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Monday, January 28, 2008

Yes, it time to blog… guess this maybe quite a long one.. bear with it la…

I dun really recall wat I did from the start of 2008…
I only remember we went to Suzhou Amusement Park one the very 1st day of 2008.. and I nearly lose my voice there la.. I took perhaps the scariest ride of my life… the ride that suspends u in mid air, which is somehow like bungee jump la… Yanni n I we together n Felix n Tian were together… we were the only 2 grps that dare to try it… the moment Felix n Tian who were the 1st to go came FLYING down, I screamed! They did too.. Damn loud.. That’s the first scariest part.. Den came our turn, the moment we were suspended at the highest point, I stunned… I shouted “f***”.. That was how scared I was… I came screaming down of coz.. But it was fun la….



Spot the 飞人 word? this was the scary ride!!!
all of us that went to SZ amusement park..

though the snow was rather small!!! i just wanna show off la!!!!! SNOWY!!!!

And I nearly forget to mention, I went to shanghai.. my third time there.. so what is the big deal?? I was there alone!! Hahahaha… cool eh?? I think it is la.. I get to travel alone… haha…
how many Raffles City can u see in China?? this was taken in Shanghai when i was alone.

For the whole month, we were attached to front office, going to areas like the concierge, bell boy and duty manager… being a bell girl was cold…we had to stand by the door in skirt… and so was the role of the duty manager… walking around the whole hotel was cold especially the stairs…damn cold can.. But damn slack also la…
We also had the 年夜饭 with the FO people…

Dinner with the FO ppl.. thats Anna in the center


We were kind of busy for the last wk in Suzhou… we had plans and the hotel had plans for us….
We had our last karaoke session on Thursday.. From ard 11plus to 3plus I guess.. I was the only survivor till the very last moment… And soon at 0830 which was Friday, we had to set off for the trip the hotel arranged for us which was at 西山, ard 2hrs away.. There wasn’t anything that great about the place though… after the tour, we had lunch with all the department heads in a restaurant… cool eh?? For dinner, the five of us, just the five of us had dinner at Friday’s… the last one I guess….

our last k session!!!
the final survivor!!!

西山's trip....
i really love this pic la... mayb bcoz i look gd in it...
lunch with the department heads...
our meal at Friday's

Saturday (19/01) was a free and ez day.. I had head to last min things and also materials for letter writing to the 4 of them and some over in SZ….We had dinner with Anna and this guest who was rather good with us… we even headed out to the ktv again.. Haha…
K session with Anna and the guest, Mr. Zhang
Sunday (20/01)….I can’t really remember what I did oh, ok, now I do… I headed to the 网吧 to download as much things as I could… then headed out to met Wesley and back in the hotel again and I just did nothing much la.. coz I was quite finish with the packing… headed out for dinner for the last 麻辣烫 and walking around the street drinking my last 奶茶 with pudding, pearls and nata for just 7rmb!!!
We also had supper with Chen Chen, 孟红旗,余丹 from Atrium Cafe... and we were up awake till 3plus in the morning, exchanging letters… haha…
thats us having our last supper in SZ
Monday (21/01), with that little sleep, we woke up @ 7am!! Coz we were having breakfast with the GM at the atrium café… we did our final packing still…
We left the hotel at 12noon… I didn’t cry… I was sad to leave I guess.. many did cry even before we left… hugs, last words, exchanging of contacts… there is just so much things to remember and so many fond memories… we left in the van with many sending us off… 孟红旗,张礼巧,左红宾,余丹,handsome领班,应霞,庄琦,余东兰,Anna….. 晓斌 and 晓鹏 accompanied us to the airport….
thats us when we are bored in the airport...

BEIJING…..
We were there around the evening, meeting the others from Sanya and off we went to Beijing hostel… it was free and easy too.. but I can say the weather is COLD…
And ya, they renovated their horrible bathing area to something damn nice and cool la.. but it is still open for all to see… haha….

We headed for a tour to 故宫and 长城… we tour 故宫 for ard one hour.. Haha.. That short eh.. Because we were all FREEZING cold!!!
Next stop.. Great wall… strong wind but it wasn’t that cold coz we were moving all the time… climbing up is tiring and going down was scary….
We stayed in the Gloria’s hotel room for the last night.. Need to pay la.. I was there with Wesley and Yanni… slack only…

the whole HTM gloria ppl...
great wall, here we come!! woosh!
thats me... obviously.. hehe
that is how cold tha place is.. look at my cheeks n nose, there are RED despite me wearing the mask...
dinner with the people from Gloria Group...

We left the hotel for the airport ard 12 on Friday (25/01).. The flight was noisy and bumpy… but I didn’t vomit… as we landed in Singapore it was hot!! But I’m glad to see my family there waiting for me… it is always good to be home….

For these four months, it will be something I will never forget…
I laugh, shed tears just like how i will be in Singapore... this can be my second home i guess...

