I'm really beginning to love Midori.
It is the nicest working place in Penha Longa so far, although the work is pretty much the same everyday, but teh guys are so cool!
even the supervisors and the boss.
Breakdown:
In service:
Boss: Acacio (we call him Chief Cacio)
Supervisors:
1. Jose (40 year old Portuguese, serious at times but funny when he ioking around w Mota, and v helpful, treat me like a daughter)
2. Mota (34 years old DAMN funny Portuguese, love to act gay, love to make robots sound and make funny British accent, he has damn big belly like pregnant woman, and he always show it around, he is q handsome without the belly actually.lol.he has 2 kids: 12 years and 1 year baby. today he carried me by the elbow like im only 20 kg or stg =.=)
Co-workers: Mahen and Suzanna ( called her Suze, one of the coolest girl that I can get along with)
In kitchen:
Boss: Joan Picanto (40 stg chef, love to teach me how to say the food in Japanese term, like to smile, and not one of the nasty-cant-stand-him kind of chef)
Co-workers:
1. Harnani (Portuguese, 20 stg, brunette, brown eyes, like to sing by himself, like to tickle me, give me food: Gyoza, rice cracker, tempura.... i think he is v fun guy, he looks like someone ive seen before but cant put my finger on it)
2. Joao (Portuguese, 24, more serious kind, but v nice, keep giving me food as well: ice cream tasted Midori and Violet: AHMAZINGG)
3. Will (I called him Chu chu, cos he is fat like a pig, lol, and he called me "Chuaaa", he said its like crying in japanese comics. lol)
4. Perdo (Portuguese chef, 28, looks v serious, but actually once I started to talk to him first he cant stop talking, ytd, when I just saw him the first time, he din even smile or say hi the whole day, when I wanted to go home, I said "Bye Harnani!" and he was beside Harnani, he turned around and he said "only say bye to Harnani??" w damn cheeky laugh. and today when he saw me coming in, he said to Harnani "Harnani, looks who's here!" and everybody laugh. =.=
5. Chiko (another chef, dont really talk to him.)
Well dats it so far, wad I like working there is dat, eventho when its busy ppl get stress, but usually wad they r trying to do is teach us as much as they can, and let us enjoy as well, motivate but not too burdened, and always at the end of teh day, we all gather at kitchen to eat wadever food that is not cooked for the guest but if left for tmr wont be fresh anymore, today we had :
Rice w stonebass soup (cooked by Chief Cacio)
Jap fried noodele w lobster cooked by Harnani
and beef tepanyaki by perdo
it so relaxed and enjoyable..like a family, everyody eat and laugh tgt...
I dont have dat kind of feeling when i work in other restaurant, especially not with Ardhe, of cos he said "eat wad u want" after we finish work, but the feeling is not the same.
And sometimes he is v nice w me, but other times he makes me stressful.
so for now, Midori is my fav! lol ~~
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
homophobic no more
I realise I am not a homophobic anymore.
I was before, I was very sceptical of them and I am very disgusted by them.
But when I met Jean-Marc, my Swiss german classmate, everything changed.
He was the most lovable guy I swear, and he is so funny, so smart and so entertaining.
He totally changed my perceptions and I am glad :)
ytd, one of my fren actually confessed that he feels different and he might be gay.
Problem is he is an Asian, and we know how conservative Asians are. Which really sucks.
I mean, I feel really sorry for him. U know what he said??
"I don't think i can let myself be gay. I am the only boy in my family, I dont want to disappoint them."
MANNN..seriously thats not his fault. Its not his fault that he doesnt get interested with girls..
Its not a choice, well it could be a choice, but really its from deep inside. its about ur feeling. and he asks me, "I wonder how homosexuals come about."
I wonder about that too. Is it genes? is it chromosomes? or what? is it something that science can explain?
He also asks me whether I ever had or think about dating or liking another girl.
for me, the answer is no. I dont get excited seeing girls naked, neither I think I will get a satisfying relationship with a girl. but thats for me.
and this whole thing about his homosexuality he said he felt it since 4 years ago but nbody knows because of the whole Asian perception thing. and the fact that he is afraid ppl wont accept him. But I told him, Jean Marc is gay but everybody treats him perfectly fine. they joke with him, talk to him normally stuffs like that.
I told him, he needs to accept it first, if he himself cant, and not comfortable w it, other ppl cant as well.
I also told him if his parents cant understand he should leave in america or europe.
its about his happiness.
I was really surprised he tell me this, but he nver tell his bestfriend (an Asian girl)
he said "cos u look like u are more open minded."
(if only he knows how i was like before. ask my sis. =x)
but i do admit I changed a lot, in terms of my perceptions and my way of life.
although not necessarily ALL are for the better. sometimes u need to learn from mistakes. :)
I was before, I was very sceptical of them and I am very disgusted by them.
But when I met Jean-Marc, my Swiss german classmate, everything changed.
He was the most lovable guy I swear, and he is so funny, so smart and so entertaining.
He totally changed my perceptions and I am glad :)
ytd, one of my fren actually confessed that he feels different and he might be gay.
Problem is he is an Asian, and we know how conservative Asians are. Which really sucks.
I mean, I feel really sorry for him. U know what he said??
"I don't think i can let myself be gay. I am the only boy in my family, I dont want to disappoint them."
MANNN..seriously thats not his fault. Its not his fault that he doesnt get interested with girls..
Its not a choice, well it could be a choice, but really its from deep inside. its about ur feeling. and he asks me, "I wonder how homosexuals come about."
I wonder about that too. Is it genes? is it chromosomes? or what? is it something that science can explain?
He also asks me whether I ever had or think about dating or liking another girl.
for me, the answer is no. I dont get excited seeing girls naked, neither I think I will get a satisfying relationship with a girl. but thats for me.
and this whole thing about his homosexuality he said he felt it since 4 years ago but nbody knows because of the whole Asian perception thing. and the fact that he is afraid ppl wont accept him. But I told him, Jean Marc is gay but everybody treats him perfectly fine. they joke with him, talk to him normally stuffs like that.
