got a L1R5 of 12. after minusing the bonus points makes it an overall of 8 points.
wasn't very happy with it but i didn't cry out in disappointment or anything. maybe that's one good point about myself. i don't easily let my inner emotions overpower me when it comes to
人生的得失 kind of thing. i'm quite immune to that.
just like how i felt rather calm when the band didn't manage to clinch a gold for syf and how i never feel a single thing whenever i receive my pay at the end of work. haha
anyway, my grades don't really look that bad on the result slip la. one A1, two A2s and the rest all B3s. no eyesore-ing 4s or 5s or 6s... which is good enough la. haha i'm consoling myself.
physics was a surprise. i never thought my physics would do better than chem la. haha must thank mr gan then. :)
saw many friends whom i had not seen for ages. :D
haiz i regret for not finishing my mini "project" in time. don't know when i ever get to see them again. :(
and simin is flying off early in the morning tmr.
looks like i will not be able to send her off. changi airport is at like the other end of the globe to me. unless i can wake up ultra early which i'm obviously not capable of doing. haha.
haiz gonna miss her lots. :(
okay my eyes are like barely opened now...
zzz
yesterday i received a letter from the cpf board.
i felt terrified as it welcomed me as a cpf member.
so scary.. having a cpf account is like such a faraway thing to me. it just doesn't feel right. i feel like a mature working adult, not a student anymore. :(
haha and i had almost forgotten what cpf is all about. [social studies
but it's a good thing la. didn't know the company would apply for me.
i'm like already funding for my retirement needs now. wow.
haha :D
hmm will be getting the o levels results tmr. i have only started to feel panicky since last night. when i seriously came to think about it.
i don't think i had done any better than how i did for prelims. so probably i will get around the same as my prelim results? or maybe worse. or maybe slightly better.
arghh it is so uncertain. i hope i can still stay as calm as before when the results are revealed tmr. :/
some pics from dou niu yao bu yao! :D
haha that guy at the back! his expressions are damn hilarious! super qian bian eh. my stomach can just die laughing at him. haha!
people have been asking me why i choose to work instead of studying at some jc for the first few weeks.
emm because.. i wanted to gain some life experience? and because i had already planned to work since the very beginning of the sec 4 year and i was surprisingly determined enough to look for a part-time job after i finished my o levels. and of course, to make use the long holidays to earn some money.
actually i was very undecisive about whether i should apply for pae during that period of time. but in the end, i didn't.
i'm not sure whether it was a wise decision but at least i have now become a few hundred bucks richer as a result. :)
i had thought being a waitress would be easy. haha now i know i was wrong.
at crystal jade, although taking down orders is not part of our job, our tasks are still plentiful.
we have to greet the customers, ask them whether they want any drinks, go make tea for them if they choose to have tea (btw, there are SIX different types of chinese tea -.-), serve them with the appetizers first while they are browsing through the menu, serve the dishes when the food comes, clear the tables when they finish eating, wipe the tables, set the tables with the plates, bowls, teacups, chopsticks etc and just basically always look after the customers' needs la.
at the end of the day, which is when the restaurant is about to close in about one hour's time, each waitress/waiter will be assigned various tasks to do such as washing the trays, collecting back all the flasks then pour the water away, refilling the vinegar and soya sauce, counting the number of used tablecloths for the day etc.
how tiring can that be.
i get to come into contact with many new and interesting people there.
most of the waitresses are china people esp so when i first went there. then the kitchen staff are mostly made up of the hong kong people who speak guang dong hua which i am completely foreign to. and i know one guy tending the bbq duck area is a malaysian. haha we are so multi-national man.
haha and i got to know this cute and caring little china woman there who works as a waitress too. i almost couldn't believe that she is already married la! and she has a younger sister who acted in the popular local drama series "holland village"! (you know that partially blind little girl in the show??)
then i met this singaporean waiter who lives near st nicks. this uncle has the most talkative mouth i have ever seen! haha. i don't think i have ever seen him having his mouth shut for more than ten seconds before. my life has been made easier when i chat with him. he just keeps on talking. but i have to admit i do get irritated by him sometimes though. haha oh and he often treats me to his favourite milk tea from sweet talk. :D
i am not very clear about how the positions are ranked.
from what i know, the person who hired me is the manager of the restaurant. but there is this another woman whom i think is the manager's manager who ,well, you know, supervises the manager, which in turn, has the power to complain about the waitresses' performances.
she is super naggy and ignorant. she always picks on very minor things.
even my fellow colleagues can't stand her too.
haiz.
working has also been quite a disaster for me.
i broke a bowl and two chopstick stands, scalded my hand, accidentally spilled hot tea onto a woman's lap and spilled some disgusting mix of unknown liquids onto my own blouse!
i have also seen some customers who were unsatisfied with the food and service. there was one who made a fuss just because his noodles were not hot enough. haha
on the whole, i have definitely gained alot from this working experience.
it has made me a slightly changed person now.
i have a clearer direction of what i want later in life now- i will never want to have a job in the food industry or one that involves direct person-to-person selling ever again.
i think i will prefer to be the one being served rather than waiting on others. :D
haha and the other change is that i will think twice before i spend money now.
and my heart will ache more easily each time i decide to spend it away. xD
arghhh, i'm working again tmr!