Blur Sotong

I am blur enough can can can?

Taken from Cruzteng.com

Wang LeeHom is now in J8, just outside my workplace. And here I am, listening to FM93.3's 醉心龙虎榜 and blogging at home. Tsk tsk tsk. I thought LeeHom is only going to J8 next Sunday. And I purposely put my schedule on (next!) Sunday, which I dun normally, unless like for an instance, LeeHom will be there.

I am a 忠实听众 of 醉心龙虎榜. Plus, there will be a special guest - LeeHom too. And just when I thought I could get a glimpse of the international superstar and how the whole radio show is run, I am currently at home, listening to the on air broadcast. Tsk tsk tsk.

And WanQi just called to remind me that I'm a blur sotong. Not that she said I'm blur, but she want me to help her get LeeHom's autograph.

OMG OMG OMG... LeeHom just mentioned my F4 on air!

Ok ok, dun side-track le. But HD is lucky not to have me working today, coz I'll sure be looking out of the shop. I remembered how a customer was just in front of me and yet I didn't know he was calling for me, just because I was too focussed on the event outside.

Can some more superstars come to J8 to do more autograph sessions? I promise not to be so sotong in future, in case I miss out my favourite idols...

Mum's Bdae

Today is my mum's birthday. Went to Swensen's in the afternoon and shopped after that...

Bday cake.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

HamHam Needs to Learn Balancing

HamHam seriously does not know how to balance himself. After having him for so long, I've noticed that he falls on his back almost every (or every other) day. I often put my hand in front of him and move my hand backwards. And because he wants to bite me, his head will follow my direction and lo and behold... he tumbled. Haha. But he dun seem to be biting anymore, coz I carried him so many times and he didn't.

I should think of a way to train him. If not, when he gets old, I'll have to be 24/7 beside him, in case he falls and can't get on his feet...

Moon Cake Festival

This week is easily my slackest week since the holidays. Why?! Coz I'm only working 8 hours, out of the total 168 hours. I was still intending to work more in the later part of the week. But it seems that there is enough staff le, except for today. But never am I going to work today, coz we sure have to promote moon cake till siao - which is like so saliva-wasting. Duh. I'd rather earn less than promote more.

By right, I should be sleeping most of my time away. But by left, XiaoBai never fails to wake me up by squealing. Oh, you can just walk past her and she'll squeal, coz she thinks you are giving her food. That's the point. I go all soft when she squeals. And I'll immediately go find food for her. What to do? The whole family loves her...

Cutie shots of XiaoBai:

Kuishin Bo Buffet

Went to Suntec City with my family yesterday. There were so few people - you can see by the number of empty lots in the carpark. Is it because everyone's gone to carry lanterns and eat play candles? Anyway, ate my mum's advanced birthday dinner at Kuishin Bo (Japanese buffet). The food there is really superb. Other than the usual Japanese food and sushi, there were load more others. If you are not very "into" Japanese food, you'll still walk out of the restaurant with a bloated tummy. There were several fried food - chicken wings, soft-shell crab, tempura, fried fish, chicken stick, etc. One thing that deserves special mention is the Alaskan Snow King Crabs. The crab legs were all at least 15cm long and they were thick somemore. The drinks there were great too. They serve mocha, cappuccino, etc. There was of course my favourite - lemonade. The dessert were fabulous. Their Chocolate Mousse is a must-try. I'm missing it...

Then went to shop around Suntec. Saw many people queuing to buy donuts. I think it's crazy to queue and buy a temporary craze. My dad coincidentally brought back a box of free donuts from my uncle's shop.

Yummy Donuts.


I dun think I'll queue up for donuts.

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It's fine to have a colleague who will tell her mum what happens. But it's not too fine to have a colleague whose mum will tell my aunt what happened at work. C'mon, my aunt even knows I worked till 7p.m. yesterday. I must make sure there's no hanky-panky. There isn't any anyway. Haha.