I told him, he needs to accept it first, if he himself cant, and not comfortable w it, other ppl cant as well.
I also told him if his parents cant understand he should leave in america or europe.
its about his happiness.
I was really surprised he tell me this, but he nver tell his bestfriend (an Asian girl)
he said "cos u look like u are more open minded."
(if only he knows how i was like before. ask my sis. =x)
but i do admit I changed a lot, in terms of my perceptions and my way of life.
although not necessarily ALL are for the better. sometimes u need to learn from mistakes. :)
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
man in suit
I think I am really made to be in the hotel industry.
I JUST LOVEEEEEEEEE MAN IN SUIT. XD
I JUST LOVEEEEEEEEE MAN IN SUIT. XD
Sunday, May 30, 2010
the truth?
SIGHH...
Shelly is forcing me to tell Marion the truth.
The truth about why so many people dont like her.
because i confide in her how much i am getting more and more annoyed by her. mainly because she talks to me in skype EVERYDAY saying unnecessary things. fine, i know that i also talk unnecessary stuff with my friends, but with her its tiring and annoying. she complains mostly and sometimes when my response is plain "hahaha", she said "its not funny."
=.=
i dont enjoy having convo with her at all and as much as i can, i avoid replying her.
why is she talking to me so often??
cos she doesnt have any other frens!
the only 2 contacts in her skype is me and her mom.
so basically when her mom is not replying, i become the victim.
I think she has social issues.
she realise that she does some things that ppl dont like, but she said she cannot change it.
people only find her tolarable and funny for a short period of time. after that, they are glad that she is away from them.
gave u an example, this "good friend" of hers in new zealand, where she stayed 4 or 6 months before, they are writing each other emails. as time goes by, she writes longer and the fren writes shorter. she writes like 5 pages long of email, only to have her fren replied 5 sentences.
why cant she get the message??
shelly said since im her only fren in school, i should help her and tell her the truth.
but i swear i am so bad at doing that. >.<
Btw, changing topic, ytd i feel so bad to shelly.
she was soooooo drunk in the club but she keep asking "which drink makes u higher? which drink makes u very high? i want to drink i want to drink." when she is sooo wasted already.
so i tell her "how drunk do u wanna be?? so drunk that strangers can fuck you??no? so please stop drinking now."
GOSH.
it was harsh. but i had to do it, she couldnt understand much at that stage.
i apologized to her today >.<
u noe my sis once said, its so fun looking at people getting drunk. but its not my cup of tea. fine, yes they are more relaxed and ppl who are usually rigid can actually be fun, but beyond that, i gave up. marion and shelly's problem when they get drunk, they TALK NON-STOP.
I insist, NON STOP.some girls go lesbian and start kissing other girls.
and i think they are not the worst.
Shelly is forcing me to tell Marion the truth.
The truth about why so many people dont like her.
because i confide in her how much i am getting more and more annoyed by her. mainly because she talks to me in skype EVERYDAY saying unnecessary things. fine, i know that i also talk unnecessary stuff with my friends, but with her its tiring and annoying. she complains mostly and sometimes when my response is plain "hahaha", she said "its not funny."
=.=
i dont enjoy having convo with her at all and as much as i can, i avoid replying her.
why is she talking to me so often??
cos she doesnt have any other frens!
the only 2 contacts in her skype is me and her mom.
so basically when her mom is not replying, i become the victim.
I think she has social issues.
she realise that she does some things that ppl dont like, but she said she cannot change it.
people only find her tolarable and funny for a short period of time. after that, they are glad that she is away from them.
gave u an example, this "good friend" of hers in new zealand, where she stayed 4 or 6 months before, they are writing each other emails. as time goes by, she writes longer and the fren writes shorter. she writes like 5 pages long of email, only to have her fren replied 5 sentences.
why cant she get the message??
shelly said since im her only fren in school, i should help her and tell her the truth.
but i swear i am so bad at doing that. >.<
Btw, changing topic, ytd i feel so bad to shelly.
she was soooooo drunk in the club but she keep asking "which drink makes u higher? which drink makes u very high? i want to drink i want to drink." when she is sooo wasted already.
so i tell her "how drunk do u wanna be?? so drunk that strangers can fuck you??no? so please stop drinking now."
GOSH.
it was harsh. but i had to do it, she couldnt understand much at that stage.
i apologized to her today >.<
u noe my sis once said, its so fun looking at people getting drunk. but its not my cup of tea. fine, yes they are more relaxed and ppl who are usually rigid can actually be fun, but beyond that, i gave up. marion and shelly's problem when they get drunk, they TALK NON-STOP.
I insist, NON STOP.some girls go lesbian and start kissing other girls.
and i think they are not the worst.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
not gonna happen
okay seriously i cant stand her anymore.
me and her roomate next year?? NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
I am talking about Marion of course.
Man, she woke me up and come on, when u accidentally woke someone up from their nice undisturb sleep what shoud u do? apolgize and hang up, if u have some common sense.
her?
my phone rings *huuu..yea yea..no no...fuck what i said..it dont mean shit now..*
i picked up. her number on caller id.
me:"halo?"
she:"hey marion here. what time do we have to report back to school?"
me: (look at the clock. its 3.42 pm) "quarter to 5."
she:"but its now."
me:(look again at the clock. making sure its not my eye who is deceiving.)" no its only quarter to 4 now."
she:"ahh..ya I purposely wake u up an hour earlier to check if everything alright."
me:GRRRRR wtf ( of course i dont say it)
she:"did i wake u up?"
me:"yes."
she:"ah..so sorry.im sorry for this."
me:"ya..see you bye."
she:"okay im sorry for this."
me:"its okay.bye."
