Saturday, March 28, 2009.
7:19 PM
finally i have something to blog.
Yesterday was a rough day for me. I'm still very unhappy and fustrated about it.
Firstly, it was the incident regarding us doing a tour of 150pax at an exclusive timing of 5pm. we have already allocated who's doing the tour first thing in the morning, which was Me, Jery & Sandy.
this stupid bimbo actually comms us at 4.50pm, requesting Benny to replace Sandy. She said there were "important people" (which i presume VIPs) in the group. Benny was furious coz he just finished his tour not long ago! besides, in the schedule there was no indication whatsoever that it is a VIP group!! and please 150pax of VIPs? who are you trying to kid? but no choice, we can't do anything, poor Benny. if i were Sandy, i would be quite pissed. it's like they are telling you that you are not good enough. it's so demoralising.
what's hilarious was when we saw the people streaming into the conference room, about 90% of them are in t-shirt and jeans! and you call this VIPs?!!?! WTF. damn angry. those PUB goondos have really no brains.
That's just 1 piece of the cake. we went on a field trip to Night Safari after that.
And i TOTALLY regretted going. Firstly, i have no interest in animals, secondly i was sweating buckets, as the humidity (i swear) was the worse that i came across in my entire life, and lastly, i came home with an empty stomach(we didn't eat dinner). it wasn't worth my 3 hours of time. YES, the whole tour took 3 hours. ridiculous!
I didn't like the fact that PUB staff was with us. eventhough it's after work hours, they still treat us like we are still working. Kept reminding us to take note of what the guides are doing, learn from them blah blah blah. all bull shit. They are just looking down on us. they think we are lousy guides.
to tell you the truth, i didn't think the Guides at the N.S are that fantastic(like SOME people say). only their spoken english is worth mentioning. No denying that their english is better than us. But i'm sure it's a prerequisite for the job. i dare say with training, i can do an equally good job, i don't think my english will lose out to them loh.
I don't know how many times i've said this. but i hate working at MB. no motivation and very demoralising. hate the PUB people! if not only for the colleagues, i would have been long gone.
i. just want to SING
Tuesday, March 10, 2009.
9:59 PM
i realise i have nothing interesting to blog.
not much has been happening. everyday is just a routine. I'm getting sick and tired of doing tours here.
My life is getting more boring each day. it's so sad. :(
is it a sign for a job change? even colleagues around me are discussing about it. honestly i have been comtemplating for some time. but well, i guess it's not the right time yet. i don't want to do it on impulse.
colin, sandy & christine went to the Career Fair that day and related to me about the booths on the IRs. The Universal Studios at Sentosa sounds so exciting! can already imagine myself working there. should be so fun!
sighz...i don't know what would be the future like. or even the NEAR future. no plans whatsoever.
一天过一天 loh.
i. just want to SING
Thursday, February 26, 2009.
11:21 PM
arghhhh....my throat is killing meee!!!
have not had sore throat for quite a long time. But this is one of the worse i think. i don't remember having one that hurts so much! it's so painful when i swallow! feels like there's is 4-5 ulcers together down there.
How to do tours like that?
Hope can recover by tmr. already took 2 days MC. although some people tell me, take as many as required! But i truely wanna get better to save all the trouble.
Where to get such an employee like me?
i. just want to SING
Wednesday, February 18, 2009.
10:26 PM
we just got a verbal lashing from PUB.
Makes me think that they do not appreciate us at all.
It's worse that it wasn't directed to a specific person. You do not know if they are talking about you. Let me just summarise what they said.
1) Our tours are not up to standard. They compared us to the people at the Zoo. Which is ridiculous. Zoo is a different place and a totally different tour!
2) We do not have enough training. Again they compared us to Zoo, saying that they spent 3 years training their guides. Well, as if we don't want to be train? please. it's the management.
3)We have repetitive words in our tours. They mention that there was this guide who did a VIP tour with over 200 "Actually"s. That's definitely NOT me. It's quite an insult, for someone like me coming from an english-educated background. I admit that i did say a few sometimes, but 200 is exaggerating.