The place, the people, the food…. I will miss the very open toilet, the unsafe but comfy bunk, and our fav hangout place….
Tian & my bed...
I will miss the ppl I met there… those who gave me fond memories… those who were there to hear me talk when I was down… those who entertained me… those whom we always hangout with… those whom we worked together….

I will miss the cheap food there… the 麻辣烫, 奶茶 with pearls, nata n pudding, 烧烤.. the cheap food…

I will miss my drinking session… the 雪花, 青岛, Suntory, Breezer… I can never drink them here although there is Breezer here in the stalls… China’s brezzer is just 12rmb which is like $2.50!!! haha… i am such an alcoholic in Suzhou la.. they all call me 酒鬼.. i just simply can't resist them!
look at me.. i m so happy posing with the beer bottle....

I will miss hanging out with the four of them… Tian Chuang, Yanni, Felix Wesley….
The happy times, bad times we had… I guess for some of us, it made our relationship stronger than before… but I know when we are back in Singapore, like now, it will never be the same again…

We made a pact, 5 years later, 29 December 2012, we will go back to Suzhou.. I really hope so… or rather, I want to go back as soon as possible… there are some things there that are way better back home I guess…

Suzhou, I will remember you! Will you????





10:24 PM
Saturday, January 26, 2008

Hi people, i m back home!
was home yesterday though...saw familiar faces when i got off the plane.. saw christina and ghim beng who was at the duty free shop..
was damn hot i can say.. was sweating as i waited for my luggie...
hugs to my familywho were there.. glad to see them after so long...
i am gonna be bz from now to Mon..
So im sorry for not contacting u ppl... Nana n my Ah Net...
Hope to see u all on Mon i guess...
Ah Net: u r not lonely anymore... ur lala is back from China!!!!!!!!

To anyone who misses me, haha, i m back...

9:44 PM
Tuesday, January 1, 2008

17/12/07–23/12/07
It was a bad start for the week on Monday. Friendship was put to a test because of one China guy here. I cried badly on Monday just before work man. But not many people knew about it.

I admit I did or I can say handle some things wrongly, but it was all for the benefit of her. Now you must be thinking who I am talking about I guess, and I think you all shld be correct, its Tian Chuang. How can I not be worry when she is out with this guy who doesn’t have a clean record and they are not out as friends, but as “more than friends”. I am in no position to stop her from going out with anyone, but it does make me worry. It was a bad Sunday and Monday I can say. Hearing different things from 2 different 3rd parties whereby they got their information from her. That trigger the action which I regret doing to a certain extent but still despite knowing the consequences I still did it. I checked her hp, ya, I know it’s a bad thing to do, but it’s the only way to find out who she lied too. And to know that she lied again really made me wonder why is she lying to the people who she WAS closest to when she got here and she told the truth to someone else. Is there really a need to lie?
I guess what Wesley said was right, I shld let go. Let go in a way that I shld stop bothering about her as much as I did before. And that is what I am doing now whereby it seems that she is doing real good without me around her.
Enough of her lies is all I can say. Sometimes I really really wonder about the words that come out of her mouth.

I didn’t came back for the whole night on Monday, so did Yanni and Wesley. Haha. The 3 of us checked in into a hotel. Actually I didn’t la, it’s just that I joined them after work. I didn’t told anyone about my whereabouts, not even Felix. Yanni and Wesley didn’t want the others to know about it, not that they are doing something bad la. But I know can le. Haha.

It is a lazy week for me I can say. My usual routine for the week is to sleep till 1015 in the morning and wait in the bunk for Yanni and Wesley to come down to eat in the canteen at 1030. After which I will go back to sleep and wake up for work which is either 1pm (singing practice) or 2pm (work).
Singing practices increased from 2 to 3 this week. We learnt some simple dance steps and get to look at our outfit. Man! It sucks la. Damn awful can! I shall take a picture of it.
Work was the same as usual, back to the afternoon shift. Checking in guest, copying the records, keying the information……

The five of us, Singaporeans, finally headed out together as 5 for supper. Gosh, it has been so long since the 5 of us are out la. The feeling is completely different when the 5 of us are together. We should do it more often.
Yanni and Wesley are off to Hangzhou, they did ask me along but I rejected them la. Because I dun want to spend some more money la. It is not a MUST for me to go, and I am not very interested in it also la.

And Felix is now my “protector”. Haha. He is protecting me from Seven who has officially stopped working in Gloria and has been smsing me to sms me when I end work. I refuse man!

24/12
Its Christmas Eve le!
Working at the plaza floor today for 3 days and today the 4 of us excluding Felix are in the morning shift because of our performance in the evening. Quite slack only. Nothing to do at all, we even fry our own eggs to eat and throughout the whole morning there was only 1 hotel guest.
We ended work early for our caroling practice. We had a final rehearsal, dinner and off we were to sing. Damn pai seh can. Imagine walking to the lobby in such attire with all eyes on us. We sang at the lobby, the atrium café and at the banquet hall. Didn’t think we did well la, but I still find it damn amusing la. Especially in the banquet hall, Jojo and Cecilia keep making me laugh and luckily I was at the last row. But overall I think it was quite fun la, we sang from 1730 to ard 1900.
Headed out for dinner with Felix at Ajisan and we went photo taking. Even had chocolate fondue at Haagen Daz. Shiok!

