Sick again...

Todae so shag...
i fell sick again...
feel so cold...
feel so restless...
feel so strengthless...
everything is moving so slowly todae...
Zzz...

dun feel like blogging wat happen to my dae recently...
juz feel sucks...
gonna pop a couple of panadol and sleep... Zzz...
can't take it anymore...

Good nite...

I understand how you feel...

I'm the type of person who sleeps and forget every single bad thing dat happened the dae b4...
but for once...
i woke up todae...
last night was still todae...
i wake up... remembering every single detail of yesterdae...
it has such great impact on me...
i know... for sure...
it has triple the effect on you...
for u always remember everything bad dat happens to u...
i feel ur pain... though u do not show it...
i feel ur sorrow... though u do not express it...
please let me share ur problems...
let me help...

It's not your fault...

Juz to remind u again...
it's not ur fault...
it's never ur fault...
u were never the cause of it all...
it was he... who couldn't think...
his childish naive mind which decided that upon himself...
do not blame yourself...
whatever happens...
always look on the bright side...
there's a brighter side to everything...

if should u ever need a listening ear...
or need someone to be there for you...
give me a call...
and i'll be there for u...

The Red Bomb

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
i've been bombed!!! :(
final reminder for internet bills... $180
Handphone bills... $60
total $240
-_-...
i'm gonna go bankrupt liaoz...
kaoz...
not included insurance yet... $200
transportation fee of $100 / mth
add up... $540
and i only got $430 pay... -_-
how 2 survive?
i is sadded...

anyway... the staff rest room is going to be forever lit... O_o
NOOOOOOOO......
coz it's not supposed to be dimmed... -_-
kaoz... todae tired... sleep in the light...
argh...

during split-shift break...
i stayed behind and look at them cooking mushroom soup...
wow... gigantic frying flat pan...
den got gigantic tilt pot...
interesting...

todae very busy...
orders keep coming in...
and i doing orders alone... -_-
coz 2 of them ninja away...
den i fight the war
a lone ranger...

tomoro tomoro tomoro...
tomoro is my off dae... my off dae... my off dae...
i'm happy happy happy...
so happy... so happy...
so happy it's my off dae... my off dae... my off dae...

SATURDAE OFF!!! XD

Pay Day...

Morning guest chef was being brought by Otto Weibel...
from Prego to Raffles Hotel to see see...
so rotisserie not enough ppl...
so i kena shift over to pizza section to help out for the time being...
so sian...
trainees = disposable staff...
happy happy put u here...
happy happy put u there...
oh well...
night service time i went back to garde manger...

todae nothing much really happened...
very boring... Zzz...
i'm starting to rot...

anyways... got my 1st pay todae...
dunno how 2 manage my money... :(
too many bills to foot...
too little money to dispense...
argh...
headache...

Time and Perception

You have changed...
i don't seem to know you anymore...

Time is selfish...
time do not wait...
i might be too late...
if i could turn back time...
things would have been so much different...
i'm sure...
why is it always that you'll notice something
only when you lose it?

Perception...
you see things differently in a different perception...
when you're in it... you are never able to see the entire picture...
but when standing from a far...you get a clearer picture...
you see everything...

so work todae i getting boring...
can i get out of garde manger?
it's getting stagnant...
i'm starting to learn nothing new...

anyway... found a dead bee in a bunch of romaine lettuce todae... O_o
never knew bees like to eat caesar oso... :P

split-shift break...
went home and sleep todae...
i love my bed so much...
nothing beats the comfort my bed provides...
ahhhhhhh....... shiok...

Should i or should i not?

Pizza madness...

Ok...
todae nothing much really happened...
juz dat...
i dun understand...
y when ppl break plates or glasses...
the whole of prego service staff clap hands?
everytime the service staff break glassware...
they clap so loud... all the customers look up... blur blur...
todae's no exception...

up till now...
todae is the latest i left Prego...
my shift ends at 11pm...
but i left Prego at 11:45pm todae...
why?
coz i hungry...
made myself a pizza to eat... LOL
chefs not around...
only left commis... :P
so heh heh...
wat did i eat?
hmmm...
pizza diavola (courtesy of me...)
pizza prego
squid ink spaghetti
calamari
chicken nuggets
italian soft drink

not only i make supper loh...
they also cook pasta for themselves...
no wonder Prego food cost so high... ;P

i didn't noe there's a secret door leading to the lobby of Raffles the Plaza Hotel...
until todae... LOL
all along... i thought there's only 2 exits from the kitchen...
todae i found the 3rd... O_o
took the secret door past the lobby...
and walked "into" a wall...
blended in with the wall... is an outline...
push it...
IT'S A DOOR!!! O_O
and viola... front office (office)
cool... so went in to photocopy some things...

k... so now i'm too full...
shouldn't have eaten so much pizza... -_-
extra cheese somemore... :P
ya... and for those who dunno wat pizza diavola is...
it's pepperoni pizza...
my favourite... XD

Garde Manger again... Zzz...