The Ham Generations

After having four hamsters, I noticed one common thing. They all have the same habits and actions. But to me, they are still unique hams - though they are all called HamHam. Haha.

The SMALLEST - HamHam I.


The LAZIEST - HamHam II.


The FATTEST - HamHam III.


The one who likes to STAND the most - HamHam IV.

All of them left deep impression on me. I still miss them~

Favourite Hide-out

It's been a long time since HamHam had his last mention of him. He's still cute as ever.

As a nocturnal animal, HamHam sleeps most of his (and my) day away. He likes to sleep in the toilet roll most of the time... And I like to disturb his sleep, coz I like to see his sleepy face. Haha.

ZZzzzzZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz


Can you dun always turn the toilet roll?


Ya, looking for me?

P.S: Look out for the upcoming entry about the Ham generations. =)

Can she transfer back...

Reached J8 at 11am, instead of 12pm coz my dad had to go out early. Then went to shop to ask if can work earlier or not...

Me: Hey, you need me to work now?
A: Yup.
Me: [Happy]
A: You came just in time. Eric (boss) came and asked why only 1 person doing opening.
Me: Huh? Then I go shopping now.

Pretended to be very busy when I saw Eric - refilling this and that. But seriously, I had to do all that anyway. Then he came and thanked me for coming early. Duh.

I tried scooping fondue ice-cream today. It was my first time and they said it was okay. But I took a long time to scoop 32 fondue balls.

But I was practically going ...

Ah shit, this one too big...

Ah shit, this one not round...

... in every few scoops.

Did some creations coz N said he's a bit sianz. Anything lor.

Then the moon cake box finally came after such a long wait. But why can't they fold the cardboard into box first heh? We spent quite a bit of time to figure out how to fold it...

Oh, and I dun see why people should reject free ice-cream samples. J and I dun stand there to give out all the time. It's your luck to see us lor. But luckily they rejected with a smile or "no thanks". If not hor... as a Leo, I'll !@#$%^&*. Okay lah, not that serious.

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When a company decides to transfer out a good and caring manager aka the most important person, the company should expect to lose more than just 1 manager, but also losing their manpower and staff's loyalty. Some minor things should be kept one eye closed. No harm is done anyway. Shit them!

Coffee Biscuit Butter Cake

Suddenly had the urge to bake a cake when I saw all those recipe books lying on the table.

Chose this page to do coz the picture seems nice. Hehe.

Yup, all those butter and sugar.

I chopped all those Oreo biscuits to mix it with the batter. Who in the hell would chop biscuits?!

Into the oven it goes...

Mama mia~ Very oishi...

This Chocolate Butter Cake seems nice too. Hmmm...

XiaoBai's Purrs and Whistles

Now that Blogger supports video uploading too, I'll upload 2 videos of XiaoBai.

When I first had XiaoBai, I searched a lot of information on the net. And many says that it's difficult to train guinea pigs coz they are shy animals. But I think I am a lil successful lah. She purrs and whistles every time I walk near her. She'll give me a whistle every time I go to sleep and when I wake up...

XiaoBai purring (and whistling).


XiaoBai whistling (and purring).

Aiyo... mix sounds lah.

She may be sick now. But I love her all the same.

1 cardboard absorbs water. 2 dun.

Worked morning as usual. Then had to clear up the leakage mess. It was kinda redundant to put 4 to 5 layers of cardboards to absorb the water, since a cardboard is damn thick, so water can't pass through to another layer. So end up have to throw the cardboards in the trash bag and put that thrash bag in the backroom, which made moving difficulty, coz it's small enough.

And my first reaction whenever I saw the leakage was to go...

AAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

And the water is getting smellier and dirtier. I missed the days when it is odourless and colourless. I missed the days when there was no leakage even more.

A finally knew that the best time to go to the bank is before opening, and not asking me to go (on her behalf) when we are opened.

