Pay Day!!!

Got my 1st pay todae...
though very little...
coz only 2 weeks pay... :(
how 2 survive?
still got 1 more mth to go... Zzz...

went Sakae wif collegues for buffet todae...
during split-shift break...
eat eat eat...
eat until almost died...
and slept for 1 hr wif a full stomach...
i'm seriously getting fat...

dinner was hell...
though no cock ups...
all guests cam in at the same time...
or at least... close to the same time...
all fire at once...
Main Course all come at the same time...
kaoz...
u want fast fast...
go McDonalds...
think this is fast food?
our tables not big enough to fire 20 MCs at the same time... -_-

read New Paper todae...
police contacting Pac-Net for the identities of illegal anime downloaders...
hor hor...
CK... u better watch out...
XD

Party in the kitchen

Lunch 40 over pax...
busy busy...
dinner very much lesser...

raining todae...
twice...

supplier gave us CNY gifts...
Heineken...
Zzz...
not my cup of tea...
or should i sae... beverage...

stayed back in kitchen after work wif the rest...
they drank the Heineken...
i fried wedges and chicken drumlets...
i ate...

i have nothing else to sae...

period.

Busyness

Busy busy...
todae so busy...
Saturdae no body...
todae almost died...
tomoro lunch even more ppl... O_o
let's hope everything shun shun li li...

kitchen starting to heat up...
business rolling in...
rushing to get things done...
so hot so hot...

i think i'm going to get blind soon...

The House

Was slacking at home todae until abt 3pm or so...
Alan called... asked me out together wif the Swissôtel pastry gang...
so long never see them... and i'm free... so... y not?

caught a movie wif them this evening...
a Thai horror movie... The House...
Thai movies are well known for their scary ghost movies...
and this one... is no exception...
wat is in a movie dat actually scares the audience?
apart from the horrifying graphics...
the no. 1 factor in scaring the audience is non other dan the sound effects and loud sudden audio itself...
be it screams or just plain noise...
and it's dat suspense or anticipation dat the movie gives the audience; the parts where u noe something will come out... but yet didn't... and then suddenly pops out together wif a loud BOOM...

so the movie...
scary?
definately...
it scared the wits out of 2 of our pastry guys...
ironically... they are 2 of the "manly" looking guys in the bunch...
big guys... small wits? hmmmmmm......
girls were more brave though...
though there were those sudden jumps due to the booms...
it's the guys who cover their eyes wif hands...
wif shawls and hiding behind gfs... (rolls eyes...)

a so-so movie to me though...
story not exactly very detailed...
maybe becoz of the language barrier?
mid-way through the movie... there was this part which set me pondering...
y on earth would someone put a wooden pillar in the middle of the corridor of ur house?
but it was later on explained late in the movie...

so on an overall scale...
i'd sae... it'd score 3/5

0 Covers

For the 1st time in my life...
i actually see a restaurant (other dan Rosette) have 0 covers... O_o
where have all the ppl gone to?
even the pubs outside are like ghost towns...
not a single soul in sight...
so sian... whole dae sit in kitchen and tok cock... LOL!!!

after work... went to Chinatown...
and somehow... i got this feeling...
EVERYBODY went to Chinatown for their CNY shopping...
dat explains the emptiness... LOL!!!
juz a guess though... :P

den Lau Pa Sat for supper...
i think WM and me ate the most... XD
the girls didn't eat much...
dat's pretty much my dae... Zzz...

it's getting near...
i can smell the ang pows... XD

The Butterfly Restaurant

Papillon means butterfly in french...
how i noe?
coz everytime i see the word papillon anywhere...
i'd usually see a butterfly together wif it...

anyway...
Le Papillon is a very small restaurant...
so small dat we can't order in bulk from suppliers...
other dan meat items like Angus... lamb rack... pork rack... salmon... etc...
those small vegetable items...
are usually bought by ourselves...
usually b4 work in the morning...
but sometimes when during midday we suddenly run out of certain items...
we gotta go to the nearby supermarket for shopping...
quite often in fact...
i think they should get an NTUC card... LOL!!!

