Last dae of 2007...

This will be the last time i'll be blogging...
in the year of 2007...
2007 will end in 4 hrs...
anybody made their resolutions yet?
i made 3 last year... XD
this yr...
hmmm...
i guess would be career ba...
i'd like to soar new heights...
see me flyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy......

someone todae me todae...
dat i have a lot of "nu ren yuan"
i noe a lot of girls...
i'm surrounded by a lot of girls... juz dat i dun wan only...
hmmm... is it true?
sae until like dat... Zzz...
actually... come to think of it...
i do have more female friends dan male friends...
and ironically...
Jane has more male friends dan female friends... XD
so i guess we make the perfect pair... LOL!!!
oops... :P
watever...
but still... maybe the right one has not appeared ba...
or maybe i'm too focused onto my career to go into any relationships now...

and yes...
finally went to payroll office todae to check on my missing pay...
and banana cheesecake...
they told me HR told them i'm resigning...
so pay will be hold back till i resign and after all clearance cleared liao b4 they give me all my pay... last mth and this mth together... O_o
ahhhhhhhhhh... this mth eat grass liao loh... Zzz...
win liao...
when did i resign? i only finish attachment oni mah... -_-
and the best thing is...
how come Ben and KM got their pay?
only mine kena held back? -_-
i think i OT too much...
den too much money... they dun wanna give me... Zzz...
stupid payroll... stupid HR... (and i'm not implying u Ting... XD)

2 more daes!!!

Post christmas steamboat

Did breakfast in Kopitiam todae...
very busy...
omelette station...
so many orders...
from the renown egg white vegetarian omelette to the mini sized omelette... -_-
so sian...
seriously... indians are very fussy guests...
i wonder y...

anyway...
will be clearing leave starting next Thursdae...
coming Wednesdae will be my final official working dae in Swissôtel the Stamford...
wat to do... where to go...
we'll see then... XD
log book still haven complete yet...
well... i got 4 daes to settle all of it... -_-

after work went to Ting's house for steamboat...
though only 9 ppl ate...
they bought food enough for 10+ ppl... O_o
and... sorry girls... but i have to sae it... XD
coz i find it too amusing not to sae it out... :P
who on earth buys romaine lettuce for steamboat? O_o
LOL!!!
i was stunnded... seriously... hahaa...
but ok lah... did enjoy myself...
though i was too tired to talk much... XP

okie... 4 more daes!!!

Remember the good ol' chipmunk daes?

Brings back memories... XD

Alvin and the Chipmunks

Slept a whole 15 hrs todae... LOL!!!
7:30pm - 10:30am...
when i woke up... suddenly very hungry...
VERY...
it's then i realised i haven't ate for 36 hrs... O_o
the last meal was at 12am... during the pastry christmas party...
work till 4pm never eat...
go home... settle some internet stuffs...
slept at 7pm...
so until 10:30am den wake up...
looked in the refrigerator and saw some left over food...
so steamed some to eat...
ate wanton mee... glutinous rice and big pau...
my personal record of 36 hrs of hunger... XD

anyway... went out todae for movie...
Suntec to Marina Square to Cineleisure... Zzz...
eventually settled on Alvin and the Chipmunks...
at 1st i thought it would be a normal show...
though i wanna watch it...
but as the movie started...
it seemed better dan i expected it to be...
very nice music... XD
touching... and cute...
especially Theodore...

though it started off nice...
as the movie progressed...
it started to get duller and duller...
plot start to become stagnant...
there is no more climax...
songs start to repeat itself over and over again...
nothing new happened...
and then it happened...
it juz ended suddenly... Zzz...
i was like... huh?
dat's all?
seemed like so a short movie...

if i were to judge it by the first part of the movie... i'd rate it a 4 or a 4.5...
but... for a whole movie...
i'd rate...
3.5/5

i've always liked Alvin and the Chipmunks ever since i was a child...
when i was a kid... always watched the cartoon...
didn't realised until now dat Alvin and the Chipmunks dated back to the 1950s... O_o

k... tomoro off again...
who's free?

Merry Christmas?

Was supposed to work at 3am todae...
but went to the hotel earlier...
at 11:30pm to celebrate christmas wif the pastry staff...
they had a gift exchange program...
but instead of the usual lucky draw style of small paper in a big glass bowl...
they made little chocolate balls and the gift number inside it...
LOL... pastry mah... XD
innovative... :)

Look at all them presents... and the little chocolate balls... :)

food served there comes from all over the hotel...
some are freshly made... like pizza from Prego...
but mostly are leftovers from buffet like from PMC... LOL!!!
and also not to forget extra turkey and lamb rack from our christmas ppl... :P
after christmas supper...
had photo taking sessions and such...
took a photo wif Chef Kenny... XD

Chef Kenny and Me

and after dat... we went to Marina Square for tea and chat...
spend some time till 3am...
time to go work...

anyways...
i hate christmas...
seriously...
never hated christmas so much in my life b4... Zzz...
no life christmas period...
work work and work...
rush orders for Cold Storage and Café Noel...
den once go home... immediately sleep...
4 hrs later... start work again... Zzz...
ahhh...
but finally...
it has all come to an end...
i can finally catch up wif my sleep... XD
i wonder how long i can sleep till... lol...

will be having PH and off on Wed and Thurs...
anybody free?

ya... but still...
merry christmas to all of u guys... :)

Petrification

Was stoning the entire morning... LOL...
and not juz me...
almost everybody...
all too shag... cannot think...
lol...
a lot of funny mistakes...
den ppl tired get angry easily... XD
watever...

i spend my life in the hotel more dan i do anywhere else...
working 16 hrs... sleeping 4 hrs everydae... Zzz...
can die...
seriously...

actually...
they gave us a complimentary room for us to sleep in...
but too many ppl liao...
i'd rather go home an enjoy my own comfy bed...
since i'm staying so near... XD

Busy busy busy...

Juz finished work...
3pm...
now going to sleep... (will try)
and later 12am start work again... Zzz...
later will be working 12am - 3pm...
*faint*

anyway... todae a very busy dae...
and a lot of cock ups...
kitchen invoice and Café Noel not tally...
so a lot of extras and missings... Zzz...
a lot of running ups and downs...
so sian...
den got a customer claim dat the service keey in wrong order...
dunno he order wrong or service key wrong...
but... he ordered a lamb rack instead of another...
so we got to last minute make one for him...
which... we are already abt to go home... -_-
argh...
so sian...

ya... and also... i was late one hr todae for work... O_o
set my alarm earlier by 1 hr...
set at 4am... which i should actually set at 5am...
woke up at 4...
den realised dat it woke up too early...
so re-set it to 5am...
and guess wat?
i went back to sleep and didn't wake up... LOL!!!
was supposed to start work at 6am...
but i woke up at 6:30am... O_o
so sian loh... reach kitchen at 7am... late by 1 hr... Zzz...
argh...

National Tresure : Book of Secrets

Well... i didn't expect to be home todae... XD
let alone go out... lol...
they said this year not as much orders as last year...
so dat's y not as busy...
in turn... no need OT till very late...
but still... tomoro working 6am - 2pm
den go home sleep... start work again at 11pm - 7am... O_o
shagness...
oh well...

after work todae...
went to PS to watch National Treasure 2
quite a nice movie actually...
the usual treasure hunting for gold...
like in part one...
and those in Tomb Raider...
those ancient Aztec type of lost city and such...
city of solid gold... etc etc...

the plot of clues leading to new clues...
and finally to the treasure...
somehow seemed a bit too rushed...
like too simple for them to crack...
i believe part one would make a better movie though...
but still... it's nice... :)
4/5

Boring off daes...

There goes 2 of my off daes... XD
tomoro will officially start roasting of them turkeys...
all the way till christmas...
may or may not be going home...
depends...
we'll see... XD
so if i ain't blogging... means i'm not home yet... LOL
don't miss me ya?
XD

Gingerbread House?

Was passing by one of the kitchens when i noticed an artist making a gingerbread house...
sticking pieces of little gingerbread bricks using icing sugar onto a little wooden house...
wow... so nice...
he said there will be lighting in the house...
to make the doors and windows "glow"
hmm... i wonder wat the end result would look like... :)

Gingerbread house... (U/C)

for the 1st time after work...
i walked the internal compound of Raffles Hotel...
from outside... it looks normal...
nothing out of the ordinary...
but once i stepped further inside...
wow... everything is so elegant...
fountains everywhere...
marble flooring...
everything look so posh... O_o
now i noe... $1000+ for a room is definately worth the stay there...
you'll feel like a king there...

