Wednesday, July 11, 2007
my last day of work.my day was started early in the morning meeting darling wy and grace for macs breakfast! had my fav. hotcakes plus sausage and we actually managed to sit there and chat for about two hours without realising time has flew by quickly. day started off great.
work was fine until the end of the day which was supposed to be happy, ended up quite stressful due to an unpleasant situation which kind of involved me. had to recall wat happened a few days back which was quite difficult for me but i am guilty of doing something wrongly unknowingly. while i was sort of blaming myself for such a situation, my manager actually called. i thought she wanted to ask about this incident, yet she told me her main purpose was to thank me for working here all this while and touched me when she said that i improved alot! yays. when i heard wat she said, i was quite touched that she went to the extent to thank me from her mouth which i can hardly imagine actually. the comforting words that she didn't blame me and didn't want me to stress myself over this incident really comforted me alot.
she's a manager whom i looked upon to alot. although many a times she humbly thinks that she's not a very good manager, but to me, she's a good one. tat's why i think she deserves to be the only female store manager among the many branches. her qualities of knowing when to be strict and serious, yet motherly and understanding at times, make me admire her. it is not an easy task though. i am really thankful for her understanding of my situations on many occasions, i cannot imagine not having her manager like her =)
i guess i will still miss my colleagues to a certain extent.
the laughter they bring to me esp. since i seldom smile with their lame or cold jokes, keeping me less bored during work. their often teasing of me doing funny things tat really make you feel fury yet not the extent of really being angry. i am perhaps just immuned to them, knowing its juz for fun. the number of nicknames given to me are uncountable ranging from skinny, skelly, snail, wandering spirit etc.
being a server and being a customer is indeed a different experience. now i can understand and be conscious of the way i act when dining at other places. i realised that kitchen and service are in a way interconnected. i never expected that a normal server will mingle much with the pple in the kitchen but through working here, i made friends with them and their usual cheerfulness never failed to make me laugh.
in the past, i didn't realised i would stay to this job for such a long period of time. i donno wat kept me going but i guess its largely the pple there. to me, a familiar environment is the key to my survival. i hate the feeling of being put into a totally stranger environment and getting to know everything and everyone from scratch. yet, i still have to go through another round when i start school next mth facing the same situation again.
throughout this period, i changed from being a really quiet girl when i did not know anyone to someone more outspoken, talkative and playful at times. from a girl whom couldn't hold a tray properly, i can do it better now although not perfect. i learnt a skill afterall.
it seemed so fast that six mths have just flew by. i am actually quite thankful being able to be posted to this branch where the pple are nice compared to some branches which i have heard awful things about. although there are still some internal conflicts and politics going on sometimes, i guess this is juz part and parcel of working life. no matter which line or job you go to, this situation will still exist.
i guess i did learn some things during this period. being tolerant at times. never judge a book by its cover. learning to be more tidy and neater yet fast and accurate. be sensitive to pple's feelings.
thankfully despite all the 'threatening' things they wanted to do like smashing my face with cakes, engine oil and so on, they didn't do it on me eventually! hahas.
all in all, i will rmb the memories =)
work ended later than usual due to some matters that needed me to stay on and settle and thus i had to rush off to meet baos excluding phil to prepare for her surprise birthday at her house! amelia drove us to her house and to my horror, my nose started to bleed upon raching her house. wat a horrible timing to begin with. luckily i stopped after a while before phil arrived. we blindfolded her till her house block and celebrated her bdae with her present and a cake where the candle suddenly extinguished when it reached the table. was rather hilarious at the point of time.haha. chatted a while till almost midnight before nice amelia drove us back home to my doorstep! it is actually quite exciting to have friends driving you home, and when there's no public transport at night, they can send you home safely =)
the night also ended with a bad news that my ex-conductor passed away recently. kind of got a shock when i heard it from twin. he was a really nice and patient person to us and me also. i never remembered him scolding me despite my lousy skills when i was a newbie. hope he will rest in peace and i will keep him in my heart and remember him.
today was a rather confusing day with good and bad events that happened.
- peace out