*hung up*
seriously i HATE being disturbed when i sleep, just look at the convo above there are few unnecessary sentences which if she cuts down i might still continue to sleep. but now i am too upset so I cant sleep anymore. Next year, if i continue to keep quiet and allow her to be my roommate i might kill her when she sleeps.
so i think to avoid me being a cold blooded killer, I am gonna live off campus next year.
Hopefully I will find one room. if not I share a house with shelly and jenny, which is 1000 times better of course. both options save money and prevent unwanted circumstances with me and marion.
i really neeed to find that house.
me and her roomate next year?? NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
I am talking about Marion of course.
Man, she woke me up and come on, when u accidentally woke someone up from their nice undisturb sleep what shoud u do? apolgize and hang up, if u have some common sense.
her?
my phone rings *huuu..yea yea..no no...fuck what i said..it dont mean shit now..*
i picked up. her number on caller id.
me:"halo?"
she:"hey marion here. what time do we have to report back to school?"
me: (look at the clock. its 3.42 pm) "quarter to 5."
she:"but its now."
me:(look again at the clock. making sure its not my eye who is deceiving.)" no its only quarter to 4 now."
she:"ahh..ya I purposely wake u up an hour earlier to check if everything alright."
me:GRRRRR wtf ( of course i dont say it)
she:"did i wake u up?"
me:"yes."
she:"ah..so sorry.im sorry for this."
me:"ya..see you bye."
she:"okay im sorry for this."
me:"its okay.bye."
*hung up*
seriously i HATE being disturbed when i sleep, just look at the convo above there are few unnecessary sentences which if she cuts down i might still continue to sleep. but now i am too upset so I cant sleep anymore. Next year, if i continue to keep quiet and allow her to be my roommate i might kill her when she sleeps.
so i think to avoid me being a cold blooded killer, I am gonna live off campus next year.
Hopefully I will find one room. if not I share a house with shelly and jenny, which is 1000 times better of course. both options save money and prevent unwanted circumstances with me and marion.
i really neeed to find that house.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
A moment of a lifetime
I could not even seriously convey my happiness through words.
My friends made so much surprises and I ALMOST had to cry.
It has only been 4 months here but they treat me so well like I have known them forever.
Never know that europeans can be so sweet as well =x
So it started out with dinner in Ala Carte.
the fine dining restaurant in our school where the food is free but u have to pay the wine.
Invited 14 of them in total:
Anna, Shelly, Jenny, Florian, Poom, Alena, JT, Khue,Marion , Charlene, 4 thai ppl: Gam (my roomate), Fame (Gam's bf), Steve and John.
Anna Shelly Jenny me in 1 table,
Florian Poom Alena in another. (Poom and Alena are tgt)
JT was with Khue,Marion and Charlene
and yea the rest for the Thai ppl.
Food wasnt especially good and all our tables are separated to we cant reay talk across. But I could jump here and there taking pics with them ^^
and another good thing was the waitress and waitresses are ALL my classmates! (the other half..for we have to serve ala carte for lunch so they serve alacare dinner) thats why u will see some of them wearing waitressing uniforms.
^^
we stayed to eat for like 2 hours and then when we finished eating suddenly they came with a cake! A chocolate one..and it was so good but I had not time to eat cos I had eaten so muchh... >.<
and then i treat them wines! i dont really like wine so in our table mainly anna had to finish it..which made her vomit so much today :( feel so badd..
after that we left to go to my and anna's room where all the party started. but jenny dragged me to CDV first to take glasses to drink, and guess what when i came back..
ANOTHER CAKEEE
GOODnesss! and it was soooo beautiful and nice too but AGAIN i couldnt eat it!!! mannn i hate myselfff..
We played really loud musics till 10pm, where the security came and scolded us. Shelly was so cute. She tried to bribe the secuirty guards with cake!! HAHAHAHAH XD
well sadly it din work. wth, so we went down to lobby, drink and chill..and then around 11 secuirty came again and shoo us off. I was feeling so sad this time, cos I dont want it to end so fasttt T_T
So we went to CDV to chill there, bringing our own drinks and got scolded again. ( cos cdv sell their own drink). so we came outside and talked there. Finally Isabel suggested we should go to haunted house. so we went. total we have 3 cars and like 25 people??
I was so scared at first but in reality it was nothing =.=
just an empty house where nobody lives anymore. The boys tried to do anything possible. climb, shout, ring the bells, ALMOST breaking in. but the whole place was locked out.
But the situation is really funny though, and while the boys are having fun, the girls were chatting and laughing, and some people played football. And its around 12 midnight. HAHA
The atmosphere was SOOOO good, with chilled wind and everybody relax. love itttt
We stayed there for approximatey 45 minutes and then we went back to the car (of cos loud music in the car) and we stopped at a forest. I have no clue whose idea was it, but it was SO freaking funny and fun to walk in heels in the forest where u practically see nothing. Luckily I ahd Guido holding on to me, so I dont fall. and on the way back there was Tim. I am so lucky. HAHA.
So we walked up the forest and ended up on top of some mountain where we could see all the lightings of Bluche (our town). It was sooo prettyyy but it was fucking cold and raining that I ended up wanting to go home.
We drove back with Isabel's car and was shocked when florian called ISabel and said Jean Marc is missing. I was like "noooo please nothing happen to himm..it would be my fault cos its my bdayy..'
and 10 mins later they called to say they found him.
and guess what, this morning i found out it was all jokes. =.=
Man, I think I left out A LOT of funny details cos I was so enjoying myself.
I swear this is one of the best bday celeb everrrrrrr
NB: They made me letter with reallly really sweet notes with money inside (which i feel like an ang pow. hahaha. ) and gave me a MARTINI rosso. (martini is the best vermouth i swear.)
Jean Marc gave me a rose wine which Tim chucked the whole bottle. lol.