It was a busy day, so time passed quite fast. And it's time to go buy dinner. No choice, coz seniors have to do kitchen and juniors dunno where's the food they want. I came back with 4 bubble teas, 2 Subway sandwiches and 3 tupperwares (with food inside, of coz). WL was like laughing lah, coz I was giving her that food-is-very-heavy face. Then the worst part time - count the change and return. Then started packing my stuff.

Then had to throw rubbish.

A: Hey, never wait for me ar? Still got 8 more minutes to go.
Me: You want to throw rubbish with me is it?
A: Haha. Dun want.

WL and J were like so impressed with me when I said that to A. You know, coz words facts just shoot out of my mouth unknowingly.

It was nothing to me lah, but I guess it's something to them...

Vet AGAIN

Brought XiaoBai to the vet again, coz she kept dropping fur. Then the vet said there's mites on its hair. So he applied some medicine on XiaoBai's body. Then I asked him why is it that the hair around XiaoBai's eyes had dropped too. Forgot what he said, but he gave me a cream and told me to apply it around XiaoBai's eyes.

STUPID MITES! I CURSE YOU ALL DIE DIE DIE!!!!

The vet said it's either because of infection from the environment or XiaoBai's mum passed it to her. Poor little thing. I noticed brown (or black) spots on its hair long time ago. But I didn't think it was mites. Then why is it that the vet never tell me there were mites on XiaoBai when I went to the vet last time. Anyway, the vets were different both times.

XiaoBai gotta see the vet 2 weeks later, to see if the mites lessen. Depends lah. If XiaoBai is well then may not go. I've already spent at least $200 on her...

Both the vets that we saw were not well versed in Chinese...

Me: 今天这个兽医又是一个不会讲华语的...
Mum: 以前那个会嘛。
Me: 那个华语也够烂的啦。“虚弱“讲成“衰弱“。差点把我吓死咯...

And why is it so suay that it rained both times we went to the vet? I'm almost wet all over. But XiaoBai did not get wet. Because I care for her more than I care about myself.

Present from Bro

Went to the airport to fetch my bro from his trip to Taiwan and Japan yesterday. Then we went to East Coast Seafood Centre (Jumbo) to have our dinner.

Puma Sling Bag. My bro bought for me in Taipei. And not to forget all those goodies.

=)

Did Creations...

Worked today. Then this is the first time that I'm doing kitchen for my whole shift. Started from scooping ice-cream. Finally, all the scoops were round, unlike my previous attempts. Serene was so great. She taught me how to do creations and beverages. And I learned how to do my favourite coffee - Cafe Latte. It was so fun. But I hate packing fondue ice-cream. They were damn hard and my hands went freezy.

Stoning...

Work today was so damn slack. I even took out my pen to draw pictures on the order chit. WL was guessing what I drew and where I drew it. But none was the answer. Haha. I was practically stoning there through my six hours of work, except serving some customers. I think there wasn't even 20 tables of dine-in customers altogether. Then Cordelia passed by shop. So took the chance to go to the toilet and chat for a while. Then went back shop to continue to stone. It isn't really good to have no customers. It makes time difficult to pass. Can't be chatting all day long mah...

XiaoBai's Dish Bowl

When I gave XiaoBai her initial dish bowl, she ate it from there.

When I changed her dish bowl to one that is lower in height, she immediately ate it from there.

So I let her choose from the 2 dish bowls.

She ate it from the new one...

Then ate from the old one again.

Then I added her Crispy Butterfly to her choices.

It made no difference...

Cake Delivery (again)

Worked at 1oam today, and got a shock. The dipping cabinet is leaking again. Annabel and I had to wipe the floor lahs. And we filled up a pail full of dirty water. Sianz. Everyday work morning then have to wipe...

Me: Hey, not going to repair the dipping cabinet ar?
A: They can't find what's wrong.
Me: Then dun have to repair?! Buy a new one lah.

Then decided to buy a pint, since it's been a long time... Woot, I packed this pint myself.