25/12–28/12
During the week, we moved from the plaza floor the business center.
In the plaza floor, what we usually do is to eat. Haha. We get to fry lots of egg to practice and then eat them up. One of the nights, the guest even ordered food for us to eat, can you believe it? The food was free coz he ordered it during the happy hour whereby ordering the menu items are all free. We were all damn full can. Haha.
We headed to the business center on Thursday and Friday and seriously there is nothing to do as there wasn’t any guest at all. And on Friday morning, Mr. Felix Kong called Tian at 0700 and she woke up me saying that Felix wanted to talk to us. It turns out that he was a little drunk and he dragged us to the other guys’ bunk, the smaller one. He nearly pulled Wesley and Yanni but I stopped him as they are working at 0700.
So why did he dragged us there in the morning?
Because one of the staffs who was very close to the previous batch of Singapore interns was leaving in Friday morning. He wanted to talk to us as he didn’t get the chance and also we didn’t head over to the banquet department for our training which I felt was rather wasted. We even drank a mouth of this Chinese wine which is said to cost ard 800RMB. Man, it made me whole stomach hot sia. But I wasn’t drunk. We talked for a while and slowly 1 by 1 were knocked off leaving me, Tian and 晓斌awake. But it’s ok that they were knocked off la, because they drank like from 11pm till the morning 7am.

29/12
Ya ya.. Its Saturday and we still have to work eh… coz we will b having 3 straight off days from Sunday onwards…we were in the service center aka the operator on Saturday. Damn boring. Just theory all the way I can say. The 5 of us were getting along fine until things took a turn in the evening after work. We were supposed to go out together just the 5 of us, to 金鸡湖, but in the end things changed.
And seriously, I didn’t want to go can. Felix didn’t join us. If it wasn’t for Wesley and Yanni I won’t even head out with them can. And damn, we were cheated. There wasn’t any fireworks or water show according to the security guard there but after quite some time, we heard the sounds of the fireworks and we were like waaaaa. Plus it was damn cold can, cold to the extent that my toes were numb and my nose was running. Haha. Runny nose.

It was the International Vulgarity Day on the 29th of December 2007 in China, Suzhou. For whatever reason, I started scolded vulgarities la. Maybe it is because I have bottled up too many things myself to the extent that I have to vent them out. I don’t know either. Wesley, Yanni and I started saying out a series of vulgarities la. I mean it. From the hokkien language of “CB”, “KNN”, to the English language of “F*** u”, and the Suzhou version of “Ma P*”. It is a rare thing to hear the coming out from my mouth in this few years and guess what, by saying these it made Felix happy sia. He wasn’t in a good mood because of his friendship between him and Tian la. So I told him “want to hear me say vulgarities anot? Only today leh, what you want to hear?” haha. He was surprised la, and I guess it did make him happy la. haha. So easy to make someone happy sia. Hahahaah.

30/12
I only managed to catchlike 2hrs of sleep for some reason la.
Headed out to the 网吧 and met the others for lunch, walk ard and back to the bunk to catch some sleep. All of us were dressed in the thickest as compared to the other days because we were going on a boat tour and the weather these few days are cold man. The boat ride turned out to be a bit boribg though, it was 1hr. We headed to 观前街for our dinner but it was already like 8plus close to 9 and we had pizza man! Damn full.
Supposedly, Wesley, Yanni and I were going to sing K, but it was still early like 10pm while the rate we wanted started at 1130pm. So we headed back to the hotel 1st, but by the time we reach the hotel it was the time for us to walk back again. Haha. We sang from 1130 to like 0345, pro ar?
Haha.

31/12
Headed out for lunch and met the others somewhere near the hotel. We made a rash decison to head down to Wuxi, the 4 of us because we couldnt get felix... we bought the train tickets at the station and headed down.. so sudden eh...it is a20mins ride away and we reached at ard 1645.. walked ard, played stupid games and shop.. we each got ourselves a pair of boots.. the 3 same boots, haha. We headed back at 2130...
Some things happened back in the hostel la and there are things that i really cant handle at all... most of them headed out to Scarlet, but didnt go despite standing at the entrance...partly is bcoz of the 50rmb fee and the other part is that i didnt felt like going though it was the last party of year 2007...

Anyway, happy new year ppl!
Its 2008!
Lets hope everything will be smooth this year......

tts me early in the morning b4 work...

taken in the toliet at the plaza floor

us at work in the front office

us in the guys bunk in the morning @ 7am..!

me in the caroling attire...

the 3 of us...

xmas eve meal at aijisan..

pose with armani in suzhou

fondue @ haagan daz...

xmas decorations...

in the rain during xmas eve...

rain poses...

12:30 AM

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