Friday Hurrah
felt very tired the whole of today
thankfully there was nothing much going on
i helped W book his air tickets and hotel stay for his vacation
He was bent on staying in Hotel V after seeing how nice it looked
we couldn't find it online
later we found out Hotel V has become Hotel M, just 2 days ago.
he went on to book a stay at Hotel M.
On further reading he realised that Hotel M is being marketed as an "artistic" hotel
the hotel website photos show funny looking paintings in the rooms and a dog in the shower
"W, make sure you pack your pink shirts. you'll fit right in with the artsy crowd!"
"Hell no. i'm gonna walk in with a can of beer in my hand. they're gonna look at me and wonder if this redneck walked into the wrong hotel."
"what if your room has funky doors that slide upwards and the light switches are hidden? there's even a dog in the shower!"
"the dog's going out the window that's what's gonna happen. all i wanted was Hotel V. they have to change it to Hotel M right now! it was still V a month ago!
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was in the equipment area when i chatted a bit with a lady there.
we started talking abt W and me. About how W is only around the area when i'm around.
she suddenly started speaking in general philosophical terms:
"when i see some pple together, i see friendship. sometimes the friendship develops further, and that's a good thing. it's always good to start as friends, that's what i would do. sometimes you think it's just friendship, but it's a bit more...."
"W and I are just friends."
"yes, when i see W and you, i see friendship. he's just your buddy right."
"yup. you made me worried for a second."
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i dropped by the chinese eatery after work.
was dead tired and sleepy but it was too early to go home on a friday night.
it got busy during the dinner time period and somehow i got energized again.
meal times are stressful at the restaurant.
so many orders, pple everywhere
need to remember who ordered what and who paid what
i'm not familiar with the dinner menu
so i also just anyhow hantam
lady boss asked "what the hell is the sweet sour triple?"
"er..don't know. that's what the guy ordered over the phone."
lady boss looked at me, thought for a while, nodded her head and i think they made it up.
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i ended up staying till 1 am there.
after they closed up, they asked another friend over to help wrap the dumplings.
the very delicious guo1 tie1.
I, being the fabulous cook and kitchen help,
was obviously there more to chou4 re4 nao4 than to be of any real help
so they taught me how to wrap the dumplings
10 dumplings later
i decided i should stop because mine all looked hideous beside the Lady Boss' ones
since they're for sale, there should be some standard
otherwise the customer might wonder why the other table's guo tie look so pretty and his look so weird
they told me it doesn't matter cos when they sell them, it's backside up
something like that
so no one can see anything
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i'm gonna miss the chinese eatery when i leave
the 2 bosses are like my siblings here
siblings without the annoyance that come from living together
i love having a place to hang out and be at home
and watch strangers walk in and out
getting to know the nicer ones, and smiling at the oddities of the ngiao ones
"how come your vegetable noodles has no chicken?", one of them asked
because a chicken is not a vegetable, i was tempted to answer
the whole place has a very altruistic feel
because we're ultimately all just strangers helping each other
you could say it's a symbiotic relationship
that we're helping each other so that we can get help in turn
but it's more altruistic than that
we're helping, just because
i think they're good pple
the boss' philosophy is "i will help my friends as long as it's within my means"
and he means it too
so i feel happy helping him back within my means
it's just good karma
i'm beginning to feel close to both of them
i will miss them
they work long long hours
and i think what they really want is to spend time with their toddler daughter more than anything else
i don't know how i can do anything to help that one
and then i think abt me and my big headed dreams
maybe there really isn't anything to dream abt
we work to eat and live
and be contented
-----------------------------------------------------
Objectives Revisited
At the beginning of the whole program
there were a lot of paper work to complete to process my journey here
there were some short essays to write
like what i want to get out of the program and how i can contribute etc
i am here primarily to learn stuff,
and so there's more i'm taking than giving back
i wrote something along the lines of "i'll help my host company as much as i can contribute"
in a wider sense
i want to contribute to the pple of alabama as much as they've given me
in terms of kindness and acceptance
of personal and professional growth
in times of melancholy (like now)
i wonder if i'll be missed when i'm gone
i think i will be
which means i've made a difference, albeit just small little things here and there
and so i've not let my promise gone to waste
Have they made a difference in my life?
definitely.
and that's what a successful life is, to make a difference in someone else's life
now i just need to find a way to express this to them without sounding mushy
---------------------------------
Weekend Blues
I've been feeling rather down lately
i'm not quite sure why
it's partly hormonal, partly seasonal
it gets dark at 5pm now instead of 8.30pm
so i'm still adjusting to how long the nights are
the whole of sunday went by like i was sleepwalking
i wasn't tired
but i felt very distracted
like it's not quite real
like i'm there but not really there
which probably isn't a good state to be in to take orders in the chinese eatery
the more i chatted with the chinese folks
the sadder i felt
.....