Midnight Cookies & Cream and Vanilla Caramel Brownie. All time favourites. Somehow, I think MCC is a bit bitter...

Then Weiling called shop to ask me to deliver ice-cream cake to Yishun. Is it because I live in Yishun? Initially, Annabel told me to take cab there and take MRT back. I wasn't very keen to deliver the cake, since I can't claim the MRT fare. Plus, my parents were already in J8, intending to drive me home. So I asked whether I can go home straight after delivering the cake. She said not sure. But when Weiling came, she told me to cab there and cab back. So I went at 5pm plus. I told the taxi uncle to wait for me downstairs, coz I still had to go back to J8. I couldn't find the unit number at first, then I had to rush to find it, coz the taxi uncle said he'll wait for me for 5 minutes only. Oh, he asked me if I want to continue to run the meter or restart after I come down. I decided to restart the meter coz it should be cheaper. But who knows... it is peak hour, so extra $2 is charged per trip. In the end, he earned $2 more, rather than the few cents. No wonder. I was still wondering why he's so good to ask me...

$100 plus cake.

There were so many rabbits outside the customer's house. So cute somemore... And there was this house that I walked past with 3 doggies at the door.

When I'm leaving...

Me: WL, I bought a pint just now. Later then I come back to take my ice-cream okay...
WL: Woa... never buy ice-cream for us huh...
Me: Aiyo... you all so rich, no need me to treat.
C: Where got?
Me: Got. 你们一个两个 work everyday lor.
C: No money then work mah.

J: Jean, I no money leh.
Me: Dun lie.
GK: You ask her to open a bank account with you lah.
J: Eh, ok lah.
Me: Dun want. Later you take out all the money in one day...
J: Won't one. Will take out slowly...
Me: Okay lah, bye bye.

One Man Show

I'm totally pissed off by the people who were working today. There were only 4 staffs today - A, G, A and me. A and G were doing kitchen. Then A is manager mah, so can only help a lil. Then it's like one person doing kitchen is enough, then they 硬硬 want 2 people. When there were no orders, A and G just chit-chat. Stand there and chat openly. So NOT friendly... these people.

I had to do everything all by myself - show menu, take order, do setting, serve order, refill water, give bill, do cashiering, clear table, do washing and put back bowls, etc. It's damn crazy lah! Those 2 people damn selfish. See me with the washed plates also dunno how to help. And you call that "working together".

I simply can't stand it after a few hours, not because I have a lot of things to do, but is that they dunno how to help when they are very free. They do what then I also follow. They dun want to help me then I also dun help them. I continued washing my glasses and spoons even though I knew the order is done. I am just so pissed. So they have no choice but to serve themselves. Then when customers came in, I stay put. Then they had to come out to serve the menu.

Who ask them to be so selfish in the first place!

When it's getting nearer to the time to leave, I started giving them "face". I closed the ice fridge with a "bang" and put back the plates with a"clang". I didn't talk to them much, coz I was too tired and pissed.

One thing that made me angrier is they knew I was very busy.

G: Eh, why you like so angry?
Me: Nothing.
G: I know you have to wash plate all that... but we dun have enough staff today.

Oh is it?! You are not a staff?

G: Eh, today you go home want to sleep is it?
Me: Why?
G: Coz you run up and down mah...

Oh you are aware of that huh...

Then I took my handphone out...

A: Eh, use handphone ar...
Me: [Silence]

I wanted to reply "I just saw you using also." But I thought remaining silence is a more more friendlier way. I didn't want the volcano in my heart to boil.

Then G still wanted me to buy dinner for her. I folded my arms and walked away when she asked me to buy. No way am I going to sacrifice my own time to buy dinner for selfish people. I want to leave right on the dot. WL wanted me to wait a while before leaving, but she knew I'm very tired. I went off happily, without asking if I need to throw rubbish or not. Bother so much for what... I've done more than I should.

But there was some fun when I just went to work, coz boss R crapped with me...

