Then , I left CoE . But that isn’t the end of it . Although I left CoE , I decided to go back to work in CoE , but with different boss . How ? I work in retail shops that is situated inside the plaza of FiWorld . But my nightmare didn’t end with my last job . T^T
My new job doesn’t require me to tie bun nor to wear pantyhose . They only require me to wear their t-shirt and my own blue jean . So , why it is unbearable ? The reason is not that I can’t sit because when I’m a FOA , I also didn’t sit down . It is unbearable because it is too boring . Sometimes it is too boring and I’ll just stare blankly , spaced out . It’s really tired just to keep awake . See how boring is it ? So it is unbearable . But I’m still working there , now . Why ? Because I can’t stand resign again . What do you know , I get resignation phobia after resign out of being a FOA .
Apart of bored to death , there are also shortcoming in my accommodation .
What is it ?
The refrigerator have broken down . That means we can’t use it .
The television are normal but must spend time adjusting the antenna . I practically hated it because once I use thirty minutes adjusting the antenna but still cannot get any channel . Frustrated , I switch off the television and read my books instead.
My bed is only three mattress stacked together on the floor .
There are five people sharing the room and there are barely space to walk around .
The hot water in the bathroom are limited . Because we must wait 45 minutes for the heater to heat up the water and the next person to bath must wait 30 minutes before she can take a bath .
There are many moth flying , sticking and dead around the whole apartment . I hate to be the one accidentally step on it . Or finding one sticking to my towel .
The batch of people living there before is a totally dirty bunch and when they leave , they leave almost all their utensils there and nobody to use it , they started to collect dust and lately , many spiders come to live with us . Also coming along is roaches . Gross !
There are no telephone line in the apartment . There are only three spot which got it . The small area next my bed , the kitchen and the area near the door . Good grieve !
I think that’s all I find unbearable and I hope that’s all . So , apart from that …. I’m living …er..erm … just fine , I think .
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Getting on…..
I don’t have to mention everything of my work because basically everything is the same so I fast forward everything to the day my life gets changes . It’s about a month already that I’ve been working as FOA . Then , my sister (she works in F&B part of CoE) and her friends are planning to eat together in the restaurant serving buffet , CT . It is their working place actually . They plans to eat there because two of her friends are leaving CoE , so they plans to eat at the place they work because they always want to eat the food they serve ^^;; .
Because her friends are leaving , my sister find her working place unbearable and decided to leave CoE too . Me , being the other twin are naturally obligated to follow her on her resignation . Actually , the other reason is because the FOM wants all FOA to wear cheongsam on CNY and I don’t have money to buy … I don’t want to waste my money to buy a bloody cheongsam just to wear it for five day consecutively and later can only wear it on Halloween . I’m only a temporary staff , for Goodness sake !
Because her friends are leaving , my sister find her working place unbearable and decided to leave CoE too . Me , being the other twin are naturally obligated to follow her on her resignation . Actually , the other reason is because the FOM wants all FOA to wear cheongsam on CNY and I don’t have money to buy … I don’t want to waste my money to buy a bloody cheongsam just to wear it for five day consecutively and later can only wear it on Halloween . I’m only a temporary staff , for Goodness sake !
Starting up ….
The first day I’m going to report to work , I and a newbie friend are introduced the working place and how everybody works . Then I was to meet the FOM , front office manager . Our big boss . Me and the other girl enter his room and I greet the manager with a hello and a big smile to hide my nervousness . He seems normal enough . But I was wrong . Damm wrong . He is … is strict . (I can’t use the word I really want just in case somebody knows him and sees this) . He told us that being a FOA , we need to smile all the time and must say thank you and wishes the guest . Let me simplify the whole thing into dialogues .
He goes first :
“So , can you do it ? Can you smile and wishes the guest like Good morning , Mr. Lee , thank you Mr. Lee , please come again Mr. Lee , thank you for staying with us Mr. Lee?”
Then I say :
‘Okay , yes I can do it .’
“You can ? Have you ever thanks your mom ?”
Taken back , I was like ‘Huh ? Well , sometimes’
“Sometimes only ? Such a daughter , only wishes her mother sometimes . You didn’t say thank you mother for making this delicious food , thank you for cleaning my clothes , thank you for ironing my shirt ?”
‘Urm , …. No’
“No ? Such a disgrace . Your mother and father will be crying and fainting if you go home now and say thank you . How come you say you can say thank you to the customer when you didn’t say thank you to your parents ?”
Scared by his words and his tone , tears stating to welled up in my eyes . I was dumbstruck . I can’t speak anything . ‘Urm , sorry….sorry’, I croaked throatily .
And then he launch into some mood fling …. Okay , he suddenly become cheerful and say that he is happy to have me … us to work here and happy working . Me … we go out and the tears are threatening to spill out . I tilted my head and started fanning my eyes as if fanning will make them evaporate faster . I ask a tissue from the girl and start wiping my eyes . He was really scary … and so , from that day onwards , I hate ….ehem , dislike him . Then , the supervisor just give us a manual book on how to work the system and we were sitting there reading the manual like crazy for 7 hours . God ! I’ve never been so tired reading books . And this is how I spent the first day of my working day . Hell …
He goes first :
“So , can you do it ? Can you smile and wishes the guest like Good morning , Mr. Lee , thank you Mr. Lee , please come again Mr. Lee , thank you for staying with us Mr. Lee?”