These are what they said:
Florian: "Dear Vanessa, I wish you all the best and I hope you stay like you are. Happy birthday."
Charlene:"Hope your day goes extremely well and keep on smiling. Love Charlene."
Khue:"Vanessa! I have something for you in the other card. So just wait and see! :)"
JT:"Dear Melissa, hope you got taller every year." (wtf.=.=)
Marion:"Dear Melissa, but actually Vanessa (they kept calling me Melissa for the fun of it. cos in the class register it is Melissa, and I had to say "sir..its actually Vanessa" like for every class=.=_
I know it isnt easy moment to get old but I promise you it will also happen to the amazing French girl. (=.=)"
Poom and Alena:"I am writing you this to warn you to not get drunk. You go wild when you are drunk (wild grandma) Hope your year goes well. Find a man. And yeah!! Alena just hit me for saying the grandma thing. Hope you'll be happy. Find a man get marry have child blar blar blar.Anyway Happy birthday, Poom and Alena love u lot!!"
Anna:" My dear Schmoopsipoopsi, for your birthday I wish you all the best and hope that all yur dreams for the future come true!! I'm very thankful to get to know you and have you as my roomi!! I am looking forward to spend my time here with you and hopefully a lot longer. Love you."
and Jenny and Shelly made me videos on fb.
How sweet can they be?? T__T
I am so so blessed. Thanks GOD.
My friends made so much surprises and I ALMOST had to cry.
It has only been 4 months here but they treat me so well like I have known them forever.
Never know that europeans can be so sweet as well =x
So it started out with dinner in Ala Carte.
the fine dining restaurant in our school where the food is free but u have to pay the wine.
Invited 14 of them in total:
Anna, Shelly, Jenny, Florian, Poom, Alena, JT, Khue,
Anna Shelly Jenny me in 1 table,
Florian Poom Alena in another. (Poom and Alena are tgt)
JT was with Khue,
and yea the rest for the Thai ppl.
Food wasnt especially good and all our tables are separated to we cant reay talk across. But I could jump here and there taking pics with them ^^
and another good thing was the waitress and waitresses are ALL my classmates! (the other half..for we have to serve ala carte for lunch so they serve alacare dinner) thats why u will see some of them wearing waitressing uniforms.
^^
we stayed to eat for like 2 hours and then when we finished eating suddenly they came with a cake! A chocolate one..and it was so good but I had not time to eat cos I had eaten so muchh... >.<
and then i treat them wines! i dont really like wine so in our table mainly anna had to finish it..which made her vomit so much today :( feel so badd..
after that we left to go to my and anna's room where all the party started. but jenny dragged me to CDV first to take glasses to drink, and guess what when i came back..
ANOTHER CAKEEE
GOODnesss! and it was soooo beautiful and nice too but AGAIN i couldnt eat it!!! mannn i hate myselfff..
We played really loud musics till 10pm, where the security came and scolded us. Shelly was so cute. She tried to bribe the secuirty guards with cake!! HAHAHAHAH XD
well sadly it din work. wth, so we went down to lobby, drink and chill..and then around 11 secuirty came again and shoo us off. I was feeling so sad this time, cos I dont want it to end so fasttt T_T
So we went to CDV to chill there, bringing our own drinks and got scolded again. ( cos cdv sell their own drink). so we came outside and talked there. Finally Isabel suggested we should go to haunted house. so we went. total we have 3 cars and like 25 people??
I was so scared at first but in reality it was nothing =.=
just an empty house where nobody lives anymore. The boys tried to do anything possible. climb, shout, ring the bells, ALMOST breaking in. but the whole place was locked out.
But the situation is really funny though, and while the boys are having fun, the girls were chatting and laughing, and some people played football. And its around 12 midnight. HAHA
The atmosphere was SOOOO good, with chilled wind and everybody relax. love itttt
We stayed there for approximatey 45 minutes and then we went back to the car (of cos loud music in the car) and we stopped at a forest. I have no clue whose idea was it, but it was SO freaking funny and fun to walk in heels in the forest where u practically see nothing. Luckily I ahd Guido holding on to me, so I dont fall. and on the way back there was Tim. I am so lucky. HAHA.
So we walked up the forest and ended up on top of some mountain where we could see all the lightings of Bluche (our town). It was sooo prettyyy but it was fucking cold and raining that I ended up wanting to go home.
We drove back with Isabel's car and was shocked when florian called ISabel and said Jean Marc is missing. I was like "noooo please nothing happen to himm..it would be my fault cos its my bdayy..'
and 10 mins later they called to say they found him.
and guess what, this morning i found out it was all jokes. =.=
Man, I think I left out A LOT of funny details cos I was so enjoying myself.
I swear this is one of the best bday celeb everrrrrrr
NB: They made me letter with reallly really sweet notes with money inside (which i feel like an ang pow. hahaha. ) and gave me a MARTINI rosso. (martini is the best vermouth i swear.)
Jean Marc gave me a rose wine which Tim chucked the whole bottle. lol.
These are what they said:
Florian: "Dear Vanessa, I wish you all the best and I hope you stay like you are. Happy birthday."
Charlene:"Hope your day goes extremely well and keep on smiling. Love Charlene."
Khue:"Vanessa! I have something for you in the other card. So just wait and see! :)"
JT:"Dear Melissa, hope you got taller every year." (wtf.=.=)
Marion:"Dear Melissa, but actually Vanessa (they kept calling me Melissa for the fun of it. cos in the class register it is Melissa, and I had to say "sir..its actually Vanessa" like for every class=.=_
I know it isnt easy moment to get old but I promise you it will also happen to the amazing French girl. (=.=)"
Poom and Alena:"I am writing you this to warn you to not get drunk. You go wild when you are drunk (wild grandma) Hope your year goes well. Find a man. And yeah!! Alena just hit me for saying the grandma thing. Hope you'll be happy. Find a man get marry have child blar blar blar.Anyway Happy birthday, Poom and Alena love u lot!!"
