Y'know, things happen for a reason or two. Like when I typed, 'Zen has realised that being unemployed = no money! ):' on Wednesday on my Facebook shoutout and on the same day I happen to pick up Tuesday's issue of Classifieds just to looksee what part-time jobs are available and TADAH RIGHT IN MY FACE LOOF IS HIRING BARTENDERS. PART-TIMERS INCLUDED. WTF RIGHT! I jumped at it immediately la. I decided to go for an interview, see if they'd hire me. Sidetracking, I really miss bartending, I really do. I've been waitressing for the last 2 months before I resigned and everytime I look at the bar my heart sighs. Haha yeah seriously. I feel like my skills were somewhat there for nothing. But of course the true reason for me being on the floor is to train up another floor staff to be a bartender when I leave and me being on the floor gives me versatility. But still yeah, one misses bartending. So, I guess the chance of me being in the bar again seems to be rather high when I saw that ad and hence, I went for that interview.
I was interviewed by the Assistant Manager. He tested me on what international cocktails are there and the concoctions of the Singapore Sling and Long Island. I AM SO FRIGGING GLAD I COULD STILL REMEMBER! Haha! He looked pleased that the concoctions are still in my head so I am pleased too :D (I took like 2 months to memorise the international cocktails leh! Took A LOT of effort and I'm so glad it came in really handy!) He sounds really nice, so I'm looking forward to working with him and the rest of the crew whom I havent met. Being a part-timer, there's flexibility in choosing the number of days I'd wanna work, but to an extent- I'd have to turn up on Fridays and Saturdays since it's their busy days. It should be alright (: And as always, entering a new environment will mean new people to meet and click with. I hope my new colleagues will be a bunch of fun people to work with (:
The reason why I'm taking this up is also cos I need the moolah! I think I've enough saved up to fund my driving lessons (Mummy's pushing me to ask Papa to sponsor me for those.. I dont know if he'd leh :/) but I dont think it's enough especially if I'm thinking about the trip to Japan next year and saving up for my perpetually expensive degree! I'm thinking of saving a bit now so that when we have to pay back the bank loan the load wouldnt be that bad.
I'm still half a vegetable.. Haha.
OH YES I AM STARTING DRIVING LESSONS ON 2ND SEPTEMBER (: Finally ah! Cant wait cant wait (: Victoria recommended her instructor to me. I hope I'd get the hang of driving fast!
Gonna go Sia Huat buy a bar blade tomorrow (:
Haha it feels so.. different. If I was still at work I'd be running around handling the lunch crowd now. Welcome to the new bummer life, Zen. Haha.
Had a sleepover at Charlene's with my Tribe during the weekend and as usual we indulged ourselves in the superfunny episodes of EHB and Full House and ateateate. Haha. On Sunday morning, we managed to wake up at 7am for prata at Simpang Bedok (!!!). And what happened last Sunday? We slept till 11am when we were supposed to wake up at 7am to cycle at East Coast Beach. Lols. After prata, we suddenly craved for frozen yogurt for dessert. Haha! Yami Yogurt!!! But we were at Simpang, at a suburb, so there wasnt a nearby shopping mall with Yami Yogurt (nearest is Suntec City) so we resorted to hunt for it at Shop n Save in front of the prata stall. But dont have, so we resorted to the normal yogurt instead. Lol. Rushed back to Tay's to catch Michael Phelps at 10am. We all slumped on the couch in front of the TV for a few hours watching swimming and beach volleyball and I found myself dozing off after that. HAHA so piggy aaaarghhhh. After that we had roast chicken, bacon and spicy fries for lunch YUMMERSSSS! Ohohoh not forgetting the dinner we had the night before- lamb stew (? I cant remember the proper name for it haha), mushroom-chicken stew (err same here (x ), and devil's eggs! Everything tasted so good *stomach nods in agreement* I am gonna miss eating at Charlene's when she returns to US and it would be different without her when the Tribe hangs out together ):
Sunday evening I had farewell dinner with my Shenton Way colleagues at Ochard's Sakura :D Buffet was yummy too! I attacked the seafood man. Salmon, oysters, mussels! I think half of my dinner was that and the other half was dessert. Lols. They got me a pressie, this red Guess wallet :D When Jimmy handed me the pressie, he was like, "Guess what is it!" and he emphasised on the word 'guess'. I took the hint, since for Maya's birthday we got her a pink Guess wallet and for Reg's farewell gift, a green Guess wallet. "Guess? Guess!" went my reply. Everyone laughed. I opened up the pressie and Maya was like, let's take a pic of the girls holding their Guess wallets in their favourite colours! I will get that photo from Maya since it's taken by her phone! I needed a new wallet man, so the pressie came at the right time. Lol. My birthday wallet from Dorothy Perkins was getting stained ): So sad, only lasted for 7plus months.