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when i'm happy, i juggle
when i'm sad, i juggle
the groove is back
the long nights actually work out well because i realised i can't juggle in the day
the sun makes me hot and bothered
i watched videos from olga and luke barrage for inspiration just before heading out
it worked very well
after watching luke barrage's maniac club video, on how he whacks his clubs everywhere,
i went ahead and whacked my precious clubs around too
i managed to get the one club piroutte finally
decided to go for it and then can liao
it's actually easier than one ball piroutte, since the ball throw can get very inaccurate at great heights
it must look quite pretty
cos a few passers-by stopped in their tracks to watch
i really don't mind pple watching
but some of them scare the hell out of me
it's at night and everywhere is dark yes
and usually there's nobody
suddenly i turn around and in the corner of my eye i catch a guy in a trench coat standing in darkness staring at me
i must have startled him as much as he scared me
cos when i suddenly turned and stared back at him he quickly shuffled his feet and left
it was important that i got my groove back
i needed it
------------------------------------
More visitors coming in next week
all unfortunate witnesses to my unfortunate driving skills
one is coming in from singapore
the last time he was here i drove him to dinner and we ended up facing oncoming traffic along the highway cos i turned into the wrong lane
this time he sent an email to us saying "i will proceed to the office on my own".
another one is the customer whom i sent running across a six lane highway to his hotel, cos i'm not very good at doing U-turns.
W was telling AH how "ths girl spent 3 months looking for a car right. she spent all this time, and went all the way to other towns, picked a car. and within a week, she wrecked it."
these are all just funny anecdotes that happen to be true, but my driving is really not that bad okay.
----------------------------------
someone from the juggling group asked if we should put up some juggling records at the Singapore Book of records. http://www.singaporebookofrecords.com
Here's my reply:
"Wow! what a find! 3 cheers to the unicyclists!
yes and i second the call for the jugglers to set some records!
let's aim to break the record for
"Human Beings - Food Feats
Most Number Of Smarties Eaten In Three Minutes Using Chop Sticks" at the next WJD!
But since practising for that is not good for the diet, let's aim for "Most Number of Smarties Juggling 3 balls for 3 Minutes".
I bet they'll put us jugglers under "Human Beings - Odd Talents" alongside the "Longest Yamseng".
Let's do a "Most Number of Smarties Juggling 3 balls for 3 Minutes while shouting Yamseng!"
------------------------------
i'm tired.
felt very tired the whole of today
thankfully there was nothing much going on
i helped W book his air tickets and hotel stay for his vacation
He was bent on staying in Hotel V after seeing how nice it looked
we couldn't find it online
later we found out Hotel V has become Hotel M, just 2 days ago.
he went on to book a stay at Hotel M.
On further reading he realised that Hotel M is being marketed as an "artistic" hotel
the hotel website photos show funny looking paintings in the rooms and a dog in the shower
"W, make sure you pack your pink shirts. you'll fit right in with the artsy crowd!"
"Hell no. i'm gonna walk in with a can of beer in my hand. they're gonna look at me and wonder if this redneck walked into the wrong hotel."
"what if your room has funky doors that slide upwards and the light switches are hidden? there's even a dog in the shower!"
"the dog's going out the window that's what's gonna happen. all i wanted was Hotel V. they have to change it to Hotel M right now! it was still V a month ago!
--------------------------------
was in the equipment area when i chatted a bit with a lady there.
we started talking abt W and me. About how W is only around the area when i'm around.
she suddenly started speaking in general philosophical terms:
"when i see some pple together, i see friendship. sometimes the friendship develops further, and that's a good thing. it's always good to start as friends, that's what i would do. sometimes you think it's just friendship, but it's a bit more...."
"W and I are just friends."
"yes, when i see W and you, i see friendship. he's just your buddy right."
"yup. you made me worried for a second."
---------------------------------------------
i dropped by the chinese eatery after work.
was dead tired and sleepy but it was too early to go home on a friday night.
it got busy during the dinner time period and somehow i got energized again.
meal times are stressful at the restaurant.
so many orders, pple everywhere
need to remember who ordered what and who paid what
i'm not familiar with the dinner menu
so i also just anyhow hantam
lady boss asked "what the hell is the sweet sour triple?"
"er..don't know. that's what the guy ordered over the phone."
lady boss looked at me, thought for a while, nodded her head and i think they made it up.
----------------------
i ended up staying till 1 am there.
after they closed up, they asked another friend over to help wrap the dumplings.
the very delicious guo1 tie1.