Anna:" My dear Schmoopsipoopsi, for your birthday I wish you all the best and hope that all yur dreams for the future come true!! I'm very thankful to get to know you and have you as my roomi!! I am looking forward to spend my time here with you and hopefully a lot longer. Love you."
and Jenny and Shelly made me videos on fb.
How sweet can they be?? T__T
I am so so blessed. Thanks GOD.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
when it gets too much
I feel kinda bad to Marion these few days, I am kinda ignoring her..
I don't know.. she did not do anything wrong..but she is getting on my nerve lately..
She talks. She talks WAYYYYYYYYYYYY TOOO MUCHHHHHHHH
okay. u might think.
so she talks. whats wrong?
Imagine this:
wake up in the morning. she calls me :" meet u for breakfast?"
okay. shelly, jenny and hansol came to.
listen to her blah blah blah about some people that disturb her sleep ytd, of cos some of the things she said are pretty funny. so i listened, and laughed.
Then.
go to class.
no more shelly and jenny.
she talks and talks, until the class started.
in class it is not so bad, she doesnt talk much because she wants to concentrate.
finally some peace.
but wait. she suddenly makes comment about the teacher. or
"look at richard. look at what he is doing. he is so retarded.hahaha" blah blah blahh
and more classes. and more complaints. and more blah blah blah.
even during dinner or STUDY TIME, she never gives me any quiet time.
AT ALL.
U think this is bad??
Imagine having her still in my room, for SATURDAY and SUNDAY.
wanna have a nice lazy afternoon enjoying the weather, or sleeping?
forget it.
once she came to my room. she will stand by the window and start her 2 hours scrutinization of people.
"look at her. look at him. oh how "fashionable". hahaha. vanesssaaaa come hereeeee look at that weird girl. OH MY GOD."
OMG myself.
last time i liked her very much. of course, she is funny, very sociable and very nice to me. the only thing that i dont like at first was that she is very sarcastic. like "yea..indonesians..so stupid..so slow.."
but i didnt mind after a while, cos she does it to evry body and I know she does not mean it.
after 4 months, I finally realize why NOT many people like her.
People who just got to know her, thinks "omg she is so funnyyy.."
yea..after 4 months x 30 days x 16 hours (i alr put 8 hours off for sleeping since we are not in the same room) = 1920 hours, it is not fucking funny anymoreee
she just cant shut it up i swear.
and its not like she doesnt know that she talks so much.
ssssssssoooooooooooo many peoople tell her.
"marion, has ur throat ever hurt from talking?"
"marion, has u stopped for breathing in the last 30 mins?"
"oohhh...finally we dont have to sit with marion. we can have some peace now.haha"
BUT
NONE of it worksssss!!
and u noe wads best:
the "intelligent" me has chosen to stay w her as roomate for the full next year!!
HALLELUYAAAAAA
i could kill myself. and when people heard i MADE that decision, they look at me seriously and say "its not that we dont like her..but i think u shld reconsider.."
so these few days i just kinda "run away" from her..she calls i dont pick up..i come to class earlier so i can choose to sit with other people, and i sit lunch w other ppl as well..
I feel really bad about this..but I am super super tired of hearing all the nonsense she said. excuse me, but I am human too.
I have put up with her really nicely for these 4 months, even Anna said she couldnt bear if she was me. So yeah.
NOW, what the heck should i do???
its Too mean if i just keep running away from her, no??
can someone suggest stg? =((
I don't know.. she did not do anything wrong..but she is getting on my nerve lately..
She talks. She talks WAYYYYYYYYYYYY TOOO MUCHHHHHHHH
okay. u might think.
so she talks. whats wrong?
Imagine this:
wake up in the morning. she calls me :" meet u for breakfast?"
okay. shelly, jenny and hansol came to.
listen to her blah blah blah about some people that disturb her sleep ytd, of cos some of the things she said are pretty funny. so i listened, and laughed.
Then.
go to class.
no more shelly and jenny.
she talks and talks, until the class started.
in class it is not so bad, she doesnt talk much because she wants to concentrate.
finally some peace.
but wait. she suddenly makes comment about the teacher. or
"look at richard. look at what he is doing. he is so retarded.hahaha" blah blah blahh
and more classes. and more complaints. and more blah blah blah.
even during dinner or STUDY TIME, she never gives me any quiet time.
AT ALL.
U think this is bad??
Imagine having her still in my room, for SATURDAY and SUNDAY.
wanna have a nice lazy afternoon enjoying the weather, or sleeping?
forget it.
once she came to my room. she will stand by the window and start her 2 hours scrutinization of people.
"look at her. look at him. oh how "fashionable". hahaha. vanesssaaaa come hereeeee look at that weird girl. OH MY GOD."
OMG myself.
last time i liked her very much. of course, she is funny, very sociable and very nice to me. the only thing that i dont like at first was that she is very sarcastic. like "yea..indonesians..so stupid..so slow.."
but i didnt mind after a while, cos she does it to evry body and I know she does not mean it.
after 4 months, I finally realize why NOT many people like her.
People who just got to know her, thinks "omg she is so funnyyy.."
yea..after 4 months x 30 days x 16 hours (i alr put 8 hours off for sleeping since we are not in the same room) = 1920 hours, it is not fucking funny anymoreee
she just cant shut it up i swear.
and its not like she doesnt know that she talks so much.
ssssssssoooooooooooo many peoople tell her.
"marion, has ur throat ever hurt from talking?"
"marion, has u stopped for breathing in the last 30 mins?"
"oohhh...finally we dont have to sit with marion. we can have some peace now.haha"
BUT
NONE of it worksssss!!
and u noe wads best:
the "intelligent" me has chosen to stay w her as roomate for the full next year!!