Me: A, what you want to eat?
R: See, nobody asked me...
Me: What you want to eat? I buy for you.
R: No need lah, just kidding with you.
Me: I buy you ice-cream lah.
R: I dun want Haagen-Dazs one leh. I want Ben & Jerry.
Me: Ok lah, I buy for you now.
R: Here have meh?
Me: No. I go other places buy. I go now, no need to work le...

How lame.

Ooh, and I swear I saw a customer who looked really like 王傳一, except that he's thinner.

By the way, this post is not about working etiquettes. It's about selfish people and what makes them selfish.

Moon cakes Madness.

Worked at 10am today. Received a call from Jolene on the way to shop to accompany her to bank. Coz she's scared the security will come say "Hello" to me in case I didn't know the alarm was on. Ya, so went to the bank with her. It seems that the last time she went to the bank was way before. So we ended up with many turns here and there, before reaching the bank. In conclusion, the bank is very far. Crapped on the way and started crapping after that.

The plastic containing money had a hole, and the 60 cents dropped on the floor. So I took the 60 cents and deposit paper or whatever name it has.

Hey, I came to the bank to bank in 60 cents only. Haha.

Jolene said there will be something for me to "high" about when we go back to shop. Indeed. The freezer leaked water (continuously)! So all of us were wiping and moping the floor all day long. I suppose the rest are still mopping now. Haha.

Thanks to Jolene, I can now do banking, moon cake and cake order. Had to memorise moon cake description and price and cake price today.

Classic moon cake: Luxurious ice-cream and a refreshing *yolk of delicious mango sorbet.

* I kept brainwashing Jolene that it's egg yolk.

Precious moon cake: Unique flavour of *Rum Raisin and Tiramisu accompanied with liqueur chocolate centered with gold flakes.

*Since we memorised for the sake for memorising it back to the boss, I told Jolene that we can just say R&R and Tira.

But heng ar... boss never come today.

Wooo... ate Belgian chocolate and Macadamia nut today. So long never eat le...

Could have been lighter...

Got a sms from manager yesterday to help her collect ice-cream cake from Velocity. Slacked the way there, coz cannot claim transportation fee anyway. Then reached there at 12pm (when I'm supposed to start work at 12pm). Then the MOD a bit blur. Dunno what to give me. Actually, I also dunno what to collect. Haha.

MOD: Is it collect mac nut ice-cream?
Me: No. Collect cake.
MOD: Is it collect mac nut cake?
Me: Erm... I think so. I only know is cake.
MOD: 1.5kg or 2kg?
Me: I dunno. I only know collect cake. You need me to call my manager to ask?
MOD: It's okay. I'll call her now.

So he called my manager and I got deceived. In a less serious manner though. I was only asked to collect a cake. But after the call, my manager decided that I bring back 2 (huge) packets of *Belgian Waffle Mix too. Waolao, my hands break le lah.

*Regarding the previous entry about the waffle, I got some clearing up to do. I've not seen Malaysian waffle before but there is indeed Belgian waffle. No wonder they have to specify.

Waffle Mix and Cake. Heavy heavy.

Oh, and I waited a long long time for the staff there to pack the stuffs together. So I started taking pix of the shop. Quite big lahs, as compared to J8 de.

There is this ice-cream buffet promotion at Velocity branch. Can go check it out~

Started work officially at 1pm plus, coz I went to buy lunch. Went to Pizza Hut to buy Hawaiian for Ella.

Me: What you want to eat?
E: Hawaiian.
Me: Huh? Just one word can le? I never go Pizza Hut before leh (coz I dun eat pizzas mah).
E: Ya.
Me: Will they ask anything? Like want to add this or dun want that?
E: No. Just tell them the normal one.

Waited for the pizza for more than 15 minutes. Went back shop to eat lunch. Slacked. Haha.

Woa... then the Mike hor. Came to shop today then say me... But I defended myself.

