am i not?..u depress u have me ah Wen???)...take care of urself aight...
Hmmm...yesterday went for my 2nd night jog with Abang...& damn lah he outran me again...the 1st night he outran me at the last stretch he was smiling like a happy idiot...haha...nvm nvm...that was only my 2nd run...been a pretty long time since I last ran...well he's 8 yrs older than me aniways so he should be outrunning me...hmmm...been looking at myself in the mirror & I know I shud gain more weight...but everytime I eat more the fat just hangs on my stomach area...the bloody fat just won't distribute itself evenly throughout my whole body...but nvm...I've started jogging every other day..erm...i'm gonna start lifting weights more often...i've got those elastic rubber thingy that works just like dumbbells, they will do i guess...gonna do more sit-ups & push-ups...more pull-ups...eat better (well i can't really control my diet cause Mama's the one who's in charge of food..so I have to eat whatever she cooks)...well I'll make my 1st slow steps to build up my body...hmmm...start having biceps & triceps...a 6-pack...fuh!...that will be the day man...hahaha...
Later in the day I'll be following Papa to work (No..it isn't "Bring your son to work day""..but he recommended me to this chef at his workplace...so that means I'll probably be working as a chef assistant...helping em out making pastries?...hahaha...I donno...I wonder how that will be like..the last time I made a cup-cake during Homecs wayy back in sec 2...my cup-cake erupted like a volcano in the oven...but I'll give it my best lah...I want the working expericnce and more importantly the MONEY!...it sux that I wanna spend but don't have money...trying to save up for Mimi's bthday present...Mother's Day coming somemore...alamak...how how???...haha...Well...wish me luck for the job my frens...I gtg...
PEACE
he flared his nostrils rapidly [10:04 AM]
Monday, May 03, 2004
Yawwwwwnnn...Mornin Bloggie...u know i wud've still been sleeping if it wasnt for Yayi who called me up using the public phone at the block deck to open the door cause he's been knocking it since forever & no one came to open it...hmmm...i've been sleeping like a pig...Mama has either gone to the gym or went for her driving lesson...papa has either gone to work or went to the coffeeshop to meet up with his members and just...errr...hang his birds up in the sun...come to think of it what in the world do ppl wit birds (I didn't mean that bird u sick-minded perverts) do with them at the coffeeshops?...maybe they just want their birds to soak up in the sun?...or have a battle of whose bird chirps the sweetest?...well watever...papa takes a better job of taking care & loving his birds (& fishes) than he does me or the whole family...
[kk...i'll come back later to finish this entry...have to go take a shower & then sent Adek a.k.a Kudut to the vet to get his stitches out...cya later]
Hey ya!...I'm backkk...it's 2.30pm rite now...kk...1st of all...I wanna give another big shoutout to another one of my god-sizs...& this time its to MIMI!...HAPPY BTHDAY MIMI & MAY ALL YOUR WISHES COME TRUE AIGHT!...she's been facing some tough shit rite now...I just wanna tell her that whatever problems she's going through I hope she finds the strength to overcome them...there's something fantastically good disebalik all this crap aight?...& remember what I said...WHATEVER IT IS...just keep it cool...no matter how uncool a situation might make u wanna become...just keep it cool (did that make sense???...hahaha)...well siz...I hope the rest of the year will be a happy one for you...& all the best for the rest of ur mid-yr pprs ok?....ur a heck of a smart girl...gerenti leh ace nyerlah!!!... :)
OK...now how did my day went today?...As i mentioned just now I sent Adek to the vet with Mama to get his stitches removed...nanti petang kene fetch him again!!!...arghhhh...kalau dekat takper...pat Bishan Park situ...imagine me & Mama constantly almost daily making a back & forth journey from Woodlands to Ang Mo Kio last time when Adek was hospitalised (yes, even cats can be hospitalised)...I hope today will be the last time I make my journey there...hahaha...kk...after that...me went to the POSB bank @ Woodlands lamer...QUEUE PANJANG GILERRR...I had to wait for abt one hr...& after all of the money stuff was done & over with we went to the coffeeshop cause Mama lapar (cam nak pengsan dier cakap) & wanted to eat Mee Rebus...I only had a nice icy-cold Soya Bean drink...After that...went to Siong Siong (of all places!!!!)...today was good cause Mama didn't buy to many stuff...& that's good because as a "good, reliable" son I'm the one whose always carrying most of the (heavy)stuff...then Mama made me laugh a hell lot in the bus on the way home...She was telling me this story about how all the groceries fell down in the bus and rolled across the bus floor...& I KNOW i shouldn't be laughing but the way she described it I can't tahan...so klakar man...then she said "Sighhh...tengoklah..susahkan nak kasi anak makan? nak besarkan dier?"...& I was laughing and telling her why she didn't use her common sense & just held on to the plastic bag containing the groceries & not just allow them to roll away on the floor...& OH YEAHH!!! U know in my previous entry I said that ppl always give me that attitude look out in public?...like I'm some kind of evil demonic presence?....Well I'm not the only one who thinks so cause just now in the bus there was this mat who looked at me with that ugly shitface attitude look of his...& Mama asked me ..."Awak kenal ke budak tu?"...I said no...& she said "Asal budak tu tengok awak cam nak makan?"...hahahahahhahahaha...I couldn't help but chuckle...I told her I don't think he ever saw such a good-looking face & he's pist off cause he's ugly...hahaha...kk...i gtg...nak mandi (AGAIN!!!...it's only 3pm!!!)...kk...
PEACE
he flared his nostrils rapidly [9:42 AM]