Hotel pasar malam

Work till 3 pm todae...
as usual...
went to locker...
chat wif a fren there...
heard from him there is some dealings up on the 5th floor...
asked if i wanted to go along...
y not?
so i followed...

when i reached...
LOL... so crowded...
it's a pasar malam IN THE HOTEL!!! O_o
for hotel staffs only though...
tables set up wif lot of rubbish...
like garang kuni items for sale in the 5th floor laundry department...
items ranging from books to soft toys... bags to electronics to clothes and underwear!!! O_o!!!
wow...
where did all these things come from?
psst...
tell u guys a secret...
imagine u stay in a hotel...
u left ur shirt in the room and u check out...
return to ur country...
will u come back to the hotel to claim back ur stuff?
well... the hotel will safe keep for u...
but if u do not come back and claim it within 6 mths...
well...
here's where ur belongings will go to...
the hotel's pasar malam...
LOL...

not all items sold r from hotel guests though...
some are items dat the hotel doesn't want anymore...
eg. old pillows... old cups... and stuff of the like...
or maybe a change of management...
eg... from Swissôtel to Fairmont...
all items wif Swissôtel logo will have to be replaced...

things sold here are VERY CHEAP though...
imagine designer label jeans going for $10
books... all at $1 each...
imagine ur harry potter book a hotel guest forgot to bring home... :P
many items are still in very good condition though...
they even sell boxers!!! O_o
will u wear someone else's boxers?
not me!

didn't buy anything...
nothing good enough to buy...
if got hotel towels... i might buy a couple... :P
so my fren bought himself a bag for his laptop for $2
and a underliner or something like dat for a bed for $5
even cheaper dan pasar malam!!! O_o
coolness...

Great wall of mooncakes

Walking past the corridor...
noticed something...
something dat caught my eye...
the great wall of mooncakes!!!
something tells me dat mid autumn festival is closing in soon...
LOL!!!
:P
imagine... fresh durian flesh...
in a snow skin mooncake...
ohhhhhhhhh~
heavenly... :P~

Wat if i took out the bottom piece... Hmmm...

River Rapids

As the water flows downstream faster and faster...
down the stretch of rapids...
plunging down the waterfall...
into the throbbing lake...
a beautiful sunrise at dawn...
over the horizon...
the lake glitters...
and a rainbow can be seen through the morning dew...
with a pleasant feeling of freshness and purity...

2nd Off...

Offed on wed...
tomoro going on off again... LOL...
coz tomoro no function... and mondae no function...
so stay in kitchen oso will be killing moosquitos...
so chef told me...
tomoro u go off...
LOL...
shiokness...
2 offs in a week...
:P
this week everydae work 6 hrs...
maybe 7 hrs... LOL...
work 8am... den 2-3pm nothing else to do...
ninja liao... wahahaha...

good life or bad?
i dunno...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3 more daes... and all hopes smashed...
was told to go look for Chef David...
and so i went...
so the situation was...
garde manger was short handed...
so he asked which is my next outlet?...
... PMC... 2 weeks...
so the dreaded news broke out...
"You continue in garde manger for another 2 weeks..."
*faint*
AAAAAAAAAHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
*faint again*
he asked... "how is it up there? you can take it?"
"i noe you can..."
Zzz... -_-

kaoz... 1½ mths in garde manger...
kill me pls...
y am i so sway...
i go EVERY outlet... i extend my stay there... -_-
Prego extend 1 week...
Equinox extend 1 week...
garde manger best... extend 2 weeks!!!
my log book gonna be so messed up i dun think i'll graduate... LOL...
becoz of all these extensions...
i missed out a few outlets...
sad...
still got the lasagne actual dae coming up soon...
again... will miss out some outlets...
i dun think i'll be able to complete all outlets... Zzz...
sian...

I cried in the kitchen todae...

I used to be able to take it...
used to be able to hold back my tears...
but todae...
it was juz too overwhelming...
my eyes were all teary...
and it hurt too...
i wished i could juz leave...
and not continue anymore...
it was juz too much this time...













I hate you... Onion... :(

RC Hotels Dinner & Dance

After returning home from sch...
went back to hotel to attend the hotel's D&D...
theme - "Viva Las Vegas"
and yep...
the 1st ever hotel to start it casino operations in Singapore...
right here... in our annual D&D...
but not wif real money though...
fake majong chips...
LOL!!!
but ok lah...
nothing much to play anyway...
juz roulette and dices...

Ben and KM never go...
so i go alone...
but i joined the Equinox ppl... haha...
door gift was a pair of coffee mugs...

entered the front door... and wow...
big function...
3 of the biggest ballrooms combined into a mega big ballroom...
dry ice... smoke... lazer lighting...
it juz looks so grand...
it was actually fun though... :P
watch the performances...
the funny crap the ppl pulled out...
and the hosts were actually pretty much talented...
i had fun...
and my share of laughter...
juz dat...
the food note exactly very good though...
at least lose to our own hotel's food... :P

saw Ivy at the D&D too...
finally... LOL
i got to see her after so long... :P
also saw Ee Ling... she's leaving the hotel into another profession this coming Fridae...
anyways... todae was pretty much enjoyable... :P

The Stage

4 more daes!!!

SHATEC Revisited

Went back to sch todae...
coz someone asked me to go wif him...
which in the end never go... -_-

got my transcript... not bad...
ate my usual... roast duck wif char siew rice... at the kopitiam... :P
stayed in sch for quite a while... had a chat wif Sebastian...
saw a few familiar faces...
including Donny Lai... Vincent Tan... Mr. Teow... Jack Chan... Andrew... and our favourite... [OPT]!!! LOL... XD

long time never return to sch liao...
missed the good ol' daes...
daes when we were in IS...
when we were in demo kitchen... squeezing to the front to watch Derrick Lau perform his stunts...
times when we spent along the corridor during intermission... :P
all are but memories now...

spent too much time in the hotel...
perception changes...
mindset changes...
even habits change...
during sch daes... u see a trainer walk past...
u greet "Sir"
todae went back...
saw Mr. Teow...
1st reaction was to greet "Good morning Chef..."
LOL...
too long in the hotel...
became a habit to call them Chefs... :P

Newcomer...

We have a new comer in garde manger...
a full-time to be exact...
an indian... from Malaysia...
well... 1st... i gotta congratulate him for entering hell's kitchen... :P
no wonder KM is no longer needed in garde manger... haha...

according to schedule... i will never get a chance to work wif KM much...
but now... it seems...
we get to work together quite often... haha...
lasagne...
garde manger...
lasagne again...
oh well...
never get a chance to work wif Ben though...
aiyah...
no need me to work wif him...
he got some other "person" to pei him...
we are juz lamp posts... XD

my off on Wed...
and i juz realised...
Wed got staff dinner... -_-
dinner and dance...
or watever...
dunno if KM or Ben going or not...
hmmm...
6 more daes!!!

Bankrupt

Faster paydae!!!
i'm bankrupt liao... LOL...
over spent my pay this mth... XP
$600 is not enough for me to spend in a mth...
sadness...

also... very sian...
nothing to do...
nothing to blog abt...
life sucks...
1 more WEEK!!!
and freedom is here!!!

now eating grass and drinking long kang jui...
help~

News in SHATEC travels 10,000 km/hr

Yep...
soon... the whole of DCS Jan 06' will noe of this news...
a secret...
a shocking secret...
it all began in Prego...
when one searching...
and the other one searches...
and when...
two becomes one...

shall i spread?
hmmm...
or maybe...
i already did...
oops...
LOL... :P

Inauguration of Avita

Major function todae...
the inauguration of Avita...
somehow i think it's anoher MLM thing... Zzz...
come here invite many ppl...
feed them... brainwash them...

they booked the 3 biggest ballrooms in the hotel...
(Padang, Canning and Collyer)
Canning and Collyer combined to become something like a 7th mth "ge tai"
wif all the dry ice and stuff...
Zzz...
den they sing the national dae theme song... O_o
and then... hell came...
7th mth hungry goose festival...
all rush into Padang (where the buffet is set up...)
and within mere seconds... food were all gone...
top up noodles...
go in take spring roll to top up...
come back... noodle gone... O_o
got so hungry mah?
becoz of this stupid function... i work 10 hrs todae... Zzz...

other dan this function... nothing much happened todae liao...
everydae is pretty much the same...
boring... Zzz...

Happy Birthdae Singapore!!!

Wat did i do the entire dae?
stay at home and watch NDP on TV... LOL...
long time never get to watch NDPs liao...
coz over the past few years busy working...
this year considered the "freeiest" national dae in recent years...
not bad... the whole of the NDP is quite new...
overall nice...

dad bought some wonton mee and satay back...
wow... 1st time get to eat pork satay...
kinda nice actually... XP
halal pork?
LOL...

working again tomoro... :(
sad...

"Cold" Kitchen

I'm working in a cold kitchen...
ok... i'm working in a cold, cold kitchen...
hmmm...
actually... i'm working in a cold, cold, cold kitchen...
get it?
it's void of any love... warmth... joy... laughter... happiness - (Cold)
it's stove is never on 95% of the time... air-con blasting... - (Cold)
garde manger = (Cold Kitchen)
now u get it?

usually i'd be happy to go to work...
but when working in garde manger...
it seems... i dread going to work...
40% of the time... i wake up late... O_o
and reach almost late...
seldom reach early even if i could...
the sight of the kitchen already turns me off...
open the door... enter the kitchen...
everybody's face as cold as ice...
not even a hint of joy...
they work for the sake of working...
they dun enjoy their work...
silence...
no laughter in the air...
juz plain silence...

cold...
absolutely no heat...
chiller... cold + cold...
freezer... even worse...
even our chef-u so thick...
enter the freezer... u can almost feel frost encapsulating ur body...
shut the door... and i'll give u 1 minute to faint from hypothermia...
5 minutes... and u'll get "preserved"

how can anyone work in such a horrible place... Zzz...
gimme $3000 monthly pay to work full time there i oso dun wan...
public holidaes and offs used to mean nothing to me...
this time...
how delighted i would be if i got an off...
and delighted am i... tomoro's my PH... LOL!!!
i got myself a National Dae's off... :P
envious?

oh let me leave this horrid place fast...
2 weeks 3 daes more!!!
Zzz...
are there any outlets who is in need of staff?
please pull me away from here...

When will i finish garde manger? :(

So sian... Zzz...
stuck here for 1 mth... -_-
there's an ASEAN cocktail reception todae...
PM Lee Hsien Loong gave a speech or watever...
never listen...
juz help set up function oni...
no wonder so many police...
even in the back secret alley way oso got police... Zzz...
they even brought metal scanner doorways to the hotel... O_o
dunno wat they are called... LOL...
hmm...
KM now at Equinox...
hahaa
wonder he at hot or cold kitchen...

also went up to set up a private suite buffet function...
room no. 6656
wow... big sia...
the size of 3 standard rooms... O_o
buy y the hell would ppl pay $1000+ for juz a night's stay?... Zzz...
such a waste of money...
give me lah... -_-

Mondae off ain't as bad as i thought it would be...
coz i forgot this week got PH...
hahha
and guess wat?
i off again on National Dae!!!!!!
XD
happy...
so wat shall i do on National Dae?
watch fireworks?
sian...
hate squeezing wif ppl...
Zzz...
imagine the aftermath of NDP at the MRT stations...
havoc...

i hate working at garde manger...

World's longest lasagne trial run

Trial run todae...
reached hotel at 6:15am... Zzz...
had breakfast...
report to Jr. Ballroom Kitchen @ 6:50am...
start to bake all of the lasagnes...
separate into 3 different kitchens to bake all of the lasagnes...
5 warmers in all...
by the time we finished baking all of it...
time was 9am... -_-
to think this is only 100m...
wait till actual dae... 600m...
wat time are we supposed to start baking?
3am?... Zzz...
we can all open a room and stay overnite in the hotel liao...

so 9:10am we set off our warmers to lvl 1...
from Prego to Raffles The Plaza entrance...
dat's 100m...
for 600m... dat'll be the entire perimeter of Raffles City Shopping Center...
den at 9:45... start assembling...
for this trial run... all lasagnes are FREE!!!
whoever comes will get a piece of lasagne free...
there's a lot of leftovers though...
all ended up in the tuck shop for staff to consume...
as for the actual dae...
it'll be going at SGD$10 per piece...
all earnings will be going to charity...
to the spastic children's society... i think...
21/10/07 - Actual Day of Prego's World's Longest Lasagne

Part of the 100m long lasagne

ah yes... i got the worst off i can get for next week...
MONDAE!!! Zzz...
dat's tomoro... -_- Zzz...
sian...
oh well...

Lasagne H-15 hr

Applied bechemel on them 190 lasagnes...
sprinkle grated parmesan cheese on them...
ready for tomoro's baking...
need to wake up at 6am...
Zzz...
den bake all of the lasagnes...
and serve at 10am...

tomoro is my off...
and i am going back to do the stupid lasagne...
well... it beats working in garde manger anytime...
so gotta sleep early tonite...
haha...
ciao...

Almost late...

Woke up at 8:40 todae... O_o
!!!!!!!!!!!
when i'm supposed to start work at 9am...
WOW!
i flew down to work...
and miraculously... i managed to reach garde manger kitchen in time...
now dat's fast...

life in cold kitchen is pretty much the same old boring daes...
so long liao 1 week still haven end... Zzz...
1 week there seems like 2 weeks...
argh...
1st time i'm counting my daes left... -_-
3 more weeks!!! Zzz...

Durians!

Nothing much happened todae...
juz dat there's an outside catering hosted by Goh Chok Tong...
but i didn't go... haha...
too bad... :P

same old boring stuff...
salads and argh...
sianz... Zzz...

my dad bought durians back...
yum yum...
maybe one dae can try to make a durian cake... :P
ya... one dae...

Pizza Delivery

Boring...
seriously...
i hate cold kitchen...
argh...
1 whole month of torture...
i'd rather go for the lasagne thingy...

todae chef told me go Prego collect some "things"
ok... so i went...
looked for Chef Elson...
told me to go make myself...
how many?
3...
so off i went to rotisserie...
made myself 3 illegal pizzas...
LOL...
smuggle back and the whole garde manger had pizza for lunch... :P

argh!
BOREDNESS!!!