Fairmont Singapore

Been busy recently...
so never get to blog on the official re-branding of Raffles The Plaza to Fairmont Singapore...
12 Dec 2007
the dae RTP becomes history
and gave birth to the 1st Fairmont hotel in Asia...

Front entrance of Fairmont Singapore, previously Raffles The Plaza

nothing much to blog oso... LOL
good nite...

Hungry Ghost Festival

Worked 7-3 todae...
so did breakfast for Kopitiam...
omelette station...
Zzz...
i think too long never touch omelettes liao...
a bit rusted...
they looked a bit gross...
argh...
luckily not much ppl todae...
so not dat stress...
ya...
and they are great at throwing me there alone... O_o
all others dissappeared... -_-

there's also another function going on at abt 3pm...
think some talk from the Ministry of Defence trying to psyco new ignorant kids into joining the SAF as regulars... XD
watever...
after the talk was a coffee break...
NOTE: coffee break...
NOT LUNCH...
Singaporeans really kiasu...
once the doors open...
out rush the people... like locusts over a wheat field...
there ain't even space to move around...
and there they are... swarming over the food...
within seconds... the buffet set-up is empty...
and by god i do mean empty...
clean... spotless... zero... gone...
not a piece of tart or bread or sausage or pie left...
NIL...

went to top up the buffet...
even b4 i place the food down... already ppl starting to pick food from my insert... -_-
and once i place it down...
all come swarming in behind me... go back in... and out again...
empty again... Zzz...
and until all the tables are sparkling clean... they start to wait egerly for the food to be served again...
we have no more food...
all fed to the hungry ghosts...
so went back to kitchen to fry some emergency supplies of samosas...
and once we top up... we left...
dun care liao...
give u coffee break...
u think we serve lunch... Zzz...

the best thing is...
juz look at the amount of food they take...
1 person take 10 sausages...
5 chicken pies... Zzz...
a function of 650 people...
baker made 700 pies...
if everybody take 5 pies... wah... it's no wonder not enough food...
and then... the plates were cleared...
i saw the leftovers on the plates...
Zzz...
so many food...
all take so much... den never finish... throw away... -_-
can't finish dun take so much lah... ahhhhhh...
pek chek...

ya i noe...
dat's not the worst...
wait till i see ppl who ta pao from buffet lines...
lol...
oh well...

christmas is nearing...

Wish List

Finally thought of wat i want...
a fully equipped kitchen for me to dish out all sorts of food...
an experimentation ground for my test dishes...
able to dish out professional dishes at the comfort of my own home...
able to produce a 4 course set menu for my family...
Appetizer, Soup, Main Course and Dessert...
will wanna decorate my dining area into a mini restaurant... XD
hopefully i can get these when i move house... :)

The Passion is Growing...

Ghosts?

Ok...
chat wif a fren on MSN todae...
heard abt his encounter wif a ghost during his recent visit back in Malaysia...
show u guys wat we chatted abt... :P


johnnytcw says:
i went back to penang
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saturday
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so around 10something night la
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i feel sick feel hot
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then we go sleep lo
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i sleep wit my sister son
johnnytcw says:
then at the midnight i feel fever
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hight fever
Wye Chuen says:
ya?
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so i cant sleep
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till 6am
Wye Chuen says:
uh huh...
johnnytcw says:
i want to go toilet n get some drink
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then after i go toilet
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i get my water
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so i cant sleep
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then i think want to watch movie
Wye Chuen says:
den?
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then in that time
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i want go to room to get something
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i feel tat got thing looking at me
Wye Chuen says:
den
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so i turn to toilet tat side i see a person was sit on toilet bow
johnnytcw says:
is looking at me
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:(
Wye Chuen says:
is it very clear?
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or blur blur...
johnnytcw says:
is very very clear
Wye Chuen says:
maybe ur fren?
johnnytcw says:
no la
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is ur friend
Wye Chuen says:
haha... maybe... XD
Wye Chuen says:
den u see liao wat u do?
johnnytcw says:
wat u think le?
Wye Chuen says:
how i noe?
johnnytcw says:
sure go in room wont come out la
Wye Chuen says:
if me... i'll walk closer to take a closer look... see if it is really a ghost or my imagination
johnnytcw says:
wat imagi ar
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is long hair le
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a white
Wye Chuen says:
face look like wat?
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skin is like black green le
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very big size
Wye Chuen says:
how far away are u from the toilet bowl?
johnnytcw says:
is very near
Wye Chuen says:
u look at it directly or at the corner of your eye?
johnnytcw says:
is like face to face le
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bcos i didnt close the toilet door
Wye Chuen says:
hmm...
Wye Chuen says:
maybe u r tired liao
Wye Chuen says:
so see funny things
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nol
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so my sister try to find
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u know tat kind of people
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god
Wye Chuen says:
den?
johnnytcw says:
their say he is not in my sister house
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u know y
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y?
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bcos he is follow on me
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to my sister house
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from where?
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i dont know
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den how?
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their say he want something
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den u come back singapore lah...
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their also dont wat he want/
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now i at sg lo
Wye Chuen says:
the ghost no passport cannot cross custom... LOL
johnnytcw says:
where got such thing
Wye Chuen says:
got...
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u come back SG liao still got see the ghost?
johnnytcw says:
not yet
Wye Chuen says:
see... i told u...
johnnytcw says:
not yet lo
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how i know
Wye Chuen says:
no lah... dun worry...
Wye Chuen says:
but if u really see it again... u dun be afraid... go and ask wat it wants...
johnnytcw says:
hmm

so... do u believe in ghosts?
do ghosts really exist?
well... to me... i dun believe in things i couldn't see...
so i'll never believe in it until i get to see it wif my very own eyes...
and if i ever get to see one...
1st thing i'd do is to get 4D from it... LOL!!!

Singapore Chefs Association Gala D&D

Ok...
it's been a very long time since i've blogged... LOL...
coz very busy and tired recently...
OTed 16 hrs on both Sat and Sun...
so very tired...
have a lot to blog...
have a lot to sae...
but lazy to bring up to blog... lol...
coz too much liao...
like airport and stuffs...
oh well...

so let's talk abt todae...
SCA D&D...
Eugene and Tian Mu went...
saw them... said hi to them... lol...
i ain't an SCA member...
but i was there...
y?
coz i working there lah... hahaa...
event held in our hotel...

b4 the event started...
i was in another ballroom settling another function...
risotto station...
after it ended...
i rushed over to the SCA function...
salmon station...
after we cleared our stations... and was abt to go home...
i went up to the ballroom again...
to look for Eugene and Tian Mu...
chat wif them a while... den noticed Prego's Chef stealing food from the stations...
LOL!!!
i followed him...
and wow... he sure did get a lot of food...
from makis to chicken rice... to satay and rendang... lol...
even brought back wine... O_o
den i followed them back to Prego...
and we feasted there... LOL!!! XD

EVIDENCE!!! hahaha...

1 more mth to ORD!!! XD

Internal paint job

Everyone's been talking abt the rain...
so i shan't talk abt it... :P

our hotel currently undergoing some paint job...
paint the walls white...
and they sae bright rooms look bigger...
and indeed... it is true...
the usually old yellow walls wif yellowed flouresent lighting corridor looked so very small...
compared to the newly painted pure white walls wif newly changed flouresent lights...
wow...
the corridor looked so much more spacious dan b4... lol...
next time i'm painting my walls in my home bright... XD

i'm starting to miss everybody in the hotel...
our time is running out soon...
:(

Bread Man

I miss pastry already... Zzz...

bakery so sian... Zzz...

very sian...

KM working in pastry now...

though we are in the same department...

only separated by a wall...
we dun get to see each other much... hahaa...

todae saw the baker make some very cute rasin bread men...

LOL...

so cute lah...

looks so much like la pi xiao xin... XD

Isn't it cute?... XD

saw Equinox chef todae...
asked him if he needs any new staff...
coz i graduating soon...
nope... Equinox overloaded wif staff liao... Zzz...
so sad...
i guess i'll be leaving the hotel after all...
well... we'll see...