3 more daes to off dae!!!
woot!

$$$

Finally!!!
juz checked my bank account...
the stupid hotel finally gave me the money they owed me...
$1k+
now i is happy... XD

Cloverfield

Went wif CK to CGH to visit Sacha todae...
i believe she looks so much better dan i expect...
or should i sae... from wat the rest commented...
recovering fast...
strong girl... :)

considered lucky for her...
from the details of the accident which was given from her mom...
it's a miracle she got out of this... though suffered some injuries...
when we were there... she was sleeping...
i guess she was much more to heavily sedated dan sleeping... XD
she looks sweet when she's sleeping though... :P
nvm dat...
get well soon... :)

after hospital visit...
went to Tampines Mall to settle CK's sim card thingy...
and went for a movie...
from the trailers of Cloverfield...
i knew it's taken from a handheld video camera dan a professional camera...
i thought it was maybe the introduction...
but nooooooo......
it continued on and on...
and on and on......
and on.....
and on...........
and on........................
Zzz...
right till the end...
O_o

if u see a lot of ppl commenting "HUH?!" "WTF?" "dat's all?" "what's this?"
u noe there's something REAL wrong abt the movie...
usually when the credits roll...
everybody or should i sae... most of the ppl would stand up and leave the theatre...
including me...
but for this particular movie...
no one stood up...
NO ONE...
guess everybody was dumbfounded...
well... for me...
i sat there...
staring at the screen...
hoping...
hoping there's something else...
i was expecting more...
i's a crappy 1 hr movie...
did it make it past the 60 min mark?

ok... official comments...
story... it's quite ok actually...
though a lot of parts are really unexplained...
i hate the starting though...
it's full of crap...

a lot of time wasters in the whole movie itself...
a lot of stupid scenes...
dragging to make the movie longer...

graphics was nice actually...
in the sense of taking in a handheld video cam view
looks kinda realistic...
camera angles very similar to like a normal person would use their camera...
added a bit of unprofessionalism to make it more "real"
but one thing they didn't note...
looking at this movie in small view looks normal...
when when enlarged to theatre sized screen... it ain't normal...
u get crossed eyes and fainting spells from watching it in such big scales...

room for improvements...
cut short the start...
make the "homemade" video shorter...
add in the aftermath of the entire event using a better camera (stabilised)... or any other kind other dan handheld... Zzz...
that's mainly the reason y i sat there staring at the credits...
hoping for something more...
i couldn't believe my eyes when i saw the credits... -_-

i would have given it a higher rating...
but after i commented...
i changed my mind...
1.5/5 - give it a miss... seriously...

ppl sae it's a cheap movie if they filmed using handheld video cameras...
but this movie ain't cheap...
judging from the props and effect of the movie...
but it sure is a crappy movie...

Eugene... u'r lucky u said no when we jioed u for a movie...

Internal Conflicts

2 sous chefs in conflict todae...
ain't them childish?
50+ yrs old liao still think like babies... Zzz...
both sous chefs... a younger one and another older one...
the older one is working his last dae in the restaurant todae...
so i'll name him "L" for last dae... XD
the other... let's juz call him "A"

so... it's L's last dae todae...
maybe that's y he brought up such unplesant comments...
well... these 2 ain't exactly happy wif one another...
always complaining about each other...
saying bad things abt each other...
so...
L : "i'll tell boss i dun like the person working beside him..."
L : "it's not i dun like boss... but i juz dun like working wif the person beside him"
but "A" kept quiet all the while...
and "L" kept continuing on and on...
repeating over and over again...
telling everybody...
until abt 5pm... "A" asked me...
A : "how long do u think i can tahan?"
me : "one dae... one dae will do..."
but in the end... "A" called boss and told him he'll be taking ½ dae off...
Zzz...
so left us 3 in the kitchen...

so crap lah...
i believe i think better dan all of them... -_-
y r there even conflicts in this world?
y can't everybody live happily together?
y are there wars?
y can't we live peacefully wif each other?
y is there racism?
y is there terrorism?

if everybody were to understand forgiveness...
the world would be a better place to live in...

hah... 3 daes and i see so many happening things...
things i've never seen b4 in my entire life...
Zzz...