4)Our tours are not informative enough. Please. look at the script that YOU gave to us before you start saying anything. Isn't it a sample of the tour that we are suppose to follow?
5)Our attire is not presentable enough. From now on we have to tuck in our shirts and put on belt. Plus wear dark-coloured jeans. wtf. Now than you come and tell us?
6)We always cluster in Gallery 4 whenever there's a tour. Please. We have our reasons ok. It's not that we cluster and CHAT. We have to do coordination to avoid the tours clashing at Gallery 4! (especially when you give us like FOUR tours starting at one go??!!!)We are there to help our colleagues in any way we can so they can concentrate on doing their tour! We don't deny that we cluster sometimes, but than you really expect us to stand there alone, staring into space? Why not YOU come down and do it. See whether you'll cluster.
I'm FUMING now.
We do SO MUCH for them, and all they do is complain?
I know that i shouldn't be affected by this. It's not our fault. But i just can't help but feel demoralised.
From now on, i do not look forward to working here anymore.
i. just want to SING
Monday, February 09, 2009.
11:30 PM
when i knew that i'll be going to MB, i was thinking, sure will see the Ch8 drama crew filming there one day. i mean, the place is so ideal for a location shoot because of the beautiful scenery!
and sure enough. they were here today. when i saw them, i was excited and scared at the same time. excited because it has been a long long time since i last saw them. almost 2 years! scared because don't know if they remember me.
Nevertheless, i went up and said hi. i think i was too excited lah. coz when I approached the crew, i spotted Jessica, and i actually shouted "Jessicaaaa!!!". She had to take a second glance before she responded "Ehh?! you working here?!!", complete with the shocked look on her face. Director Fenfei said "Hi Wanyu". Heng... they still remember me.
Guess who were they filming? of all the artistes, these 2 are the ones which never in a million years i would thought of seeing them again! the Queen & the King! omg omg. will they remember me?
Too excited until i didn't notice if they are in the midst of filming. walked behind the camera, and actually waved and said "Ah Ge, Ah Jie Hello!!!" i thought their reaction would be the same as Jessica's. But i got a not so lively one instead. Ah Jie looked at me, with a bit of a surprised & frowned face, said Hi after 2 secs. Ah Ge just smiled at me. oops...i think they don't remember after all. or maybe they did, but they were too engrossed in the scene?
Went over to the monitor side, and someone tapped me on my shoulder. turned around, and was so happy to see Mandy!! chatted with her & Jessica a bit. really miss them a lot! in the end, i bade goodbye just a few minutes later. why. because i felt so awkward standing there, coz they looked busy and seemed like they didn't have time to entertain me. so sad....
until now i still don't know if i interrupted the filming, or if Ah Ge & Ah Jie remembers me. These are the question marks which i'd like to have the answers. regretted not waiting a bit longer to see if there's time to chat. Think i'm gonna contact Jessica soon...haha...
(Btw, Jessica is Ah Ge's PA, and Mandy is Ah Jie's PA)
how i wished it was Felicia, Ping Hui or Pierre! wanted so much to see them! frankly speaking, i kinda miss the filming days. it was tough but fun with the right people. just thinking of the vivd memories made me had this urge to go back and do it again.
i just might consider...
The new MB team is formed. most importantly, without her. so happy to have the 3 of them in my team! we'll definitely have loads of FUN!!!
i. just want to SING
Tuesday, February 03, 2009.
10:17 PM
it has been a week since CNY. How time flies.
With each passing year, the CNY mood keeps descending. i think it's because of the increasing age. last time i was in primary or secondary school, the mood is totally different. I actually look forward to CNY then. maybe because of the hongbao, or maybe because of the holiday? all i can say was, CNY was deinitely fun in past. But not now.
I feel like I'm dragging myself to the visits. why? coz all i do there is to watch TV and act busy on my handphone. totally a waste of time. and my cousins are all not so young anymore, cannot play with them. even the hongbaos don't entice me anymore. the worse thing is that the uncles and aunties will ask the same questions again.
I got this from a forum, and i find it very amusing and true:
When we are little children they will ask: What school are you in? Your studies ok?