5hr flash creation

Charged for AWOL

yep... i'm being charged by the SAF for AWOL...
LOL!!!

details...
one fine dae... they call me up...
asking me... "y didn't you report for ICT todae?"
i was like... O_o
huh?
how come i never recieve any notifications?
"did u recieve any SAF-100 todae?"
"err... nope..."
"nvm... we'll check it out..."

so peace for a couple of daes...
until the letter comes...
asking me to report to Selarang Camp on 3rd Dec...
which is...
todae...
asked if bakery have any afternoon shifts...
they said no...
so had to get an off todae...
thus...
-_-

so off i went to Selarang Camp...
btw... "charged" seemd like a very strong word...
but... actually... it's no big deal... LOL!!!
so waited for my turn...
a few others oso kena AWOL... LOL!!!
the guy ahead of me kena $300 fine... O_o
woah...
dat's ½ my pay... -_-

den it's my turn...
he asked me if i knew of the ICT...
if i had recieved any SAF-100...
nope... and nope...
is this the 1st time being charged for AWOL?
yup...
ok... since it's the 1st time... i'll fine u $150...
O_o
WHAT?!
no way man...
den i argue wif him...
den tell him i studying...
den bargain wif him...
den finally...
ok lah... this time i give u a severe reprimand... (woah... strong word again...)
if next time u AWOL again... den no more chance...
ok!!! XD
SAF like to use big words...
hahaa...
sounds serious...
but actually... is... "ok... this time i give u chance... next time cannot liao..."

so i is happy... i saved myself $150
HAHAHA!!!
$150 can buy 70 plates of chicken rice leh... -_-

The Kingdom

Worked 15 hrs for 2 consecutive daes...
plus watching midnite movie and having supper till 7am...
enough to get me in slumber till 5pm... LOL...
lucky CK not meeting for morning movie...
if not i'll sleep till the next dae... XD

anyway... watched The Kingdom...
abt terrorism...
a bit of a sensitive issue to be put into a movie...
but luckily it's about the alliance of the US and Iraq...
and not abt the US vs Iraq...
so this movie COULD... bring both nations together...

nice story line...
though the evil old big mastermind should survive the shots and then the colonel die trying to tell them he was the mastermind and failed...
and nobody found out his true identity of Abu Dunnowat...
wow... dat's sure gonna make most audience feel very pek chek and smash the cinema screen wif their bolted-onto-the-floor seats... LOL!!!
and we shall await The Kingdom 2
oh well... still it has a "happy" ending...

violence and gore is just abt right...
not too gory... still able to digest...
humour are juz mainly on language...
but still ok...
why do you Americans say bad words?

4/5

Best pastry job

I finally found the best job to be doing in pastry...
making the durian puree for PMC... AKA Plaza Market Café
open the durian puree from packets and mix wif milk and gula melaka...
and at the same time eating it...
LOL!!!
i is enjoying it...

these couple of daes very tired...
coz requested to OT again...
for garde manger... AGAIN!!! O_o
so will be working 8am - 11pm...
15 hrs again... Zzz...
8am - 3pm : Gardemanger
3pm - 11pm : Pastry

i wonder if i can survive tomoro nite... Zzz...
hopefully... XD

Final Transcript?

Went back to sch todae wif CK and Eugene...
i is happy wif my grades...
i got GPA 3.84
O_o
wow... din expect me to get so high grades...
was hoping for 3.6 or so...
so i is very happy...
this proves i never study for nothing...
though it is stated "Final Transcript"
somehow... i feel we might get another more final one...
LOL...

The reason i studied so hard...

after collection of transcript...
wanted to catch a movie...
but missed it...
so played CS instead...

also heard i'll be going to bakery next week...
dunno... we shall see... XD

CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls School Graduation Night

WOAH!
boy... dat's a lot of girls... O_O
close to a 1000
big function...
yeah... and as usual...
like the previous D&D...
all very young and sexy...
and u can see the difference between a mixed school and an all girls school...
they are all h***y b*****s (i shall be discreet... XD)
girls are really the best screamers u can find anywhere...
dat's y u'll need girls in a pop concert...
without them... nobody will be screaming at whoever's on stage...
boring ain't it?
well... apparently...
it's an all girls school...
and some guy... dunno who...
is singing the phantom of the opera song on stage...
and all of them screaming like mad...
"encore encore encore encore encore..."
diaoz...

and my...
girls really noe how 2 eat...
all our desserts are not enough for them... O_o
need to get back up from pastry kitchen to top up...
and whomever said girls cant eat?
well... it's juz 1 night rite?
furthermore... it's an all girls school...
who bothers?
LOL!!!

Malay function

Wow... 1st time i see so many malays in a function...
it's an all malay function...
for dunno wat kids function...
got hundred over kindergarden kids wearing their graduation gowns...
and many performing on stage...
not like a school function though...
more like an organisation function...

anyway...
as usual... 1000 over pax Singaporean buffet...
i stress... SINGAPOREAN buffet...
means no matter how much food u prepare...
it's still ain't gonna be enough for the hungry pigs...
rush here and there...
aiyo...
i think all of them never eat breakfast...
hey... actually... i believe all of them never eat breakfast...
lol...
all come to buffet and eat till u drop...

k... dun tok much abt buffet...
somebody so happy she made a log cake... XD
well... i would be too... if i made juz one...
after the lunch buffet... went up to do log cakes...
heh... let me tell u...
it ain't fun...
50 over log cakes...
bua until u see stars...
furthermore... i sleep 2 hrs last night...
the more log cakes i make... the more sleepy i get...
i think i'll turn into a log soon... LOL...
they sae the hotel usually sells abt 1000 log cakes during christmas... O_o
*faint*

i think i'm starting to hate christmas...

Enchanted

Watched Enchanted after hideout and supper...

tale of a fairy tale crossed real life movie...
traditional fairy tale cartoon which carried on to the real world after a series of events...
typical fairy tale scenes and music...
wif a twist of happily ever after?

very fresh plot...
great ingenuity...
very original story line...
interestingly interesting...
this movie though cast on real life scenes...
can still be classified as a fairy tale...
therefore certain elements of fiction can be excused...

most of the movie is very much predictable though...
hardly any suspense...
buy hey!
it's a fairy tale...
fairy tales needs no suspense... LOL...

nice movie...
4/5

Hideout Café

K... went to hideout café to celebrate Daphne's belated bdae...
something like settlers café... but not up to standard yet...
location very ulu...
located in Bedok... blk 84... O_o
very inaccessable...

compared to settlers...
they have a major shortage of games...
they don't even have monopoly... diaoz...
very few choices of games...
staff a bit too over-friendly till he became kinda irritating to me...
yes... u r here to make ur customers feel at home...
but still... u gotta noe ur limits...
no matter how friendly u or ur customers can get...
there's always a staff vs customer barrier...
dun push ur luck too far...
the customers are always right...
so dun insist on having ur customers listen to ur every bidding...

games were boring... when he's around...
seriously...
time was much more enjoyable and merry after the cake cutting ceremony...
suddenly got relieved from an irritating bug...
but still... he irritates us...
but at least better dan when we were playing games...

the food they serve there... urgh... don't remind me...
variety: minimal
standard: minimal
to think i ordered coke from the menu...
and they tell me they no more coke... -_-

anyway... other dan the staff and the food there...
it's pretty much acceptable...
at least we enjoyed the cake cutting ceremony rite?

The bdae cake from Pan-Pac

Notice the little baby girl sitting there? LOL!!! XD

Next... supper and movie...

Beowulf

Watched Beowulf b4 work todae...
i didn't noe it was a computer animated show in the 1st place...
i tot it was something like Lord of the Rings or something similar...
den the movie started...
something felt amiss...
the graphics look a bit fake...
a bit stiff...
it's only then i realised it's a computer animated movie...
and it was then i was amazed...
WOW...
i didn't knew computer graphics could become so real...
evolution of technology...
i was impressed...
they could actually make a replica of Angelina Jolie as a computer animated being and look so real...
almost exactly similar to the real Angelina Jolie...

k... enough of the graphics...
rating for graphics... 4.5/5
ya... i noe it's considered very good graphics...
and one of the best u can find around...
but still some movements are stiff and pretty obvious it's animated...
but still... excellent graphics... :)
very good details...
can fight wif Ratatouille...
but i still like Ratatouille more... :P

plot... not very good though...
very straightforward...
like cinematic graphics of games...
no twist... little suspense...
ending a bit lame...
doesn't make any sense...
i wouldn't classify this as a cartoon...
i treat it as a normal movie...
only done in computer animation...
so negligence in facts and details cannot be tolerated...

if u wanna watch this movie for computer graphics... this is an excellent movie...
however... if u watch this hoping for a good story... den give it a miss...
wat makes this movie so worth watching is because of the graphics...
and it's only computer animation dat can make certain elements of scenes never able to see in any other type of movie be shown on screen...
so... if this movie was made without aid of computers...
and using old fashioned acting...
it's a crap movie...

i would recommend others to watch Beowulf...
3.5/5

PS: Beowulf is very violent... thus NC16

Giant Ham?

Todae nothing much to tok abt...
juz dat...
while steaming my nonya kueh...
i saw a gigantic slab of meat in the combi-oven next to mine...
ya... it's not big...
and neither is it huge...
it is... G-I-G-A-N-T-I-C...
GIGANTIC!!!
it's almost ½ the size of the combi-oven... O_o
looks like some leg or wat...
but it's humongously gigantic lah...

Nice hammy... good hammy...

if it is a leg of a pig... or boar...
imagine the size of the animal itself... O_o
it looks delicious though... XP
can i bite a chunk off dat meat?

13th ASEAN Summit Gala Dinner

Yep... as wat i've said yesterdae...
security VERY tight...
early in the morning go to work...
barricades already set up all round the perimeter of the hotel...
y security so tight?
no... not coz Stephanie Sun is coming...
but ministers from ASEAN countries are coming for this dinner...
even some ministers from other countries like Canada are coming...
Lee Hsien Long and Goh Chok Tong are coming too...
so scared got terrorists...
scared of assinations... etc etc...
if terrorist really did manage to bomb us...
well... it's hitting a lot of birds wif juz one stone...

usually high security event only consists of a few policemen guarding ballroom entrances...
and metal detectors in the corridors leading to the ballroom...
these are a usual sight...
seen quite a few such high security events...
but this time... it's not juz dat...
IT'S BIGGER!!!
i think they deployed ½ of the police force to this event... -_-
from the usual metal detectors only...
to metal detectors AND X-Ray scanners to scan all bags into the ballroom...
on patrol policemen carry portable metal detectors too...

Custom?

gunmen all around the perimeter...
those wearing cowboy hats
and holding rifles dat look like a shotgun...
wait... or IS it a shotgun?
if i'm a terrorist... i wun even dare to step near the hotel... -_-

but however tight the security they provide...
there are still bound to be loopholes...
no outsider noes our hotel as well as we ourselves do...
those without a pass... (i'll get to the pass later)
will not be allowed to enter the areas near the ballroom...
and any access leading to the ballroom...
our hotel is big...
too many secret entrances...
so... how do u expect us to return to our kitchens without a pass?
lol... there is a secluded door leading to our kitchen (which will also lead to the ballroom) unguarded at all... lol... :P
policemen guarding almost every entrance/exits to and from the ballroom...
even juz outside the door of our kitchen got 3 policemen sitting there... Zzz...

overheard something funny while passing by a policewoman...
she was on the phone...
said to the other party on the phone...
"i scared later i cannot find my way out..."
LOL!!!
i was thinking... wat if terrorist come run here run there?
den all the police horlanz... XD

ok... anyway... working halfway...
we gotta go back to the security room to get our pass...
need to give our details...
name and IC no...
the WHOLE hotel needs to give their details...
imagine how many staff we have... O_o
imagine the queue...
aiyo...
crazyness...
but only ppl involved in the event will be able to get a pass...
which wasn't ready then... so we couldn't go back to the kitchen...
waited and waited... in the end...
we tried the "secret route" back to the kitchen... LOL...

btw...
saw the stage while on my way to work todae...
took a couple of pictures of it...
dat's also when i took the picture of the X-ray machines and the metal detectors...
so dat explains y it's so empty and unguarded...
coz it's early in the morning...

The Stage

Some of the people rehearsing for the function...

usually for a 1000 pax western banquet functions...
we only need abt 6-8 dishing out stations...
at most 10...
so each station will be dishing out around 100-150 plates...
but for this top VVVIP function...
we set up 20 dishing out stations... O_o
for only 380 pax...
they wan the food to be dished out fast and hot...
hired 200 part-time servers... O_o
means each server serves 1-2 plates
from the usual 1 server to 1 or 2 tables...
or at most 2 servers to 1 table...

din get to see Stephanie Sun todae...
coz i working morning shift...
OT till 6pm... chef tell me go home...
i wanted to ask... can i stay and help out...
but somehow... nothing came out...
reluctant... but my legs started walking further and further away...
oh well...
let's wait for the 14th ASEAN Summit... LOL!!!

these couple of daes very busy...
coz of this stupid event...
top VVVIP... so everything must be of highest and best quality...
yesterdae... wiped 400 pieces of 4cm by 3cm banana leaf...
kaoz... so small...
i ask them y dun wipe 1st den cut into small pieces?
they told me after cut liao den wipe cleaner... O_o
ARGH!!!
took me freaking 1 hr to finish cutting and wiping... Zzz...
finally finished wiping 400 pieces...
tot i could go home then...
but was asked to help another guy wipe banana leaves...
this time... 20 by 10 cm... another 400 pieces!!!
i almost fainted... Zzz...
please leh... wipe 1st den cut faster leh...
regarding cleanliness...
i feel it's the same loh... regardless wiping 1st or cutting 1st... -_-
watever lah...
top VVVIP... tsk tsk...

Warning... Low Power...

Due to the working afternoon shift last week...
used to sleeping 4-5am in the morning...
couldn't sleep last nite...
though i tried very hard to sleep...
ended up getting out of bed watching TV instead...
slept at 3:30... Zzz...
sleep 2 hrs only... and got ready for work... -_-
so tired... OT somemore...
i almost fell asleep while having lunch... XD
i guess i'll be going to sleep soon...
cannot tahan liao... Zzz...

anyway... the 13th ASEAN Summit will be held in our hotel...
a lot of ministers from a lot of countries will be here...
security will be VERY tight...
and also... Stephanie Sun will be here tomoro to sing the ASEAN song or watever it is...
the stage has been set...
very big...
they spent the whole afternoon setting up the ballroom and stage...

and yes... the Raffles City Shopping Center is almost done wif the construction of new shopping areas...
it's taking shape...
when will it be done?
b4 Christmas?

Construction in progress...

oh glorious bed... here i come...

Christmas is coming!

Christmas tree at Raffles City Shopping Center

Listening to the Jingle Bells from the church bells...
walking home through the Silent Night...
looking at Santa Claus is Coming to Town on Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
preparing to come down our chimneys...
wait!
we do have chimneys right?
riiiiiiiiight......
and not to forget our Frosty The Snowman...
can you feel the christmas spirit blowing south from the North Pole?

k... short post todae...
coz it's always hell when it's a change of shift from afternoon to morning...
finish work at 11pm+ go home...
7am report to work... O_o
dun even have enough sleep...
good nite...
and...
Hark The Herald Angels Sing...

Auspicious dae?

Seems like a very auspicious dae todae...
a lot of couples holding their wedding banquet todae...
all ballrooms are opened for wedding couples todae...
a total of 5 different couples in 5 different ballrooms tonite...
not counting another outside catering wedding banquet at clark quay...
and a couple of wedding banquets held in the afternoon...
dats abt 8 wedding banquets our hotel is handling for todae only... O_o
wow...
imagine u come for ur fren's wedding...
blur blur go in sit...
den when wedding couple come on stage...
u suddenly realised u r in the wrong ballroom... LOL!!!

something caught my eye...
an ancient safety poster...
from dunno how many decades ago...
LOL...
hand drawn...
and wordings are written on using templates...
wow...
seems like soooooo... long ago when i use to use templates for art and craft...
O_o
sorry abt the reflection on the glass... :P

To think such posters still exist... lol... :P

next week back to 7-3...

Goh Chok Tong is in the building

Yeah yeah... it's not the 1st time...
so many times liao...
everytime come...
will bring all his police force here...
station all round the ballroom...
in our "secret" areas oso...
metal detectors everywhere...
i got a knife in my pocket... catch me... :P
anyway... it's a 500 pax function...
for dunno wat MAS lecture...

the dessert is nice... mmmmm...
i ate 5 of those...
before dinner...
and i couldn't finish my dinner... LOL...
so nice lah... some pandan mousse or something like dat...

anyway... saw our pastry chef Kenny make a bdae cake todae...
very nice...
here are the photos...

Nice... but looks very offensive to me... imagine a photo in the middle... XD

Close up of the cake... look at the tiny details dat make it so nice...

Look at them cute little peaches... :P

two of my frens going overseas tomoro...
one to Malaysia...
the other to Bangkok...
bon voyage!!!

Siglap Secondary Graduation Night

Yep... yet another function...
annual D&D for the Siglapians...
for all the graduating classes...
sec 4 & 5...
see them... so reminds me of my D&D back when i was still a sec sch student...
lol...
kids nowadaes getting more and more open...
more and more rich...
young ladies wearing sexy dresses...
young men wearing suits... wow...
wat did i wear when it was my D&D?
juz a collared shirt and a pair of pants...
dun even have leather shoes somemore... -_-

after work...
went to Lau Pa Sat wif some of the pastry ppl...
for supper...
food quite nice...
but it's den i realised...
the food we eat... ain't exactly very healthy...
din used to bother much...
but todae... for the 1st time in my life...
i looked into a plate of char kuey tiao...
saw tiny specks of blackish substance on the leftover sauce on the plate...
it's then i realised they were actually the charred remains of the wok...
talk about carcinogenic... O_o
now u noe y it's called "charred" kuey tiao... XP

Bee Movie

Watched Bee Movie todae b4 i went to work...
very short movie actually...
also VERY lame...
well... it's a cartoon...
wat do u expect?
but a bit too lame for even me to handle...
must have balance...

plot is nice...
but some parts are really juz too lame...
example...
bees can actually carry an airplane and make it hover in the air... O_o
"hey... it's a cartoon..."
"ok... fine..."

humour side... little...
but...
had a nice touch to the ending...

3.5/5

it's funny...
when did i start reviewing movies i watched?
well... it dates back to who noes when... -_-
watever...

working in pastry...
i really becoming a pig...
eat and eat and eat...
the amount of pastries i ate todae AFTER DINNER...
totalled up... the amount is even more dan my dinner itself... O_o
i is seriously getting fat...



do you eat for the sake of eating or do you eat because u like the food?

NHG - ASC 07' (Part 2)

Part 2 continues...
though not as much ppl as yesterdae... it's still a lot of ppl...
this time... they had lunch buffet...
and TWO coffee breaks...
one in the morning... another in the afternoon...
feed them pigs...
stuff them wif food...

took care of 3 buffet set-ups todae... O_o
but still ok... coz todae not as much ppl as yesterdae...
yesterdae legs aching...
todae legs breaking...
if still got tomoro...
i think i'll be lame... (literally...)

busy... but it's a very good experience loh...
nothing much to sae liao...
coz everything said yesterdae... hahaa...

so tired lah...
even though no OT todae...
the moment i reached home... i fell asleep... LOL...
sleep intil 7pm den wake up...
wah... shiok...


Does it really need a catalyst to make a solution bind faster?

National Healthcare Group Annual Scientific Congress 2007

K... todae is a very busy dae...
VERY BUSY dae...
for the 1st time in the history of Swissôtel...
got a 3000 pax buffet lunch function... O_o
from 2200 change to 2800... change to 3000... kaoz...
never had the hotel had such a big function...
the most is 2000+... never 3000...
it's a function for all medical ppl...
from polyclinics to NUH...

it's so big... the entire lvl 4 of the hotel is for their function...
all ballrooms...
all function rooms...
all foyers...
including all corridors... -_-
all kitchens on lvl 4 are used for housing food for top-up
1st time in my life i see such a big function...
i take care of 2 different location buffet set up alone... Zzz...
and both set-ups ain't exactly near each other...
so i had to walk to and fro to top-up both sides...
walk until my legs aching liao... -_-
rush here rush there...
so many ppl... Zzz...
finally lunch buffet is finished...
all went back into their function rooms for dunno wat seminar or talk... or watever...
so we went back kitchen to prepare for the up-coming war...

just 1 hour later... ONE hour...
the pigs came out...
for coffee break...
yep... we set up coffee break buffet again...
and they are like locusts swarming over the food...
and so fast... so so so fast... food gone... -_-
my god! they juz had buffet lunch 1 freaking hour ago... O_o
and they can still clear our buffet tables... Zzz...

after coffee break... went back again to prepare for tomoro's war...
well... it's a 2 dae function...
and tomoro comes another 2000+ pax buffet lunch and coffee break again...
ahhh.... *faint*
a lot of work to do...
so todae OT till 8pm...
another 13 hrs of my life give to the hotel liao...

ya... one of the buffet items for tomoro is...
curry strawberry tartlet... O_o
diaoz...
i tried one...
actually can't really taste the curry...
coz the custard very sweet...
and the vanilla flavour overpowered the curry taste...
but it's only the after taste can u taste the curry and it's spiciness...
dunno who's idea it is... -_-

anyway... we prepared ourselves for tomoro's war liao...
for 2000+ pax buffet... we prepared even more food dan for 3000 pax buffet todae...
coz... never underestimate the power of Singaporeans...
so if tomoro food kena finish by them... i have nothing to sae...
also the reason y todae we OT until so late...

ahhh... so tired... Zzz...
i complain so much...
but actually... i is happy...
got a chance to see such a mammoth event...
open up my eyes... O_O
hahaa...
juz complain for the sake of complaining...
Singaporeans...
tsk tsk...
LOL... :P

next week...
3-11 yay? or no?

Happy bdae to WX...

Nothing really much happened todae...
juz dat i went to WX's bdae at an isolated chalet in Bottle Tree Park...
and my... is dat isolated...
took me quite a while to locate it's bearings...
anyway... Nelson, Joanne and Ivy went too...
and a few other DHM classmates...
WJ couldn't make it due to ending work at 11pm

played cards...
the usual bdae entertainment... lol...
chat chat...
heard from Nelson... Hendrix no longer working in SHATEC...
details of where he went is unknown...

then came the cake cutting ceremony...
looked at the giant cake from Prima Deli...
and i can't help but notice...
is dat...
dat dat... dat... thing over there...... parsley?
PARSLEY??!! O_o
who in sane mind would put parsley on a cake... -_-
then thoughts flooded my mind...
i imagined the taste of parsley wif cream and mango...
eeeewwww...
absolutely clash of flavours...
well... at least put mint leaf for colour rite?... Zzz...
not parsley...
oh well... here's the mango parsley sponge cake...

When did pastry ever used parsley?

after the cake is finished...
most of us went home...
though Jeswan and the other late gang is coming later on...
i guess i'm not waiting... :P
so here i am...

and of course... happy 21st birthdae to u WX...
though i noe u never came across my blog b4... LOL... :P
will wish her bdae blessing again on her actual bdae...

Nothing is impossible

A swimming pool full of water...
plain and tasteless...
adding in a cup of sugar ain't gonna change anything...
but slowly adding little by little everydae...
it slowly sweetens...
and eventually becomes very sweet...

Believe in yourself, if you try hard enough,

you'll realise nothing is impossible...

1st dae in pastry...

Seriously... i shouldn't be in pastry...
it's so wrong to put me there...
i'm gonna get fat sooner or later!!!
AHHHHH!!!......
oh all the sugar... :P

eat chocolate lah... cookies lah... tartlets lah... strawberries...
so many things to eat... :P
and nothing really much happened todae...
juz set up a few functions...
made some tartlets... cut many strawberries...
and eat a lot of things... -_-

Oyster Day

A once a year event held at Swissôtel The Stamford
oyster dae!!! yum yum...
again...
work long hrs w/o OT pay... :(
nvm...
at least i feasted on dozens of oysters... XP
16 kinds...
eat until i buay tahan...
stomach full of oysters...
a lot not very nice...
but some are actually kinda nice... :)

morning a lot of chefs/cooks were opening oysters...
including Ben...
i siamded...
coz i was doing canapés...
so didn't get to open oysters...
7500 of them... O_o

then came the function...
so we set up the oysters...
the cheese display which the gardemanger chef made...
etc...
then when the function start...
top up all the oysters which the oyster hungry guests cleared the moment the go code was given... -_-
i really admire guests sometimes...
they can stack dozens of oysters on a little plate no bigger dan a side plate... -_-
WOW... impressive... O_o
including condiments... like lemons...
when the crowd start to slow down...
we were behind the scene feasting on the oysters... haha
nice......

anyway... took a few photos of the function...
and here they are...

Ice carving oyster set-up, featuring 16 different kinds of oysters from around the world. Mainly from France, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Ireland.

Close up of the ice carving oyster display

The entrance of the ice carving display, the top which wrote : "Chaine Des Rotisseur"

One of the 16 kinds of oysters on display...

And... the cheese display... there are a lot more sections i didn't take... :P

I'm going to pastry tomoro...
yay!!!
happiness... :P
i is like chocolate...

anyway... it's raining kinda heavily now...
so nice to sleep lah...
so good nite...
ciaoz...

Star Dust

Watched Star Dust after work todae...
so here's my review...

it's actually quite a nice movie...
storyline... a fairy tale... a love story... a star which fell in love wif a mortal...
evil witches who want the star dead for everlasting life...
some parts are very un-realistic and non logical...
but hey... dat's y it's a fairy tale... :P
so since it's a fairy tale... i have no complaints...
the director cleverly put in a few humour elements into the movie it make it always entertaining...
even though a bunch of hyenas behind me cackle at even the parts i dun think it's funny... -_-...
though it's a love story... it lack dat deep impact of touchyness dat would make ppl tear...
storyline also quite predictable... as in all fairy tales...
and of course... like all fairy tales... it's all the same old "Happily ever after" story... XD

4/5

it also appeared to me dat...
wat if the one thing dat u really yearn for finally belong to u... and then u realised dat it isn't wat u wanted at all...
but yet... it's the one dat have all the while been by your side but u never thought of possessing... is actually the one dat you are looking for all along...

Gardemanger Re-Visited

Got re-called back to gardemangerfor 4 daes... -_-
sian...
Thurs - Sun
due to the oyster dae function... i am back to help out... Zzz...
16 different kinds of oysters from around the world...
woah... O_o
it's a function for all oyster lovers... :P

ya... anyway... 1st dae abck in gardemanger...
the chef sibei hot...
1st time i see him so angry... O_o
usually when he not happy he only sae u oni...
todae... he actually screamed at another new full-timer in his kitchen...
apprently... he's the blur kind...
and like dunno wat the hell is happening in gardemanger for the past 1 mth he's there... -_-
so... ended up getting screamed by everyone in the kitchen...
haiz... i pity him...

Singapore is small...
especially in the hospitality industry...
in came a new staff for gardemanger...
well... i wish him luck...
hope he dun die here... :P
anyway... he's a Malaysian...
and is also our senior from SHATEC...
the batch dat juz graduated not long ago...
so i asked him which hotel he attached to last time...
he said Plaza Parkroyal...
hmmm... sound's awfully familiar...
hey! ain't dat where TG's attaching at?
lol... so i asked him if he knew him...
and yes... he told me he kena aim by the Exec Chef there... lol... :P
details not quite sure... coz we chatted for a while oni...
it's something like this...
Parkroyal had a change of Exec Chef...
so TG was caught by the new Exec Chef in the chiller slacking...
LOL!!!
poor thing... last 2 mths liao still kena such swayness... :P

anyway... it's a rule in gardemanger dat 1st dae u r to walk around the kitchen opening every door every drawer... chiller... freezer...
get to know where things are kept... so dat when u officially work... u at least have a rough idea where the thing u are looking for is...
and he came across a lot of things in the kitchen which he asked us wat they were...
when asked... he said he never see b4... O_o
NOW I'M GLAD I CHOSE THIS HOTEL...
if not i think i'll really be a mountain tortoise loh...
to think i even thought of going to Plaza Parkroyal if my Swissôtel interview is rejected...
coz near my home... :P
HENG AH...
phew...

so... to all future attachment trainees... please choose a big hotel for ur attachment...
u'll get a chance to see a lot of things... learn a lot of things...
but also will be very busy... :P
but it trains u to work in a busy environment... :)

Singapore General Hospital

Went to SGH sfter work todae...
to visit my OOTP chef...
he got stroke a few daes ago...
also down wif neumonia...

the usual lively and funny him
turned the exact opposite when i saw him todae...
looked pale and weak...
breathless... struggling for air every single second...
he looked lifeless... and seemed to be in pain...
couldn't talk... juz lying on the bed... looking very tired...

looking at him...
it suddenly dawned upon me dat...
life... is fragile...
todae u might be a bubbly lively person...
wif many dreams and ambitions...
full of urge and motivation...
and suddenly u r stricken wif a terminal disease...
hospitalised...
u suddenly become moody and lifeless...
dreams and ambitions all shattered...
become weak and demoralized...

treasure each and everyone around you...
u might never noe if that person will be there tomoro...

while looking for the exit out of SGH...
saw something dat puzzled me much...
in the hospital directory...
i saw...
"Nuclear Medicine"
O_o
never heard of dat b4...
wat do they actually do wif nuclear medicine?
will it cause a nuclear meltdown and kill the entire population of Singapore?
my...

anyway...
get well soon...

16 hrs of work...

Washed chickens todae... -_-
so sian...

was asked to OT for Chinese Banquet Kitchen a few daes ago...
so i agreed...
so todae worked 16 hrs... -_-
7 am - 11pm...
and to think longest lasagne only 14 hrs... Zzz...
even though work 16 hrs...
ain't as tired as working 14 hrs overnite...
coz subconsiously... ur mind is telling u...
it's nite time... you are sleepy...
go to sleeeeeeep...
den u'll feel tired... and wanna sleep...
but if in the afternoon...
somehow... u wun feel like sleeping loh...
or maybe it's juz me...

anyway... morning wash chicken in Kopitiam...
evening wash fish in CBQ...
i is hate washing fish...
my hands full of fish cuts... -_-
den help wif the cold dish...
and all the courses...
pretty much standard loh... lol...
also saw them roast suckling pigs...
mmmmmmmm......
oh well...
lucky off tomoro...
if not shag till i die... :P

Sze Chuan Vs Kopitiam

The difference between Sze Chuan and Kopitiam?
well... both of them have the same amount of workload...
(for me... to do...)
so the only difference is...
Sze Chuan... 1 do all the cutting alone...
or... another guy help me...
so it's a max of 2 ppl doing...
Kopitiam on the other hand...
everybody who's free help out wif watever need be cut on the table...
and for goodness sake...
6 ppl plucking spring onions together...
including the chef... O_o
OMG!!!
ended up... i'm so free by 1pm
i walked abt the kitchen looking for food to eat... LOL...
the chin chow drink very nice... :P
full of grass jelly...
$17 chicken rice can't fight $3 chicken rice sold at my house...
sad...
nasi lemak is not bad...
compared to nasi lemak outside... it's somewat near the top...
but...
my dad makes the BEST nasi lemak i've ever eaten up till now...

ok... we learnt how to carve vegetables a couple of daes ago...
todae... we learnt how to speak Thai... LOL
the whole kitchen learning Thai language from the Thai chefs... -_-
i is not interested...
i only noe sawadee kap... XD

after work... went for exam... -_-
well... not exactly exam...
but survey... the make the hotel a better place... Zzz...
come in a booklet...
like exam paper like dat...
multiple choice...
even got short answer questions... -_-
but i only filled in the MCQs... hahaa...

ah... and yes...
hotel rebranding to Fairmont...
and we'll be getting 5 dae work week!!! YAY!!!
but work 10 hrs per dae... -_-
well... no pain... no gain...

Vegetable carving

Ok... so as usual...
boring dae...
do the same old boring stuffs everydae...
and as usual again... free from work at abt 1pm or so...
nothing to do...
so we took some raddishes to carve our own roses...
it's time to put wat we learnt yesterdae to test... :P

for the 1st few seconds... i blur...
i dunno where to start...
staring at the chunk of cylindrical raddish...
and i finally sink the knife blade in...
slowly carving out chunks and chunks of raddish
it's nowhere near the looks of a rose... -_-
argh... so how do i continue?
i almost gave up...
it's tiring ok...
but still i continued...
trying hard to remember the cutting strokes she showed us yesterdae...
also looking the the sample she carved yesterdae...
slowly slowly... it started to take shape...
then voila! it's done!

My 1st time carving a rose

well... i ain't as nice as wat she did...
but hey... at least it still looks somewat like a rose... :P
considering the fact dat it's my 1st time carving something out of a vegetable...

I is happy... XD

1st dae of Kopitiam...

So... how's my 1st dae in Kopitiam?
boring... Zzz...
woke up very reluctantly todae...
working 7am - 3pm this week... Zzz...
i hate waking up early...
but yet... i dislike going home at night either...
can i work 3pm - 6pm?
LOL!!!

anyways...
Kopitiam having Thai promotion for a couple of weeks...
starting last week... and ending this week...
Thai chefs are hired from dunno where in Thailand to cook in Kopitiam...
and the whole dae i juz do mise-en-plus... Zzz...
so sian...
den got nothing to do...
the Thai chef oso nothing to do...
so... since so many ppl nothing to do...
she taught us how 2 do vegetable carving... hahaa...
she carved a rose outta a carrot for us to see...
which i took a photo of...
but it's too blurred... i shan't post it... :P

BUT... she made another bigger rose outta a sweet turnip...
bigger... so... = easier for us to see...
wow... so nice lah the roses... O_o
skillful sia...
after she finished... again... i took a photo of it...

Beautifully done...

she saw me take a photo of it...
and she told me "no no no..."
then she walked away... -_-
came back later wif a few banana leaf leaves and some carrot carvings...
and a plate...
and she made it nicer for me to take... LOL...

Nice rite?

then she asked me if i wanna take them home... -_-
i said no thanks... LOL...
rot in my home? hahaa
anyway... i appreciated her offer... :)

so... wat's in store tomoro?
hmm...

End of longest lasagne

Finally... marked the epilogue of the longest lasagne...
a very tiring event... Zzz...
yeah... and i'm blogging this iv only a half sane and half sleeping mind...
worked from 11pm - 1pm...
14 hrs... Zzz...
it's not fun at all...
the feeling of booking in when everybody else is going home sucks...
ok... we were quite energetic in the beginning stages...
till Zhou Gong start knocking into our heads...
dat's when things start to look sian...
anyways... here's an account of wat we did the night b4...

i wanna sleep le... LOL... :P
started work at 11pm...
den need to wait till function rooms and banquet kitchens are cleared b4 we can start work...
pushed all lasagnes to respective kitchens to start baking process concurrently...
due to the amount of lasagnes to be baked...
we need to bake then in 5 different kitchens for 3 seperate times...
due to the lack of combi-ovens for our 1000+ lasagnes...

after we placed all lasagnes into their respective kitchens...
we had a little break...
to wait for 4am... when we'll be starting to bake the lasagnes...
so passed by the laundry area...
and O_o...
all the part-time banquet staff throw their clothes all over the shop...
even on the floor too... -_-
i pity the laundry ppl...

Juz look at the mess...

4am...
started baking the lasagnes...
all of us seperated to different kitchens to proceed wif the baking...
KM and i were stationed in Chinese Banquet Kitchen...
Ben's in Main Kitchen... i think... :P
and wow...
i saw a VERY old fashioned rotating oven...
it's like a ferris wheel inside...
wif 5 "beds"
enough to fit 5 of us inside lying down and rotating... O_o
now dat's a huge oven...
wanted to take a photo of it...
but inside too dark... so didn'e in the end... :P
but i took a picture of the lasagnes baking in the combi-oven... :)

Baking in process...

9am... completion of baking of lasagnes...
so moved all food warmers to all available exits of the hotel...
waited for the go code to start pushing out the lasagnes...
will then be assembling the lasagnes at abt 9:45am...
judges will then have to measure the lasagne for a total of 560m
b4 it starts going on sale at 10am...

yeah... i was supposed to be at station 2...
but minor setback...
so got send to the end of the tail instead at station 28... -_-
coz the stewarding measured wrongly... Zzz...
so business was very bad at the tail...
but very good in the front and the lobby of Raffles The Plaza...
which i heard...

Me and the lasagne...

saw Derrick Lau... he cam over to sae hi to me... hahaa...
he came to help out wif the TP students...
wow... suprised to see him here... XD
a lot of SHATEC students are here too to help...
aiyah... forgot to take a photo wif Ah Lau... :(
only remembered after i reached home... -_-
too shag to think... sian...

11pm...
clearing the war front...
pushing back all the leftover lasagnes back to Jr. Ballroom Kitchen...
ta pao them into take-away boxes for the students who helped...
and for those who wanna bring home some lasagnes...
also sent a whole warmer of lasagnes to the tuckshop for staff to consume... LOL...
and yeah... the students were so happy to be able to bring back the lasagnes...
even more happy when we told them take as much as u want...
coz we got a lot of leftovers...
so all of them each not bringing home less dan 5 packets... O_o
wow...
all so delighted...
everybody took tons of lasagnes home...
me?
spare me the lasagnes... -_-
lol...
bo pian... students...
got free lasagnes.. who dun wan?

help clear this help clear that...
finally ended my dae at 1pm...
went home...
struggling to keep awake... till now...
i guess i'll be off to bed soon... lol... :P

Coming up next week... Kopitiam...

War starts tomoro!!!

Will be required to reach hotel by 11pm...
den will work through the night baking the lasagnes at 4am...
work till supposedly 11pm on Sundae...
but i gotta feeling will +++ until dunno wat time de...

i'll be situated to the right of the MRT entrance to Raffles City shopping mall...
along the Café Cartel stretch...
i'll be right at the corner where the lasagne bends towards Swissôtel The Stamford lobby...
i'll be at label "2A" or near "2"
juz in case someone wishes to come locate me... LOL... :P

official timing for the event starts from 9am...
but we'll only be out at around 9:30am+
depends...
it's fine if u dun wish to eat the lasagne for $10 each...
u can still watch anyway... :P

Dun mess wif the HR people...

Well... we are getting our locker pest-busterized...
so the pest-busters wif the HR ppl will be accessing our lockers these couple of daes...
to nuke the cockroaches out...

so we all have combination locks... like those used in SHATEC...
and the HR have the master key to open our locks in case something happens...
so obviously...
we ain't supposed to change our locks...
esp those which require a key...
coz the HR can't open it...

went into the locker room todae...
noticed a small hand-written note on the door of one of the lockers...
of coz... the curious me went to take a look...
after reading wat's on the piece of paper...
i can't help but literally LOLed...
funny things DO happen when u least expect it... XD
apprently... the note read:
"See Chris Tay @ HR office or I'll cut your cock."
WOW!!! FIERCE!!!
now u noe... never to mess wif the HR ppl...
they can... and will... do anything to u... O_o

Woah... fierce...

but actually... if u looked closer...
wat the note really implied is dat...
see dat HR guy or they'll break his LOCK
it's juz dat the "L" looks like a "C" when it's scribbled onto the note...
k... major joke of the dae... :P

anyway... went for fire evacuation briefing todae...
a boring 1hr talk... Zzz...
telling us how to evac the whole hotel coming next Mondae...
so we are supposed to walk and not run...
we're allowed to use lifts for this drill though...
but...
in case of real fire... DO NOT USE LIFTS
hmmm... imagine Equinox... O_o
WALKING down 70 storeys... Zzz...
can faint... -_-

End of SLWE

So fast no more off liao...
even though these couple of daes a bit boring...
but the thought of going back to work even more boring... Zzz...
haiz...
so funny rite?
when u get off... u feel sian...
feel like wanting to go work...
but when off finishing...
dun feel like going back...
LOL...
sianz...
oh well...
another 4 more daes in Sze Chuan...
den i'm outta there... :P

The Impossible Quiz 2

Well...
remember the first impossible quiz we used to play?
here's the sequel to it... :P
same load of crap...
it helps a lot by playing the 1st...
coz some questions are parts of the 1st... :)
here u go... enjoy it... LOL...
dun get too pek chek... hahaa...

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/398163

PS: I played till Qn.67 -_-... try again another time... :P

The Universe...

Ever wondered what's beyond space?
what's beyond the universe?
they sae the universe is infinite...
wat if there's an end...
wat would it be like?
wat would it look like?
maybe the universe is an inverted sphere?
if u travel in a straight line... u'll reach back to the same exact point where u started?
or maybe the universe is juz an entity?

imagine... the universe is actually a living thing...
and stars and planets are the cells to this "whatever it is thing"
the universe is it's "blood"
blood for this super giant...
and that this giant is living in another world...
and that is only another "cell" of it's universe... O_o
wow... i'm thinking too far...

or...
wat if...
we are juz a piece of data file of a mega super computer?
imagine...
someone actually...
delete... Universe:\Galaxy no.18923928\Solar System no.986263\Planets\Earth.dat
O_o

i'd better go sleep...
good nite...

Resident Evil : Extinction

Oh and yeah...
forgot to mention...
b4 our Hari Raya visiting...
we went for a movie... :P
watched RE3: Extinction wif Johnny...

quite a nice show...
pretty much similar to the previous 2 counterparts...
the same old T-Virus... zombies... mutations... infestations...
u name it...
so it seems most of it u can rather predict...
so the wow factor is low...

gore/violence... moderate...
a lot of cut scenes...
made this movie so PG... Zzz...
i'd rather watch the R21 version of it...
on wif the blood and gore...

plot... not bad actually...
at least it broke of SLIGHTLY different from the previous 2...
but as i've mentioned...
it's still the same old T-Virus... zombies... mutation... infestations... etc...
the only difference between part 1 - 3?
RE1 : in the lab...
RE2 : outside of lab in Racoon City...
RE3 : worldwide...
yeah... it juz gets bigger...
so RE4? zombie fly to the moon? LOL...
for RE fans out there... this movie is good to watch...
it's still worth ur $9... :P

so the final verdict?
4/5
there you have it... :)

Selamat Hari Raya

K... 1 dae of SLWE... (Super Long Week End... LOL... :P)
went wif Johnny to visit Lokman... some team leader of banquet loh...
went there and there was another group of full-time banquet staff there...
they left juz minutes after we arrived...
some need to go back to the hotel to work... hahaa...
ate some things there...
all spicy malay food... :P

a while later...
some part-time banquet staff arrived to visit him...
lol...
all ITE and Poly students...
ok lah... juz visiting only loh...
tried the Osim i-squeeze...
LOL...
after the foot massage...
legs felt very light...
is it due to the intense pressure of the massager dat makes u feel nothing when u take out ur feet suddenly?
i dunno...
but the "lightening" effect last for only a few minutes...

Look... I-Squeeze my feet... :P

after our visitation... :P
went to Bugis for steamboot...
Public Holidae + Weekend = 100% guaranteed no seats...
not willing to queue...
we went on the Suntec for our dinner instead...
Carl's Jr.
it's either their standard dropped...
or my expectations grew...
the food ain't dat nice as it used to be...
sad...

The bigger dan my mouth burger... -_-

GONE

Don't ever leave things unattended for long...
Ahhhh!!!
a bowl of porridge on the table...
thought i could eat it later on...
Wrong!
Now... it IS GONE!!!

i'm sad...

Super long weekend

I'll be having Sat, Sun and Mon off...
wahahha!!!
coz clearing PH along wif my 2 offs... :P
now headache... dunno where to go... wat to do on my long weekend... :P
i hate boredness... Zzz...

nothing much at work oso...
doing my work verrrrrrrryyyyyyy slooooooooooooowly...........
coz the guy told me...
"dun do so fast... if not later nothing to do..." -_-
ok... i tried...
but still finished wif lots of time to spare... lol... :P

anyway...
this the the staff rest room for us to sleep in...

Note there's another mattress under the bed... :P

Boring dae in Sze Chuan

The same usual things...
cut cut cut... chop chop chop...
todae @ break time...
went into the staff rest room to sleep...
usually sleep on the sofa...
din bother to take the key to sleep in the room...
but todae... Charlie went in... and i followed suit... :P
1st time in dat room since my ½ year in the hotel...
woah... got double decked beds dat can accomodate 6 ppl...
no pillow... :(
and air-con very cold... lol...
so sleep 1 hr and wake up liao...
had an early dinner and chatted wif many ppl throughout the duration till my work starts...

not many customers todae...
so very boring...
nothing to cut oso... LOL...
cut finish liao... i ask...
need to cut anything else?
he look around desperately to find something for me to do...
but couldn't find any...
coz i finished cutting everything dat could be cut... LOL...
"Err... no... you go over there and ask if they need any help?"
(pointing over to the wok area)
ok... so i went...
also nothing much to do...
coz no business mah... LOL...
so juz helped dish out some dishes... cut come ducks...
walk around... chat around... LOL...
realised 99% of the ppl there speak cantonese... -_-
and i'm the 1%... Zzz...
even the chinese nationals speak cantonese... Zzz...
ok lah...
2 hrs plus of doing nothing...
so sian...
wah.. the China girl there very pretty lehhh...
but too bad i dun fancy China ppl... LOL!!!

Jackie Chan is in Singapore!!!

Well... new outlet... means a lot of things to blog...
1st dae in Sze Chuan...
so reminds me of Palm Beach... LOL...
all the chaotic war the kitchen fights...
there's something different though...
ppl are not shouting around despite of the roaring of the wok range...
why?
coz they use microphones!!! O_o
wow... high tech... LOL...
suddenly feels like K-Box... :P

k... Sze Chuan is boring...
it's like a holidae camp there...
i do nothing but cut veges thewhole dae... -_-
wat did i cut?
hmmm......
broccoli... kailan... long beans... curry leaves... carrot... ginger... cai poh... and a spiky thorny plant... dunno wat the name... dunno wat... "jiu qi" or wat... aiyah... watever...
after dinner... i cut finish quite fast...
den nothing 2 do liao...
ask if there's anything else to do?
i was given i carton of kai lan (AGAIN) to pluck and peel... -_-
so i practically cut veges ONLY for the whole of todae...

ya anyway...
msged WL todae informing him i'm on split-shift...
so if he free can ask me out...
no reply... so i went to sleep during break...
sleep for 1 hr... WL call me... ask me if i wanna go play CS wif him and his collegues...
O_o
WL got play CS de meh? LOL!!!
ok... so went play wif them for an hr...
b4 returning back to the hotel...
passed by Raffles Hotel...
a service staff told them Jackie Chan sitting at table 1 in the Empire Cafe or wat... i think so...
so we walked pass to go see Jackie... :P
can see a few ppl sitting at other tables looking over to his table...
how can ppl cope wif such publicity? O_o
more publicity = less privacy...

i think i'll enjoy myself more at Kopitiam...
lol...
i can't wait for the 21st Oct to come...
excited!!!
daes pass by so slowly...
when will dat dae come?

Boring dae...

A totally boring and unproductive dae...
rot at home the entire dae... LOL!!!
wake up and watch TV the whole dae... O_o
many nice shows on air...
can't help it... haha... :P
well... another dae has passed...
tomoro starting work in Sze Chuan Court...
hopefully everything goes smoothly... :)

I'm Gay!!! O_o

Thought i would be called up for mobilisation todae...
but turned out... there ain't nothing... :P
so went out wif a handful of girls to TM...
hmmmmmmm......
i feel so gay... going out on a girls outing... LOL!!!
but still ok... not dat bad...
would go out again if i had the chance...

while walking around in TM...
passed by a fish stall...
or watever u call it...
they were selling fish... duh...
and i saw something dat looks soooo... much like my crabby...
and it's smiling at us... :P
so cute...

Does it look like it's smiling? LOL!!!

- It's always better to make more new friends

Final dae of lasagne production

It has finally come to an end...
no more boring lasagnes...
free at last!!! XD
next week going to Sze Chuan Court...
split-shift... -_-
hey... look on the bright side...
more $$$... :P

went for a tour around the RC complex...
chef brought us around to see the routes to be taken on the actual dae...
and where the lasagnes will be placed...
a bunch of chefs walking around sure attracts lots of eyes... LOL...
45mins of touring ended back in main kitchen...
back to work... :P
todae passed very fast...
coz nothing much to do...
no need to prepare lasagne skins for tomoro...
coz todae we officially completed our 1000 moulds of lasagne + extras... :)
so went home early todae...

yeah... and i forgot...
WM cut his finger... O_o
thumb to be exact...
dat's wat u get when u talk and laugh when cutting hard cheese...
he cut his thumb into two... OMG!!!
well... it's a bit exagerrated...
but... it's still kinda serious...
afterall... he did lose a part of his thumb...
ouch...

2nd last dae of lasagne!!! XD

Todae very sian... like no mood to work...
maybe do the same things for 3 weeks liao...
so very stagnant and boring...
so work very slowly...
meeting up wif bikees later at nite oso mah...
WL finish at 10:30...
so we still gotta wait...
and the worst thing happened todae...
the stupid blast freezer spoil... -_-
greatness...
but in the end it got repaired...
so still ok...
we're not in a hurry anyway... :P

anyway... slowly slowly do...
time pass slowly... till 10pm...
so met up wif Aron, Ben, KM, WL and WM for supper...
while on the way to supper...
saw a dead cat on the road... eew...
so sad lah... and disgusting oso...
dun even wanna describe...
after supper... went pool at Golden Mile...
and the dae juz ends like dat...
Zzz...

I'm gonna act blur...