O.P.I.
As mentioned in my earlier post, I ♥ pedicures hence I decided to call my favorite pedicurist to book a slot for a round of feet-loving care today! My color of choice for this round is:
Got the color yet?
i’m lovin’ it!
PS: I love the first set of canary yellow ensemble! Totally adore the combination; I want to steal the look!
Hair Mechanics
Some folks believe that our hair holds our burden hence they believe it is good if we snip off the hair when things get hard on us.
I just had mine today; it looks exactly like this:
Totally short at the back as I ♥ showing off my chunky earrings and I know my single most erogenous area is at the back of my neck and also, I love highlighting my teenie-weenie ears that people always talk about! The side-swept fringe is an absolute must so as to give away the come-hither look but then again, I doubt my face is in any bit blessed with the seductiveness. I veer more towards the cutie-pie / girl-next-door face, heh! Okaye, here’s some self-absorption from my humble self; ignore me.
Marvellous, wonderful and euphoric feeling. It’s orgasmicly addictive and much loved.
I love going for haircuts, it’s one of my guilty pleasures aside from my pedicures and honestly, I feel the weight off my shoulders now and I feel that I can think more clearly now.
Breakfast Station
Today marks my second day working M Shift. M Shift is largely a day shift whereby working hours are between 0800 – 1700 hours but that doesn’t necessarily mean that I punch out on the dot. Being a manager, you have to bear in mind that you are highly paid to do things out of your stated jobscope and sure, I have no qualms about that.
However, I honestly prefer working the M3 Shift at 1400 – 2300 hours as the crew that are working those timings are a fairly young crew and time at work is always the best-est. I’m not condemning my morning crew but the group of “Power Aunties” - Lord, my boss even coined a nickname for them – are a bunch of idiotic crew who do not do things out of their supposed XX years’ worth of experience in the line. Sure, you do the counters for the past 19 years of your life but does that mean that you can boss around me; a person who is barely into her 1st month in the company? Look woman, I am the one wearing the Red shirt, at least grant me a certain level of respect. I respect your seniority but you ought to respect my authority as a manager as without that two-way respect, we have nothing in common except that we work under the same company, stuck in the same store till Lord-knows-when. Would you rather have a pleasant working experience or would you like to be stuck to the job as it pays for your retirement? It is your call. Yes, I may be meek and timid and quiet (for now) and not know much Hokkien words to speak in but trust me, the day will come when I will turn your world upside down with my Hokkien / Teochew / Hakka vocabulary. If you do choose to make my life a pain then heed my word of advice; karma’s a bitch. It will come running back to you in the days / months / years to come. You just wait and see; I suggest that you don’t rest on your laurels my dear aunties…
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I feel horrible to be subjecting Joby to the daily injections to his puny and dishevelled body. Lord, please have mercy on his soul. Joby, I am really sorry to be the one human that you prolly hate the most at this very tiring time. Please, feel better soon okaye.
Two injections down, another two more to go.
The Day I Nearly Died
It was meant to be an uneventful Off day.
A much-needed rest after the past week of happenings at work.
But the Lord Almighty decided to change my plans and have me to wake up with my dearest hamster in a semi-comatose state that I nearly died.
The whole ordeal today is indescribable in words but I do know that as much as I deny it, Joby’s life is ebbing away at every milli-second that goes by.
Lord, please make him feel better soon. I wish that there was something that I can do to help him get better soon. It’s times like these that I feel absurdly helpless that I wish I was granted some powers from God to hep heal the sick loved ones in my life.
SIGH.
An Eventful Day
Today is an eventful day in a bad way. Quite rarely do these things actually happen to me but then again, what’s life without the shenanigans of the roller-coaster rides right? But anyway, two bad things had happened today and I am sad beyond consolation.
At work, two of my crew were caught giving & receiving free food in full view of my eyes. Considering the fact that I am a relatively new Manager, one of the crew decided to test waters by asking me for a free Filet-O-Fish. I honestly don’t know what he was actually thinking when he blatantly asked me for that but I sure feel fearful as I am in such a tight spot that any flaws that I do present to my crew will be subjected to the numerous scandalous and vicious rumors circulating in the crew room. It’s amazing how the word travels so fast and the worst part of it is, the actual truth has been altered to a rumor-monger’s choice of words and most of the accusations thrown across the board are largely false and are an exagerration of the actual story itself.
Lord, I didn’t know old grandmothers at work could be so darn bitchy.
At home, Joby Tiger Jo is sick and the last thing that I want is to face up to another sad situation when I kick my shoes after knocking off work. He’s never been sick all throughout his 1 year, 6 months and 6 days of his life and I am very worried. Considering his age, I believe he is way past his prime and now is technically his golden / senior citizen age. I pray hard that things get better with him as I don’t foresee a good outcome out of it.
Lord, sometimes I hate my gut feelings. Please tell me that my gut feeling is wrong.
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All that I seek for now is a time-travelling element which can help me correct things in the past and alter the bad things in the future. It’s times like these that I wish Wawa was around to pat my head and let me fall asleep on her lap.