2nd dae in Le Papillon

Slightly more busier dan yesterdae...
but still kinda boring...
KM joining me on Mondae...
and when he comes... there will be a 30 pax reservation waiting for him...
LOL...
he is good luck cat... XD

anyway... went supper at Lau Pa Sat wif some of the restaurant ppl tonite...
a pastry guy... a cook... and a service girl...
it's her last dae of work tomoro...
so we went for supper loh...
and chatting wif her...
she sure brings a whole new meaning to the word blur...
seriously...
i noe girls are quite weak in geography...
but i never thought it would come to this extent... O_o

she asked where i lived...
to which i replied... "Beach Road"
"ohh!!! i noe!!! it's at Tiong Bahru rite?"
-_-...
"wait wait... i noe! it's at east coast rite?"
-_-... dat's even further...

i used to work at Swissôtel The Stamford...
next to Raffles hotel...
"oh!!! i noe where Raffles hotel is... it's at Raffles Place rite?"
Zzz...
when asked if she knew where Bedok is...
"near Jurong!"
argh... i almost fainted...
why does a Singaporean not noe Singapore at all?
oh well...
she sure is one BLUR girl...

and yes...
Jurong is in the East or West of Singapore?
"East!"
-_-...
"not East meh? den y is it called Jurong East?"
O_o... pengz...

1st dae in Le Papillon

Ya... regarding the Bangkok trip...
i'll wait till Eugene finish blogging his part b4 i'll start adding in details he missed out...
so for the moment...
i'll not be mentioning anything abt the Bangkok trip...

went for work in Le Papillon todae...
1st dae...
all seems well...
a bit boring though...
or maybe it's juz todae...
coz dinner only 4 pax... O_o
maybe it's the rain... LOL...
but well...
we'll see again tomoro...
maybe more customers tomoro...

not bad for a restaurant...
they provide uniforms for us...
and they send to laundry...
no need us to wash ourselves...

kitchen kinda small though...
was told we might be rotating between stations...
gardemanger > mise-en-plus > hot > patisserie
so we shall see...
argh... need to go for my typhoid jab soon...

Le Grand Chef

Lots of things to settle once i touched down...
settled some but many more un-settled...
went to Sim Lim Square wif CK to get myself a 120GB External Hard Disk
costed me $169... O_o
i needed it to back-up my com...
gonna re-format it soon... i guess...

My handy new hard disk... XD

after dat...
we went to PS to watch Le Grand Chef...
quite a nice movie i'd sae...
and no... not becoz of the cooking...
it has a nice story...
though i'd understand it more if it was in English...
but still... this Korean movie is very touching...
funny to a certain extent...
it makes ppl cry...
it makes ppl laugh...
if you are expecting Ratatouille out of this due to the cooking and food...
u'd be real sad...
it's juz about the story of a young man's history and a cooking competition...
4/5

will be starting work tomoro...
at Le Papillon @ Red Dot Traffic Building
split-shift 10am - 10pm
Sundae off...

Back from Bangkok, Thailand!!!

Been 5 daes of Bangkoking...
suddenly sitting in front of my com...
i miss home... XD
everything juz pass by so quickly...
2 more daes and i'll be starting work...
internet was down the dae b4 i went to Bangkok...
so didn't really blog much...
now seems alright to me... maybe for only a short while?
XD
anyway... regarding details of the Bangkok trip...
i guess i'll blog it some other time...
busy wif many things now...
juz come back... lotsa things to do...
:)

Alien Vs Predator 2

Went back to sch to hand in log book todae...
together wif CK... Eugene... KM... Wayne... and some of the B class Meritus ppl...
ate at the coffee shop near our sch...
missed the sour plum and lime juice...
chatted wif Sebastian for a while todae at the "container"
b4 going up to hand in our log books...
thought it would be a fast task...
juz give them the book and off we go...
but noooooooo...
we need to fill up all the info from the log book for them... Zzz...
so took quite a while...
chit chat awhile... den went town to meet up wif the pastry ppl...

while waiting for a couple of pastry ppl...
we had a little snack at Coffee and Toast at City Link...
ordered a kaya goo yoo toast...
and mmmmmmmmm...
it was heavenly...
i think better dan ya kun's
toast was crispy...
kaya was fragrant... and sweetness just right...
though it's a bit greyish in colour...
but i think it's homemade...
so there are no colourings added... :)
added wif a slice of butter...
it makes me drool thinking back of it now...
9/10 - must try...