Sigh I will miss them so much ):
Oh yes, I'm gonna take up Japanese lessons at Katong CC come end September :D:D:D Hope it'd come in handy when I'm in the tourism and hosp line in future! And I'd be able to communicate with Vic and Sham too since they're taking Jap lessons as well :D It'd be our G Language ahaha xD And we discussed that we can also try speaking Jap in G xDxDxD Walaga talaga shilegi Zelegen delegez! (Sidenote: Reg and I spoke G in Hokkien and Teochew before, it's damn funny I swear) The course which I am taking is only Stage 1 and there are 2 other stages as well. Hope I'll last through all the stages (should be able to la haha)! It's only $80 for 12 lessons. They're held every Monday evening for an hour and a half per lesson. I AM SO EXCITED! :D As for Korean, I'll probably be going for self-teaching since I watch and listen to Korean shows and music more. Gonna head down to Katong CC to sign up later in the afternoon. Hope the rain stops by then! :/
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They say that music transcends all borders. I believe that because music is part of everybody's lives. We turn on the radio to chase away the dullness of silence or loneliness, be it at work or at home; music makes us move our feet; songs bring out that singing voice of ours; and some lyrics of songs act as a solace because sometimes they accurately reflect how we feel at that point in time. I second the notion because even though I dont know the Japanese/Korean/other nationalities' languages, I appreciate their music all the same (: So kudos to music and kudos to music bringing people of different nationalities and languages together (:
My blog song's been on constant replay whenever I listen to my mp3 (which happens to be my phone at the moment. LG has been neglected cos my phone has ample space for me to upload my favourite songs -.-") or when I open up my WinAmp. ♥ the piano in the background! And Big Bang's voices are lovely (: Here's a pic of them during their recent live performance.
I think I'm the first or second person to upload that song to Imeem, so we'll see if it gets a lot of plays :D
On Friday, celebrated Joel's birthday at Timbre. It was my first time there and it sure looks like a place to chill/hangout for people around my age. Food and drink prices werent exorbitant, so I'd definitely go down again (: The chicken wings were good! Tried the chocolate martini, but Reg and I still reckon that Indochine still serves the best chocolate martini we've ever tried before. Fangling, Reg and I left halfway to get Joel's pressie. We went on a search for a birthday cake for him cos we realise he didnt have any. So we walked from Timbre (near Fort Canning), past Chijmes to Ritz Carlton to see if they sold cakes (it was 10pm!). And PHEWY they do! They open 24hours by the way, so if you ever need a cake to snack on/ last minute birthday surprise, GO CHECK ANY HOTEL (:
On Saturday, met up with Anuaar, Reg, Warren and Darryl for lunch at PS then we proceeded to Minds Cafe to play xD We played Mad Gab and True Colours. Mad Gab's damn fun la. We laughed like MAD xD It's a game where you have a guess a phrase which is spelt out and positioned wrongly. Like say for example, Mary Had A Little Lamb. So the card in front of you would say something like Marriot A Lee Tell 'Em. HAHA. Geddit. So youve to guess what it ACTUALLY says. So the other party who knows the answer would most prolly be laughing at you as you pronounce Marriot A Lee Tell 'Em. Hahahahahaha. True Colours was quite funny too. It's a voting game actually. We have to select a colour (for example, I'm red and there's a yellow, green, blue and black player as well) and then take two of each player's coloured cards which will be your voting cards. You then have 3 other cards, 0, + and lastly one with - under the +. They are used for you to guess if you think you will have none (0), all (+) or some (+ and -) votes to the question being asked. Some questions included, Who will you bring along to a nudist colony?, Who will you put next to the President during a dinner? You can either vote twice for a player or vote for 2 players. Too bad we played it late. We only played like 5 rounds. Reg and I then rushed off for dinner at Jumbo Seafood with the Zen Tribe.