Then I say :
‘Okay , yes I can do it .’
“You can ? Have you ever thanks your mom ?”
Taken back , I was like ‘Huh ? Well , sometimes’
“Sometimes only ? Such a daughter , only wishes her mother sometimes . You didn’t say thank you mother for making this delicious food , thank you for cleaning my clothes , thank you for ironing my shirt ?”
‘Urm , …. No’
“No ? Such a disgrace . Your mother and father will be crying and fainting if you go home now and say thank you . How come you say you can say thank you to the customer when you didn’t say thank you to your parents ?”
Scared by his words and his tone , tears stating to welled up in my eyes . I was dumbstruck . I can’t speak anything . ‘Urm , sorry….sorry’, I croaked throatily .
And then he launch into some mood fling …. Okay , he suddenly become cheerful and say that he is happy to have me … us to work here and happy working . Me … we go out and the tears are threatening to spill out . I tilted my head and started fanning my eyes as if fanning will make them evaporate faster . I ask a tissue from the girl and start wiping my eyes . He was really scary … and so , from that day onwards , I hate ….ehem , dislike him . Then , the supervisor just give us a manual book on how to work the system and we were sitting there reading the manual like crazy for 7 hours . God ! I’ve never been so tired reading books . And this is how I spent the first day of my working day . Hell …
The beginning ....
13/12/06
After finishing my exam , I got a job at CoE Highuplands* . It is a famous holiday resort high up on the mountain . For students , it is a dreamland for working because it always hiring people and their pay is high . For example , working as waitress in your hometown café and in CoE* , the pay could different by half ! That’s why when everybody finishes their study , they go to CoE for a temporary job with high pay . But actually the high pay comes with a great price to pay …..
I got a job in Highupland* hotel ( they got five hotel ; Highupland* , CoE* , Resot* , ThemeP* and FiWorld* ) . My job is FOA , front office assistant . I’m to assist people check in their room for those who don’t know what I’m doing . I thought I’ll be doing fine because …. because …. Hey man , what is so hard helping people check in and out ? I was wrong . Dead wrong . Actually being an FOA isn’t easy but if you get a grip of it , it can be quite easy . But I didn’t and can’t . Let see , I have to put on pantyhose which is my first time and it is not comfortable at all . I hate it . And I have to tie my hair into a bun which is a very hard task because in super cold weather like CoE , my hair straightens up . I have a hard time twisting it into a bun and clipping excess falling-out-from-the-bun-hair . Moreover , I have to put on some makeup which I didn’t know how and don’t want to . Being an amateur with cosmetics , I simply put some foundation and some eye shadow ( seriously , why they invent so much colors ? I don’t know what color is suitable for me ) and lastly , which is necessary … the lipstick . Damm , I hate lipstick because it feels heavy on my lips and I don’t feel like talking at all . Okay , after finishing my appearance , I …… wait a minute . Did I mention that my costumes are an oversized red jacket with an oversized white t-shirt ? Nope , I don’t think so . Yes , my costume are such as that . Man , I looks like a child who is trying on her father’s working suit ! If the father’s suit is red in color , I mean .
* names are fake/changed to protect the reputation of the company
After finishing my exam , I got a job at CoE Highuplands* . It is a famous holiday resort high up on the mountain . For students , it is a dreamland for working because it always hiring people and their pay is high . For example , working as waitress in your hometown café and in CoE* , the pay could different by half ! That’s why when everybody finishes their study , they go to CoE for a temporary job with high pay . But actually the high pay comes with a great price to pay …..
I got a job in Highupland* hotel ( they got five hotel ; Highupland* , CoE* , Resot* , ThemeP* and FiWorld* ) . My job is FOA , front office assistant . I’m to assist people check in their room for those who don’t know what I’m doing . I thought I’ll be doing fine because …. because …. Hey man , what is so hard helping people check in and out ? I was wrong . Dead wrong . Actually being an FOA isn’t easy but if you get a grip of it , it can be quite easy . But I didn’t and can’t . Let see , I have to put on pantyhose which is my first time and it is not comfortable at all . I hate it . And I have to tie my hair into a bun which is a very hard task because in super cold weather like CoE , my hair straightens up . I have a hard time twisting it into a bun and clipping excess falling-out-from-the-bun-hair . Moreover , I have to put on some makeup which I didn’t know how and don’t want to . Being an amateur with cosmetics , I simply put some foundation and some eye shadow ( seriously , why they invent so much colors ? I don’t know what color is suitable for me ) and lastly , which is necessary … the lipstick . Damm , I hate lipstick because it feels heavy on my lips and I don’t feel like talking at all . Okay , after finishing my appearance , I …… wait a minute . Did I mention that my costumes are an oversized red jacket with an oversized white t-shirt ? Nope , I don’t think so . Yes , my costume are such as that . Man , I looks like a child who is trying on her father’s working suit ! If the father’s suit is red in color , I mean .
* names are fake/changed to protect the reputation of the company
Finally .....
26/02/07
I finally home . *suddenly had a impulse to tear up* I’ve been going to work since I’ve finished my examination and everything seems to be very new and alien to me . Okay , I’ll start everything from the beginning .
I finally home . *suddenly had a impulse to tear up* I’ve been going to work since I’ve finished my examination and everything seems to be very new and alien to me . Okay , I’ll start everything from the beginning .
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