Todae... go back to garde manger station again...
do the same old stuff...
getting boring...
furthermore...
todae very few customers = super boring... Zzz...

something very funny happened todae...
trainee become shifu again... -_-
ah-ping was asked to kill fish...
all the fish in the fish tank...
dat rounds up to abt 4-5 fish...
he is not very pro...
but he taught me some things when i was in rotisserie section wif him...
but..........
he dunno how 2 kill fish... LOL
or should i put it...
he DUN DARE to kill...
so since i'm not in rotisserie liao...
no one to kill fish...
he being the lowest of rank... (other dan trainee)
was mad to kill fish... hahaa...
so he came to me and tell me to help him...
so i taught him loh... LOL
see him kill fish like so funny...
dun even dare to smash the hammer onto the fish's head...
fear of hurting it... -_-
i told him...
"u hit like dat... the fish die even more painful... even more slowly..."
"give it 1 hard hit and end it's life quick..."
he hit the fish with his head turned back and eyes closed... -_-
ok... so i taught him how 2 kill...
how 2 remove the scales and offals...
and how to debone the fish...
pls... i'm garde manger this week... -_-
ok lah... he's a nice guy actually... :P

heard a lot of bad feedback of Vivian todae...
almost everybody sae she have a very bad temper...
and dun treat full time staff well...
she treats trainees very good though...
so maybe dat's y i dun feel she's all that bad...
hmmm...

been asked todae if i will be going to Prego's chalet tomoro nite...
noooooooooooooooo......
count me out... pls...
no point lah...
i finish work 11pm... by the time i finish everything... shower or GO THERE...
already 12 - 1am liao... -_-
do wat?
den following dae 11am start work again...
unless u give me free off the following dae lah...
LOL...
den i go...

while doing orders todae...
got a lady carrying her baby to my counter and look at me doing orders...
i was doing insa di mare... AKA seafood salad...
den she left...
½hr later... another insa di mare order came...
so i was doing it...
"wat is dat uncle doing? salad..."
i looked up... the same lady wif her baby...-_-
she was teaching her baby "stuff" Zzz...
anyways...
DO I LOOK LIKE AN UNCLE TO YOU???!!! >:(
kaoz... thank you ah...

todae closed garde manger station by myself...
coz all shift until 10pm...
only me until 11pm... -_-
Chef Elson: "who's with you?"
Me: "nobody..."
Elson: "where are the rest?"
Me: "go home liao..."
Elson: "huh? den u alone?"
Me: "ya..."
Elson: "u noe how 2 close or not?"
We: "ya..."
Elson: "ok..."
den he left... LOL...

10 mins later...
JSC Francis came to me...
i was already closing halfway...
Francis: "ur station can close liao..."
Me: "i noe... i closing now..."
Francis: "ok... u noe how to close?"
Me: "yes..."
Francis: "ok..."
den he left... -_-

aiyo... if u guys dun trust me...
den dun leave me alone doing 11pm shift alone lah... -_-
can't blame... LOL...
Chef Antonio plan schedule 1...
dunno how he plan anyway... :P

the whole week i doing B Shift...
11am - 3pm... den 7pm - 11pm...

Hands on pizzas

FINALLY!!!!!!!!
i finally get to touch pizza... whahahhaa
last dae of rotisserie...
finally get to do pizza liao...
from putting toppings... to baking in the oven...
to cutting... and serving...
Pizza Prego...
Pizza Margerita...
Pizza Porcuino...

todae buffet... again... smoothie station... -_-
next week i'll still be in smothie station...
sian...
anyway...
noticed...
todae buffet...
A LOT of regular customers...
i see familiar faces queueing for juices...
wow...
got 1 lady...
loves mango smoothie so much until i can remember wat she wants liao...
last week she oso here anyway...
again... carrot ran out 1st... :P

wanted to go Funan walk walk todae...
den walk... and walk...
and eventually... walked into the staff rest room... Zzz...
slept in there for 2hrs...
den go for dinner...

tomoro garde manger again...
here we go......

Busy dae...

Your voice...
your eyes...
your innocence...
it just melts my heart...

todae made tomato sauce for pizza again...
this time... relied entirely on memory... :P
completed in a faster speed too...
also did flour coating for calamari...
1kg polenta
2.5kg flour

killed 4 fish todae... -_-
todae very busy...
a lot of customers...
anyway... next week i'm going back garde manger... -_-
coz ah-soon take leave...
so short handed...
oh well... :P
Saturdae off!!! WAHAHAHAA!!!

split-shift break todae...
i got so cheated... -_-
ah-ping asked me if i wanted to go walk walk...
i sae no... coz i wanna sleep...
den he sae nvm... a while oni...
go walk city link den come back liao...
den ok loh...
went out... we saw Adriel smoking...
den they were toking...
den decided to go ORCHARD... O_o
sian......... Zzz...
from city link become Orchard... Zzz...
when we came back... left 1 hr to sleep... argh...
furthermore... staff rest room full liao...
so bo pian sleep in locker room...
on the hard bench... -_-

tomoro buffet again...
wonder wat i'll be doing tomoro...
dun tell me smoothie again... Zzz...

i'm starting to appreciate music...
last time... to me...
music = sound
now...
music = music...

200 Pounds Beauty

Yep... i watched 200 pounds beauty todae...

coz off todae mah... hahaa...

OMG... the movie... it's so very nice...

so touching...

from start to end... full of non stop touching moments...
it is a must watch movie...

i rate it 5/5

the actress...

i liked her... yet hated her later... den loved her...

oh my... juz too many mixed feelings in the movie...

it has it's part of touching moments...

and also have a fair share of humour...

great movie...

worth every single dollar...

i was eating lunch at Marina Food Loft todae...

noticed...

some ppl put tissue packets on the tables to "chop" seats...

so i was wondering...

has it been officialised?

dat leaving tissue packets on the tables means dat the table have been reserved?

i dunno...

but i think it's a real crappy way of reserving seats...

let's juz sae... another group order their food...

couldn't find any seats... and saw this empty table...

but dunno dat the tissue packet belongs to someone else...

so they sit and while eating halfway...

the original group which left the packet there comes with their food...

so now wat?

u ask the ppl eating halfway to leave?

i think dat's pretty unfair isn't it?

oh well... food for thought...

watched 200 pounds beauty at Bugis...

after the movie... went to toilet...

and my eye caught sight of this notice... LOL...

Toilet Aim

tomoro working again...
suddenly... dun feel like going to work... :(
like so sian...
arrrggghhhhhh...
hope tomoro's fun...

Rotisserie...

Finally get to touch some roasts... :P
todae roasted chicken and snapper...
happy...
finally get to do some decent stuff around here... :)

i'm a murderer todae...
i killed 2 fish todae...
1st fish very notti...
jump under the fish tank...
so difficult to get...
so it suffered... by dying slowly...
the 2nd fish very guai...
let me catch...
so i let it have a quick death...
a blow of the hammer right onto it's temple...
that oughtta do the trick... :P
fish bite me todae... :(
no cuts... juz punctures...
but still pain loh... -_-

made pizza tomato sauce todae oso...
1ltr canned tomato w/o water
10g salt
5g black peppercorn
5g oregano (optional)
50ml extra virgin olive oil

for lunch and dinner...
ate braised duck rice w/ yam rice and lor mee respectively...
the staff rest room so uncomfortable...
went in to sleep todae...
sleep ½hr... wake up... den sit there can't get back to sleep... -_-
next time must go home and sleep liao...
but to and fro needs $1.30 bus fare... -_-
2 daes = 1 plate of chicken rice...

tomoro is off dae again... :)
happy happy happy...
so looking forward to tomoro...
hope my cough heal by the time i return back to work... :)

Where's my pizza?

Did everything todae except pizzas... -_-
coz preparing buffet items for sundae...
ain't it a wee bit too early?
oh well...
at least i don't have to breathe in flour todae... LOL

ok... i'm sick...
fever last nite...
cough... and running nose...
had a couple of panadols and plenty of water...
plenty plenty plenty of water...
keep going toilet...
den drink plenty of water again...
release of heat...
sweating under my blanket when sleeping...
wake up in the middle of the nite...
go toilet...
drink plenty of water again...
this morning... feeling better liao...
but still got cough and running nose...

Vivian on MC todae...
heard from someone...
she fainted in the MRT... O_o
den hospitalised... Zzz...

anyway... wanted to go home in the afternoon and sleep todae...
but... in the end... met wif WL...
coz he oso split-shift in Raffles Hotel...
chatted wif him... heard his story...
of how "lucky" he is... LOL...

tomoro faster finish...
Fridae off!!!
can enjoy my off...
can recuperate...

i'm dying... X_X
cough... cough...

I miss you...

I really miss u...

anyway... 1 word...
SHAG!!!
too shag to even blog...
but juz blog for the sake of blogging... Zzz...

breathe in too much flour liao...
now getting sore throat...
might fall sick soon... Zzz...
NOoooooooo!!!
i dun wan no-pay MC... :(

pané risotto rice balls wif bread crumbs todae...
need to do double job...
flour... eggwash... flour again... eggwash... den bread crumbs... -_-
waste time...
knead pizza dough todae oso...
aiyah... todae is super the sian...
and super the boring...
so tired... Zzz...
split-shift break oso no space to sleep in the staff rest room...
so sleep in locker...
so uncomfortable... -_-

saw hui ying auntie todae...
me ex-collegue from Pam Beach...
saw her on the bus when going home...
chatted a bit even though only abt 5 mins... LOL

fridae faster come...
i wanna rest... Zzz...
system burning out soon...

can tomoro dun come?...

The start of pizza week...

Pizza aint as fun as garde manger...
well... we shall see after 1 week later...
can't compare now...
the person in-charge of me is not as nice as Vivian though... LOL...
he's the type of person who have no power...
but once with some power... he'll show u his power...
he acts like he's the boss...
u MUST obey...
anyway... he's a very sarcastic person...
oh well...
since he want's ppl to listen to his every bidding...
i'll listen to him for 1 week... :P
save me the trouble...

HR called me in todae...
together wif KM and Ben...
and all the other SHATEC trainees...
why?...
to inform us dat Ch8 is coming to film us on a dunno wat show...
i think it's the "Project Y" or something like dat...
dunno... never watch...
so we will be needed to be aired... -_-
can i dun go?... Zzz...
so sian... never liked cameras... -_-

Lunch was curry noodles... hahaa
and i had a bowl of tau huey oso... hahaa...
it's funny...
i came here as a trainee...
yet... trainee became shifu and shifu became trainee... -_-
had a chat wif Vivian todae...
abt SHATEC matters...
coz she feel like studying...
coz SHATEC teaches food cost control... etc etc...
i told her no need...
she already noe most of the things liao...
SHATEC only teach us the basics...
like... brown sauce... etc...
to which she replied... huh? u noe how 2 make brown sauce? teach me... -_-... Zzz...
u mean u dunno how 2 make brown sauce? -_-
anyway... her cold section is really pro...
her plating oso very nice...
excellent knowledge on cold food handling...
but yet... some of the things SHATEC teaches us... she dunno...

she asked wat else we learn...
so i showed her the photos of wat we did in practical in my HP...
"u noe how 2 make consomme??? tell me how..."
Zzz...
she oso dunno how to make pastry items like tartlets and eclairs...
so i spent some time telling her a brief intro on how 2 make certain items loh...
wow... didn't now a trainee can actually noe more and the shifu... O_o
but still... i respect her for her knowlegde on garde manger... really the proz...

made pizza dough todae...
20kg flour
10kg water
600g salt
60g yeast
600g extra virgin olive oil

also used the machine to roll the dough into pizzas...
garde manger get to move abt...
coz have to do orders and such...
here i am... standing there still and not moving...
juz nailed to the ground making the pizza dough...
wah... legs aching sia...
at least when moving abt not so bad... Zzz...
anyway... this week till thursdae...
doing B Shift... Zzz...
dat's 11am - 3pm... den 7pm - 11pm...
so reach home late... sian...
A shift is 10am - 2pm... den 6pm - 10pm...
fridae off again... :)
sat & sun doing D Shift... 10:30am - 2:30pm... den 6:30pm - 10:30pm...

have also been thinking...
i've always been soending my money on others...
but never on myself...
things use till old liao still dun wanna buy a replacement...
but yet spending $60+ on a meal with others...
or buying gifts...
most expensive was if i remember... $500+
i dun even bear to spend $100 on myself... Zzz...
stupid...
so now... i made up my mind...
after i get my 1st pay...
i'm gonna pamper myself... whahahahha!!!
have to start thinking of a wishlist liao... :P

let's see wat's in store for me tomoro...

7th dae of attachment... Final dae in garde manger station...

Todae marks the official dae of my life in garde manger station...

tomoro will be pizza station for me...

todae is sundae...

like i said earliear...

every sundae is Buffet lunch in Prego...

$40 per pax

quite a resonable price though...

coz...quite a variety of foods for offer...

the oysters are quite fresh oso...

the oysters i opened yesterdae are actually STILL ALIVE!!!

COOL!!!

Vivian gave me an oyster to try...

touched the sides of the oyster... it actually MOVED!!! O_O

mmmmmmmm... sweet oyster with a dash of lemon juice...

heavenly...

there are also buffet platters up for grabs...

like... buffet cheese platter... buffet salmon platter and buffet parma ham platter...

they even have pizza for buffet... fresh from the oven...

and and and... pasta... made to order by one of our showmanship chef...

almost all of the ala carte items can be found in the buffet...

$40 is a very reasonable... (for me...)

if i'd known earlier... i'd have went to Prego for buffet b4...

oh well...

anyway... they also serve canapés

Buffet Cheese Platter

Buffet Salmon Platter

Buffet Parma Ham Platter

i was put at the fruit juice / smoothie section wif jasline...

man... the guests ARE early...

buffet start at 11:30am

b4 11:30... ppl already queueing up...

11:30... ppl rush in... Zzz...
by the time i even learnt how 2 make a smoothie...
already 6-7 guests queueing up for juices... Zzz...
juice not ready yet lah... Zzz...
"can i have a carrot juice pls?"
carrot not ready yet... so jasline started making some...
done liao... give him...
another person... "can i have a glass of orang juice pls?"
sian... orange not ready yet
stress ahhh...

i haven get my composure ready yet ppl start bombing me wif juice orders... Zzz...
den ppl wan mix this wif dat...
mix this wif that and this...
want 2 glass this 1 glass that and another 1 glass that... Zzz...
suddenly i feel like a computer...
have to remember wat customers wants in a short time...
at 1st i forgot a few... den have 2 ask again... Zzz...
but after some time... i got the hang of it...

carrot juice ran out 1st...
followed by mango juice...
then rock melon...
and green apple...
orange juice...
we dun have pineapple... star fruit... strawberry... Zzz...
so many ppl ask for those...
some even ask for dragon fruit juice... O_o
a lot of ppl ask me wat juices i have...

Customer: "wat juices do u have?"
Me: " we got watermelon juice... red and green apple... papaya juice... rock melon juice... orange juice..."
Customer: "do u have pineapple juice?"
Me: "no"
Customer: "ok... den i'll have a glass of orange juice..."
Customer 2: "wat juices do u have?"
OMG!!! i have to repeat it over and over and over again...
i seem to have repeated it millions of times... -_-
haiz...
todae is not fun...

Lunch was mee siam todae...
quite nice...
it beats the sucky chup chai peng...
ya... and speaking of dat...
yesterdae daily special never open... coz sat & sun the never open
den noodle bar serve lontong... Zzz...
so bo pian eat asian cuisine...
i am not eating rice loh... i is eating rice ball... O_o
rice become 1 lump... Zzz...
chicken is tough... cuttlefish ball is rubber...
the only thing nice is the hotdog... -_-
haiz...

Prego buffet lunch in the afternoon...
at nite... resume as per normal ala carte...
business was so-so...
not too busy...
pastry girl gave us some left over buffet cake for us to eat...
jasline ate a bite and couldn't figure out wat mousse flavour cake it was...
Me: "izzit? maybe it's mickey mousse..."
ok... craps aside...

tomoro... pizza!!!
buh bye Vivian...
buh bye garde manger...

6th dae of life @ Attachment... 5th dae in Prego though...

And... yep... everydae is a new dae...
learning new things...
seeing new things...
new feelings everydae...
new thoughts everydae...

Ben and KM heep complaining everything they do everydae is the same...
never learn anything...
Ben wash rice... weigh noodles... wash chicken everydae...
KM cook eggs everydae...
is it really nothing to learn there?
how come i seem to have so much to learn?
so much to see?

actually... we learn a lot of things everydae...
juz dat they are so minute dat we dun usually notice them...
even the simplest of sentence can make u learn a new thing...
bring u a long way...
Sofia - wife of Ritz Carlton Executive Chef (Vivian told me)
she's the one in-charge of washing the veges everydae...
btw... she work 9 - 3 everydae... mon - fri... sat & sun off...
said by Vivian dat she got special contract from Otto Weibel... WOW
anyway...
Sofia... she told me a simple sentence which actually made me learn something new...
soak the lettuce in water until the leaves open up...
when they open up... you noe u can take them out...
juz this simple sentence made me learn something new...
the lettuce became so lively...
crisp and green... like those in photographs and videos...
like so impossibly fresh... O_o
now i noe......

ah yes...
anyway... i learnt how to open oysters todae... yay!!!
open 100+ oysters for tomoro's buffet...
Prego have buffet every Sundae...
open oysters until my hands red red...
those oysters look so appetizing... yum yum...
but i noe by tomoro cannot make it liao...

anyway... tomoro is my last dae in garde manger station...
will be going over to the roti station - pizza station next week...
next Fridae off again...

everydae someone... (usually Vivian) will plate some salad displays for the display counter...
for use in anti pasto... (bearing some similarities with the asian combination platter... but consisting of various small portions of cold cut meat... cold pasta and cold salads...)
todae... business was GOOD... a lot of customers todae...
Vivian and i... 2 persons doing orders todae...
do until pim pom piam...
she did mostly all the anti pasto... and me... all the other ala carte orders...
like... caesar... misto... insa di mare... spinaci insa... caprasse... beef carppacio... etc etc...
so many orders...
so many anti pasto until all the salad display used finish... need to top up... -_-

anyway... Vivian is not our CDP... she is juz a com 1...
but i regard her as our unofficial CDP...
after all... she's the leader in the garde manger team...

something abt my locker i haven told u guys abt...
the previous owner of my locker very good to me...
left a magnet... a clothes hanger... and 35 cents for me...
wow... so kind... LOL...
i can hang my clothes... hahaa
i never touch the 35 cents...
leave it in there for good luck... whahahaa!!!

left eye twitching again todae... wat is happening to me??!!

5th dae = OFF DAE!!!

Haha...

got a rest from Prego...

wonder when my next off will be... :P

Slept till late late todae... LOL

ya... a waste of off dae...

but still... recharge my batteries...

den chiong again tomoro...

since todae never work... so nothing to talk abt... hahaa...

anyway... went through my "ancient" collection...

found something...

The Coca-Cola Cards

Remember these Coca-Cola cards?
i think abt 7 years ago if i remember correctly...
buy a carton of coke... free 1 card...
either get a normal card...
silver card... or...
a gold Coca-Cola Mastercard...
i got the gold $10 card... LOL
used it to withdraw $10 from Singapore Poly's ATM machine... LOL
(i remember very clearly... wahahaha)


ok... let's get pregging...

4th dae in Prego

K... juz as i thought... todae is boring...
even though 113 pax reservations...
very few ppl order salads... Zzz...
anyways... Antonio off todae... Vivian off todae...
got 1 person take urgent leave...
so Prego short of ppl...
guess who came down to help?
lau peh come down sia... O_o
he be aboyeur... together wif Elson... another of our Sous Chef...
heard from the POP mei mei... (Jasline)
dat lau peh very gam wif Prego staff 1...
also heard... lau peh started from trainee all the way... climb to Exec Chef...
20 over years... O_O

went toilet todae... bomb Swissôtel...
cubicle beside me... got 1 person... bombing skills very the pro...
got sound 1...
"Ahhhh... Urrrgggg... Ahhhh......"
LOL... i listen liao i almost laugh... XD

lunch...
went in tuckshop...
can smell the choking smell of over fried chillies... X_X
coz the Daily Special is hot plate sting ray...
over cook loh... Zzz...
they boil the sting ray liao... O_O
den slightly grill... to bluff u they grilled it...
den put onto the hot plate wif banana leaf...
den drizzle chilli sauce over it...
immediately after the chilli sauce touch the hot plate...
Sssssssssssssss..........
nuclear bomb mushroom cloud come out...
and the chilli smell is overwhelming... Zzz...
can die... XP
sting ray is tough... but nvm lah...
better dan the rest of the food... LOL

someone overturn his food onto the floor...
aiyo... poor thing... there goes his meal...
dunno if can get another meal or not...
if not... eat bread liao... LOL

wear chef u walk around
actually got ppl call me chef... LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
i can't help but grin... wahahhaaa!!!
diaoz... wanna tell them i'm trainee...
but... come to think of it... nvm lah... LOL...

todae... i'm very looking forward to tomoro...
i can't wait for tomoro to come...
coz... TOMORO IS MY OFF DAE!!!
hahahahaa!!!

anyway... time to get Vivian's autograph in my log book...
Saturdae... dat'll be it... :)

Off dae... here i COME!!!!!!!!!!!!

3rd dae in Prego

ok... todae starting to get shag of spilt-shift liao... -_-
maybe becoz of... hmmm... (not saying... :P)
so i might not blog much todae...
coz of shagness... i think i have forgotten most of wat happened todae...
all i noe is... sianness coming in...

i finally asked... they DO have split-shift pay... :D
$7 per dae...
coolness!!! $7 X 26 daes = $182!!! + Basic Allowance $600 = $782 $_$
i'm gonna be rich for my 1st mth in Swissôtel... wahahhaaa!!!

ok...
everydae is a new dae...
i see new things everydae... even though lesser and lesser...
no bdaes todae... :(
i asked the juz POP from trainee from Raffles Training Centre (RTC) (i think... -_-)
abt the bdae thingy... how come so many ppl celebrate bdaes in Prego?
she told me something dat shocked me...and very true for singaporeans... O_O
all bdae guys or gals get a complimentary bdae cake from the house...
OMG!!! NO WONDER SO MANY PPL CELEBRATE BDAES IN PREGO... -_-
Prego is smart...
give free cake... sing bdae song 4 u...
den charge u ex ex for pastas and pizzas... LOL
dumb Singaporeans... always so "free" minded...
as long as got FREE items... wun mind paying $100 for a toothbrush... -_-

heard from KM todae...
our lau peh kena scolding from our ah gong todae...
scold until lau peh diam diam... like diam gao... dun dare tok back...
after which... diam gao become siao gao...
go to EVERY OUTLET and find stupid LITTLE faults and bomb everyone...
heng i siam fast fast... time for split-shift break...
so i ninja away...
he ordered a salad from me...
i was abt to do... Vivian told me she'll do it... and told me to go off 1st...
so... Prego full of smoke... i dissappeared... LOL
after which... heard from KM and Ben siao gao found trouble wif them... :P
lucky lucky me... whahahaa

Chef Antonio... our Sous Chef...
told us to gather and told the aunties to clean the kitchen...
and make it clean clean...
coz.................
Ch8 is coming for a photo shoot...
which at 6pm i went back... i saw them taking videos of our food
together wif a bunch of chinese kids...
like some Ch8 kid's programme...
wah... antonio treat them so good...
make pizza for them... give them tiramisu...
wow... oh well... lucky camera didn't capture me... -_-
ma lu...

life is boring todae...
learn nothing much new todae... -_-
lesser customers oso...
feel uneasy...
usually have a lot of things to do... todae... swatting flies...
once in a while... got order...
den walking around... looking for anything used up... and need topping up...
nothing to top up... all full liao...
sian... walk around...i see u... u see me...
10:05 - I dissappeared...

starting to not looking forward to 4th dae... -_-
4th dae... here i come... again... Zzz...

2nd dae in Prego

K... too much to blog yesterdae...
guess u guys couldn't absorb in dat much...
so left out a few points to blog...
now i'm gonna continue where i left off and blog a bit of todae's happenings...

Locker room...
aiyoooooo... look more like armory to me... all the yellow elongated lockers...
never tell u... u'd think they are used to store ur M-16 Rifles... -_-
how to put my things inside sia... -_-
for bikees... even if u cut ur helmet in half... still can't go in loh...

everything in Prego is self made...
cool rite???
lasagne...
pizza... own made pizza dough... not like pizza hut... -_-
see them tossing and spinning in the pizza section...
even the pasta is own made... wow...
fusilli made from own dough recipe... they have a pasta machine to make it...
ravioli... wow wow wow... own stuffing...

i finally saw the difference of hotels and Rosette or restaurants...
chef/cooks actually DO NOT wash the kitchen... (INCLUDING stoves!!!)
somehow... i feel kinda uneasy...
usually it's us dat's washing... now it's left for them aunties and uncles...
i was wiping the motorised slicer after use...
den another guy told me no need clean... juz dismantle can liao...
the auntie will wash...
i was like O_o...
i feel kinda bad for them...
so old liao still made to wash dangerous operating equipment...
things like... the slicer... stoves... etc...
dat's not all... they do things wrong... kena scolded by the cook... -_-
the auntie use wet cloth to wash the pizza dough roller...
thinking life would be easier... she switched on the roller and run the cloth under it...
and to her dismay... the cloth got stuck... O_O
den the cook scold her... she looked so shocked and felt helpless...
aiyo... so poor thing...

lunch... din bother to eat chup chai peng todae liao...
i eat Daily Special...
claypot rice!!! wahahaa
so much nicer... and piping hot... too hot... (for me)

asked Vivian how to tie the stupid scarf-no-tie tie...
ok... scarf... -_-
coz her scarf look so neat and nice... wow...
it's like a duplicate of me tying a tie... and cutting of the protruding parts... Zzz...
so she taught me...
still a bit blur...
den she reached over and tied for me... O_o
hope nobody was watching... -_-
anyway... i learn fast... hahaa... now i noe how 2 tie liao... wahhahaha!!!

after split-shif... wander around B2 of Swissôtel...
and eventually wandered into the Staff Resting Room...
opened the door... and in the dark... dark... and i mean dark room...
lies a couch... and 3 ppl lying there...
as the door close behind me... and light diffusing faster dan speedy gonzales...
i ended up walking blindly to the couch...
relying only on memory when there was light... and feeling...
found the couch... and lay there...rest a while... close my eyes...
when i open my eyes...
they were getting accustomed to the darkness... and i realised...
hey! the room isn't really as dark as i 1st though it would be...
i could actually see the people beside me...
someone then came in... and closed the door behind him...
this time i could see him clearly...
and dat poor chap... must be blind in total darkness...
slowly edging to the couch...trying hard not to bump into someone's legs...
LOL... i thought he looked funny...
anyway... i closed my eyes again... and slowly... slowly... ZZZzzzzzzzzz............
woke up at 5pm... went for dinner... claypot again... hahaa
and went to work!!!

todae... many many ppl... even more dan yesterdae... even though it rained... -_-
juz as wat Vivian said... everydae got ppl celebrate bdae in Prego...
and indeed...
todae... 3 more different ppl celebrated their bdaes -_-
wat's so special abt pregging birthdaes?
did mostly slicing todae... other dan orders...
slicing the salami... the cappacio... the parma ham...
of coz... using the motorised slicer...

someone broke glasses again todae...
morning once... night once...
yesterdae oso got break... -_-
other dan that... no accidents though...

there will be a Prego - Kitchen only chalet coming up soon...
was asked if i would wanna go...
dunno leh... like dun feel dat gum wif them yet...
hmmm...
still pondering...

on my way home... at the bus stop todae...
saw an ang mo couple...
kissing in public...
ass grabbing in public... O_o
well... it's the norm over there in their Country...
so no big deal...
juz though i might wanna share... LOL

went home smelling like olive oil...
Why?
every single salad will be topped wif olive oil...
so i became a bottle of olive oil... -_-

must find a dae to get Vivian's autograph in my log book... :P
3rd dae... here i come!!!

1st dae in Prego...

Ok... todae got a lot of things to write...
1st dae working in Swissôtel...
1st dae in Prego...
Prego means Welcome in italian...
read that somewhere on their notice board...

met KM and WL at kopi tiam opposite Raffles Hotel at 7:30am todae...
have some kaya gu yoo lo ti...
a couple of soft boiled eggs...
and milo peng...
eat till 8:05 ben call and complain... we r late... hahaa

anyway...
when we got our uniforms...
for the 1st time in our lives...
we spent ½hr changing into our chef u...
partially becoz our uniform = gundam suit...
all in different pieces...
fixing here and there... button by button...
even our apron comes in 3 pieces... -_-
and also... partially...
we have 16 buttons to button...
including the 8 buttons 1st put into our chef u piece...
dat makes it 24 buttons... -_-
also need to put on the stupid scarf-no-tie tie...
never put on b4... take ages to figure it out...

ok... so we were at HR at 8:55
have to wait for respective chefs to come "collect" us
and i... suay suay being in Prego... suay suay being split-shift...
have to wait till 9+ coz they oso come late...
after which when he comes... i got orientated around the Prego kitchen...
ok... quite big... 2X the size of Rosette...
not including the pizza, garde manger and pastry in the restaurant itself...

later... went to chef office to meet up wif otto weiber... (or however u spell it... )
Director of RC Hotels Pte. Ltd. woah...
how come he can beard... and we no can?

okok... back to Prego...
i was appointed to garde manger this week... fridae off... :P
split-shift... -_-
10am - 2pm... 6pm - 10pm...
1st... wash veges... 6 tubs of air-flown salad
3 tubs romaine...
3 tubs butterhead...
1 tub green frisee
2 tubs rocket
spin dry till finger got cut from the irritating washer which fell off it's place...
oh well... small cut... nvm...
den come blending the tomato dip...
8 tubs...
using gigantic hand held blender...
much like the rosette portable blender... juz dat... 4X bigger...
very heavy indeed...
1st tub ok...
coming to last... u can feel the weight of the blender titan... -_-

oh... and did i mention... the person incharge of me is a chio bu... XD
wow... pretty girl sia...
called Vivian... hahaa
very friendly... very soft-spoken...
dont look like a CDP to me though...
well... looks CAN be decieving...
anyway... the Sous Chef is a very playful italian...
lol...
make fun of all the kitchen staff...
esp Vivian... :P
quite a fun loving bunch though... hahaa
den i suddenly thought...
after 9 mths... which outlet would i choose for my full-time job...
b4 joining Swissôtel... i thought... interest in a particular cuisine...
like... Asian...
now... other factors come in...
good and happy working environment...
who is in the outlet dat might also influence u to continue full-time there...

Lunch at RC Tuck Shop (ancient... i noe...)
machiam food court...
can choose Asian Cuisine AKA chup chai peng AKA Economic Rice...
though 5 choices only... LOL
can also choose Noodle House
and Vegetarian...
mini foodcourt sia...
anyway... i ate Asian... and food sucks...
urgh... horrigible tasting...
i dun wanna elaborate... ask Ben... LOL

Ben go home 3pm... sad... i gotta stay till 10... -_-
went out wif him walk walk...
go see him eat porridge...
den bras basah...
den i come back... eat dinner alone... :(

6pm...
Prego start work...
todae business quite good...
i being garde manger... got outside to the restaurant... prepare salads... O_o
on my 1st dae of work... wow...
ok... still can maintain composure...
see a lot of customers...
ya... todae quite a number of ppl come eat...
made tons of caesar...
and a lot other...
i think they noe todae my 1st dae...
so all order different salads... make me learn... -_-
happy... now confident of running garde manger alone liao... hahaa
no need Vivian hold hand... LOL...

hmmm... todae my left eye twitching...
maybe it bodes good luck...
so also maybe dat's y i work happy todae... hahaa...
k... tomoro working 10am... no need wake up so early... haha... :P

ya... i noe... todae A LOT to write...
coz happy... a lot of things happen todae... hahaa...

oh yes! i almost forgot...
Prego had an accident todae...
i heard loud "raining" sound in the restaurant todae...
thought it was raining... but look out... no rain leh...
den i realised someone deep fry something wif a lot of water...
so sizzle very loud...
and oil spilt all over the floor... -_-
heng i not at the pizza section...

and speaking of pizza...
their pizza oven is retro loh...
use FIREWOOD...
wow...traditional sia...

i got a bite of lasagne todae... OMG... it's heavenly...
never tasted such delicious lasagne b4 in my life...
if i were a cartoon...u can see wind blowing in my face and light coming from my back...
people... if u wanna eat lasagne... come Prego...
i give it a 9/10

also also... (sorry... really to many things to sae todae...)
3 different tables having birthdae todae... LOL
see the service staff sing Bdae song so many times... LOL
I asked... wah... todae a lot of ppl bdae hor?
Vivian said...
nothing special... everydae got ppl celebrate in Prego...
i was like... O_o

ok... i should stop now...
guess u read until tired liao... LOL
i still haven told u abt my journey home... WAHHAHAHA!!!
anyways...
Looking forward to 2nd dae in Prego...

9th April 2007 - D-Day

8 hrs...
to my official start of work attachment...
many feelings...
mixed feelings...
excited yet worried...
happy yet sad...

excited coz get a chance to see how a hotel giant operates...
worried coz i might get crushed by the hotel hiant...

happy coz i get to work in my 1st choice hotel...
sad coz there goes my freedom... sold to the hotel...

k... short post...
gtg sleep liao...
can't be late for the 1st dae of work...

Swissôtel... here i come!!!

Hell is approaching...

9 months of hell coming soon...
counting down in 3 daes time... Zzz...
2000 over rooms...
shag till u drop...
confirm will have stress...
wat to do?...
jump out from Equinox...
sure to end ur misery...

1st stop...
Prego...
1 whole mth doing the Italiano...
and the pastafresco...
09/04/07 - 06/05/07
do i really need 1 mth in Prego?
oh well...

9 mths... 12 outlets...
we get a chance to be in the pastry kitchen for 5 weeks too...
weee... :P

will i die inside?
-_-

So long never blog...

As the title implys...
very long never blog liao... LOL
due to exams and... *wink wink* XD

anyway...
wanted to go steamboat todae... bud den...
got called up for silent mob... Zzz...
took out my dust coated boots...
it's practically white loh... or maybe grey...
went down to maju camp...
i heard they used to in-process in ngee ann poly...
i didn't noe why...
until todae...
coz maju is directly beside ngee ann poly!!! O_o
wow...

anyway...
1st time went to maju...
1st time RAIN WHEN I GOT ACTIVATED... -_-
sianz....
whilst walking to maju... it started raining...
kaoz...
gotta run wif FBO... Zzz...
long time never run wif FBO liao...
shag sia...

noticed a lot of ppl drive car lah... ride muthu-cycle lah...
some take bus... many taxi...
taxi drives must love mobilisation period... LOL
some even drive lao kok kok lorry to mob center... Zzz...
also saw a WHITE haired ah peh... he's captain sia...
wow... must be experienced... :P

reach maju...
wait 4 tonner to bring us to ngee ann poly...
crap sia...
cannot in-pro in maju meh?... -_-
make us go maju liao den bring us go poly...
last time they in-pro in poly 1...
den SAF wanted to gather all together... so can in-pro together...
in the end... in-pro in maju liao...
still need to go ngee ann... Zzz...

k... reach ngee ann liao...
a lot haven come...
have to wait till 90% attendance den we can leave... Zzz...
and the stupid CPT tell me call those who not here yet... -_-
another 1st time... to actually call ppl in mob center... using my HP somemore... -_-
only ppl call me 1... i never call ppl 1...
in the end... wait till 6pm den can go home... kaoz...
waste time sia...
bring FOB oso no use... never check items oso... Zzz...
zao zhi dao i dun bring my FBO...
make me run in FBO oso... Zzz...

ok... anyway...
next week holidae liao... whahahhaaa!!!

~ Voyager - Woot!