Dinner was AWESOME :D ♥ the chilli crabs at Jumbooooooooooo! The crabs were HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE, the claws were the biggest crab claws I've ever seen and you know the legs right, you dont usually eat that part cos only got a little bit of meat that it's almost negligible BUT NOT THEIR CRABS. Haha. THERE WAS LIKE 10X MORE MEAT IN THEIR CHILLI CRAB THAN A NORMAL CRAB. Yumyum. We also had cereal prawns (♥!) and other dishes. Reg and I arrived late cos we were caught in the rain -.-" We were drenched almost to the bone la, stupid rain! We had to change and luckily I was gonna stay over at Shamayne's place so brought PJ's and a set of clothes for the next day. Ended up lending poor Reg my next day's change of clothes while I changed into my PJ's (this oversized Carlsberg Germany shirt and Nike slip-on shorts). Luckily it's not those lapsap type HAHA. The PJ's mustve made me feel so at home because I ate crab like I was 2 years old propped on a baby chair- crab sauce splattered around my area and onto my shirt while I was struggling to remove the crab meat from the crab. Haha! Shamayne and Charlene both suggested bringing me to a crab dinner with an enemy if the need arises since I ate so messily. OK the point is to scare and disgust the enemy. Thanks ah guys :P I dont mind the free crab dinner tho :D :D :D Had a 10percent discount cos Mummy had a VIP card :D
Sleepover at Sham's was fun, we re-watched a couple of Super Junior's Exploration of the Human Body episodes cos we wanted to intro Reg to how funny the Suju members were and also the educational side of it haha. Reg had to leave at 12plus so it's Vic, Taytay, Sham and me left. We slept over and decided to wake up at 7am the next morning to cycle BUT WE WOKE UP AT 11 INSTEAD xD So much for cycling! Haha. Ordered in pizza, watched more vids and piggy us napped in the afternoon cos Sham's room and bed was so cold and snuggly! Ahahaha. Had a great weekend with my Zen Tribe (: Next weekend with them again, but at Taytay's house! Cant wait!
So sleepy today at work. I felt so zombie-fied until I left. Haha. I think cos I may have slept too much the day before (x Went to (FINALLY OMG) trim and shape my eyebrows at this beauty salon near Parkway after work. They were getting out of hand. Haha. Me and Maya, my colleague, always probe each every day, "Eh you went to pluck your eyebrows already or not?!" cos we always complain we do not have the time to take care of our grooming properly. Haha.
FRIDAY COME SOON! Hehe. I want to start vegetating!
A list of what I'm going to do before I start school on the 7th of Oct;
01. Watch MOVIES!
New ones and old ones! I bought the third instalment of the Death Note Trilogy. Havent watched the first 2 so gonna rent the earlier 2. And I have not watched Batman/ Money No Enough 2/ Mummy/ Journey to the Centre of the Earth yet!
02. READ!
I started on the Shopaholic series and I wanna continue! Krystal Ong I'm depending on you! xD
03. CATCH UP WITH LONGLOST FRIENDS
People like Krystal Ong, Deborah Ng and Mumtaz!!! I havent seen you girls in AGES! Miss you girls!
04. EXERCISE
My stamina's nowhere to be found and I dont really care what I put into my stomach nowadays. BAD BAD BAD since I dont exercise ): Finally I've time to maybe start jogging at East Coast. And bowl! I miss it so much.
05. START DRIVING LESSONS
It's been months since I passed my BTT and a lot of friends have already gotten their licence (such as one Victoria Lim) or gonna finish their lessons (Krystal and Mums!) so I'm pressured but at the same time determined to start mine after I officially resign.
07. I dunno what else haha. I'll definitely have more stuff to add to the list.
Cant wait to start school too, actually (:
