Silence Speaks

(job) VIRGIN NO MORE!

(PS I wanted a catchy title.) YAY so ya. Take that!

Finally no longer a job virgin. Although the experience was quite mm unrewarding in a sense (not monetary wise). There was no big realisation or any lightning or thunder that kind of thing. Which was anticlimatic. But quite an experience i must admit. Perhaps i should have thought it through more carefully before engaging it. Seriously. Job virgin and then add a 12 hours job scope to it? The equation was thoroughly screwed, through and through. Furthermore, i was wearing my mom's pants with no belt buckles so i had to keep pulling it up every now and then, and i was wearing her black shoes as well which didn't have good heel support and I'm still hurting from it right now from the 12 hours standing shift.

14/5 Thu - Isetan Private Sales
0800-2230

Was given breakfast allowance and assigned to Cosmetics but not sure why i end up at Cashier's. Didn't really catch my partner's name, but was quite embarrassed after several attempts of asking her to repeat her name. My job was pretty simple, just packing the merchandise into plastic bags and scotch taped it. Lol

After getting the break schedules, we compared them. Spent the first hour exchanging information, found out Jessly and Jeraldine shared the same slot as me. Lunch and Dinner was non stop chiong, chiong and chionging even though we were given 50min. By the halftime, my feet were bleeding with resentment, hope, resentment, anger all at once.

People were relentless. Please. What economy downturn? Despite several scares like an accidentally triggered fire alarm, and a kid falling from her stroller while on the escalator, they remained undaunted. Rrrgh seriously man the sales were pretty hiong although most of the customers were Koreans, Japs, and Caucasians. A pity we didn't get the opportunity to buy any stuffs, breaks were too short to do anything but queue and eat.

Helped my cashier count small changes and I was done for the day. She was like um can you help me to tally up totally unsure of my integrity. Lol can't say i blame her. But anyways. By the time i was done, i was still the first to end work. Went up to 3rd floor after checking with the peeps on my level who were still knee deep buried in work. Blahblahblah anyway so after awhile we went home.

Almost missed the last bus home from Bishan but thankfully. Reached homw around 12plus and was bloody locked outside. Lucky for me, WJ was still awake mugging, YT was being a total pig. After picking up my distress call she happily went back to slp. Seriously man. Anyway went to bed at 1plus and got up at 5plus the next day.

15/5 Fri MGS ZBG Day Matrix Race
0630-1300

Almost overslept. See the thing was, i set my alarm at 515 but i consciously switched it off then mom came in at 537 and i shot straight up in bed. Was feeling quite guilty after pressuring S not to be late under any circumstances and i conveniently overslept. Anyway managed to picked S from the bus stop outside at 605.

Was assigned to Laser Beam which was at the track. It was an easy enough station where students only have to run round the tracks to get points. First round completed as a team to be awarded 3000 pts after which each subsequent round was 1000 pts each. The PVs assigned to me were super friendly and funny. Seriously. I had a good time even though i had to suffer the blazing sun throughout the day.

The upper primary kids had their turn first, followed by the lower pri kids. Man oh man. How i missed those carefree days! Those naivety and sweet innocence. The lower pri kids were of course more cooperative and high in terms of atmosphere wise.

Debriefed at MACS at King Albert's after packing up. MAD people were really a crazy bunch but nice to be around with. Head Anne, Albert, Shu, Jermaine, Melvin, Arthur and some some. Great team/.

posted by wantington-ny @ 6:13 PM