HALLELUYAAAAAA
i could kill myself. and when people heard i MADE that decision, they look at me seriously and say "its not that we dont like her..but i think u shld reconsider.."
so these few days i just kinda "run away" from her..she calls i dont pick up..i come to class earlier so i can choose to sit with other people, and i sit lunch w other ppl as well..
I feel really bad about this..but I am super super tired of hearing all the nonsense she said. excuse me, but I am human too.
I have put up with her really nicely for these 4 months, even Anna said she couldnt bear if she was me. So yeah.
NOW, what the heck should i do???
its Too mean if i just keep running away from her, no??
can someone suggest stg? =((
Friday, April 23, 2010
insanely packed week
These week and the upcoming week is insanely packed weeks.
Last week we had to wake up at 5 and work till 5 pm.
This week is not so bad, but I have to wake up at 8, study for my exam, and report to school at 10. We begin practical duty at 11 all the way to 2030 pm.
Imagine how exhausting it is.
Actually I dont feel tired at all, and I was enjoying myself the whole time, only
today when my body break down, i feel nauseated and started to have diarrhea, then Jenny told me "I think u are too exhausted.."
and yea I realised maybe I was pushing myself a bit too much. I was a runner for many times, carrying heavy plates and run here and there, tgt with my diet regime (try not to eat anythg fatty) my body finally complains. sigh.
Altho I can sleep till 8, but usually I only slept at 12am or 1am, like the other time it was Khue's bday so we all went to had some wine and beers, just girls night out with Poom. and reach home at 12, talked to Anna till 1am and wake up and study again.
so today i finally give in to my body and skip class. >.<
my plan for the next week?
Fri : service concept exam, watch auction nite ( whr ppl buy other ppl for a date)after that go home and study
Sat: study
Sun: study
Mon: Room division exam, A la carte dinner w SHJ, study
Tues: Front Office exam, study
Wed: supposed to have dinner w Florian and the Germans but I think not anymore, SO??STUDY!
Thurs: Bar and Beverage exam
Fri: cultural night (where diff countries show performance and put up booth) gotta be interesting :D, the Indonesians are participating. me inside yay!
Fri nite: gotta have some fun w the class' girls cos we deserve it after a bloody long week!
ok will try to get some rest now before marion and anna came for study tgt session.
au revoir! :)
Last week we had to wake up at 5 and work till 5 pm.
This week is not so bad, but I have to wake up at 8, study for my exam, and report to school at 10. We begin practical duty at 11 all the way to 2030 pm.
Imagine how exhausting it is.
Actually I dont feel tired at all, and I was enjoying myself the whole time, only
today when my body break down, i feel nauseated and started to have diarrhea, then Jenny told me "I think u are too exhausted.."
and yea I realised maybe I was pushing myself a bit too much. I was a runner for many times, carrying heavy plates and run here and there, tgt with my diet regime (try not to eat anythg fatty) my body finally complains. sigh.
Altho I can sleep till 8, but usually I only slept at 12am or 1am, like the other time it was Khue's bday so we all went to had some wine and beers, just girls night out with Poom. and reach home at 12, talked to Anna till 1am and wake up and study again.
so today i finally give in to my body and skip class. >.<
my plan for the next week?
Fri : service concept exam, watch auction nite ( whr ppl buy other ppl for a date)after that go home and study
Sat: study
Sun: study
Mon: Room division exam, A la carte dinner w SHJ, study
Tues: Front Office exam, study
Wed: supposed to have dinner w Florian and the Germans but I think not anymore, SO??STUDY!
Thurs: Bar and Beverage exam
Fri: cultural night (where diff countries show performance and put up booth) gotta be interesting :D, the Indonesians are participating. me inside yay!
Fri nite: gotta have some fun w the class' girls cos we deserve it after a bloody long week!
ok will try to get some rest now before marion and anna came for study tgt session.
au revoir! :)
Monday, April 19, 2010
my upcoming 2$ birthday
I really love my Germans friends, but when will they realise I dont speak German? T___T
When I said Germans friends I am referring to Anna, Florian, Tim and Isabel. Well, Anna is actually swiss German, but the rest are real Germans.
I get close to them cos I am really close to Anna now, besides Marion and SHJ of course.
And I always get along w Florian since the start of sch year.Now, everytime they wanna meet, they always drag me along, of course I am belated, except the fact that they always forget I dont speak German :(
Like the other day, during Tim's birthday, we were all gathering in Flo's room, wanted to make a surprise for Tim. And the whole time they spoke German. (tears again)
only when Tim arrived, Tim started speaking in English, only to have them reply in German, and after sometimes Tim gave up also (another tearss...)
A few days ago, the whole class was standing in a circle, waiting for teacher to arrive. Then Flo and Tim started to speak in German..blablablabla..then I heard "Vanessa"
and I was like "Huh? what about me?"
and Tim said "Vanessa u wanna come to eat at A la Carte w us on the 28th?"
and I was like "who's coming?"
(really praying that there are some non-Germans)
and fortunately there is..fiuhh~
and Flo is now into this girl called Stephanie, and she is Brazilian, so most PROB they will speak English =x
The other day Anna was very cute.
She was trying to find out my birthday the whole day, but I keep insisting not to tell her, cos I dont want to celebrate it. I dont enjoy getting old >.<
and she told Tim and Flo as well, that my bday is coming, and they also asked
Flo:" Vanessa so when is ur bday?"
V:"Not telling u"
Flo:"come on, its only bday, its nt impt"
V:"Precisely. its not impt" :p
and he gave up.
lol.
suddenly at night, at 9 pm when I was about to fall asleep, Anna came knocking on my door.
I opened and she was like
"HAHA! 10th of May! if you dont want ppl to know, u shld remove it from Facebook darling!"
(pointing finger at me while grining widely)
and I said sleepily "uh huh..yea..I should.."
and she suddenly jumped and hugged me "Goodnight!"