When we are in late teens/early twenties: Do you have boyfriend? If no, aiyoh why dont have?
When we are in late twenties with no boyfriend: Aiyoh, later become 老姑婆. Want me to intro you boyfriend?
If we are unmarried but attached: When are you getting married?
If we are newlywed with no children: When are you having children? Why still dont want?
If we are married with one child: When are you going to have a 2nd child?
When our children are schooling: Your children what schol ah? What stream?
BUTTTTT,The only thing i look forward to is the FOOD!!! ok, i admit i'm a glutton. but really, not every day i can eat 8 dishes you know!
I think 5-10 years down the road, i'll probably escape to different locations for a "Holiday" during CNY.
STILL at MB in Feb. wth.
whatever, it'll be better a bit after the reshuffling. I'm not involved in it. Someone is. I''ll announce it once it's confirmed. :)
i. just want to SING
Wednesday, January 21, 2009.
10:13 PM
went K with Sandy & Claudine yesterday....
it's been quite a while since i last sang. i miss singing sooooo much..
We went to Partyworld at Woodlands. I've never been to any KTVs except KBox. and i still feel that KBox is still the best in terms of ambience, song quality and duration. Partyworld is not bad lah. the bubble tea is nice! and the price is a bit cheaper. but we only sang 4 hours. and it was weird coz there was lighting in the room instead of the dim lights at KBox. the mood wasn't really there...
But all in all...it was ok lah. first time going out with the 2 girls. they were really fun too be with. Super chatty, extremely talkative. can hear a lot of gossip from them. Both singing voices were quite good as well, although Claudine needed a bit of a warm up haha...we sang a lot of very tough songs, those need to go very high one eg A*Mei....and majority of the times we went out of tune, which led to a few laughing fits...
I sang Jay Chou's Hei Se You Mo. and when came to the "Shuo San, Ni Xiang Hen Jiu Le Ba" part....i used a bit of the falsetto. And they started laughing and laughing. they said that part sounded like Ah Du...called me the female version of Ah Du. made me laugh so hard too!...from then on all the high notes i cannot hit coz i start laughing when i think of Ah Du. aiyo...
i hate chinese. i don't hate speaking or watching chinese shows. I hate learning the language. but when it comes to chinese songs, i can just learn the lyrics of 1 song in 30 mins. it's ironic in a way. i guess it's the passion i have for music. i used to only listen english songs...only few years ago than i started listening to chinese songs. i still remember the first time i went k. my friends all sang chinese songs and i couldn't even sing 1! i was sitting there listening, and i started to grow a liking for chinese songs. since then i made a vow to learn as many as possible.
Can't wait for the next KTV session!!
almost 3 weeks at MB. felt like 3 months. so tired already. when are they gonna put be back?
i. just want to SING
Tuesday, January 13, 2009.
10:01 PM
12 Jan, SDC retreat to Malacca.
I was actually looking forward to it, coz i haven't seen the colleagues for quite some time. Thought it would be fun.
Well, it wasn't exactly fun. Most of the time was spent on travelling. To and fro took almost 8 hours, so time left was very little, and definitely not enough.
The itinary was planned mostly on eating. Breakfast we had Roti Prata, Lunch we had Laksa(not nice 1) & Chicken Rice(Not bad), Dinner we had a few big dishes with rice at this seafood restaurant. But didn't eat much though, no appetite.
After eating, was Shopping. brought us to those shop selling local products, and we stopped over to shop at some of the malls too. bought quite a lot of stuff, mostly food, except of a pair of nice sunglasses worth RM 10. Cheap! Spent a total of RM 110. We only had 1.5 hours at the malls! Could have spent more if we had more time....
That's bout it. Really. quite boring i should say. But it wasn't so bad with the company of Sharon, Benny, Jerry and Elthea. Thank god. They really provided the entertainment!
Reached home with a painful headache plus stomachache. i think i was seriously bus-sick. the seats wasn't very comfortable. Until now still got a bit of headache...
Hope next time they can organise a better trip. and give us more time for shopping! :P
i. just want to SING