I, being the fabulous cook and kitchen help,
was obviously there more to chou4 re4 nao4 than to be of any real help
so they taught me how to wrap the dumplings
10 dumplings later
i decided i should stop because mine all looked hideous beside the Lady Boss' ones
since they're for sale, there should be some standard
otherwise the customer might wonder why the other table's guo tie look so pretty and his look so weird
they told me it doesn't matter cos when they sell them, it's backside up
something like that
so no one can see anything
------------------------------------
i'm gonna miss the chinese eatery when i leave
the 2 bosses are like my siblings here
siblings without the annoyance that come from living together
i love having a place to hang out and be at home
and watch strangers walk in and out
getting to know the nicer ones, and smiling at the oddities of the ngiao ones
"how come your vegetable noodles has no chicken?", one of them asked
because a chicken is not a vegetable, i was tempted to answer
the whole place has a very altruistic feel
because we're ultimately all just strangers helping each other
you could say it's a symbiotic relationship
that we're helping each other so that we can get help in turn
but it's more altruistic than that
we're helping, just because
i think they're good pple
the boss' philosophy is "i will help my friends as long as it's within my means"
and he means it too
so i feel happy helping him back within my means
it's just good karma
i'm beginning to feel close to both of them
i will miss them
they work long long hours
and i think what they really want is to spend time with their toddler daughter more than anything else
i don't know how i can do anything to help that one
and then i think abt me and my big headed dreams
maybe there really isn't anything to dream abt
we work to eat and live
and be contented
-----------------------------------------------------
Objectives Revisited
At the beginning of the whole program
there were a lot of paper work to complete to process my journey here
there were some short essays to write
like what i want to get out of the program and how i can contribute etc
i am here primarily to learn stuff,
and so there's more i'm taking than giving back
i wrote something along the lines of "i'll help my host company as much as i can contribute"
in a wider sense
i want to contribute to the pple of alabama as much as they've given me
in terms of kindness and acceptance
of personal and professional growth
in times of melancholy (like now)
i wonder if i'll be missed when i'm gone
i think i will be
which means i've made a difference, albeit just small little things here and there
and so i've not let my promise gone to waste
Have they made a difference in my life?
definitely.
and that's what a successful life is, to make a difference in someone else's life
now i just need to find a way to express this to them without sounding mushy
---------------------------------
Weekend Blues
I've been feeling rather down lately
i'm not quite sure why
it's partly hormonal, partly seasonal
it gets dark at 5pm now instead of 8.30pm
so i'm still adjusting to how long the nights are
the whole of sunday went by like i was sleepwalking
i wasn't tired
but i felt very distracted
like it's not quite real
like i'm there but not really there
which probably isn't a good state to be in to take orders in the chinese eatery
the more i chatted with the chinese folks
the sadder i felt
.....
-------------------------------------
when i'm happy, i juggle
when i'm sad, i juggle
the groove is back
the long nights actually work out well because i realised i can't juggle in the day
the sun makes me hot and bothered
i watched videos from olga and luke barrage for inspiration just before heading out
it worked very well
after watching luke barrage's maniac club video, on how he whacks his clubs everywhere,
i went ahead and whacked my precious clubs around too
i managed to get the one club piroutte finally
decided to go for it and then can liao
it's actually easier than one ball piroutte, since the ball throw can get very inaccurate at great heights
it must look quite pretty
cos a few passers-by stopped in their tracks to watch
i really don't mind pple watching
but some of them scare the hell out of me
it's at night and everywhere is dark yes
and usually there's nobody
suddenly i turn around and in the corner of my eye i catch a guy in a trench coat standing in darkness staring at me
i must have startled him as much as he scared me
cos when i suddenly turned and stared back at him he quickly shuffled his feet and left
it was important that i got my groove back
i needed it
------------------------------------
More visitors coming in next week
all unfortunate witnesses to my unfortunate driving skills
one is coming in from singapore
the last time he was here i drove him to dinner and we ended up facing oncoming traffic along the highway cos i turned into the wrong lane
this time he sent an email to us saying "i will proceed to the office on my own".
another one is the customer whom i sent running across a six lane highway to his hotel, cos i'm not very good at doing U-turns.
W was telling AH how "ths girl spent 3 months looking for a car right. she spent all this time, and went all the way to other towns, picked a car. and within a week, she wrecked it."
these are all just funny anecdotes that happen to be true, but my driving is really not that bad okay.
----------------------------------
someone from the juggling group asked if we should put up some juggling records at the Singapore Book of records. http://www.singaporebookofrecords.com
Here's my reply:
"Wow! what a find! 3 cheers to the unicyclists!
yes and i second the call for the jugglers to set some records!
let's aim to break the record for
"Human Beings - Food Feats
Most Number Of Smarties Eaten In Three Minutes Using Chop Sticks" at the next WJD!
But since practising for that is not good for the diet, let's aim for "Most Number of Smarties Juggling 3 balls for 3 Minutes".
I bet they'll put us jugglers under "Human Beings - Odd Talents" alongside the "Longest Yamseng".
Let's do a "Most Number of Smarties Juggling 3 balls for 3 Minutes while shouting Yamseng!"
------------------------------
i'm tired.
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