Sunday, April 24, 2005
tuned in;
a rest day tomorrow. okay. not exactly. celebrating his grandma`s birthday tomorrow. yeah.
anyway, went out with huimin this afternoon before meeting up with del and fanny at suntec. she helped in the search for the birthday present that i have to get for his grandma, so thanks!!! it`s been a long time since i caught up with her so it felt really good. we should head out more often. huiling too. i mean it`s rather amazing how we still keep in contact and all even after so long. and it`s not just those mahjong sessions that`s holding us together. we`re like regularly meeting up just to chill out anyway. and i like that. (: so yeah, i went over to her place (which was my old place area btw) to have lunch and headed down to chinatown for my gift search. after looking through at so many places, we finally got what i wanted and i left for suntec.
work today was much better, i mean much easier to manage as compared to yesterday. both days i was assigned by bob to be the caller. as much as this job looks easy, it is not. when the orders don`t stop, you can`t stop either. and you can get stressed out both by the chefs and the servers. well, it could be due to my incompetency as well lah. *shrugs. yesterday was much scarier `cause we were very full and we had a rather long waiting list if i weren`t mistaken. the orders couldn`t stop and the tag grabber couldnt even hold all of them. it stressed me out damn alot `cause it was the first time i was seeing such a big crowd. great exposure i`m sure and i hope i didn`t screw up too much though. am quite guilty for being abit rude and fierce to the servers `cause i was really stressed out by the immerse pressure of both sides. and anybody in my situation would really want to do a good job since you are controlling the flow of the food lah! any complaints it would be directed to me loh. =S
other than a few minor mistakes today, i`m actually quite satisfied with my performance, at least i didn`t get scolded by the chefs as much and i was controlling things better. `cause bob was telling me not to be too affected by the servers when they are hurrying me for the food (`cause that was what he observed yesterday i think, and i do agree. i think i panicked when they kept hurrying me). if the food is not out yet, i can`t do anything, all the customers can do is to wait. that`s it. and i must really thank bob for being very understanding and encouraging. and all the rest of the staffs that could bear with me. although most of them won`t be able to see this, but i`m sorry if i was too harsh on you guys `cause i must be fast and very clear-headed. =S
okay. that`s that for being a caller. one sentence to sum it up: don`t underestimate this caller job.
me and fanny waited for dellia today. out initial plan was to head to bugis breko since it was 24 hours and 2 beers at 10 bucks. however, bob gave us a bread and butter pudding to share so we decided to stay on. there was space anyway. oh, and jack gave us ice mocha. cool. (: so much for saving money. we need not go to breko for food or drinks already. after finishing up, me and fanny slacked around and moved to the back and started drinking with xiao qiang (jim) and jack since xiao qiang went to get beer from the kopitiam nearby i think. nice peopleeee. hahaha.
and now i`m back home after sending dellia home first.
not exactly looking forward to tomorrow. i mean later this evening. feel actually quite uncomfortable. i thought i managed to escape from questions and all that during his sister`s wedding. but looks like it was just postpone till later. shucks. i hate meeting new people. all those introduction shit and having to pass off a good impression. it makes me very conscious of myself for no reason. arrgh. sucks.
alright. think i`m going to sleep for now. need to wake up later at 0815 later to give dellia a morning call. and having to meet his mother to head down to the restaurant(which i still have no idea where) together i think. yeah. so. i`m off.
gone.
3:01 AM
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