went Marina Square to watch AVP2...
not as great as it's 1st movie though...
is it dat all part 1s are always the best?
at least AVP1 has some decent story...
AVP2 is juz mindless killing and rampage...
blood and gore...
nothing much else...
plot was a bit stupid...
juz blast here blast there...
kill this kill that...
den BOOM!
everything is nothingness...
Zzz...
i was expecting much more dan this...
graphics was nice though...
3.5/5

yes... and after movie...
went to Marina Food Loft for dinner...
seriously...
i think food courts are the last place i'll ever go eat from now on...
coz it really sucks...
i think coffee shops and hawker centers serve better food...
and cheaper too... -_-
ordered a ginger powder fried chicken...
$7.50 for 2 pieces...
comes choice of 2 sides...
i chose coleslaw and macaroni...
good thing is... they serve their sides in quite big portions...
not like some western stalls... give u 1 tbsp of coleslaw... -_-
BUT!!!
the bad thing is... it taste sucky...
so no point giving so much...

coleslaw... vegetable never drain dry enough...
mayo too little... cut too fine...
feel like eating mashed veges...
wet and tasteless...

macaroni...too much rosemary used...
they are mini macaronies...
so imagine 2 - 3 dried rosemary is sticking onto EACH macaroni...
dat's how much rosemary they use...
furthermore...
macaroni left in the bain marie for too long...
all dried and shrivelled up...
FAIL!

the chicken still acceptable...
but dun set ur hopes too high...
very small piece oso...
sides so much more bigger dan the main item itself... Zzz...
seriously... do not try it...
i'd rather have KFC...
cheaper and bigger in portion...

Failed miserably... -_-

3 more daes!!!

Log book

Ya... quite a while never blog liao...
lazy weekend this week...
tomoro will be going back sch to hand in log book wif the Meritus gang...
and speaking of log book...
everything is filled up...
except...
the final page... which is the visits from SHATEC trainers...
zero... ZERO... Zzz...
nobody came visiting us for the whole of our 9 mth attachment... -_-
so sad...
sch dun bother abt us anymore...
wat if we were ill treated by the hotel?
wat if we kena accident in the hotel?
wat if we DIED in the hotel?
the sch wouldn't even noe... Zzz...

when will we get our diploma?
wat will our plans be from here on?
maybe i go study DPB... LOL!!! XD
but come to think of it...
wif new trainers in SHATEC...
nah... i'll pass...

4 more daes!!!

I am Legend

Finally... i'm free!!! XD
log book 100% complete...
juz waiting for people to go back to sch wif me to hand in the book...

last dae kinda boring...
nothing much really happened...
juz dat after work... went up to pastry and said good byes...
waited for some of the pastry guys to finish work...
den we went to Marina Square to watch...
I am Legend...
XD
finally get the chance to watch it...
though we missed a bit of the front part...

nice movie actually...
got dat suspense...
but juz dat it's so like Resident Evil loh...
the virus and zombies etc etc...
only dat they are faster and smarter...

this is not actually a review though...
too tired to think much... LOL...
nah... i'll juz rate it anyway...
4/5

countdown to attachment complete...
now countdown to Bangkok begins...
8 daes!!!

Happy New Year 2008!!!

First and foremost...
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY!!!
hope the new year brings us good things... XD

anyway... worked breakfast todae...
getting sick of omelettes liao... Zzz...
take MC on my last dae?
LOL!!!
actually... there's something good abt this hotel...
is dat... there is this cab booking system...
whereby u book a cab in the gurad room...
and write down the time u r supposed to work...
den the next morning...
the cab will come pick u up...
and when u reach the hotel...
u dun have to pay a single cent... LOL!!!
better dan u find ur own cab to the hotel...
den using the reciept to claim for ur cab fees later...
so ma fan...

todae so tired lah... Zzz...
feel like sleeping even b4 work starts... LOL
doing things sibei slow... XD
maybe ORDing liao... hahaa...

tomoro...
Grand Finale...