Part Three: Did You Know?
Did you know that the apple pie is the only item in the menu that takes twice as long to cook as compared to the other meat patties in the regular menu? It takes seven minutes to cook, twenty minutes to cool down and has a holding time of 1 and a half hours before it is being considered as waste!
Part Two: Did You Know?
Did you know that the ever-popular Big Mac uses a different sauce as compared to McChicken, McSpicy, Double Cheeseburger & Filet-O-Fish?
Matter of fact, it is different although I can’t tell you what is the content of the sauce. It’s collectively known as the “Big Mac Sauce“. It’s a McDonald’s trade secret and I have no right to divulge the secret ingredients of the sauce!
Part One: Did You Know?
Did you know that the Filet-O-Fish bun is the only bun in the McDonald’s regular and breakfast menu, that is steamed and not toasted like the other burger buns?
Well, I learnt something new about my all-time favorite fish menu in McDonald’s!
Job Loyalty
What is the sign that I am a loyal & committed employee to my current company?
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I popped by at my workplace today despite being on my second off day!
Now, now, let’s hope this commitment & enthusiasm for the work and the company lasts a lifetime though.
Lord, I am insane. Save me, please.
R2
Officially, today is my Off Day (R2) after slogging it out at a workplace that I barely know. It has gone on well except for some minor hiccups with the higher authorities at work. I guess I should expect to see a few green-eyed people in the outlet when I am a fresh non-McDonald’s crew that has conveniently sat my pretty ass on the managerial post without any earlier experience in the quick-service industry or McDonald’s even. Unless of course, you consider my three-year study at SHATEC Institutes as a form of experience.
Looking back, indeed I come with practically zero knowledge of this specific niche industry. I don’t deny it, I won’t boast being full of those service-providing qualities since I have been grinded into providing a tip-top and exceptional fine-dining experience. So in other words, this experience in the quick-service industry is like throwing me into a pond full of crocodiles when I am used to battling alligators. They both come from the same family but they are different in many ways than one. I’m sure you get my gist. I have acquired skills for one form of service that I do feel a little bit like a fish out of water.
Then again, it didn’t occur to me that I will end up in the quick-service industry. No one expected it, what more me? I was eyeing the events / exhibitions industry and had no prior intention of going back into the F&B line. However, I guess God has set the path for me hence when the offer came about, I didn’t even think for a split second before I signed on the dotted line of the contract. I just signed it and for a good long time, everything seemed to fall into place and everything is right in its place. Have you ever had that kind of feeling before? I know I did throughout my entire mini-journey to McDonald’s-hood.
So far, my working hours revolve around half a day learning a station at work and the other half mugging about McDonald’s. Not an easy feat considering that I am all new and a practical outsider to McDonald’s. However, I pray that things will get better and I hope God will lead me all along the way, like always. I know the last few days is too early to say how I am coping with the job but I think, give me a few weeks more and I’ll hope to say that this is indeed the 1st best decision I’ve made for myself for 2010.
Good day to you, my fellow readers out there!
XOXO
Verification: Fries Station
As of today, I am an expert in the French Fries Station hence, do try testing me the cooking temperature & timings of the fries, the salt used to salt the fries, the company that produces our world-famous fries and the cooking oil we use etc! I will be able to answer all of your fries-related questions!
To our staunch non-animal eating friends out there, fret not, the fries are cooked in 100% vegetable oil and do not share the same cooking vat as the other meat items. It’s time you let your senses go and indulge in a bag of fries or to with the mayo & chilli to go. Trust me, you’ll keep coming back for more!
To XY, thank you for popping by today. Appreciates! Twenty was better than nothing at all, always.
The Crowning Glory
Today marks the 10th week that I have gone without a haircut. I am not sure if I can prolong my pixie any longer before they start disrupting my vision and heating up my internal head temperature levels. Do you know the humidity levels in Singapore is major killing me that I can feel my pores releasing my bodily fluids even when just head out of a cold shower! Oh Lord, please grant us better weather days ahead…
Anyway, as opposed to the majority’s point of view, it actually takes alot of effort to keep up my head worth of hair despite its length as compared to my long-haired counterparts. We short-haired girls need to trim our hairs once at least every 6 – 10 weeks to keep the hair in shape. Not that I am complaining though The aunties at work have complimented my haircut (as pictured below in the January 3rd post) but I have yet to receive any compliments from the younger folks at work.
Does that mean that my hair is appealing to the aunties and ah peks only? Oh gawd. Then again, I love the length now. I can easily do the out-of-bed sexy look with minimum effort and I know somebody loves my hair the way it is now Perhaps the haircut can wait a few more weeks…
What Would You Do?
If at this very point in time, you are told to abandon the very outlet that look forward to each and every weekend for the recent months so as to keep to the contractual terms you have with your new venture?
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It will definitely be the most difficult decision for me to make and I will definitely take my time and hopefully, come up with a consensus soon before word leaks out to the rest of the world.
I seriously hate choosing, why can’t I have the best of both worlds should I be able to cope with it?
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