whaaat? it's been 5 months since i've written anything?! woas! hmmm.. few weeks ago, i was reading all the posts from yeaaaars ago when i first got xanga. prob when i was in gr.10..? and i'd write everything that happened that day and i'd blog every day. back then (and kind of now still) i'd always wonder why people post every little thing that happened that day. it's the most mundane thing for someone else to read. i'd think.. why would you post that up.. i have no interest in knowing what time you woke up and what you ate today. but after reading through my old posts (not that i wrote about what i've ingested that day... i used to mainly write about events).. it's gotten through to me that maybe people want to write those things so they'll read back in years and be amused at how their life was "back in the old days". so i guess i'll try to update more often for the sake of my future self. haha
cause of boredom at work, i've been reading lots of blogs online. mainly mom blogs. it's blogs written by mothers who are mainly stay-at-home moms with a billion kids. (hahaahha more like.. 4 or 5) and they'd blog about their daily lives and have tons of really nice pics of their gorgeous kids. mann .. i shall strive to be a mom blogger! and have a million kids! (more like.. 10) and a doting & loving & ridiculously good looking husband. there. life goal set.
i think i'm gonna blog now cause i haven't in so long.. and i'm stuck in the library waiting for my downloads.. hahaha
so.. our internet got cut because we went over our 60G bandwidth. we're suspended from any internet usage from 1pm today to 1pm tomorrow. sigh. i seriously don't know what to do with myself when there's no internet. and it's funny how reliant i am on it. i was just reading mel's blog about technology. it's true. even if it's just going on facebook to check how many people joined "laughing 哥's" group or going on www.fmylife.com and wasting my time.. i feel more secure. and that's why me and my 2 roomates put all our stuff into our backpacks and went to the library. i haven't brought a backpack to school in forever. feels weird.
went to an interview this morning.. didn't even know there was interviewing involved at first. i went to the school pub expecting a job fair.. (like those take a flyer and we'll talk about what positions are available kinda thing) but nope.. went in and it was an interview right away. i didnt even know what they were hiring for.. but i just said i'd like to get a job as a bartender. i remember telling my parents i'd never work seriously as a bartender when i took the course last year to convince them to let me take the course. i think it'd be an interesting job.. and it's the pub on campus.. so at least it's not as sketch.
there've been 2 main topics that always come up when i'm out with people: future and relationships. i'm just gonna talk bout my future for now... relationships stuff is too bleak.. not that my future is that bright either. hahahaha. hmmm been going to a lot of job fairs (i gotta admit though, it's mostly because abercrombie always shows up at our school and i go mainly just to stare at the beautiful people promoting their company.. teehee) and i've narrowed it down to a few jobs i think i'd like to do after i graduate:
1) flight attendant- i'd love to travel and be paid for it. but i've heard soooo many negative parts to being a flight attendant.. i don't know if i'd be able to survive it
2) teaching in korea- anyone who's been near me lately knows i am weirdly obsessed with anything korean. i swoon when i see any korean guy.. and i just love their culture and way of life (at least from what i see from korean soaps). even if it's just for a short period of time, i'd like to be immersed into their culture
3) getting a vocal certificate of any kind and helping my aunt teach music in hong kong- i really don't know about this one.. cause i love singing.. but teaching is a different story
4) bartending for the rest of my life. even when i'm 50. YEHYEH!!!! =D
i'm starting to develop the worst temper ever. i dont' know if it's pms or i'm just becoming a ball of emotions.. (or how does that saying go?) whatever. right now, things can tick me off really easily. especially people. i've always been known to be the "nice" one. and it gets extremely tiring to put up that facade when i'm feeling not too friendly. why do i feel the need to uphold the image of the girl who never gets mad and never throws a temper tandrum? i don't know. or have i just been taught since i was young that people who do act like that will not be liked and are not admired upon. it must be nice to be the kind of person who can whine and complain and not care how people think they are annoying because all they care about is how they are projecting all of their anger and hate onto another person so someone else can share in their pain. actually no. that's not nice at all.
i just dl-ed twilight and rewatching the biology scene has made me happier. it is hilarious.
i realize i'm so easily amused by things. the littlest things can make me smile and make me really happy.. even if it's only for a moment. i guess it's not a bad thing to be easily satisfied =)
and this is def something that brings a smile to my face.. and i can watch it over and over again.. haha:
i really need to write more. hahaha so ya.. it's been insane this summer. i guess i'll just talk bout some highlights from work:
most embarrassing moment on the first couple of days at work, i finally met the big boss and so he was just watching me take calls for a while. imagine this though, i'm receiving calls from customers who know a lot more about the company than i do cause i've had no training. so the woman on the phone was like.. "if the service is $100/ month, how much is it with tax for the whole season?" this might sound like a simple question. but in my mind, questions were flying through my mind.. how much tax do they charge? how many months in a season? where do i get a calculator?! and so i was hum-ing and uh-ing on the fone, the president was looking at me like.. are you stupid?! so i put the lady on hold and asked him how much we charge for taxes. he's like we only charge GST. and i'm like. how much is GST? he stared at me. I WAS IN PANIC MODE HERE! my mind was completely blank! the woman on the line was getting impatient but i had to put her on hold while i tried to calculate in my mind how much it was. then i just gave up and told her to get a calculator herself and find out how much it'd be. after i hung up, the pres went around and was like.. WHY IS SHE NOT TRAINED?!
most awkward moment there was a period when i'd take calls from potential customers (really early on, so i wasn't fully trained yet). the vp called my extension one day wanting to tell me something but i was trying to get to my voicemail. u know how when u pick up the phone and there's actually someone on the line but the phone hasn't rung yet cause you picked up so early? yar. so i wasn't completely sure there was someone on the line, at the same time not wanting to say anything just in case there was.. but also wanting to press the message button. so there was that 15 secs of silence before i decided to say "hi..?" and the vp was like.. hi, is this how you usually answer the phone?! i was like. OH EM GEE. kill me now.
funniest moments 1) usually when i have nothing to do, my supervisor would give me cheques to alphabetize, and i would do all the cheques in advance. so, some time in june.. i was bored and asked my supervisor what there is for me to do. she takes the cheques i alphabetized in may, messed them all up, gave them back to me and said.. take your time. it was hilarious 2) this man (who's been a customer for 25 years) came in yesterday cause he wanted to bring in a basket of plants for my supervisor who's away on vacation. he was in here for 15 min but he talked non-stop for the whole time he was in here. he went on this whole rant about how he dated a chinese girl when he was young (he's indonesian) so he knows how to speak chinese (cause he asked if i spoke chinese) then told me how i shouldn't date long distance, meet the parents when you first date a boy.. it's important to find out about his background, not to date only chinese boys.. i should date guys of other ethnicities, how he's married to a french woman and they have a 6'1 28 yr old son (i was so tempted to ask him to introduce me to him) and how mixed ppl are in hot demand. i could not stop laughing.
i really love working here. i learn so much from everyone and people are just so nice =) it's really different interacting with people in a company that is predominantly white. actually.. everyone here is caucasian. i'm gonna miss it when i go back to school =(
