Friday, October 21, 2005 at 11:16 PM
a long day of work
i woke up earlier today cos i had to be at ritz carlton at 8am. took a cab and arrived there at approximately 8.10am. i was talking to keong on the phone. the hotel staff opened the door for me. i thank him and proceeded inside. i searched around the lobby for a familiar face. he waved at me and i walked over. the first thing i said was "FARK! i forgot to get the receipt from the cabby." that was after keong reminded me. dennis assured me that it was alright. 2 guys standing behind me laughed. i asked dennis what was my duties and he told me i was just a back up in case anyone is late. but everyone is present.
when i was still puzzling over the whole matter. dennis urshered all the people in the lobby out of the hotel. still not knowing what was going on. i asked him what was i supposed to do. he just told me to follow. we board a mini bus. all the other people in the bus were talking to one another. introducing themselves. 2 of them asked if i was a contestant or staff from discovery. after i told them i was from discovery. they spoke to me no more. halfway through the ride. dennis came to the back seats where i was. i asked where were we heading and guess where we were going? my office! haha. i started to figure out what was happening. i was asked to be at ritz carlton so i could bring the late-comers to the office in a cab. but since no one is late. i dont have to stay there. the contestants are actually from local and other asian countries. there were 15 contestants in all. after we arrived at the office. i went to do my own stuff until dennis came and told me that i was needed. i went downstairs and helped with the lil things here and there. had morning tea while the in-charge went through the programs.
thereafter i went back to my desk. did a lil work before i had to rush off to help ursher the contestants to the executive pantry for lunch. i also had to ursher them back to the room after lunch. finally i had my lunch with dennis. rushed back to work. more than an hour later. i had to ursher the contestants for their interview and to brief them a lil. when they are done. i had to ursher them to the waiting room until there were 3 of them. lastly. i would inform elisa the receptionist to call for a cab to send them back to ritz carlton. the whole thing ended only around 7. i went back to my desk to pack my stuff and left the office.
i waited downstairs for the cab i booked. i board the cab at around 7.05. i told the uncle to go bedok cos i was giving yvonne a ride. i was reprimanded by the uncle for not knowing yvonne's exact location. he said in a harse tone "you dont know the way then how are you going to guide me?!" i told him yvonne knows the way. he was damn impatient and rude. i was on the phone asking yvonne her location. the uncle actually eavesdropped on my conversation cos i was saying something like "my right side is expo. i dunno the ite would be on which side." the attitude problem uncle interrupted my conversation and told me the location he guessed that she was at. then he goes on to say "your friend dont even know the road name, how is she going to guide me?!" like freaking attitude! wtf! after yvonne board the cab. the uncle went quiet while we chatted. it was 7.30pm when we were at stevensons road. the damn uncle of all places chose to go by stevensons road. and he didnt even asked me if it was alright. we were stuck in a jam in the rightmost lane where the cars were turning right. 5 mins past. 10 mins past. to make matters worst. i needed to pee badly. 15 mins past. i was complaining and complaining that i was late. the uncle finally asked where i want to alight. i told him restlessly "anywhere. the fastest way" cos i already gave up. then after 15 mins in right lane. he turned left out of the queue and went by wheelock. he dropped us at wheelock where we had to walk all the way to our destination. defeating the freaking purpose of taking a cab. i got to tiasa only at 7.50+. yesh! i made everyone waited all thanks to the damn idiotic uncle. was so fuming mad.
meeting started at 8pm and ended before 9pm.
after meeting. angela and i went to had dinner at nydc while we waited for keong. we queued for slightly less than 10 mins. we ordered destiny's child. it came less than 10 mins later. i took a picture of it with lotsa cheese and chilli flakes. shall blog it soon. after we finished our food. keong still havent arrived. he finally showed up around 20 minutes later with a red heart-shaped balloon tied to his bag and a flower made of ballooons in his hand. i got a shocked when his body was so warm. he ordered a lemon shiver. after we paid the bill. we had to make a trip to tiasa to get a charger for daniel. we were crossing the road near paragon when i realised the red balloon was gone. keong was so upset cos he put in a lot of effort to get it. had to console him that i appreciated it alot and it doesnt matter.
the same distance seems further when we walked back. we finally got the charger and headed home. angela and i took the train back together while keong took the other train to meet daniel before going home. a tiring day.
Angela, my sista
Bake Rice with Lotsa Cheese
Baked Rice with Lotsa Cheese and Chilli Flakes
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