haha was surfing frenzster when notes became too irksome. came upon ivan's profile. haha, the photo caption he wrote for a particular photo gave me a heartening laugh.

"Wah piang.. this is damn ancient!"

turns out that he grabbed it from my frenzster. this photo really chao1 lao3, from our annual acjc year 2001 book. haha... pls dun shriek or faint at the innocence on our faces. or rather, the teenage angst.

shall post random pictures...

--> a long awaited dinner reunion with qian.

--> an enjoyable trip to phuket, did stuff like snorkelling, ox cart riding, admiring the sleazy discotheque pubs lol, elephant riding, oogling at bikini clad babes, fantastic view of the beautiful islands and that heart popping speedboat ride, bargaining with the pasar malam stalls, thai body and foot massages (no specials haha), a good break out in the land of smiles.

--> smashing beer wine rendezvous with the army buddies at sean's wedding.

--> the war novel i jz read finished.

--> the banquet guys slacking along with me in the middle of an ongoing function.

--> the new wallpaper for the tiger beer machines in our banquet store.

that's the thing about such stuff - just when u're getting to know each other better and enjoying the time spent, it all comes to an end. i hate such short term friendships. not like it's the end of them, we still keep in contact by email, but there's only so much of each other's language that we know. hand gestures and facial expressions communicated so much more.

maybe that's why i loathe gettin into friendships whereby either one will have to take off and leave. i'm not the kinda person who embraces technology with open arms. i still like the old style of meeting up and chatting over coffee rather than typing away over a keyboard warmed by heat from the machine rather than the warmth of friendship. and that's why.

stems from my recent experience with my fellow IA frens. since IA ended, we seldom keep in touch. but during the period when we are together, seeing each other everyday, it feels like we are the best of frens. but when its ended, there's not much we can do, since each has their own separate lives.

more banquet stuff....

oh well, found these pics somewhere in my laptop.

--> i was doing up the stage, and for some reason, this chair, which i was standing on, suddenly gave way. i dont think i ate that lot few days b4, muz be some fat ass who gave the chair unnecesssary pressure in some function. aha

the chairs at banquet, to be honest, are subjected to lots of wear and tear. obvious stains all over, zao gengs holes here and there, and this is more ridiculous la. an iron's resting cushion..........

a thrash bag containing laksa soup and other leftover food burst on its way down to the dump via the lift.

the rear switch for the coffee warmer in our store went bonkers. so that side of the warmer is on all the time. theoretically speaking, rest your hand there and u will experience an unforgettable burning experience. some chap unwittingly put this cover of a cambro tub there and wad happens... a nice wafer biscuit revealed.

the usual trolley-loads of stuff to be used for a typical function's setup. the bowls, plates, spoons, tablecloths etc.

and this is the eventual outlook of the newly setup room, five tables with the buffet line at the far right. and after the function finishes, everything gets cleared and time for another setup for another function. the cycle repeats itself over and over again.

well, i think for this week, i have reached saturation point for banquet work. kinda got sick to doing the same stuff, losing the steam. good to take a break, not working this week, got my chalet and the genting trip this coming wknd. gotta recharge myself.

<--- me and the 3 statues, normally used for decorations on the buffet line. there's pastry auntie, fatso chef and bald uncle butler. but so far, only fat chef still standing. haha, auntie got her left hand chopped off, and uncle got his left finger amputated. aye, so damn poor thing.


--> with clarence and yunus. we are the self proclaimed xiao qiang clan in ssc banquet. guess we have a fetish for cockroaches since we always see them scurrying round at the clearing point.

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i jz got back my grade for IA. got a C+, haha wth. anw, its better than the D i expected. belinda commented that i should have got better since i did more work, but work doesnt equate to behaviour where i guess they din really particulary love my dissent towards them.

i aint gonna sob over the grade btw.
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jz came back from banquet work. tried google for any ssc banquet related tags and i found 2 entries.

first was a entry by this gal (centre) on the club's annual dinner event for their young swimmers in may 07, in this case, its not bout wads written. but the photos posted. cause one of them has me inside, albeit blurred though. Im standing at the furthest left with my colleague, haha.

why were we there? lol, i think we were jz slacking around, finding a comfortable spot at the edge of the ballroom, waiting for the function to die down. thanks ah, whoever took the photo, heh.

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the 2nd entry is damn long ago, haf to scroll back to nov 2005, tkgs prom night. yeah, be surprised. it was held at ssc, not much of a gala atmosphere. anw, they have been holding their prom nights for a few years over there already, but in 2006, there was no sight of tkgs. perhaps they got sick of the place.

i really have to dig hard for memories of that night, i remenber i was serving this table filled with highly adrenaline rushed gals.

and they kept making references to me thro'out the dinner. oh well, references like asking me to go over to their table for stuff like topping up drinks when their table aint under my purview.

and they kept asking me stuff right out from a mini sample questionnaire. i guess i finally knew wads up with the constant beckoning for me.

written in her blog was this.. " had waiters to serve us drinks. saf had a crush on our waiter micheal..ntu student. hehe... "