so, i survived the first week as a waiter/cleaner/helper/voice-recorder of "THE FOOD IS COMING!"/employee-to-employer@Galileo Cafe. it's a whole different experience, dealing with difficult customers, foreign workers and also communicating with your superiors. with all the challenges surfacing especially during lunch crowd, the pressure builds up with each customer walking in with faces written all over saying, "GIVE ME FOOD OR I WILL EAT YOU UP" it feels as though you are going to war&eventhough you are ready with your ammunitions, you seriously, cannot predict much about the future. i vividly rememeber this auntie who made a lot of noise asking why her food have yet to be served, with a commanding tone saying, "YESTERDAY LIKE THAT TODAY ALSO LIKE THAT. HAIYOOOOOOO.!" while others don't have to say anything but just sit and wait for the food to arrive as two of his friends received the food years ago. and you have a boss who crazily roars during lunch crowd and want food to be delivered fast even if it's not ready.you just gotta keep on moving! eventhough it means picking up the cut spring onions at one corner.

so, with all the stress that is bulldozing into me, i guess what keeps me going on is this, :) yes, a smile. a smile is a curve which sets everything straight. be it how mean they can be, be it how menacing those eyes may seem, be it how loud they can be. it.just.keeps.eveything.back.in.order. so what if the working consensus is broken?smile. so what if he stares and look through you?smile. so what if he shouts at you?smile. of course there are funny moments in Galileo, for instance, the old cook uncle pronouncing BLUE WATER as BULU WATER and when the colour changes to purple, it becomes BULU BEER, to him. he is so pelat, btw. me and shidah trying to figure out what in the whole universe the cook-s from china were talking about. and of course, working together with ilah and sorfina. anddddd... having mum, dad friends and families as the customers. so, yes, in the end only kindness matters no matter to a young punk or an old demanding lady. but of course, you should know when enough is enough rite? so, spread the smile people!

and i have already done that last sat at Kristine's 21st surprised party@her place!! i don't know how her sister managed to call up most of her friends for the surprise but she sure put in a lot of effort. well, it was reallie nice to see my sec sch mates after soo long. and i think it will be another 545934503853 months till i get to see kris again. how i wish i could switch places with her eventhough it means visiting the opera house everyday as part of my project. -sigh- but nevertheless, i had a smashing rollin' good time there tho!:)

surprise!!!

and the maid had a tough time cleaning up the area after that. haha

little cheryl :)kris sweet cousin.


we were bored while waiting!

and the cake is so so kristine.

i had a bad time recalling the bartleyans, the chinese guys especially. but nevertheless, it was nice=D

through sec, jc and uni and netballllll!

kris and SR 1st 3 mths SR ppl.

it's amazing how 1st three months friends can go a looooong wayyyy!

and i miss dikir! haha

yeapp. navin is as tall as the twin towers now and so as his ego. muahaha. what's new? -KIDDING.lol.and paul? i cant remember that well. oh dear. haha

jocey and rene whom i vividly remember as the super-enthu basketballers of SR!

ex-SRJCians from 1st 3 mths and after:) excludin cheryl and ervin. which explains the gap. haha.

so, yeap:).

just :)

*hugs.