I tried to reply with a quarter of her energy.."goodnite dear..c u tmr.."
and I fell asleep again...ZZzz
SOOO now that my friends already find out my bday, and IF they really celebrate it, couting SHJ as well..MAN wad can i treat them too??
Hell, a meal in resto here costs 30 francs per person AT LEAST.
and w europeans, it will be 40 francs at least...
so its out of the qn..
Im considering prob just buying them shots..but only possible if not so many ppl coming..
goodness...this is the only bad thg abt having so many friends..
>.<>
(and if u wonder why i put 2$ bday, of cos becos I dont want u to noe my exact age! (getting oldd...tearssss...T_T) )
When I said Germans friends I am referring to Anna, Florian, Tim and Isabel. Well, Anna is actually swiss German, but the rest are real Germans.
I get close to them cos I am really close to Anna now, besides Marion and SHJ of course.
And I always get along w Florian since the start of sch year.Now, everytime they wanna meet, they always drag me along, of course I am belated, except the fact that they always forget I dont speak German :(
Like the other day, during Tim's birthday, we were all gathering in Flo's room, wanted to make a surprise for Tim. And the whole time they spoke German. (tears again)
only when Tim arrived, Tim started speaking in English, only to have them reply in German, and after sometimes Tim gave up also (another tearss...)
A few days ago, the whole class was standing in a circle, waiting for teacher to arrive. Then Flo and Tim started to speak in German..blablablabla..then I heard "Vanessa"
and I was like "Huh? what about me?"
and Tim said "Vanessa u wanna come to eat at A la Carte w us on the 28th?"
and I was like "who's coming?"
(really praying that there are some non-Germans)
and fortunately there is..fiuhh~
and Flo is now into this girl called Stephanie, and she is Brazilian, so most PROB they will speak English =x
The other day Anna was very cute.
She was trying to find out my birthday the whole day, but I keep insisting not to tell her, cos I dont want to celebrate it. I dont enjoy getting old >.<
and she told Tim and Flo as well, that my bday is coming, and they also asked
Flo:" Vanessa so when is ur bday?"
V:"Not telling u"
Flo:"come on, its only bday, its nt impt"
V:"Precisely. its not impt" :p
and he gave up.
lol.
suddenly at night, at 9 pm when I was about to fall asleep, Anna came knocking on my door.
I opened and she was like
"HAHA! 10th of May! if you dont want ppl to know, u shld remove it from Facebook darling!"
(pointing finger at me while grining widely)
and I said sleepily "uh huh..yea..I should.."
and she suddenly jumped and hugged me "Goodnight!"
I tried to reply with a quarter of her energy.."goodnite dear..c u tmr.."
and I fell asleep again...ZZzz
SOOO now that my friends already find out my bday, and IF they really celebrate it, couting SHJ as well..MAN wad can i treat them too??
Hell, a meal in resto here costs 30 francs per person AT LEAST.
and w europeans, it will be 40 francs at least...
so its out of the qn..
Im considering prob just buying them shots..but only possible if not so many ppl coming..
goodness...this is the only bad thg abt having so many friends..
>.<>
(and if u wonder why i put 2$ bday, of cos becos I dont want u to noe my exact age! (getting oldd...tearssss...T_T) )
Sunday, April 18, 2010
2 weeks in Market Place
2 weeks in Market Place is the most busiet yet the most amazing practical weeks.
wad we have to do in market place:
Breakfast duties :
- juices station : fill up juices
-yoghurt and cereal station : fill up
- pastry : same
- station 1,2, 3 where ppl are sitting: ask "would u like something to drink? coffee, tea or me?"
just kidding. "me" is not available.
more or less dats all we have to do
and then when everyone finish, we clean tables, chairs, broom and sweep floor and put back tables and chairs and line it nicely. salt and pepper facing teh door, one cm apart, etc etc..
Lunch duties:
-clean station: set up for new tables, prepare cutleries to give to service ppl, prepare water jugs to give to service ppl
-dirty station: get dirty plates from service ppl, scrap all e food away, and put it nicely, plates w plates, cups w cups, etc
-runner: fill empty water jugs w new ones, bring dirty plates into the kitchen, (usually piled up), and bring new cutleries when we run out
-service: attend to guest, memorize and explain menu, take plates when they finish, ask wad would they like to have next and give correct cutleries for the appropriate food.
I like runner and service the most, especially when it gets busy. When ist not busy u get bored, so I really like being busy. I was the only girl runner cos usually girls just want easy stuff and dont want to get tired, i really feel like saying
"COME ON GIRLS, u want to be treated equally like guys! but how do u expect them to treat u equal when u dont see urself equal and always say "oohh..im a girl, im so weak, i cant be runner.."
HO HO pitty u!
If i can do that, any other girls can do dat okay! U dont have to wait till u have like 20 piles of plates, noe ur own limit, carry wadever u can and just make more rounds to the kitchen. its really not that hard u noee
Anyway, yesterday was very fun also. and a very happy day for me.
cos it was an open day for Les Roches. so there were many visitors.
so from all the students who are working on that day, few of us (which I believe are the best :P) are chosen to attend to the visitors and VIPs.
Amongs those chosen there were me, Florian, Anna, Marion,Sondra(from Guyere), Tim, Charlene and Maria (Charlene and Maria are not mentioned often cos im not really close to them)
At first, I wanted to stay in dirty station and be runner, but suddenly the teacher called me and say "Vanessa, take this 2 tables for the visitors."
I swear I was so nervous. I have to serve wine as well, and I never serve wine before! wad if i spill everythg?? and as u noe, red wine stains is bloody hard to remove.
and since now I am moved to service I had to memorize the menu.
and its a bloody long one.
Finally when the guests arrive, tgt with Mr Hutchinson, one of the deans of the school, I came to them and greet them.
"Hi, good afternoon.."