M: Eh... Your this staff no energy de. The ice-cream can dropped down.
Me: No lor. The counter very high mah, Then so heavy some more.

Aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh. Mystery shopper is back to kill...

Damn damn tired.

Finally, after a whole 3 months, I went back to work. And saw those familiar friends. One thing different is Jolene and Joanne wearing formal, coz they are promoted to supervisors le. Anyway, I wasn't supposed to work yesterday, but it seems that HD is still short of people. And Joanne was hoping that she can brainwash me to work until 11pm. What?! 13 hours? Nah nah nah.

Went to work at 10am. Then there was nothing for me to do, coz Annabel came earlier than me, and did all those that I'm supposed to do. So I filled up some serviettes and kept the dry ice, before I heard a piece of not-very-good news.

Annabel was talking on the phone and suddenly said my name. I stopped packing my dry ice and starred at her...

Me: Why you say my name?
A: I need you to help me take a can of Macadamia Nut ice-cream from Velocity.
Me: Huh?! A can ar?
A: You go to Novena then take cab back.
Me: Take cab there and back?
A: Take MRT there...
Me: Huh? Later I get lost how? I dunno how to go to Velocity wor...
A: You stop at Novena station and take the escalator up.
Me: I'll get there and come back safe and sound is it?
A: Haha. Ya ya.

So, I took my wallet (to pay the can-claim-taxi-fare) and handphone (to call for help if I can't handle the can of ice-cream) along with me to Velocity. Took the train there and reached at about 10.30am plus (when I started work at 10am). I realised I didn't ask for the shop unit. So I went to the shop directory for help. Hmmm... unit #01-62/63. I looked around and the shops were all 20 and 30 plus.

Velocity so big orh?

Found the shop after walking almost every corner of level 1. Then saw Mike there and waited for my dear mac nut can.

M: Later remember to ask your manager to write the transfer form.
Me: Huh? (Too obsessed with wondering how to go back to J8.)
M: Later remember to ask your manager to write the transfer form.
Me: Oh, okay.
M: If not you have to pay for the ice-cream.
Me: Huh... Dun want.
M: Can carry or not?
Me: Erm... can.

Straight after the word "can", my can of ice-cream dropped from the counter to the floor, in good shape of course.

M: You see, can carry mah?
Me: Can. Bye.

So, I walked steadily (coz I went to locate the taxi stand before I found HD) and unsteadily (coz my whole body tilted towards the left as I carried it with my left hand) to the taxi stand.


It's around 9.45 kg. Damn heavy.

When I was on the cab, the taxi uncle kept asking me which way I want to go...

Me: Erm... anything. I not familiar with roads.
Uncle: You want the Braddell ... ... ...
Me: The fastest route can le.
Uncle: The take the Braddell ... ... ...
Me: Ah ya, okay can.

Phew. I know it's quite unsafe to tell the uncle that I'm not familiar with roads, since he may go the long way. But what can I do? Half my energy is already gone from carrying the can.

Then went back to shop. And there were these aunties blocking our entrance, which made me even more tired.

When I saw Annabel, I started...

Me: Annabel Annabel Annabel...
A: Hey, you're back.
Me: Very heavy leh. Then I couldn't find the shop.
A: You never ask people the way?
Me: No lah. I wearing the HD uniform then still ask people where's HD meh? Later people say I crazy... dunno where's my shop.
A: You say you new staff lah.
Me: Dun want.

Then slacked by separating the 10 cent coins into one dollars. Then watched the human traffic outside, coz dunno got what charity event. Then the people used our outside space - for free. And they only arranged back the tables and chairs (which was still messy anyway). They never cleared the rubbish they left behind lor. Then went to pack 2 quarts and I pint of Macdamia Nut ice-cream from the can I bought back. Mac nut was so damn hard lahs. So now, my left arm ached from carrying mac nut and my right arm ached from scooping mac nut.

... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Nothing special after that. Just have a lot of customers and I realised many things changed le. But some changed for the better. Haha.

Tired is the word.