They all smiled and replied me good afternoon (ok, good start)
then I said:"let me start with the menu for today, we have mixed garden salad for salad, for appetizer we have pate and terrine, for soup we have carrot cappucino..(waiting for their reaction)
and true enough, confusion looks appear on their faces.
so I explain"erm..its called cappucino because it looks like cappucino, with white foam on top."
then they say "ahhh.."
so I go on "as for the main course, we have grilled salmon escalope as well roast beef english style served with foyot sauce..and at side dish we have semolina gnocchi with sauteed baby marrow for the vegetable..and lastly at vegetarian station there is mixed vegetable cooked with curry and coconut.."
anddd..im DONE W MY MENUU
finally fiuhhh~~
then one of the lady asked :"Vanessa (they noe my name cos im wearing name tag), where do u come from?"
I answered :"Indonesia"
they ask again:"SO do u come directly from Indonesia to swiss?"
I said:" No..I was in Singapore for the last 6 years.."
They said:"ahh..no wonder you dont talk like Indonesian at all.."
lol
and another lady asked about my life in Spore, and I answered I was in SMU, and she asked why I didnt continue, and I said "yah..my calling is here..in hotel management.." lol
the rest of it went out well, even when i had to serve the wine to them.. :)
so proud of myself. huahahahaha
XD
Dinner duties:
-runner: top up plates, glasses and water jugs
-service: pour water to guest's glasses
ok dats all now. im gonna go to jenny's to eat her home made spring rolls!! yayyy
den wait for anna to wake up and eat our pizza :D
have a good day everyone ^.^
wad we have to do in market place:
Breakfast duties :
- juices station : fill up juices
-yoghurt and cereal station : fill up
- pastry : same
- station 1,2, 3 where ppl are sitting: ask "would u like something to drink? coffee, tea or me?"
just kidding. "me" is not available.
more or less dats all we have to do
and then when everyone finish, we clean tables, chairs, broom and sweep floor and put back tables and chairs and line it nicely. salt and pepper facing teh door, one cm apart, etc etc..
Lunch duties:
-clean station: set up for new tables, prepare cutleries to give to service ppl, prepare water jugs to give to service ppl
-dirty station: get dirty plates from service ppl, scrap all e food away, and put it nicely, plates w plates, cups w cups, etc
-runner: fill empty water jugs w new ones, bring dirty plates into the kitchen, (usually piled up), and bring new cutleries when we run out
-service: attend to guest, memorize and explain menu, take plates when they finish, ask wad would they like to have next and give correct cutleries for the appropriate food.
I like runner and service the most, especially when it gets busy. When ist not busy u get bored, so I really like being busy. I was the only girl runner cos usually girls just want easy stuff and dont want to get tired, i really feel like saying
"COME ON GIRLS, u want to be treated equally like guys! but how do u expect them to treat u equal when u dont see urself equal and always say "oohh..im a girl, im so weak, i cant be runner.."
HO HO pitty u!
If i can do that, any other girls can do dat okay! U dont have to wait till u have like 20 piles of plates, noe ur own limit, carry wadever u can and just make more rounds to the kitchen. its really not that hard u noee
Anyway, yesterday was very fun also. and a very happy day for me.
cos it was an open day for Les Roches. so there were many visitors.
so from all the students who are working on that day, few of us (which I believe are the best :P) are chosen to attend to the visitors and VIPs.
Amongs those chosen there were me, Florian, Anna, Marion,Sondra(from Guyere), Tim, Charlene and Maria (Charlene and Maria are not mentioned often cos im not really close to them)
At first, I wanted to stay in dirty station and be runner, but suddenly the teacher called me and say "Vanessa, take this 2 tables for the visitors."
I swear I was so nervous. I have to serve wine as well, and I never serve wine before! wad if i spill everythg?? and as u noe, red wine stains is bloody hard to remove.
and since now I am moved to service I had to memorize the menu.
and its a bloody long one.
Finally when the guests arrive, tgt with Mr Hutchinson, one of the deans of the school, I came to them and greet them.
"Hi, good afternoon.."
They all smiled and replied me good afternoon (ok, good start)
then I said:"let me start with the menu for today, we have mixed garden salad for salad, for appetizer we have pate and terrine, for soup we have carrot cappucino..(waiting for their reaction)
and true enough, confusion looks appear on their faces.
so I explain"erm..its called cappucino because it looks like cappucino, with white foam on top."
then they say "ahhh.."
so I go on "as for the main course, we have grilled salmon escalope as well roast beef english style served with foyot sauce..and at side dish we have semolina gnocchi with sauteed baby marrow for the vegetable..and lastly at vegetarian station there is mixed vegetable cooked with curry and coconut.."
anddd..im DONE W MY MENUU
finally fiuhhh~~
then one of the lady asked :"Vanessa (they noe my name cos im wearing name tag), where do u come from?"
I answered :"Indonesia"
they ask again:"SO do u come directly from Indonesia to swiss?"
I said:" No..I was in Singapore for the last 6 years.."
They said:"ahh..no wonder you dont talk like Indonesian at all.."
lol
and another lady asked about my life in Spore, and I answered I was in SMU, and she asked why I didnt continue, and I said "yah..my calling is here..in hotel management.." lol
the rest of it went out well, even when i had to serve the wine to them.. :)
so proud of myself. huahahahaha
XD
Dinner duties:
-runner: top up plates, glasses and water jugs
-service: pour water to guest's glasses
ok dats all now. im gonna go to jenny's to eat her home made spring rolls!! yayyy
den wait for anna to wake up and eat our pizza :D
have a good day everyone ^.^
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Book of the moment
Found this apparently great book from another blog..
read when u need it :)
read when u need it :)
It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken
by Greg Behrendt and Amira Ruotola-Behrendt
I havent read it yet..but I think it shld be good.. :)
by Greg Behrendt and Amira Ruotola-Behrendt
I havent read it yet..but I think it shld be good.. :)
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